24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 1201
App. § 153-1201. Water Utility Commission
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a Town of Stowe Water Department that shall be responsible initially for continuing the present specific water services in existence and being provided on June 30, 1996.

(b) The water system taken over from the Village of Stowe and any additions thereto or modifications thereof shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Town and no part of the rents and revenues therefrom may be used for any other purpose.

(c) Unless otherwise voted by the Town at a Town meeting, all costs of the Water Department shall be paid by the users thereof and the annual water 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. Prior to the setting of the annual budget and annual water rents or charges, the water commissioners shall each year hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving input concerning a proposed annual budget and annual water rents or charges for the Water Department. The public notice for such public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by the publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Stowe and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the Water Department service area. 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 Stowe Water Utility Commission 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 Stowe, provided each such issue of bonds is approved by the Selectboard and the voters according to law.

(d) The Selectboard of the Town of Stowe shall be the water commissioners and shall have the power to adopt and enforce rules, regulations, or ordinances concerning the control and operation of such water system in accordance with the powers enumerated in the general laws of the State with respect to water works and water supply.

(e) The Water Department service area may be enlarged or modified by the Water Commission after holding a public hearing on any such proposed enlargement or modification. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Stowe and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the Water Department service area.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.09 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 2.09
App. § 107-2.9. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

No member of any Town or Town School District board, commission, or committee shall vote on any matter where there is a direct or indirect financial or personal interest. It is expected that any member of any Town or Town School District board, commission, or committee with a conflict of interest will fully disclose the nature of his or her conflict and will recuse himself or herself from a vote on the issue at hand. The member with a conflict of interest may participate in the discussion of the issue at hand with the consent of the majority of the remaining board, commission, or committee members. Any interested person may publicly request that a member recuse himself of herself due to a conflict of interest.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 306
App. § 251-306. Auditors
Status: in_force

The auditors shall, previous to each annual Village meeting, examine and audit the accounts of the Village officers, but no account shall be allowed by such auditors without the production of proper vouchers therefor, and shall report to the Village at its annual meeting the condition of the treasury thereof, including the assets and the outstanding liabilities of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 330 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 330
App. § 3-330. Board of Tax Appeals
Status: in_force

A Board of Tax Appeals, constituted in the manner set forth in section 91 of this charter, is created. The Board shall have the same duties and proceed in the same manner to hear and determine tax appeals as a board of civil authority under 32 V.S.A. chapter 131, subchapter 1 except as otherwise provided in this charter. Appeals from decisions of the Board of Tax Appeals or from the Board of Civil Authority as referenced in section 92 of this charter shall be controlled by 32 V.S.A. chapter 131, subchapter 2, except that the City Assessor may appeal subject to the approval of the City Board of Finance. The Board shall organize each year by the election of a Chair, Vice-Chair, and Clerk. The manner of removal of Board members and filling of vacancies shall be as provided in sections 129 and 130 of this charter and the Board members shall, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, be subject to all other provisions of this charter relating to public officers.
24 V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 3
§ 3. Bennington
Status: in_force

The County of Bennington is formed of the towns of Arlington, Bennington, Dorset, Landgrove, Manchester, Peru, Pownal, Readsboro, Rupert, Sandgate, Searsburg, Shaftsbury, Stamford, Sunderland, Winhall, Woodford, and the unorganized township of Glastenbury. Bennington and Manchester are the shire towns.
24 V.S.A. § 1685 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1685
§ 1685. Subchapter application to villages
Status: in_force

Sections 1681-1684 of this subchapter shall apply to all incorporated villages.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 406
App. § 131-406. Town Clerk and Treasurer; School District officers
Status: in_force

The Clerk, auditors, and Treasurer of the Town shall perform those duties imposed upon the Clerk, auditors, and Treasurer of the Town of Plainfield School District by the general law of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 512 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 512
App. § 5-512. Vacancies in City offices
Status: in_force

(a) A vacancy in an elective office occurs upon the death or resignation of the office holder, inability to serve, removal from the City, and in the case of a Council member, removal from the district.

(b) Vacancies occurring in an elective office with more than 90 days of unexpired term remaining, excepting a vacancy in the office of Council member or school commissioner, shall be filled by the City Council until the next annual meeting of the City. The unexpired term of any office filled as provided in this subsection shall, at the next annual meeting of the City, be filled by election for the balance of the term in accordance with general law.
24 V.S.A. § 2271 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2271
§ 2271. Unauthorized disposal of vehicles
Status: in_force

No one may place, discard, or abandon a junk motor vehicle in a place where it is visible from the main traveled way of a highway nor may anyone abandon or discard any motor vehicle upon the land of another with or without the consent of the land owner. Motor vehicles so placed, discarded, or abandoned are hereby declared to be a public nuisance.
24 V.S.A. § 3267 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3267
§ 3267. Eligible energy efficiency projects; assistance to municipalities
Status: in_force

Those entities appointed as energy efficiency utilities under 30 V.S.A. § 209(d):

(1) shall develop a list of eligible energy efficiency projects and shall make the list available to the public on or before July 1 of each year; and

(2) shall provide information concerning implementation of this subchapter to each municipality, within the area in which the entity delivers efficiency services, that requests such information, and shall contact each such municipality that votes to establish a district to offer this information.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 10
App. § 175-10. Recall of elected officials
Status: in_force

(a) Any elected official may be removed from office for just cause as follows: A petition signed by not less than 30 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 date of signing by each voter shall be indicated in the petition and such date shall not be earlier than 30 days prior to the filing of the petition. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition, to vote on whether the elected official shall be removed. The official shall be removed if at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote and two-thirds of the number of votes is cast for removal.

(b) 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 expires. The votes for removal and to fill the office removed shall be by Australian (secret) ballot.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 306
App. § 143-306. Town Clerk; Town Treasurer; Collector of Delinquent Taxes; School District Officers; duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Clerk and Town Treasurer shall perform those duties imposed upon the Clerk and Town Treasurer of Richmond School District by the general law of this State.

(b) The Town Treasurer, any assistant Town treasurer, and the Collector of Delinquent Taxes shall perform those duties imposed upon those positions by law and those duties imposed upon those officers by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 5
App. § 3-5. Election to be by ballot; method of election; runoff elections
Status: in_force

All elections of the Mayor, City Councilors, school commissioners, and ward election officers shall be by ballot, using a system of ranked choice voting without a separate runoff election. The Chief Administrative Officer shall implement a ranked choice voting protocol according to these guidelines:

(1) The ballot shall give voters the option of ranking candidates in order of preference.

(2) If a candidate receives a majority (over 50 percent) of first preferences, that candidate is elected.

(3) If no candidate receives a majority of first preferences, an instant runoff tabulation shall be performed by the presiding election officer.

(4) The City Council may adopt ordinances consistent with this subsection to implement these standards.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 1301
App. § 4-1301. Savings clause
Status: in_force

Repeal or modification of this charter shall not affect the validity of a previously enacted ordinance, resolution, or bylaw.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 29
App. § 285-29. Grand list
Status: in_force

The grand list of the ratable estate within the Village, as made out by the listers of the Town of Newbury, shall be the grand list of the Village, and the Trustees shall cause a copy of the list to be made and filed in the office of the Clerk of the Village, within 10 days after the same shall be completed and filed by the listers in the Town Clerk's office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 15
App. § 285-15. Chief Engineer and Fire Department
Status: in_force

(a) The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief's assistants shall be ex officio fire wardens of the Village and the duties of the Engineer shall be such as may be prescribed by the bylaws and ordinances of the Village.

(b) The Chief Engineer, and in the absence of the Chief Engineer the acting Chief designated by the trustees, shall have charge of all machines and apparatus within the Village for the prevention and extinguishment of fires. On the occasion of any fire in the Village, the Chief Engineer shall control as well as the regular Fire Department all volunteer fire companies, and may demand the assistance of any person present in order to extinguish such fire; and shall have the power to cause to be pulled down, or blown up, or removed, any building that the Chief Engineer may deem necessary for the suppression, or to prevent the extension, of such fire, and neither the Chief Engineer, nor anyone obeying the Chief Engineer's orders, shall be liable personally for any property damage done thereby. The engineers may work in conjunction with the Building Inspector, as the trustees may direct, and may have the authority of the Building Inspector in the discretion of the trustees.

(c) The engineers when on duty shall wear conspicuously on their person a badge of office, with their respective rank inscribed thereon, without which no person shall be bound to obey their directions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 6
App. § 171-6. Open meetings; public records
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 2 shall govern all meetings of boards and commissions, and their subcommittees, of the Town of Williston.

(b) The provisions of 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 3 shall govern all public records of the Town of Williston.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 801
App. § 217-801. Fire district
Status: in_force

Said Village is hereby constituted a fire district for the purpose of preventing the destructive consequences of fires, and the trustees thereof shall have all the powers and be subject to the same restrictions as prudential committees in fire districts in making contracts and expenditures for the preservation of property in said Village from loss or damage by fire.
24 V.S.A. § 1236 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1236
§ 1236. Powers and duties in particular
Status: repealed

The manager shall have authority and it shall be his or her duty:

(1) To cause duties required of towns and town school districts and not committed to the care of any particular officer, to be duly performed and executed.

(2) To perform all duties now conferred by law upon the selectboard, except that he or she shall not prepare tax bills, sign orders on the general fund of the town, call special or annual town meetings, lay out highways, establish and lay out public parks, make assessments, award damages, act as member of the board of civil authority, nor make appointments to fill vacancies which the selectboard is now authorized by law to fill; but he or she shall, in all matters herein excepted, render the selectboard such assistance as it shall require.

(3) To be the general purchasing agent of the town and purchase all supplies for every department thereof; but purchases of supplies for departments over which such manager is not given control, and of the town school district, shall be made according to requisition therefor by such departments or school directors.

(4) To have charge and supervision of all public town buildings and repairs thereon, and all building undertaken by the town, unless otherwise provided for by the selectboard, shall be done under his or her charge and supervision.

(5) To perform all the duties now conferred by law upon the road commissioner of the town, including the signing of orders; provided, however, that when an incorporated village lies within the territorial limits of a town which is operating under a town manager, and such village fails to pay to such town for expenditure on the roads of the town outside the village, at least 15 percent of the last highway tax levied in such village, the legal voters residing in such town, outside such village, may elect one or two road commissioners who shall have and exercise all powers of road commissioner within that part of such town as lies outside such village.

(6) [Repealed.]

(7) To do all the accounting for all of the departments of the town and of the town school districts when the board of school directors so request.

