Board of Civil Authority
Regular MeetingBurlington, VT · February 26, 2024
Minutes
BURLINGTON BOARD OF CIVIL AUTHORITY
CONTOIS AUDITORIUM, CITY HALL *OR*
REMOTE MEETING WITH CALL-IN
BURLINGTON, VERMONT
MINUTES OF MEETING
February 26, 2024
DRAFT
MEMBERS PRESENT: Karen Paul
Joan Shannon
Ali Dieng (via Zoom)
Zoraya Hightower
Sarah E Carpenter
Mark Barlow
Joe Magee
Ben Traverse
Gene Bergman (via Zoom)
Tim Doherty
Melo Grant
Hannah King
Miro Weinberger
OTHERS PRESENT: Jared Pellerin
Katherine Schad
Jordan Redell
Lori Olberg
____________________________________________________________________________________
1. CALL TO ORDER and AGENDA
Mayor Weinberger called the meeting to order at 10:04 PM.
1.1 Motion to amend/adopt agenda
MOTION by City Council President Paul, SECOND by Councilor Magee, to adopt the agenda.
VOTING: unanimous; motion carries.
2. CONSENT AGENDA
2.1 Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated
2.2 Resolution: Appointment of Assistant Election Officials for March 5, 2024 Annual City Election (President Paul) – waive the reading and
adopt the resolution.
MOTION by City Council President Paul, SECOND by Councilor Magee, to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions
indicated for items 2.1-2.2.
VOTING: unanimous; motion carries.
3.0 ADJOURNMENT
3.1 Motion to Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned without objection at 10:05 PM.
Agenda
Monday, February 26, 2024, 8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR
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1. Agenda
Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
Meeting February 26, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, February 26, 2024,
8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM
Category 1. Agenda
Department Council and Board
Type Action
Procedural
Recommended Action Motion to adopt agenda
2. Consent Agenda
Subject 2.1. Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated
Meeting February 26, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, February 26, 2024,
8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM
Category 2. Consent Agenda
Department Council and Board
Type Action (Consent)
Procedural
Recommended Action Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated
Subject 2.2. Resolution: Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials For March 5, 2024
Annual City Election (President Paul)
Meeting February 26, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, February 26, 2024,
8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM
Category 2. Consent Agenda
Department Clerk/Treasurer's Office
Type Action (Consent)
Resolution
Recommended Action waive the reading and adopt the resolution
3. Adjournment
Subject 3.1. Motion to adjourn
Meeting February 26, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, February 26, 2024,
8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM
Category 3. Adjournment
Department Council and Board
Type Action
Procedural
Recommended Action Motion to adjourn
Packet
Monday, February 26, 2024, 8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR
REMOTELY via ZOOM
Please click the link below to join the webinar:
https://zoom.us/j/99756965793
Or Telephone: +1 646 931 3860 US
Webinar ID: 997 5696 5793
**CCTV link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLljLFn4BZd2PwCge7lNoKug676jIf_iUA **
1. Agenda
Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
Meeting February 26, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, February 26, 2024,
8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM
Category 1. Agenda
Department Council and Board
Type Action
Procedural
Recommended Action Motion to adopt agenda
2. Consent Agenda
Subject 2.1. Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated
Meeting February 26, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, February 26, 2024,
8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM
Category 2. Consent Agenda
Department Council and Board
Type Action (Consent)
Procedural
Recommended Action Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated
Subject 2.2. Resolution: Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials For March 5, 2024
Annual City Election (President Paul)
Meeting February 26, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, February 26, 2024,
8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM
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Category 2. Consent Agenda
Department Clerk/Treasurer's Office
