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Montpelier, Vermont, Article 12, Tax Stabilization Contracts Modification Measure (March 2025)
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Not on the ballot
Montpelier Article 12 was not on the ballot as a referral in Montpelier on March 4, 2025. The measure was declared void due to formatting issues and votes on the measure were not tallied.[1]
A "yes" vote supported modifying the City Council’s authority to enter tax stabilization contracts for industrial, commercial, and alternative-energy properties, with conditions on valuation, term limits, public hearings, and eligibility criteria. |
A "no" vote opposed modifying the City Council’s authority to enter tax stabilization contracts for industrial, commercial, and alternative-energy properties, with conditions on valuation, term limits, public hearings, and eligibility criteria. |
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Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Article 12 was as follows:
| “ | To see if the voters will modify the action taken at the November 1, 1980 special city meeting and March 6, 2001 annual meeting that authorized the City Council to enter into tax stabilization contracts, on behalf of the City of Montpelier, as provided by 24 V.S.A. § 2741, with the owner of industrial and commercial real and personal property, and alternate-energy generating plants, including additions and renovations to existing real property; provided, however, that:
• Such contracts shall not have a term greater than ten (10) years, effective the first valuation following the date and approval of this contract; • Such valuations shall be for no less no more than one-half (½) of the valuation of the real or personal property additions and/or renovations which would otherwise be fixed on such property in the year the contract takes effect; • Such contracts apply only to real or personal property additions and/or renovations whose assessed valuation exceed $25,000; • Such contracts shall require two public hearings before City Council prior to final acceptance; • Such valuation fixed by contract shall be redetermined at the contract ratio upon general reappraisal. | ” |
Path to the ballot
This measure was put on the ballot through a vote of the governing body of Montpelier.
How to cast a vote
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See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Montpelier City Clerk, "2025 Annual City Meeting results," accessed March 5, 2025
- ↑ Vermont State Legislature, “17 V.S.A. § 2561,” accessed April 20, 2023
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Vermont Secretary of State, "Voter Registration," accessed April 20, 2023
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed April 20, 2023
- ↑ City of Burlington, Vermont, "City of Burlington All Legal Resident Voter Registration Form," accessed November 14, 2024
- ↑ Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Election Day FAQs," accessed April 20, 2023
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