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2026-06-01 - City Council With Mayor Presiding

Summary

Built from the official minutes of the June 1, 2026 City Council With Mayor Presiding meeting (approved on the June 15 consent agenda). Scheduled 7:05 pm; Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak convened it at 7:22 pm and adjourned at 8:10 pm. Present in person: Barlow, Bergman, Carpenter, Grant, Litwin, Neubieser, Sanchez-Parkinson, Schachter, Singh, President Traverse and Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak; online: Broderick and McKnight. Also present: City Attorney Brown, CAO Schad, COS Gerlach, Deputy COS Zakaras and Lori Olberg.

  • Agenda adopted unanimously (Bergman/Traverse).
  • Compensation hearing for the Colchester Avenue, Riverside Avenue, Barrett Street and Mill Street intersection project (STP 5000(29)) reopened at 7:23 pm. Two parcels (PO 1 and PO 10) had settled and were removed from the hearing.
  • Traverse moved, Bergman seconded, to close the hearing and determine the order of compensation; roll call 13 ayes (every member present plus the Mayor), no nays recorded.
  • Resolution on the appointment process for commission and board appointments (Bergman): the revised version, described as friendly to both Bergman and Sanchez-Parkinson, was adopted 10:3. Nays: Litwin, McKnight and Traverse.
  • Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak adjourned at 8:10 pm.

Colchester Riverside Barrett intersection compensation hearing

See Colchester Avenue Intersection Condemnation. Project consultant Stephen Spear (HNTB) and VTrans staff Barbara Dimick-Rowell and Michael LaCroix attended online; Madeline Suender and Laura Wheelock (Public Works) and Kristen Shamis (MS Law) attended in person. Shamis reported that parcels PO 1 and PO 10 were settled out of the hearing, pointed councilors to the VTrans right-of-way manual, and noted the compensation amount recommended in the submitted exhibit (the minutes do not state the figure). Singh asked how a change in access would be treated and what would be compensable, using stairs as an example. The staff recommendation offered two options: close the hearing and direct staff to prepare an Order Determining Damages, or continue the hearing to June 15. Council chose the first. The Orders were approved later, on 2026-06-29 - City Council With Mayor Presiding.

Board and commission appointment process

See Board Appointment Process Resolution. Bergman moved and Sanchez-Parkinson seconded waiving the reading and adopting the resolution. Schachter moved, seconded by Carpenter, to adopt the revised version. Roll call: ayes (10) Barlow, Bergman, Broderick, Carpenter, Grant, Neubieser, Sanchez-Parkinson, Schachter, Singh and the Mayor; nays (3) Litwin, McKnight and Traverse.

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