So, Myself Satish Thalange, assistant professor, department of civil engineering, watch and instructor knowledge, in today's session, we are going to see maximization of objective function of the linear programming problem using graphical method. In today's session, the learner will be able to determine the solution of linear programming problem for maximizing of objective function using graphical method. So, the linear programming problem, the linear programming problem is a mathematically modeling technique in which the following terms are involved. First is objective function in which it may be maximized case or minimized case. Second, the n decision variables are present. These decision variables are non-negative variables, which are subjected to the set of constraints expressed by linear equation, which may be equality equation or inequality equation. The object of linear programming is to maximize the profit, benefits and production of the goods. Here, it is minimize the time, loss and the wastage of resource. Finally, its objective is for the planning and making of the decision about resource allocation. Now, the obtained linear programming problem can be solved by following mathematical techniques. First one is graphical method, which is also called as two variable method. Second simplex, third big M method and last is two phase method. The graphical method is suitable for solving the linear program problems having only two decision variables, as it is going to be solved by the graphical method, which is having only two axis, x axis and y axis. For so, it is suitable to the problem, which is having only two decision variables. And it is suitable to find out the feasible region, which is satisfying almost all the constraints, which is helping us to find out the highest or the lowest point, according to the case to define the optimum solution for the problem. These are the steps, which are involved for solving of the graphical method. Now, let us take the example and start to solve step by step the particular LPP problem. This is a problem, in which we are observing that the company is manufacturing the chair and the table. Here the company is defining the profit, that is unit profit for the table and the chair, for the table it is 60 and for the chair it is 80. And it is also defining the constraints, that is ability of the raw material, that is wood, which is only 300 board feet. And ability of the labour time in hours, that is 110 labour hour ability. Now let us convert this particular problem in the LPP form. The first step is to define the objective function. As we have seen that in this particular question, the company is interested to maximise its profit. So here we have to define the object of the particular companies to maximise its unit profit. Here x 1 and x 2 are the two non-negative decision variables of table and chair. The maximise case z is equal to 60 x 1 plus 80 x 2. Second step we have to define the constraints. There are the two constraints, as we have observed in this table, wood and the labour are the two constraints. So let us convert this particular constraints in the equation. As the company is giving the restriction of particular raw materials, availability and the labour hour ability. Now this particular equation will be inequality equation. This is the equation which is obtained for the wood, availability and labour hours ability. 30 x 1 plus 20 x 2 less than or equal to 200, 5 x 1 plus 10 x 2 less than or equal to 110. And this obtained, we have to give the restriction to the particular decision variables which is greater than or equal to 0, which is most important. Now with the help of the above formulated equations, we have to plot the graph. Here the blue colour line is representing the first constraint that is of wood constraint and second brown colour is representing the second constraint that is labour hour ability. One of the example I have shown to get the values of x 1 and x 2 for the first constraint. Here we are going to place first x 2 value as 0 and we are going to obtain the x 1 value that is a and particularly we are going to place x 1 as 0 and we are going to find out x 2 value. Here these are the points of the first constraint that is of wood constraints. With the help of this a and b, we are going to plot the line of the wood constraint. Similarly, we have to carry for the second constraint. Now let us see the feasible region. Here once we have obtained the feasible 1, 2 and 3 that is area x, y and z. The area x is representing the region which is satisfying only one constraint that is of wood and the area y is the region which is satisfying both the constraints that is of wood and labour hours ability and area z is the region which is satisfying only the second constraint that is labour hour ability. After this three, area y is a region which is satisfying all the constraints available in the particular problem that is of wood constraint and labour constraints. So here the arrows are towards the origin because we have the limitations means there is not more than ability of 300 board feet of raw material and 110 labour hour with us. So that is why the arrows are towards the particular origin. Now once we have finalized this particular feasible region, this is a region which is satisfying the both the constraints. So we have to find out a such a point in this region or on the boundary of the region which is giving the optimum solution for the particular problem. Now according to the maximize case we have to see the corner points of the particular graphical methods of feasible region. So particularly O is the origin, A is the one more corner, P is the intersection point and D is the one more corner of the particular feasible region. Let us take this coordinates values as I have shown in this particular table. These are the points A, D, P and O and its coordinates values and these are the objectives functions equation that is equal to 60 x 1 plus 80 x 2. Why as I place the values of point A in objective function I am getting the value of z for similarly we have to find out for the A, D, P and O. When we observe this table P is a point which is getting the maximum value that is 960 and this is a P is a point here we see this is a point which is satisfying both the constraints because this is a point where both the constraints are satisfying the above problem for maximizing the profit. Once we get the point we get the value of particular problem saying that the company should manufacture 4 number of tables and 9 number of chairs which is helping to maximize its profit by the units of tables and chairs. Here the profit is z is equal to 960. Now let us see the advantages and disadvantages. The advantages what it is a graphical representation that is a picture representation it is faster to solve and understand here we can visually see the feasible region and make a decision confidently and finally it is more simple as compared to the other techniques. Disadvantages are here the LPP having only two variables can be solved by this method. Here we cannot solve the particular problems with a smaller interval of perimeter changing. Here it is not suitable to make a decision with the help of the graphical method. These are the questions let us select the correct answer for this. These are the answers for the above questions. These are the references for today's session. Thank you.


I don't feel like it, but I look every bit as alive as you do, and I'm pretty sure if I went outside, I could act like it too, all except for four teeth that are slightly too perfect and slightly too sharp. I work as a programmer at a small tech startup on a coastal city in North America and North of California. I'm not going to get any more specific, I get nothing out of doing that. In fact, it could make my life even worse. It's not a cozy job, with tight deadlines and night spent drinking with a team when I don't want to, but it pays well for the hours I work and it's what I do. Besides my job though, I don't have a lot of ties here or anywhere. My parents live half way across the world and I've gotten more and more distant with them since I finished school. The same is true for all the friends I made back then and most of the friends I made playing tabletop games or go. I don't have a good explanation for that, except that I don't get attached easily and I'm usually willing to give up the attachments I do have if it goes that way. So I have a pretty plain life, all in all, my routine rarely changes and other people rarely come in to break it up. I get up, go to work and come back with just a few bright spots to make the process of keeping myself afloat worth it. When it gets late, I play whatever studios are pushing or online games of go, maybe read a book and head to bed. I barely have a footprint in the digital world and I don't even have that in the real world. In hindsight, I think my killer knew all of that. There's a few reasons I think that. A car that had never been in the parking lot before with black tinted windows. The sound of the elevator down the hall going up and down throughout the evening. The light on my balcony turning on just as I was drifting off to sleep. I should have noticed all these things before, not after getting bitten to death, but I doubt it would have helped. I was a meal, maybe even just a snack to a predator that stalked me perfectly. Start to end. I have had hours to reflect on how there probably wasn't any way for me to be more than one of their kills. The thing about dying like that is you don't realize it at first. Even the touch of blood is a warm, comforting sensation with none of the dampness or stickiness a human experiences. So when my alarm went off at five o'clock in the morning, I'd never felt more comfortable. Not so much as turning my head, I stretched my arm out to grab my phone, hit snooze, and got some more sleep. Even then it still took me a minute to realize my pillow was covered in my own drying blood. Because the next time I woke up, I was blind.  I let out a hiss and jolted up before it could become a scream. Then I turned in place and next to the usual suspect, I saw two things, one my own blood in a pool across the bottom third of my pillow and two the source of my pain sunlight filtering in past my blinds.   Humans are skeptic these days and people love to tell stories about vampires without actually thinking they're real. But we all know from those stories that sunlight kills them and I can't think of any normal things, any diseases, any drugs that would do what the sun just did to me. So I was already afraid.  