HERMON – Town residents will be asked to decide a 27-article warrant at the Hermon town meeting scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 11, at the Hermon High School auditorium.

“Efficiency” describes the warrant, as voters will be asked to streamline or eliminate several reserve accounts that duplicate other reserve accounts already in existence. For example, Article 4 asks the town to combine funds from two existing reserve accounts for the perpetual care of cemeteries. Article 6 asks voters to eliminate an account called “Recreation/Teen Center” and to put the money into the recreation facilities reserve.

A $50,000 request for a school department repair reserve is to help the system keep a maintenance schedule for the town’s three schools. This is to help prevent big-ticket repair bills in the future, such as the major renovations and roof replacements that had to take place recently at the town’s elementary and middle schools.

Voters will be asked to approve a total municipal appropriation, including county tax, of $2,288,577. The total school appropriation request, including debt service, is $8,923,115. A sum of $6,000 is requested for adult education, bringing the grand total to $11,217,692. Revenues include $5,432,597 for the town’s schools, $1,445,300 for the municipal side of the budget and a surplus balance of $214,000. The revenue total is $7,091,897, leaving the amount to be raised by local taxation at $4,125,795. The local mill rate is predicted to rise to $17.03 from the current rate of $16.30, though final figures will not be set until fall. If the rate remains as predicted, the owner of an $80,000 home would pay an increase of $58.40 in taxes.

Voting will take place from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in the rear section of the Hermon Municipal Building on Billings Road. Two seats on the Town Council and one seat on the school committee are open.