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B
B
B
We
have
fire
chief
Chris,
gaborio,
Wastewater,
quality,
superintendent,
Chelsea
Mandigo
human
resource
director,
Colleen
Dwyer
Communications
and
strategic
initiatives,
director
Ashley
Ashley
snellenberger
and
Community
Development,
director
Chris
Ewan.
In
terms
of
our
city
councilors.
We
have
vice
president
rosh
tawa.
A
All
right,
thank
you,
Andrew,
so
I'm
going
to
read
over
the
procedures
for
this
informational
hearing.
This
is
an
informational
hearing
to
discuss
the
Articles
being
voted
on
by
Australian
ballot
for
the
2023
City
meeting.
As
such,
there
will
be
no
motions
amendments
or
voting
at
this
meeting,
pertinent,
pertinent
information
on
this
meeting
agenda
reports.
Etc,
is
on
the
City
website.
A
Attendees
must
remain
on
mute,
except
when
recognized
by
me.
Attendees
can
get
in
line
to
make
remarks
by
using
the
raise
hand
tool
or
by
using
the
chat
type
that
they'd
like
to
speak.
People
will
be
queued
in
order
of
request.
Only
residents
of
the
city
of
Essex
Junction
are
allowed
to
speak
remarks.
Questions
and
discussions
should
be
addressed
to
me.
A
Please
wait
to
be
recognized
before
I'm
muting
and
speaking
then
give
your
name
and
street
address
speak
in
a
loud
voice,
or
your
comments
may
be
heard
by
everybody,
as
in
our
usual
City
meeting,
each
person
should
plan
to
limit
their
time
to
two
to
three
minutes
so
that
more
people
have
a
chance
to
speak.
As
in
past
years,
I
will
not
be
specifically
timing
people,
but
will
encourage
people
to
wrap
up
if
they're
speaking
too
long.
My
role
as
moderators
to
help
you
ask
your
question
or
make
your
point.
A
If
you
need
help,
please
let
me
know,
above
all,
be
civil
and
respectful
of
your
neighbors
opinions.
Well,
Ashley
a
reminder:
the
chat
Windows
only
be
to
be
used
to
ask
to
speak.
You
can
type
your
first
and
last
name
and
that
you'd
like
to
speak,
no
comments,
questions
or
conversations
are
allowed
in
the
chat
and
the
chat
is
not
part
of
the
meeting
record.
A
So
I'm
going
to
start
with
article
one.
Shall
the
voters
approve
the
an
annual
general
fund
budget
in
the
amount
of
11
million
four
hundred
and
twenty
one
thousand
one
hundred
and
seventy
one
dollars
for
fiscal
year?
July
1
2023
to
June
30
2024,
10
million
420,
986
of
which
is
to
be
levied
in
taxes
against
the
City
Grand
list
right
so
there's
article
one
Andrew
would
are
you
doing
the
presentation
for
this
one.
B
B
This
reflects
a
change
of
730
078
from
that
mock
budget,
with
a
percent
change
being
six
percent
that
bottom
portion
of
the
estimated
tax
impact
you
can
see
the
combined
rates
and
then
the
compo,
the
proposed
rate,
their
change
that
percentage
change
of
0.4.
If
you
take
this
number
and
you
find
your
property
tax
bill
and
you
look
at
just
your
Municipal
portion
so
take
out
your
School
portion,
so
your
Municipal
portion
multiply
that
number
by
point
four
percent.
B
That
should
be
approximately
what
the
impact
of
this
budget
would
be
on
your
property
taxes
to
the
home,
the
average
home
in
Essex
Junction,
which
is
appraised
at
or
assessed
at
two
hundred
and
eighty
thousand
dollars.
Those
Property
Owners
would
see
a
10.86
property
tax
increase.
The
important
thing
to
note
here
is:
we
all
know
that
the
real
estate
market
is
extremely
high
right
now,
and
so
what
you
will
see
for
your
assessed
value
through
the
assessor's
office
is
very
likely
to
be
drastically
different
than
what
you
could
get
on
the
real
estate
market.
B
So
it's
important
to
note
that
if
you
use
this
280
000
as
your
guide,
if
your
home
is
assessed
higher
than
that
number,
then
your
tax
impact
would
be
higher
than
that
ten
dollars.
If
it
is
lower,
then
it
would
be
lower
than
that
ten
dollars,
but
the
important
part
is
to
know
the
difference
between
the
assessed
value
done
by
the
assessor's
office
as
compared
to
what
your
your
market
value
would
be,
because
those
are
very
different
numbers.
