Board of Civil Authority — Burlington, VT
Date: 2026-02-17
Time: 19:00

Board of Civil Authority

  Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 7:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd
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1. Agenda
  Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
  Meeting February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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 February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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: Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials For March 3, 2026
 Annual City Election (Councilor Traverse)
 Meeting February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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 February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor


 Category 3. Adjournment

 Department Council and Board


 Type Action
 Procedural


 Recommended Action Motion to adjourn

Board of Civil Authority

  Tuesday, February 17, 2026, 7:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd
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1. Agenda
  Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
  Meeting February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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 February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor


  Category 2. Consent Agenda

  Department Council and Board


  Type Action (Consent)
 Procedural



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 Recommended Action Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated

 Subject 2.2. Resolution: Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials For March 3, 2026
 Annual City Election (Councilor Traverse)
 Meeting February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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 February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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: ____________________
 APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS
 Referred to: ____________________
 FOR MARCH 3, 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 will occur on March 3, 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, the Ward Clerks as the presiding officers of their voting districts have found persons of
 6 varying political affiliations to serve as assistant election officials for their districts; and
 7 WHEREAS, these persons will serve under the direction of the Ward Clerks as assistant election
 8 officials, providing competent and essential assistance to the elected and appointed ward officers in the
 9 running of the March 3, 2026 Annual City Election;
10 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Burlington Board of Civil Authority, in accordance
11 with state law, appoints the following assistant election officials with the said appointments to be in effect
12 only for the March 3, 2026 Annual City Election:
13
14 Ward One:
15 Jean Hopkins (D), 11 East Village Drive
16 Thomas Dunn (I), 188 Loomis Street
17 Mary-Beth McNulty (D), 456 North Street
18 Katherine DeBari (I), 32 Nash Place
19 Richard Hillyard (I), 43 High Grove Court
20 Nancy Reynolds (D), 13 Lake Forest Drive
21 Laura Luchini (D), 105 Centennial Court
22 John Sheehey (I), 139 Mansfield Avenue
23
24 Ward Two:
25 Stu McGowan (I), 105 Intervale Avenue
26 Kathleen (Kate) Bouton (P), 24 Crowley Street
27 Jacob Flanigan (I), 59 Lafountain Street
28 Mollie Klepack Flanigan (I), 59 Lafountain Street
29 Korin Zigler (D), 19 Booth Street
30 Hayley Shriner (I), 24 Blodgett Street


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 Resolution Relating to APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR MARCH 3,
 2026 ANNUAL CITY ELECTION


31 Helen Rortvedt (D), 27 Blodgett Street
32 Amy McVey (I), 37 Crowley Street
33 Tracy Crady (I), 133 Hyde Street
34 Noah Blake (D), 38 Luck Street
35 Jeffrey (Phinn) Sonin (I), 328 North Winooski Avenue
36 Abby Temeles (D), 125 North Willard Street
37
38 Ward Three:
39 Luke Donforth (D), 49 Lafountain Street
40 Damon Lane (P), 71 Peru Street Apt 2
41 Jules Fishelman (P), 21 Pitkin Street
42 Deborah Krugipudi (P), 119 North Champlain Street
43 Tina Hubbard (I), 73 Peru Street Apt 1
44 Val Hird (I), 167 North Avenue
45 Erica Spiegel (D), 43 Blodgett Street
46 Martha Penzer (I), 49 Murray Street
47 Joe Speidel (I), 62 Ward Street Apt 901
48 Deb Light (D), 85 North Avenue
49 Judith Russell (D), 35 Cherry Street
50 Lucy Gluck (P), 51 Blodgett Street
51 Linda Quinet (D), 79 Pine Street
52 Jeffrey Masters (D), 35 Northshore Drive
53 Diana Carlisle (D), 107 Lakeview Terrace
54 Tom Henderson (D), 35 Cherry Street Apt 701
55 Lian Henderson (D), 77 Pine Street
56 Linda Gilpin (I), 79 Pine Street Apt 401
57 Dot Commo (I), 76 Drew Street
58 Meghan VanStry (P), 45 Grant Street Apt 3
59
60 Ward Four:
61 Bridget Morrison-Langehough (I), 51 Stirling Place
62 Christina Colletti (D), 150 Crescent Beach Drive
63 Doug Facey (I), 144 Woodlawn Road
64 Elizabeth (Lizzie) Nixon (D), 300 Appletree Point Road
65 Elizabeth Connolly (I), 42 Alexis Drive
66 Janet Callison (D), 139 Killarney Drive
67 Janice Kerr (I), 144 Woodlawn Road
68 Jean Berggren (D), 60 Beachcrest Drive
69 Karen Bielawski-Branch (D), 64 Grey Meadow Drive
70 Kenneth Vachereau (D), 91 Staniford Farms Road
71 Kevin Scully (I), 201 Staniford Road
72 Lynn Eisenbrey (D), 96 Staniford Road
73 Mary (Kate) McDowell (I), 170 Dale Road
74 Megan Foster (I), 18 Algird Street
75 Melani Barch (D), 147 Staniford Road
76 Pamela Gardner (I), 268 Appletree Point Road


