24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1302
App. § 127-1302. Preparation and submission
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager, at least 60 days before the date of the regular annual Town meeting, shall submit to the Selectboard a budget that, except as required by law or this charter, shall be in such form as the Manager deems desirable or the Selectboard may require. The budget shall contain:

(1) an estimate of the financial condition of the Town as of the end of the fiscal year and as of the date of submission of the budget;

(2) an itemized statement of appropriations recommended for current expenses and for capital improvements, during the next fiscal year with comparative statements in parallel columns of appropriations and estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and actual appropriations and expenditures for the next preceding fiscal year;

(3) an itemized statement of estimated revenues from all sources, other than taxation, for the next fiscal year; a statement of taxes required for the next fiscal year; and comparative figures of tax and other sources of revenue for the current and next preceding fiscal year;

(4) a capital plan for the next five fiscal years, showing possible anticipated capital expenditures, financing, and tax requirements;

(5) such other information as may be required by the Selectboard.

(b) At least 10 days before the annual meeting of the Middlebury Incorporated School District No. 4, Union School District No. 3, or the Town, whichever comes first, the Selectboard shall publish in a newspaper of general local circulation a notice containing:

(1) the amount that the Town anticipates must be raised by Town taxes and to be voted at its annual meeting;

(2) The amount that the Middlebury Incorporated School District No. 4 anticipates must be raised by Town taxes and to be voted at its annual meeting;

(3) the amount that the Union School District No. 3 anticipates must be raised by Middlebury Town taxes and to be voted at its annual meeting;

(4) the anticipated tax rate applicable to the taxes to be raised in support of the amounts in subdivisions (1), (2), and (3) of this subsection.

(c) The Boards of Directors of the Middlebury Incorporated School District No. 4 and Union School District No. 3 shall submit to the Selectboard the information required by subdivisions (b)(2) and (3) of this section at least 20 days prior to the Town's annual meeting, and the Chair of each Board shall certify that such information is accurate, based upon the information available to each Board of Directors.

(d) Prior to finally determining the Middlebury Town budget, and at least 40 days prior to the annual meeting, the Selectboard shall hold a public hearing, giving notice thereof in a newspaper of general local circulation at least seven days prior thereto.

(e) The Selectboard's budget in its final form and the warning for the annual meeting shall be distributed to the legal voters of the Town at least 10 days prior to the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107A / Section 3
App. § 107A-3. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by the Selectboard pursuant to State law or this charter, the Selectboard shall appoint the following Town officers, who shall serve for such terms as the Selectboard may establish in its act of appointment or until the office otherwise becomes vacant:

(1) A Town Treasurer who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government. The Town Treasurer shall:

(A) be open to the public at hours adopted by the Selectboard;

(B) be responsible for the collection of current taxes;

(C) perform duties as specified in the accounting and financial policies adopted by the Selectboard and required by State law; and

(D) make monthly reports to the Selectboard of the financial activities of the Town. These reports shall include:

(i) a listing of all expenditures during the preceding month;

(ii) a listing of all revenue received during the preceding month, including the source of these revenues;

(iii) an accounting of all reserve funds of the Town; and

(iv) a statement showing the balance in the general, highway, and all special funds at the end of the preceding month.

(2) A Town Clerk who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government. The Town Clerk shall:

(A) be open to the public at hours adopted by the Selectboard; and

(B) perform those duties adopted by the Selectboard and required by State law.

(b) The Selectboard shall adopt and revise, from time to time, a general statement of the qualifications necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of each of these appointed Town offices and a job description of those offices. These appointed officers shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally.

(c) These appointed officers shall be employees of the Town, subject to all personnel and employment rules, regulations, and policies of the Town. An officer appointed hereunder shall be eligible to apply for reappointment at the expiration of his or her term of office, but failure by the Selectboard to make such reappointment shall not be construed as discharge from employment.

(d) A person appointed to the position of Town Treasurer or Town Clerk need not be a resident or voter of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 306
App. § 203-306. Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk shall keep a record of the proceedings of said corporation and shall have power to certify copies of the same. The Clerk shall also have the usual powers and duties incident to clerks of such corporation.
24 V.S.A. § 4433 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4433
§ 4433. Advisory commissions and committees
Status: in_force

Municipalities may at any time create one or more advisory commissions, which for the purposes of this chapter include committees, or a combination of advisory commissions to assist the legislative body or the planning commission in preparing, adopting, and implementing the municipal plan. Advisory commissions authorized under this section and under chapter 118 of this title may advise appropriate municipal panels, applicants, and interested parties in accordance with the procedures established under section 4464 of this title.

(1) Creation of an advisory commission. Advisory commissions not authorized in chapter 118 of this title shall be created as follows:

(A) An advisory commission may be created at any time when a municipality votes to create one, or through adoption of bylaws, or when the legislative body of the municipality votes to create one.

(B) An advisory commission shall have no fewer than three members. All members should be residents of the municipality, except that historic preservation or design advisory commissions may be composed of professional and lay members, a majority of whom shall reside within the municipality creating the commission.

(C) Members of the advisory commission shall be appointed, and any vacancy filled, by the legislative body of the municipality. The term of each member shall be as established by the legislative body, except for those first appointed, whose terms shall be varied in length so that in the future the number whose terms expire in each successive year shall be minimized. Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term.

(D) Any member of an advisory commission may be removed at any time for just cause by vote of the legislative body, for reasons given to the member in writing, and after a public hearing on the issue if the member so requests.

(2) Procedures for advisory commissions. Advisory commissions not authorized in chapter 118 of this title shall establish the following procedures:

(A) At its organizational meeting, an advisory commission shall adopt by majority vote of those present and voting such rules as it deems necessary and appropriate for the performance of its functions. It shall annually elect a chair and a clerk.

(B) Times and places of meetings of an advisory commission shall be publicly posted in the municipality, and its meetings shall be open to the public in accordance with the terms of the Open Meeting Law set forth in 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 2.

(C) The advisory commission shall keep a record of its transactions that shall be filed with the town clerk as a public record of the municipality.

(D) The advisory commission shall comply with ethical policies or ordinances as adopted by the town.

(3) Duties and powers of historic preservation commissions. In addition to the requirements set forth in subdivision (2) of this section, all historic preservation commissions shall comply with all the following:

(A) To the extent possible, have among their members professionals in the fields of historic preservation, history, architecture, archaeology, and related disciplines.

(B) Meet no fewer than four times each year and maintain an attendance rule for commission members.

(C) Have responsibilities set forth in a written document approved by a majority vote of the local legislative body at a regular or special meeting that may include:

(i) Preparation of reports and recommendations on standards for the planning commission in creating a local historic district bylaw under this chapter.

(ii) Advising and assisting the legislative body, planning commission, and other entities on matters related to historic preservation.

(iii) Advising the appropriate municipal panel and administrative officer in development review and enforcement pursuant to subdivision 4414(1)(F) and section 4464 of this title.

(iv) If provided in the bylaw, advising and assisting the legislative body, appropriate municipal panel, and administrative officer in creating and administering a design review district or downtown or village center district pursuant to subdivision 4414(1)(A) or (E) of this title.

(v) If provided in a bylaw developed in cooperation with the Division for Historic Preservation, those procedural and advisory powers required of a Certified Local Government under the National Historic Preservation Act.

(4) Powers and duties of design review commissions. In addition to the requirements set forth in subdivision (2) of this section, all design review commissions shall:

(A) To the extent possible, have among their members professionals in the fields of architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning, historic preservation, and related disciplines.

(B) Have responsibilities identified by the legislative body that may include:

(i) Preparation of reports and standards for the planning commission in creating a design review district bylaw under this chapter.

(ii) Advising and assisting the legislative body, planning commission, and other entities on design-related matters in the creation of plans and bylaws and planning for public improvements.

(iii) Advising appropriate municipal panels and the administrative officer in development review and enforcement pursuant to subdivisions 4414(1)(E) and (F) and section 4464 of this title.

(5) Powers and duties of housing commissions. In addition to the requirements set forth in subdivision (2) of this section, housing commissions may have responsibilities identified by the local legislative body that include:

(A) Making an inventory of the current stock of housing units in the municipality and identify any gaps in the housing stock according to household incomes or special needs of the community. The inventory may include documentation of the affordable housing cost index for an average citizen of the municipality, the average cost of rental units and vacancy rates, and the annual average sales price of homes.

(B) Reviewing the zoning ordinances, subdivision bylaws, building codes, and the development review process of the municipality, make recommendations to facilitate the development of affordable housing in the municipality, and promote bylaws that increase densities for the purpose of providing affordable housing.

(C) Assisting the local appropriate municipal panels pursuant to section 4464 of this title and the District Environmental Commission by providing advisory testimony on the housing needs of the municipality, where pertinent to applications made to those bodies, for permits for development.

(D) Cooperating with the local legislative body, planning commission, zoning board of adjustment, road committee, or other municipal or private organizations on matters affecting housing resources of the municipality. This may include working with the municipality on a wastewater and water allocation policy that reserves a percentage of the capacity for future affordable housing.

(E) Collaborating with not-for-profit housing organizations, government agencies, developers, and builders in pursuing options to meet the housing needs of the local residents.
24 V.S.A. § 5053 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5053
§ 5053. Members
Status: in_force

(a) An employee of an employer who joins the Vermont Municipal Employees' System may become a member of the System on the effective date of participation of said employer or at a later date if he or she has completed three or more years of continuous service as an employee. If an employee does not elect to join on the effective date of the System, he or she may join on the first of any subsequent month.

(b) Any employee who is hired subsequent to the effective date of participation of his or her employer shall become a member of the System on the date the employee is hired.

(c) A municipality may elect to join the Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System by a vote of the legislative body of such municipality for all its employees or for employees of one or more groups of employees that have a similarity of interest, needs, and general conditions of employment or dates of hire, as determined by the legislative body and approved by the Board. The effective date of participation for such employers shall be designated by the Retirement Board. The vote by the legislative body of a municipality to join the Vermont Municipal Employees' Retirement System shall be irrevocable.

(d) The Retirement Board may, upon application of the legislative body and an employee, exempt individual employees from membership in the System, provided that the Board determines that the employee is participating in an alternative retirement system, including a retirement plan qualifying under Section 401(a) or 457 of the Internal Revenue Code, which better meets the retirement needs of the employee.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 177 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 177
App. § 225-177. Effective date
Status: in_force

The charter shall become effective upon approval in accordance with 17 V.S.A. § 2645 and when so approved, two copies shall be maintained in good condition in the Lampher Memorial Library. Further copies shall be made available to the public at cost.
24 V.S.A. § 1159 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1159
§ 1159. Indorsement of time of receiving instruments
Status: in_force

(a) An instrument shall be deemed recorded when the town clerk:

(1) receives the instrument, the recording fee provided in 32 V.S.A. § 1671, and all supporting documents required by statute; and

(2) indorses a certificate of the date and time of reception on the instrument.

(b) Within three days following the date an instrument is indorsed, the clerk shall enter the name or names of the parties, the type of instrument, the date of the instrument, and the date and time of recording in a day book, printed index, or digital index that is open to public inspection. A town clerk may extend the time for entering the information for good cause shown, including reasons related to illness or absence of the clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1003 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 1003
App. § 113-1003. Continuation of existing officers' terms
Status: in_force

Officers and members of the board and commissions of the Town in office at the time of the taking effect of this charter shall continue in office until expiration of their term of office or until a vacancy occurs.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 24.06
App. § 9-24.6. Sewers
Status: in_force

The Board of Aldermen is authorized and empowered to establish, construct, and maintain public sewers in said City, and may establish, construct, and maintain public sewers in and through the lands of individuals and corporations, on making compensation therefor in the same manner as provided by law in the laying out and establishing highways in towns, and the same proceedings shall be had and the same right of appeal shall exist as in the case of laying out and establishing highways. Public sewers may be furnished outside the City upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen, and furnished solely at the discretion of said Board of Aldermen. All monies received in any way on account of the City sewerage disposal works shall be paid into the City Treasury. The City Treasurer shall keep accounts, showing fully all receipts and payments had and made in any manner on account of the sewerage disposal works, separately from all other receipts and payments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 63 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 63
App. § 213-63. Penalty for breach of bylaws
Status: in_force

A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be imposed by the corporation for the breach of any of its bylaws with the alternative sentence to the house of correction in case the fine and costs are not paid as is provided by law in other criminal cases.
24 V.S.A. § 2001 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2001
§ 2001. Definition
Status: in_force

The term “legislative body” of a municipality, as used in this chapter, shall mean the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, the selectboard of a town, and the president and trustees of an incorporated village. The term “selectboard,” as used in this chapter, shall include the mayor and board of aldermen of a city and the president and trustees of an incorporated village. The term “town” shall mean village or city.
24 V.S.A. § 1422 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 45 / Section 1422
§ 1422. Assistant judges; cooperation with committee
Status: in_force

A committee appointed under the authority of this chapter shall confer with the assistant judges of the Superior Court within which county the town is located, who shall cooperate with such committee to study the feasibility and desirability of the consolidation of such town with another town, or towns, or parts thereof, and if the assistant judges decide that there is a reasonable possibility of such a consolidation and that it would be beneficial to the inhabitants of the areas proposed to be consolidated, they shall suggest to the selectboard of such other town or towns that they appoint a committee or committees to consider the proposed consolidation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 301
App. § 215-301. Sewer system; establishment; fee assessment and collection
Status: in_force

When the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or main drain in the Village of Derby Center and through the principal streets of the Village, the Trustees of the Village, upon application in writing of 20 or more freeholders and legal voters of the Village, are authorized and empowered to lay, make, and maintain the common sewer or main drain and repair the same when necessary, from time to time, and for that purpose may take the lands of any individuals or corporations; and the Trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for a selectboard in taking lands for highways and in awarding damages; and the Trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of the Village, who shall record the same in the records of the Village. Each person or corporation whose particular drain shall enter into the main drain or sewer, or who in the opinion of the Trustees shall receive benefit from the system for draining the premises of the person or corporation, shall be liable to contribute a just share toward the expense of laying and constructing and maintaining of the sewer or drain, and shall be assessed by the Trustees such share; and at least 10 days' notice of the time and place of the assessment for the contribution shall be given to the person or corporation, its agent, tenant, or lessee, and a certificate of the assessment shall be left with the Clerk of the Village, and recorded by the Clerk, and when so recorded the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien, in the nature of a tax upon the lands and premises so assessed until the same shall be paid, and if the owner of the lands and premises shall neglect, for the space of six months after the final decision of the Trustees, or in case of appeal to the county court, to pay the Village Treasurer the amount of the assessment, the Trustees shall issue their warrant for the collection of the same, directed to the Village Tax Collector, who shall have authority to sell at public auction so much of the lands and premises as will satisfy the assessment and all legal fees, and who shall proceed in the same manner as collectors of town taxes are required by law to proceed in selling real estate at auction for the collection of town taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 34
App. § 417-34. Preparation of budget
Status: in_force

Annually, on or before December 15th, the Board of Supervisors shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative branch of each member municipality for review and comment a proposed budget of the District for the next fiscal year. Included with the proposed budget sent to each member municipality shall be the previous fiscal year's financial statement. This proposed budget shall include:

(1) deficits or surpluses, or both, from prior fiscal years;

(2) anticipated expenditures for the administration of the District;

(3) anticipated expenditures for the operation and maintenance of any District facilities;

(4) costs of debt service;

(5) payments due on long-term contracts;

(6) payments due to any sinking funds for the retirement of debts;

(7) payments due to any capital reserve funds;

(8) anticipated revenues from tipping fees and other sources, not including assessments levied on the member municipalities;

(9) the necessary appropriations to operate and carry out the District's functions for the next fiscal year;

(10) the proposed assessment, if any, to each member municipality;

(11) such other estimates as the Board of Supervisors shall deem necessary to propose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 25.05
App. § 9-25.5. Procedure
Status: in_force

Whenever under the provisions of this charter the Board of Highway Commissioners is required to give notice of the time and place of any examination or hearing before it touching the laying out, altering, or discontinuing any street or public highway in the City, or the award of any damages therefor, a citation shall be issued, signed by the Board and containing the name of all persons to whom notice is to be given.
24 V.S.A. § 5090 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5090
§ 5090. Human service transit
Status: in_force

The Secretary of Human Services shall direct Agency of Human Services programs to purchase client transportation through public transit systems in all instances where public transit services are appropriate to client needs and as cost-efficient as other transportation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 9.01
App. § 147-9.1. Taxes on real and personal property
Status: in_force

Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in three equal payments, with one-third of the annual tax bill for each taxpayer due and payable on dates as determined by the Selectboard by June 30 of each year.
24 V.S.A. § 4303 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4303
§ 4303. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following definitions shall apply throughout this chapter unless the context otherwise requires:

(1) “Affordable housing” means either of the following:

(A) Owner-occupied housing for which the total annual cost of ownership, including principal, interest, taxes, insurance, and condominium association fees, does not exceed 30 percent of the gross annual income of a household at 120 percent of the highest of the following:

(i) the county median income, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(ii) the standard metropolitan statistical area median income if the municipality is located in such an area, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; or

(iii) the statewide median income, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(B) Rental housing for which the total annual cost of renting, including rent, utilities, and condominium association fees, does not exceed 30 percent of the gross annual income of a household at 80 percent of the highest of the following:

(i) the county median income, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development;

(ii) the standard metropolitan statistical area median income if the municipality is located in such an area, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; or

(iii) the statewide median income, as defined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

(2) “Affordable housing development” means a housing development of which at least 20 percent of the units or a minimum of five units, whichever is greater, are affordable housing units. Affordable units shall be subject to covenants or restrictions that preserve their affordability for a minimum of 15 years or longer as provided in municipal bylaws.