B
B
C
Name
is
Rich
and
I'm
on
West
Street
I
had
a
couple
questions
related
to
the
the
tax
property
tax.
First,
one
on
the
flyer
that
was
mailed
to
everybody
under
revenues
and
property
taxes.
It
shows
an
increase
of
168
percent
for
the
next
year,
going
from
three
million
800
to
10
million
400
and
change.
Can
you
explain
how
that
number
is
how
you
come
to
that
number
and
the
other
one
is
when
you
look
at
your
tax
bill.
B
You
have
to
be
happy
to
so
for
that
first
question
of
the
property
tax
line
item
the
168
is
being
compared
to
the
Village
of
Essex
Junctions
property
tax
revenue,
so
that
three
million
890
000
was
what
it
took
for
the
village
of
Essex
Junction.
The
10
million
is
what
is
proposed
for
the
city
of
Essex
Junction,
the
three.
It's
very
much
frankly
doing
an
apples
to
Orange
comparison
as
the
village
of
Essex
Junction
and
the
City
of
Essex
Junction
are
not
the
same.
B
Things
do
not
provide
the
same
Services
the
village
having
Services
being
provided
and
paid
for
through
our
town.
Taxes
are
not
associated
in
that
number.
So
when
you
are
looking
at
your
property
taxes
and
that
impact
that
168
is
very
misleading,
the
0.4
percent,
that's
the
one!
That's
not
misleading,
because
you
are
not
going
to
see
a
168
increase
on
your
property
tax
bill.
B
You
would
see
a
0.4
property
tax
or
increase
on
your
property
tax
bill
which
to
answer,
then
your
second
question
as
to
which
line
items
it
is
for
your
property
tax
bill.
Yes,
take
out
the
the
school
district
I'm
going
to
look
to
our
staff
on
this
one
in
terms
of
whether
that
was
inclusive
of
the
Town
Capital
line
item
or
not
because
I.
A
E
C
F
C
Okay,
so
let
me
try
to
understand
it.
So,
if
I
look
at
the
bill
and
I'm
just
going
to
put
some
numbers
out
there
and
I'm,
not
counting
the
homestead
education,
that's
part
of
the
tax
bill,
but
that's
separate.
You
have
the
town,
General
and
the
town
Capital.
Let's
say
that
that's
two
thousand
dollars
in
taxes
and
then
the
tax
agreement,
City
General
and
City
Economic
Development,
that's
a
thousand
bucks.
F
C
G
G
A
G
A
G
C
If
we
no
longer
pay
the
town
taxes,
those
first
two
lines
should
disappear
and
that
will
remain
what
the
current
tax
would
be.
And
then
you
add
the
increase
on
that
current
tax.
Or
are
we
going
to
pay
the
same
amount
of
taxes
as
what
we're
paying
the
year
before,
but
they
just
transferred
everything
to
the
city.
G
G
G
G
G
Yeah,
so
right,
so
the
168
increases
the
numbers.
As
president
Brown
indicated
earlier,
it's
we
were
paying
those
lines
to
different
plates.
We
were
paying
portions
of
the
of
the
city
budget
that
you're
seeing
now
to
a
town
budget,
so
everything
is
now
under
one
city
budget
that
you're
seeing
reflecting
that
168
increase.
In
the
past,
a
good
portion
of
that
was
being
sent
to
a
different
budget,
which
was
the
towns,
and
so
as
of
this
proposed
budget.
G
All
of
that
is
just
going
to
the
city,
and
so
those
some
of
these
lines
are
going
to
have
some
crazy.
Some
very
interesting
increases
in
decreased
numbers,
so
it's
very
difficult
to
look
at
the
percent
changes
on
a
lot
of
these
lines
and
it's
a
little
complicated.
So
there
may
be
a
lot
of
questions.
C
G
A
D
Your
tax
could
go
down
because
on
a
280
000
that
town
Capital
amounts
to
roughly
50
some
odd
dollars.
So,
even
though
your
taxes,
you
know
you
say,
okay,
there's
a
point:
four
percent
increase,
there's
actually
a
decrease
because
you
take
out
that
down
Capital
Town
capital
and
the
new
one
as
I
understand.
D
It
is
not
going
to
be
there
so
you're
you're,
even
though,
and
the
town
General
obviously
won't
be
there
but
it'll
be
incorporated
within
because
we're
going
to
a
city,
that's
going
to
be
incorporated
into
the
city,
General
City,
Economic,
Development
and
tax
agreements,
and
so
forth
am
I.
