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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - City Council - 01/25/2010 004,404 • southburlington VERMONT AGENDA SOUTH BURLINGTON CITY COUNCIL CITY HALL CONFERENCE ROOM 575 DORSET STREET SOUTH BURLINGTON, VERMONT SPECIAL SESSION 5:00 P.M. MONDAY, JANUARY 25, 2010 1) Conduct First of Two Public Hearings on City Charter Amendments (suggest Feb. 1st for next public hearing) 2) Consideration of Approval of Annual Warning of March 2, 2010 Annual City Meeting 3) Adjourn Resp ctfully Submitte . Denis P. Graveli , Assistant City Manager Proposed Charter Amendments: § 503. Special city and school district meetings Special city meetings, and special school district meetings, shall be called in the manner provided by the laws of the state, and, the voting on all questions shall be by the Australian ballot system; unless: (a) The council or board of school directors determines that action on a specific matter may not be delayed for consolidation with an Australian ballot vote on other matters because of unanticipated circumstances; and (b) an Australian ballot vote is not required on the matter under general laws of the State of Vermont or the United States; and (c) the council or board of school directors warns the matter to be voted from the floor at a meeting of City voters. § 13-110. Annual city report The annual city and school district reports shall be made available and noticcd to the legal voters of the city and school district at the carlicat timc following the fio al y ar, but not later than twenty (20) days prior to the annual city and school district meeting March 1. § 13-1302. Preparation and submission (a) The city manager and superintendent of schools shall prepare the budgets for the city and school district, respectively, and submit same to the council and board of school directors at such time as required by said boards. The budgets shall contain: (b) The council and the board of school directors shall cause copies of the proposed budgets to be delivered to each member of the steering committee forthwith after the final preparation of said budgets, but not less than -64 45 days prior to the date of the annual city and school district meeting. The steering committee may hold a meeting for the review of such budgets, giving notice of the meeting as required in Section 1102. cubchaptcr 10. Prior to the adoption of such budgctc by the city 'lnd l.e soutL. Burl _ 1, l y s�n�=�=d' s-trret, No less than 44 35 days prior to the annual city and school district meeting, the steering committee may submit to the council and the board of school directors its report and recommendations concerning the 1 proposed budgets. (c) The Council shall fix thc time and place for holding a district, and shall give notice of thc hearing at lest 10 days prior thcrcto in a newopaper of general circulation in thc city or by cicctronic means. The hearing shall be hold not loss than city and school district mooting., The council shall warn then review the city budget and approve it for submission to the voters not less than 30 days before the annual city meeting, with or without change, and in the same manner the board of school directors shall warn review its budget and approve it for submission to the voters, with or without change. § 13-1303. City and school district annual meeting warning and budget The proposed budgets of the city and school district shall be distributed made available to the legal voters of the city and school district at least $ 20 days before the annual city and school district meeting lie hearing en the b—gr�,t_. Not more than forty (40) nor less than thirty (30) days prior to The warnings for the annual city and school district meeting, notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the city informing voters of the date of a public hearing on the budgets and availability of the warnings for the annual city and school district meetings, the proposed city and school district budgets and the city and school district annual reports,— or by electronic means, at least 10 days before the date of the annual meetings and the proposed budgets for the city and school districhall likewise be published. The council and the board of school directors shall hold a public hearing on their respective budgets not more than 10 days before the annual city and school district meetings. 2 WARNING CITY OF SOUTH BURLINGTON ANNUAL CITY MEETING MARCH 2 , 2010 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, March 2, 2010, 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 2010-2011 totaling $22, 151, 098 of which it is estimated $9, 802, 828 will be raised by local property taxes? ARTICLE III MODIFICATION OF USE OF ANNUAL CONSERVATION TAX LEVY Shall the voters authorize expenditure, on an annual basis, of not more than five percent (5%) of the existing annual tax levy for the Conservation Fund approved by the voters at the Annual City Meeting on May 16, 2000, to pay for maintenance of City-owned open space in South Burlington and conduct of conservation activities on such property? ARTICLE IV APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR REPAIR of CITY STREETS Shall the voters fund a portion of the cost of repaving and repairing City streets in FY 2011 with $130, 000 of City Rooms and Meals Tax revenues and $80, 000 of fees previously collected from persons who performed private work within the limits of City streets? ARTICLE V PROPOSED CITY CHARTER AMENDMENTS Shall the voters amend the following sections of the City Charter: Subchapter 1 . Power of the City § 110 . Annual city report Subchapter 5 . City Meetings § 503 . Special city and school district meetings Subchapter 13 . Budget §1302 . Preparation and submission §1303 . City and school district annual meeting warning and budget The complete text of the proposed amendments 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 . 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 January, 2010 . Mark L. Boucher, Chair Sandra Dooley, Vice Chair