(3) “Appropriate municipal panel” means a planning commission performing development review, a board of adjustment, a development review board, or a legislative body performing development review.

(4) “Bylaws” means municipal regulations applicable to land development adopted under the authority of this chapter.

(5) “Capacity study” means an inventory of available natural and human-made resources, based on detailed data collection, that identifies the capacities and limits of those resources to absorb land development. Data gathered, relevant to the geographic information system, shall be compatible with, useful to, and shared with the geographic information system established under 3 V.S.A. § 20.

(6) “Conformance with the plan” means a proposed implementation tool, including a bylaw or bylaw amendment that is in accord with the municipal plan in effect at the time of adoption, when the bylaw or bylaw amendment includes all the following:

(A) Makes progress toward attaining, or at least does not interfere with, the goals and policies contained in the municipal plan.

(B) Provides for proposed future land uses, densities, and intensities of development contained in the municipal plan.

(C) Carries out, as applicable, any specific proposals for community facilities, or other proposed actions contained in the municipal plan.

(7) “Element” means a component of a plan.

(8) “Flood hazard area” for purposes of sections 4348a, 4382, 4411, 4424, and 4469 of this title shall have the same meaning as “area of special flood hazard” under 44 C.F.R. § 59.1. Further, with respect to flood, river corridor protection area, and other hazard area regulation pursuant to this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(A) “Floodproofing” shall have the same meaning as “flood proofing” under 44 C.F.R. § 59.1.

(B) “Floodway” shall have the same meaning as “regulatory floodway” under 44 C.F.R. § 59.1.

(C) “Hazard area” means land subject to landslides, soil erosion, fluvial erosion, earthquakes, water supply contamination, or other natural or human-made hazards as identified within a “local mitigation plan” enacted under section 4424 of this title and in conformance with and approved pursuant to the provisions of 44 C.F.R. § 201.6.

(D) “National Flood Insurance Program” means the National Flood Insurance Program under 42 U.S.C. chapter 50 and implementing federal regulations in 44 C.F.R. parts 59 and 60.

(E) “New construction” means construction of structures or filling commenced on or after the effective date of the adoption of a community's flood hazard bylaws.

(F) “Substantial improvement” means any repair, reconstruction, or improvement of a structure, the cost of which equals or exceeds 50 percent of the market value of the structure either before the improvement or repair is started or, if the structure has been damaged and is being restored, before the damage occurred. However, the term does not include either of the following:

(i) Any project or improvement of a structure to comply with existing State or local health, sanitary, or safety code specifications that are solely necessary to ensure safe living conditions.

(ii) Any alteration of a structure listed on the National Register of Historic Places or a State inventory of historic places.

(G) “Equilibrium condition” means the width, depth, meander pattern, and longitudinal slope of a stream channel that occurs when water flow, sediment, and woody debris are transported by the stream in such a manner that it generally maintains dimensions, pattern, and slope without unnaturally aggrading or degrading the channel bed elevation.

(H) “Fluvial erosion” means the erosion or scouring of riverbeds and banks during high flow conditions of a river.

(I) “River” means the full length and width, including the bed and banks, of any watercourse, including rivers, streams, creeks, brooks, and branches which experience perennial flow. “River” does not mean constructed drainageways, including water bars, swales, and roadside ditches.

(J) “River corridor” means the land area adjacent to a river that is required to accommodate the dimensions, slope, planform, and buffer of the naturally stable channel and that is necessary for the natural maintenance or natural restoration of a dynamic equilibrium condition and for minimization of fluvial erosion hazards, as delineated by the Agency of Natural Resources in accordance with river corridor protection procedures.

(K) “River corridor protection area” means the area within a delineated river corridor subject to fluvial erosion that may occur as a river establishes and maintains the dimension, pattern, and profile associated with its dynamic equilibrium condition and that would represent a hazard to life, property, and infrastructure placed within the area.

(9) “Legislative body” means the selectboard in the case of a town, the trustees in the case of an incorporated village, and the mayor, alderpersons, and city council members in the case of a city, and the supervisor in the case of an unorganized town or gore.

(10) “Land development” means the division of a parcel into two or more parcels, the construction, reconstruction, conversion, structural alteration, relocation, or enlargement of any building or other structure, or of any mining, excavation, or landfill, and any change in the use of any building or other structure, or land, or extension of use of land.

(11) “Municipal land use permit” means any of the following whenever issued:

(A) A zoning, subdivision, site plan, or building permit or approval, any of which relate to “land development” as defined in this section, that has received final approval from the applicable board, commission, or officer of the municipality.

(B) A wastewater system permit issued under any municipal ordinance adopted pursuant to chapter 102 of this title.

(C) Final official minutes of a meeting that relate to a permit or approval described in subdivision (11)(A) or (B) of this section that serve as the sole evidence of that permit or approval.

(D) A certificate of occupancy, certificate of compliance, or similar certificate that relates to the permits or approvals described in subdivision (11)(A) or (B) of this section, if the bylaws so require.

(E) An amendment of any of the documents listed in subdivisions (11)(A) through (D) and (F) of this section.

(F) A certificate of approved location for a salvage yard issued under subchapter 10 of chapter 61 of this title.

(12) “Municipality” means a town, a city, or an incorporated village or an unorganized town or gore. An incorporated village shall be deemed to be within the jurisdiction of a town for the purposes of this chapter, except to the extent that a village adopts its own plan and one or more bylaws either before, concurrently with, or subsequent to such action by the town, in which case the village shall have all authority granted a municipality under this chapter and the plans and bylaws of the town shall not apply during such period of time that said village plan and bylaws are in effect.

(13) “Nonconforming lots or parcels” means lots or parcels that do not conform to the present bylaws covering dimensional requirements but were in conformance with all applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations prior to the enactment of the present bylaws, including a lot or parcel improperly authorized as a result of error by the administrative officer.

(14) “Nonconforming structure” means a structure or part of a structure that does not conform to the present bylaws but was in conformance with all applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations prior to the enactment of the present bylaws, including a structure improperly authorized as a result of error by the administrative officer.

(15) “Nonconforming use” means use of land that does not conform to the present bylaws but did conform to all applicable laws, ordinances, and regulations prior to the enactment of the present bylaws, including a use improperly authorized as a result of error by the administrative officer.

(16) “Nonconformity” means a nonconforming use, structure, lot, or parcel.

(17) “Person” means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, an association, and any other incorporated or unincorporated organization or group.

(18) “Plan” means a municipal plan adopted under section 4385 of this title.

(19) “Planned unit development” means one or more lots, tracts, or parcels of land to be developed as a single entity, the plan for which may propose any authorized combination of density or intensity transfers or increases, as well as the mixing of land uses. This plan, as authorized, may deviate from bylaw requirements that are otherwise applicable to the area in which it is located with respect to lot size, bulk, or type of dwelling or building, use, density, intensity, lot coverage, parking, required common open space, or other standards.

(20) “Planning commission” means a planning commission for a municipality created under subchapter 2 of this chapter.

(21) “Public notice” means the form of notice prescribed by section 4444, 4449, or 4464 of this title, as the context requires.

(22) “Regional plan” means a plan adopted under section 4348 of this title.

(23) “Regional planning commission” means a planning commission for a region created under subchapter 3 of this chapter.

(24) “Renewable energy resources” means energy available for collection or conversion from direct sunlight, wind, running water, organically derived fuels, including wood and agricultural sources, waste heat, and geothermal sources.

(25) “Rural town” means a town having, as at the date of the most recent U.S. census, a population of less than 2,500 persons, as evidenced by that census, or a town having 2,500 or more but less than 5,000 persons that has voted by Australian ballot to be considered a rural town.

(26) “Should” means that an activity is encouraged but not mandated.

(27) “Structure” means an assembly of materials for occupancy or use, including a building, mobile home or trailer, sign, wall, or fence.

(28) “Technical deficiency” means a defect in a proposed plan or bylaw, or an amendment or repeal thereof, correction of which does not involve substantive change to the proposal, including corrections to grammar, spelling, and punctuation, as well as the numbering of sections.

(29) “Telecommunications facility” means a tower or other support structure, including antennae, that will extend 20 or more feet vertically, and related equipment, and base structures to be used primarily for communication or broadcast purposes to transmit or receive communication or broadcast signals.

(30) “Transit pass” means any pass, token, fare card, voucher, or similar item entitling a person to transportation to and from work on mass transit facilities and provided by an employer consistent with Internal Revenue Code Section 132(f).

(31) “Urban municipality” means a city, an incorporated village, or any town that is not a rural town.

(32) “Wetlands” means those areas of the State that are inundated by surface or groundwater with a frequency sufficient to support vegetation or aquatic life that depend on saturated or seasonally saturated soil conditions for growth and reproduction. Such areas include marshes, swamps, sloughs, potholes, fens, river and lake overflows, mud flats, bogs, and ponds, but excluding such areas as grow food or crops in connection with farming activities.

(33) “Public road” means a State highway as defined in 19 V.S.A. § 1 or a class 1, 2, or 3 town highway as defined in 19 V.S.A. § 302(a). A municipality may, at its discretion, define a public road to also include a class 4 town highway as defined in 19 V.S.A. § 302(a).

(34) “Forest block” means a contiguous area of forest in any stage of succession and not currently developed for nonforest use. A forest block may include recreational trails, wetlands, or other natural features that do not themselves possess tree cover, and uses exempt from regulation under subsection 4413(d) of this title.

(35) “Forest fragmentation” means the division or conversion of a forest block by land development other than by a recreational trail or use exempt from regulation under subsection 4413(d) of this title.

(36) “Habitat connector” means land or water, or both, that links patches of wildlife habitat within a landscape, allowing the movement, migration, and dispersal of animals and plants and the functioning of ecological processes. A habitat connector may include recreational trails and uses exempt from regulation under subsection 4413(d) of this title. In a plan or other document issued pursuant to this chapter, a municipality or regional plan commission may use the phrase “wildlife corridor” in lieu of “habitat connector.”

(37) “Recreational trail” means a corridor that is not paved and that is used for hiking, walking, bicycling, cross-country skiing, snowmobiling, all-terrain vehicle riding, horseback riding, and other similar recreational activity.

(38) “Accessory dwelling unit” means a distinct unit that is clearly subordinate to a single-family dwelling and has facilities and provisions for independent living, including sleeping, food preparation, and sanitation, provided there is compliance with all the following:

(A) the property has sufficient wastewater capacity; and

(B) the unit does not exceed 30 percent of the total habitable floor area of the single-family dwelling or 900 square feet, whichever is greater.

(39) “Duplex” means a residential building that has two dwelling units in the same building and neither unit is an accessory dwelling unit.

(40) “Emergency shelter” means any facility, the primary purpose of which is to provide a temporary shelter for the homeless in general or for specific populations of the homeless and that does not require occupants to sign leases or occupancy agreements.

(41) “Multiunit or multifamily dwelling” means a building that contains three or more dwelling units in the same building.

(42)(A) An area “served by municipal sewer and water infrastructure” means:

(i) an area where residential connections and expansions are available to municipal water and direct and indirect discharge wastewater systems and not prohibited by:

(I) State regulations or permits;

(II) identified capacity constraints; or

(III) municipally adopted service and capacity agreements; or

(ii) an area established by the municipality by ordinance or bylaw where residential connections and expansions are available to municipal water and direct and indirect discharge wastewater systems and which may exclude:

(I) flood hazard or inundation areas as established by statute, river corridors or fluvial erosion areas as established by statute, shorelands, areas within a zoning district or overlay district the purpose of which is natural resource protection, and wherever year-round residential development is not allowed;

(II) areas with identified service limits established by State regulations or permits, identified capacity constraints, or municipally adopted service and capacity agreements;

(III) areas served by sewer and water to address an identified community-scale public health hazard or environmental hazard;

(IV) areas serving a mobile home park that is not within an area planned for year-round residential growth;

(V) areas serving an industrial site or park;

(VI) areas where service lines are located to serve the areas described in subdivisions (III)–(V) of this subdivision (ii), but no connections or expansions are permitted; or

(VII) areas that, through an approved Planned Unit Development under section 4417 of this title or Transfer of Development Rights under section 4423 of this title, prohibit year-round residential development.

(B) Municipally adopted areas served by municipal sewer and water infrastructure that limit sewer and water connections and expansions shall not result in the unequal treatment of housing by discriminating against a year-round residential use or housing type otherwise allowed in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 17
App. § 245-17. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms when used in this subchapter shall have the following meaning:

(1) “Acquire” shall mean to purchase, to acquire by eminent domain, to hire, to lease, to construct, to reconstruct, or to replace.

(2) “Electric plant” shall mean the complete municipal electric generating, transmission, and distribution system now owned by the Village, together with any improvements thereto hereafter constructed or acquired, and the complete municipal natural, manufactured, or synthetic gas generating, piped transmission and piped distribution system now or hereafter owned by the Village, together with any improvements thereto hereafter constructed or acquired, and all other facilities, equipment, and appurtenances necessary or appropriate to such system, for the furnishing of electric power and energy or gas for lighting, heating, power, or any other purpose for which electric power and energy or gas can be used. Such term may include facilities for the production and distribution of steam and hot or chilled water, timberlands, or other fuel sources, facilities for the production, processing, transportation, and storage of fuel to be used in the production of utilities furnished by the Village, and innovative or experimental facilities for the utilization of conventional or other energy sources for the production of such utilities, including pilot or demonstration facilities.

(3) “Electric service” shall mean the furnishing of the electric power and energy or gas for lighting, heating, power, or any other purposes for which electric power and energy or gas can be used. Such term may include the furnishing of steam and hot or chilled water. The Village shall also obtain a certificate of public good under 30 V.S.A. § 231 before it may sell gas services, so long as such a certificate is required under Vermont law in order for other persons to be authorized to sell such gas services.

(4) “Communications plant” shall mean any and all parts of any communications system owned by the Village, whether using wires, cables, fiber optics, wireless, other technologies, or a combination thereof, and used for the purpose of transporting or storing information, in whatever forms, directions, and media, together with any improvements thereto hereafter constructed or acquired, and all other facilities, equipment, and appurtenances necessary or appropriate to such system. However, the term “communications plant,” and any regulatory implications or any restrictions under this charter regarding either “communications plant” or “communications service” shall not apply to facilities or portions of any communications facilities intended for use by, and solely used by, the Village and the Village's own officers and employees in the operation of Village departments or systems of which such communications are merely an ancillary component.

(5) “Communications service” shall include ownership, operation, and utilization of a communications plant within or without the corporate limits of the Village to transport or store information, in whatever form and medium.

(6) “Improve” shall mean to acquire or construct any improvement, whether consisting of real or personal property.