I went about my routine, went into the kitchen, and had breakfast. It was unsatisfying. The butter on my toast was like glue, the normally crispy bacon tasted like rubber. My glass of orange juice was neither sweet nor sour and none of the salt in my meal reached me. I tried a bit of everything, hoping beyond hope that this was some kind of weird episode. When I realized it wasn't, I nearly threw up. But here's the problem. I can't. To be honest, I still can't explain why, but I think vampires don't have stomach acid or bile. I haven't heard a single growl. Hell, my bones don't snap when I stretch and I haven't ached at all. I think there's something else going on inside my body, something I obviously can't see and something I don't want doctors to see. Something that makes me undeniably inhuman. I couldn't keep my head in the sand for much longer after that. When I opened one of my cupboards, the smell of garlic knocked me out for at least a couple minutes. I had to put on my face mask and desperately roll it into the garbage, then throw it out onto my balcony. It's still there, and I'm hoping nobody notices. So I cried for a while. That was the most normal part of my day, the fact I could do it, and how I cleaned up my tears after. All of this happened just today. If I seem calm about it, I'm not. I spent 10 minutes thinking, what am I going to do with work? I called in sick, but I can't make rent on my one bedroom apartment if I don't work and going to work means going out into the sun. I haven't experimented with that. I don't want to experiment with that. I can't quite call it a voice, but something inside me fears the sun. It tells me that I should live only under the cover of night, that I should embrace its cool air and listen to the howls of wolves as if they were music, that the light of the moon is all I need. And even then, it's just as much an advantage for my prey. With thoughts like that in my head, it's hard to care about work when my instincts as a human are being replaced by something colder, something deader. It's hard to panic in the face of danger. It's gotten harder now that I've turned all the lights out. I can see just fine without them doing it calmed whatever nerves I still have. And no one else is going to notice or mind. I don't think of myself as a good person.  But I've done a few things right. I've never ignored strangers looking for directions. I've never hurt animals and I've never killed anyone. But now it's you or me.  And I don't just know that from the stories. I tried browsing Reddit around noon and I was hopelessly distracted. I found myself staring at images that were mostly brown or red. I caught myself and on occasion I bit into my lower lip. Just so that I could lap up my own blood. But it's only made me hungrier and my body colder and quieter. I don't want to kill anyone, even if I find a victim. Even if I find someone as loosely attached to the rest of the world as me. I'm not sure I'll be able to go through it. My killer was experienced. If I weren't a vampire now, I'd never know that they broke into my apartment. I'm not.   It's too much and that's why I'd be better off dying. But there's one problem. I don't live alone. Marnie is the closest thing I have to a child and from the way she behaves, you'd think she was. Every time I go to sleep, she's there, happy to join me and nest against my chest, lick my face, or need the blanket over my legs. I never have breakfast without her looking up alertly when she hears the hiss of a can just opened. When I first found her, she was tottering through the thin gap between a pair of restaurants on a side street concrete below her and brick around her. She couldn't have been more than 16 weeks old. She's the first pet I've ever had and she meowed at me pleadingly like she saw a replacement for the parent. I was sure she'd lost. I knew I didn't have many options. So I scoop her up in my arms. I decided against putting her in my shopping bag and I brought her home as soon as I could. I went out after that back into the rain to get her milk and cat food. I honestly had no idea how to raise a cat. All I knew was that someone had to or this kitten would die. But I did my best and Marnie grew up to love me for it. She fears other animals and other people. When I have guests over, she crouches down under the bed, not an inch of her poking out and watches our feet move from her position of safety.  Well, they've ended in hissing, swatting, and the occasional bit of blood. Marnie is my life companion and I know that if I went away, she'd be devastated. She's an adult now and I know enough about cats to say that even if I found her the kindest owner, no matter how much I want to, she'd never fully overcome that loss. As I finish this post, I'm lying in bed. My blinds gratefully pulled up. Now that the sun is down, she's purring happily on the pillow next to me. I still don't know how all of this will work. Will everyone I bite turn into a vampire or just the people I end up killing? Am I going to develop powers or will I have to rely on my fangs and research? When I think about it, maybe that'd be better. If I stay pretty much human, there's a good chance I'll die, I'll get arrested or shot or staked by a vampire hunter, if they even exist. And the world will be a tiny bit safer, except, no, that's not better, because Marnie's world won't be safer. It'll be dangerous and lonely and sad. I can't let that happen. I can't leave my cat without her caretaker. And if that means feeding on the lives of others, I'll do it.


Hi, it's Bridget. Welcome to Above Life Channel. This is a follow-up conversation. This is an after-channel. I just channeled the former president, John Kennedy. And clearly, if you watch the channeling video, you will see that I, oh my gosh, the first time I've ever been really profoundly starstruck because, you don't probably know this about me, but I actually went to college to study political science and I was born and raised into a family of political advocates and you might want to guess what party I'm affiliated with. But I, that was just awesome. I mean, when I was in fifth grade, I did a book report on the Kennedys, on John Kennedy, I read the Profiles and Courage. I mean, I know, I'm sure I could recall a bunch about the family. So, and this is kind of interesting too. I'm going to share this. This was the hard channel for me to want to do with Jack Kennedy because I don't know why. Maybe because I'm gonna watch it and think I'm a complete ding-dong on camera because I'm like, oh my gosh, I'm trying to get my act together so I can talk to this man who was an incredible leader and I have a great deal of, respect isn't the right word, but I am so impressed with his talents, his ability to move people and he's a great orator, an incredible speaker and I am all about listening to someone who's an incredible speaker. I love great speakers and so he's like the ultimate motivational speaker, I guess, although he never made it to a TED talk. So I was really, I'm still like enamored with him and stuff. I mean, I'm not, I mean, how do I describe this? Very wise energy, very wise and when he was talking to me, I was feeling what he was saying before he actually said it. So that feeling energy is channeling clarsentience. It's called clarsentience. It's a psychic gift of sensing and feeling and so it's the sensing channel. So you feel it first, right?  I'm sure it's, I cannot wait to watch it because I'm sure I'm gonna, oh maybe I'll be embarrassed. I don't know. But there was that first, our clarsentient channel and then, well technically the first one's clairvoyance, which I see him, so I describe him to you, but I could feel him. I'm sure you noticed that first and then I could see him and then I could hear him. I could hear his very specific words at times. He was so, like he spoke in like a paragraph and it was just do-do-do-do-do-do-do-do, you know.  So good, I think it was good. It's a lot to process. It's a lot to process.  I really thought I was going to have to wait until I died. I went to heaven and hung out with my dad and some of the political people that he knows over there, you know, to meet, to meet the Kennedys, you know. But here I am. I met John Kennedy and I definitely met John Kennedy. It feels like it. I'm like, oh my gosh, incredible, just incredible. And he just was so put together and he's listening to me now as I'm talking. So it'll be really great if we, now he just stood up. I can really see red on his tie. And he says you'll have to, he says you'll have to do that Google it thing. You'll have to, he stands up and he's standing up now. And he's kind of tucking in the back of his shirt. He's tucking in the back of his shirt and tucking in the back of his shirt and stuff, kind of straightening himself out. So he's real put together and he's got, it's like a burgundy red tie. That's what it is. It's got stripes, really thin blue stripes with a little bit of gold in it. That's what it looks like. And then there's a tie tack that does look like Harvard. I think it's Harvard. That's what it feels like to me. He said, the study of law and politics. Interesting, isn't it? Yeah, it's kind of ironic too, isn't it? Yes, and we could have great conversations about that. Interesting. Oh, you know, it's interesting too, because when we have conversations about things and we're talking about things, we're using the mind. And because you're a spirit in the afterlife, how does that work? Like the mind thing. How can you talk to me and have thoughts, new thoughts after you're dead and you don't have a mind? How does that even work? He says, ah, it's tricky, isn't it? It's kind of like magic. And he says, I'm like, really? He's like, no, not really. Not really. You have a frame of reference. You can use words. It's not, once you've been there, done that, it's like riding a bicycle. You just get right back on. It's not, it's not a difficult thing to use words to describe things or to put into context so that the humans who are in getting the message can actually receive it. Isn't that the point of your work? Isn't that the point of all that you do? Is to share the message, to get it to the people, the person who needs it, to translate the information that energy, those energy waves into something that people can digest and understand and that will make their lives better. Isn't that your purpose? Pretty much. In a nutshell, yes. Yes, that is my purpose because I want people to feel better. I want them to feel good and know that life is what they make it. And if they feel better, they can do better. They can be better. They can be engaged.  Don't leave anything on the stage. Drop the mic. That's a reference of my time. He says, I know what it is. He's like, we have musicians over here. You might know that. Yes, I do know that. And I'm not just talking about Frank, he says. Mr. Sinatra. I'm like, okay. All right. I would love to chat with you again because there are some fun things that we could talk about or some interesting other things that we could talk about as well that I think other people will be interested in. So if you are, if you want to know more from the former president, John Kennedy, Jack, JFK, go ahead and put in the comments on this follow-up video additional things you want to know that you want to know from Mr. John Fitzgerald Kennedy. All right. Okay. This is a little goofy, but thank you guys so much. I feel kind of giddy a little bit. I literally bucket check bucket list check. Thank you so much for watching. This is Bridget. He read above life channel. The purpose is to inspire your spirit and to fill your heart with hope because this right now is your life and I want you to live it. Just live it. Thanks so much for watching.


