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Montpelier holding bond vote Tuesday



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Times Argus Staff - Published: July 13, 2009

MONTPELIER – The city will be holding a special bond vote Tuesday to formalize approval of the use of federal stimulus funds for sewer improvements for the capital.

The ballot measure will request voters approve an amount not to exceed $706,000 to be spent for the improvements.

City voters already gave their backing at the March 3 city meeting to borrowing $585,000 for upgrades to the sewer system, but to be eligible to apply to receive $645,500 in American Recovery and Reinvestment Plan stimulus funds, Montpelier needs to hold a special meeting by Australian ballot to formally get voter authorization for a total additional $706,000, said Mayor Mary Hooper.

Hooper said three projects will be done with the city and federal stimulus funds:

1) CSO Elimination Projects (Arsenal, McKinley, Hinkley, Richardson, School, Lower State and Graham Terrace. Total cost of this project is $600,000.

2) Solar Panels for the wastewater treatment facility. Total cost of this project is $366,000.

3) Sewer rodder/vacuum truck replacement. Total cost of the replacement truck is $325,000.

According to the mayor, the projects will considerably benefit the city, and approval will not increase property tax rates.

For more information, see the city's Web site at http://www.montpelier-vt.org.







READER COMMENTS


Greedy Montpelier Beaurocrats, never enough. If the stimulus is giving them $645,000...why not just spend that and be happy, instead of looking for more from taxpayers to do more things, always pushing and looking for more. Arent Vermonters sucked dry enough? Vermont is in the top 5 highest taxed states in the country, and has the fewest people in population.
Forget greedy bankers, more like greedy vermont politicians always looking for more.
-- Posted by Are you Kidding? on Mon, Jul 13, 2009, 9:01 am EST

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The only legal way of financing constitutional obligations of cities and towns is to pay for it with taxes.

Unconstitutional programs and services such as these three must be paid for by the people enjoying these needs as fees.

The Vermont Constitution does not allow for people to vote themselves into more taxes. Cities and towns are not government nor can they be vested with powers of government.
Our frame of government limits governing to a governor, senate and house of reps. the frame of government is limited to an executive, legislative and judical branches.
Cities and towns are not noted as being a branch of governor or haveing any government powers.
Even though municiple law has already been made refering to our towns as having legislative bodies, legislative powers forbids the General Assembly granting cities and towns those powers. Because there is no constitutional grant of powers for cities and towns to govern a constitutional change would be required because the legislature has no power to make law that "will add to alter abolish or infringe any part of this Constitution".

None of Montpelier's three bonding needs are obligations of taxpayers. Bonding is an illegal means of financing any government requirement.
Our Consitution's tax clause article 9, only permits every member of society to contribute their proportion towards the expense of protecting our rights to the enjoyment of life liberty and property.

All of this illegal bonding that is going on is and ever will be the total destruction of not just Vermont but the entire united States.

Bonding illegally forces Vermonters into perpetual debt.

Bonding is a method of supporting the wall street and the bankers. Bond are cost the people more because interest fees and broker fees are added resulting mortgaging oursleves for the rest of our lives.

Need to get rid of the R and D's in government who make sure the bankers are profiting at your loss.

The governor signs the bonds.
-- Posted by Bill Brueckner on Mon, Jul 13, 2009, 7:11 am EST

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