(8) To supervise and expend all special appropriations of the town, as if the same were a separate department of the town, unless otherwise provided for by the selectboard.

(9) To have charge, control, and supervision of the following matters:

(A) the police department, if any, and shall appoint and may remove the officers thereof and shall fix their salaries;

(B) the fire department, if any, and shall appoint, fix the compensation of, and may remove all officers and employees thereof;

(C) the system of licenses, if any, not otherwise regulated by law;

(D) the system of sewers and drainage, if any, except the making of assessments therefor;

(E) the lighting of streets, highways, and bridges;

(F) the sprinkling of streets and highways and laying of dust, except the making of assessments therefor;

(G) the maintenance of parks and playgrounds.

(10) To collect all taxes due the town and to perform all the duties now conferred by law upon the collector of taxes, if the town so votes. Such manager shall continue so to do until the town votes otherwise at a meeting duly warned for the purpose of voting on such question. For the collection of taxes, a town manager may charge and collect the same fees as a collector of taxes, and the fees so collected shall be paid into the treasury of the town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 147 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 147
App. § 3-147. Chief Administrative Officer to keep separate account of school appropriations
Status: in_force

The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a separate account of all monies appropriated for the use of schools, which money shall consist of the income accruing in every legal way for the use and maintenance of schools in said City, and of all money appropriated by the City Council for that purpose; and the Chief Administrative Officer shall pay out of any monies mentioned in this section all warrants drawn by the Board of School Commissioners for the use of schools.
24 V.S.A. § 3028 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 81 / Section 3028
§ 3028. Penalty
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body of a municipality may provide by ordinance for the enforcement of this chapter and of any ordinance or regulation made hereunder, and may fix penalties of not more than $50.00 for each violation. Each day in which a violation exists shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) No action may be brought under this section unless the alleged offender has had at least seven days' notice that a violation exists. The notice shall be given by the administrative officer by hand or by certified mail with return receipt requested. The start of the seven days' notice shall be determined by the date said return receipt was signed by or on behalf of the person deemed to be in violation.

(c) This section shall not be construed to limit or restrict the proper municipal authorities from acting under section 3024 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 2
App. § 109-2. Properties transferred and liabilities assumed
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the merger specified in section one of this charter, all the lands, buildings, easements, funds, uncollected taxes, monies, street lights, and other property of the Village of Proctorsville, of any description, except as hereinafter provided, shall become vested in and become the property of the Town of Cavendish, and all indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of the Village of Proctorsville shall be assumed by the Town of Cavendish, without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary.

(b) Upon the merger specified in section one of this charter, the lands described as Greven Field, five acres, more or less, and the Main Street Fire Hall, so-called in the Village of Proctorsville and no other land, shall be retained and vested in the independent Proctorsville Fire District, to be established simultaneously with this merger by petition pursuant to the dictates of 20 V.S.A. chapter 171.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 316 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 316
App. § 5-316. Compensation
Status: in_force

The Mayor and Council members shall receive as compensation for their services such sums as shall be voted to them at the annual meeting of each year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 252 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 252
App. § 3-252. Required; contents
Status: in_force

Whenever, under the provisions of this charter, the City Council is required to give notice of the time and place of any examination or hearing before it, touching the laying out, altering, or discontinuing of any street or public highway in said City, or the award of any damages or the making of any assessment therefor, and in all cases of assessments for sewers, curbing, and sidewalks in said City, a citation shall be issued, signed by the City Council and containing the names of all persons to whom notice is to be given.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 320 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 320
App. § 5-320. Contracts
Status: in_force

All contracts on behalf of and any purchases for the City shall be authorized by the City Council, except as otherwise provided by ordinances of the City of Montpelier or this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1524 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1524
§ 1524. Tax levies; how kept
Status: in_force

The town treasurer upon receiving from the selectboard a town tax bill under the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 4791 or the receipt of the tax collector for such bill under the provisions of section 1522 of this title shall credit the town highway department and the town school district each with the gross sum of the levy provided for such department and district. The balance of such levy shall be credited to the general fund.
24 V.S.A. § 3217 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3217
§ 3217. Cooperation by public bodies
Status: in_force

(a)(1) For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of an urban renewal project located within the area in which it is authorized to act, any public body may, upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine:

(A) dedicate, sell, convey, or lease any of its interest in any property or grant easements, licenses, or other rights or privileges therein to a municipality;

(B) incur the entire expense of any public improvements made by such public body in exercising the powers granted in this section;

(C) do any and all things necessary to aid or cooperate in the planning or carrying out of an urban renewal plan;

(D) lend, grant, or contribute funds to a municipality;

(E) enter into agreements that may extend over any period, notwithstanding any provisions or rule of law to the contrary, with a municipality or other public body respecting action to be taken pursuant to any of the powers granted by this chapter, including the furnishing of funds or other assistance in connection with an urban renewal project; and

(F) cause public buildings and public facilities, including parks, playgrounds, recreational, community, educational, water, sewer or drainage facilities, or any other works that it is otherwise empowered to undertake to be furnished; furnish, dedicate, close, vacate, pave, install, grade, regrade, plan or replan streets, roads, sidewalks, ways, or other places; plan, replan, zone, or rezone any part of the public body or make exceptions from building regulations; and cause administrative and other services to be furnished to the municipality.

(2) If at any time title to or possession of any urban renewal project is held by any public body or governmental agency, other than the municipality, that is authorized by law to engage in the undertaking, carrying out, or administration of urban renewal projects, including any agency or instrumentality of the United States of America, the provisions of the agreements referred to in this section shall inure to the benefit of and may be enforced by such public body or governmental agency.

(3) As used in this subsection, the term “municipality” shall also include an urban renewal agency or a housing authority vested with all of the urban renewal project powers pursuant to the provisions of section 3219 of this title.

(b) Any sale, conveyance, lease, or agreement provided for in this section may be made by a public body without appraisal, public notice, advertisement, or public bidding.

(c) For the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of an urban renewal project of an urban renewal agency or a housing authority hereunder, a municipality may, in addition to its other powers and upon such terms, with or without consideration, as it may determine, do and perform any or all of the actions or things which, by the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, a public body is authorized to do or perform, including the furnishing of financial and other assistance.

(d)(1) For the purposes of this section, or for the purpose of aiding in the planning, undertaking, or carrying out of an urban renewal project of a municipality, that municipality may, in addition to any authority to issue bonds pursuant to section 3214 of this title, issue and sell its general obligation bonds.

(2) Any bonds issued by a municipality pursuant to this section shall be issued in the manner and within the limitations prescribed by the laws of this state for the issuance and authorization of bonds by that municipality for public purposes generally. However, bonds so issued:

(A) shall not be considered as indebtedness of the municipality limited by the provisions of section 1762 of this title or any other general or special law; and

(B) may be authorized by a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question at a meeting of such municipality held for the purpose pursuant to subchapter 1 of chapter 53 of this title or pursuant to the provisions of any special law that governs the authorization of indebtedness by the municipality.

(3)(A) So long as any such bonds of the municipality are outstanding the local governing body may deduct, in any one or more years from any net increase in the aggregate taxable valuation of land and improvements in all areas covered by urban renewal plans the amount necessary to produce tax revenues equal to the current debt service on such bonds, assuming the previous year's total tax rate and full collection.

(B) Only the balance, if any, of such net increase shall be taken into account in computing the sums that may be appropriated for other purposes under applicable tax rate limits.

(C) All the taxable property in all areas covered by urban renewal plans, including the whole of such net increase, shall be subject to the same total tax rate as other taxable property, except as may be otherwise provided by law.

(D) The net increase shall be computed each year by subtracting, from the current aggregate valuation of the land and improvements in all the areas covered by urban renewal plans, the sum of the aggregate valuations of land and improvements in each such area on the date the urban plan for such area was approved under subsection 3207(f) of this title. An area shall be deemed to be covered by an urban renewal plan until the date shown in the plan as its expiration date or until the date all the indebtedness incurred by the municipality to finance the applicable project has been paid, whichever date is later.

(4) All the provisions of this subsection shall apply to all municipalities, notwithstanding any provision of general or special law to the contrary that specifies a different debt limit, that requires a greater vote to authorize bonds, that prescribes a different computation of appropriations under tax rate limits, or that is otherwise inconsistent with this subsection.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 22
App. § 403-22. Chair
Status: in_force

The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and shall authorize all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Chair shall perform all of the duties incident to the position and office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 501
App. § 407-501. Special meetings
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this agreement or under any applicable law. In addition, the Board of Supervisors shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Supervisors may rescind the call of a special meeting called by them but not a special meeting called on application of five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Supervisors shall endeavor to have the time of such special meetings coincide with the time of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the member municipalities will be voting on other matters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 3
App. § 126-3. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

(a) The Town shall have all of the powers granted to towns by the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont and this charter, together with all of the implied powers necessary to carry out all of the powers expressly so granted. The Town may enact any regulations and ordinances that are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of Vermont or with this charter and may impose penalties for violations thereof.

(b) The Town may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any lawful municipal purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or other means and may lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control the property as the Town's interests may require.

(c) Unless expressly stated otherwise, reference in this charter to a particular power shall not be construed to be exclusive with respect to such powers nor as a limitation on the powers that the Town would have if reference to that particular power had not been made.

(d) Nothing contained in or omitted from this charter shall be construed in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Lyndon and its Selectboard by general or special State laws or regulations.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 2
App. § 11-2. Boundaries
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the City of St. Albans shall continue as heretofore established by said act as amended by 1915 Acts and Resolves No. 280, which boundaries are therein described as follows:

(1) Beginning at the southeasterly corner of Aldis Hill playground, thence northerly, westerly, southerly, and again westerly in the bounds of said playground to the northwesterly corner thereof.

(2) Thence northerly, in a line parallel to High Street, to a point on the southerly boundary of property owned or formerly owned by Adhemard and Amanda Bertrand. Thence easterly in the southerly line of the aforesaid Bertrand property to a point 710 feet from the easterly line of High Street.

(3) Thence northerly a distance of 750 feet in a line parallel with said High Street to a point.

(4) Thence westerly a distance of 140 feet in a line parallel to the southerly boundary of the aforesaid Bertrand property to a point.

(5) Thence continuing westerly a distance of 140 feet in a line parallel to the southerly boundary of the aforesaid Bertrand property to a point.

(6) Thence westerly in a line parallel to the southerly boundary line of the aforesaid Bertrand property a distance of 520 feet to a point in the easterly line of High Street.

(7) Thence, at right angles to Main Street, westerly 279 and one-twelfth feet to a stake in the center of the track of the Missisquoi Valley Railroad Company.