(7) “Improvement” shall mean any improvement, extension, betterment, addition, alteration, reconstruction, and extraordinary repair, equipping, or reequipping of the electric or communications plant of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 14
App. § 7-14. City Treasurer
Status: in_force

The City Treasurer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers. The City Clerk shall be eligible to hold the office of City Treasurer. It shall be the duty of said Treasurer, upon the receipt of any rate bill as hereinafter provided for, to post notices in at least three public places in said City, and to publish the same for one week in a newspaper published in said City, calling upon the taxpayers to pay their respective taxes within 90 days from the date of said notice. There shall be deducted from the taxes paid during the 90 days specified, four per cent of the amount thereof. At the expiration of said 90 days the said Treasurer shall issue his or her warrant against the delinquent taxpayers to the amount of their taxes, returnable in 60 days from the date thereof, and deliver the same to the Collector of Taxes of said City, but if the City Council direct, the issuing of said warrant shall be delayed 60 days from the expiration of said 90 day period. There shall be allowed said Treasurer the sum of five cents for each name on the warrant issued by him or her, which shall be taxed against the delinquent taxpayer. Upon the return of any warrant so issued by the City Treasurer, if any taxes included in such warrant remain uncollected, the City Treasurer may reissue such warrant to the Collector for the collection of such unpaid taxes, returnable in 60 days from the date of such reissue. In reissuing said warrant, it shall only be necessary for the City Treasurer to write upon the same “Reissued to the Collector, returnable in 60 days from this date,” dating and signing the same, and the reissue of such warrant shall in no manner affect any act or proceeding of the Collector made on such warrant previous to its reissue. It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer to collect all water rates that may be or shall hereafter become due to said City for the use of the City water under such regulations and ordinances as shall be prescribed by the City Council, but no compensation shall be allowed said Treasurer for the performance of this duty. The City Treasurer shall keep a separate account of all monies appropriated for the use of schools, which monies shall consist of the income of all school funds of whatsoever nature, the income of any money or other property donated by any person to said City for the use of schools, and all money appropriated by the City Council for that purpose. The City Treasurer shall pay out of any monies mentioned in this paragraph, all warrants drawn by the school trustees for the use of schools.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 5
App. § 279-5. Village Moderator
Status: in_force

The Village President shall be the Moderator of all meetings of the Village unless changed in the manner provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 35
App. § 101-35. Bonded indebtedness
Status: in_force

The limits of bonded indebtedness of the Town and the procedures for incurring a debt shall be governed by the general laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 108
App. § 123-108. Referendum
Status: repealed

(a) All Town ordinances, except as specified in section 110 of this charter, may be repealed by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting a vote on the question of repealing the ordinance. The Selectboard shall call a special Town Meeting to be held within 60 days of the date of the filing of the petition, to vote on whether the ordinance shall be repealed.

(b) Within 30 days after passage of an ordinance, 15 percent of the registered voters shall constitute sufficient signatures for referendum petition, and any other procedures of section 108(a) of this charter apply.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 12
App. § 403-12. Regular meetings
Status: in_force

A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 102
App. § 133-102. General law application
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Poultney.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1509 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1509
App. § 123-1509. Repealed. 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.
Status: in_force

Former § 1509 related to fees and fines.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 89 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 89
App. § 3-89. Notice of changes and that abstracts and lists are open for inspection to be filed
Status: in_force

Notice signed by said assessors shall be posted in one public place in each ward in said City on or before the fifth day of May in each year and published three times in one or more daily newspapers in said City, stating that said abstracts shall be open for inspection by any taxpayer in said assessors' office from the 20th day to the 25th day of May, inclusive, and that during that time said assessors will hear all persons aggrieved who desire to be heard by them and make all necessary changes in said abstracts. Additionally, personal notice meeting the requirements of 32 V.S.A. § 4111(e) as the same may be amended from time to time shall be mailed to all persons listed as property owners in the grand list book of any change in the appraised value of such property. It shall be presumed, in the case of any controversy, that the personal notices were mailed as required without using registered or certified mail or obtaining an official certificate of mailing from the post office, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in 32 V.S.A. § 4111(e). The notice shall also inform such persons of the amount of such change and of the time and place fixed for hearing persons aggrieved.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8.08 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 8.08
App. § 9-8.8. Board for Abatement of Taxes
Status: in_force

The Mayor, Board of Aldermen, City Treasurer, and Assessor shall constitute the Board for the Abatement of Taxes. Meetings of such Board shall be called by the City Clerk by giving written notice to each member and all affected parties of record, and by posting a notice in two or more public places in the City at least five days previous to the meeting. The Mayor shall preside and vote at all meetings of the Board for Abatement of Taxes. All meetings of the Board shall be public except when assembled for executive business in conformity with 1 V.S.A. §§ 311-314 inclusive as amended.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1004 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 1004
App. § 129-1004. Savings clause
Status: in_force

Failure to perform any of the duties specified in section 1002 or 1003 of this charter or failure to perform any such duties within the time limits specified in section 202, 805, 1002, or 1003 of this charter shall not invalidate any action taken at a properly warned annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1705 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 1705
App. § 133-1705. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter may be amended as set forth by the general law of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 503
App. § 143-503. Responsibilities and authority of Town Manager
Status: in_force

(a) General authority. The Town Manager shall be the chief administrative officer of the Town. He or she shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the administration and general supervision of all business affairs and property placed in his or her charge pursuant to this charter, other State statutes, or otherwise.

(b) Limits to authority in general.

(1) the authority of the Town Manager shall in no way extend to:

(A) the calling or administration of elections;

(B) the assessment of taxes or property valuation judgments;

(C) judicial or legislative functions of the Selectboard or other legal bodies, boards, or commissions;

(D) supervision of the Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, listers, or Tax Collector in the performance of their statutory duties, except as otherwise provided by this charter;

(E) the setting of water or sewage disposal rates and charges or the establishment of rules or regulations for the control or operation of the Town's water or sewage disposal systems.

(2) Where general State law places the appointment or dismissal of an official in the control of an official other than the Town Manager, general State law shall control.

(3) The Town Manager may, upon request, advise or counsel officers in the performance of their duties.

(4) The Town Manager may not serve in any elective position in the Town. He or she may, however, when authorized by the Selectboard, serve on appointed boards and commissions relevant to Town functions in an ex officio, nonvoting status.

(c) Authority and duties in particular. The Town Manager shall be charged with full authority and be responsible for the following:

(1) To organize, reorganize, continue, or discontinue any Town departments as the Selectboard may determine.

(2) To direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices, and agencies of the Town except as otherwise provided by this charter or other State statute.

(3) To carry out the policies determined by the Selectboard and report to the Selectboard on their disposition.

(4) To maintain an appropriate budget control system.

(5) To keep the Selectboard informed on the financial condition of the Town, including monthly and year-end reports showing in detail all receipts and expenditures for Town functions.

(6) To keep the Selectboard informed as to the future needs of the Town and make proper administrative provisions for long-term planning in all areas within the scope of the duties of the Town Manager.

(7) To make such reports as the Selectboard may require or as the Town Manager deems appropriate, or as may be required by law or ordinance regarding any and all functions under his or her supervision.

(8) To keep full and complete records of the actions of the Town Manager's office.

(9) To be present at all regular Selectboard meetings unless excused by the Selectboard and to have the right to attend and take part in all special meetings of the Selectboard and subcommittees thereof, except when the conditions of employment, compensation, discipline, or removal of the Town Manager is being discussed.

(10) To appoint upon merit and fitness alone and, when the Town Manager deems necessary for the good of the Town, discipline, suspend, or remove any subordinate official, employee, or agent. All such appointments may be without definite terms unless for provisional, temporary, or emergency service, in which case terms shall not exceed the maximum periods prescribed by the personnel rules and regulations. The Town Manager may authorize the head of a department or of an office responsible to the Town Manager to appoint and remove subordinates in such office or department.

(11) To ensure the proper and equitable administration of the Town's personnel system.

(12) To fix the compensation of Town employees.

(13) To remain ultimately responsible to the Selectboard for all administrative actions under his or her jurisdiction, although he or she may hold subordinate employees' offices or agents responsible for the faithful discharge of their duties.

(14) To draft an annual budget document and capital expenditure plan.

(15) To examine or cause to be examined, with or without notice, the affairs of any department under his or her control or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof. For this purpose, the Town Manager shall have access to all books, papers, files, reports, or records of all departments that may be necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties, unless prohibited by law.

(16) To oversee the preservation of the public peace and the health and safety of persons and property, and to uphold the enforcement of this charter, ordinances, and State and federal laws as applicable.

(17) To be the general purchasing agent for the Town, with an independent purchasing authority set from time to time by the Selectboard.

(18) To have the charge and supervision of all town buildings, properties, and facilities; all repairs thereon; and all construction by the Town unless otherwise voted.

(19) To supervise and expend all special appropriations of the Town unless otherwise voted by the Town or provided in this charter.

(20) To cause duties of the municipality not committed to the care of any particular officer to be duly performed and executed.

(21) To perform any other duties consistent with his or her office as may be required by a vote of the Selectboard or by law, ordinance, or mandate not inconsistent with this charter.

(22) To be the chief administrative officer of the Town department or departments responsible for the Town's water and sewage disposal systems, with the same authority and limitations provided in this section.

(d) Accountability, noninterference, and appointive power. The Town Manager shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the proper and efficient administration of the departments under his or her charge as outlined above in this charter. Neither the Selectboard, any individual member of the Selectboard, nor any of its committees or committee members shall dictate the appointment, discipline, or discharge of any Town employee by the Town Manager or in any manner interfere with his or her exercise of judgment in the appointment, discipline, or discharge of employees.

(e) Noninterference with administrative discretion and supervision. Except for the purposes of formal inquiries or investigations made under this charter, the Selectboard and its members shall deal with the administrative and Town officers and those employees who are subject to the Town Manager's direction and supervision solely through the Town Manager. Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members shall give orders to or request any action publicly or privately of any Town employee. Communications for the purposes of information and background shall be considered proper when approved by the Town Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 150 / Section 5
App. § 150-5. Recall
Status: in_force

Any elected officer of the Town may be recalled from office as follows:

(1) A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Selectboard requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office.

(2) The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed.

(3) The vote shall be by Australian ballot.

(4) The official shall be removed only if at least as many registered voters of the Town vote as voted in the election wherein the officer was elected, or at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, whichever is greater, and a majority of that number vote for removal.

(5) If the Town votes for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become vacant and the Selectboard shall call a special meeting to be held within 45 days of the vote for removal to fill the vacancy until the term of the officer so removed expires.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 81 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 81
App. § 235-81. Construction of sewers
Status: in_force

Whenever the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or sewers in the Village of Ludlow, the said Village of Ludlow is hereby authorized and empowered to so construct said sewers and to repair the same from time to time when necessary, and for such purpose may take the land of individuals and corporations on making compensation for the lands so taken, and the trustees of said Village shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for selectboards in taking land for public highways and in awarding damages therefor, and the said trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of said Village, who shall record the same in the records of the Village, and said Village may also lay pipes along and across the streets, alleys, lanes, and highways in said Village and Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 1103
App. § 133-1103. Annual meeting; date and time
Status: in_force

The annual meeting of the Town for the election of officers and other matters shall be held on the first Tuesday in March.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 3.04
App. § 147-3.4. Removal of elected Town officers
Status: in_force

Elected Town officers may be removed for cause by the Selectboard after hearing. Such hearing shall be public, if the officer so requests.
24 V.S.A. § 2807 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2807
§ 2807. Procedure for taking land
Status: in_force

When the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees decide to take lands, in their order for that purpose, they shall fix a time and notify the owner or occupant thereof. Within such time he or she shall remove his or her buildings, fences, timber, wood, or trees, which, in the case of enclosed or improved lands, shall not, without the consent of the owner, be less than three months nor until compensation for damages to such lands is tendered or paid. If such obstructions are not removed within such time, the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees shall remove them at the expense of the town or village.
24 V.S.A. § 4576 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4576
§ 4576. Compensation; expenses
Status: in_force

The directors of the Bank shall receive a per diem compensation in the amount of $30.00 for each day devoted to official duties and reimbursement for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of their duties. Notwithstanding any other law, an officer or employee of the State shall not be deemed to forfeit his or her office or employment or any benefits thereof by reason of his or her acceptance of the office of director of the Bank.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 31
App. § 155-31. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the Town shall begin on the first day of July and end on the last day of June of the next calendar year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 35
App. § 126-35. Compensation of Town officers
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall fix the compensation of all elected officers, except the Town Clerk, and all officers appointed by the Selectboard.
24 V.S.A. § 4752 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4752
§ 4752. Definitions
Status: repealed

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Agency” means the Agency of Natural Resources.

(2) “Bond Bank” means the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank established by section 4571 of this title.

(3) “Municipality” means any city, town, village, town school district, incorporated school district, union school district, or other school district, fire district, consolidated sewer district, consolidated water district, solid waste district, or statewide or regional water quality utility or mechanism organized under laws of the State.

(4) “Municipal bond” means a bond or note or evidence of debt constituting a general obligation of a municipality.

(5) “Secretary” means the Secretary of Natural Resources or his or her authorized representative.

(6) “Noncommunity water system” shall have the same meaning as in 10 V.S.A. § 1671.

(7) “Privately owned water system” means any water system that is not owned or operated by a municipality.

(8) “Community water system” shall have the same meaning as in 10 V.S.A. § 1671.

(9) “Public water supply systems” means a public water system as that term is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1671, except for bottled water facilities and for-profit noncommunity systems, which includes water systems, water treatment plants, structures, pipe lines, storage facilities, pumps, and attendant facilities necessary to develop a source of water, and to treat and convey it in proper quantity and quality.

(10) [Repealed.]

(11) “Clean water project” means “water pollution abatement and control facilities,” as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1571, and such equipment, conveyances, structural or nonstructural facilities, and natural resources projects that are needed for and appurtenant to the prevention, management, treatment, storage, or disposal of stormwater, sewage, or waste, or that provide water quality benefits, including a wastewater treatment facility, combined sewer separation facilities, an indirect discharge system, a wastewater system, flood resiliency work related to a structural facility, or a groundwater protection project.

(12) “Disadvantaged municipality” means a municipality or the served area of a municipality that:

(A) has a median household income below the State average median household income as determined by the Secretary and that, after construction of the proposed water supply improvements, will have an annual household user cost greater than one percent of the median household income as determined by the Secretary; or

(B) has a median household income equal to or greater than the State average median household income as determined by the Secretary and that, after construction of the proposed water supply improvements, will have an annual household user cost greater than 2.5 percent of the median household income as determined by the Secretary.

(13) “Potable water supply” shall have the same meaning as in 10 V.S.A. § 1972.

(14) “Sewage” shall have the same meaning as used in section 3501 of this chapter.

(15) “Stormwater” shall have the same meaning as stormwater runoff in section 1264 of this title.

(16) “Waste” shall have the same meaning as used in 10 V.S.A. § 1251.

(17) “Designer” means a person authorized to design wastewater systems and potable water supplies as identified in 10 V.S.A. § 1975.

(18) “Natural resources project” means a project to protect, conserve, or restore natural resources, including the acquisition of easements and land, for the purpose of providing water quality benefits.

(19) “Sponsorship program” means an arrangement in which natural resources projects are paired with water pollution abatement and control facilities projects, as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 1571, for the purposes of water quality improvement. Under the sponsorship program, a municipality may obtain a loan for both a natural resources project and a water pollution abatement and control facilities project. The loan rate and terms shall be adjusted to forgive all or a portion of the natural resources project over the life of the loan. Only municipalities and nonprofit organizations may receive funds under a sponsorship program.

(20) “Hardship municipality” means a municipality served by a municipally owned public community water system that:

(A) has a residential population of 250 or less;

(B) has an annual household user cost that exceeds $1,000.00 or 1.5 percent of the median household income after construction of the water supply improvements project as determined by the Secretary; and

(C) requires improvements to address an imminent public health hazard or a substantial threat to public health as determined by the Secretary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 21
App. § 403-21. Bond
Status: in_force

Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 7.06
App. § 107-7.6. Independent audit
Status: in_force

The Selectboard and the school directors shall provide for an independent audit of all Town and Town School District accounts when necessary or as directed by Representative Town Meeting. Such audit shall be made by a certified public accountant or firm of accountants having no direct or indirect personal interest in the fiscal affairs of the Town or the School District or any of their officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 18
App. § 7-18. City grand jurors
Status: in_force

The City grand jurors shall be complaining officers and shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities in said City as are conferred and imposed by law upon grand jurors.
24 V.S.A. § 1583 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1583
§ 1583. Outstanding orders; publication of notice
Status: in_force

Such notice shall be given personally or by publication in a newspaper published in the county, or if none is published in the county, in a newspaper published in an adjoining county, at least three weeks successively, the last publication to be at least 15 days before the day named in such notice.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 92 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 92
App. § 3-92. Board of Tax Appeals to hear appeals; deadline for hearings; manner of conducting; possible Board of Civil Authority review
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Tax Appeals shall meet, hear, and determine all appeals in the manner set forth in this section, notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 4404. All such appeals shall be heard and determined no later than December 31 of that year. Hearings and inspections of the property shall be conducted by the entire panel as described in this section.

