2026-06-29 - City Council

Summary

Built from the official City Council minutes of June 29, 2026 (adopted on the July 13 consent agenda). Convened 6:05 pm, adjourned 10:10 pm. Present in person: President Traverse, Bergman, Broderick, Litwin (arrived 6:12 pm), McKnight, Sanchez-Parkinson, Schachter and Singh; online: Barlow (arrived 6:57 pm), Carpenter, Grant and Neubieser. Also present: Mayor Mulvaney-Stanak, City Attorney Brown, COS Gerlach, Deputy COS Zakaras and Lori Olberg. The same evening the Council also sat with the Mayor presiding: 2026-06-29 - City Council With Mayor Presiding.

Agenda adopted unanimously (McKnight/Bergman).
Executive session on a City Attorney litigation update, 6:08 to 6:34 pm, under 1 VSA 313(a)(1)(E) and (F); both motions (McKnight/Schachter). No action recorded.
Public Forum 6:38 to 7:00 pm with eight speakers.
Consent agenda adopted unanimously (Litwin/Schachter) as amended: item 6.3 (City Hall security contract) was moved to the deliberative agenda as item 8.4.
City Hall security contract extension with Chocolate Thunder, up to $206,000 for FY27, approved unanimously (Bergman/Sanchez-Parkinson) after Litwin withdrew his motion to postpone it to July 13.
Council slate of board and commission appointments approved unanimously (Schachter/Grant) after the President read it into the record.
Wilder Wines outdoor seating permit approved unanimously (Broderick/Grant).
Gross receipts ordinance (Sec. 21-31) passed in all stages 10:1:1 (Bergman/McKnight; McKnight against; Barlow absent).
Ratification of the IBEW collective bargaining agreement (July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2029) adopted unanimously (Bergman/Broderick).

Public Forum

Topics only; the minutes record no positions. Residents in person: Bruce Wilson (youth on city boards), Joanna Elliott (planBTV New North End), Neal Hayes (public forum on New North End development), Annie Schneider (Board for Registration of Voters appointment), Jonathan Chapple-Sokol (board appointments), Miriam Stoll (Board for Registration of Voters) and Nate Lantieri (Parks commission). Non-resident in person: Todd DeLuca (Chocolate Thunder). See planBTV New North End public hearing and City Hall Security Services Contract.

Accountability List and FIO documents received; resignation of Mary Cox from the Police Commission placed on file (see Police Commission Appointments).
City Hall Security Services Contract: second one-year renewal with Chocolate Thunder, not to exceed $206,000 (taken up as item 8.4).
North Avenue Stormwater Improvements Contract: $492,700 with S.D. Ireland Brothers Corporation plus $50,000 contingency.
One-year extension of the 2019 Letter of Agreement between the City and the University of Vermont.
Traffic Workgroup Reorganization: reclassifications and a Memorandum of Agreement with AFSCME Local 1343.
New Horizons Supportive Housing Grant: HUD Continuum of Care grant, $849,978.
Minutes approved: June 15, 2026 Regular Council and Local Control Commission.
Airport Tenant Lease Approvals: leases with The Jones Payne Group ($9,060 a year), Pratt & Whitney Engine Services ($281,436.40 a year) and the Hangar Condominium Association ($24,865 a year).
Airport Residential Sound Insulation Oversight Contract: Strong Tower Construction (up to $4,506,801.00, $4,957,481.00 with contingency) and Jones Payne Group (up to $1,151,233.00, $1,266,356.00 with contingency).
Fletcher Free Library Design Contract: second amendment with Dore + Whittier Architects, up to $2,792,961.
Colchester Fire District Water Sales Agreement: wholesale water sales agreement with Fire District No. 2.
2025 progress report on the All-Hazards Mitigation Plan accepted and placed on file.
Cherry Street Utility Loans: resolutions authorizing a $2,033,000 drinking water loan and an up to $2,604,600 clean water Step III loan.

Board and commission appointments

See Annual Board Appointment Slate. The slate for Council appointments was approved unanimously (Schachter/Grant). It included Joseph "Lee" Perry (Chittenden Solid Waste District Board, term to 05/31/28), Rebecca "Becky" Holt, Erik Monsen and Marykate Moore (Church Street Marketplace Commission), Charlie Giannoni, Shay Totten and Vikas Mangipudi (Fence Viewers, to 06/30/27), Andrea Suozzo (Green Mountain Transit Board, full) and Larry Lewack (alternate), and Dylan Shelby (Housing Board of Review). The minutes record no separate votes on these.

Wilder Wines outdoor seating

See Wilder Wines Sidewalk Seating Permit. Broderick moved and Grant seconded; unanimous.

Gross receipts ordinance

See Gross Receipts Ordinance Amendment. Roll call: ayes Bergman, Broderick, Carpenter, Grant, Litwin, Neubieser, Sanchez-Parkinson, Schachter, Singh and President Traverse (10); nay McKnight; absent Barlow. Passed 10:1:1.

IBEW collective bargaining agreement

See IBEW Collective Bargaining Agreement. HR Director Reagan spoke to the item.

Sources

Minutes, City Council, June 29, 2026: https://burlingtonvt.api.civicclerk.com/v1/Meetings/GetMeetingFileStream(fileId=20562)