Type Action (Consent)
Resolution
Recommended Action waive the reading and adopt the resolution
3. Adjournment
Subject 3.1. Motion to adjourn
Meeting February 26, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, February 26, 2024,
8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium 2nd Floor, City Hall OR REMOTELY via ZOOM
Category 3. Adjournment
Department Council and Board
Type Action
Procedural
Recommended Action Motion to adjourn
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Resolution Relating to RESOLUTION________
Sponsor(s): President Paul
Introduced: ____________________
APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS
Referred to: ____________________
FOR MARCH 5, 2024 ANNUAL CITY ELECTION ______________________________
Action: ________________________
Date: __________________________
Signed by Mayor: ________________
CITY OF BURLINGTON
In the year Two Thousand Twenty-Four……………………………………………………………………
Resolved by the Bd. of Civil Authority of the City of Burlington, as follows:
1 That WHEREAS, the City of Burlington Annual City Election will occur on March 5, 2024; and
2 WHEREAS, state statute, 17 V.S.A. § 2454, requires the appointment of a sufficient number of
3 assistant election officials for each voting district by the Board of Civil Authority with an attempt to appoint
4 an equal number of persons from each major political party; and
5 WHEREAS, the Ward Clerks as the presiding officers of their voting districts have found persons of
6 varying political affiliations to serve as assistant election officials for their districts; and
7 WHEREAS, these persons will serve under the direction of the Ward Clerks as assistant election
8 officials, providing competent and essential assistance to the elected and appointed ward officers in the
9 running of the March 5, 2024 Annual City Election;
10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Burlington Board of Civil Authority, in accordance
11 with state law, appoints the following assistant election officials with the said appointments to be in effect
12 only for the March 5, 2024 Annual City Election:
13
14 Ward One:
15 Ann Baldau-Teah (I), 179 Bayberry
16 David Dandurand (I), 163 Bayberry
17 Mary Jo Dandurand (I), 163 Bayberry
18 Thomas Dunn (D), 160 Loomis Street
19 Jean Hopkins (D), 11 East Village Drive
20 Jeffrey Jarrad (D), 410 Hildred Drive
21 Mary Beth McNulty (D), 456 North Street
22 John Sheehey (I), 139 Mansfield Avenue
23
24 Ward Two:
25
26 Suzanne Butt (D), 14 Cayuga Court
27 Ethan Cole (I), 179 North Union Street
28 Martha Dallas (P), 51 Blodgett Street
29 Kate Desrocher (I), 63 Walnut Street
30 Sarah Gliech (P), 57 Intervale Avenue
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Resolution Relating to APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR MARCH 5,
2024 ANNUAL CITY ELECTION
31 Scheller Hinkle (I), 103 North Winooski Avenue, #7
32 Hilary Martin (I), 27 Rose Street
33 Stu McGowan (I), 105 Intervale Avenue
34 Jeffrey (Phinn) Sonin (I), 328 North Winooski Avenue
35 Sydney VanTassel (P), 141 North Union Street
36 Joan Watson (I), 105 Intervale Avenue
37 Jody (Joanna) Woos (P), 26 Oak Street
38
39 Ward Three:
40
41 Diana Carlisle (D), 107 Lakeview Terrace
42 Luke Donforth (D), 49 Lafountain Street
43 Jules Fishelman (P), 21 Pitkin Street
44 Valerie Hird (I), 167 North Avenue
45 Damon Lane (P), 71 Peru Street, #2
46 Martha Penzer (I), 49 Murray Street
47 Sam Powers (I), 131 Main Street, #303
48 Wiley Reading (D), 45 Archibald Street, #2
49 Cindy Schneider (I), 20A Blodgett Street
50 Erica Spiegel (D), 43 Blodgett Street
51 Jeannie Waltz (P), 32 Cedar Street
52
53 Ward Four:
54
55 Melani Barch (D), 147 Staniford Road
56 Darcy Belisle (D), 107 Cross Parkway
57 Chet Bielawski (D), 64 Grey Meadow Drive
58 Karen Bielawski-Branch (D), 64 Grey Meadow Drive
59 Ben Bosher (D/P), 74 Oakcrest Drive
60 Janet Callison (D), 139 Killarney Drive
61 Elizabeth Connolly (I), 42 Alexis Drive
62 Angele Court (D), 128 Lakewood Parkway
63 Doug Facey (I), 144 Woodlawn Road
64 Anne Judson (D), 119 Oakcrest Drive
65 Janice Kerr (I), 144 Woodlawn Road
66 Zinnia Mitchell (I), 1 Rock Point Road
67 Elizabeth Nixon (D), 300 Appletree Point Road
68 Amy Payne (D), 43 Eastman Farm Road
69 Moss Pine (I), 1 Rock Point Road
70 Wendy Rice (D), 19 Killarney Drive
71 Kevin Scully (I), 201 Staniford Road
72 Sarah Sherrill (D), 160 Woodbury Road
73 Sherwood Smith (I), 96 Pleasant Avenue
74 Camillo Spirito (D), 2 Rock Point Road
75 Kenneth Vachereau (D), 91 Staniford Farms Road
