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AGENDA
SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL
SMALL CONFERENCE ROOM @ CITY HALL
575 DORSET STREET
SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT
SPECIAL MEETING 9:45 A.M. Saturday, April 26, 2008
1) Consideration of approval of amendment on Article III on the Warning for May 20, 2008 city meeting.
2) Adjourn
Respectfully Submitted:
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Charles Hefter, City Manager
WARNING
CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON
ANNUAL CITY MEETING
MAY 20, 2008
The legal voters of the City of South Burlington are hereby
notified and warned to meet at their respective polling places at
the Chamberlin School on White Street, the Frederick H. Tuttle
Middle School on Dorset Street and the Orchard School on Baldwin
Avenue on Tuesday, May 20, 2008, at 7 o' clock in the forenoon, at
which time the polls will open until 7 o' clock in the afternoon,
at which time the polls will close, to vote by Australian Ballot
on the following Articles :
ARTICLE I ELECTION OF OFFICERS
To elect all City officers required by law.
ARTICLE II APPROVAL OF CITY BUDGET
Shall the City adopt the City Council ' s proposed budget for
FY 2008-2009 totaling $19, 142, 974 . 00 of which it is
estimated $9, 084, 353 . 00 will be raised by local property
taxes?
ARTICLE III EXPENDITURE OF CITY SALES TAX REVENUES
Shall the voters allocate not more than $724, 000. 00 of
revenue from the City sales tax collected during the period
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2017 to fund a portion of the
cost of salaries and benefits of six (6)
firefighter/emergency medical technician personnel to be
hired during FY 2009, provided the City is awarded a
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant from
the US Department of Homeland Security, in a minimum amount
of $632, 000 . 00, payable to the City over a period of four
(4) fiscal years commencing July 1, 2008?
A chart showing annual income and expenditures for the cost of
six firefighter/emergency medical technician personnel if this
Article is approved and the grant is received is available for
review on the City' s Web Site, www. sburl .com. and at the City
Offices at 575 Dorset Street during normal business hours.
ARTICLE IV PROPOSED INCREASE IN DISABLED VETERAN' S PROPERTY
TAX EXEMPTION
Shall the voters approve an increase from $20, 000 of
appraised value to $40, 000 of appraised value in the
property tax exemption available for a veteran of any war or
a veteran who has received an American Expeditionary Medal,
his or her spouse, widow, widower or child, or jointly by
any combination of them, if one or more of them are
receiving disability compensation for at least 50 percent
disability, death compensation, dependence and indemnity
compensation, or pension for disability paid through any
military department or the veterans administration, all as
authorized by 32 V. S .A. §3802 (11) ?
POLLING PLACES ARE THE CHAMBERLIN SCHOOL ON WHITE STREET, THE
FREDERICK H. TUTTLE MIDDLE SCHOOL ON DORSET STREET AND THE
ORCHARD SCHOOL ON BALDWIN AVENUE . VOTERS ARE TO GO TO THE
POLLING PLACE IN THEIR RESPECTIVE DISTRICT
Dated at South Burlington, Vermont, this day of April,
2008 .
Chris Smith
Steve Magowan
Dan O'Rourke
Mark L. Boucher
Sandra Dooley
Received and Recorded this day of , 2008 .
Donna Kinville, City Clerk
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RESOLUTION AMENDING
CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON
ANNUAL CITY MEETING WARNING
WHEREAS, on April , 2008, the City Council approved the
warning for the City' s annual meeting to be held on May 20, 2008;
and
WHEREAS, the City Council included in said warning the
following article:
ARTICLE III EXPENDITURE OF CITY SALES TAX REVENUES
Shall the voters allocate not more than $724, 000. 00 of
revenue from the City sales tax collected during the period
July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2017 to fund a portion of the
cost of salaries and benefits of six (6)
firefighter/emergency medical technician personnel to be
hired during FY 2009, provided the City is awarded a
Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response grant from
the US Department of Homeland Security, in a minimum amount
of $682, 000 . 00, payable to the City over a period of four
(4) fiscal years commencing July 1, 2008?
and
WHEREAS, said article refers to a Staffing for Adequate Fire
and Emergency Response grant from the US Department of Homeland
Security, in a minimum amount of $682, 000. 00; and
WHEREAS, the minimum amount of "$682, 000" set forth in the
article is incorrect and should, instead, be "$632, 000";
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council that said
article be amended to provide for a minimum amount of $632, 000
and that the annual meeting warning, as amended, be approved and
promptly posted.
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Dated at South Burlington, Vermont, this day of April,
2008 .
Chris Smith
Steve Magowan
Dan O'Rourke
Mark L. Boucher
Sandra Dooley
Received and Recorded this day of , 2008 .
Donna Kinville, City Clerk
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