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Committee reviews H.504 charter amendments including taxes for fire, police equipment and purchasing changes
Summary
The Vermont Senate Government Operations Committee on Wednesday reviewed draft H.504 language that would amend a city charter to raise dedicated grand‑list taxes for fire equipment, add a new police‑equipment tax, reference state law for ordinance penalties, and move a purchasing threshold out of the charter and into state policy.
The Vermont Senate Government Operations Committee on Wednesday reviewed draft language in H.504 that would amend a city charter to set new minimums for equipment taxes, change how ordinance fines are referenced, and alter several administrative provisions.
Legislative counsel Tucker Anderson told the committee the bill combines two charter amendments approved by voters into a single bill and would, among other changes, cross‑reference state law on ordinance penalties and raise or add fixed grand‑list taxes for equipment replacement. “Section 2 amends the city charter,” Anderson said, describing the package of changes the committee was considering.
Why it matters: The changes lock in a floor for dedicated grand‑list taxes for equipment replacement rather than leaving the baseline entirely to annual budgets. That shifts the mechanics of how the city…
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