Vermont Towns Approve Local Budgets Amid Concerns

Vermont's 247 municipalities held Town Meetings through early March, approving most annual operating budgets while 29 largest cities and towns cut capital project requests by 84%. Voters considered measures including a revised $112 million Woodstock school bond, roughly 20 towns seeking 1% local option taxes, non-binding advisory articles on state universal health care and impeachment of President Trump, and public safety funding proposals such as Burlington's proposed 5-cent police and fire tax.