Interpreting
that
correctly.
D
D
F
F
Our
proposed
rates
for
fy24,
so
you'll
see
that
the
town,
General
and
town
Capital
are
removed.
So
your
tax
agreement
rate
would
be
this
zero
zero.
Two
two,
your
city,
General,
will
be
9215
and
then
the
city
Economic,
Development
Fund,
is
still
the
penny
on
the
tax
rate,
so
in
total
compared
to
what
you're
paying
right.
Now,
your
tax
rate,
combined
tax
rate,
is
going
up.
0.4
percent.
A
D
D
F
So
those
Glenn
those
two
numbers
that
you're
looking
at
the
26
29
and
the
26
14.,
are
based
on
this.
This
set
of
data
up
here
the
2629
is
derived
from
the
old
Grand
list
value,
which
is
the
value
that
it
was
at
the
time
that
previous
staff
created
the
projected
budget,
the
actual
Grand
list
value
today
is
this
amount
down
here,
so
you
really
want
to
focus
on
this
information.
That's
highlighted
in
the
green,
so.
D
What
you're
saying
is
I
can't
take
a
look
at
last
year's
or
any
of
the
previous
years
right.
I
can't
take
a
look
at
last
year's
amount
of
dollars
that
I
paid
I
would
have
okay,
I
can
but
I'd
have
to
increase
it
by
0.4
percent.
Correct
correct
and
you
can't
include-
and
you
still
have
to
include
the
town
capital
and
that.
D
D
Yes,
any
comment:
yeah,
okay,
we
had
been.
You
know
a
number
of
cases.
As
I've
mentioned
to
the
city
council,
we
had
been
told
that
there
would
be
a
decrease,
but
because
of
the
changeover
and
because
of
various
things,
inflation
is
one
of
them,
but
also
having
to
hire
individuals
to
take
place
in
separations
and
so
forth.
We're
seeing
a
tax
increase.
A
A
A
Okay,
let's
go
to
article
two
present:
let's
see,
shall
the
voters
approve
the
following
amendment
to
section
206
of
the
charter.
It's
gonna
be
hard
for
me
to
read
so
I'm
going
to
let
so
this
is
on
conflict,
section,
206,
conflicts
of
interest
and
prohibitions
and
I'm
sure
on
the
presentation
it
has
it
where
we
can
all
stare
at
the
words.
B
We
came
into
the
situation
this
past
January,
where
we
had
not
as
a
city,
we
had
not
appointed
a
town,
Health
officer
because
of
not
doing
so
and
not
having
a
town,
Health
officer
by
State
Statute
that
defaulted
to
me
as
a
city
councilor.
The
unfortunate
thing
is
is
that
our
Charter
prevented
me
from
acting
in
that
manner,
because
I
would
be
considered
a
form
of
city
employment.
So
this
will
allow
for
that
to
happen
again.
B
Should
a
future
chair
of
the
city,
council
or
president
of
the
city
council
need
to
act
in
that
manner
or
any
other
manner
in
which
that
is
allowed
by
State
Statute,
which,
to
the
best
of
my
knowledge,
that
is
the
only
time
in
which
it
can
happen,
and
I
also
want
to
make
sure
to
point
out
that
there
are
no
changes
to
the
Charter.
That
would
prohibit
the
city
councilor.
A
A
B
These
two,
these
two
votes,
do
not
require
the
approval
or
disapproval
of
these
changes.
So
if
you
approve
of
one
and
not
the
other,
that
is
perfectly
fine.
These
do
operate
in
in
their
own
vacuum.
If
you
will,
because
we
are
only
voting
on
the
changes,
it's
not
voting
on
the
entire
verbiage
that
you
see
in
front
of
you.
So
the
part
that
you
would
be
voting
on
in
this
section
is
just
the
crossed
out
portion
that
would
that
would
remove
the
section
that
reads.
G
Andrew
I'll
take
this
one
I
guess
this
change
would
result
in
the
following.
The
council
shall
appoint
a
moderator
who
should
reside
at
the
next
city.
Informational
meeting
determine
moderators
will
be
one
year.
Only
qualified
voters
in
the
city
of
excise
Junction
shall
be
eligible
to
hold
the
office
of
moderator.
G
G
The
combination,
I,
think
of
mailing
ballots
and
Australian
ballot,
means
that
we
may
be
looking
at
different
dates
in
a
different
setup
in
the
future.