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 Resolution Relating to APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR MARCH 3,
 2026 ANNUAL CITY ELECTION


 77 Sarah Sherrill (D), 160 Woodbury Road
 78 Tom Burke (I), 268 Appletree Point Road
 79 Wendy Rice (D), 19 Killarney Drive
 80
 81 Ward Five:
 82 Nancy Knox (I), 69 Catherine Street
 83 Debra Blumberg (I), 66 Scarff Avenue
 84 Tom Porter (D), 69 Catherine Street
 85 Mary Ann Samuels (I), 148 Locust Terrace
 86 Sally Ross (D), 88 Charlotte Street
 87 Becky Wasserman (D), 29 Southcrest Drive
 88 John Olson (I), 288 Flynn Avenue
 89 Hannah Senftleber (D), 53 Scarff Avenue
 90 Gill Mathys (P), 239 Redrock Drive
 91 Jody Landon (D/P), 193 Saint Paul Street, Unit 208
 92 Margaret Crowley (P), 133 Charlotte Street
 93 Jennifer Jorgenson (D), 85 South Crest Drive
 94 Eric Dague (I), 124 Ledgewood Circle
 95 Mike Egan (I), 37 Catherine Street
 96 Suzanne Stimik (D), 24 Dunder Road
 97 Mary “Kate” Kennedy (D/P), 131 Lyman Avenue
 98 Amara MacKillop (D), 85 Foster Street
 99
100 Ward Six:
101 Dale Azaria (D), 792 South Prospect Street
102 Joel Baird (I), 300 South Winooski Avenue Apt 1A
103 Alyssa Birkett (D), 140 Howard Street Apt 2
104 Gina Clithero (P), 205 South Winooski Avenue
105 Fran Cohen (D), 57 Hoover Street
106 Robin Fawcett (I), 354 Saint Paul Street
107 Mills Forni (D), 14 Kingsland Terrace
108 Paulette Frisbie (R), 125 Crescent Road
109 Diane Gayer (I), 21 Redstone Terrace
110 Erin Hanley (P/D), 100 DeForest Road
111 Tom Hyde (D), 160 DeForest Road
112 Faith Ingulsrud (D), 44 Clymer Street
113 Peter Keating (D), 493 South Union Street
114 Steve Madden (I), 29 Perrotta Place
115 Amy Mellencamp (D), 110 Summit Street
116 Julia Melloni (D), 72 Summit Ridge
117 Fran Mount (R), 325 South Union Street
118 Nancy Nesbitt (D), 236 South Prospect Street
119 Elizabeth Allen Pennebaker (D), 309 South Willard Street
120 Emily Price (I), 7 Clymer Street
121 William Reilly (D), 254 South Union Street
122 Mary Riley (D), 31 Fairmount Street


