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CSWD closes 2026 preliminary budget hearing with no public comment; board adopts enforcement hearing policy
Summary
At its Jan. 22 meeting the Chittenden Solid Waste District closed a public hearing on the preliminary fiscal 2026 budget with no public input, welcomed a new finance director, adopted a formal enforcement-hearing policy and reviewed recent changes to Vermont's open meeting law.
The Chittenden Solid Waste District on Jan. 22 closed a public hearing on its proposed preliminary fiscal 2026 budget after no members of the public attended or spoke, adopted a formal policy setting procedures for enforcement hearings, and reviewed recent changes to Vermont’s open meetings law.
The board opened the hearing on the draft 2026 budget — the fiscal year that runs July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2026 — and noted a correction to how tipping-fee lines were displayed in the published packet. Executive Director Sarah said the misordered lines did not change the bottom-line figure, which she stated as a total income of $16,000,004. With no public attendees online or in the South Burlington meeting room, commissioners moved and seconded a motion to close the public hearing, and the motion passed by voice vote.
The board then proceeded with regular business, beginning with the formal welcome of John Belparta as…
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