TOWN OF BROOKFIELD

NOTICE OF REFERENDUM

The legal voters of the Town of Brookfield and those entitled to vote therein, are hereby warned and notified that a referendum will be held on Tuesday, September 7, 2010, between the hours of 6:00 A.M. and 8:00 P.M., to vote on the following question:

The question to be voted upon shall be as follows:

"Shall the Town of Brookfield, subject to and contingent upon receipt by the Town of a matching grant from the State of Connecticut in an amount at least equal to $186,000, appropriate $372,000 to fund the costs of completion and restoration of the farmhouse located at the Gurski Homestead Property and authorize general obligation bonds or notes and temporary notes of the Town in an amount not to exceed

$186,000 to finance the portion of the appropriation not financed by

said matching grant?"

( ) YES ( ) NO

District 1 voters shall vote at Huckleberry Hill School

District 2 voters shall vote at The Brookfield High School

Property owners, 18 years of age and a United States Citizen, with an assessment of not less than $1,000.00, pursuant to the property tax assessment provisions of Section 7-6 of the Connecticut General Statutes, whose property falls within the boundaries of District 1, shall vote at Huckleberry Hill School. Property owners, whose property falls within the boundaries of District 2, shall vote at Brookfield High School.

Voting machines shall be used.

Absentee Ballots will be counted at the Brookfield Town Hall.

Dated at Brookfield, Connecticut this 25th day of August 2010.

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Joan M. Locke, Town Clerk