This week in Burlington
What's coming up at City Hall, what was decided, and how the city is doing. Updated every morning.
Coming up
All meetingsPublic hearings: residents can speak
- Development Review Board, 5:00 PMPublic hearing on home catering business at 28 Janet Circle, plus certificates of appropriateness for 179 Queen City Park Road and 451 Appletree Point Road.
- Development Review Board, 5:00 PMPublic hearing on appeal of fence permit decision at 485 South Union Street.
11 public meetings this week.
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Retirement Board
Retirement Board to approve contribution returns, a retirement application, and review investment and actuarial reports.
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Advisory Committee on Accessibility
Department Title II assessment: discussion of format, goals, and possible tool creation.
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Housing Board of Review
Security deposit hearings for 44 Loomis Street and 187 Pearl Street.
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City Council Parks, Arts and Culture Committee
Update on public engagement on playground replacements, plus memos on streamlining city processes for outside event groups and on Burlington Forward.
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Development Review Board
Public hearing on home catering business at 28 Janet Circle, plus certificates of appropriateness for 179 Queen City Park Road and 451 Appletree Point Road.
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City Council Racial Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee
Committee to review memo on community discussions about youth support and get updates on Burlington Forward.
Recently decided
All decisionsFrom the latest minutes the city has posted. Minutes come out after a board approves them, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
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Fire Commission
Accepted August minutes and confirmed an October 30 morning meeting; discussed grants, apparatus replacement, and the Community Response Team.
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Board for Registration of Voters
Board reviewed General Election preparations, clerk's voter registration report, and Ward 4 polling place move to Burlington High School
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School Board Finance and Facilities Committee
Finance and Facilities Committee reviewed FY28 budget assumptions, facilities master plan, commissioner stipend, and CESA update.
What's happening on your street?
How the city is doing
- Open 311 requests 2,329 ↑ 26 from last week1,206 with no update in over a year
- Time to acknowledge a 311 request Under 1 hour Median, past 12 months · 41% of requests were acknowledged
- Average homestead tax bill $10,043 Tax year 2025 · Calculated by Publick from state figures
- Unemployment rate 2.6% No change from August 2025August 2026 (preliminary) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (opens in new tab)