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Mayor Kiss vetoes charter change proposal on department head appointment, reappointment, and removal
Burlington Mayor Bob Kiss today vetoed a City Council resolution proposing a charter change to the appointment, reappointment and removal process for City department heads.
Mack Molding’s Northern Operations, with three manufacturing facilities in Arlington and Cavendish, has been named an Environmental Partner by the state of Vermont. To be selected, a business must meet eight standards, all of which are geared toward waste management, pollution prevention and energy efficiency.
The Department of Labor announced today that the state minimum wage will be increasing to $8.15 per hour from $8.06 per hour on January 1, 2011. Vermont’s minimum wage increases at the same rate as the Consumer Price Index (CPI), as calculated in August, for the preceding year. This August, the CPI increased by one and one tenth percent (1.1%).
Forbes magazine released its annual report on the Best States for Business and Vermont, once again, was near the bottom. What little good news one could take from this is that the state actually rose two spots to 45th. Utah took over number one from longtime leader Virginia.
As the nation stands poised to elect one of the largest classes of new governors, the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices (NGA Center) has conducted an analysis, State Government Redesign Efforts 2009 and 2010, of state actions to streamline and downsize government to meet the new economic reality facing states.
Vermont Secretary of Administration Neale Lunderville announced today that Vermont’s September tax revenue figures were above targets for the General Fund and Education Fund, but were slightly below target for the Transportation Fund.
Moody’s Investor Services has completed separate reviews of the Burlington International Airport (BTV) and Burlington Electric Department (BED) and has announced a downgrade of the credit rating for each department. BTV’s rating moved from Baa3 to Ba1. BED’s rating moved from A3 to Baa2.
Twelve new Vermont jobs are on hold following an appeal in Maine of that state’s decision to change its lottery vendor to the same firm that handles Vermont.
The Boys & Girls Club of Burlington is pleased to
announce a $5,000 grant award from the Citizen’s Bank Foundation to
partially fund the career readiness and life skills program, KnowHow2Go. In
it’s fourth year, the KnowHow2Go Program introduces middle school and
high school youth to the college process and possible career choices in
Frank Trombetta of Midway Oil has opened Poultney and Fair Haven’s first Irving Oil gas stations, expanding the regional brand to the community. They are located at 267 Main Street in Poultney and 38 Main Street in Fair Haven.
Stratton Mountain Resort saw its first snow covering this morning after flurries last night stuck to some of its trails for the first time this season.
Source: Stratton 10.15.2010 www.Stratton.com.
For the second time this year, Chittenden Solid Waste Department staff will suit up and sort trash gathered from around Chittenden County for four days during the week of October 18. A sort done in May 2010 found that recyclables comprised 16.8 percent of trash, down from 19.3 percent in 2006.