e granted within the charter and that the two will be harmonized section 101 states that the corporate existence of the village will be the corporate boundaries and existence of the city so effectively we're taking what the village is and turning it into the city section 102 is that general powers provision that i just described to you section 103 briefly and somewhat generally enumerates the specific powers that are reserved to the city of estates junction and i will note that although these are titled as specific powers that these are powers that are wielded by every municipality in the state so in subsection b you'll note that they're allowed to for example acquire real personal property that they can have the power to adopt wastewater collection disposal solid waste collection disposal provision of public water supplies provision of public parks and recreational facilities uh each of these is a general power that is granted to municipalities in statute and that elsewhere in title 24 there are provisions relating to the use of these powers in subsection c the city uh states that it may acquire property and be simple or any lesser interest so essentially that it can act as a municipal corporation in the acquisition of real property that it may exercise any of his powers perform any of its functions and may participate in the financing of those functions jointly or in cooperation with any other government entity that they may establish and maintain an electric power system and regulate power line installations this is in subsection b by the way provided however the city will not have authority under this charter that conflicts with the authority granted to the puc the city is also here uh granted authority to establish a telecommunication system and an enterprise to deliver internet or broadband services so subsection e contains those municipal utility routines uh under subsection for section 104 of the charter we have the reservation of powers um again this is another one of those boilerplate provisions that ends up in a lot of charters and it essentially states that the uh charter shall not be construed in a way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the city by general or special and that it's currently in law section 105 uh describes the form of government for the city um they're going to use the council manager form of city government they're going to have for their legislative body it's also the city manager that is in charge of the administration of the city sub chapter two contains the sections related to the governance structure of the city uh in section 201 this is labeled the powers and duties of the governing body but it's the powers and duties of the city council so in subsection a the members of the city council shall constitute the legislative body for the city and shall have all powers and authority uh that's granted to other city legislative bodies or councils under the general law subsection b the city council has the power to first appoint and remove his city manager supervise create a change in the college offices commissions and departments other than those that are specifically enumerated within the charter to appoint the members of all boards commissions committees or similar bodies to provide for an independent audit by a cba to inquire into the conduct of any officer to exercise every other power that is not specifically set forth giving myself another technical correction for the center in this charter but that is granted to councils or legislative bodies by the general law of the state the city council is going to consist of five members all members must reside within the boundaries of the city and the terms will be staggered three year terms uh and there is no transitional provision specifically tied to this because uh later on it will be noted that the current village trustees will transition to the city council until uh their terms and they can be replaced on the current staggered schedule section 203 deals with the vacancies in the office of our council member uh in the event of a vacancy uh vacancy shall be filled by the city council until the next annual meeting and there are provisions later on that deal with the replacement of vacancy all right section 204 the election of the council members the terms of the officers commence on the first day of the month following the election uh the council is going to elect its own president vice president clerk by majority vote uh the president presides at the meetings unless the president is absent in which case the vice president presides in the event of the death resignation or incapacity of any member the remaining members may appoint a person to fill that position until the next election incapacity is determined by a council vote this is in subsection c within these specific terms incapacity shall include the failure by any member of the board to council to attend at least 50 percent of the meetings in any calendar year at the next annual election the vacancy can be filled uh in the event that there's disagreement upon interim replacement a special election shall be held to fill the open position at subsection d at the event that a counselor is no longer a resident of the city prior to the expiration of the council's term the office shall be deemed vacant and can be filled by the council section 205 compensation for the council members uh the compensation that is paid to the council members shall be set by the voters at the annual meeting with a minimum $1,500 near each the uh counselor's compensation has to be set forth as a separate item in the annual budget it's both about the city council then has authority to fix the compensation of all appointees and the city manager the council has authority to review or group ratified like departing agreements which may be negotiated or fixed by the manager so you have a bifurcated process there section 206 contains conflict of interest provisions related to city offices it states that no city council member shall hold any city employment during the term for which they are elected to the council a council member may be appointed to represent the city on other boards except as pursuant to the title 17 provisions related to uh specific conflicts for local officers no formal count former council member shall hold any compensated appointed municipal office or employment except for poll worker until one year after the expiration of their term the legislative body uh neither the legislative body nor any of its members shall in any manner dictate the appointment or removal of any officer under the authority of the town or city manager the legislative body may discuss with uh the manager any of these appointments uh the appointment performance or removal of those officers and employees in the executive session except for purposes of the inquiries that the city council is permitted to carry out according to this charter the legislative body uh you the council shall deal with municipal officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the manager solely through the manager so the manager is going to have the direct oversight and interaction with all of those subordinate officers and city council here is bound by non-interference all right as soon as possible after the election of president vice president by the council at their inaugural meeting the council shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings and those meetings are required to be held at least once a month uh under section 208 special city meetings shall be called according to uh general law and all voting shall be by australian ballot i was waiting for a reaction i know i was i've given up i've given up i hate australian ballots uh section 209 sets out the short form procedure for the city council meetings first the council shall determine its own rules in order of business uh quorum is three members three affirmative votes are necessary to take binding council action so if there's only three members present it's gotta be in this uh in accordance with the open meeting law the council shall keep minutes and the generalized minutes shall be public record all meetings are open to the public in accordance with promont's open meeting law except for those that are held in except executive section again to support it to the oml section 210 deals with uh appointment powers the council the council will have the power to appoint the members of all boards commissions committees are similar bodies uh and lessons are always specifically provided from charter and the charts of those points commence on the day section 211 a catch all section for additional provisions with the council city council is uh not allowed to make claims for personal services except when compensation for those services is provided either in this charter or under general law the council uh does have authority here to authorize the sale at least of any real or personal estate that belongs to the city as the corporate entity sub chapter three this is sub chapter dealing with the other elected offices there are two here the brown l library trustees and the moderator section 301 states that the brown l library trustees shall be a five-member board elected to five-year terms using the australian ballot system only qualified voters of the city shall be eligible to hold the office of library trustee uh the moderator shall be elected by the voters at the city annual meeting and that is to preside at the next city annual meeting uh the term of the moderator is one year and only qualified voters in the city shall be eligible to hold that office sub chapter four deals with city meetings 401 city meetings elections uh the voters at the annual meeting vote to set the date of the next annual meeting um they also vote at that annual meeting before the budget and like the officers the same as general law the provisions of state law related to the qualifications of electors manner of voting duties of election officers and all other particular law related to local elections shall apply to the city um acceptance otherwise provided and i'll note any exceptions they come up but i didn't have any one time so the general law was the election of officers um and voting on all questions at the city meetings done by australian ballot the city clerk and the board of civil authority uh shall conduct the elections in accordance with the state's election laws sub chapter five this governs uh ordinance authority within the city section 501 the general law will apply to the adoption ordinances section 502 public hearings related to those the adoption of those ordinances uh the city council is required to hold a minimum of one public meeting prior to the adoption of the ordinance um at the time and place uh that the ordinance meeting is worn or any time and place to which the hearing may from time to time be adjourned the ordinance shall be introduced and thereafter all persons who are interested will be given an opportunity to guard so the other meeting law will apply to this ordinance meeting at least one after hearing the council may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment and the city shall cause the ordinance