(8) Thence southerly, along the center line of said track, 535 and one-sixteenth feet to a stake in line with the south line of the meadow lately owned or formerly owned by Mrs. Betsy D. Hoyt, deceased.

(9) Thence westerly, in the aforesaid Hoyt south line and its continuation, to such a point as would be intersected by producing northerly the westerly line of the land owned or formerly owned by Louis DeGoesbriand, which land is commonly called Calvary cemetery.

(10) Thence southerly, in the west line of said Calvary cemetery lot and its continuations to the north end and to the south 2,173 feet, and seven inches.

(11) Thence westerly, 748 feet, to a stake.

(12) Thence southerly, 406 feet to a stake in the center of the main line of the Central Vermont Railway Company.

(13) Thence westerly along the main line of the Central Vermont Railway Company, a distance of 229 feet to a stake.

(14) Thence southerly in a straight line to a stake in the south line of Lake Street, being at the northeast corner of land owned or formerly owned by Mrs. Mary L. Stickney.

(15) Thence southerly, in said Stickney's east line and the continuation thereof, to a stake set at the point in said line last mentioned that would be intersected by continuing westerly the north line of land owned or formerly owned by Mrs. Mary McGrath.

(16) Thence easterly in the said McGrath's north line and its continuation westerly 1,969 and five-twelfths feet to a stake.

(17) Thence southerly at right angles to the last course 896 and one-third feet to a stake in the line between land lately owned by Michael McMahon, deceased, and land owned or formerly owned by B. F. Rugg.

(18) Thence easterly in the north line of said Rugg's land and the continuation thereof, 1,128 and one-sixth feet to a stake in the easterly line of the Central Vermont Railroad Company's right of way, being also the northwest corner of land lately owned by Talmadge B. Hall, deceased, and now owned or formerly owned by George C. Story.

(19) Thence southerly, in the westerly line of said Hall land and of land lately formerly owned by Henry Tanner, deceased, being also the easterly line of the said railroad right of way, 342 and one-twelfth feet to a stake at the southwest corner of said Tanner land.

(20) Thence, easterly in the south line of the aforesaid Tanner land, to a stake at the north corner of land owned or formerly owned by Mrs. Lydia Judd.

(21) Thence southerly, in the westerly line of said Judd's land and its continuation southerly to a stake at the point in said line that would be intersected by continuing westerly the south line land owned or formerly owned by Mrs. Emily C. Edson.

(22) Thence easterly, in said Edson's south line, and its continuation, to the west line of South Main Street.

(23) Thence southerly, in the said west line of South Main Street, to a stake in the line between land owned or formerly owned by B. F. Rugg and land owned or formerly owned by Mrs. Sarah C. Foster.

(24) Thence westerly, in said last mentioned line, 200 feet to a stake.

(25) Thence southerly in a line parallel to, and 200 feet west from the west line of South Main Street 879 and three-eighths feet to a stake on land owned or formerly owned by Mrs. Emerette Dean.

(26) Thence easterly at right angles to the preceding course, 103 feet to a stake, thence southerly at right angles to the preceding, 70 and two-thirds feet to a stake, thence westerly at right angles to the preceding, 103 feet to a stake in the line as aforesaid parallel to Main Street.

(27) Thence southerly, in the continuation of the line parallel to South Main Street and 200 feet west of the west line thereof, 814 and eleven-twelfths feet to a stake on land owned or formerly owned by Mrs. Florette B. Maynard, being in line with the south line of Parsons Avenue, if produced westerly.

(28) Thence easterly, in said south line of Parsons Avenue and its continuation to the west, 492 and seven-eighths feet to a stake north of Nelson F. Hazard's house, now or formerly, being 200 feet east of the east line of South Main Street.

(29) Thence northerly, in a course parallel to the east line of South Main Street and 200 feet east of said east line, to a stake in the south line of the lot owned and occupied or formerly owned by Chas. H. Clark.

(30) Thence easterly, in said Clark's south line, to the southeast corner of the lot aforesaid.

(31) Thence northerly, in the east line of the aforesaid Clark's lot and in the continuation thereof, to a stake in the south line of land now or formerly occupied by M. D. Downey.

(32) Thence easterly, in the south line of said land occupied by M. D. Downey, to the southeast corner thereof.

(33) Thence northerly, in the east line of land occupied by said Downey and in the east line of land now or formerly occupied by Dan'l Beeman, to a stake in the south line of land now or formerly occupied by S. S. Allen.

(34) Thence easterly, in the said south line of land now or formerly occupied by S. S. Allen, to the southeast corner thereof.

(35) Thence northerly, in the east line of the land occupied as aforesaid by S. S. Allen and in the continuation of the last mentioned line, to a stake in the south line of lands of the St. Albans Cemetery Association.

(36) Thence easterly in said last mentioned line, to a stake in the southeast corner of the aforesaid Cemetery Association land.

(37) Thence northerly, in the easterly line of the aforesaid Cemetery Association land and of H. H. Farnsworth's land in the westerly line of B. F. Rugg's land, to a stake 200 feet south from the south line of easterly continuation of Upper Welden Street.

(38) Thence easterly, parallel to and 200 feet from the south line of the continuation of Upper Welden Street as aforesaid, to a stake in the west line of Thorpe Avenue, as now fenced.

(39) Thence northerly in said west line of Thorpe Avenue and its continuation to a stake in the north line land now or formerly of B. F. Rugg.

(40) Thence easterly in said B. F. Rugg's north line 463 and three-fourths feet to a stake.

(41) Thence northerly 926 feet to a stake in the north line of Fairfield Street.

(42) Thence northerly to an iron stake at the southeast corner of land now or formerly occupied by Dr. W. Standford Stevens.

(43) Thence northerly in the east line of land occupied by said Stevens, to an iron stake at the northeast corner thereof, and again continuing the last mentioned line until it intersects the south line of land formerly owned by John Gregory Smith, deceased.

(44) Thence northerly to a point in the north line of Congress Street, being 495 feet easterly along the said north line of Congress Street from the southeast corner of land leased by John Gregory Smith to Edward Curtis Smith February 18, 1889.

(45) Thence northerly to the place of beginning. It is to be understood throughout this description that the word “line” shall mean “a straight line”, and the word “continuation” shall mean “continuation in a straight line”.

(46) Commencing at a point in the City boundary of the City of St. Albans along the 38th line described in the description of boundaries included in the charter of the City of St. Albans, Vermont, said point being more explicitly described as lying in the center of Grice Brook and is the southern extremity of the westerly boundary of Burnell Terrace as deeded to the City of St. Albans and approximately 1,145 feet south of the southerly line of Upper Welden Street, thence running northerly along the city boundary to a point 200 feet south of the south line of Upper Welden Street, thence easterly, parallel to and 200 feet from the said south line of Upper Welden Street to the west line of Thorpe Avenue; thence northerly in said west line of Thorpe Avenue and its extension to a point marked by an iron pipe at the northwesterly corner of property of Robert Hill; thence in an easterly direction a distance of 463 and 75 one-hundredths feet to a point marked by an iron pipe; thence northerly a distance of 926 feet to a point in the northerly boundary of Fairfield Street; the lines thus far described being along the present boundary of said City of St. Albans; thence running easterly along the northerly boundary of Fairfield Street, a distance of 60 and seven-tenths feet to a point in the extension of the easterly boundary of land now or formerly of Leo Pudvah; thence in a southerly direction across Fairfield Street and along the easterly boundary of Leo Pudvah's property to a point marked by an iron pipe at the northwest corner of property now or formerly of John Labounty; thence in an easterly direction along the northerly boundary of the John Labounty property thence in a southerly direction along the easterly boundary of John Labounty's property and extension thereto to a point in the southerly boundary of Upper Welden Street; thence in the southerly boundary of Upper Welden Street to a point that is the northwesterly corner of land now or formerly owned by Kemper F. Peabody and Ethel M. Peabody; thence in a southerly direction along the westerly boundary of land of said Peabody, a distance of 435 and six-tenths feet to land now or formerly of Beverlee R. and Maritta T. Demeritt; thence easterly a distance of 285 and six-tenths feet to a point which is the northeasterly corner of land of said Demeritt; thence in a southerly direction along boundary of said Peabody to the southeast corner of property now or formerly of Malcolm and Mildred Baker; thence westerly along the southerly boundary of land of said Baker to a point in the easterly line of Thorpe Avenue; thence continuing in a westerly direction along Grice Brook to the point of beginning.

(47) Beginning at a point in the south line of Fairfield Street which marks the intersection of the present easterly boundary of the City of St. Albans and the southerly line of said Fairfield Street, thence extending along the southerly line of Fairfield Street and the southerly and westerly line of the so-called Fairfax Road to a point in the westerly line of Fairfax Road that marks the intersection of the southerly line of the extension of Upper Welden Street so-called and the westerly line of the Fairfax Road; thence continuing westerly long the southerly line of the extension of said Upper Welden Street to a point that marks the intersection of the southerly line of the extension of Upper Welden Street and the easterly boundary line of the City of St. Albans; thence turning and running in a northerly direction along the easterly boundary of said City of St. Albans to a point at the north-westerly corner of the premises of one Howard King that marks the intersection of the easterly boundary of the City of St. Albans and a southerly boundary of the present Town of St. Albans; thence westerly along a northerly boundary line of the City of St. Albans to an easterly boundary line of the City of St. Albans; thence northerly along the easterly boundary of the City of St. Albans to a point in the southerly line of Fairfield Street marking the point of beginning.
24 V.S.A. § 4709 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4709
§ 4709. Federal insurance or guaranty
Status: in_force

The Bank may obtain from any department or agency of the United States of America any available insurance or guaranty for the payment or repayment of interest or principal, or both, or any part thereof, on any bonds or notes issued by the Bank, or on any municipal bonds or revenue bonds of governmental units purchased or held by the Bank, and notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter may enter into any agreement or contract with respect to any insurance or guaranty except to the extent that it would in any way impair or interfere with the ability of the Bank to perform and fulfill the terms of any agreement made with the holders of the bonds or notes of the Bank.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114E / Section 5
App. § 114E-5. Town Clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Clerk pursuant to section 8 of this charter. The appointee shall have strong interpersonal skills and shall be competent in the keeping of records. The person chosen need not be a resident of the Town; preference shall be given to a qualified resident.

(b) If a vacancy occurs in the office of Town Clerk, the Selectboard shall appoint an interim clerk to serve until the process described in section 8 of this charter is completed.

