Vergennes budget on pace for $61K increase

VERGENNES — After the Vergennes City Council concluded a highly preliminary department-by-department budget review of city spending with a brief look at the police force at its Oct. 22 meeting, Vergennes City Manager Matt Chabot offered council members a highly speculative 2020-2021 potential spending increase of $60,888, or 2.7 cents on the municipal portion of the tax rate. Chabot immediately qualified the figures, pointing out that any increase in the cost of health insurance won’t be known until early n … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — The surging costs of recycling and a rise in employee health insurance costs are the major reasons for the 9.3-percent increase reflected in a proposed 2020 Addison County Solid Waste Management District (ACSWMD) budget. The trash district pl … (read more)

MIDDLEBURY — Anticipated increases in wages and various insurance policies are expected to add $245,800 to a fiscal year 2021 Middlebury municipal budget that is still a blank canvas. Middlebury Town Manager Kathleen Ramsay brought that sobering financial … (read more)

VERGENNES — In the aftermath of June’s chaotic public debate about police spending that sparked during the city’s budgeting process, the Vergennes City Council at its Aug. 27 meeting agreed to get an early start on a methodical approach to next year’s bud … (read more)