to be published uh with a notice of the time and place of the public hearing that must be held um the publication has to take place three days prior to the public hearing the council may pass the amended ordinance or again amended subject to the same procedures section 503 this is an exception to the uh general law here every ordinance shall become effective upon passage unless otherwise specified uh under the general law there is a 60 day lag so the day that an ordinance is adopted by a legislative body under the general law uh 60 days later is when that ordinance becomes effective and in the interim there is the opportunity for a petition for rescission or reconsideration by the voters that has to be filed within a 45 day window that petition opportunity is still available under general law but in the interim period the ordinances of the city will be effective until such time as a vote for uh rescission of health all right section 504 we essentially just covered it uh there's a slight tweak here with how this is written and how it harmonizes with general law and that's the 44 day window for the filing of the petition but otherwise the city is going to offer a um the same as general law for the rescission of the ordinance you know if the 44 days are very special significance i do not i do know it didn't come up in prior testimony there's an odd number of days it is weeks or months or there were the last time a special number like that came up in the context of the petition if you recall it was the city of burlington charter and the reason was that there is a shorter window when multiple items have to be put on the general election ballot so the petition for an item has a slightly shorter window in order for them to prepare the ballots for the next general election section 505 deals with the petition for an act of the ordinance and this is somewhat interesting the voters of the city may at any time petition for the enactment of a proposed lawful ordinance by filing petition and including the text of the ordinance with the city clerk um the council was then required to call a special seat city meeting within 60 days after the date of the filing uh so that the voters can vote on whether they're going to compel the adoption of the ordinance and this is interesting the city will effectively have a voter petition initiated way to exercise the authority of the legislative body to adopt the regulation how many voters need to sign it yeah i was going to ask that i don't see what's going on with thresholds two voters could i mean to make sure it's not going to come up with subjections there is no threshold percentage boy it seems like the council will be pretty busy yeah and i yeah i don't know what under subsection b the ordinance is reviewed by the city attorney to make sure that there aren't any uh technical or constitutional issues and subsection c clarifies that the provisions of this section around the petition for an act of an ordinance doesn't relate to the appointments of officers or members of commissions or to the governing procedures of the council i do would you like me to continue on what is your what exactly do you have to leave so for a very important date i think if you have to leave at four that it makes sense for us to stop here and then we'll pick it up next time yeah next time thank you all yes so you have in front of you uh h 491 we'll start on page 14 with sub chapter 6 to pick up where we left off last time and uh as a brief reminder based on senator Clark since most recent comment although this is a charter for a brand new city the majority of the bill that you have in front of you is taken directly from the existing village of s extraction charter oh okay great there's quite a bit in here that uh is currently codified that'll 24 out for the village sub chapter 6 broadly deals with the city manager section 601 states that the city council shall appoint the city manager section 602 starts to deal with the powers and duties of the manager uh it states generally that the manager will be the chief administrative officer of the city and be responsible to the council for the administration of the city's affairs uh subsection b deals with some of the specific powers of the manager the manager has the power to appoint and when it is deemed necessary suspend or remove all city employees including the treasurer and other employees that are provided by uh this charter uh those are for cause removals under these terms additionally uh well unless a cba applies to that specific officer or employee collective bargaining agreement that's an important caveat that they right right here the uh manager has given authority to authorize any employee underneath the manager's direction supervision to exercise the same powers with respect to subordinate employees within the particular uh office within the city the appointments layoffs suspensions promotions or removals uh it needs to be made primarily on the basis of training experience fitness and performance of duties so essentially a catchall clause saying needs need to comply with employment laws generally uh the manager under subsection c shall direct and supervise the administration of all departments offices and agencies of the city unless there's a more specific provision within the charter the manager uh recommends the hiring of the city attorney with the council's approval the member or a staff member designated by the manager shall attend all council meetings and shall have the right to take part in discussion and recommendations but does not have uh voting rights so an ex officio member of sorts the council in subsection e is given authority to meet an executive session without the manager for discussion of the manager's performance or if the manager is subject to uh the investigation powers that the council deserves in terms of the charter the manager is tasked with seeing that uh all laws subject to enforcement by the manager or its office um are faithfully executed and is required to prepare and submit the annual budget and capital program to the city council the manager is also required to submit to the council a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the city as of the end of the end of each fiscal year the manager has other reporting duties and shall make other reports as the council directs and requires manager is tasked under subsection j with keeping the council fully advised on the financial condition needs of the city and to make recommendations to the council concerning the affairs of the city as the manager deems desirable the manager is tasked with uh being responsible for all of the city's ordinances and laws so this is the chief enforcement officer as well as the chief administrative officer the manager uh may discretionary authority delegate to subordinate officers and employees any duties that are conferred upon the manager by the charter or by general law the manager tasks performing other duties specified at the charter or is required by the council in general as we're moving through all of these the manager has duties to oversee the operation of city government day-to-day operation the manager fixes the compensation of city employees recommends uh the appointment of the city clerk with uh the council's approval city council has the authority under section 603 in the charter from page 17 now the council can remove the manager from office for cause the council is required to adopt by an affirmative majority vote a preliminary resolution that states the reasons for the removal and may suspend the manager from duty for a period up to 45 days within three days after the vote a copy of the resolution is provided to the manager there should be a folder there okay we're like two organized okay right thank you there yeah and we're on page seven okay thank you so uh within three days after the vote to remove or suspend the resolution has to be delivered to the manager and then within five days after receipt of the resolution the manager can file with the council a written request for a hearing which uh shall be in a public or executive session by choice of the manager the hearings are held a special council meeting within 15 to 30 days of the manager's request for the hearing and the manager has authority here to file a written reply to the removal or section council has authority in subdivision three to adopt final resolution of removal which can be made immediately effective by a majority vote all right section 604 on page 18 now at least in my unofficial and by house version deals with vacancies in the office of the city manager the manager has authority under the section to appoint a staff member to perform the manager's duties in the event of absence due to disability classification or vacation unless the manager has previously appointed a staff member as assistant manager or deputy manager if the manager has failed to make any of those designations the council can by resolution appoint a interim manager we're now on sub chapter seven dealing with boards and commissions still a frequent topic for this community these are boards and commissions of the city of estuary seven section 701 establishes the board of civil authority and ties into general law section 702 establishes the board of faith of taxes again uh echoes general law section 703 establishes the planning commission uh the powers duties and obligations of which are in accordance with general law so you've just potentially uh approved an amendment which would impact this members of the planning commission are not permitted to hold any other city office in important component section 703 and the city council is given authority in the charter to set the terms of the planning commission members an important note because we just went over it is that uh if the city has elected planning commissions that this would override the general law statutory authority for the voters to vote on and set the terms of elected commission members all right is it common is it common to say hold no other office like they can't be adjusted for the peace they can't they can't do anything else it depends on uh the particular municipality that we're working with but i would say that many municipal charters do have their own conflict adventurous policies that prohibit uh officers from holding more than one office this charter we went over one of them uh does have other prohibitions conflict adventurous policies specific to uh city council members we already went over so there's a few different prohibitions built into the city's charter section 704 deals with the DRB development review board it establishes the DRB and ties it to the general law members of the DRB will be appointed by the council for three year terms section 705 deals with the brown ale library trustees um the brown ale library board of trustees that hold office at the time this charter is enacted shall serve until their terms are completed so this is being codified but that's almost like a transitional provision there any existing policies that are in place uh for the trustees will continue after the effective date of the charter the five permanent self-perpetuating trustees shall function