Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak said the city will not release body camera footage from the March 11 Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in South Burlington yet. People were anticipating it would be released on Tuesday.At Monday’s City Council meeting, Mulvaney-Stanak said the ultimate decision-making authority on discipline or corrective employment actions is the Burlington Police Department’s Interim Chief of Police, Shawn Burke, and that the mayor and police commission are just advisory in the review process.Mulvaney-Stanak said policy review from March 11’s protest is critically important to the city for potential future changes.”I just want to emphasize while other entities have released their reviews, Burlington has different standards, different processes, different entities that have a process, a responsibility within our review,” said Mulvaney-Stanak.BPD and Mulvaney-Stanak have completed their use-of-force reviews. Chief Burke will now present the case to the police commission on Tuesday for its review. He will make a final use-of-force decision by the end of this month.Also during Monday’s meeting, Mulvaney-Stanak announced the city has officially closed its budget gap.There was a $10-12 million gap that has now been filled. Mulvaney-Stanak said the city did it without laying off any currently filled city positions.Public safety funding remains a key priority in this year’s budget.The mayor must submit the budget by June 15, and the city council must approve it by June 30.Lastly, the Burlington Square Project was voted on by councilors. They unanimously approved extending the deadline for the yearslong project, formerly called City Place.Now that it’s approved, some market rate apartment will be placed at an affordable rate next year instead of next month.The project opened 53 market-rate apartments in its South Tower in 2025. But it’s the North Tower, which will include 73 affordable housing units, that is still not complete.Burlington created a “fallback provision” in 2024 that would change 11 South Tower apartments to an affordable rate if the North Tower wasn’t completed by June 2026. But building owners and the Community and Economic Development Office now have that deadline pushed back to the end of 2027.
Burlington Mayor Emma Mulvaney-Stanak said the city will not release body camera footage from the March 11 Immigration and Customs Enforcement operation in South Burlington yet. People were anticipating it would be released on Tuesday.
At Monday’s City Council meeting, Mulvaney-Stanak said the ultimate decision-making authority on discipline or corrective employment actions is the Burlington Police Department’s Interim Chief of Police, Shawn Burke, and that the mayor and police commission are just advisory in the review process.
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Mulvaney-Stanak said policy review from March 11’s protest is critically important to the city for potential future changes.
“I just want to emphasize while other entities have released their reviews, Burlington has different standards, different processes, different entities that have a process, a responsibility within our review,” said Mulvaney-Stanak.
BPD and Mulvaney-Stanak have completed their use-of-force reviews.
Chief Burke will now present the case to the police commission on Tuesday for its review. He will make a final use-of-force decision by the end of this month.
Also during Monday’s meeting, Mulvaney-Stanak announced the city has officially closed its budget gap.
There was a $10-12 million gap that has now been filled. Mulvaney-Stanak said the city did it without laying off any currently filled city positions.
Public safety funding remains a key priority in this year’s budget.
The mayor must submit the budget by June 15, and the city council must approve it by June 30.
Lastly, the Burlington Square Project was voted on by councilors. They unanimously approved extending the deadline for the yearslong project, formerly called City Place.
Now that it’s approved, some market rate apartment will be placed at an affordable rate next year instead of next month.
The project opened 53 market-rate apartments in its South Tower in 2025. But it’s the North Tower, which will include 73 affordable housing units, that is still not complete.
Burlington created a “fallback provision” in 2024 that would change 11 South Tower apartments to an affordable rate if the North Tower wasn’t completed by June 2026. But building owners and the Community and Economic Development Office now have that deadline pushed back to the end of 2027.