(b)(1) The City Assessor shall have the right to request and the Board shall have the right to issue a subpoena for all records of the taxpayer that are material to a determination of the appeal.

(2) Such records shall be regarded as confidential, shall not be further distributed, and shall be utilized only for the purpose of deciding the appeal; provided that no subpoena shall issue unless and until a taxpayer has appealed to the Board of Tax Appeals.

(3) If the taxpayer fails to provide requested records in response to a subpoena properly issued hereunder or refuses to allow an inspection of his or her property, the appeal shall be deemed withdrawn or dismissed and no further appeal shall be available to such taxpayer.

(c) The Board shall hear and decide appeals by three member hearing panels, the membership of such panels to be rotated on a periodic basis. All three members must be present and voting, and at least two of the three members of the hearing panel must join in the decision in order for it to be valid.

(d) Either a taxpayer or the City Assessor aggrieved by the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals may file an appeal of a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals directly with the Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review of the Vermont Department of Taxes or the Superior Court pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 4461 within 30 days of the mailing of the Board of Tax Appeals' decision to the taxpayer.

(e) The decision of the Board of Tax Appeals, if not further appealed, shall become the basis for the grand list of the taxpayer for the year in question plus the next two years unless new information of a material nature about the property is discovered, the property is materially changed, or the City undertakes a rolling or complete reevaluation of real estate that includes the property in question.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 10
App. § 171-10. Procedures for charter revision and amendment
Status: in_force

This charter may be amended in accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 23
App. § 285-23. Village and Town residents; public office
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Village shall belong to and remain inhabitants of the Town of Newbury. No person being a resident or taxpayer of the Village shall be deemed thereby incompetent or disqualified to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, police officer, or witness in any matter, cause, or proceeding brought under this act in which the Village shall be interested.
24 V.S.A. § 71a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 71a
§ 71a. Courthouses
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided herein, each county shall provide and own a suitable courthouse, pay all utility and custodial services, and keep such courthouse suitably furnished and equipped for use by the Superior Court, together with suitable offices for the county clerk, assistant judges, and Probate judges. Office space for the Probate Division of the Superior Court may be provided elsewhere by the county. The county shall provide at least the facilities for judicial operations that it provided on July 1, 2009.

(b) If all judicial operations in a county are contained in one court building owned by the State, the county clerk and assistant judges may also be located in the same building. The Court Administrator and the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services shall be the superintendents of the building. They shall make decisions regarding building construction, space allocations, and use of the facility after consulting with the Superior Court presiding judge and the assistant judges. The county shall no longer be required to maintain a courthouse.

(c) The Court Administrator, in consultation with the presiding judge of the Superior Court, shall determine what judicial operations will occur in the county courthouse.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 208 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 208
App. § 106-208. Special funds
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Treasurer shall keep all money in a special fund in an account or accounts separate from those of any other special funds and from those of other Town funds and shall honor no warrant upon it except for the purpose thereof as heretofore enumerated.

(b) Any person who shall pay or cause to be paid any portion of any special fund for any purpose other than as herein specified shall forfeit to the Town for the benefit of such special fund twice the amount so paid to be recovered in a civil action on this section of this charter. It shall be the duty of the Town Agent to defend and prosecute suits to bring such action to collect such forfeiture. In case such person is bonded, the issuer of the bond shall be joined with him or her in such action, provided the issuer of the bond is within the jurisdiction of the State of Vermont.
24 V.S.A. § 1934 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 55 / Section 1934
§ 1934. Construction
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any contrary provisions in any municipal charter, the provisions of sections 1931-1933 of this title shall control, unless a municipality has charter provisions providing for tenure of police officers during good behavior with removal only after hearing and for cause.
24 V.S.A. § 5008 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 123 / Section 5008
§ 5008. Court proceedings
Status: in_force

If the enforcing officer finds that any person has failed to comply with any order issued by him or her within the time specified therein and that such person has failed to appeal such order within the time prescribed, he or she may notify the State's Attorney of the county or the attorney of the municipality who shall bring suit in the name of the municipality to enforce such order. Such suit shall be brought in the Superior Court of the county in which the municipality is located and at the request of either party, the court shall advance the case so that it may be heard and determined with as little delay as possible. The court may issue a temporary injunction or order in any such proceedings and may exercise all the plenary powers available to such court to obtain compliance with the ordinance and any order issued pursuant thereto. The court may award costs of suit which may include, if the plaintiff prevails and the court deems the defense without substantial merit, the attorney's fees incurred by the plaintiff or so much thereof as the court finds reasonable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 303
App. § 5-303. Vacancy in office of Council member
Status: in_force

A vacancy on the City Council shall occur upon the death, removal from the district, inability to serve, or resignation of a Council member. A vacancy in the office of Council member with more than 90 days of unexpired term remaining shall be filled by the remaining members of the City Council. At the next annual meeting of the City, the unexpired term of the office shall be filled by election for the balance of the unexpired term. The Council may remove a Council member who has unexcused absences at four or more consecutive Council meetings upon approval of two-thirds of the Council.
24 V.S.A. § 211 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 211
§ 211. Appointment; vacancy
Status: in_force

Biennially, on February 1, the assistant judges shall appoint a treasurer for the county who shall hold office for two years and until his or her successor is appointed and qualified. If the treasurer dies or in the opinion of the assistant judges becomes disqualified, they may appoint a treasurer for the unexpired term. If the treasurer has his or her duties suspended as a condition of release pending trial for violating 13 V.S.A. § 2537, the assistant judges of the county shall appoint a person to perform the duties of the treasurer until the charge of violating 13 V.S.A. § 2537 is resolved. If the assistant judges cannot agree upon whom to appoint, the Auditor of Accounts shall make the appointment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 3
App. § 219-3. Officers
Status: in_force

(a) At every annual meeting, the corporation shall, by ballot, if called for, elect for the ensuing year, and until their successors shall be chosen, a Moderator, who shall preside at all meetings of the corporation, with the powers of a moderator at town meetings; a Clerk, who shall keep a record of all proceedings of the corporation, with power to certify copies of the same, and who shall perform the usual duties of clerk; a Treasurer, who shall be sworn, and who shall discharge the usual duties of the office, and give bond in the sum as the corporation shall direct for the faithful performance of the same; subject to the bylaws and ordinances of the Village.

(b) The Village may elect such other officers, and enact bylaws, not repugnant to the laws of this State, as the public interest may require, provided that if the annual meeting shall fail to be held for want of the notice mentioned, or for any other cause, the corporation shall not be prejudiced; and the several officers may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as provided.

(c) The officers of the corporation shall be elected from among the legal voters of the Village. If an officer, during his or her term, ceases to be a legal voter of the Village, his or her office shall be declared vacant by the Board of Trustees. If a vacancy occurs in an office for any cause other than the expiration of a term, the trustees of the Village shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next annual meeting of the Village.

(d) Any elected Village officer may be removed from office subject to the following conditions and procedures:

(1) There is filed with the Village Clerk a written petition signed by not less than 30 percent of the registered voters of the Village seeking the removal of the Village officer.

(2) There shall be held thereafter and within 45 days after the filing of the petition with the Village Clerk a special Village meeting for the purpose of voting on the removal of the Village officer.

(3) If two-thirds of the votes cast at the special Village meeting result in an affirmative vote to remove the Village officer, the Village officer shall cease to hold that office and the office shall be considered to be vacant at the conclusion of the affirmative vote.

(4) The vacancy shall be filled as provided by law and this charter.

(e) Only one petition for removal may be filed against any given Village officer during any 12-month period of his or her term of office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 7
App. § 703-7. Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) Annual meetings shall be held each year on the first Tuesday of April. The fiscal year of the District shall be July 1 through June 30 of the following year.

(b) Meetings shall be warned by the Clerk, or in case of his or her inability to act, by a majority of the water commissioners, by posting a notice thereof, specifying the time, place, and business of the meeting, in not less than five public places in the District, including at least one public place in each member town, at least 10 days before the time therein specified and causing the same to be published in a paper circulating in the District, such publication to be not less than 10 days before the date of the meeting, and the warning shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk before being posted.

(c) Any meeting called for the purpose of considering a bond issue shall be warned as is provided for in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 or any amendment thereof.

(d) The water commissioners shall have the same authority and obligation to warn or call meetings of the District as selectboards have to warn or call town meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 17
App. § 417-17. Vacancy
Status: in_force

Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by appointment by the authority that appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of the representative to whose position the appointment was made and may thereafter be reappointed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 8
App. § 285-8. Village Clerk; recording of rules and ordinances
Status: in_force

(a) The Clerk shall keep a record of all called Village meetings of the Village trustees; shall perform the usual duties of a clerk; shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town clerks; shall have exclusive custody of the Village records and papers, which shall not be taken from the Clerk's office unless upon the order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction; and the Clerk's records, copies, and certificates shall be as legally authoritative as those of Town Clerks, and shall have the power to certify the same.

(b) The bylaws, rules, and ordinances of the Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Village, and the Clerk's certificate that such bylaws, rules, and ordinances were adopted at an annual meeting of the Village, or at a special meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State and certified copies of the bylaws, rules, ordinances, and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all the courts in this State.
24 V.S.A. § 1933 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 55 / Section 1933
§ 1933. Policy
Status: in_force

The provisions of sections 1931-1934 of this title affecting the tenure of such regular police officers and their removal from office shall apply to the chief of police. Such sections shall not apply to any police officer until he or she shall have served continuously for one year. Such sections shall not prevent a legislative body, or the town manager, from reducing the number of regular officers for reasons of economic necessity.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.09 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 11.09
App. § 147-11.9. Balloting at Town meetings
Status: in_force

The Selectboard, at its discretion, shall determine which articles to be submitted to the voters at any annual or special Town meeting shall be voted on by Australian ballot, unless other provisions of this charter or the laws of this State require Australian balloting for a particular issue.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 1504
App. § 143-1504. Fees and fines
Status: in_force

All fines and penalties payable to the Town by reason of any violation of any law, ordinance, or bylaw shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Town Treasurer for inclusion in the appropriate fund of the Town. All fees established by law or ordinance and payable to any Town officer shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Town Treasurer for inclusion in the appropriate fund of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 49 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 49
App. § 101-49. Amendment or repeal
Status: repealed

No section or provision of this charter may be repealed or amended unless the act making the repeal or amendment refers specifically to this charter and to the sections or provisions so repealed. Any amendment to this charter must be submitted to the voters for their approval and, upon approval, submitted as provided by statutes. Amendments may be placed on the ballot by the Selectboard, a duly authorized Charter Review Commission appointed by the Selectboard, or upon petition filed with the Town Clerk by 10 percent of the voters. The petition must clearly state the amendment and must be filed at least 45 days before any annual or special Town election, but the Town shall not be required to hold a special Town election solely for the purpose of considering a proposed charter amendment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 102
App. § 106-102. Properties transferred and liabilities assumed
Status: in_force

Upon the merger specified in section 101 of this charter, all the lands, buildings, easements, funds, uncollected taxes, monies, and other property of the Village of Bradford shall become vested in and become property of the Town of Bradford, and all indebtedness bonded and otherwise of said Village of Bradford shall be assumed by the Town of Bradford, with the exception of bond No. 1996, series 1, 81-0394-01-5, which shall continue to be paid by the Village Special District as set forth in section 206 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 26
App. § 285-26. Property tax
Status: in_force

The Village may, at any annual meeting or special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided, lay a tax on the ratable estate within the same, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and the trustees shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the Collector, who shall have the same power to collect such tax as the collector of town taxes, and may in like manner sell property to satisfy the same, and for want thereof, commit to jail any person against whom the Collector has such a delinquent tax.
24 V.S.A. § 1938 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 55 / Section 1938
§ 1938. Intermunicipal police services; purpose; agreements
Status: in_force

(a) Cities, towns, incorporated villages, the University of Vermont, sheriffs, and State agencies may enter into agreements to provide for intermunicipal police services. Intermunicipal police services include general police services, emergency planning and assistance, task forces, and other specialized investigative units to provide police services within the boundaries of the participating municipalities and counties.

(b) The legislative body of each municipality may authorize the chief of police or other designee to provide police resources for intermunicipal police services. The participating municipalities, sheriffs, and State agencies shall enter into a written agreement, which shall provide for the scope of the mutual services, the powers, duties, and responsibilities of each participant, and the governing authority for officers called for duty under the terms of the agreement. The agreement shall also contain provisions relating to the use of equipment, supplies, and materials during the period of mutual service. Any employee covered by such an agreement shall remain an employee of the donor agency.

(c) Agreements entered into under this section shall not be subject to the requirement of chapter 121 of this title.

(d) Cities, towns, incorporated villages, the University of Vermont, sheriffs, and State agencies may enter into agreements under this section with municipalities in the same or adjoining counties and with municipalities in adjoining states.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 118 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 118
App. § 3-118. Mayor to administer oaths
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall have power to administer oaths in all cases proper for the administration of an oath before the City Council, and official oaths to the several officers of said City, when such oaths are required by law; and the President of the City Council shall have the like power, in all cases proper for the administration of an oath before the City Council.
24 V.S.A. § 1774 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1774
§ 1774. Record by treasurer
Status: in_force

The treasurer of each governmental unit as defined in section 4551(5) of this title shall keep a record of every obligation assumed by that unit.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 38 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 38
App. § 101-38. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard, by majority vote, shall appoint the following Town officers for the terms indicated:

(1) A Town Attorney for a term of one year, to fulfill the duties prescribed by law for the grand juror and town agent of a town, and to perform other professional duties as may be requested by the members of the Selectboard, or by any other officer or agency of Town government, with the approval of the Selectboard.

(2) A Tax Collector, for a term of one year.

(3) Five cemetery commissioners, each for a term of five years, with one term beginning each year.

(4) Other officers as the laws of the State of Vermont or the ordinances of the Town of Barre shall direct the Selectboard to appoint. The appointments shall be for the term indicated in the governing law, provided that any office abolished by this charter shall not be deemed reestablished by this section.

(5) An Assessor, who may be hired or contracted upon such terms as the Selectboard shall deem reasonable. The Assessor shall perform all of the duties and have all of the powers prescribed for listers under the laws of Vermont.

(6) A Treasurer and any Assistant Treasurers as shall be deemed necessary. The Treasurer shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with a surety as prescribed and approved by the Selectboard, and the premium for the bond shall be paid by the Town. In addition, the Treasurer shall:

(A) keep account of monies, bonds, notes, and evidences of debt paid or delivered to him or her and of monies paid out by him or her for the Town;

(B) record the amount voted for support of highways, special departments, and for general Town purposes;

(C) collect taxes, assessments, charges, and levies, including delinquencies in the hands of the Tax Collector, and maintain a record of monies collected and uncollected;

(D) receive fees for filing copies of records and other instruments;

(E) pay orders drawn on him or her by officials authorized to draw orders;

(F) provide detailed financial statements and reports as may be required by the Selectboard.

(7) A Constable, for a term of one year. The appointed Constable shall have all the powers and duties described for constables under Vermont law, except as provided in this charter. The Selectboard may prohibit the Constable from exercising any law enforcement authority or may condition the exercise of that authority upon the Constable being certified to exercise that level of authority under 20 V.S.A. § 2358.

(b) A vacancy in any appointive Town office may be filled for the duration of the unexpired term by the person, Selectboard, or other board having the authority to appoint the officeholder for the usual term of office.

(c) When it becomes necessary to make appointments to any office or position created by this charter, ordinance, or law, the Board shall give notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the Town specifying positions open and for which appointment will be made so that interested persons may apply.