in accordance with the terms of the trust agreement dated may 25 1925 uh the trustees shall have the authority to establish new policies for the operation of the library or replace any position in place the library notwithstanding any of the foregoing is required to follow financial and personnel policies that are established by the city council so chapter eight the administrative departments of the city as you don't want deals with personnel administration and benefits uh the manager or an appointee acts as the personnel director just on page 20 by the way the manager uh maintains personnel rules and regulations those rules and regulations must be approved by the council and shall include the procedure for amending those rules and regulations each employee uh is required to receive a copy of the rules and regulations upon hire the rules and regulations uh may deal with the following subjects related to personnel administration job classification jobs to fulfill a tenure retirement pension leave of absence vacations holidays group insurance salary plans um your general enumerated and exhausted list employment related and HR related provisions subsection c no person in the service of the city shall either directly or indirectly uh give render pay or see if any service or other valuable things on account of or in connection with any appointment proposed appointment promotion promotion that's our whole conflict of interest section summarize section 802 the real estate assessor very similar to the assessor statutes there shall be either a real estate assessor who is a certified real estate appraiser or an independent appraisal firm headed by a certified real estate appraiser appointed by the manager and shall carry out the duties of the assessor and function in the same way as assessors under general law the real estate assessor is tasked with establishing the grand list of the city and following the general law that applies there to under section 803 appraisals shall be reviewed periodically and kept up to date this provision would be overlapped and overlaid by the title 32 provisions that went triggered which require appraisal appraisal and business property for tax purposes the business personal property shall be in accordance with general law provided that all business personal property acquired by a taxpayer after september 30th 1995 shall be exempt from tax most of these business personal property taxes that are in charge have been slowly repealed over the last five to 10 years including the spring field charter that was on the senate floor today they have repealed their personal tax which is personal property tax which expired 2001 section 805 explain some of the purpose of appointing that real estate assessor the purpose of appointing an assessor is in lieu of the election of listers so what this section is setting up is that way if any general law were to apply to require the election of listers that the city is instead going to have this uh city assessor of the listers i'm sorry business property it's sort of you know appraisal business property is called the inventory tax yes yes so i don't understand why it says that it shall be dealt with by these provisions but um oh so anything that was there before 1995 does have a proper tax on it yes inventory tax or could have the tax applied to it oh okay i don't know uh previous discussions of city operations or current village operations if there is any inventory tax being applied okay but under this legal mechanism anything acquired before that date in 1995 would be subject to the tax and the procedures would be those that are in general law we did away with ours because we were told that on March 31st this go farmer had all his cows over here in a different town because it was right on the border and then on April 1st he moved them back to putney because uh because he would have been taxed because he would have been taxed on the right they were so i mean that was one of the reasons but we just did away with it all right okay so that's an ideal city's budget process section 901 states that the fiscal year starts and ends on the first day of July that's similar to most other municipalities in the state with very few exceptions section 902 the annual municipal budget uh the manager submits to the council of budget for a review before the annual city meeting and that budget contains an estimate of the financial condition of the city an itemized statement of appropriations recommended for current expenses and capital improvements during the next fiscal year an itemized statement of estimated revenues from all sources other than taxation for the next fiscal year in comparative figures of tax and other sources of revenue for the current and immediate tax years a capital budget for not fewer than the next five fiscal years showing anticipated expenditures and any other information that the council requires as a component of that budget report the city council then reviews and approves the recommended budget under section 903 they can make changes the budget is published not later than two weeks after its preliminary adoption by the council and then the council shall fix the time and place for a public hearing on the budget and they'll give notice of that hearing which moves immediately in the section 904 dealing with the warning for the budget meeting the council holds at least one public hearing at least 30 days prior to the annual meeting to present you explain the proposed budget the manager not less than 30 days prior to the annual meeting makes available the city council's recommended budget final warning of the penny annual meeting the annual city report shall be made available to the legal voters in the city not later than 10 days prior to the annual meeting section 905 appropriations and transfers an annual budget shall be adopted by the city by the city at the city meeting by the vote of the majority of eligible voters they vote by australian ballot in accordance with section 401 if after the total budget has been appropriated the city council finds additional appropriations are necessary the appropriations shall be made and reported at the next city meeting as a specific item the appropriations shall only be made in special circumstances or situations of an emergency nature however no specific explanation needed to be given for any normally operating expense in any office or agency that may be increased over the budget by an amount not more than 10 percent of the offices or agencies budget from the effect to do the budget as approved by voters the amounts that are stated therein become appropriated to various agencies of city government the manager may at any time transfer unencumbered appropriation balances or portions thereof between general classifications of expenditures at the request the manager the council made by resolution to transfer any of those unencumbered appropriation balances within the council budget from one department of office or agency to another and again to bring this all together charters are harmonized with general law so for example the repeal the recent repeal that included in s181 of the prohibition on the commingling of town highway rights would come into play here so within the city the city manager would be able to come make all of us not i'm going to ask you to wait where our maximum here is eight oh i do apologize i'll have a whole second again that's a big so sorry i know i do count the amount of people in him i didn't i wasn't the site on the outside i can do that notwithstanding what we just walked through with the ability to move on covered balances around no unexpected balance in any appropriation that is not included in the council budget shall be transferred to the other purpose all right section 906 states that upon the passage of the budget the amounts that are stated therein shall be raised by taxes in the city in the corresponding tax year and that those taxes will be levied on the grant list so same as operation of the general law sub chapter 10 deals with taxation section 1001 taxes on real property shall be paid equal installments on march 15th and september 15th uh notice is required to be sent to the taxpayer it's not less than 30 days prior to when the taxes are due section 1002 uh the city is going to add an additional charge of eight percent to any tax not paid on or before the date specified in the proceeding section as you may recall from some of the work during covid uh in some of the emergency powers the interest that is applied to unpaid taxes is not automatic and it's usually uh based on a municipal vote to apply a certain percentage eight percent is the maximum amount that is applied under the general yes it doesn't say who will uh be responsible for collecting that they're not is there a tax collectivism uh there is nothing specific within the charter so that would fall to either the collector of delinquent taxes or the treasurer depending on the system that the current village and future city has in place it is likely a collector of delinquent taxes unless that office has been eliminated the treasurer tends to these days do all that uh well so there is there are some temporary provisions that will be in place for the city that we'll get to at the end of the bill about the collection of taxes and how that's going to carry out in the near future as the town and city separate section 1003 this section uh was amended by the house ways it means commitment to add a clause sorry may i just while we're on section uh 1002 normal melting does this not give the manager or the select board any opportunity uh to negotiate eight percent because it says shall eight percent that's what they wanted okay okay and i no interest in allowing any okay i can put together a summary because what this is doing is saying specifically for the city that the eight percent interest rate is in place yes the general law fills in all the gaps around for example how an abatement might play out for an individual taxpayer and i can send you a summary of how that works okay as long as there's some provision for that that's great well there would be for an abatement but not for reducing the eight percent that's just difference right it's it's pretty tough and there are extenuating well i i don't think we that's fine thank you all of it because that fight in here for the 20 years i've been here um so section 1003 authorizes the city council uh to negotiate and execute assessment and taxation agreements between the city and the taxpayer or a group of taxpayers these are the tax stabilization agreements that are uh generally authorized under general law there are specific types of properties that are subject to uh these agreements under general law here the city has authority to negotiate and execute these assessment and taxation agreements with any taxpayer in the city um this next component was added by house ways and means it says that this section shall not be construed to supersede any provision of state law related to the education property tax sub chapter 11 capital improvements section 1100 deals with the capital programs of the city the manager is tasked with preparing the