Town Meeting Day

Town Meeting Day in Vermont is over and the results show most communities passed school budget and financial bonds.

Today is Town Meeting Day in Vermont, the traditional time when residents meet to hash out budgets and local elections. Some communities hold their meetings at other times to encourage more participation. The Town of Middlebury gathered Monday evening.

Vermont’s long-time exercise in local democracy occurs Tuesday as residents participate in annual Town Meetings and vote on local issues.

The Burlington, Vermont City Council holds a meeting each year to review the Town Meeting Day ballot. This year, in addition to bond and budget items, voters will be asked to approve several charter changes on March 4th.

Burlington, Vermont city councilors considered several items during their meeting Monday night including whether to remove the hiring cap on the city police department.

Burlington, Vermont Democrats have chosen their candidates for March’s Town Meeting Day city council races as a long-time councilor decides not to run for re-election.

There were bond issues, municipal budgets and local elections for voters to decide Tuesday during Vermont Town Meeting Day. The major issue across the state was school budgets.

It’s Town Meeting Day in Vermont and voters are choosing local government leaders, budgets and ballot questions.

State officials are anticipating school budgets and resulting property taxes will be the key issue for voters across the state.

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley was in South Burlington, Vermont Sunday for a brief campaign rally in the Green Mountain State in advance of its Super Tuesday primary.