2023, No. M-3, § 3 provides: “Upon the effective date of this act:“(1) The term of office of an elected Town Constable shall continue until the Selectboard appoints a successor Constable.“(2) The Town Board of Listers shall cease to exist and the terms of the elected listers shall expire.”
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 12
App. § 405-12. Rules of procedure
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, or by action of the Board of Commissioners, Robert's Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 305
App. § 413-305. Vacancy
Status: in_force

During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities hereby given or imposed upon the Vice Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 57 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 57
App. § 15-57. Collection
Status: in_force

All money so collected by said Court in any one month shall be covered into the Treasury of the City of Vergennes on the first day of the following month with a statement of the names of the persons from whom the money was collected, provided that said Court may turn over said money collected during any shorter period at the end of such period.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 50 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 50
App. § 417-50. Australian ballots
Status: in_force

The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 208 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 208
App. § 407-208. Voting
Status: in_force

Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 1,000 population, or part thereof, in the town that he or she represents. A member of the Board of Supervisors may not split his or her vote. The determination of population shall be made based upon the latest census provided by the Vermont State Planning Office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 157 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 157
App. § 3-157. Preparation and submission of budget
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall, with the assistance of the other members of the Board of Finance, annually prepare an estimate of the necessary appropriations to cover the expenses of each department and branch of the City government for the next fiscal year, to be known as the “budget,” and shall submit said “budget” to the City Council for its guidance and action in making the annual appropriations and the tax levy for such next fiscal year. The Mayor shall submit the “budget” to the City Council on or before June 15 of each year and the City Council shall make the annual appropriations and the tax levy no later than June 30 of each year. The City Council may reduce the items of such budget, but shall not increase them except by two-thirds vote of said City Council. Wherever any appropriation, annual or otherwise, shall be made to any department or branch of the City government, for any specified purpose, no part of such appropriation shall be expended for any purpose other than the one specified, unless authorized by resolution of the City Council or by written permission of the Board of Finance. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Board of Finance to transfer any appropriation, or any part of any appropriation, from one department or branch of the City government to another.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 701 / Section 9
App. § 701-9. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter shall be amended in the same manner as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2645, except that in lieu of the requirements of 17 V.S.A. § 2645(a)(7), a vote by members of the corporation affirming the amendment of this charter shall be by a voice vote in the form of a yes or no proposition. The corporation shall make all proposed changes to this Charter available to any member of the corporation in amended form, with deleted material in brackets and new matter underlined or in italics.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129D / Section 302
App. §§ 129C-302. Selectboard members
Status: in_force

The Town shall have a five-member Selectboard elected for terms of two and three years.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 17
App. § 11-17. Ordinances; introduction; first and second readings; public hearings
Status: in_force

(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Council of the City of St. Albans hereby ordains . . . ”. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading, it shall cause a short and concise one-paragraph description of the effects of the proposed ordinance to be published in a locally distributed newspaper, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place where and when there shall be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. Such publication shall include reference to a place within the City where copies of the entire text of the proposed ordinance may be examined. The first publication shall be at least one week prior to the date of the public hearing. In the event the City Council shall comprehensively revise any chapter or chapters of its Code of Ordinances it shall be sufficient if a concise summary of the principal provisions of such revision is published as aforesaid rather than the entire text thereof.

(b) At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which the hearing may from time to time be adjourned, the ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Council, the ordinance may be read by title, and after the reading, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

(c) After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Council makes an amendment it shall follow the provisions for final passage, publication, and public hearing as provided by subsections (a) and (b) of this section. After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the amended ordinance or again amend it subject to the same procedures as outlined herein.
24 V.S.A. § 2294 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2294
§ 2294. Missing person complaints and reports; filing required
Status: in_force

All law enforcement agencies, including those of municipalities, shall develop and maintain a system for filing missing person complaints and reports forwarded to it under 20 V.S.A. chapter 112.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 409 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 409
App. § 407-409. Disposal fees
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may establish and from time to time adjust a disposal fee structure (tipping fee) upon the operation and maintenance of any solid waste management facility located within the District.
24 V.S.A. § 2692 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 73 / Section 2692
§ 2692. Contract with service provider
Status: in_force

The legislative body of a municipality making an appropriation, as provided in section 2691 of this title, may make a contract with public or private agencies or persons concerning the provision of those certain social services.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 13
App. § 245-13. Annual and special meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The annual meeting of the Village for the election of officers and transaction of any other business specified in the warning of the meeting shall be held on the second Monday in April of each year at a time and place designated in the notice of such meeting. Warnings shall be signed by the trustees and the Clerk, shall specify the business to be transacted as the trustees direct, shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village, and shall be posted in two public places in such Village, not more than 40 days nor less than 30 days before such meeting. Such warning shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk before it is posted.

(b) Special meetings may at any time be called by the trustees for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of the meeting. The trustees shall call a special meeting upon written application and petition of not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the Village, stating the purpose for which they wish the meeting to be called. When the office of any one or more of the trustees is vacant, the remaining trustees may call meetings. When there is no trustee who may call meetings, the Clerk may call meetings. Warnings of special meetings shall be given in the same manner as warnings for annual meetings.
24 V.S.A. § 72 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 72
§ 72. Expenses of the Superior Court
Status: in_force

The expenses connected with the Superior Court, unless otherwise provided, shall be paid by the State.
24 V.S.A. § 261 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 261
§ 261. County financial audit
Status: in_force

(a) Biennially, all of the accounts of the county treasurer, including any reserve funds, shall be subject to a financial audit conducted according to the generally accepted government accounting standards as established by the federal government accounting office. The audit shall be performed by a public accountant regulated under Title 26 and shall be conducted within four months after the close of the fiscal year being audited. The accountant's report shall be accompanied by a management letter containing findings and recommendations.

(b) The assistant judges shall enter into a contract with a public accountant to perform the audits required by this section. The assistant judges may enter into a multiple year contract under this section, provided that the person to whom a contract is awarded is selected by use of an open request for proposals process.
24 V.S.A. § 2121 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2121
§ 2121. Injunctions
Status: in_force

The selectboard of a town in the name and behalf of such town or the town school district therein, as the case may be, and the trustees of an incorporated village, in the name and behalf of such village, may prefer complaint for relief by injunction for the abatement of public nuisances. The Superior Court shall have jurisdiction of such actions.
24 V.S.A. § 1887 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1887
§ 1887. Short title
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subchapter shall be known as the “Vermont Municipal Bond Registration Act.”
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 501
App. § 215-501. Power to adopt bylaws
Status: in_force

The Village may make, alter, and repeal bylaws of the following subject matters:

First.— Relating to their streets, sidewalks, alleys, public highways, commons, parks, and public grounds, the cleaning, repairing, and improving the same; to prevent the encumbering of the same with firewood, coal, ashes, lumber, carriages, boxes, and other things; and to compel persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by them snow, dirt, and garbage, and to keep such sidewalks and gutters clean.

Second.— Relating to a watch and lighting the streets.

Third.— Relating to slaughter-houses and nuisances generally and to compel the owner or occupant of an unwholesome or offensive house or place to remove or cleanse the same from time to time as may be necessary for the health and comfort of the inhabitants of the Village.

Fourth.— Relating to sewers.

Fifth.— Relating to water supply for the protection of the Village and its inhabitants against fires and for other purposes and to regulate the use of the same.

Sixth.— To restrain animals from running at large in the Village.

Seventh.— To establish and regulate markets.

Eighth.— To establish and maintain hay scales.

Ninth.— To suppress disorderly and gambling houses, and all descriptions of gaming, and for the destruction of instruments used for that purpose.

Tenth.— To prevent immoderate driving in the streets and cruelty to animals.

Eleventh.— To regulate the erection of buildings and the materials to be used for the erection of buildings, and the use and occupancy of buildings in crowded localities for special hazardous purposes.

Twelfth.— To regulate the manufacture and keeping of gunpowder and all other combustibles or dangerous materials.

Thirteenth.— To regulate the making, altering, and repairing of stove pipes, furnaces, fire places, depositories for ashes and other things, from which loss or damage from fire may be apprehended, and in general to provide for the preservation of buildings from fires, by precautionary measures and inspections.

Fourteenth.— To establish, regulate, and maintain a Fire Department and fire, hose, and hook and ladder companies.

Fifteenth.— To regulate or restrain the use and sale of rockets, squibs, fire-crackers, toy pistols, or other fireworks, within the Village.

Sixteenth.— To regulate the exhibition of shows not interdicted by law.

Seventeenth.— To license inn-keepers and victualers, peddlers, itinerant vendors, and auctioneers, and license and suppress pool and billiard tables, bowling alleys, skating rinks, and other places of amusement.

Eighteenth.— To regulate the length and width of sidewalks, and the construction of sidewalks, and protect the same.

Nineteenth.— To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespass or willful injuries to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property within the Village. And the Village may establish, alter, or repeal other bylaws and ordinances that it may deem necessary for the well-being of the Village, and for the proper regulation of the officers of the Village, not repugnant to the laws of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 10.05
App. § 107-10.5. Resignation or disqualification of members; vacancies; how filled
Status: in_force

(a) A Town Meeting member may resign by filing a written resignation with the Town Clerk, and such resignation shall take effect on the date of such filing. A Town Meeting member who removes from the Town shall cease to be a Town Meeting member. A Town Meeting member who removes from the district from which he or she was elected to another district within the Town shall serve only until the next annual election of Town Meeting members.

(b) Any vacancy in the full number of Town Meeting members from any district, whether arising from a failure of the voters thereof to elect, or from any other cause, shall be filled until the next annual election by the remaining Town Meeting members of the district by caucus assembled for that purpose. The presiding officer of the district shall certify such action to the Town Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 201
App. § 203-201. Annual and special meetings
Status: in_force

The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the first Tuesday in May of each year at such hour as the notice mentioned in this section shall state, in the Town Hall in said Village or at such other time and place as the Village shall hereafter appoint, of which a notice shall be posted in three public places in the Village at least 10 days previous to the meeting, which notice shall be signed by the Clerk of the corporation, and in case of the Clerk's failure, by the trustees, and for want of the trustees by a majority of the justices of the peace residing in the Village; and whenever five legal voters of the Village shall so request in writing, the Clerk, and upon the Clerk's neglect or refusal, the trustees, may call a special meeting of the Village, giving notice of the same in like manner, and specifying in the notice the object of the meeting. At the meeting none but inhabitants qualified by law to vote in Town meetings in the Town, and who have resided for one year within the bounds described in section 101 of this charter and established for the Village, shall be entitled to vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 10
App. § 503-10. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

All property owned by the Fire District shall be exempt from taxation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 11
App. § 173-11. Authority of citizens
Status: repealed

(a) The following officers shall be elected by the voters of the Town of Windsor, and voting for all such officers shall be by Australian ballot:

(1) five Selectboard members;

(2) one Town Clerk;

(3) one Town Treasurer;

(4) one Moderator;

(5) three listers;

(6) [Repealed.]

(7) three trustees of public funds.

(b) Only a voter of the Town of Windsor may seek election to or hold a Town elected office.

(c) Any officer elected under this charter may be removed from office as follows: A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Selectboard requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to vote by Australian ballot on whether the elected officer shall be removed. The official shall be removed only if at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, and a majority of those voting vote for removal. If the Town voters vote for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become vacant. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to fill the vacancy until the term of the officer so removed expires. The votes for removal and to fill the vacancy shall be by Australian ballot. The Selectboard may fill such vacancy by appointment until a new member is duly elected.

(d) The vote to fill any vacancy shall be by Australian ballot. The Selectboard, or its remaining members, may fill any vacancy by appoint- ment until a new member is duly elected. If only one member remains, that Selectboard member may sign the orders.

(e) A member of the Selectboard shall not be a lister or an employee of the Town. A Town administrator shall not hold any elected office in the Town government.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 105
App. § 411-105. Powers
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following powers:

(a) To operate, cause to be operated, or contract for the operation of facilities for the collection, transportation, recycling, composting, processing, and disposal of solid waste, hazardous waste, and to establish fees and charges for such services and to sell any products derived therefrom.

(b) To purchase, sell, own, lease, rent, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in accordance with the purposes of the District.

(c) To hire staff and fix compensation of employees.

(d) To sue and be sued.

(e) To enter into contracts with individuals, corporations, associations, authorities, agencies, municipalities, the State of Vermont, the United States of America, or any other legal entity for any term or duration.

(f) To exercise the power of eminent domain.

(g) To borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided for by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other provisions of law authorizing general obligation or revenue debt, including the provisions of 10 V.S.A. chapter 12 and 24 V.S.A. chapter 119.

(h) To appropriate and expend monies.

(i) To establish sinking funds.

(j) To establish capital reserve funds.

(k) To accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests from any individual or legal entity, in trust or otherwise, for the benefit of the District.

(l) To establish, implement, and amend from time to time fees for waste disposal and other functions of the District, including per capita fees, charges for waste services, and other forms of revenue to meet the obligation and duties of the District.

(m) To establish, enact, and enforce regulations and ordinances appropriate to the purposes of the District, as set forth herein.

(n) To provide for public education on solid waste management issues.

(o) To provide such compensation, if any, as it shall deem appropriate to member municipalities hosting District facilities.

(p) To exercise all powers incident to a public corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1307
App. § 127-1307. Transfers of appropriations
Status: in_force

At any time during the fiscal year, the Manager may transfer part or all of any unused appropriation balance among programs within a department, office, or agency. Upon written request by the Manager, the Selectboard may by resolution transfer part or all of any unused appropriation balance from one department, office, or agency to another. Notwithstanding the above, no unexpended balance in any appropriation not included in the budget of the Selectboard shall be transferred or used for any other purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 504
App. § 123-504. Jurisdiction over offices and employees
Status: in_force

Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment, by any officer or employee of the Town, of any person to office or employment, or their suspension or removal therefrom, or in any manner take part in the appointment, discipline, or removal of subordinates and employees of the Town, except as otherwise provided in this charter. The Selectboard and its members shall deal with that position of the service of the Town for which the Manager is responsible solely through the Town Manager and neither the Selectboard or any of its members shall give any orders or request any action by a subordinate in office. This shall not be construed to prohibit the Selectboard from recommending to the Town Manager a prospective employee for consideration and making general complaints to the Town Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 33
App. § 219-33. Borrowing; authorization
Status: in_force

The Village is also authorized and empowered to borrow money from time to time as may be necessary to enable it to carry on and complete the work and for paying current indebtedness incurred in connection with its electric plant, transmission, and distribution lines, and for such purpose may levy and collect such taxes upon the ratable estate of the Village as may be necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 34
App. § 235-34. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

Prosecutions for offences under the provisions of this charter and for violation of the provisions of any bylaws of said Village made in pursuance of this charter may be commenced on complaint of any police officer of said Village or any grand juror of the Town of Ludlow before any justice of the peace in said County of Windsor, and all fines and costs imposed for the violation of any of the provisions of this charter or the violation of any of the bylaws of said Village or the laws of the State within the limits of said Village, shall be paid into the treasury of said Village. And the costs of prosecution shall be paid out of the same treasury to the persons entitled thereto on the order of the justice of the peace before whom the trial was held.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 251 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 251
App. § 3-251. Assessment proceedings and rights
Status: in_force

The same proceedings shall be had in respect to such assessments, and the same rights shall exist, as in case of the laying out and establishing of streets and highways; and the same lien shall attach and be enforced in the same manner as provided in this charter in respect to assessments upon adjoining landowners in case of laying out or making streets and highways.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 45
App. § 417-45. Places of meetings
Status: in_force

At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors of the District in cooperation within the board of civil authority of each member municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1305
App. § 13-1305. Appropriation
Status: in_force

From the effective date of the budgets, the several amounts stated therein become appropriated to the several agencies and purposes therein named.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 102
App. § 127-102. General law; application
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the Town of Middlebury, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Middlebury.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 62 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 62
App. § 405-62. Amendment
Status: in_force

Any proposed amendment to this chapter must be adopted by a vote of the Board of Commissioners of at least two-thirds of the votes then eligible to be cast. Upon approval by the Board of Commissioners, the amendment shall be submitted to the legislative bodies of the respective member municipalities. A majority of the legislative bodies of the member municipalities must likewise approve any proposed amendment. Upon such approvals, the amendment shall be submitted and acted on by the General Assembly in accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645. The amendment shall become effective upon affirmative enactment of the proposal, either as proposed or as amended by the General Assembly. For the purposes of this section, this chapter shall be considered a municipal charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 146 / Section 1
App. § 146-1. Town Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer for one year, who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government, in the manner set forth in subsection (b) of this section. The appointee shall be competent in the keeping of records, investments, and accounting and shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard. The person chosen need not be a resident or voter of Salisbury.

(b)(1) Prior to appointing a Town Treasurer, the Selectboard shall appoint a committee to review and recommend to the Selectboard qualified candidates for the position of Treasurer.

(2) The committee shall be composed of two members of the Selectboard, the Town Clerk, and two residents of the Town.

(3) The committee shall have the authority to solicit candidates, advertise notice of vacancy in the Treasurer's position, and make an investigation of a candidate's credentials and background as the committee deems appropriate. Upon completion of the investigation and interviewing of candidates, the committee shall submit to the Selectboard the names of those candidates deemed qualified for the position.

