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Annual City Meeting
March 7, 2006
7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
City Hall Auditorium, 39 Main Street

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City Meeting Warning
The legal voters of the City of Montpelier, in City Meeting in Montpelier, in the County of Washington and the State of Vermont, are hereby warned to meet in the City Hall Auditorium, in said Montpelier, on the first Tuesday in March, March 7, 2006, at seven o'clock in the forenoon, and there and then to cast their ballot for the election of officers, matters that by law must be determined by ballot, and other matters as directed by the Council. The polls will be opened at 7:00 A.M. and shall be closed and the voting machine sealed at 7:00 P.M.

ARTICLE 1.
To elect a mayor for a term of two years; a clerk for a term of three years; a treasurer for a term of three years; three auditors for a term of three years; one commissioner for the Green Mount Cemetery for a term of five years; one commissioner for the Green Mount Cemetery for an unexpired term of four years; one commissioner for the Green Mount Cemetery for an unexpired term of three years; one park commissioner for a term of five years; one park commissioner for an unexpired term of four years; two school commissioners, each for a term of three years; one council member from each district, for a term of two years.

RESULTS:

Position	Term	Candidate	Votes
Mayor	1 yr	Mary Hooper	1,887
Clerk	1 yr	Charlotte Hoyt	1,882
Treasurer	1 yr	Charlotte Hoyt	1,848
Auditor	3 yrs 3 yrs	John Pratt Richard Shier	1,408 1,319
Green Mount Cemetery Comissioner	5 yrs 4 yrs 3 yrs	Darragh M. Ellerson David John Mullett Kathleen T. Segar	1,785 1,685 1,709
Park Comissioner	5 yrs 4 yrs	Stephen Bosserman	1,612
School Commissioner	3 yrs	Charles S. Phillips Carolyn Casagrande Herz	1,667 1,300
Council - District 1	2 yrs	T. Andrew Hooper	520
Council - District 3	2 yrs	Harold Garabedian	542

Green Mount Cemetery Commissioner --
http://www.montpelier-vt.org/cemetery/index.cfm
http://www.montpelier-vt.org/cemetery/commission.cfm

Park Commissioner --
http://www.montpelier-vt.org/parks
http://www.montpelier-vt.org/parks/commission.cfm

School Commisioner --
http://www.mpsvt.org/board/board.htm

City Council --
http://www.montpelier-vt.org/council

ARTICLE 2. YES: 1,550 (71.4%) NO: 621 (28.6%) Total: 2,171
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $5,666,190 for the payment of debts and current expenses of the City for carrying out any of the purposes of the Charter, plus payment of all state and county taxes and obligations imposed upon the City by law to finance the fiscal year July 1, 2006, to June 30, 2007? (Requested by the City Council)

City Budget --
http://www.montpelier-vt.org/budget/index.cfm

ARTICLE 3. YES: 1,289 (59.0%) NO: 896 (41.1%) Total: 2,185
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $13,472,674 necessary for the support of the public school system for the fiscal year July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007? Local budget of $13,472,674 plus grant budget of $492,685, for a total school budget of $13,965,359. (Requested by the School Board)

ARTICLE 4. YES: 1,610 (74.2%) NO: 559 (25.8%) Total: 2,169
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $554,175 for the support of the Recreation Department for the fiscal year July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007? (Requested by the School Board)

Recreation Department --
http://www.myrecdept.com/vt/montpelier

ARTICLE 5. YES: 1,775 (80.5%) NO: 430 (1957%) Total: 2,205
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $77,548 for the support of the Senior Citizens Activity Center for the fiscal year July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007? (Requested by the School Board)

ARTICLE 6. YES: 1,739 (79.7%) NO: 444 (20.3%) Total: 2,183
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $2,700 as compensation to the Mayor for services for the fiscal year July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007? (Requested by the City Council)

ARTICLE 7. YES: 1,739 (79.7%) NO: 442 (20.3%) Total: 2,181
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $6,000 ($1,000 each) as compensation to the Council Members for their services for the fiscal year July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007? (Requested by the City Council)

City Council --
http://www.montpelier-vt.org/council

ARTICLE 8. YES: 1,594 (73.4%) NO: 577 (26.6%) Total: 2,171
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $7,300 (Chair $1,300; others $1,000 each) as compensation to the School Commissioners for their services for the fiscal year July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007? (Requested by the School Board)

