Concord held its annual town meeting at the Concord Town Hall on March 1st, 2010. Town residents who were in attendance were able to voice their opinions on the 28 articles which were in the agenda. Concord's articles are passed by the way of the Australian Ballot which took place on the morning of March 2nd, 2010. In the Australian Ballot voting process, any resident of their respective town is free to come in and individually vote on the articles in the town agenda. This will ultimately decide which articles are denied or approved.
One of the major articles that were address at this year's town meeting was whether or not to close down Concord High School. Resident Heather Heiser was very vocal on her opinion on the matter saying "I'm hoping we can close down the high school, I doubt it will happen and I want all of the school budgets and things like that to pass but I would like to focus more on the elementary school and less on the high school."
Another article involved taking $40,000 from the Connecticut River Enhancement Fund to make improvements to Shadow Lake Road. The road is currently covered with potholes and has had flooding problems in the past.
Article 24 in the agenda addressed exceeding $100,000 from the Connecticut River Enhancement Fund towards the purchase of a new town truck with a plow to help with road maintenance.
The town officials will tally all of the votes and announce the results within the next couple of days.
