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Community Fund Will Be On Ballot For First Time
1 day ago · Montpelier’s Community Fund, a taxpayer-funded system created in 2012 to provide grants to nonprofit social service and arts organizations, will be on the ballot as a separate item for the first time on Town Meeting Day this year. In the past, the fund was included in the city’s budget. Under the current year’s budget, the city council provided $134,150 to …
City Council Adds 1% Local Option Tax to Ballot, Finalizes Budget
5 days ago · Representing some painful cuts and a mandate from voters to keep tax increases to a minimum, the Montpelier City Council approved an $18.9 million budget during its Jan. 22 meeting, with $12.2 million to be raised by taxes. Voters will make the final decision on March 4, Town Meeting Day. Also adopted for the ballot was a new 1% local option sales tax, a bond request for a $2.2 million ladder ...
Montpelier’s Town Meeting Ballot Roundup
5 days ago · Only One Contested Election on Montpelier Ballot This Year City voters will be electing three city councilors for two-year terms and two school board members for three-year terms, but there will only be one contested race. In District 2, City Councilor Pelin Kohn is being challenged by Marc Gwinn. In District 1, Ben Doyle is running unopposed for the seat from which Councilor Lauren Hierl is ...
Proposed Paving Budget Up 10.14%, But Still Well Short of Goal
Jan 8, 2025 · Montpelier may see more paving projects in 2025, although fewer than if the city’s finances were not so tight. After years of underfunding, City Manager Bill Fraser proposed a budget to the city council on Dec. 11 that boosts the paving budget for fiscal year 2026 to $725,000, up from $658,000 in the current budget. Funded through the Capital Plan, the proposal also calls for increasing the ...
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City Council Grapples With $19M Budget; Final Deadline Looms …
Jan 6, 2025 · No clear cuts or additions came out of a long discussion about the upcoming $19,177,186 Montpelier annual budget, but the city council will discuss it again Jan. 8. The deadline to finalize a city budget is Jan. 23. In this discussion on Dec. 18 of the first draft of the city budget, the total amount of cash expected to be raised by taxes (not including school costs) is up $1.3 million (7.38% ...
City News Archives - The Montpelier Bridge
Jan 22, 2025 · The Bridge office is located at the Vermont College of Fine Arts, Stone Science Hall. You can receive The Bridge by mail for $50 a year. Subscribe here, or make out your check to Capital Region Community Media (CRCM), and …
What Does the Public Want from the City? Getting Beyond the …
Jan 18, 2024 · Nearly half of the 684 respondents to the city of Montpelier’s survey about FY2025 budget priorities added a comment about specific concerns. The remaining opportunities to express those concerns are at two public hearings, Wednesdays, Jan. 17 and 24, both at City Hall and online, 6:30 p.m. While the top priorities selected were the obvious, Public Works, Fire/Emergency Services, and Public ...