(c) No later than 30 days following the submission of the names of candidates deemed qualified by the committee, the Selectboard shall appoint a Treasurer from that list, if applicable, or shall notify the committee that none of the candidates shall be appointed and shall direct the committee to forward a new list of candidates for consideration.

(d) Members of the committee described in subsection (b) of this section shall serve until a Treasurer is appointed by the Selectboard. Meetings of the committee shall be conducted in accordance with the Vermont Open Meeting Law.

(e) In case of a vacancy, until such time as a Treasurer is appointed pursuant to this section, the Selectboard shall appoint an interim Treasurer.

(f) The term of employment shall be from July 1 through June 30.

(g) Annually, 60 days before June 30, the Selectboard shall choose to reappoint the current Treasurer or solicit other candidates for the position.

(h) The Treasurer shall perform those duties adopted by the Selectboard and required by State law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1001
App. § 131-1001. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of July and end on the last day of June.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 809 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 809
App. § 203-809. Funds for sidewalk and curbing repairs
Status: in_force

The selectboard of the Town of Alburgh shall, on or before the first day of November in each and every year, draw its order on the Treasurer of the Town of Alburgh for a sum of money equal to 10 percent of the Village grand list, which shall be used by the Village of Alburgh in building, repairing, and maintaining sidewalks and curbs within the Village. After the passage of this charter, the Town of Alburgh shall be relieved from any liability or expense for building, repairing, and maintaining sidewalks and curbs within the Village of Alburgh; and thereafter the Village of Alburgh shall assume all such liabilities. But the Town of Alburgh shall not be relieved from such liability except upon the payment of the 10 percent.
24 V.S.A. § 3807 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3807
§ 3807. Damage by straying animals
Status: in_force

When the lands of two or more individuals are so situated that none of them are compelled to make and maintain a fence on the dividing line between their land by reason of open or unoccupied lands or highways lying between, each owner or keeper shall be liable for the damages done on the occupied lands of others by an animal straying from his or her lands and being taken on such occupied lands. Such damages may be recovered in a civil action on this statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 20
App. § 219-20. Bylaws; water
Status: in_force

The Village may, at any legally warned meeting, enact and adopt bylaws and regulations concerning the management and use of an aqueduct, reservoirs, and appurtenances, not inconsistent with law, as it may deem expedient, including the fixing and collecting of water rates, and the exaction of bonds from the Collector of the rates for the faithful discharge of the Collector's duty, and the water commissioners are hereby empowered to carry the bylaws and regulations into effect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 507 / Section 5
App. § 507-5. Fees
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the specific powers conferred upon the District by statute, and by resolutions of the Selectboards of the Towns of Dover and Wilmington, Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 may, at a duly warned annual or special meeting, vote to impose the following fees upon real property within the District:

(1) a general fee upon each unit within the District;

(2) a permitted use fee upon each unit within the District that has received either an allocation for water or sewerage use or plan approval for future development from a municipality or the State of Vermont; and

(3) a user fee upon each unit within the District that receives water or sewer services or that has available an unused water or sewer connection.

(b) An improved parcel requiring a daily design flow of up to 450 gallons per day shall constitute a unit. For improved parcels requiring additional design flow, the number of additional units shall be determined by dividing the design flow by 450 gallons and rounding the quotient to the first decimal place. An unimproved parcel of land shall constitute one unit unless the parcel is subject to a subdivision plan, in which case each lot identified in the subdivision shall constitute one or more units, in accordance with the design flow criterion set forth in this subsection. The number of units in an undeveloped townhouse village shall equal the number of units identified on the 1971 survey plan for the townhouse village on record in the Town of Wilmington.

(c) In the first year following the effective date of this section, the District shall impose the following fees: the general fee and the permitted use fee shall not exceed $75.00, and the user fee shall not exceed $150.00. In any year thereafter, the fees shall not increase by more than 10 percent from the previous year.

(d) The fees set forth in this section shall be a lien upon the assessed property in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are liens on real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The Prudential Committee and Collector shall have the same power in assessing, levying, and collecting the fees as town officers have in assessing and collecting town taxes, including the power to collect interest and penalties on overdue payments.
24 V.S.A. § 4432 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4432
§ 4432. Supporting plans
Status: in_force

A municipality may adopt a plan or plans that support the municipal plan and may incorporate such supporting plan or plans into the municipal plan in the same manner as adoption of the municipal plan set forth in section 4385 of this title. In this event, the supporting plan shall become a part of the municipal plan. Supporting plans may include:

(1) Access management plan. A municipality may adopt an access management plan to manage traffic and access onto public roads from adjacent property in a manner that complies with 19 V.S.A. § 1111.

(2) Downtown, village center, or new town center plan. A municipality may adopt a plan for the development and revitalization of its downtown, villages, or a new town center, consistent with the purposes set forth in section 2790 of this title.

(3) Open space plan. A municipality may adopt a plan to guide public and private conservation strategies.
24 V.S.A. § 1581 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1581
§ 1581. Balance due treasurer
Status: in_force

When a balance is due a treasurer, the auditors shall draw and deliver to him or her an order therefor on the town treasury.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 30.02
App. § 9-30.2. Vacancy
Status: in_force

Any vacancy of the Board of School Commissioners occasioned by death, resignation, removal from the City, or other disability shall be filled until the next annual election, upon nomination by the Mayor. The Mayor shall make such nomination to the Board of School Commissioners within 14 days of any vacancy. The Board of School Commissioners shall receive the Mayor's nomination for a replacement commissioner at a scheduled Board meeting. The commissioners shall vote on the Mayor's nomination at the next scheduled meeting of the School Board. The Board of School Commissioners shall have the power to reject said appointment by a vote of seven members of the Board of School Commissioners and if they do not reject said appointment, it shall be confirmed. If the person so appointed is rejected, the Mayor shall appoint another person for such office and submit the same to the Board of School Commissioners within one month and in case he or she fails to do so within said period, the Board of School Commissioners may proceed to make such appointment, which appointment shall be valid without the consent of the Mayor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 309
App. § 411-309. Delegation to District staff
Status: in_force

If the Board of Supervisors authorizes, the District may delegate duties to the District staff when necessary and appropriate to aid the officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 704 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 704
App. § 153-704. Compensation
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall receive compensation as may be determined by the Selectboard, subject to the provisions of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 3117 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3117
§ 3117. Appeal from order
Status: in_force

An owner or person interested who is aggrieved by such order may appeal as provided in the case of a person aggrieved by an order of a building inspector. However, the provisions of this section shall not prevent the municipality from recovering the forfeiture provided in section 3116 of this title from the date of the service of the original notice, unless the order is annulled by the board of arbitration or a Superior Court judge, as the case may be.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 15
App. § 703-15. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

Property of the District shall be exempt from all taxation by any town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 403
App. § 203-403. Violations
Status: in_force

In an action for violation of a bylaw, the process may issue against the body of the defendant and if the defendant is found guilty, and it appears to the court before whom the action is tried that the cause of action arose from willful or malicious act or neglect of the defendant, it shall so adjudge and shall further adjudge that the defendant ought to be confined in close jail and may issue execution against the body of the defendant with a certificate of the finding indorsed on the execution, and the execution with the certificate shall have the same effect as an execution issued on a judgment founded upon tort with a like certificate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1119 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1119
App. § 5-1119. Temporary loans in anticipation of taxes and for current expenses
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have the authority to borrow in anticipation of the receipt of taxes and other revenue, in anticipation of the receipt of grants, in anticipation of the issuance of bonds, and for current expenses as provided by the general law, including 24 V.S.A. §§ 1773 and 1786, as may be amended from time to time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 906 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 906
App. § 4-906. Amount to be raised by taxation
Status: in_force

Upon passage of the budget by the voters, the amounts stated therein as the amount to be raised by taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the City in the corresponding tax year, and the Council shall levy such taxes on the grand list as prepared by the assessor for the corresponding tax year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 510 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 510
App. § 411-510. Conduct of meetings
Status: in_force

At all meetings of the District, the provision of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recounts and contest of elections (subchapter 9), and jurisdiction of courts (subchapter 10), shall apply. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51. The Superior Court of the county in which the principal office of the District is located shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Ballots shall be provided by the District. The most recent version of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 25
App. § 405-25. Audit
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners shall cause an audit of all District accounts to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant.
24 V.S.A. § 4775 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4775
§ 4775. Liability against default
Status: in_force

Under no circumstance shall the State or VEDA become responsible for owning or operating a privately-owned community water system when the loan recipient defaults on a loan obligation or abandons the water supply or water system.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 267 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 267
App. § 3-267. Deadline for paying
Status: in_force

All such assessments shall be paid to the Chief Administrative Officer within 90 days after the same shall have been filed for record in the Chief Administrative Officer's office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 6.06
App. § 107-6.6. General powers and responsibilities of the School Directors
Status: repealed

The School Directors are responsible for the administration and maintenance of the public schools and, in addition to other duties specifically assigned by law (See 16 V.S.A. § 563), shall:

(1) determine the educational policies of the School District and prescribe rules and regulations for the conduct and management of the public schools in the District;

(2) take any action that is required for the sound administration of the School District;

(3) subject to the authority vested in the electorate or any School District official, have the possession, care, control, and management of the property of the School District;

(4) adopt regulations at scheduled School Board meetings;

(5) keep the school buildings and grounds in good repair, suitably equipped, insured, and in safe and sanitary conditions at all times;

(6) have discretion to furnish more than 12 years of instruction to pupils;

(7) have the power to relocate or discontinue use of a school house or facility;

(8) examine claims against the District for school expenses and draw orders for payment thereof;

(9) establish, with the advice and consent of the Vermont Auditor of Accounts and Secretary of Education, an accounting system for the proper control of school district finances and for stating the annual financial condition of the School District;

(10) prepare and publish a report of the condition and needs of the schools, including the Superintendent's and Treasurer's annual reports, and contract with a certified public accountant, licensed in Vermont, to perform an annual financial audit report on the condition of all school funds as required by Vermont statutes;

(11) prepare an annual budget;

(12) on prior recommendation of the Superintendent, employ such persons as may be required to carry out the work of the School District;

(13) prepare an annual report detailing the receipt and expenditures of the School District;

(14) provide, at the expense of the District, all text books, learning materials, equipment, and supplies;

(15) [Repealed.]

(16) execute contracts on behalf of the School District;

(17) when so authorized by the Town School District Meeting, employ a public accountant to audit the financial affairs of the School District.
24 V.S.A. § 1231 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1231
§ 1231. "Town" construed; officers
Status: in_force

The word “town” as used in this chapter may be construed to include a city or an incorporated village. Where powers are given to or duties imposed upon a selectboard with reference to a town, the trustees of a village and mayor and board of aldermen of a city shall have the same powers and perform like duties in relation to their respective village or city.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 35
App. § 417-35. Budget hearing
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on or before January 7 of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget. Notice of the hearing shall be the same as that specified under section 46 of this chapter (public hearings). The Board of Supervisors shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 301
App. § 1-301. Governing body
Status: in_force

The City shall be governed by an elected Council and by an appointed City Manager and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this charter, City ordinances, or general laws of the State of Vermont.

(1) The City Council shall consist of the Mayor and two councilors for each ward who shall serve for a term of two years.

(2) Within the limitations of the foregoing, the Council shall have the power to:

(A) appoint and remove the City Manager and supervise, create, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter;

(B) appoint and remove a Treasurer, and such Assistant Treasurers as shall be deemed necessary, who shall be responsible for the performance of all duties of a municipal treasurer under State law;

(C) assign additional duties to offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter, but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, commission, or department duties assigned to a particular office, commission, or department established by this charter;

(D) make, amend, and repeal ordinances; and

(E) adopt an official seal of the City.

(3) The Council shall adopt the budget of the City, as provided herein.

(4) All City employees, to include full-time and part-time, are prohibited from holding the Office of Councilor or Mayor.
24 V.S.A. § 5101 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5101
§ 5101. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Municipalities” means a town, a city, or an incorporated village.

(2) “Legislative body” means the selectmen in the case of a town, the council or mayor and board of aldermen in the case of a city, and the trustees in the case of an incorporated village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 55 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 55
App. § 3-55. City Council may authorize sale or lease
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have the exclusive power to authorize sale or lease of any real or personal estate belonging to said City, and all conveyances, grants, or leases of any such real estate shall be signed by the Mayor and sealed with the City seal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 701
App. § 5-701. Council authority
Status: in_force

The City Council may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce any bylaw, regulation, or ordinance that it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into execution the powers granted by this charter and State law or for the well-being of the City in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 2291, as may be amended from time to time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1107
App. § 5-1107. Conduct of meetings
Status: in_force

The qualifications of voters at all such City meetings shall be the same as the qualifications of voters at annual City meetings, and such meetings shall be conducted in the same manner as City meetings are conducted. The vote on the question of making the improvements and incurring a debt shall be by Australian ballot in the form provided by the general law of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 608 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 608
App. § 113-608. Capital budgeting for voter approved funding
Status: in_force

Capital budgets funded through voter approved multi-year capital plans, voter approved agreements, voter approved debt, or impact fees adopted in accordance with 24 V.S.A. chapter 131 shall follow the process for approval outlined in 24 V.S.A. § 4443.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1105
App. § 123-1105. Voting question by Australian ballot
Status: in_force

Voting on any public question or the election of any Town officer by Australian ballot shall be as provided by the general law of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 25
App. § 207-25. Sewerage rates
Status: in_force

For the purpose of the support of said Sewerage Department and to ensure the payment of the annual principal and interest upon any sewerage bonds issued by said corporation, the Board of Trustees shall establish rates to be charged and paid by the users of said sewer system, at such times and in such manner as shall be determined by the Board of Trustees, and may, from time to time, alter, modify, amend, increase, or diminish such rates, and extend them to any description of property or use, as the Board of Trustees may deem proper. Such rates shall be chargeable to, and may be collected of, the owners of the property so provided, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Board of Trustees and said owners, and shall be a lien and charge upon the buildings, lots, and other property so provided and may be collected in an action at law in the name of the corporation. The Board of Trustees may order sewerage rents to be paid in advance and may make all necessary provisions and orders relating to said sewerage as the Board of Trustees may think expedient to ensure such advance payments.
24 V.S.A. § 4648 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4648
§ 4648. Terms of agreement with bond or noteholder
Status: in_force

In any resolution of the Bank authorizing, or relating to the issuance of any bonds or notes, the Bank, in order to secure the payment of the bonds or notes and in addition to its other powers, may covenant and contract with the holders of the bonds or notes:

(1) to pledge to any payment or purpose all or any part of its revenues to which its right then exists or may thereafter come into existence, and the monies derived therefrom, and the proceeds of any bonds or notes;

(2) to covenant against pledging all or any part of its revenues, or against permitting or suffering any lien on those revenues or its property;

(3) to covenant as to the use and disposition of any payments of principal or interest received by the Bank on municipal bonds, revenue bonds, or other investments held by the Bank;

(4) to covenant as to establishment of reserves or sinking funds, the making of provision for them, and the regulation and disposition thereof;

(5) to covenant with respect to or against limitations on any right to sell or otherwise dispose of any property of any kind;

(6) to covenant as to any bonds and notes to be issued and their limitations and their terms and conditions and as to the custody, application, and disposition of their proceeds;

(7) to covenant as to the issuance of additional bonds or notes or as to limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or notes and on the incurring of other debts;

(8) to covenant as to the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or notes, as to the sources and methods of payment, as to the rank or priority of any bonds or notes with respect to any lien or security or as to the acceleration of the maturity of any bonds or notes;

(9) to provide for the replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed, or mutilated bonds or notes;

(10) to covenant against extending the time for the payment of bonds or notes or interest thereon;

(11) to covenant as to the redemption of bonds or notes and privileges of exchange thereof for other bonds or notes of the Bank;

(12) to covenant as to any charges to be established and charged, the amount to be raised each year or other period of time by charges or other revenues and as to the use and disposition to be made thereof;

(13) to covenant to create or authorize the creation of special funds or monies to be held in pledge or otherwise for operating expenses, payment or redemption of bonds or notes, reserves, or other purposes and as to the use and disposition of the monies held in those funds;

(14) to establish the procedure, if any, by which the terms of any contract or covenant with or for the benefit of the holders of bonds or notes may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds or notes the holders of which must consent thereto, and the manner in which the consent may be given;

(15) to covenant as to the custody of any of its properties or investments, the safe-keeping thereof, the insurance to be carried thereon, and the use and disposition of insurance monies;

(16) to covenant as to the time or manner of enforcement or restraint from enforcement of any rights of the Bank arising by reason of or with respect to nonpayment of any principal or interest of any municipal bonds or revenue bonds;

(17) to provide for the rights and liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the breach of any covenant, condition, or obligation and to prescribe the events of default and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of the bonds, notes, or other obligations of the Bank shall become or may be declared due and payable before maturity and the terms and conditions upon which the declaration and its consequences may be waived;

(18) to vest in a trustee or trustees within or without the State such property, rights, powers, and duties in trust as the Bank may determine, which may include any of the rights, powers, and duties of any trustee appointed by the holders of any bonds or notes and to limit or abrogate the right of the holders of any bonds of the Bank to appoint a trustee under this chapter or limiting the rights, powers, and duties of the trustee;

(19) to pay the costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or notes or of the resolution or of any covenant or agreement of the bank with the holders of its bonds or notes;

(20) to agree with any corporate trustee that may be any trust company or bank having the powers of a trust company within or without the State, as to the pledging or assigning of any revenues or funds to which the Bank has any rights or interest, and may further provide for such other rights and remedies exercisable by the trustee as may be proper for the protection of the holders of any bonds or notes of the Bank and not otherwise in violation of law, and the agreement may provide for the restriction of the rights of any individual holder of bonds or notes of the Bank;

(21) to appoint and to provide for the duties and obligations of a paying agent or paying agents, or such other fiduciaries as the resolution may provide within or without the State;

(22) to limit the rights of the holders of any bonds or notes to enforce any pledge or covenant securing bonds or notes; and

(23) to make covenants other than and in addition to the covenants expressly authorized in this section, of like or different character, and to make covenants to do or refrain from doing such things as may be necessary, or convenient and desirable, in order to better secure bonds or notes or which, in the absolute discretion of the Bank, will tend to make bonds or notes more marketable, notwithstanding that the covenants or things may not be enumerated in this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 1
App. § 703-1. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent:

(1) “The District” shall mean the municipality created by section 2 of this chapter pursuant to the provisions set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 3342. The functions of the District when pursued under the authority set forth in this chapter shall be governmental and not proprietary.

