Montpelier, Vermont, Article 6, Downtown Property Special Assessment Measure (March 2025)

Montpelier Article 6
Election date March 4, 2025
Topic City tax and Local property tax
Status Approved
Type Referral

Montpelier Article 6 was on the ballot as a referral in Montpelier on March 4, 2025. It was approved.

A "yes" vote supported authorizing the city to levy a special assessment of $51.50 per $100,000 of value on properties within Montpelier’s Designated Downtown not used entirely for residential purposes, expected to generate $62,000 in revenue, with funds used to improve the downtown streetscape and downtown marketing.

A "no" vote opposed authorizing the city to levy a special assessment of $51.50 per $100,000 of value on properties within Montpelier’s Designated Downtown not used entirely for residential purposes, expected to generate $62,000 in revenue, with funds used to improve the downtown streetscape and downtown marketing.

A simple majority was required for the approval of Article 6.

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Election results

Montpelier Article 6
Result		Votes	Percentage
Yes		1,512	68.51%
No		695	31.49%

Results are officially certified.

Source

Text of measure

Ballot title

The ballot title for Article 6 was as follows:

“

Shall the voters authorize the City to levy a special assessment to raise $62,000, $0.0515 per $100 of appraisal value on properties within Montpelier’s Designated Downtown not used entirely for residential purposes? The assessment shall be apportioned according to the listed value of such properties except that the assessment for any property also used for residential purposes shall be reduced by the proportion that heated residential floor space bears to heated floor space for such property. Funds raised by the assessment shall be used to improve the downtown streetscape and to market the downtown.

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Path to the ballot

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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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These requirements do not apply if an individual submitted a copy of their identification, their driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number when registering to vote. The following list of accepted ID was current as of October 2025. Click here for the Vermont Secretary of State's page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.

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See also

Local measures

• Local measures in 2025
• Local property tax on the ballot
• City tax on the ballot
• Washington County measures

Vermont

• Vermont 2025 local measures
• Local ballot measures, Vermont
• Montpelier, Vermont

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