Town Meeting Day is coming up March 1 and all city voters will be mailed absentee ballots. The next Wards 2 & 3 Neighborhood Planning Assembly is your opportunity to hear from the candidates and learn more about the ballot items before placing your vote!
Wards 2 & 3 Neighborhood Planning Assembly: 6:30-9:15pm Feb 10 - all remote on Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85860854764.
On the agenda:
- City Council Candidate Forum with Gene Bergman (Ward 2-Progressive) and Joe Magee (Incumbent Ward 3-Progressive), Christopher-Aaron Felker (Ward 3-Republican), as well as candidates for the School Commission - Faizo Hassan (Ward 2) and Polly Vanderputten (Ward 3) - and Inspector of Elections - Solveig Overby (Ward 2-Independent) and Julia DiPietro (Ward 3- Democrat). All candidates have been invited. Questions will come from the Zoom audience.
- Information about the ballot items: 5.5% city tax increase, capital bond, authorization for tax increment financing "TIF" (Great Streets), sex work charter change, and school budget. View the ballots, the full proposed charter change, and more election info here: https://www.burlingtonvt.gov/CT/Sample-Ballots-Warnings-and-Notices
- Community grants vote (tabled from January). Review the community applications here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1SaNckQxHDZ6jpr96wBUvFM34Xicrr-lxRmtDo6kLX3U/edit?usp=sharing
- Downtown Ward redistricting proposal from the Independent Mapping Group.
As always, we start with a Public Forum and also will have representative updates. Bring your questions, concerns, and comments to share. Join in to connect with neighbors and learn more about what's happening in our community!
Watch live and access recordings of past meetings thanks to CCTV & Town Meeting TV on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLljLFn4BZd2N95y-kUzewx0ZN0Tf8rLo_ and at https://www.cctv.org/watch-tv/series/burlington-neighborhood-planning-assemblies-npa-meetings.
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