“I’m always proud of city staff for bringing us items that are necessary and important to the community. They rarely bring us things that aren’t a must-do item,” Mayor Thomas Renner said.
With increased benefits and wages for new members, Charlotte Volunteer Fire & Rescue Services hopes to attract even more staff and volunteers in the long run
Winooski residents will head to the polls and vote on a range of ballot measures, including proposed city and school budgets, a re-vote on the “just cause” eviction ordinance and a resolution condemning Israeli military occupation in Gaza.
Voters in Charlotte are deciding whether to abandon the 236-year-old tradition of direct democracy for the access and convenience of the secret ballot.
They came to vote on the town budget and other matters but, just as importantly, to wave goodbye to their town clerk and treasurer, Cynthia Flannigan, who retired after 25 years in office.
Residents cited patrol issues in town and approved a bumping up of the budget for public safety in support of a new contract with the sheriff’s department.
Of the issues voted on, residents voted in a slate of LGBTQ+ city councilors and approved a project to upgrade and potentially relocate the Winooski bridge.