(c) The Selectboard shall appoint an Assistant Town Clerk after consultation with the Town Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 163 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 163
App. § 3-163. Composition
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of School Commissioners of said City shall be composed of 12 school commissioners. One commissioner from Ward One through Eight inclusive and one commissioner from each of the four districts shall be elected as hereinbefore and hereinafter provided.

(b) Anything contained herein or in the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, all candidates for the Board of School Commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis. No reference shall be made on an election ballot to a candidate's political affiliation or to the endorsement of any such candidate by political party or parties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 32
App. § 149-32. Administrative departments
Status: repealed

(a) [Repealed.]

(b) Department heads. Each Town department shall have a designated department head appointed by the Town Manager who shall supervise and control the department and employees of the department. The Town Manager may, at any time, assume the duties of a department head.

(c) Departmental rules and regulations. Whenever judged necessary by the Town Manager, department heads shall draft rules and regulations to be approved by the Town Manager, which shall govern and regulate the affairs of a department consistent with this charter and general law.

(d) Creation, reorganization, consolidation, or abolition of administrative departments. Departments within the Town administration can only be created, reorganized, consolidated, or abolished by formal action of the Selectboard.
24 V.S.A. § 4440 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4440
§ 4440. Administration; finance
Status: in_force

(a) Appropriations may be made by any municipality to finance the work of planning commissions, regional planning commissions, administrative officers, appropriate municipal panels, and other officials in the preparation, adoption, administration, and enforcement of development plans and supporting plans, bylaws, capital budgets and programs, and other regulatory and nonregulatory efforts to implement the municipal plan, and to support or oppose, upon appeal to the courts, decisions of an appropriate municipal panel. For these same purposes, any municipality may accept gifts and grants of money and services from private sources and from the State and federal governments.

(b) The legislative body may prescribe reasonable fees to be charged with respect to the administration of bylaws and for the administration of development review. These fees may include the cost of posting and publishing notices and holding public hearings and the cost of conducting periodic inspections during the installation of public improvements. These fees may be required to be payable by the applicant upon submission of the application or prior to issuance of permits or certificates of occupancy.

(c) The legislative body may set reasonable fees for filing of notices of appeal and for other acts as it deems proper, the payment of which shall be a condition to the validity of the filing or act under this chapter.

(d) The legislative body may establish procedures and standards for requiring an applicant to pay for reasonable costs of an independent technical review of the application.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 501 / Section 3
App. § 501-3. Powers
Status: in_force

The Milton Fire District No. 1 shall have all powers granted to a fire district pursuant to 20 V.S.A. chapter 171, and the Fire District shall have the authority to:

(1) construct, install, maintain, and repair all facilities and equipment necessary for the provision of water supply and distribution services to the members of the District;

(2) bill all users of water services provided by the District for their pro rata share of the expense of providing, operating, and maintaining the service;

(3) purchase, own, grant, convey, sell, or take by eminent domain real property, easements, and personal property in the name of Milton Fire District No. 1.
24 V.S.A. § 1822 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1822
§ 1822. Powers; approval of voters
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to the powers it may now or hereafter have, a municipal corporation otherwise authorized to own, acquire, improve, control, operate, or manage a public utility or project and to issue bonds pursuant to this subchapter, may also, by action of its legislative branch, exercise any of the following powers:

(1) to borrow money and issue bonds for the purposes of acquiring, improving, maintaining, financing, controlling, or operating the public utility or project, or for the purpose of selling, furnishing, or distributing the services, facilities, products, or commodities of such utility or project;

(2) to enter into contracts in connection with the issuance of bonds for any of the purposes enumerated in subdivision (1) of this subsection;

(3) to purchase, hold, and dispose of any of its bonds;

(4) to pledge or assign all or part of any net revenues of the public utility or project, to provide for or to secure the payment of the principal of and the interest on bonds issued in connection with such public utility or project;

(5) to do any and all things necessary or prudent to carry out the powers expressly granted or necessarily implied in this subchapter, including without limitation those powers enumerated in section 1824 of this title.

(b)(1) The bonds authorized under this section shall be in such form, shall contain such provisions, and shall be executed as may be determined by the legislative branch of the municipal corporation, but shall not be executed, issued, or made, and shall not be valid and binding, unless and until at least a majority of the legal voters of such municipal corporation present and voting at a duly warned annual or special meeting called for that purpose shall have first voted to authorize the same.

(2) The warning calling such a meeting shall state the purpose for which it is proposed to issue bonds, the estimated cost of the project, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued under this subchapter therefor, that such bonds are to be payable solely from net revenues, and shall fix the place where and the date on which such meetings shall be held and the hours of opening and closing the polls.

(3) The notice of the meeting shall be published and posted as provided in section 1756 of this title.

(4) When a majority of all the voters voting on the question at such meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds under this subchapter to pay for such project, the legislative body shall be authorized to issue bonds or enter into contracts, pledges, and assignments as provided in this subchapter.

(5) Sections 1757 and 1758 of this title shall apply to the proceedings taken hereunder, except that the form of ballot to be used shall be substantially as follows:

Shall bonds of the (name of municipality) to the amount of $_____ be issued under subchapter 2 of chapter 53 of Title 24, Vermont Statutes Annotated, payable only from net revenues derived from the (type) public utility system, for the purpose of paying for the following public utility project?

If in favor of the bond issue, make a cross (x) in this square □.

If opposed to the bond issue, make a cross (x) in this square □.

(c) The bonds authorized by this subchapter shall be sold at par, premium, or discount by negotiated sale, competitive bid, or to the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, the legislative branch of a municipal corporation owning a municipal plant as defined in 30 V.S.A. § 2901 may authorize by resolution the issuance of bonds in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of the total assets of said municipal plant without the need for voter approval. Nothing in this subsection shall be interpreted as eliminating the requirement for approval from the Public Utility Commission pursuant to 30 V.S.A. § 108, where applicable.
24 V.S.A. § 1688 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1688
§ 1688. Notice of deposits
Status: in_force

A bank or trust company in this State having on deposit funds of a municipal corporation shall annually, on or before January 5, send written notice to the chair of the board of auditors of such corporation, stating the balance on deposit to the credit of such corporation on December 31 next preceding, unless the holder of such funds is requested by such auditor to send such notice at some other date to conform to the fiscal year of such municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 1104
App. § 133-1104. Town report
Status: in_force

The contents of the Town report shall be the responsibility of the Town Auditors except as otherwise provided for in this charter. The contents of the reports of the School District shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent of Schools and the School District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 4
App. § 141-4. Village books and records
Status: in_force

The officers of the Village of Readsboro shall, before this merger goes in effect, and so far as possible or practicable, settle the affairs of said Village of Readsboro and shall, on the effective date hereof, turn over and deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Readsboro all books, records, documents, and other property of the said Village for the attention of the proper officers and departments of the merged and consolidated Town of Readsboro.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 4.04
App. § 107-4.4. Vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) When a member of the Selectboard resigns, is removed from office, ceases to be a resident of the Town, dies, or if his or her name is removed from the checklist, the office shall become vacant.

(b) A member of the Selectboard shall forfeit office if qualifications for the office prescribed by this charter or by State law are no longer met or if he or she violates any express provisions of this charter, or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or is absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the Board without being excused by the Board. The Board shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and of the grounds for forfeiture. For these purposes and for purposes of its hearings, inquiries, and investigations, the Board may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and require the production of evidence. A Selectboard member charged with conduct requiring forfeiture of his or her office shall have the right to a public hearing.

(c) When a vacancy occurs on the Board, the remaining Selectboard shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next regularly scheduled election. If there is more than one vacancy, the Board shall call a special election to fill the vacancies for the remainder of the terms. Such election shall be held not less than 40 nor more than 60 days following the occurrence of the vacancies.

(d) When a vacancy occurs in any other Town office, with the exception of the school directors, the Selectboard shall forthwith fill such vacancy by appointment until the next regularly scheduled election.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 113 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 113
App. § 235-113. Qualification to vote at Village meetings
Status: in_force

Every person who resides within the limits of said Village and is a legal voter in Town meeting of the Town of Ludlow shall be entitled to vote at any Village meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 406
App. § 19-406. Ordinance; enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) The violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw adopted by the City, including zoning and subdivision bylaws adopted pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, as the same may be amended from time to time, may be processed as a criminal or civil action in the manner provided by general law.

(b) All penalties collected for the violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw shall be paid over to the City, except for a surcharge that shall be set and retained by the court.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1402
App. § 247-1402. Improvements for which debt may be issued
Status: in_force

An improvement shall include, apart from its ordinary meaning, the acquiring of land for municipal purposes, the construction of, extension of, additions to, or remodeling of buildings or other improvements thereto, also furnishings, equipment, or apparatus to be used for or in connection with any existing or new improvements, work, department, or other corporate purposes.
24 V.S.A. § 212 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 212
§ 212. Bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, a county treasurer shall become bound to the county in the sum of $5,000.00, with sufficient sureties, by way of recognizance, before the assistant judges, or give a bond to the county executed by principal and sureties in like sum to be approved by the assistant judges, conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The recognizance or bond shall be lodged with and recorded by the county clerk and renewed annually in the month of February.
24 V.S.A. § 4676 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4676
§ 4676. General Fund
Status: in_force

(a) The Bank shall establish and maintain a fund called the “General Fund” in which there shall be deposited:

(1) fees received or charges made by the Bank for use of its services or facilities;

(2) any monies which the Bank shall transfer thereto from the reserve fund pursuant to section 4672 of this title from the Reserve Fund established pursuant to section 4671 of this title;

(3) monies received by the Bank as payments of principal of or interest on municipal bonds purchased by the Bank, or received as proceeds of sale of any municipal bonds or investment obligations of the Bank, or received as proceeds of sale of bonds or notes of the Bank, and required under the terms of any resolution of the Bank or contract with the holders of its bonds or notes to be deposited therein;

(4) any monies required under the terms of any resolution of the bank or contract with the holders of its bonds or notes to be deposited therein; and

(5) any monies transferred thereto from any other fund or made available for the purpose of the Fund by the State or for the operating expenses of the Bank; provided, however, that no such deposit or transfer shall be required if such action would impair in any way any contracts between the Bank and its bondholders or noteholders.

