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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - 04/12/1983CITY COUNCIL APRIL 12, 1983 The South Burlington City Council held a Special Meeting on Tuesday, April 12, 1983, at 7:30 p.m., in the second floor Conference Room, City Hall, 575 Dorset Street. Members Present Paul Farrar, Chairman; Michael Flaherty, William Burgess, Leona Lansing, Hugh Marvin Others Present William Szymanski, City Manager; Margaret A. Picard, City Clerk; Don Melvin, Burlington Free Press; Ruth Poger, The Other Paper; Dale Wolfe, Nancy Wolfe, Dan Hendley, Bill Peters Read Minutes of Regular Meeting of Monday, April 4, 1983 Mr. Burgess moved the Minutes of Monday, April 4, 1983 be approved as written. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Mr. Marvin asked whether Mr. Carris had been informed of the Council's decision on the MPO question. Mr. Szymanski said he had not but that it would be taken care of. Mr. Marvin then asked that the Council be notified that this had been done. The motion to approve was then passed unanimously. Sign Disbursement Orders Disbursement Orders were signed. Consider Items to be Placed on Ballot for May 17, 1983 City Election 1) Nuclear Arms Control: Mr. Farrar explained that from a legal point of view this is not a petitionable item since it is not one in which the Charter would allow the City to take direct action. Thus, it would be the prerogative of the Council to include or not include it, as it thought wise. Mr. Dan Hendley spoke on behalf of a group of citizens who had obtained signatures of approximately 5½ % of the voters to include the item on the ballot. He said they felt that if there is no vote on the issue, it will be deemed as satisfaction with the substitute action proposed by the President. Mr. Marvin said this is purely a national issue, and that everybody agrees that nuclear power is a very dangerous thing. But he could not support any action that would give the USSR an advantage. He also indicated that he does not agree with the negative attitude of the proposed wording; he felt it would be better to propose a positive alternative. Mr. Farrar then read a letter received from George Mona (attached) stating the grounds for his opposition to the item being placed on the ballot. Ms. Lansing said that she felt it was a local issue and moved that the attached Resolution on Nuclear Arms Control be approved as a ballot item for the May 17, 1983 election. Mr. Flaherty seconded, but qualified his action by stating that he is against the principle of putting non-City issues on the ballot. Mr. Farrar indicated that the last three lines of the resolution were, in fact, unnecessary. Mr. Hendley commented that he felt the item was a City issue in that it was the one outlet that people have to speak directly and to by-pass politicians on a very important issue that affects their lives. In the vote which followed, the motion was defeated 2-3 with Messrs. Marvin, Burgess and Farrar voting against. 2) Highway Improvement Bond Issue: Mr. Marvin said he felt that Alternative #2 of the City Attorney's Memo of April 6, 1983 (attached) was the most specific. Mr. Burgess noted that this alternative would limit work to strictly those projects. Ms. Lansing asked if Sonny Audette had voiced any preference. Mr. Szymanski indicated that they had all felt Alternative #3 was the best. Mr. Burgess said he felt #3 had the least chance of success. Mr. Burgess then moved that Alternative #2 be placed on the May 17, 1983 ballot with the following recommended changes : an additional column be included listing State and Federal aid for the first three projects; a third column be included listing the local portion of the costs; and that an appropriate rewording of the last paragraph be inserted after the first three items. