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South Burlington leaders set FY26 priorities: cemeteries, TDR reporting and legal review of building-energy enforcement rise; many items moved to 'bike rack'
Summary
City leadership and councilors refined FY26 priorities on June 27, elevating cemetery administration, requesting TDR status reporting, and ordering a legal review of municipal authority on building-energy enforcement; many other proposals were parked on a 'bike rack' for future years.
South Burlington City leadership and the city council met in a working session to narrow policy priorities and strategies for fiscal year 2026, endorsing several staff requests and tabling many ideas for future consideration.
City Manager Jesse Baker opened the meeting, describing the session as "our annual working meeting between the leadership team and the city council to develop our shared work plan for FY26." Staff presented a leadership-team package of 49 recommended initiatives organized by capital projects, master plans, operations, partnerships, ordinance updates and study/research items.
Council discussion and a dot-prioritization exercise produced several explicit outcomes: the council moved cemetery governance and administration from the bike rack to active work, instructed staff to provide reporting on transfer-of-development-rights (TDR) activity, and asked the city attorney and staff…
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