(b) any monies in the General Fund may, subject to any contracts between the Bank and its bondholders or noteholders, be transferred to the Reserve Fund established pursuant to section 4671 of this title, or if not so transferred, shall be used for the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds or notes of the Bank presently outstanding and any bonds or notes on a parity therewith, and any bonds or notes issued to refund such bonds or notes, all when they become due and payable, whether at maturity or upon redemption including payment of any premium upon redemption prior to maturity, and any monies in the General Fund may be used to make loans to governmental units under this chapter and for all other purposes of the Bank including payment of its operating expenses.
24 V.S.A. § 3413 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3413
§ 3413. Sewers in towns; powers of the selectboard; petition
Status: in_force

The selectboard of a town shall have the same authority to construct a sewer in a village in that town as is given by this chapter to selectboard of a town having a municipality within its limits. However, before acting, the selectboard shall receive a petition signed by 10 or more legal voters of such town asking them to construct a sewer or sewers in such village or an order of the State Board of Health authorizing them so to do.
24 V.S.A. § 934 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 934
§ 934. Selectboard to adjudicate claims
Status: in_force

The selectboard shall audit and in its discretion may allow claims against the town and draft orders therefor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 51
App. § 225-51. Elected officers
Status: in_force

(a) At the annual meeting, the following officers shall be elected by the voters of the Village of Hyde Park, and unless the voters have previously voted to proceed by Australian ballot pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2680, voting for all such officers shall be by paper ballot.

(1) Five trustees.

(2) One President.

(3) Three Bliss Fund trustees.

(4) Three auditors.

(b) Only a voter of the Village of Hyde Park may seek election to or hold a Village elective office except for an individual seeking the Office of President, who may be a resident of the Town of Hyde Park.
24 V.S.A. § 1909 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1909
§ 1909. Housing infrastructure agreement
Status: in_force

(a) The housing infrastructure agreement for a housing infrastructure project shall:

(1) clearly identify the sponsor for the housing infrastructure project;

(2) clearly identify the developer and the housing development for the housing development site;

(3) obligate the tax increments retained pursuant to section 1910c of this subchapter for not more than the financing and related costs for the housing infrastructure project;

(4) provide that any housing unit within the housing development be offered exclusively as a primary residence until all indebtedness for the housing infrastructure project of which the housing development is part has been retired, provided that this condition shall be satisfied by biennially providing a landlord certificate or homestead declaration; and

(5) provide for performance assurances to reasonably secure the obligations of all parties under the housing infrastructure agreement.

(b) A municipality shall provide notice of the terms of the housing infrastructure agreement for the municipality's housing infrastructure project to the legal voters of the municipality and shall provide the same information as set forth in subsection 1910a(e) of this subchapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 105
App. § 127-105. Reservation of powers to the Town
Status: in_force

Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Middlebury and the Selectboard of said Town by general or special enactments of State statutes or regulations 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 such general or special enactments unless this charter otherwise provides.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 101
App. § 153-101. General law; application
Status: in_force

Except as modified by the provisions of this charter or by any lawful regulation or ordinance of the Town of Stowe, all provisions of the statutes of this State applicable to towns shall apply to the Town of Stowe.
24 V.S.A. § 3204 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3204
§ 3204. Encouragement of private enterprise
Status: in_force

A municipality, to the greatest extent it determines to be feasible in carrying out the provisions of this chapter, shall afford maximum opportunity, consistent with the sound needs of the municipality as a whole, to the rehabilitation or redevelopment of the urban renewal area by private enterprise. A municipality shall give consideration to this objective in exercising its powers under this chapter, including the formulation of a workable program, the approval of urban renewal plans and community-wide plans or programs for urban renewal and general neighborhood renewal plans consistent with the general plan of the municipality, the exercise of its zoning powers, the enforcement of other laws, codes, and regulations relating to the use of land and the use and occupancy of buildings and improvements, the disposition of any property acquired, and the provision of necessary public improvements.
24 V.S.A. § 2681 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 71 / Section 2681
§ 2681. License required; ambulance license requirement
Status: in_force

(a) A person furnishing ambulance services or first responder services shall obtain a license to furnish services under this subchapter.

(b)(1) In order to obtain and maintain a license, an ambulance service shall be required to provide its services in a manner that does not discriminate on the basis of income, funding source, or severity of health needs, in order to ensure access to ambulance services within the licensee's service area.

(2) The Department of Health shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of subdivision (1) of this subsection.
24 V.S.A. § 3809 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3809
§ 3809. Sudden destruction of fence; repairs; damages
Status: in_force

When a division fence is suddenly damaged or destroyed by fire, winds, or floods, a person who ought to repair the same shall do so within 10 days after being thereto requested by a person interested therein, and shall pay the damages done to the opposite party by animals straying from his or her occupied lands to those of the other party during the time the fence is out of repair. If he or she does not make or repair his or her portion of the fence within 10 days after such request, the party sustaining damage thereby may make or repair the same at the expense of the person neglecting so to do, and may recover the same in a civil action on this statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1003 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 1003
App. § 153-1003. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

No person in the service of the Town shall either directly or indirectly give, render, pay, or receive any service or other valuable thing for or on account of or in connection with any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 702
App. § 153-702. Oath; bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon his or her official duties, the Town Manager shall be sworn to the faithful performance of those duties by the Town Clerk and shall give a bond to the Town in an amount and with sureties as the Selectboard may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 16
App. § 207-16. Tax abatement
Status: in_force

The Board for the Abatement of Taxes shall consist of the Board of Trustees, President, Clerk, and Treasurer, and justice of the peace and listers residing in the Village. The act of a majority of a quorum at a meeting shall be treated as the act of the Board. The above requirement in respect to a quorum need not be met if the President, Clerk, Treasurer, and a majority of the trustees are present at the meeting. The Board shall have the power to abate taxes assessed by vote of the Village, and the power of the Board to abate taxes shall be subject to the same limitations, and may be exercised for the causes, as stated in 24 V.S.A. § 1535.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8.09 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 8.09
App. § 9-8.9. Local option tax
Status: in_force

(a) A local option sales tax is authorized under this section for the purpose of affording the City an alternative method of raising municipal revenues with the goal of lessening the impact of certain expenses on the property tax or water and sewer fees, or both.

(b) The Board of Aldermen may authorize the assessment of a sales tax of one percent.

(c) Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Vermont Department of Taxes pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138.

(d) Revenues received through a tax imposed under this section shall be used for any of the following:

(1) deposit in any capital improvement reserve fund established in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 2804;

(2) reducing the deficit in any underfunded pension; or

(3) financing the construction, reconstruction, or repair of City buildings, streets, sidewalks, or other infrastructure.
24 V.S.A. § 1318 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1318
§ 1318. Annexation; fix time for voting
Status: in_force

At the time of making their decision, if they decide in favor of enlargement, the commissioners shall appoint a time and place at which persons residing within the bounds of the territory sought to be annexed, as fixed by the commissioners, shall meet to vote upon the question of annexation. Such commissioners shall give public notice of such meeting in such manner as they see fit.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 12
App. § 219-12. Trustees; duties
Status: in_force

The trustees shall keep a full and true record of all orders drawn and expenditures made by them, and no money shall be paid out of the treasury except upon their order, and the Village may appoint one or more auditors to audit and settle the accounts of any or all its officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 402
App. § 215-402. Duties, compensation, and terms of police officers
Status: in_force

The trustees may specify their duties as watchmen and patrols and agree with them for their compensation, which shall be paid by the the Village. Each of the police shall be sworn; shall have the same powers within the limits of the Village as constables in serving criminal process and in criminal matters; when on duty, shall wear conspicuously a badge of office; and shall hold their office for one year, unless sooner discharged.
24 V.S.A. § 3252 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3252
§ 3252. Purpose of assessments
Status: in_force

Special assessments may be made for the purchase, construction, repair, reconstruction, or extension of a water system or sewage system, or any other public improvement that is of benefit to a limited area of a municipality to be served by the improvement, including those projects authorized under subchapter 2 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 202
App. § 129-202. Elective officers
Status: in_force

(a) Officers. The officers elected at its annual meeting shall be:

(1) five selectpersons;

(2) Town Clerk;

(3) Town Treasurer;

(4) five library trustees;

(5) five school trustees; and

(6) Champlain Water District (CWD) Representative.

(b) Candidate for office. No candidate for any office listed above that has multiple open seats for an election shall campaign for more than one seat. However, a candidate may campaign for multiple offices as allowed by law.

(c) Qualifications. All elected officers shall be chosen at large from the legally qualified voters at a legally warned Town meeting using the Australian ballot system. The elected officers shall hold office for the terms as set forth in section 203 and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(d) Bonding. All officers shall be sworn before entering their duties, and all officers as described in 24 V.S.A. § 832 shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties in an amount prescribed and approved by the Selectboard.

(e) Termination.

(1) When an elected officer specified in subsection (a) of this section resigns, becomes domiciled in another town, dies, or is removed by recall, that office shall become vacant and the Selectboard, in the case of the Town, and the school trustees, in the case of the school, shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next legally warned annual meeting. The person appointed shall serve until the vacant term expires.

(2) If more than one vacancy occurs on the Selectboard or Board of School Trustees at the same time, then the respective board shall call a special election to fill the vacancies, unless there are fewer than 90 days until the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 50 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 50
App. § 901-50. Dissolution of the Authority
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Upon the affirmative vote of directors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of the directors present, the Board may prepare a plan of dissolution for submission to the voters of the Authority at a special meeting of the Authority duly warned for such purposes.

(2) If the voters of the Authority present and voting at such special meeting of the Authority vote to dissolve the Authority, the Authority shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary to complete the plan of dissolution and conclude its affairs.

(3) The Board of Directors shall cause a notice of the plan of dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the Authority and to the Secretary of State.

(b) The plan of dissolution shall, at a minimum:

(1) identify and value all assets of the Authority;

(2) identify all liabilities of the Authority, including contract obligation;

(3) determine how the assets of the Authority shall be liquidated and how the liabilities and obligations of the Authority shall be paid, to include assessments against municipalities of the Authority; and

(4) specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the municipalities according to the same basic formula used in apportioning the costs of the Authority to the municipalities.

