Killington’s
Select Board is
planning to make over the entrance to the central Vermont resort town along Route 4 and Route 100. The goal, town officials say, is to create "a true
sense of arrival" to the biggest ski area of the east.
It’s that time of year when Vermont cities and towns are setting their tax
rates, and select board and city council minutes show many have increased them slightly as they enter the 2013 fiscal year.
A petition drive led to a special election Tuesday. Voters were asked whether they wanted to keep a
town manager or revert to the system where select board members play a larger
role in managing town affairs.
Voters in Killington have
received a letter from the town’s Select Board clarifying the upcoming vote to determine whether
or not the town will keep its Town Manager form of government.
Some residents in Killington want
to abolish their town manager form of government, saying the current town
manager lacks experience and his salary is too high.
After
a mild and nearly snowless ski season, town officials in Killington are considering
alternative models around the country, and
they’re consulting with a private company to boost economic development.