No luck yet as Burlington pushes colleges to pay more

Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger. File photo by Cory Dawson/VTDiggerBURLINGTON — After more than a year of trying, the city has not been able to negotiate a higher payment from the University of Vermont to help pay for new city infrastructure projects.
The university is among several large tax-exempt institutions that make voluntary payments, called payments in lieu of taxes, to Burlington for services such as police, fire and road maintenance.
At its Monday meeting, the City Council appro