Board of Civil Authority — Burlington, VT
Date: 2024-11-18
Time: 20:00

Monday, November 18, 2024, 8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd
 Floor



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1. Agenda
 Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
 Meeting November 18, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, November 18, 2024,
 8:00 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 November 18, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, November 18, 2024,
 8:00 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

 Subject 2.2. Resolution: Ratification Of Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials Re
 November 5th, 2024 General Election And Special City Election (Councilor
 Traverse)
 Meeting November 18, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, November 18, 2024,
 8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor


 Category 2. Consent Agenda

 Department Council and Board


 Type Action (Consent)
 Resolution


 Recommended Action waive the reading and adopt the resolution

3. Adjournment
 Subject 3.1. Motion to adjourn
 Meeting November 18, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, November 18, 2024,
 8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor


 Category 3. Adjournment

 Department Council and Board


 Type Action
 Procedural


 Recommended Action Motion to adjourn

Monday, November 18, 2024, 8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd
 Floor



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1. Agenda
 Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
 Meeting November 18, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, November 18, 2024,
 8:00 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 November 18, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, November 18, 2024,
 8:00 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

 Subject 2.2. Resolution: Ratification Of Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials Re
 November 5th, 2024 General Election And Special City Election (Councilor
 Traverse)


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 Meeting November 18, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, November 18, 2024,
 8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor


 Category 2. Consent Agenda

 Department Council and Board


 Type Action (Consent)
 Resolution


 Recommended Action waive the reading and adopt the resolution

3. Adjournment
 Subject 3.1. Motion to adjourn
 Meeting November 18, 2024 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Monday, November 18, 2024,
 8:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor


 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): Councilor Traverse
 Introduced: ____________________
 RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT
 Referred to: ____________________
 ELECTION OFFICIALS RE NOVEMBER 5th, 2024 ______________________________
 GENERAL ELECTION AND SPECIAL 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 General Election and Special City Election were held on
 2 November 5th, 2024; and
 3 WHEREAS, state statute, 17 V.S.A. § 2454, requires the appointment of a sufficient number of
 4 assistant election officials for each voting district by the Board of Civil Authority with an attempt to appoint
 5 an equal number of persons from each major political party; and
 6 WHEREAS, ward clerks as presiding officers of their voting districts have found persons of varying
 7 political affiliations to serve as assistant election officials for their districts; and
 8 WHEREAS, these persons served under the direction of the ward clerks as assistant election officials,
 9 providing competent and essential assistance to the elected and appointed ward officers in the running of the
10 November 5th, 2024 Elections;
11 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Burlington Board of Civil Authority, in accordance
12 with state law, ratifies the appointments of the following assistant election officials with the said appointments
13 in effect only for the November 5th, 2024 General Election and Special City Election:
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15 Ward Three:
16 Jules Fishelman (P), 21 Pitkin Street
17 Gary Myers (I), 230 Saint Paul Street
18 Jeffrey Masters (D), 35 Northshore Drive
19 Samuel Phillips (I), 59 Buell Street
20 Rachel Burton (D), 361 South Union Street
21
22 Ward Four:
23 Abigail McGowan (D), 62 Fern Street
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25 Ward Six:
26 Emily Price (I), 7 Clymer Street
27 Meacie Fairfax (D), 492 South Union Street
28 Paul Shepherd (D), 68 Pine Ledge Court
29 Colin Swanson (D), 355 South Winooski Ave
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 Resolution Relating to RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION
 OFFICIALS RE NOVEMBER 5th, 2024 GENERAL ELECTION AND
 SPECIAL CITY ELECTION


32 Ward Eight
33 Mint O’Neill (I), 375 Maple Street
34 Anna Marchessault (P), 185 North Winooski Ave
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38 SM/Resolutions 2024/Ratification Of Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials Re November 5th, 2024 General Election And Special City
39 Election
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BURLINGTON BOARD OF CIVIL AUTHORITY
 CONTOIS AUDITORIUM, 2ND FLOOR, CITY HALL *OR*
 REMOTE MEETING WITH CALL-IN
 BURLINGTON, VERMONT
 MINUTES OF MEETING
 November 18, 2024
 DRAFT

 MEMBERS PRESENT: Joan Shannon
 Sarah E Carpenter
 Mark Barlow
 Gene Bergman
 Ben Traverse
 Tim Doherty
 Melo Grant
 Carter Neubieser
 Joe Kane
 Becca Brown McKnight
 Evan Litwin
 Marek Broderick
 Emma Mulvaney-Stanak

 OTHERS PRESENT: Erin Jacobsen
 Joe Magee
 Jessica Brown
 Katherine Schad
 Lori Olberg
__________________________________________________________________________________

1. AGENDA
City Council President Traverse called the meeting to order at 9:15 PM.

MOTION by Councilor Grant, SECOND by Councilor Carpenter, 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: Ratification Of Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials Re: November 5th, 2024 General Election And Special City Election
(Councilor Traverse) – waive the reading and adopt the resolution.
MOTION by Councilor Barlow, SECOND by Councilor Grant, to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated for items
2.1-2.2.

VOTING: unanimous; motion carries.

3. ADJOURNMENT
3.1 Motion to adjourn

The meeting adjourned without objection at 9:16 PM.