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If you are a candidate for any office appearing on the city ballot, you may send a picture and a statement of any size (via email only) to the City Clerk at jodum@montpelier-vt.org.
If you would like to contribute a commentary on a ballot article, you may also send that (via email only) to the City Clerk at jodum@montpelier-vt.org. Please note that commentaries are subject to the following conditions:
• Writer must be identified (no anonymous submissions), and must be a registered Montpelier voter.
• No insulting, demeaning or derogatory content or messages.
• A commentary must be a standalone opinion on a ballot article, not a response to another citizen commentary.
• Only one commentary per person per ballot article.
• Email submissions must include voter's full name, the ballot article the piece is in reference to, and state explicitly whether the piece is advocating for a "yes" vote or a "no" vote.
• Commentaries will not be accepted for candidates (Articles 1 - 3)
| Office | City Candidates listed in ballot order, per drawing of lots (or alpha order for non-city offices) |
| Cemetery Commission | - |
| Parks Commission (5 year term) | Kassia Randzio |
| Parks Commission (2 year term) | Shelby Perry |
| City Council, District 1 | Lauren Hierl |
| City Council, District 2 | Jack McCullough |
| City Council, District 3 | Ashley Hill | School Board Director (2 positions, non-city offices) | Andrew Stein Steve Hingtgen |
| School District Clerk (non-city office) | Tammy Legacy |
| School District Treasurer (non-city office) | Shelley B. Quinn |
| School District Moderator (non-city office) | |
| Central Vermont Public Safety Authority At-Large Board Member (non-city office) | Kimberly B. Cheney |
ARTICLE 5. Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $9.466.121 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, 2019 to June 30, 2020?
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 6. Shall the voters of the school district adopt a budget of $23,813,218 which is the amount the school board has determined to be necessary for the ensuing fiscal year? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $16,151.85 per equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is 1.43% higher than spending for the current year. (Requested by the School Board)
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 7. Shall the voters of the school district appropriate $260,000 necessary to supplement the Capital Reserve Fund in support of the District? It is estimated that this proposed budget, if approved, will result in education spending of $16,361.50 per equalized pupil. This projected spending per equalized pupil is 2.75% higher than spending for the current year. (Requested by the School Board) (By Petition)
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 8. Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $4,000 as compensation to the Mayor for services for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020? (Requested by the City Council)
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 9. Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $12,000 ($2,000 each) as compensation to the Council Members for their services for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020? (Requested by the City Council)
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 10. Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $9,700 (Chair $1,500; Vice Chair $1,200; others $1,000 each) as compensation to the School Commissioners for their services for the fiscal year July 1, 2019, to June 30, 2020?
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 11. Shall the voters authorize the Board of School Commissioners to hold any audited fund balance as of June 30, 2019 in a reserve (assigned) fund to be expended under the control and direction of the Board of School Commissioners for the purpose of operating the school? (Requested by the School Board)
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 12. Shall the voters authorize the City to levy a special assessment of $0.0515 per $100 of appraisal value on properties within Montpelier’s Designated Downtown not used entirely for residential purposes? The assessment shall be apportioned according to the listed value of such properties except that the assessment for any property also used for residential purposes shall be reduced by the proportion that heated residential floor space bears to heated floor space for such property. Funds raised by the assessment shall be used to improve the downtown streetscape and to market the downtown. (Requested by the City Council)
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 13. Shall the voters appropriate the sum of $350,471 to be used by the Kellogg-Hubbard Library for the fiscal year July 1, 2019 to June 30, 2020? (This amount is in addition to the $25,365 for the library bond payment included in the City General Fund Budget, ARTICLE 4)
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |
ARTICLE 14. Shall the city amend Section 301 of the City Charter to include: “(D) Enact ordinances enforcing minimum efficiency standards and disclosure requirements for existing and new commercial and residential properties that are generally consistent with State, Federal, and other energy efficiency standards and reporting systems.”?
| Commentaries in favor | Commentaries in opposition |