(c) When the plan of dissolution has been fully implemented, the Board shall certify that fact to the members whereupon this chapter and the Authority shall be terminated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 8
App. § 503-8. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of St. George Fire District No. 1 shall be July 1 through June 30 of the following year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 201
App. § 1-201. Application of general laws
Status: in_force

Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont, relating to the qualifications of elections, the manner of voting, the duties of electing officers, and all other particulars respective to the preparation for, conducting, and management of elections, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all municipal elections, and all general and special meetings, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 27
App. § 219-27. Sewer and drains; abutting landowners
Status: in_force

Whenever in the judgment of the trustees, the public health, convenience, or sanitary condition of the Village renders it necessary, the Village may require any abutting or adjacent property holder to construct a suitable sewer or drain from the abutting or adjacent premises and suitably connect the same with the main sewer or drain, or they may require that any sewer or drain already constructed be so connected with the main sewer or drain and if, after 30 days' notice in writing to the abutting or adjacent property holder of the requirement, he or she neglects to construct and connect a sewer or drain, or connect an already constructed sewer or drain with the main sewer or drain, the trustees may construct and connect such sewer or drain, or connect an already constructed sewer or drain with the main sewer or drain, assessing therefor the actual cost of so doing against the property and the property holder, which shall be a lien upon the premises and shall be enforced and collected in the same manner as is hereinbefore provided for the enforcement and collection of assessments for benefits; and any property holder shall have the same right of petition and appeal as is also hereinbefore provided in case of the assessments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 52 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 52
App. § 405-52. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
Status: in_force

(a) A question considered or voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission, except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for that purpose, and called by the Board of Commissioners on its own motion or pursuant to a petition requesting such reconsideration or rescission signed and submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) Where a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted on at a previous special meeting is submitted to the Board of Commissioners of the District within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board of Commissioners shall provide for a vote by the District in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the submission at a special meeting duly warned for that purpose.

(c) A vote taken at a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special meeting called and warned in accordance with this section.

(d) A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 44
App. § 213-44. Connection with sewer
Status: in_force

After the system of sewers has been constructed as provided in section 43 of this charter, each and every owner of a house in the Village of Cambridge situate upon a street, alley, or lane through which a main sewer has been constructed shall cause to be constructed under the direction of the Board of Trustees a sewer or drain from the owner's house to the main sewer, so constructed as to take all slops and filth from any sink, bowl, water closet, or privy in or around the house and discharge the same into the main sewer, and in case any person or corporation owning a house in the Village shall fail or neglect to construct the branch sewer from the house, it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to give the person notice in writing, recorded by the Clerk, requiring the owner to build the branch sewer from the premises to the main sewer; and in case the person does not so construct the branch sewer within 30 days from the time of receiving the notice, it shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to declare the premises a nuisance, and the Board of Trustees is authorized and empowered to enter upon the premises and properly construct the branch sewer, and the person upon whose premises the branch sewer has been so constructed by the Board of Trustees shall pay to the Treasurer of the corporation upon the completion of the work all expense that the Board of Trustees has incurred in the construction of the branch sewer, and in case the person neglects to pay the same, the corporation shall have action founded on this statute to recover such expense, and the premises shall be holden for the payment of any judgment received in the action, and no homestead shall be exempt from attachment and execution in the action.
24 V.S.A. § 2783 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76 / Section 2783
§ 2783. Eligibility for performance grants
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of a proposal for a performance grant, the Secretary shall within 60 days determine whether or not the service provider may be awarded a performance grant under this chapter. The Secretary shall enter into a performance grant with a service provider if the Secretary finds:

(1) the service provider serves an economic region generally consistent with one or more of the State's regional planning commission regions;

(2) the service provider demonstrates the ability and willingness to provide planning and resource development services to local communities and to assist communities in evaluating economic conditions and prepare for economic growth and stability;

(3) the service provider demonstrates an ability to gather economic and demographic information concerning the area served;

(4) the service provider has, or demonstrates it will be able to secure, letters of support from the legislative bodies of the affected municipalities;

(5) the service provider demonstrates a capability and willingness to assist existing business and industry, to encourage the development and growth of small business, and to attract industry and commerce;

(6) the service provider appears to be the best qualified service provider from the region to accomplish and promote economic development;

(7) the service provider needs the performance grant and that the performance grant will be used for the employment of professional persons or expenses consistent with performance grant provisions, or both;

(8) the service provider presents an operating budget and has adequate funds available to match the performance grant;

(9) the service provider demonstrates a willingness to involve the public of the region in its policy-making process by offering membership to representatives of all municipalities in the economic region which shall elect the directors of the governing board;

(10) the service provider demonstrates a willingness to coordinate its activities with the planning functions of any regional planning commission located in the same geographic area as the service provider.
24 V.S.A. § 1409 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 43 / Section 1409
§ 1409. Supervisor's account
Status: in_force

Quarterly, on the first Tuesday in February, May, August, and November, each supervisor shall render to the Commissioner of Finance and Management an account showing in detail the time spent and expenses necessarily incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her duties, except such duties as relate to the collection of taxes or are compensated by fees. Such account, as allowed by the Commissioner of Finance and Management, shall be paid by the State out of the avails of the taxes assessed under 32 V.S.A. § 4962.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 10.05
App. § 9-10.5. Assistant City Treasurer
Status: in_force

The City Treasurer may appoint an Assistant City Treasurer who shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Treasurer, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Aldermen. The Assistant City Treasurer shall render such service to the City Treasurer as he or she may require and in the absence or inability of the City Treasurer to perform his or her duties, the Assistant City Treasurer shall have the same powers, be subject to the same liabilities, and perform all of the duties of the City Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 3.05
App. § 147-3.5. Appointive officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint any other officers required by law or this charter. Such appointment shall be annually, or for such terms established by law.

(b) The Selectboard may create such other appointive officers not provided for by this charter or required by law as it deems to be in the best interest of the Town.

(c) Appointed terms shall commence April 1 or as soon thereafter as the successor is appointed and has qualified, unless a different term is established by law. Incumbent appointees shall serve until April 1 or until their successors are appointed and are qualified to serve.

(d) Members of the Selectboard shall not be appointed to commissions.

(e) There shall be an Assessing Department, which shall consist of a Chief Assessor and such assistants as are deemed necessary by the Town Manager with the approval of the Selectboard. The Chief Assessor and assistants shall be appointed, and may be removed, by the Selectboard in accordance with this subchapter.

(f) The Selectboard shall appoint, and may remove, a Town Treasurer in accordance with this subchapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1406
App. § 247-1406. Public utility financing
Status: in_force

The Village may, by action of the Board of Trustees, in lieu of the issuance of bonds of levy of taxes and in addition to any other lawful means or methods of providing for the payment of indebtedness, have the power by and through the Board of Trustees to provide for and secure the payment of all or a part of the cost of any public utility pursuant to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, or as hereafter amended.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 2
App. § 245-2. Village boundaries
Status: in_force

All that portion of the Town of Morristown in the County of Lamoille as follows:

Beginning at the northwest corner of the farm now owned by W.J. Foss and Helen Foss, and being at the point where the lands of the said W.J. Foss and Helen Foss and lands of Harold Ryder converge at the south boundary of the highway leading from Morrisville to Stowe, known as Route 100, said point being 135 feet easterly from a marble highway marker inscribed “Vt. 1934—NRH 88 B—NRM 88c”;

Thence along the division line of said Foss and Ryder properties southerly to the southwest corner of said W.J. Foss and Helen Foss farm;

Thence in the southerly line of said Foss farm to the highway leading from Morrisville to the farm now owned by Edna A. Carpentier;

Thence across said highway to and along the division line of said Carpentier property and premises known as the Morey place to the division line between premises of Edna A. Carpentier and premises of Ernest H. Mercia and Gladys Mercia;

Thence along the northerly division line of said Ernest H. Mercia and Gladys Mercia premises to the highway known as Randolph Road;

Thence southerly along said Randolph Road to the northerly line of land formerly held by Sarah Noyes Hardy, now held by the trustees of the Copley fund;

Thence easterly along the northerly line of said Sarah Noyes Hardy premises and northerly along the easterly line of land of Volney C. Farr and Gladys Farr to the highway leading from Maple Street in the Village of Morrisville to Elmore, Vermont;

Thence northerly along the easterly line of land of Lyle and Marcella Stewart to premises of Arthur T. and Hazel Stewart;

Thence easterly along the northerly line of land of C.M. and Doris Greaves to the westerly line of premises known as the David Brown land;

Thence northerly along the westerly line of land known as the David Brown land, and land of Max and Priscilla Davison to the main highway leading from Morrisville to Elmore;

Thence across said highway and along the division line of land of Jean Pinney and Max B. and Priscilla Davison to the northeasterly corner of premises of Jean Pinney;

Thence westerly along the division line of premises of Jean Pinney and R.H. and Fannye Hayes to the southwesterly corner of premises of said R.H. and Fannye Hayes (the Hayes farm);

Thence along the westerly boundary of said Hayes farm premises, supposed to be the westerly line of lot 53 of the second division of lands of the Town of Morristown, to the south bank of the Lamoille River;

Thence westerly along the south bank of the Lamoille River to its intersection with the westerly line of lands owned by W.G. and Lillian Lepper;

Thence northerly along the westerly division line of said W.G. and Lillian Lepper premises, supposed to be the easterly line of lot 60 and westerly line of lot 57, within the third division of lots, to the highway known as the Morristown Plains Road;

Thence westerly along said highway to its intersection with the main highway leading from Morrisville to Hyde Park;

Thence in a straight line to a point which lies approximately 444 feet north 86° 30′ west from the southwesterly corner of lands formerly known as the fairgrounds, said point being designated as “Point A”;

Thence from Point A 17 feet south 41° 30′ west;

Thence in a bearing south 87° 20′ east a distance of 452 feet to a point opposite the southwesterly corner of lands formerly known as the fairgrounds;

Thence in a line parallel with the southerly boundary of said fairground premises south 46° 50′ east a distance of 618 feet to the westerly side of the highway leading from Morrisville to Hyde Park (constituting a right-of-way 24.75 feet in width containing 0.608 acres within the boundaries set forth herein in that portion of the description subsequent to Point A where the same first appears herein);

Thence from Point A north 48° 30′ west a distance of 647 feet to the easterly boundary of the right-of-way of the St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad Company;

Thence southerly along said St. Johnsbury and Lake Champlain Railroad Company right-of-way a distance of approximately 566 and five-tenths feet to the brook running into Lake Lamoille southerly from the mill premises of Atlas Plywood Corporation;

Thence along the course of said brook to the easterly shore of Lake Lamoille;

Thence along the easterly shore of Lake Lamoille to the northerly line of land formerly owned by Hill and Goodrich, now the property of the Village of Morrisville;

Thence across said lake diagonally to an iron stake near the west shore of said lake;

Thence southerly along the easterly line of land of C.S. Edwards to a point and stake in the northerly line of the highway leading from Morrisville to Stowe;

Thence along the northerly line of said highway to a point opposite the intersection of lands of W.J. and Helen Foss and Harold Ryder with the southerly line of said highway;

Thence southerly across the said highway to the point of beginning; shall be known as the Village of Morrisville.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 289 / Section 11
App. § 289-11. Water; light; sidewalks
Status: in_force

The corporation is empowered to contract for water for extinguishing fires, and for that purpose may build and maintain its own system therefor or employ such other means as may be determined upon and may contract for lights for lighting the streets and public places, and may contract for the building of sidewalks, and may levy and collect a tax to provide funds to meet such contracts.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 1
App. § 401-1. Creation
Status: in_force

Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, and upon approval of at least two voting municipalities, a union municipal district to be known as the “Addison County Solid Waste Management District” (the “District”), which shall be a body politic and corporate, shall be created.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 1
App. § 601-1. Creation
Status: in_force

Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, there is created a union municipal district that shall be known as the Rutland County Recreation District and that shall be a body politic and corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 604 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 604
App. § 113-604. Appropriation
Status: in_force

The effective date of the budget shall be July 1 of each year. The budgeted accounts and their corresponding dollar amounts shall be those approved by the legal voters under section 603 of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1786a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1786a
§ 1786a. Borrowing for public improvements and capital assets
Status: in_force

(a) The voters of a municipality may authorize specific public improvements and the acquisition of capital assets and finance the same, temporarily or permanently, through debt instruments other than bonds for a term not to exceed the reasonably anticipated useful life of the improvements or assets as provided in this section.