capital program at least three days before the final special budget the capital program has to include a clear general summary of the program's contents a list of all capital improvements that are proposed we have to take them for the next five fiscal years cost estimates methods of financing and recommended time schedules for each improvement the estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities that will be constructed or required uh finally under subsection c the information that's required by the section can be revised and extended each year with regard to capital improvements so pending sub chapter 12 amendment of the charter and initiatives the charter this charter may be amended in accordance with general law that's all in sub chapter 12 sub chapter 13 and general provisions uh I quickly moving through the first two savings clause and separability these are boilerplate provisions that we see in a lot of charters essentially saying that if one section of the charter is found to be invalid it doesn't invalidate the remaining sections section 1303 this has superseding language uh it states that each city shall be formed notwithstanding language that is contained in the town of Essex charter so the following language specifically that notwithstanding the provisions of any other municipal charters territory within the corporate limits of the town shall not be annexed to or become a part of any other municipal corporation except by the annexation procedures as said forth and the statutes of the state of Vermont this refers to the annexation procedures for incorporated villages so essentially what the town of Essex charter says is that no incorporated villages can extend their boundaries or take new territory unless they follow the general law procedures for annexing the territory and here the city is including this in the charter to ensure that the general assembly is saying that that town charter provision is not going to be construed to prohibit the formation of the city oh okay we get into next the transitional provisions that will govern the uh the period immediately following the formation of the city in July and the formal separation of the two municipalities section three governs the assignment uh an assumption of village assets and liabilities it states that all assets and obligations that formerly belong to the village will pass to the city and that includes all interests so all real property easements rights rights and interests of land vehicles equipment other personal property cash insurance policies documents and records debts claims bonded deadness all contracts agreements trusts and other binding written documents obligating the village shall remain in effect and what's happening here is this section is setting out that all of the legal duties and responsibilities that the village had with their financial or other relationships will pass to this new corporate entity that's being formed and these are included within these sort of handshakes when you have a corporation becoming something new to make sure that creditors don't lose out because they can no longer hold the extinguished corporation uh while today section four uh sets out the transition period it establishes a transition period that will begin on July 1st 2022 and it will end on July 1st 2023 during that transition period the city shall continue to receive and pay for consolidated services with the town for assessing the clerk treasurer position it police public works and storm water so those are the enumerated services that will continue to be shared and paid for the city council shall set a tax rate for what taxes meet the obligations for the city's share of the town municipal operations and all of the city municipal operations throughout the transition period according to the budgets that are approved by the voters of the town and the village the previous march in april the taxes that are collected by the city for the town shall be paid to the town in equal installments on october 15th and april 15th and then this states that at the end of the transition period city shall be fully organized i don't know if that's aspirational or not i think it's probably very manageable give us more thinking together what were the dates of the new payments about march and september okay all right a month ahead of these two days section five contains a transitional provision for the organizational meeting of the city the first annual city meeting shall occur on the date set by the voters the most recent village annual meeting uh following approval of the charter this will be a meeting of the city of s exemption and will be noticed and warned to all residents of the city and it will be for the purposes of presenting and discussing the budget only other city business may also be presented and discussed but not voted on at that initial meeting after presentation discussion of the budget and any other business the meeting will adjourn voting on the budget and the election of counselors will be by australia section six transitional provision related to the village center and neighborhood development area designations so those village center district and neighborhood development area designations as contained within the current s-extruction development code shall continue in the new city for the purposes of continuing downtown revitalization efforts and the city shall retain any and all state designations for purposes of redevelopment in force at the time of adoption so this is the handshake for these designation areas between the village and the city section seven deals with the transitional provision for the governing body of this corporate entity when the charter becomes effective and the city is established full approval by the legislature the members of the village board of trustees will become the members of the city council and continue to serve uh out there elect the terms the president vice president clerk of the council will continue to serve in those capacities until the board reorganizes as we covered earlier in the bill where they'll elect their own president the counselors shall mourn and hold meetings as appropriate and shall address all details and issues related to the transition from the village to the city city council shall review consider and adopt all regulations ordinances and plans for the former village as its own so that's the regulatory handshake the city council with the assistance of the manager shall propose and warrant the first annual budget of the new city for consideration by the voters at its first annual meeting section eight contains the transitional provision for budget administration city manager uh is tasked with proposing the budget for the new city for the next fiscal year that addresses proper service levels, contractual obligations, capital projects, and debt and the reflect city change is related to the corporation of the city section nine separation of the city and town departments no more co-mingling city and town departments the city council is going to appoint the manager and the manager shall plan and hire for the separation of all consolidated departments within the town by the end of the transition period unless contracts are signed stating other works and I think there may be some factual giving to all of those contracts that are going to stay in place section 10 deals with planning and development so when the charter becomes effective the former village plan bylaws and land development code and any ordinances that are related to planning development will remain in effect until amended or revised by the new city council um the village planning commission and village zoning board of adjustment will become the planning commission and development review board of the city all current trustee and appointed uh commission and committee members shall serve out the remainder of their terms through this transition section 12 the unification and adoption of ordinances bylaws and rules all ordinances and bylaws of the village shall become ordinances and bylaws the city the city is fully authorized to amend or repeal any ordinance according to the provisions of subject for five the charter dealing with ordinances whenever a power is granted by any ordinance or bylaw to an officer or officers of the village it will carry over to those senior officer officers in the city section 13 personnel all employees of the village shall become employees of the city and any and all contracts of the village will be assumed by the city unless otherwise terminated re-executed or renegotiated uh personnel policies will carry from the village to the city as well the dates of hire uh with the village will be used as the dates of hire for purposes of benefits and benefit calculations for the city section 14 deals with the transition of finances city shall adopt any and all portions of the town of s6 grand list for properties located within the borders of the city any and all property tax payments due and delinquencies incurred for the village to the effective charter shall be paid town upon the effective date of the charter any city taxes due and delinquencies incurred shall be payable to the city so that july 1st 2022 effective date is the delineation between taxes they will be due to the town will be collected and permitted to the town and then taxes they will be collected or admitted to the city all existing contractual agreements including those tax stabilization agreements uh that we covered 10 minutes or so ago um within the village shall hereby be assigned to the city section 15 of the future governance commission within three years after the effective date of charter the council is going to appoint a special commission to study governance considerations including the form of government the election officials at large or through the lords governing body composition terms of office term limits and councilor compensation section 16 uh this is a component that was added in the house to deal with the very particular position of justices of the piece governor appointed that is how it operates under general law you're kidding you know i thought they were elected well they are elected by the municipality that they serve and that's a component of the vermont constitution and whenever there's an absence under general law and it's cited there's 17 dsa 26 23 the governor appoints the replacement and the parties at the local level uh make recommendations for who the governor should appoint to that open jp position so here it states expressly that the governor may appoint up to 15 justices of the piece to serve in the city because of course this city is a new legal school corporation will not have had a general election to elect a justice of the piece or justices of the piece excuse me so the governor will appoint up to 15 pursuant to the procedures established in title 17 the committees for the political parties of the jps in the town may submit recommendations for qualified justices of the piece to the governor for consideration so that's a component of the general law and because the city does not have any currently elected jps for that municipal corporation this is going to override