To
ensure
people
still
have
an
opportunity
to
provide
input
and
we,
as
a
community,
have
an
opportunity
to
get
together
and
do
something
as
a
community
around
this
decision-making
process.
G
And
the
difference
here
this
voting
in
the
affirmative,
for
this
will
mean
that
the
section
of
the
charter
will
read
by
January
1st
of
each
year.
The
council
she'll
set
the
date
for
the
next
annual
meeting,
at
which
time
the
voters
shall
vote
for
the
election
of
officers,
the
voting
of
the
city
budget
and
any
other
business
included
in
the
warnings
for
the
meeting.
G
We
had
a
situation
this
year,
where
we
just
it
was
pointed
out
to
us
that
we
had
scheduled
annual
meeting
to
coincide
with
the
first
night
of
Passover
and
we
as
a
community
we
as
a
board.
We
put
that
date
out
last
year,
much
as
we're
doing
this
year
and
we
voted
as
a
community
to
hold
it
on
that
date
and
a
few
weeks
before
that,
it
was
pointed
out
to
us
that
we
had
a
scheduling
problem.
G
I
can
do
this
one
again,
based
on
what
we
just
discussed.
We
had
just
talked
about
having
the
flexibility
to
set
the
date
set
by
the
city
council,
and
until
that
happens,
we
are
asking
voters
to
approve
a
date
for
next
year
to
have
this
opportunity
to
vote
on
the
budget
and
officers.
So
we
still
need
to
do
what
we've
always
done
and
I
think
it
sort
of
speaks
for
itself.
B
Yep
the
short
story
of
this
one
is:
the
federal
government
is
requiring
all
potable
water
lines
to
be
to
determine
whether
or
not
there
is
lead
in
them,
and
if
there
is
lead,
then
there
needs
to
be
a
plan
created,
and
that
needs
to
be
done
by
October
of
2024
for
that
identification.
So
this
loan
would
allow
for
us
to
meet
that
requirement
without
getting
this
loan.
A
B
Steve,
if
I
may
jump
in
real
quick,
go
right
ahead.
Two
quick
announcements,
one
a
hopeful
reminder,
one
being
as
I,
will
put
up
on
the
screen
here,
one
being
that
voting
tomorrow.
If
you
are
going
to
vote
in
person
or
drop
your
ballot
off,
is
going
to
happen
at
Champlain
Valley
Exposition
within
the
Blue
Ribbon
Pavilion.
It
is
not
going
to
be
at
the
high
school.
B
If
you
go
to
the
high
school
I'm,
hoping
somebody
will
tell
you
that
you're
not
going
to
be
voting
there
and
instead
directing
you
to
the
Champlain
Valley
Exposition
at
their
Blue
Ribbon
Pavilion.
For
those
of
you
who
are
not
familiar
where
that
is
here
on
the
screen,
you
can
see
the
black
arrow,
pointing
to
the
Blue
Ribbon
Pavilion.
There
is
ample
parking.
There
is
a
handicap
accessible
parking
so
that
hopefully
this
will
be
a
very
smooth
process
for
voting
this
year,
as
we
have
a
new
site.
B
One
of
the
issues
that
was
identified,
To
Us
by
the
school
district,
is
a
concern
of
just
having
the
flow
of
people
coming
in
and
trying
to
maintain
student
safety
at
the
same
time,
and
so
we
are
we're
given
something
we're
given
a
new
practice
of
shot
this
year
announcement,
the
last
one
is
City
councilors,
George,
Tyler
and
Dan
Karen.
This
is
their
final
meeting.
This
is
their
their
final
portion
of
their
term.
B
Frankly,
myself,
the
work
that
they
have
done
for
the
downtown
Economic
Development
helping
to
get
funding
for
our
train
station.
Revitalization,
that's
going
to
be
happening.
The
Crescent
connector
project
that
should
be
completed
this
upcoming
year,
all
in
large
respects
to
George,
Tyler
and
Dan
Karen.
Our
community
would
not
be
what
it
is
if
it
were
not
for
them,
and
so
personally,
I
owe
them
a
great
appreciation.
H
If
I
could
just
quickly
I'd
Echo
what
George
said
also
appreciate
all
the
education
I
received
basically
doing
what
I've
done
for
the
past.
What
is
it
roughly
17
yeah
17
over
17
years
since
I
was
on
the
Planning
Commission,
but
and
many
fine
people
in
our
community
outside
of
our
community
and
some
that
are
no
longer
with
us.