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Ms. Lansing then moved to amend the motion to include two additional projects, drainage on Mills Avenue and drainage on Victoria Drive. Mr. Flaherty seconded. Mr. Flaherty noted that in bonding for $500,000, it was possible to lose the City's share of the three projects already in the State's 5-year plan, which is only $70,000. Mr. Marvin questioned whether every Council member will really work for the bond issue, since the groundwork with the public would be very important in light of the fact that the 2% share will probably never be available again. Click here for Street Survey for 1983 In the voting which followed both the amendment and the motion were approved unanimously. Dog Damage Claim (continued from meeting of April 4, 1983) Mr. Szymanski read a statement from the representative of Pet Lodge indicating that the call to pick up the dog had been made on March 28th, but that when they arrived at the address, no one answered the door, so the dog was not picked up until the next day. Mr. Farrar noted that the Council had agreed to reimburse the owner for the lamb but now had to decide what to do about the dog and whether to charge the dog's owners for the damage. Mr. Flaherty asked if this was the first complaint against the dog. The owners indicated it was. Mr. Flaherty then moved to require the owners of the dog to reimburse the City for the damages and to take no further action. Mr. Burgess seconded with unanimous approval. Review Voting Machine Information Mr. Farrar explained that a suggestion had been made to borrow equipment to try out machines in the May election. The only problem is that although the City can borrow the machines, they cannot borrow tabulating equipment and have no authority to remove ballots from the building to tabulate. Referring to a memo of April 8, 1983, Mr. Farrar noted that the Assistant City Manager had recommended delaying action until 1984 and using hand ballots for the upcoming May election. No further discussion or action ensued. Mr. Burgess then moved to adjourn and meet as the Liquor Control Board. Mr. Flaherty seconded with unanimous consent. Liquor Control Board Mr. Szymanski presented 20 liquor license renewals from the following establishments: Pauline's Kitchen, Lums, Kinfolks, Cork and Board (1st class), Cork and Board (2nd class), Martins (Shelburne Rd.), Martins (Dorset St.), Sheraton, Spillanes (811 Williston Rd., and 1116 Shelburne Rd), Graceys, Colonial Deli, Rotisserie, Roberts Sav-Mor, Redwood, Brick Oven, Kaula Mauna, Parkway Diner, Pizza Hut, U-Sav Beverages. He noted that all had been reviewed by fire and tax officials who had recommended that the Rotisserie's license be held up until improvements in connection with expansion be completed. Mr. Flaherty said he felt that they should not use the liquor license renewal to do this. Mr. Flaherty then moved that all the above liquor license renewals be approved. Mr. Marvin seconded and the motion passed 4-1 with Mr. Farrar voting no. Mr. Burgess moved that the Liquor Board be adjourned. Ms. Lansing seconded with unanimous consent. The meeting adjourned at 8:45 p.m. Clerk Published by ClerkBase ©2019 by Clerkbase. No Claim to Original Government Works. April 12, 1983 TO: The City Council of South Burlington, Vermont I I am unable to be present this evening due to a Planning Commission meeting. This letter is being written to protest the placement of the Nuclear Arms Control item on the May ballot. There are many reasons why our City election is not the proper forum for such an issue. 1. First, the Constitution specifically reserves the defense of the nation to the Federal government. If we desire, we have direct access to those elected officials without having to use municipal resolutions. 2. It is a waste of the City officials and taxpayers time and money. The issue is important, but the proposed resolution is a waste. It creates an illusion of power over a national issue. 3. It is single issue politics at its worst. 4. It confuses the signals going to people or nations who would like to see a weak America. 5. I believe that City elections are for making decisions, decisions directly affecting the municipality. Opinions on national issues belong in another forum. You appointed me to the Planning Commission to be a steward of the City. I elected you to do the same. Please do not muddy the waters debating issues beyond the control of the City. Thank you. w ~aurel Hill Drive RECEIVED '. Burl. l!t. 10 Highland Ter. APR - 8 1983 - MANAGER'S OFFICE Tel : 862-051 6 cm 30. BURLlNGTON April 7, 1983 A group of us here in South Burlington have been collecting voter signatures in behalf of another Mutual Nuclear Arms Control resolution for the ballot at our May 17 City Meeting. You will recall that the City Council voted unanimously to put