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 Resolution Relating to APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR MARCH 3,
 2026 ANNUAL CITY ELECTION


123 Gail Rose (D), 32 Chittenden Drive
124 Garry Schaedel (D), 47 Adams Court
125 Susan Shull (I), 46 Robinson Parkway
126 Jane Smith (D), 436 South Willard Street
127 Eileen Underwood (D), 18 Perrotta Place
128 Annie Viets (I), 129 Prospect Parkway
129 Patty Wesley (D), 47 Adams Court
130 Mia Weyant (D), 307 Pearl Street
131 Ethan Wolff-Mann (I), 507 South Union Street
132
133 Ward Seven:
134 Alexis Brieant (D), 351 North Avenue Apt 432
135 Cathy Klein (D), 70 Cambrian Way Apt 224
136 Christine Leithead, 24 Cayuga Court
137 James Wanner (P/D), 91 Northshore Drive
138 Kristin Burlew (D), 111 Maple Street
139 Matt Sommerville (D), 84 Ridgewood Drive
140 Meg Polyte (P), 7 Roseade Parkway
141 Mike Conroy (I), 251 James Avenue
142 Mindy Bean (D), 355 Ethan Allen Parkway
143 Nancy Snyder (I), 35 Cambrian Way Apt 404
144 Robert Bristow-Johnson (I), 40 North Cove Road
145 Sally Cook (D), 602 North Avenue Unit 20
146 Sara Goldstein (D), 346 North Avenue
147 Sara Jelen (I), 7 Gosse Court
148 Sarah Campbell (D), 35 Cambrian Way Apt 120
149
150 Ward Eight:
151 Shoshannah Boray (D), 164 Ledgewood Circle #104
152 Kaylee Bushee (D), 170 Carrigan Drive
153 Jay Catalano (P), 199 South Union Street Apt 8
154 Christopher Donovan (I), 228 Maple Street Apt 5
155 Susan C. Forrester (D), 40 College Street Unit 516
156 Susan Robbins (I), 14 Lake Forest Drive
157 Hartmuth Sommer (I), 4 South Meadow Drive
158 Leigh Steele (D), 161 Austin Drive
159 Robin Twery (I), 348 Appletree Point Road
160
161
162 SM/Resolutions 2026/Appointment of Assistant Election Officials for March 3, 2026 Annual City Election
163 2/12/26




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BURLINGTON BOARD OF CIVIL AUTHORITY
 CONTOIS AUDITORIUM, 149 CHURCH STREET, 2ND FLOOR
 MINUTES OF MEETING
 February 17, 2026




1. Agenda
1. Agenda
Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak convened the meeting at 6:51 pm.
Members present: Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak, City Council President Traverse, Councilors Barlow, Bergman,
Broderick, Carpenter, Grant, Litwin, McKnight, Schachter, Singh (all in person); Councilors Kane and
Neubieser (both online)
Others present: City Attorney Brown, CAO Schad, Interim COS Alnasrawi and Lori Olberg

Subject 1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
Meeting February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 PM, Contois Auditorium, 149 Church Street, 2nd Floor


Category 1. Agenda

Department Council and Board


Type Action
 Procedural


Recommended Action Motion to adopt agenda
1.1. Motion to adopt agenda
Motion made by City Council President Traverse, seconded by Councilor Schachter, 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 February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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
2.1. Motion to adopt the consent agenda and take the actions indicated
Motion made by City Council President Traverse, seconded by Councilor Bergman, to adopt the consent
agenda as presented and take the actions indicated. Motion passed unanimously.


Subject 2.2. Resolution: Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials For March 3,
 2026 Annual City Election (Councilor Traverse)
Meeting February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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: Appointment Of Assistant Election Officials For March 3, 2026 Annual City Election (Councilor
Traverse)


3. Adjournment
3. Adjournment

Subject 3.1. Motion to adjourn
Meeting February 17, 2026 - Board of Civil Authority Meeting - Tuesday, February 17, 2026,
 7:00 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 6:52 pm.