that general law procedure and say well the committees for the jps of the town will be the ones that will make the recommendation because all of those justices of the piece in the town formerly served for the village as well the appointed justices of the piece shall serve until successors may be elected after 2022 general election and that is a four month term potentially if the governor acts very quickly after the effective date of this charter section 17 repeals the village charter section 18 sets the effective date of this act is July 1st 2022 very exciting too right Karen I can share one update that has come up I appreciate the timing that you've had of this meeting because as was heard there's the transition plans for a lot of the different things between the village and the town and they just had a meeting last night with both municipalities the boards met and both unanimously passed the agreements of how those things are going to transition pending attorney review so that that is positive as well great good good any questions or concerns it seems like the transitional things I mean I understand why they're in there but the chargers can go out forever these transitional things are still going to be in there just seems like they take up space the transitional provisions are not codified okay they are sectional are dealing with the transitional period for the next year so they'll disappear well they won't disappear they'll be kept in the 2022 acts and resolves which are kept in each attorney's office in the office of legislative council or functioned by the secretary of state and are likely mostly used by michael turnick in historical research so I will say that we've had a couple emails I have from a couple people who who live in the town and are very upset that this is happening and that they didn't have the ability to weigh to vote on this but this isn't a town issue this is the village succeeding from the from the town and if vermont decided to succeed from the union I think that we would vote on it but we would let Massachusetts and Connecticut vote on that for us so I think that's the that's a good compare it is a good analogy I haven't thought about this issue I did come up in the house and I did a great deal of historical research around what has happened when other new municipalities have formed from a separation between municipal governments and the way that this has shaken out is that when the new municipality does not contain any real property from the surrounding municipality then there's no vote in the surrounding municipality and the most recent example is the city of winewski the village of winewski voted to separate and the town of colchester was not given a the opportunity to vote on the separation it was just the village itself uh there is a similar situation for the formation of the city of burlington because the town of burlington at the time as it was constituted and there was a very small piece that ended up becoming south burlington uh voted in its entirety without taking up any of those outside pieces to become the city in other instances and these are all recent proposals that failed uh the town of st johnsbury was allowed to vote on the formation of the city of st johnsbury because it included the village but also two incorporated school districts that were within the town um that is not the case here where the village within its current corporate boundaries voted to become a city without taking or incorporating anything outside of the village boundaries and again the consideration is where the voters of that municipal entity given an opportunity to vote not becoming this new corporate entity and in the case of winewski and this present case the answer would be yes because the bounds are all within the village well that answers that so um does anybody have any questions or concerns or are we ready to yes thank you madam chair we mentioned departments that would be still shared if that's the right verb can i just get a sense of what those might be hi okay yes but you may want to hear from the representatives from s6 because i believe they have the most recent updated list and again those will be subject to an agreement executed between the two municipalities which i believe is what representative doleman just brought up thank you representative doleman's description um yeah so that's the piece that i was um sharing before that there's an mou that is being worked on between the village and the town and that's what was passed unanimously by both municipalities last night pending you know attorney review of just checking that all the i's and t's are crossed um and some of the services that are in that are there's a delinquent tax um agreement there's the information technology agreement police services assessor services stormwater clerk so they have it all set out of how in each of those areas is it going to move from you know we're working together to separating or how are we going to work together during this transition period do you know if the fire and ems are already separated yes fire is okay i'm just trying to take other departments that would be shared now highway may may i interject i'm sorry this is representative houghton um so just a couple quick and i i just know this because i was a trustee so fire has always been separate village has their own their town has their own ems is a third party police has been shared since 1980 and there is an agreement going forward for another 10 years of sharing highway has always been separated we tried to do or we did do a consolidation um but we will be separating those back out and they will remain separate the departments have always although they've worked together they've always been separate departments thank you thank you thank you okay any more questions or concerns i'm ready to vote oh right i'm ready to vote this is a visual question s6 junction which is going to become s6 city is that sort of what i think it was the five corners there again yeah it's going to get a sensible yes and there's more to it but yes like that and i know what i think is our talk yes and is that where um local foundry says yes yeah so it's that area of it it's more importantly is it where the train station is because it's because of the train it's called the junction exactly yes all of those things are true and the train station is right there too yeah so and remind us the population of the city uh i'm gonna have to ask um my my senior rep i want to say it's 11 000 something yeah it's about 11 000 and it's pretty even between the town and the village they both have close to 11 000 so it's one of the biggest cities in the yep next burlington aren't you number two i believe so i think so it's all brought to my local with this divide south burlington that's amazing divides s6 yeah and this doesn't no i mean this down becomes s6 city the city of s6 in the town of s6 yeah okay i don't move that we vote out h491 with no amendments stay with me i just want to celebrate all the hard work yeah this community uh i'm sorry i missed some of this but it's been a long time having it we're happy to be another milestone on this journey to getting this through the legislature you're here exciting so okay should i do you understand yeah we're not going to do a celebrate maybe i need some champagne first no i think we need to just answer yes so we can get on to our next issue because we're already 10 minutes late okay was that a yes yes i said okay so i'm calling mark yes senator plina yes myself senator ron instill yes senator white yes five zero zero thank you all so much we'll invite you to the celebration we're ready we have the the forks and the planks thank you very appreciate it very much well thank you so thank you guys lots of hard work and too many votes yeah we now have for action h491 and act relating to the creation of the city of s6 junction and the adoption of the city charter it was reported favorably by the committee on government operations please listen to the second reading of the bill h491 an act relating to the creation of the city of s6 junction and the adoption of the city charter for the committee on government operations the senator from chippenden is recognized thank you madam president it is not every day that we vote to create a new city in the senate and it is a historic vote in a 110-year journey for the relationship between s6 junction and s6 town and we do have members of both the municipal government of the community as well as members from the other chamber from the house here to witness and i want to recognize that and i also want to note that i will borrow heavily from their perspective and their words we gave this due consideration in your senate government operations committee but also relied deeply on the expertise and longer testimony in the house and the bill before you was not amended by your committee on government operation h491 is a charter change to establish the city of s6 junction it is important for us to review how we've come to this place and why 88 percent of those who voted want an independent community since 1892 the village of s6 junction has operated as a municipal unit of government within the town of s6 both chartered municipalities the communities have been voting on some form of merger or separation since 1958 there are some key details in the last 20 years that are worth discussing as to how we are now at this point in the year 2022 in 2000 a five month long government operations mandated mediation process ended with no agreed upon resolution in 2006 a year-long community led task force created a charter for a new merged municipality it passed narrowly with town uh with town the town outside the village voting no and the village voting yes a revote overturn the results over the next 10 years the boards worked collaboratively to find shared services in 2018 they created a subcommittee to again craft a plan for the future of the two communities this plan of merger vote uh which we can discuss in more detail uh then failed and that leads us to where we are today with a charter change request that creates a path forward for two separate communities while fully recognizing the past history of these efforts last year the town of s6 was before your government operations committee with a charter change to establish a three plus three governance model at the time the decision was made to hold further discussions until the community held the merger that had long been planned the merger plan uh voted on in 2021 included the three plus three governance model and a 12 year financial phase in to limit the immediate financial impact to the town outside of the village residents close to 50 percent of registered voters participated in the plan of merger held in march of 2021 the plan of merger failed in the town outside of the village by 72 percent and passed in the village by 81 percent overall the vote failed by 19 votes with swift action by residents throughout the communities a revote was held on April 13 over 50 percent of registered voters participated in the election again the plan of merger failed with similar percentages within each community as the original vote the