a Nuclear Weapons Moratorium resolution to the voters in 1981. Since that time, and partly because of our vote, there has been a national discussion, pro and con, about a "nuclear freeze". The President has not carried out the request of the Vermont voters and has, indeed, argued against it. Because of the great importance of this issue, we and the rest of the petitioners feel that it should again be put before the voters to record whether or not, after all the debate, South Burlington still wants the President to try for a nuclear freeze with the USSR. As you can see from the enclosed petition, the 1983 proposal that we arrived at differs somewhat from the original resolution. It attempts to address the concern of many about, 1) the urgency of trying for a freeze before the impending next round of escalation, 2) verification, 3) excess Russian missiles, and 4) a method of reducing weapons that would be fair to both sides despite great differences in the make up of the two nuclear forces. In less than a week the support of about 4% of the registered voters in South Burlington has been obtained for the resolution and filed with the City Clerk before the April 7 deadline. We will try to get above the 5% mark by this weekend. We have found that more than 2 out of 3 voters approached would like to have a chance to vote on this issue. We hope that you and other members of the Council will agree with them when you discuss ballot questions next Tuesday. A Sincerely yours, Y-/MA~ L I Dr. George Albee Gardiner Barnum Ellen Bernstein Catherine Debo Rev. Gary W. Cley Ellen Dorsch Alison Etherton Dr. Bud Etherton I9:dward Peidner Ann Garnett Dr. Dan Hendley (contact person) Barbara Goldman Dr. Edith Hendley Dr , Jane Hendley Rev. William Hollister Constance Kite Anneliese Koenig Ruth Leppman ~lri cK Leppman Janet Schnelder 3orathy Fims , Ethan Fims Iris Darling "We cannot leave it to cenerals, senators and diplomats to work out a solution.. .To thevillage square we must carry the facts of atomic energy. From there must come America*? voice." --Albert Einstein (emphasis added) - '<$ , * .4 - I S. BURLINGTON CITY MEETING: RESOLUTION ON NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL 4 Since the Government has not implemented the action requested by the Mutual Nuclear Weapons Freeze Resolution passed at City Meeting, 1981, the dndersigned registered voters of South Burlington request that the following question be placed on the ballot of the annual City on May 17, 1983: FIRST--A mutual freeze on the testing, production, and deployment of all nuclear weapons and their delivery systems before any further build-up or deployment of "first strike" weapons, including MIX, Cruise, Pershing I1 missiles, and comparable Soviet weapons, Provided, B) that the USSR destroys 10% of its strategic missile launchers, as agreed in SALT 11, and reduces its intermedi ate-range nuclear rockets ta well below the number deployed in 1973; I MEMO ---- To : City Manager and Ci ty Counci 1 From: Street Department Supervisor Re : Highway Inventory and Evaluation Date: April 5, 1983 This is an attempt to inventory and rate the total highway system in South Burlington. The survey was done with in house resources by two employees who have been in the department for over 5 years and have a good understanding of highway construction 1 techniques. The form that was used is from a publication put out by the Asphalt Institute entitled " A Pavement Rating System for Low Volume Asphalt Roads". This publication list the common problems with highways and gives photos depicting these problems. Tne rating form gives different values for different problems and allows you to give different grade for each defect. This rating uses 100 as the perfect rating and subtracts the total of defects from this ' total. The balance becomes the rating of that road or section of road. Each of the employees doing the rating came up with a value of each defecton their own and than compared their valuations and than combined with an average from the two and used that as the rating for that section. By using two employees using seperate totals we felt this gave more of an unbiased rating and probably a truer rating. The institute states that a rule of thumb should be that anything below an 80 needs repaving or rebuilding. Anything 80 or above should