Eagle Scout
Tough training
South Burlington senior completes service project
Three firefighters tackle paramedic training
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VOLUME 46, NO. 34
Teacher appointed to SB school board
Tailing off into the sunset
Members pass over former school director school board members voted to have Williams serve the remaining six months of Boyer’s term A South Burlington parent until Town Meeting Day, at which point the seat will be up and teacher in the Essex for election. School District has been Out of 7 total candiappointed to fill the hole dates, the board passed left on the South Burlover a few parents, a ington School Board. member of the affordLaura Williams able housing commitof South Burlington tee and other folks in will fill the seat vacatthe community, included by former member ing Elizabeth FitzgerMichelle Boyer who ald, who served on the resigned abruptly in Laura Williams school board for 15 July. years before stepping Following interviews with a reportedly record down two years ago. number of applicants at a meetSee WILLIAMS on page 10 ing last week, three out of four AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
Surplus dollars fund youth center, fire department beds AVALON STYLES-ASHLEY STAFF WRITER
PHOTO BY ALICJA ROGOZA
Alicja Rogoza captured this sunset silouhette of Jim Sardonis’ sculpture “Reverence,” commonly referred to as Whales Tails, earlier in the month at Technology Park in South Burlington.
This is the second year in a row that South Burlington has ended the fiscal year with a little extra moolah. City officials won’t officially close the books until the end of the month, but they’re projecting over $1.5 million in surplus funds, pending money from local options taxes. The news is good for the city which, despite some holes in staffing across departments and back-burnered city projects, seems to be doing fairly well in recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic. Where will the surplus go? At least part of it is headed to
the Infinite Youth Center, the fire department and to some paving projects since the South Burlington City Council allocated funds at its meeting last week. The rest, or a portion of it, could eventually go toward the city’s plan to upgrade traffic signals on Dorset Street — a project that could hit $2 million. City councilors gave $13,000 of the surplus to the Infinite Youth Center, a bump up from the $11,000 allocated to the center a year ago as seed money to get it off the ground. Founded by Travia Childs, a local parent and chair of the South Burlington School Board, the youth center offers a space for youth in the community to gather and do See SURPLUS on page 2