(b) If the improvements or assets are to be financed for a term of five years or less, they shall be approved by the voters at an annual or special meeting duly warned for the purpose in accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 55. However, the requirement of this subsection shall not apply to purchases made by selectboards under the provisions of 19 V.S.A. § 304(a)(3).

(c) If the improvements or assets are to be financed for a term of more than five years, the procedural provisions of sections 1755, 1756, and 1757 of this title shall apply. A vote on the question shall be held at a duly warned annual or special meeting and shall be by Australian ballot. The ballot shall be in substantially the following form:

“Shall the voters authorize (describe public improvement or acquisition) in an amount not to exceed ($ ........ ) to be financed over a period not to exceed (number of years).”

(d) Public improvements or assets approved under subsection (c) of this section may be financed for a period of five years or less.

(e) Debt instruments authorized under this section may be refunded in the manner provided in sections 1771 and 1772 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 35
App. § 403-35. Budget appropriation and assessment
Status: in_force

(a) Proposed Budget. Annually on or before the 15th day of December, the Board of Supervisors shall establish the per capita assessment to be paid by each member municipality for the next succeeding fiscal year and therefor shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative branch of each member municipality for review and comment an annual report of activities, including a financial statement, and a proposed budget of the District for the next fiscal year. This proposed budget shall include reasonably detailed estimates of:

(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 solid waste 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 sources other than assessments to member municipalities;

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

(10) the proposed assessment to each member municipality;

(11) such other estimates as the Board of Supervisors shall deem necessary to propose.

(b) Budget hearing. The Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on or before the first day of November of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed per capita assessment and the proposed budget. Notice of such hearing shall be the same as that specified under section 44 of this chapter. The Board of Supervisors shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed per capita assessment and the proposed budget as it deems advisable.

(c) Budget adoption, appropriations, and assessment. Annually, on or before May 15, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt the budget, appropriate the sums that it deems necessary to operate and carry out the District's functions for the next ensuing fiscal year, assess each member municipality for its proportionate share of the sums so appropriated, and adopt a schedule designating when such assessments are due and payable by the member municipalities.

(d) Apportionment of assessments. Assessments may be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of population or relative tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by or within each of the member municipalities. Each member municipality may be assessed a percentage of the sum appropriated equal to the ratio that solid waste generated by the member municipality bears to the total solid waste generated within the District. At the discretion of the Board of Supervisors, population may be used as an indicator of waste generation. The Board of Supervisors may determine each member municipality's solid waste generation based upon actual tonnage or volume delivered, historic tonnage or volume, computed or estimated tonnage or volume, or guaranteed tonnage or volume, whether actually delivered or not. If, after the first year of operation of any District facility, the Board of Supervisors determines that prior assessments were substantially inequitable, it shall retroactively adjust prior year assessments such that municipalities overcharged are given a proportionate credit against future assessments and municipalities undercharged are assessed a proportionate surcharge payable over such period as the Board of Supervisors determines will be reasonable. Thereafter, the Board of Supervisors may from time to time reestablish the percentage of solid waste generation attributed to each member municipality and adjust the assessments accordingly, but no retroactive adjustments shall be made. Similar estimates and adjustments shall be made for new member municipalities and for the first time use of a new or different disposal facility.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 910 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 910
App. § 19-910. Application of State statutes
Status: in_force

Except when changed or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City, all provisions of the statutes of this State, relating to towns or town officers shall apply to the City, and to the several officers thereof corresponding to like officers of towns.
24 V.S.A. § 3635 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 102 / Section 3635
§ 3635. Limitation
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter or in any ordinance relieves any person of obligations under the law for the proper performance of a sewage system.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 15
App. § 901-15. Bond
Status: in_force

Within 30 days of their election or appointment, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall be determined by the Board. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the Authority.
24 V.S.A. § 1161 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1161
§ 1161. General index
Status: in_force

(a)(1) A town clerk shall keep a general index of transactions affecting the title to real estate wherein he or she shall enter in one column, in alphabetical order, the name of the grantor to the grantee and, in a parallel column, the name of the grantee from the grantor, of every deed, conveyance, mortgage, lease, or other instrument affecting the title to real estate, and each writ of attachment, notice of lien, or other instrument evidencing or giving notice of an encumbrance on real estate which is filed or recorded in the town clerk's office, with the name of the book, volume, or other manner of recording and the page of record in the following form:

(2) If the instrument is executed on behalf of or to convey the interest of another party, the same shall be indexed in the name of the other party as grantor. In case the instrument is executed by more than one grantor and to more than one grantee, the name of each grantor and each grantee shall be indexed. When the party is a natural person the name shall be indexed under the first letter of such person's surname, and when the party is a corporation the name shall be indexed under the first letter of the first word of its name disregarding articles and initials. For purposes of this section, a defendant against whose property a writ of attachment is filed or a person against whose property a lien is asserted shall be considered a grantor, and a plaintiff filing a writ or a person asserting a lien shall be considered a grantee. The general index may be kept electronically.

(b) For the purposes of this section, “transactions affecting title to real estate” shall include the instruments described in subsections 1154(a) and (b) of this title. Each owner of record title to the property at the time such an instrument is issued shall be listed as the grantor. The State of Vermont shall be listed as the grantee for instruments described in subdivisions 1154(a)(4), (5), and (8) of this title. The municipality issuing the instrument shall be listed as the grantee for instruments described in subdivision 1154(a)(6) of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 402
App. § 153-402. Selectboard; number of members; terms of office; election
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a Selectboard consisting of five members.

(b) The term of office of a Selectboard member shall be as follows: Three Selectboard members shall serve for terms of three years and two Selectboard members shall serve for terms of two years. Selectboard members shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.

(c) All Selectboard members shall be elected at large.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 419 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 419
App. § 1-419. Duties
Status: in_force

The City Engineer shall make all public surveys of the streets and public grounds of the City and shall perform such other services as he or she may be required by the City Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 159 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 159
App. § 3-159. Selection of official depositary
Status: in_force

The Board of Finance shall, in the month of June 1994, and not less frequently than once every three years thereafter, procure from chartered banks of known reliability and sufficient capital their offers to act as depositary for the City monies, or for specified portions thereof, and the terms upon which they will receive such monies, and also the terms upon which they will furnish money upon such temporary and emergency loans to the City, or specified portions thereof, as the City Council from time to time may authorize. They shall by vote determine which of said offers, if any, they accept, and appoint such bank or banks whose offer or offers are accepted, as depositary or depositaries of such monies, or any portion thereof, to which any offer relates, as to them shall appear to be for the best interests of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 174 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 174
App. § 3-174. City to provide, equip, and maintain
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of said City to provide, equip, and maintain suitable schoolhouses for the accommodation of all the public schools of, or required by, said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 105
App. § 106-105. Police Department
Status: in_force

Upon the date of merger, the Village Police Department will become a Town Police Department. The Town Police Department budget will be determined annually at Town meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1102
App. § 131-1102. Continuance in office
Status: in_force

[Transitional provisions related to ending legal matters at the time of the adoption of the charter.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 210 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 210
App. § 113-210. Compensation of Selectboard; appointees
Status: in_force

(a) Compensation paid to the Selectboard shall be set by the voters at the annual meeting.

(b) The Selectboard shall fix the compensation of all officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this charter. All fees payable to the Town Clerk shall be paid to the Town Treasury and the compensation fixed by the Selectboard shall be in lieu of any such fees otherwise payable to the Town Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 23
App. § 417-23. Vice Chair
Status: in_force

(a) During the absence of or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the same shall be performed and exercised by the Vice Chair and when so acting, the Vice Chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities hereby given to or imposed upon the Chair.

(b) 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. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 11
App. § 11-11. City Manager
Status: in_force

(a) The City Manager shall be chosen and appointed by majority vote of the City Council for an indefinite term, and his or her salary fixed, solely on the basis of his or her technical education as a City Manager and executive and administrative qualifications. The City Council's choice shall not be limited to the inhabitants of the City or State.

(b) The City Manager may be removed from office by a majority vote of the City Council. At least 30 days before such removal shall become effective, the Council shall by a majority vote of its members adopt a preliminary resolution stating the reasons for his or her removal, and cause a copy of the resolution to be given to the Manager. The Manager may reply in writing and may request a public hearing, which shall be held not earlier than 20 days nor later than 30 days after the filing of such request. After the public hearing, if one is requested, and after full consideration, the Council by majority vote of its members may adopt a final resolution of removal. During the absence or disability of the City Manager, the City Council shall designate some properly qualified person to perform the duties of the Office.

(c) Neither the City Council nor any of its committees shall dictate the appointment or removal of any staff member by the City Manager, or in any manner interfere with the City Manager or prevent him or her from exercising his or her own judgment in the appointment of administrative service staff with the exception of the appointment of the Director of Public Works, the Fire Chief, and the Chief of Police as provided in subsection (e) of this section. Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Council and its members shall deal with the administrative service solely through the City Manager, and neither the Council nor any member thereof shall give orders to any subordinates of the City Manager, either publicly or privately.