be just normal day to day maintenance. We have included in this report the estimated cost to resurface or rebuild each section of highway that had a rating below 80. These cost are only to upgrade the existing road and not to add curbs or drainage or any other improvements. After finishing this report and reviewing the results it appears to be a very handy tool to use to get a fairly accurate condition report on all of our paved roads. This also gives us a dollar cost for this system. We hope this report can be updated at least every three years by doing a field survey such as was done this time. By doing this on a continuing basis we can see how we are doing on our repavement program. ALTERNATIVE 1 . \ Shall bonds of the City of South Burlington in an thonrlt-not to exceed $ , payable over a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years from date of issue, be issued for the pu'rpo~es~of .widening Dorset Street, widening Williston Road at Gaynes and- .widening Williston wad at: the Dorset Street: and Hinesburg Road intersections for a total estimated cost of $3,380,000.00, the remainder of which would.bedpaid from anticipated-State and Federal aid. ? Shall bonds of the City of South Burlington in an amount not to exceed $500,000, payable over a period of time not to exceed ten (10) years from date of issue, be issued for the following purposes : Project Total Estimated Cost ! I a Widening Dorset St~eet $1,900,000 Widening Williston Road at Gaynes 280 , 000 3 Widening Williston Road at Dorset Street and - Hinesburg Road intersections Paving Spear Street 70,000 Paving Hough Street 3,000 Culvert on Kennedy Drive 35,000 Sidewalks on Kirby Road 13,000 Sidewalks on Hadley Road 2<; >tc m, Drainage at Wright Court 25,000 Curbs and Paving on Hadley Road 57,000 Paving on Wright Court 20,000 Paving on Kirby Road 19,000 rebuild Dorset Street (&.A gfhz W) 200 , 000 With the majority of the funding for the first three listed projects to be paid from anticipated State and Federal aid, and any un- expended portion of the total authorized bond issue of $500,000 to be used to complete as many of the remainder of the listed projects as possible. ALTERNATIVE 3 - @ Shall bonds of the City of Sou* Burlington in an.amouat not to exceed $500,000, payable over a period of t3.m~ not to exceed ten I 'V I -(lO),,years, from the data of issue, be issued'for the pusposes of I rkpaving; %e-'bonstrbckb@.and making drainage 'implcovements to roads l and streets in the City and for constructing bicycle paths and sidewalks at a total estimated cost of $3,851,000, the remainder or which,wpuld +. .$ P be paid i' trom antkipated State and Federal-Aid. . 1 __ a, Note: he. Bond poceeds shall first be used to pay the local share fo~ &hree-pro)ec$s. prLmarily. to ,.be .funded.-by State and Federal dfd" l' 4 1) ~f d&irig Williston '~6ad'~at~~~bynes~-: (2) Widening Wi~st~~~,FJoqd betweey;Dorset Street and Hineeburg Road and (3) WXdqnirig ~o&et Sweet), with any- excesd 'E~trhs " tadx 168 usbd at * the City Council's discretion for other City road'reconstrrlction and drainage improvement projects and construction of bicycle paths and sidewalks. STREET SURVEY FOR 1983 Name - Length 6550 FT. Rating 44 Remedy - Cost Rebuild $2,000.000 Dorset Street, Kennedy Dr. to Willis ton Road 15700 FT. Rebuild 6 Repave 220,000 Dorset Street, South of Kennedy Drive 300 FT. 2000 FT. 6864 FT. Rep ave Rep ave Repave Hough Street Sherry Road Spear Street, 1500 S~ear Street 2165 FT. 1375' FT. 320 FT. 1000 FT. Repave Repave Repave Rebuild San Remo Drive Hadlev Road. .Bacond Street Kimball Extension, Shunpike to Bridge Repave 20,900 East Terrace, Jughandle to New Dev. 2324 FT. Laurel Hill Drive 5650 FT. 1004 FT. 530 FT. 3700 FT. Repave 51,800 Repave 10,000 Repave 6,500 Recycle 6 Repave 200,000 Tanglewood Drive Wri~ht Court Kennedy Drive, Dorset St. to Hinesburg Rd. 740 FT. 1850 FT. 1480 FT. 2430 FT. Repave 5,000 Repave 12,500 State Rebuild Repave 22,000 CheeseFactory Lane Baldwin Avenue Queen City Park Road ean~icklen Road STREET SURVEY FOR 1983 N ame Central Avenue Woodcres t Drive Bartlett Bay Road Patchen Road, Cemetery to Williston Rd. White Place Farrell Street Length 4180 FT. 1430 FT. 1850 FT. 2800 FT. 690 FT. 2400 FT. McIntosh Avenue 1750 FT. Lyons Avenue 740 FT. Meadowood Drive 2170 FT. ottage Grove Avenue 1250 FT. Deane Street 