(2) “Town” shall mean any municipality within the meaning of 1 V.S.A. § 126.

(3) “Clerk” shall mean the permanent Clerk of the District.

(4) “The Board” shall mean the Board of Water Commissioners of the District.

(5) “The Treasurer” shall mean the Treasurer of the District.

(6) “Auditor” shall mean an Auditor of the District.

(7) “Properties” shall mean the water supply, storage and distribution system or systems of the District, including the plants, works, instrumentalities or part thereof and appurtenances thereto, including lands, easements, rights in land and water rights, rights of-way, contract rights, franchises, approaches, connections, dams, reservoirs, water mains and pipe lines, pumping stations and equipment, or any other property incidental to and included in such system or part thereof, and any improvements, extensions, and betterments thereto, together with any and all property, both real and personal wherever situated, as may be acquired by the District in its own name.

(8) “Bonds” shall mean the bonds, notes, and obligations, issued by the District, pursuant to this chapter.

(9) “Revenues” shall mean all rents, charges, and other income derived from the operation of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 49 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 49
App. § 403-49. Qualifications and registration of voters
Status: in_force

All legal voters of the member municipalities shall be legal voters of the District. The member municipalities shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which there will be voting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 24
App. § 175-24. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard
Status: in_force

(a) If the Selectboard desires to adopt an ordinance, it shall cause the ordinance to be entered in the official record kept of the Board's proceedings, and, thereafter, the Board shall adopt the ordinance subject to final approval after the public hearing as hereafter set forth. The ordinance shall then be published in a newspaper of general circulation of the Town together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing to consider the ordinance for final passage, such publication to be on a day at least one week and not more than two weeks prior to the date of the hearing.

(b) At the public hearing or at any time and place to which the hearing may from time to time be adjourned, the ordinance shall be read in full, unless the Selectboard elects to read the ordinance by title, and after such reading, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

(c) After the public hearing, the Selectboard may finally adopt the ordinance, with or without amendment. If the Board amends the ordinance prior to passage, it shall cause the amended ordinance to be entered into the official record of Board proceedings and shall also cause the amended sections of the ordinance, as finally passed, to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town on a day not more than 14 days after adoption. Any published notice shall explain citizens' rights to petition for a vote on the ordinance at an annual or special meeting pursuant to Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.

(d) Every ordinance shall become effective upon passage unless otherwise stated. If a referendum petition is filed within 40 days of adoption, the ordinance shall not become effective until after the question of repeal is voted.

(e) The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk's office a book of ordinances that shall contain each Town ordinance, together with a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate a Town ordinance lawfully passed.

(f) A Town ordinance may provide:

(1) that any professional fees or costs incurred by the Town in the enforcement of any ordinance shall be charged to the violator; those charges shall constitute a lien against real property or a levy against personal property and shall be enforced within the time and in the manner provided for the collection of taxes or personal property; and

(2) that the Selectboard may authorize the Town Attorney to bring action in the name of the Town of Woodford for any relief that the Selectboard may deem appropriate for the enforcement of any Town ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 408 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 408
App. § 414-408. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. However, the notes must mature within the fiscal year in which they were issued.

(b) The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of taxes in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the amount of taxes assessed for each year and may issue notes of the District that must mature within the fiscal year in which they were issued.

(c) The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of any revenues other than taxes through the issuance of notes of the District. However, the notes must mature within the fiscal year in which they were issued.
24 V.S.A. § 4772 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4772
§ 4772. Qualifications for eligibility; certification
Status: in_force

No loan to an applicant shall be made under this subchapter until:

(1) The applicant has certified to VEDA that:

(A) all State and federal permits and licenses, including land use, subdivision, water supply and wastewater permits, and water supply construction and operating permits, necessary to undertake the project for which financing has been sought will be obtained prior to expending construction funds under the loan;

(B) the applicant has established a rate charge or assessment schedule that will generate sufficient revenue to pay the principal and interest on the loan and to pay reasonably anticipated costs of operating and maintaining the financed project and the system of which it is a part. VEDA may require that the rate charge or assessment schedule be approved by VEDA prior to approving a loan. Nothing in this subchapter shall affect the obligation of an applicant who is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission under 30 V.S.A. §§ 102 and 203(3) to obtain prior approval of a rate change from such Commission pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 225;

(C) if the applicant is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission under 30 V.S.A. §§ 102 and 203(3), it has obtained the following approvals and has provided VEDA with copies of those approvals:

(i) the certificate of public good issued by the Public Utility Commission pursuant to 30 V.S.A. §§ 231 (public good) and 108 approving the loan; and

(ii) the decision and order of the Public Utility Commission approving rates that are to be charged by the applicant.

(2) The Secretary has certified to VEDA that:

(A) the applicant and the project qualify for financing or assistance under section 4773 of this title and that the project has priority for receipt of financial assistance; and

(B) the applicant has or as a result of the proposed project will have the technical, managerial, and financial capability to ensure compliance with the requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act as amended.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 105
App. § 407-105. Powers
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following powers:

(1) to operate, cause to be operated or contract, or both, for the operation of any and all facilities necessary for the management of solid waste or hazardous waste, and to determine and make proper charges for such services;

(2) to purchase, sell, lease, own, acquire, convey, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in connection with the purpose of the District;

(3) to hire and fix the compensation of employees;

(4) to sue and be sued;

(5) to enter into contracts for any term or duration;

(6) to contract with individuals, corporations, associations, authorities, and agencies for services;

(7) to provide solid waste management services for the member municipalities, the inhabitants thereof, and the businesses therein, and for such others as its facilities and obligations may allow, provided that acceptance of solid waste generated outside the District is necessary to fulfill the purpose as stated in section 102 of this subchapter;

(8) to contract to pay for solid waste disposal on the basis of guaranteed volume, type, amount, or tonnage, whether or not delivered and accepted for disposal or the means of management, with payments based on such guaranteed volume, type, amount, or tonnage regardless of whether or not such solid waste so delivered is actually disposed of or subjected to other means of management; provided, however, that any such contract shall be consistent with the State solid waste management plan then in effect; and further provided that payments under any such contract may be variable and may be determined by formulae expressed in such contract;

(9) to contract with the State of Vermont, the United States of America, or any subdivision or agency thereof for services;

(10) to contract with any member municipality for facilities or the services of any officers or employees of that municipality useful to it;

(11) to promote cooperative arrangements and coordinated action among its member municipalities;

(12) to make recommendations for review and action to its member municipalities and other public agencies that perform functions within the region in which its member municipalities are located;

(13) to exercise any other powers that are necessary or desirable for dealing with solid waste problems of mutual concern and that are exercised or are capable of exercise by any of its member municipalities;

(14) to exercise the power of eminent domain;

(15) to borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53;

(16) to establish a budget and assess member municipalities in accordance therewith;

(17) to appropriate and expend monies;

(18) to establish sinking funds for the retirement of bonded or other indebtedness;

(19) to establish capital reserve funds for specific public improvements in furtherance of its purpose;

(20) to regulate by ordinance, rule, or regulation the collection, transportation, material recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid waste or hazardous waste within the District and to require that acceptable solid wastes generated within the District and any member municipality therein shall be disposed of only in and upon facilities operated by or on behalf of the District;

(21) to enact and enforce any and all necessary or desirable ordinances and regulations for the orderly conduct of the government and for carrying out the purpose of the District;

(22) to accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust or otherwise for the purpose of the District;

(23) to exercise all powers incident to a public corporation;

(24) to regulate the importation of solid waste into the District in accordance with standards established by the District's solid waste management plan.
24 V.S.A. § 1176 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1176
§ 1176. Manuscripts
Status: in_force

All books and manuscripts belonging to a town or a town school district, except town histories, published under the authority of a town, shall be kept in the office of the town clerk, unless otherwise provided and shall not be sold or disposed of.
24 V.S.A. § 3616 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3616
§ 3616. Rents; rates
Status: in_force

(a) A municipal corporation, through its board, may establish rates, rents, or charges to be paid as the board may prescribe. The board may establish annual charges separately for bond repayment, fixed operations and maintenance costs, and variable operations and maintenance costs dependent on flow.

(b) The rates, rents, or charges may be based upon:

(1) the metered consumption of water on premises connected with the sewer system; however, the board may determine no user will be billed for fixed operations and maintenance costs and bond payment less than the average single-family charge;

(2) the number of equivalent units connected with or served by the sewage system based upon their estimated flows compared to the estimated flows from a single-family dwelling; however, the board may determine no user will be billed less than the minimum charge determined for the single-family dwelling charge for fixed operations and maintenance costs and bond payment;

(3) the strength and flow where wastes stronger than household wastes are involved;

(4) the appraised value of premises, in the event that the commissioners shall determine the sewage disposal plant to be of general benefit to the municipality regardless of actual connection with the same;

(5) the commissioners' determination developed using any other equitable basis such as the number and kind of plumbing fixtures; the number of persons residing on or frequenting the premises served by those sewers; and the topography, size, type of use, or impervious area of any premises;

(6) for groundwater, surface, or stormwater an equivalent residential unit based on an average or median of the area of impervious surface on residential property within the municipality; or

(7) any combination of these bases, provided the combination is equitable.

(c) The basis for establishing rates, rents, or charges shall be reviewed annually by the board. No premises otherwise exempt from taxation, including premises owned by the State of Vermont, shall, by virtue of the exemption, be exempt from charges established under this section. The commissioners may change the rates, rents, or charges as may be reasonably required.

(d) Where one of the bases of a rent, rate, or charge is the appraised value and the premises to be appraised are tax exempt, the board may cause the listers to appraise the property, including State property, for the purpose of determining the rates, rents, or charges. The right of appeal from the appraisal shall be the same as provided in 32 V.S.A. chapter 131. The Commissioner of Finance and Management is authorized to issue warrants for rates, rents, or charges against State property and transmit to the State Treasurer who shall draw a voucher in payment of the rates, rents, or charges. No charge so established and no tax levied under the provisions of section 3615 of this title shall be considered to be a part of any tax authorized to be assessed by the legislative body of any municipality for general purposes but shall be in addition to any such tax so authorized to be assessed.

(e) Rates, rents, or charges established in accord with this section may be assessed by the board to derive the revenue required to pay pollution charges assessed against a municipal corporation under 10 V.S.A. § 1263.

(f) When a rate, rent, or charge established under this section for the management of stormwater is applied to property owned, controlled, or managed by the Agency of Transportation, the charge shall not exceed the highest rate category applicable to other properties in the municipality, and the Agency of Transportation shall receive a 35 percent credit on the charge. The Agency of Transportation shall receive no other credit on the charge from the municipal corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 148 / Section 3
App. § 148-3. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) ln addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by the Selectboard pursuant to State law or this charter, the Selectboard shall appoint the following Town officers, who shall serve for such terms as the Selectboard may establish in its act of appointment or until the office otherwise becomes vacant:

(1) a Delinquent Tax Collector; and

(2) three Town listers.

(b) The Selectboard shall adopt and revise from time to time a general statement of the qualifications and job descriptions necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of each of the appointed Town offices. The Selectboard shall appoint the candidate who, in its judgment, best meets the qualifications for each office, giving due consideration to individuals who have expressed a commitment to serving the best interests of the Town. Appointed officers shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally.

(c) The Selectboard may adopt a job description for the position of Town Administrator and may appoint a Town Administrator, who shall not simultaneously hold an elected office within the Town.
24 V.S.A. § 291a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 291a
§ 291a. Contracts
Status: in_force

(a) In the name of the sheriff's department, the sheriff may enter into written contracts with the State of Vermont, an agency of the United States, one or more towns within or without the county, or any nongovernmental entity, to provide law enforcement or other related services including security services, central dispatching for police, fire, or ambulance services, and centralized support services. Contracts between the sheriff's department and a town shall be valid if approved by the sheriff and by a majority of the selectboard of the town provided that funding has been approved by a duly warned annual or special town meeting. Deputy sheriffs engaged in the performance of a contract shall be considered employees of the sheriff's department for all purposes, except that for purposes of determining eligibility for Social Security, employees under this section shall be considered county employees, provided however that the sheriffs' departments shall be responsible for employers' contributions.

(b) A contract made with a town, city, village, or county to provide law enforcement or related services shall contain provisions governing the following subjects as best suit the needs of the parties:

(1) the services to be provided, including State statutes or town ordinances, or both, which are to be enforced;

(2) rates of compensation, allocation of expenses, total cost of contract, and methods of payment therefor;

(3) ownership of any property acquired under the contract in event of termination of the contract;

(4) the type, frequency, and information to be contained in reports submitted by the sheriff's department to the town;

(5) methods adopted to resolve disputes;

(6) the term of the contract shall specify the commencement and termination date of the services to be provided and provisions for renewal thereof; and

(7) such other items, not inconsistent with law, as may be agreed upon.

(c) A contract under this section may contain provisions for compensation to the sheriff for administration of the contract and related services. No compensation may be paid to a sheriff for administration of the contract or related services unless the contract sets forth in writing the rate or method of calculation for the compensation and a schedule of payment; provided that a sheriff's compensation for administration shall not exceed five percent of the contract. A sheriff's rate of compensation shall be at a rate equivalent to other employees of the department who provide similar services under the contract. Compensation to the sheriff shall be made in accordance with the schedule set forth in the contract but in no event may a sheriff be compensated for administration of the contract and related services unless the compensation is made in the same calendar year in which the revenue was received by the department under the contract. Funds derived from charges for the administration of a contract, if used for sheriff, sheriff deputy, or other departmental employee compensation, bonuses, salary supplements, retirement contributions, or employment benefits, shall be expended in accordance with the model policy created and maintained by the Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs. Willful failure to comply with this policy shall constitute Category B conduct pursuant to 20 V.S.A. § 2401(2).

(d) An agreement or contract for services between a sheriff's department and governmental or nongovernmental entity shall be in writing if the total cost of the contract or agreement exceeds $2,000.00 or the duration of the services provided exceeds ten working days or if the cumulative total of the contracts or agreements entered into by the sheriff's department and the same governmental or nongovernmental entity exceeds $2,000.00 or ten working days within a calendar year. Annually, the sheriff shall submit to the assistant judges for filing with the county clerk a report of all written contracts, categorized by the contracting party, services rendered, date of contract, and amount received.

