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Mayor: Voters approve three bonds; city tracks emergency housing funds, names interim police chief and selects overdose provider
Summary
At Monday's Burlington City Council meeting the mayor highlighted passage of three city bonds and charter amendments, warned that proposed state budget changes could cut emergency housing assistance for hundreds, announced an interim police chief and named the selected service provider for a planned overdose prevention center.
Burlington's mayor told the City Council Monday that voters approved three general obligation bonds and three city charter amendments by wide margins and urged local officials to press the state to extend emergency housing funding now under review in the mid‑year budget adjustment act.
The mayor said the three bonds passed with “over 80%” approval and one charter change — a prohibition on firearms in establishments that serve alcohol — received 89.9% voter support. She described the results as a mandate that will help the city press lawmakers in Montpelier on related policy work.
The mayor warned the council that the state budget adjustment act (BAA) includes $1.8 million…
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