690 FT. Proctor Avenue Mills Avenue Joy Drive Lindenwood Drive Allen Road Brewer Parkwav CheeseFactory Road Airport Road South Prospect Street Meadow Road Old Farm Road 2380 FT. 1600 FT. 1400 FT. 1005 FT. 4280 FT. 3900 FT. 4180 FT. 1200 FT. 125 FT. 900 FT. 4100 FT. Rating Remedy 6 4 Repave 65 Rep ave 65 Repave 65 Repave Repave Rep ave Repave Repave Repave 6 Drainage Repave Re pave Rep ave Repave Repave Repave Rep ave Rep ave Repave Repave Repave Repave Repave Cost - $35,000 13,000 21,000 35,000 STREET SURVEY FOR 1983 Name - Length, 3200 FT, Rating 7 3 Cost - $25,000 Kirb Road, & Repave Newton Avenue 1200 FT. 1220 FT. 650 FT. 2650 FT. Rep ave Repave Rep ave Rep ave Imperial Drive Mary Street Patchen Road, Burlington Line to Cemetery 700 FT. Rep ave Rep ave Repave Rep ave Repave Rep ave Rep ave Poor Farm Road Duchess Avenue 800 FT. Country Club Drive 1020 FT. 1120 FT. Elizabeth Street Orchard Road 900 FT. Greening Avenue 850 FT. Kennedy Drive, Williston Rd. to Rt. 116 4350 FT. Fairmont Street 220 FT. 740 FT. 1400 FT. 1060 FT. 1060 FT. 2300 FT. 1250 FT. 2500 FT. Rep ave Rep ave Rep ave Repave Rep ave Repave Repave Repave Myers Court Andrews Avenue Prouty Parkway Old Cross Road Elsom Parkway Patrick Street Spear Street, .S;:f;p::; STREET SURVEY FOR 1983 Name - Length Rating Woodland Place 634 FT. Maple Street 450 FT. Brookwood Drive, 528 FT. To No. 12 (Old Road) Heath Street Shamrock Road Berkley Street Oakhill Drive Cortland Avenue Sandlewood Road Beacon Street Wi llis ton Road, Millham Ct. to -Kennedy Dr. Sunset Avenue Timber Lane Charles Street Jonathan Avenue Willis ton Road, Rt. 116 to Dorset St. Gilbert Street Woodside Drive borah Drive Henry Court 528 FT. 1268 FT. 845 FT. 581 FT. 634 FT. 1268 FT. 687 FT. 1215 FT. 476 FT. 1985 FT. 634 FT. 951 FT. 845 FT. 845 FT. 2688 FT. 792 FT. 845 FT. 581 FT. 634 FT. (41 Action General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance 1 General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance 8 2 General Maintenance 83 General Maintenance 83 General Maintenance I 83 General Maintenance STREET SURVEY FOR 1983 Name - Length Green Dolphin Drive 898 FT. Davis Parkway 1796 FT. Woodbine Street 687 FT. Victory Drive 1637 FT. Willis ton Road, 4700 FT. Rt. 116 to Kennedy Rating Action 83 General Maintenance 83 General Maintenance 83 General Maintenance 83 General Maintenance 8 3 General Maintenance Dr. Airport Exit 581 FT. 8 3 General Maintenance Shaw Avenue Sebring Road Twin Oaks Terrace ift Street Holt Street Southview Drive Black Lantern Lane Victoria Drive Peterson Terrace Pine Street Berard Drive Green Mountain Drive Birchwood Court Duval Street AppleTree Court Cranwell Parkway 212 FT. 1215 FT. 1800 FT. 7815 FT. 159 FT. 317 FT. 317 FT. 1479 FT. 1004 FT. 792 FT. 1426 FT. 238 FT. 264 FT. 159 FT. 370 FT. 792 FT. eotsdale Road Worth Street 1268 FT. 792 FT. General General General Gene ral General General General General General Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance STREET SURVEY FOR 19 83 Name - Length Ruth Street 581 FT. Williston Road Dorset St. to Burl. Line. 2712 FT. Barber Terrace 951 FT. Suburban Square Delaware Street Pleas ant Avenue South Road Yandow Drive I Pheasant Wav eone~ed~e Cedar Glen Drive Holmes Road Barre tt Street Mayfair Street Dumon t Avenue Mountain View Blvd. LeDoux Terrace Highland Terrace Circle Drive Maryland Street Cinda Street Pavilion Avenue @uth Street 2007 FT. 317 FT. 264 FT. 212 FT. 792 FT. 3000 FT. 2007 FT. 1426 FT. 1004 FT. 951 FT. 740 FT. 1743 FT. 3696 FT. 423 FT. 1373 FT. 1056 FT. 1268 FT. 1796 FT. 264 FT. 212 FT. Rating Action 86 General Maintenancc 86 General Maintenance General Maintenanct General Maintenancc General Maintenancc General Maintenancc General Main tenancc General Maintenancc General Main tenanct General Maintenancc General Main tenancc General Maintenanct General Maintenanct General Maintenancc General Maintenancc General Main tenanct General Maintenanct General Main tenancc General Maintenanct General Maintenancc General Maintenancc General Maintenance General Maintenancc STREET SURVEY FOR 1983 Name - Length Rating Action Airport Parkway Ethan Allen Drive 2746 FT. 2746 FT. 89 General Maintenance 8 9 General Maintenance Oakwood Drive 1056 FT. General Maintenance Millham Court 581 FT. 89 General Maintenance Hayden Parkway Beechwood Lane 792 FT. 90 General