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The City Council is comprised of six councilors and the Mayor. The councilors represent the three electoral districts in the city and are elected for two year terms. The Mayor is elected by the entire city also for a term of two years. The City Council is the legislative body of the community responsible for developing policies and ordinances that preserve and protect the health, safety, and welfare of all our residents.
2007 City Council Goals and Priorities
Adopted May 9, 2007 (download as PDF document)
Goal: Maintain a Sustainable Budget which continues top quality municipal services and infrastructure while remaining fiscally prudent.
- Develop a common understanding of “Sustainable budget”.
- Create a longer term budget model.
- Look at opportunities for staff re-organization whenever possible
- Remain supportive of workforce.
- Utilize financial incentives and tools to accomplish policy goals.
- Incorporate meaningful performance measures and citizen satisfaction measurements as can be reasonably accomplished.
- Move the Carr Lot project forward, secure federal funding, make decisions necessary to assure that the project is completed successfully.
- Support improvements in community access/parking/transit
- Encourage MDCA to review and update their downtown development plan.
- Create incentives and encourage additional downtown housing as opportunities present themselves.
- Continue efforts to facilitate full development of the Dickey Block.
- Support the arts as both an economic driver and a community enhancement.
- Work to keep Farmer’s Market downtown
- Encourage responsible housing development.
- Complete the open space/natural resources inventory.
- Adopt an Economic Development Plan
- Participate in Sabin’s Pasture mediation process
- Pursue all avenues of energy conservation and waste reduction.
- Develop an energy plan and possible performance contracts.
- Pursue and support District Heat initiative.
- Continue with water conservation efforts and improvements in the water system to account for lost water.
- Maintain capital plan funding level at $1,000,000 if possible.
- Take all necessary steps to create Montpelier Telecom
- Complete, adopt and fund a street and road maintenance program.
- Continue efforts to create bike paths throughout city.
- Continue efforts to maintain bridges.
- Take affirmative action steps to prevent ice jam flood risks.
- Initiate the Envision Montpelier process.
- Continue to support and emphasize culture and the arts.
- Recognize, support and maintain the city’s historic character.
- Maintain the city’s parks and recreation assets
- Reform winter parking ban
- Flood mitigation
- Montpelier Telecom
- Sabin’s Pasture Development Plan
- Parking/Transit Plan in place
- EnvisionMontpelier process underway
- Community Energy and energy savings
The City Council holds regularly scheduled meetings on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall. The meeting space is accessible to people with disabilities. Meetings are televised on channel 17 of the local Adelphia cable network.
Minutes
Copies of the City Council minutes can be obtained at the City Manager's Office and the City Clerk's Office, both of which are located at the Montpelier City Hall, 39 Main Street.
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| Mayor The Honorable Mary Hooper 882 North Street 223-2892 E-mail: mayor@montpelier-vt.org Elected 3/2/04 Re-elected 3/7/06 Re-elected 3/4/08 |
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| District 1 T. Andrew (Andy) Hooper 8 Winter Street 229-1237 Elected 3/7/06 Re-elected 3/4/08 |
District 2 Sarah Jarvis 115 College Street 223-6150 sarahvermont@yahoo.com elected 3/6/07 |
District 3 Alan H. Weiss 205 Forest Drive – Unit #1 229-0068 Elected 3/4/08 |
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Tom Golonka 64 Meadowbrook Drive 223-3657 Elected 3/1/05 |
Nancy Sherman 20 College Street 223-2632 Re-elected 3/5/02 Re-elected 3/2/04 Re-elected 3/7/06 Re-elected 3/4/08 |
Jim Sheridan 4 State Street, Apt. 4 229-9271 Re-elected 3/4/03 Re-elected 3/1/05 |
Contacts
For more information regarding activities or functions of the City Council, contact:
William J. Fraser, City Manager
City of Montpelier
39 Main Street, City Hall
Montpelier, VT 05602
Phone: (802) 223-9502
E-mail: wfraser@montpelier-vt.org
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