In an unusually heavy turnout for a special election, Montpelier voters came out to support the proposed bond for the district heating plan, 963-609.

The turnout was 1572, just a couple of hundred below the Town Meeting Day turnout this year. This is likely due to the high level of awareness and promotion by both the pros and the cons.

In light of the results it’s hard to say the last minute flurry of activism made much of a difference. These results are pretty much what we see for the city budgets every year: in Montpelier, voters support the proposed budgets.

Or to put it another way, the people who came out and voted no today are the people who vote no on everything.

Congratulations to Mayor Mary Hooper, city manager Bill Fraser, and the members of the city staff and council who worked so hard to make this happen.