Maintenance 317 FT. 90 General Maintenance 687 FT. 90 General Maintenance 1162 FT. 90 General Maintenance 423 FT. 90 General Maintenance 106 FT. 9 0 General Maintenance Birch Street Richard Terrace Clinton Street Clover Street 2324 FT. General Maintenance Quail Run General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance General Maintenance 1200 FT. 212 FT. 4066 FT. 291 FT. Twin Brook Court Kimball Avenue Shunpike Road Williston Rd. to Stop sign on Kimball Forse t Street 951 FT. 4172 FT. General Maintenance General Maintenance Cheese Factory Road Rt. 116 to old blacktop, about half way. General Maintenance Twin Oaks North 560 FT. I Simpson Court 845 FT. 9 2 General Maintenance Iby Street 1162 FT. General Maintenance 370 FT. 9 3 General Maintenance STREET SURVEY FOR 1983 Name - Hanover Street Brigham Road Helen Avenue Maplewood Street Lonwood Street Kitty Street J~~ear Street swift st. ti 1500 Spear St. (New Black- top). Length Rating Action 951 FT. 93 General Maintenance 1178 FT. 9 4 General Maintenance 476 FT. 9 4 General Maintenance 1004 FT. 94 General Maintenance 2376 FT. 9 5 General Maintenance 476 FT. 95 General Maintenance , 3696 FT. 96 General Maintenance Country Club Drive East 1004 FT. hite Street 4488 FT. 375 FT. Hayes Avenue 740 FT. Airport Drive 581 FT. Pine Tree Terrace 1796 FT. Brookwood Drive New Road 775 FT. Karen Drive 640 FT. 96 General Maintenance 96 General Maintenance 9 7 General Maintenance 9 7 General Maintenance 9 7 General Maintenance 9 8 ~ene ral Maintenance 9 8 General Maintenance 99 General Maintenance MEMORANDUM ---------- : South Burlington City Council Pa From: David E. Minnich, Assistant City Manager I Re: VotingDevices I Date: 4/8/83 Introduction On March 9, 1983 the Board of Civil Authority asked the Administration to obtain electronic voting devices for use at one of our voting districts on May 17, 1983. Rutland and Springfield are the only Wrmnt comnunities which have these devices. I am able to borrow the voting devices we need but I am not able to acquire a tabulating machine. Rutland uses Central Vermont Power's computer facilities for tallying and Springfield will not loan us their portabletallier. Electronic Voting Machine Corporation from Newton, Massachusetts will lease us all the equipment and prepare the ballots for all three districts at a cost of $2500. Two-thirds of this amount could be applied to the purchase price if we bought the equipnt prior to December 31, 1983. Bac kqround There are three types of voting devices: 1) Hand Ballots 2) "Bur lington Style" Voting Machines 3) Electronic Voting Devices Ease of Voter Use Ease of Setting Up Accuracy & Timeliness of Tallying Least Storage Space Required Least Operating Cost Acquisition List of Cost/Effectivness of the Voting Devices Hand Ballot "Burlington Style" Votinq Machine 25 machines $44,000 (possible 20 minute wait during peak per ids) "IBM" Punch Card OR "Color the Dot" Electronic Device 75 devices & tallier $30,000 (possible 5 minute wait during peak periods) Memrandum Re: Voting Devices 4/8/83 Page 2 Issue: There are several possible ways to proceed: 1) Delay action till 1984 and use hand ballots for next mthk election. 2) Lease the equipnent from EVM Corporation for $2,500 and place the decision for acquiring them on the May ballot. There is no funding available in the next years operating budget and I doubt there will be $30,000 available the following year. The wording for the ballot must be approved by the City Council prior to April 17, 1983. 3) Lease the equigmnt frm EVEJl and delay acquiring the equipment till FY 1984-85. 4) (a) Borrow the voting devices from Springfield and Rutland. (b) Borrow a "Card reader" from the University of Vermnt. (c) Acquire computer programming services for tallying the votes. Our prograrrmer we share with the School District is not available for this project. His priorities are to put our tax and assessment data on our system (currently we use a private firm for this service) and complete development of our new accounting system. These projects must be completed by July, 1983. (dl Obtain permission from the Secretary of State to centrally tally a the votes. Vermont Statutes provides that votes must be counted at the same location as they are cast unless otherwise permitted by the Secretary of State. I recomnd fhe first course of action.