town outside of the village voted no the village voted yes with broad community outreach three plus three governance and a 12 year financial phase in uh the town of s6 and uh the town of s6 overwhelmingly rejected the plan of merger twice as part of the revote village residents residents also voted on the non-binding resolution to have the village trustees draft a charter to establish the city of s6 junction should the plan of merger fail a second time that non-binding vote passed overwhelmingly the city of s6 junction charter vote was held by a special village meeting in november of 2021 again close to 50 percent of registered voters participated the charter passed with 88 percent of the vote 3070 yes votes to 411 no votes in may of 2021 the two municipal boards entered into a joint resolution to investigate an amicable separation as written in the resolution it was titled members of the select board and trustees agree to negotiating good faith throughout the amicable separation process the spirit of inclusion all voices will be respectfully heard and considered and that now brings us to a section by section and i'm going to call it a chapter by chapter outline uh of the of h 491 um and what should be noted as to why i hope we can do a broad brushstroke of a chapter by chapter rather than section by section is that this is largely existing language for the village of s6 junction and existing charter language that will now fall under the charter for the city of s6 junction sub chapter one creates the city and expresses the city's general corporate powers the city will use the council manager form of government sub chapter two sets out the governance structure of the city the legislative body of the city shall be the city council which will be comprised of the current village trustees until the expiration of their terms the sub chapter also sets the procedures for filling a vacancy in the council in the event of death absence or resignation compensation of the city council shall be $1,500 per year counselors are not permitted to hold any other elected or appointed office sub chapter three provides for the other elected offices of the city including the library trustees and moderator sub chapter four sets out the procedures for city meetings and elections the sections in the sub chapter rely on general law sub chapter five sets out the city's procedures and powers concerning ordinances these provisions rely on general law with the exception that the city uses a 44 day timeline for petitions to rescind in ordinance sub chapter six governs the duties and powers of the city manager the manager shall oversee all administration of city government and all subordinate city officers the manager is responsible for preparing financial reports the city budget proposal and the city capital expenditure plan the manager may be removed by the select board and has a right to a hearing sub chapter seven establishes the following boards and commissions the board of civil authority the board of abatement of taxes the planning commission the development review board and the brown now library trustees sub chapters nine and ten set out the budget and taxation process with a fiscal year that starts and ends on july first the annual municipal budget proposal is submitted by the city manager with approval of the council the city has authority to authorize tax stabilization agreements with any taxpayer in the city does not affect the education property tax list sub chapter eleven sets out the capital program procedures for the city which rely on general law sub chapters twelve and thirteen contain general language providing for the separability and separability of charter provisions the sections that follow contain transitional provisions for the separation of the city from the town and i will review some of those after finishing the section by section of the bill section sixteen relates to justices of the piece that shall be appointed by the governor pursuant to title seventeen section seventeen repeals the village charter and section eighteen is the effective date of july first twenty twenty two i again want to borrow from the good work of the members from sx in the house who have shared a summary of the agreements for the transition the memorandum of understanding allows for a negotiation of these tentative agreements and to execute these agreements upon passage of separation the town regarding delinquent taxes the town can continue to collect taxes owed to them when the properties were part of the village regarding information technology they the town and city will work collaboratively to transfer village data from town systems regarding police services the city will continue to receive police dispatch and community justice services from the sx police department for 10 years and renew for and renewals will be for an additional five years regarding reappraisal and assessor services the town and city are to share in reappraisal and assessing services through the upcoming reappraisal process regarding right at first refusal the city has a right of first refusal should the town want to sell 81 main street don't ask me exactly what's going on there but we can find out on a recess if anybody wants to know regarding stormwater the town and city will work collaboratively on stormwater when and if it makes sense otherwise they are separate regarding the clerk treasurer's office the town and city will share the village and city clerk until july 1st of 2023 at which time they will separate regarding shared financial services the town and city will have their own finance director and staff to support separating finances until june 30th of 2025 or sooner if agreed upon regarding amenities like recreation of uh indian brooks the senior center and the senior bus the city will have access to town recreation and indian brooks in the same manner it currently does until december 31st of 2023 and the town will have access to the senior center and recreation programs accepting pool the pool and licensed childcare until december 31st of 2023 uh there is an amended mo u upcoming that uh removed shared boards and commissions as these will not be shared beyond july 1st 2023 and removes the clerk treasurer as this is not dependent upon separation passing as it reflects the change in shared management madam president uh your committee on government operations voted 500 to pass this major charter change the creation of the new city of sx junction we heard from the delegation from sx sx town government officials x junction government officials and um we had uh materials that were emailed to us from the public at large who wish to weigh in um i would just like to end again uh with the words of our colleagues in the house who have lived this for probably many decades it is time for our two communities who have tried almost every conceivable relationship to have the opportunity to thrive as two separate entities for the betterment of all residents thank you madam president thank you the question is tell the bill a third time the senator from franklin is recognized thank you madam chair get the reporter bill senator from chitenden the reporter mentioned that there was a group formed between the consisting of members of the town and members of the village as a junction to try to come up with an agreement in which both parties agreed as to the structure of a separation is that the what created this particular format or did they in fact come to any agreement madam president to the best of my knowledge what i outlined toward the end in the memorandum of understanding about all of the various uh municipal services was the outcome of that amicable discussion on separation i see nodding heads behind you and um to my knowledge that is what created a phased plan that has components that are one year long to a decade long um so that that is what was discussed in may of 2021 between the two municipal boards after the vote was taken for the separation there are financial implications and equity and taxation has been a major discussion of all of the proposed separation or merger agreements both it has been part of the decades long community discussion and all all of these major votes as i will borrow again from the the process that was outlined by the members from sx in the house it has been clearly stated throughout public outreach that should the merger not pass separation would mean an increase in municipal taxes to residents in the town outside of the village in fact at a joint municipal meeting on september 28 of 2020 the town finance director at the time said there are inequities in the way government is funded in our current situation village taxpayers are paying for services they are not eligible to receive and are paying more for services that they and the town outside of the village taxpayers have equal access to this means that town taxpayers are paying less than the true cost for some services that is a quote from the town finance director in 2020 last week based upon what the reporter knows or based on testimony received as the bill was being discussed are there any well is there any likelihood of litigation that may result from this and if so what type of litigation might that be madame president um this has been a long decades plus long process and um i do not believe that we heard about any specific litigation that would be raised um i can get a better answer before third reading on that question if the member would like or we could take a brief recess if that's important before third second reading the question is scale the bill you read a third time are you ready for the question all those in favor signify by saying aye all those opposed signify by saying no the ayes have it and you have ordered third reading of h 491 we now have for action h 491 an act relating to the creation of the city of sx junction and the adoption of the city charter are there any amendments to be offered before third reading please listen to third reading of the bill h 491 an act relating to the creation of the city of sx junction and the adoption of the city charter you have heard the third reading of the bill the question is sail the bill pass in concurrence the senator from chitin is recognized thank you madam president on second reading the senator from franklin asked if there was any pending litigation or concern about litigation for this particular charter change uh having talked to officials in sx junction there is no pending litigation that anyone is aware of of course we live in a litigious society and there could always be litigation um but you know it is the prerogative of a municipality to make a decision such as this and to bring it to the legislature and given that there was an amicable uh mo u related to separation i no lawyer but um it does not seem like there would be favorable litigation around a amicable separation agreement that's already been established that we are now voting on and sending to the governor so the question is sell the bill pass in concurrence are you ready for the question all those in favor signify by saying aye those opposed signify by saying no the ayes have it and you have passed h 491 in concurrence