76 Nancy Weber (D), 15 Beachcrest Drive
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Resolution Relating to APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR MARCH 5,
2024 ANNUAL CITY ELECTION
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78 Ward Five:
79
80 Jacquelyn Barna (D), 124 Lyman Avenue
81 Debra Blumberg (I), 66 Scarff Avenue
82 Gordon Clark (P), 58 Scarf Avenue
83 Margaret Clement (D), 288 Red Rock Drive
84 Kathryn Cromer (D), 76 Hayward Street, #3
85 Margaret Crowley (P), 133 Charlotte Street
86 Celia Cuddy (P), 124 Lyman Avenue
87 Karen Downey (D), 37 Catherine Street
88 Mike Egan (I), 37 Catherine Street
89 Nancy Knox (I), 69 Catherine Street
90 Jody Landon (D)(P), 193 St. Paul Street, Unit 208
91 Johanne Larson (D), 50 Charlotte Street
92 Gill Mathys (P), 239 Red Rock Drive
93 John Olson (I), 288 Flynn Avenue
94 Emily Piccirillo (P), 58 Scarff Avenue
95 Tom Porter (D), 69 Catherine Street
96 Sally Ross (D), 88 Charlotte Street
97 Mary Ann Samuels (I), 148 Locust Terrace
98 Hannah Senftleber (D), 53 Scarff Avenue
99 Lynda Siegel (P), 239 Red Rock Drive
100 Rebecca Wasserman (D), 29 Southcrest Drive
101
102 Ward Six:
103
104 Casey Corcoran (D), 31 Glen Road
105 Megan Epler Wood (D), 369 South Union Street
106 Meacie Fairfax (D), 492 South Union Street, #1
107 Paulette Frisbie (R), 125 Crescent Road
108 Diane Gayer (I), 21 Redstone Terrace
109 Chris Hadsel (D), 429 South Willard Street
110 Thomas Hyde (D), 160 Deforest Road
111 Faith Ingulsrud (D), 44 Clymer Street
112 Erin Jacobsen (D), 28 Elm Terrace
113 Peter Keating (I), 493 South Union Street
114 Sean Kelly (D), 31 Glen Road
115 Eleanor Lanahan (D), 177 South Prospect Street
116 Steve Madden (I), 29 Perrotta Place
117 Vicky McCafferty (I), 22 Kingsland Terrace
118 Amy Mellencamp (D), 110 Summit Street
119 Fran Mount (R), 325 South Union Street
120 Nancy Nesbitt (D), 236 South Prospect Street
121 Karen Paul (D), 171 Crescent Road
122 Pamela Polston (I), 356 South Winooski Avenue
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Resolution Relating to APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR MARCH 5,
2024 ANNUAL CITY ELECTION
123 Dana Poverman (D), 416 South Winooski Avenue
124 William Reilly (I), 254 South Union Street
125 Mary Riley (D), 31 Fairmount Street
126 Gail Rose (D), 32 Chittenden Drive
127 Garry Schaedel (D), 47 Adams Court
128 Susan Shull (I), 46 Robinson Parkway
129 Laszlo Snyder (P), 28 Elm Terrace
130 Janet Stambolian (D), 11 Beech Street
131 Kerry Stout (D), 545 South Prospect Street, #4
132 Colin Swanson (D), 355 South Winooski Avenue
133 Eileen Underwood (D), 18 Perrotta Place
134 Colleen Uveges (D), 191 Howard Street
135 Gretchen VanSlyke (D), 63 Robinson Parkway
136 Patty Wesley (D), 47 Adams Court
137 Keegan Wilson (P), 92 Prospect Parkway
138
139 Ward Seven:
140
141 Mindy Bean (D), 355 Ethan Allen Parkway, #12
142 Alan Belluche (I), 58 Turf Road
143 Donna Bepler (D), 602 North Avenue, #4
144 Robert Bristow-Johnson (I), 40 North Cove Road
145 James Carrier (P), 41 Sky Drive
146 Paula Ciardelli (I), 158 Saratoga Drive
147 Nancy Comstock (R), 48 Plattsburg Avenue
148 Sally (Sarah) Cook (D), 602 North Avenue, #20
149 Sandra Gutchell (R), 165 Saratoga Avenue
150 Raymond Ingram (R), 92 Farrington Parkway
151 Sara Jelen (I), 7 Gosse Court
152 Annmarie Klein (R), 1688 North Avenue
153 Gustave Klein (R), 1688 North Avenue
154 Carol Lacy (I), 244 Sandra Circle
155 Robert Landry (I), 120 Gosse Court
156 Sara Piette (P), 173 Plattsburg Avenue
157 Denise Schomody (I), 126 Edgemoor Drive
158 Susan Shaloohey (I), 72 Heineberg Road, #326
159 Julie Silverman (I), 46 Marshall Drive
160 Paul Turmelle (I), 32 Gosse Court
161 Brian Williams (D), 6 Billings Court
162 Janette Williams (I), 6 Billings Court
163
164 Ward Eight:
165
166 Jean Berggren (D), 60 Beachcrest Drive
167 Brian Donahue (D), 31 Hyde Street, #7
168 Christopher Donovan (I), 141 Centennial Court
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Resolution Relating to APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR MARCH 5,
2024 ANNUAL CITY ELECTION
169 Autumn Leach (D), 154 Loomis Street
170 Anne Paradiso (D), 4 Southwind Drive
171 Susan Robbins (I), 14 Lake Forest Drive
172 Robin Twery (I), 348 Appletree Point Road
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174 SM/Resolutions 2024/Appointment of Assistant Election Officials for March 5, 2024 Annual City Election
175 February 20, 2024
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