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City Council – Sep 28, 2026

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Where
Not listed on the city's meeting portal

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What was decided

The council approved entertainment permits for Thingz From Yaad (152 Cherry Street), Citizen Cider's CiderFest, and PartizanFilm's Rocky Horror Picture Show showing (230 College Street), while removing the PoutineFest USA permit from the agenda. It approved the FY27 Fleet Purchasing List not to exceed $1,974,788.00, accepted a $1,274,268 State of Vermont grant for court diversion services, referred the amended Vegetation Ordinance to the Ordinance Committee, and appointed Councilor Bergman to the Board of Finance. The council also held work sessions on an overdose prevention center report and an update from the Ad-Hoc Tax Fairness Committee, and met in executive session on a personnel matter.

Decisions recorded

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Agenda

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Terms used here

deliberative agenda
The part of a City Council agenda with the items the Council discusses and votes on one at a time.
Public Forum
The time at a City Council meeting when residents can speak to the Council about any city matter.
Board of Finance
The mayor, the City Council President, and three councilors, with the Chief Administrative Officer as a non-voting member. It reviews the city's spending and other money matters before the City Council votes on them.
City Council With Mayor Presiding
The City Council meeting with the mayor in the chair, where the Council appoints members of the city's boards and commissions.
CEDO
The Community & Economic Development Office, the city department for housing, neighborhoods, and economic development.
CAO
The Chief Administrative Officer, who leads the Clerk/Treasurer's Office: the city's finances, elections, and public records.
consent agenda
Routine items, such as minutes and reports, voted on together in one motion without discussion. A member can ask to take any of them up separately.
executive session
A part of a public meeting closed to the public. Vermont's Open Meeting Law allows it only for specific reasons, such as lawsuits, contracts, or personnel matters, and no final decision may be made in it.
first reading
The first time a council or board takes up an ordinance or other measure. It usually votes on it at a later meeting.
town meeting
A meeting of a town's voters that acts as its legislature: it votes on the budget, local laws, and the other articles of the warrant. In a representative town meeting, elected members vote.
VSA
Vermont Statutes Annotated, the state's laws (also written V.S.A.).

All the terms in the glossary

Source

This meeting on the City of Burlington's meeting portal (CivicClerk). First recorded by Burlington Publick on .