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the OCTOBER 13, 2022
City council regulates heat, water systems in new builds
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VOLUME 46, NO. 41
Sun sets on summer
Climate Action Plan sets ambitious goals for 2030 COREY MCDONALD STAFF WRITER
The South Burlington City Council passed an ordinance to regulate heating and domestic water systems in new construction — an extension and recommendation of the city’s climate action plan that the council finalized Monday. Both items are part of the city’s work to lower greenhouse gas emissions and “set a mechanism for measuring where we are and how much progress we’ve made,” Ethan Goldman, a member of the city’s energy committee and chair of the climate action task force, said. “We know South Burlington can’t make all the difference as one city, but we need to do our part,” he said. “We can’t expect that the rest of the world is going to do it instead. Everyone has to take their own little piece, and if we all do that together we can actually make it there. We have the means to make this change.” The ordinance will require that new buildings in South Burlington utilize a renewable primary heating system and a renewable domestic water heating system. All new buildings — residential, commercial or industrial — will be required to meet specified energy efficiency performance standards and maximum allowable heat loss standards to be in compliance with the city ordinance. “The objective is to achieve a high degree of conservation of energy and, where possible, reduce emissions of greenhouse gasses,” the city said in a release. See CLIMATE PLAN on page 12
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A setting sun bathes Shelburne Bay and moored sailboats in a golden glow in late September.
Second-degree murder charge
Alleged shooter pleads not guilty MIKE DONOGHUE CORRESPONDENT
A South Burlington man has pleaded not guilty to a charge of second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of a former neighbor at the Swiss Host Motel and Village. Denroy Dasent, 52, of 324 Garden St., made the plea in Vermont Superior Court Oct. 6 in the fatal shooting of his friend Brian K. Billings at the motel on Williston Road Oct. 2, around 11:05 p.m. Billings was shot multiple times in the head and torso, Deputy State’s Attorney
Emily Pijanowski said. Vermont Superior Judge Elizabeth Novotny ordered Dasent held without bail. He appeared for the virtual hearing from the Northwest State Correctional Facility in St. Albans. Billings died on the kitchen floor in front of his companion, Kylie Clark, 32, and their two children, ages 7 and 9, shortly after the shooting, according to South Burlington Det. Tanner Palermo, the lead investigator. The shooting may have been sparked by a lewd remark that Dasent claims Bill-
ings made about the defendant’s 2-yearold daughter as she was having a diaper changed, court records show. When captured shortly before midnight near the Spot on the Dock restaurant on the Burlington waterfront, Dasent admitted to the two shootings, Palermo said. Dasent also said, “I will kill for my kids,” according to a body camera video worn by Burlington Police Det. Sgt. Michael Beliveau. Dasent later told investigators, “I hold it See DASENT on page 10