Board of Civil Authority

Regular Meeting

Burlington, VT · March 23, 2026

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BURLINGTON BOARD OF CIVIL AUTHORITY CONTOIS AUDITORIUM, 149 CHURCH STREET, 2ND FLOOR MINUTES OF MEETING March 23, 2026 1. Agenda 1. Agenda Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak convened the meeting at 6:44 pm. Members present: Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak, City Council President Traverse, Councilors Barlow, Bergman, Broderick, Carpenter, Grant, Litwin, McKnight, Neubieser, Schachter and Singh (all in person): Councilor Kane (online) Others present; City Attorney Brown, CAO Schad, Lori Olberg, Interim COS Alnasrawi and Deputy COS Zakaras Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda Meeting March 23, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor Category 1. Agenda Department Council and Board Type Action Procedural Recommended Action Motion to adopt agenda 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda Motion made by City Council President Traverse, seconded by Councilor Grant, to adopt the agenda as presented. Motion passed unanimously. 2. Consent Agenda 2. Consent Agenda Subject 2.1. Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated Meeting March 23, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor 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 2.1. Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated Motion made by City Council President Traverse, seconded by Councilor Grant, to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated. Motion passed unanimously. Subject 2.2. Resolution: Ratification of Assistant Election Officials (Councilor Traverse) Meeting March 23, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor Category 2. Consent Agenda Department Department of Finance and Administration Type Action (Consent) Resolution Recommended Action waive the reading and adopt the resolution 2.2. Resolution: Ratification of Assistant Election Officials (Councilor Traverse) 3. Adjournment 3. Adjournment Subject 3.1. Motion to adjourn Meeting March 23, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor Category 3. Adjournment Department Council and Board Type Action Procedural Recommended Action Motion to adjourn 3.1. Motion to adjourn Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak adjourned the meeting at 6:45 pm.

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Board of Civil Authority Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor Join from PC, Mac, iPad, or Android: https://zoom.us/j/91275255239 Phone one-tap: +13052241968, 91275255239# US Join via audio: +1 305 224 1968 US Webinar ID: 912 7525 5239 International numbers available: https://zoom.us/u/ahCM7CDTO **CCTV link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLljLFn4BZd2PwCge7lNoKug676jIf_iUA ** 1. Agenda Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda Meeting March 23, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor 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 March 23, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor Category 2. Consent Agenda Department Council and Board Type Action (Consent) Procedural Page 1 of 4 Recommended Action Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated Subject 2.2. Resolution: Ratification of Assistant Election Officials (Councilor Traverse) Meeting March 23, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor Category 2. Consent Agenda Department Department of Finance and Administration Type Action (Consent) Resolution Recommended Action waive the reading and adopt the resolution 3. Adjournment Subject 3.1. Motion to adjourn Meeting March 23, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, March 23, 2026, 6:40 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor Category 3. Adjournment Department Council and Board Type Action Procedural Recommended Action Motion to adjourn Page 2 of 4 Resolution Relating to RESOLUTION________ Sponsor(s): Councilor Traverse Introduced: ____________________ RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT Referred to: ____________________ ELECTION OFFICIALS RE MARCH 3rd, 2026 ANNUAL ______________________________ CITY ELECTION Action: ________________________ Date: __________________________ Signed by Mayor: ________________ CITY OF BURLINGTON In the year Two Thousand Twenty-Six……………………………………………………………………… Resolved by the Bd. of Civil Authority of the City of Burlington, as follows: 1 That WHEREAS, the City of Burlington Annual City Election was held on March 3rd, 2026; 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, ward clerks as presiding officers of their voting districts have found persons of varying 6 political affiliations to serve as assistant election officials for their districts; and 7 WHEREAS, these persons served under the direction of the ward clerks as assistant election officials, 8 providing competent and essential assistance to the elected and appointed ward officers in the running of the 9 March 3rd, 2026 Election; 10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Burlington Board of Civil Authority, in accordance 11 with state law, ratifies the appointments of the following assistant election officials with the said appointments 12 to have been in effect only for the March 3rd, 2026 Annual City Election: 13 14 Ward One: 15 Sandra Wynne (D), 137 Mansfield Ave 16 Michael Abler (D), 530 North Street 17 Mary Munger (D), 523 North Street 18 19 Ward Three: 20 Marissa Darling (D), 190 Park Street 21 22 Ward Six: 23 Dana Poverman (D), 416 South Winooski Ave 24 James Wolvington (D), 116 Deforest Road 25 Barbara Cook (D), 116 Deforest Road 26 27 Ward Seven: 28 Al Belluche (I), 58 Turf Road 29 Sandra Gutchell (R), 165 Saratoga Ave 30 Sal Millichamp (P), 65 Cambrian Way 31 Denise Schomody (I), 26 Edgemoor Drive Page 3 of 4 Page 2 Resolution Relating to RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS 32 Jim Carrier (I), 41 Sky Drive 33 Amanda Rohdenburg (P), 95 Cayuga Court 34 Dominic Schomody (I), 26 Edgemoor Drive 35 36 Ward Eight: 37 Anne Paradiso (D), 4 Southwind Drive 38 39 40 SM/Resolutions 2026/Ratification of Appointment of Assistant Election Officials 41 3/19/26 Page 4 of 4