ARTICLE 9. YES: 1,437 (66.5%) NO: 723 (33.5%) Total: 2,160
Shall the voters authorize the City Council to borrow a sum not to exceed $380,000 for improvements to City Hall, and Department of Public Works Buildings including a generator, electrical wiring, fuel tank replacement, monitoring system, roof repairs and storage addition? If approved, bonds would be issued for a term of 20 years. With a 20 year bond, approximately $13,837 would be required for the first year interest payment and approximately $35,433 for the second year principal and interest payment and future payments declining each year as the principal is repaid. (Requested by the City Council)

ARTICLE 10. YES: 1,532 (71.1%) NO: 622 (28.9%) Total: 2,154
Shall the voters authorize the City Council to borrow a sum not to exceed $485,000 for the City’s share of the cost of improvements to the Langdon and Memorial Bridges which is estimated to be $160,000, and to recast the Water Fund Loan for the Pioneer Bridge improvements as a refunding bond for $325,000? If approved, bonds would be issued for a term of 20 years. With a 20 year bond, approximately $17,702 would be required for the first year interest payment and approximately $44,753 for the second year principal and interest payment and future payments declining each year as the principal is repaid. (Requested by the City Council)

ARTICLE 11. YES: 1,574 (72.8%) NO: 587 (27.2%) Total: 2,161
Shall the voters authorize the City Council to borrow a sum not to exceed $1,200,000 for the City’s share of the cost of cleanup and stabilization of the Elm Street Ledge and related repairs to the Elm and Cliff Street area which is estimated to be $1,200,000? State and Federal funds may reduce the City’s share of these improvements. If approved, bonds would be issued for a term of 20 years. With a 20 year bond, approximately $43,597 would be required for the first year interest payment and approximately $108,606 for the second year principal and interest payment and future payments declining each year as the principal is repaid. (Requested by the City Council)

ARTICLE 12. YES: 1,305 (60.8%) NO: 842 (39.2%) Total: 2,147
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $52,000 (equal to one cent on the tax rate) to be placed in a special revenue account under the name of the Montpelier Housing Trust Fund? Such account, including interest and earnings thereon, shall be used exclusively by the City to award grants and loans to appropriate non-profit organizations to preserve, construct and rehabilitate dwelling units affordable to households with incomes less than or equal to 80% of median income (with a priority for homeownership units) and which are subject to covenants or restrictions that preserve their affordability for a minimum of 15 years. (Requested by the City Council)

ARTICLE 13. YES: 1,299 (59.7%) NO: 878 (40.3%) Total: 2,177
Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $96,000 to be used by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library for the fiscal year July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007? (This amount is in addition to the $99,660 for library operations and the $52,833.90 for library bond payment included in the City General Fund Budget, Article 2.) (By petition)

ARTICLE 14. YES: 1,046 (49.7%) NO: 1,060 (50.3%) Total: 2,106
Shall the sum appropriated for support of the public school system be increased by $57,335 for the School Resource Officer Program at Union Elementary, Main Street Middle School and Montpelier High School for the fiscal year July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007? (By petition)

ARTICLE 15. YES: 802 (37.7%) NO: 1,324 (62.3%) Total: 2,126
Shall the City discontinue the practice of fluoridating the water supply? (By petition, advisory only)

ARTICLE 16. YES: 1,616 (79.4%) NO: 418 (20.6%) Total: 2,034
Shall the voters of the City of Montpelier instruct the Governor and our State Representatives and Senators to oppose:

- any use of the State Education Fund for purposes that are outside the law’s original intent to “make payments to school districts and supervisory unions for the support of education”;

- the shifting of existing State General Fund expense obligations to the Education Fund; and

- the reduction of any existing State General Fund revenue support to the Education Fund?

(Requested by the City Council)

/s/ Mary Hooper, Mayor

Council Members:

/s/ J. Riley Allen	/s/ Chris Smart
/s/ David L. Grayck	/s/ Nancy Sherman
/s/ James Sheridan	/s/ Harold Garabedian
CITY SEAL:	ATTEST: /s/ Charlotte L. Hoyt, City Clerk

Updated March 8, 2006