(e) Each sheriff's department shall establish a procedure for all purchase contracts entered into by the department. The procedure shall be established in writing, filed with the assistant judges, and made available for public review. The written procedure shall also be forwarded to the Auditor of Accounts for use in the conduct of audits required under this chapter.

(f) An agreement or contract for sheriff's departments to provide law enforcement or security services to county and State courthouses shall be subject to a single, statewide contracted rate of pay for such services over all county and State courthouses.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 815 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 815
App. § 251-815. Payment of water works' funds
Status: in_force

No money from said system of water works shall be paid out from the treasury of said Village except upon the written order of a majority of the Board of Water Commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 8
App. § 3-8. Person to reside in ward or City district if casting ballot for particular local officers or local public questions
Status: in_force

A legal voter may cast a ballot for local officers and local public questions specific to a ward or City district only if that legal voter resides in that ward or City district at the time of casting that ballot.
24 V.S.A. § 3906 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 111 / Section 3906
§ 3906. Town histories
Status: in_force

At its annual meeting, a town may authorize the selectboard to contract with some person to prepare and publish the history of the town, under such regulations as it prescribes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 304
App. § 123-304. Other elective offices
Status: repealed

(a) [Repealed.]

(b) The Town Meeting Moderator shall be elected and shall perform those duties prescribed by the general law of this State.

(c) The Town Clerk and Treasurer shall be elected for a three-year term and shall carry out the duties of the town clerk and treasurer as specified by statute and by this charter and shall:

(1) promptly deposit funds in the depositories as may be designated by the Selectboard;

(2) invest Town funds in the manner designated by statute;

(3) keep books and accounts as may be required by the Selectboard or the Town Manager in addition to those required by law;

(4) make reports to the Selectboard or the Town Manager monthly or at other times as they may require showing the condition of the Town's finances; and

(5) perform other duties with respect to the Town's finances as the Selectboard may request.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1505
App. § 123-1505. Amount to be raised by taxation
Status: in_force

Upon passage of the budget by the annual Town meeting, the amounts stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax year, and the Selectboard shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the listers for the corresponding tax year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 124 / Section 9
App. § 124-9. Amendment
Status: in_force

The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by Vermont law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 502
App. § 13-502. Time of holding
Status: in_force

(a) The annual City meetings of the City and the South Burlington School District for the election of officers, the voting on the budgets, and any other business included in the warnings for the meetings shall be on a date established and legally warned by the Council.

(b) The election of officers and the voting on all questions shall be by Australian ballot system. The ballot boxes shall be open for 12 consecutive hours between 6:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. as shall be determined and warned by the Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 506 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 506
App. § 13-506. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of section 505 of this charter, voters of the City may at any time petition in the same manner as in section 505 of this charter for the enactment of any proposed lawful ordinance by filing such petition, including the text of such ordinance, with the City Clerk. The Council shall call a special City meeting to be held within 45 days of the date of such filing, unless prior to such meeting such ordinance shall be enacted by the Council. The warning for such meeting shall include a short, concise one-paragraph description of the effects of the proposed ordinance and shall provide for an aye and nay vote as to its enactment. The warning shall also include reference to a place within the City where copies of the entire text of the proposed ordinance may be examined. Such ordinance shall take effect on the 10th day after the conclusion of such meeting, provided that the electors as qualified in section 505 of this charter, constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted in the affirmative.

(b) Any such proposed ordinance shall be examined by the City Attorney before being submitted to the special City meeting. The City Attorney is authorized subject to the approval of the Council, to correct such ordinance so as to avoid repetitions, illegalities, and unconstitutional provisions and to ensure accuracy in its text and references and clearness and preciseness in its phraseology, but he or she shall not materially change its meaning and effect.

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any appointments of officers, members of commissions, or boards made by the Council, or to the appointment of designation or Council members, or to rules governing the procedure of the Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 510 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 510
App. § 1-510. Established
Status: in_force

The City Council may establish and operate a Fire/Ambulance Department for the City, subject to the control and supervision of the City Manager, and may, by ordinance, determine of what offices and members this Department may consist; prescribe the time and mode of their appointment and removal; define their powers, duties, and periods of service; fix their compensation; and make such other regulations regarding their conduct and government as they deem expedient. The City may procedure and hold such land, buildings, furniture, engines, ambulances, and other apparatus as may be necessary for the purpose of the Fire and Ambulance Department, and the City Council may, by ordinance, make regulations regarding the use, control, and preservation thereof. The City Council may contract with surrounding and nearby towns, villages, and fire and/or ambulance districts for the use of part or parts of the facilities and equipment of the Fire/Ambulance Department to assist such towns and villages in case of emergency; provided, however, that no assistance shall be rendered to any town or village that does not satisfy within 60 days any obligation to the City for any such past service rendered.
24 V.S.A. § 3113 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3113
§ 3113. Unsafe building; notice
Status: in_force

A building inspector being informed that a structure or anything appurtenant thereto is unsafe shall inspect the same. If it appears to be unsafe, he or she shall forthwith notify, in writing, the owner, agent, or person having an interest therein to remove it or make it safe and secure. If it appears that such structure would be especially unsafe in case of fire, it shall be deemed dangerous and the inspector may affix in a conspicuous place upon its exterior walls a notice of its dangerous condition, which shall not be removed or defaced without authority from him or her.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 151 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 151
App. § 225-151. Water and sewer utility
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a Village of Hyde Park Water and Sewer Department, which shall be responsible for continuing the present specific water and sewer services in existence.

(b) The water and sewer system shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Village and no part of the rents and revenues therefrom may be used for any other purpose.

(c) Unless otherwise voted by the Village at a Village Meeting, all costs of the Water Department shall be paid by the users thereof and the annual water and sewer rents or charges shall be at a rate sufficient to cover annual expenditures, temporary indebtedness, the amortizing of bonded indebtedness and interest, and any dedicated (sinking) funds. With specific reference to the legislative authority contained in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, “Indebtedness for Public Utility Purposes,” sections 1821-1828, the Village of Hyde Park Water and Sewer Department is permitted to issue revenue-backed bonds and/or general obligation bonds for any capital improvement purpose related to their responsibilities to operate such utilities for the benefit of the people of the Village of Hyde Park, provided each such issue of bonds is approved by the Trustees and the voters according to law.

(d) The trustees shall be the water and sewer commissioners, who, in connection with those powers enumerated in the general laws of the State with respect to waterworks and supply, shall have the power to adopt and enforce rules, regulations, or ordinances concerning the control and operation of such water system.

(e) The Water and Sewer Department service area may be enlarged or modified by the trustees after holding a public hearing on any such proposed enlargement or modification. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village of Hyde Park and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the Water and Sewer Department service area.

(f) The charges and rates for sewer and water services shall be a lien on real estate, wherever located, furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real property under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of such property, furnished with water and sewer service, wherever located, shall be liable for such charges and rates.

(g) The Water and Sewer Department shall every year make a contribution to the Village of Hyde Park in lieu of taxes in the form of a cash payment and/or the equivalent in free services and municipal rate benefits in an amount equaling the amount of money that would be received by the Village of Hyde Park in ad valorem real estate taxes and personal property taxes were such department a privately owned utility.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1108
App. § 5-1108. City Council action
Status: in_force

When the incurring of a debt has been authorized by the voters in the manner provided in this subchapter, the City Council shall determine by resolution whether notes or bonds are to be issued and the terms thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 12
App. § 901-12. Quorum and rules
Status: in_force

(a) To transact business, a majority of all directors who are not all from the same member shall be present and shall vote in favor of a motion for it to be effective. No proxies shall be allowed. A smaller number may adjourn to a later date, provided notice is given to all members as if such adjourned meeting were a special meeting.

(b) All meetings of the Board and its committees shall be governed by the small boards sections of the most recent edition of Robert's Rules.
24 V.S.A. § 3210 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3210
§ 3210. Eminent domain; authority; survey
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality shall have the right to acquire by condemnation a fee simple title or any other interest in real property which it may determine necessary for or in connection with an urban renewal project under this chapter. The powers conferred upon municipalities under this section shall be considered “urban renewal project powers” as defined in subsection 3219(b) of this title and the term “municipality,”, as used in this section, shall mean the agency, board, commissioner or officers having such powers under subsection 3219(a) of this title. The municipality shall set out the necessary lands and cause them to be surveyed. An urban renewal plan approved under subsection 3207(d) of this title may be considered to constitute such a survey.

(b) Unless two-thirds of the voters present and voting thereon at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose vote otherwise, nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the taking, by condemnation proceedings, of property of any religious, charitable, or educational society, institution, or organization, unless held or used by it for commercial purposes, without the written consent of the trustees or the governing body of such society, institution, or organization. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired hereunder but no real property belonging to the State or any political subdivision thereof shall be acquired without its consent.
24 V.S.A. § 833 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 833
§ 833. Approval; record; evidence
Status: in_force

On the approval of crime insurance coverage or a bond required by section 832 of this title, the selectboard of a town shall file the same in the office of the town clerk to be recorded by such clerk in a book kept for that purpose. Copies thereof duly certified by such clerk shall be evidence in court as if the original were produced.
24 V.S.A. § 5805 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 139 / Section 5805
§ 5805. Grants and gifts
Status: in_force

The Department of Housing and Community Development may accept funds, grants, gifts, or donations of up to $10,000.00 from individuals, corporations, foundations, governmental entities, or other sources, on behalf of the Community Planning and Revitalization Division to support trainings, conferences, special projects, and initiatives.
24 V.S.A. § 1996 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 60 / Section 1996
§ 1996. Duties of municipalities
Status: in_force

Each municipality shall:

(1) Ensure that the following are posted on the town's, city's, or village's website or, if no such website exists, ensure that a copy of each is received by all municipal officers and is made available to the public upon request:

(A) the Municipal Code of Ethics;

(B) procedures for the investigation and enforcement of complaints that allege a municipal officer has violated the Municipal Code of Ethics, as required by section 1997 of this title; and

(C) any supplemental or additional ordinances, rules, and personnel policies regarding ethics adopted by a municipality.

(2) Maintain a record of municipal officers who have received ethics training pursuant to section 1995 of this title.

(3) Designate a municipal officer or body to receive complaints alleging violations of the Municipal Code of Ethics.

(4) Maintain a record of received complaints and the disposition of each complaint made against a municipal officer for the duration of the municipal officer's service plus a minimum of five years.

(5) Upon request of the State Ethics Commission, promptly provide the State Ethics Commission with a summary of complaints received by the municipality and the outcome of each complaint, but excluding any personally identifiable information.
24 V.S.A. § 5602 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 137 / Section 5602
§ 5602. Historic Preservation Grant Program
Status: in_force

There is established an Historic Preservation Grant Program which shall be administered by the Division for Historic Preservation in the Agency of Commerce and Community Development. Grants shall be made available to municipalities and nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for restoring buildings and structures.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 50 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 50
App. § 601-50. Priority
Status: in_force

When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness or a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in Article 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this article in the event of conflict.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 10
App. § 401-10. Organizational meeting
Status: in_force

Annually, on the second Thursday in April commencing in 1989, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At such meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership a Chair and a Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The Chair and Vice Chair are eligible to be elected to not more than three successive terms.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1002 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 1002
App. § 215-1002. [Amendment and repeal of charter]
Status: in_force

This charter shall be subject to future legislation to alter, amend, or repeal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 30
App. § 405-30. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the District shall begin the first day of July and end on the last day of June of each calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year for the District. The accounting policies of the District shall conform to generally accepted accounting principles.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 17
App. § 171-17. Severability
Status: in_force

The sections of this charter and the parts thereof are separable. If any portion of this charter or application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder thereof or the application of such invalid portions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 201
App. § 411-201. Authority
Status: in_force

The legislative power and authority of the District and the administrative and general supervision thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided in this agreement.
24 V.S.A. § 961 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 961
§ 961. Vacancy or suspension of officer's duties
Status: in_force

(a) When a municipal officer resigns the officer's office, has been removed from the office, dies, becomes unable to perform the officer's duties due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or removes from town, the office shall become vacant. Notice of this vacancy shall be posted by the legislative body in at least two public places in the municipality, and in and near the municipal clerk's office, within 10 days of the creation of the vacancy.

(b) In the event there are so many vacancies on the legislative body that a quorum cannot be achieved, the remaining member or members of the legislative body shall be authorized to draw orders for payment of continuing obligations and necessary expenses until the vacancies are filled pursuant to section 963 of this title.

(c) The legislative body of a county, municipality, or special purpose district may designate a person to perform the duties of an officer whose duties have been suspended as a condition of release pending trial for violating 13 V.S.A. § 2537.

(d) When a municipal officer refuses or neglects within 30 days of election or appointment to take an oath of office pursuant to section 831 of this title, the office shall become vacant. However, the office shall not be deemed vacant until the legislative body of the municipality has warned a regular meeting for that purpose and affords the municipal officer the opportunity to take the oath of office at the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 126 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 126
App. § 3-126. Commissioners and Board of Tax Appeals
Status: in_force

(a) Except as specified in section 179 of this charter with respect to the library commissioner elected from the library staff, each public works commissioner, cemetery commissioner, police commissioner, fire commissioner, light commissioner, park and recreation commissioner, airport commissioner, planning commissioner, library commissioner, member of the Board of Health, and member of the Board of Tax Appeals shall hold office for the term of three years, from the first day of July following his or her appointment or until their successors are appointed and qualified.

(b) Each assessor, except the City Assessor, shall hold office for the term of three years from the first day of April following the appointment and until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 28
App. § 219-28. Electric light plant; purchase; operation
Status: in_force

The incorporated Village of Enosburg Falls is hereby authorized and empowered to acquire, purchase, own, construct, maintain, and operate plants for generating of electricity, transmission and distribution lines, or any or all of such things, for the purpose of lighting the streets, walks, public grounds, and public buildings of the Village, and the Village may furnish and sell for public or private use electric light, heat, or both, and electric power to parties residing within or without the corporate limits of the Village upon such terms and subject to such regulations as may be fixed by the Village trustees or agreed upon between the contracting parties. The charges and rates for electric service shall be a lien on real estate, wherever located, furnished with the service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real property under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of the property, furnished with electric service, wherever located, shall be liable for the charges and rates. The Village Clerk shall file in the land records in the Town in which the property is located a notice of delinquency for all unpaid charges, to be indexed under the name of the property owner, regardless of whether an agreement has been made for the repayment of the charges. The lien provided for in this section shall be released only upon receipt of payment in full for all outstanding charges, interest, and late fees in the amount of eight percent of the delinquent charges.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 514 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 514
App. § 5-514. Reconsideration and rescission
Status: in_force

(a) Action taken on a warned article at an annual or special meeting may be submitted to the voters at a subsequent annual or special meeting on motion of the City Council or pursuant to a petition requesting reconsideration or rescission signed by not less than 10 percent of the registered voters and filed with the City Clerk within 30 days following the date of the annual or special meeting at which the action was taken.

(b) A majority vote in favor of reconsideration or rescission shall not be effective unless the number of votes in favor of reconsideration or rescission exceeds two-thirds of the number of votes cast for the prevailing side at the original meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 167 / Section 102
App. § 167-102. General provisions
Status: in_force

(a) Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town.

(b) The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of the State and this charter, together with all implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The Town may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State or this charter, and impose penalties for violation thereof.

(c) In this charter, any mention of a particular power shall not be construed to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.

(d) Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town, the Selectboard, or its elected or appointed officers by general or special enactment of State statutes or rules in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of the general or special enactment unless this charter otherwise provides.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 42
App. § 155-42. Reporting
Status: in_force

The auditors shall report their findings in writing and cause the same to be printed and distributed to the legal voters of the Town prior to the annual Town meeting. They shall, at the same time, deliver to the Town Clerk the copies required under the provisions of Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated and shall place all surplus copies in the custody of the Town Clerk.
24 V.S.A. § 184 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 184
§ 184. Processing of passport applications
Status: in_force

The county clerk shall, if so directed by the assistant judges, accept and process applications for U.S. passports pursuant to memorandums of understanding entered into under 4 V.S.A. § 691.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 11.01
App. § 147-11.1. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the Town shall begin the first day of July and end on the last day of June of each calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year as used in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 205
App. § 3-205. Parks and Recreation Department; appointment of Superintendent, and engineer
Status: in_force

The Superintendent shall prescribe and assign the respective duties, powers, and authority, and shall, subject to the approval of the City Council, fix and regulate the compensation to be paid to the several persons so employed. The Superintendent shall have the special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Parks and Recreation Department, subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and the orders and ordinances of the City Council.