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Burlington's transportation committee heard updates on Champlain Parkway monitoring, GMT funding, and a citywide unaccepted streets review at its May 26 meeting.

Burlington's Charter Review Committee approved seven elected-board sections of a proposed new town charter at its May 26 meeting, voting unanimously to keep the Board of Health elected after a presentation by 38-year board member Ed Weiner, who called appointed boards "not impartial at all" and warn

South Burlington Board of Abatement hears three hardship tax-relief requests totaling roughly $22,000 at its May 14 session. The board, chaired by a member identified only as Chris, took sworn testimony in three separate hearings before voting unanimously to enter deliberative session.

Burlington's Government Review Committee deferred a decision on whether to rename the town's chief administrator from "town administrator" to "town manager," agreeing to await results from a community governance survey that had collected 641 responses — roughly 80 percent of its three-percent target

Burlington's charter review committee advanced draft language for five elected bodies and launched a townwide survey campaign at its April 28 meeting.