The nonbinding resolution, set for introduction Saturday, contends that local leaders dropped the community’s longtime emergency medical service “without allowing for adequate public input.”
Since voting down a proposed $2.9 million budget on Town Meeting Day, residents at recent selectboard meetings have raised concerns about fiscal management and transparency.
Town Meeting Day followed a contentious few months in Georgia during which numerous town residents, including former town employees, raised concerns about alleged abuses of power in the municipal office.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday, argues that it’s unconstitutional for noncitizens to vote on school-related issues in Winooski because Vermont’s education system is financed through the state’s education fund.
The budget proposed a steep cost increase over the town’s previous policing services, which were provided by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
As of Wednesday morning, of the 108 school budgets decided on or before Town Meeting Day, only two — in Alburgh and Barre — failed. Results for seven other budgets were not yet available.
The party previously held five of the Queen City council’s 12 seats and will now hold six. Progressives will control four seats and independents two.
In a campaign season that cast a spotlight on Rutland’s rising crime, lack of housing and population decline, Doenges unseated three-term mayor David Allaire on Tuesday, according to unofficial city election results.
Vermonters on Tuesday approved tens of millions of dollars in upgrades to address aging infrastructure problems.
With a turnout of 21%, it was business as usual in South Burlington, according to City Manager Jessie Baker.