(d) The City Manager shall be the administrative head of the City government and shall be responsible to the City Council for the administration of the affairs of the City and carrying out the policies of the City Council. The powers and duties of the City Manager shall be as follows:

(1) the City Manager shall see that all laws and ordinances are enforced;

(2) shall exercise administrative control over all departments herein created or that may be created by administrative code except as otherwise provided in this charter;

(3) shall make all staff appointments and removals except as otherwise provided in this charter;

(4) shall prepare the annual fiscal budget to be submitted to the City Council on or before the date set each year by the City Council;

(5) shall attend meetings of the City Council, take part in the business discussion, and make such recommendations for the determination of policy as the City Manager may deem expedient, except when City Council is considering his or her removal;

(6) shall act as purchasing agent for all City departments, except schools;

(7) shall be the Collector of Taxes, or shall delegate collection efforts to his or her designee;

(8) shall fix the salaries and wages of all employees under the City Manager's jurisdiction in accordance with this charter, fiscal budgets, and personnel policies;

(9) shall administer the personnel policies, job classifications, and pay plan;

(10) may delegate responsibility for administrative duties to staff members and subordinate officials; and

(11) shall perform other duties as may be prescribed by this charter or required by the City Council.

(e) Appointments by the City Manager of the following officials shall be subject to the approval of the City Council: Director of Public Works, Fire Chief, and Chief of Police. These appointed officials shall, unless removed by the City Manager, serve indefinitely and until their successors are appointed and qualified. These officials and employees appointed by the City Manager as herein provided shall be immediately responsible to the City Manager for the administration of their departments, and their advice in writing may be required by him or her on all matters affecting their departments. They shall prepare departmental estimates that shall be open to public inspection, and they shall make all other reports and recommendations concerning their departments or offices at stated intervals or whenever requested by the City Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.10
App. § 9-22.10. Compensation
Status: in_force

The compensation of all members of the Police Department, including that of Chief of Police, shall be fixed by the Board of Aldermen and all fees accruing to them under the laws of the State or the provisions of this charter shall belong to the City and shall be paid into the City Treasury by the court taxing same.
24 V.S.A. § 1981 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1981
§ 1981. Enforcement of order from Judicial Bureau
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the filing of the complaint and entry of a judgment after hearing or entry of default by the hearing officer, subject to any appeal pursuant to 4 V.S.A. § 1107, the person found in violation shall have up to 30 days to pay the penalty to the Judicial Bureau. All the civil remedies for collection of judgments shall be available to enforce the final judgment of the Judicial Bureau.

(b) In addition to any other civil remedies available by law, a final judgment of the Judicial Bureau that has not been satisfied within 30 days shall, upon due recordation in the land records of the town in which any real or personal property of the defendant is located, constitute a lien upon that real or personal property, except for motor vehicles as defined by 23 V.S.A. § 4(21), and may be enforced within the time and in the manner provided for the collection of taxes pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 133, subchapter 8.

(c) The remedies of civil contempt and referral to a collections agency for failure to pay a Judicial Bureau judgment under this section shall be as provided in 4 V.S.A. § 1109(c) and (d).
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 210 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 210
App. § 117-210. Recall of Selectboard members
Status: in_force

(a) A petition signed by 15 percent of the registered voters of the municipality, based upon the total number of registered voters at the last preceding municipal election, demanding the recall of the Selectboard member or members cited in the petition, shall be filed with the Town Clerk.

(b) Within 60 days after receiving a valid petition, the Selectboard shall call a special meeting or, if annual meeting is within 60 days, include a question on the annual Town meeting ballot to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed. The vote shall be held by Australian ballot.

(c) The Selectboard member 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. The Selectboard member or members shall be removed from office immediately, and the Selectboard shall then name a successor in accordance with the replacement provisions of this charter.

(d) A recall petition shall not be brought against an individual more than once within 12 months.
24 V.S.A. § 73 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 73
§ 73. Support of sheriff's department
Status: in_force

(a) The county shall provide the sheriff with an adequate bond, a suitable office, office equipment and supplies, and adequate telephone service. The sheriff's department shall also be provided with law enforcement equipment, supplies, insurance, and funds for maintaining and operating such equipment as the assistant judges consider necessary to ensure that the department operates in a safe, accountable, and professional manner. The county shall also provide reasonable secretarial assistance and bookkeeping assistance. The county shall also provide funds necessary for department personnel to comply with basic and in-service training requirements established by the Vermont Criminal Justice Council; funds to provide the matching share for grants from federal, State, or private sources; and funds to pay the liability insurance premiums for the sheriff and sheriff's deputies.

(b) From revenues derived from a contract, the sheriff's department shall provide salaries, equipment, and other funds necessary to carry out that contract.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 508 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 508
App. § 411-508. Australian ballot
Status: in_force

The Australian ballot system shall be used at all meetings of the District for all articles calling for action by the legal voters of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 1785 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1785
§ 1785. Registered bonds; conversion not to affect liability
Status: in_force

Such conversion shall in no respect or degree weaken or impair the obligation of such municipal corporation to pay such bond, note, or certificate so converted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 12
App. § 279-12. Water Department authorization
Status: in_force

The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage a public water supply system within and without its corporate limits and shall exercise all powers, prerogatives, and authority conferred generally upon municipalities with respect to waterworks.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 171 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 171
App. § 3-171. Appointment; compensation; removal; term
Status: in_force

Said commissioners shall, if applicable under the circumstances, during the second week in April, appoint the Superintendent of Schools and/or fix his or her compensation, which shall be paid by the school commissioners in the same manner as other expenses for the support of schools; and for causes of incapacity, negligence, or misconduct they may remove such Superintendent of Schools from office and they shall by appointment fill all vacancies in such office arising from any cause. Such Superintendent shall be appointed to serve a term, the length of which shall not be for less than one year nor more than three years which term shall commence on the first day of July following such appointment. The Superintendent shall hold his or her office for his or her full appointed term unless excused therefrom by the school commissioners or unless sooner removed as hereinbefore provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 34
App. § 403-34. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of each year.
24 V.S.A. § 1780 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1780
§ 1780. Certificate of registration indorsed; when
Status: in_force

When it shall be determined by a municipal corporation to issue registered bonds, the legislative branch of the municipal corporation shall direct the treasurer of such municipal corporation to indorse upon the back of each of such bonds over his or her official signature a certificate of registration in substantially the form hereinafter provided, inserting in the appropriate places the date of such registration, the name and address of the registered holder, and his or her own signature as transfer agent. Thereafter such bond shall be transferable only upon the books of such municipality upon presentation to the treasurer thereof with a written assignment duly acknowledged or proved.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 13
App. § 417-13. Special Board meetings
Status: in_force

Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or shall be called by the Clerk upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors. Except in case of emergency, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be given at least 24 hours' notice of any special meeting of the Board of Supervisors by notice in person, by telephone, or by written notice delivered personally, mailed electronically, mailed, or left at such member's usual place of residence.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1303
App. § 247-1303. Water commissioners and water works
Status: in_force

(a) The Village shall have three water commissioners who may be elected by ballot if the Village has so ordered; otherwise they shall be appointed by the trustees. Of those commissioners first elected or appointed, one shall have a term of one year, one a term of two years, and one a term of three years.

(b) The trustees may remove from office a commissioner appointed by them for just cause after due notice and hearing. The trustees may appoint members of their own Board to serve as water commissioners. The Village shall have such powers, and the commissioners shall have such duties, with reference to any waterworks that are in existence or established as set forth in 24 V.S.A. chapter 89, or any amendments thereto.

(c) Without limiting the generality of subsections (a) and (b) of this section, commissioners shall have the supervision of the Municipal Water Department and shall make and establish all needful water rates, rules, and regulations for its control and operation.

(d) The water commissioners shall hire a person to superintend the physical operation of the water system, provide him or her with written guidelines of the Superintendent's duties, and this Superintendent shall be responsible for the proper and efficient maintenance of the system in accordance with the guidelines.

(e) The Superintendent shall report once each month to the water commissioners and once each year shall make a written report to them. The written report shall be included in the water commissioners annual report to the Village.

(f) The books and bank accounts of the water system shall be kept separate from the other books and accounts of the Village. The rents and receipts for the use of municipal water shall only be used and applied to pay the interest upon the Water Department bonds, the expense of repairs, improvements, and management of the Water Department, and in payment of the Municipal Water Department bonds. The money received from the operation of the Municipal Water Department shall not be used for any other purposes until all bonds, notes, or other certificates of indebtedness have been paid.

(g) Any improvements to the system costing more than $7,000.00 shall require the approval of a majority of the legally qualified voters of the Village present and voting, at either an annual or special meeting called for that purpose.

(h) From the income of the system an emergency fund, not to exceed $10,000.00, may be created by the water commissioners. Emergency funds shall be expended only in case of an emergency and the nature of the emergency recorded by the Clerk as declared by the water commissioners.

(i) Any extension of the main lines of the system as the lines exist on the effective day of this charter shall require a two-thirds vote of the qualified voters, present and voting, of the Village of Newbury at either an annual or special meeting called for that purpose.
24 V.S.A. § 2504 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2504
§ 2504. Removal of shade trees; exception
Status: in_force

(a) The tree warden may remove or cause to be removed from the public ways or places any trees that are infested with or infected by a tree pest or that constitute a public hazard. The notice and hearing requirements of section 2509 of this chapter shall not apply to the removal of infested or infected trees.

(b) The tree warden may determine that an owner or lessee of abutting property has sufficiently controlled all insect pests or tree diseases upon the trees within the limits of a public way or place abutting the property and may determine that it is not necessary to remove the trees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 131 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 131
App. § 225-131. Electric utility
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a Village of Hyde Park electric utility, which shall serve the area so designated by the Vermont Public Utility Commission.

(b) The Electric Utility Commission shall be composed of the five trustees of the Village of Hyde Park.

(c) The trustees shall serve as electric commissioners under 30 V.S.A. §§ 2915 and 2916. The trustees shall have authority to construct an electric light plant, for the purpose of lighting the street, walks, and other public grounds, and lighting any buildings therein, and supplying and furnishing electricity for domestic and other purposes and to such persons and corporations in Hyde Park and adjoining towns as it may desire upon such terms as may be agreed upon. And for this purpose may take, purchase, or acquire and hold any water power, land, and rights-of-way in said towns needed for the construction, maintenance, and operation of said electric light plant, and may use any public highway over which it may be necessary or desirable to pass with the poles and wire of the same, provided the use of such public highway for the purpose of public travel is not thereby unnecessarily impaired. The trustees shall have the power to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acquire an interest in, to maintain, operate, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of any plant (including a gas plant) or system (including existing rights-of-way, poles, lines, towers, and fixtures and transmission line serving the existing system owned by others) located within or outside the State, for the production, distribution, purchase, or sale of electricity, to extend, enlarge, or improve the same and for that purpose to purchase, hire, construct, or otherwise acquire any real or personal property. These powers may be exercised through a taking by eminent domain in the manner prescribed by law. The trustees shall also have the power to purchase, sell, and otherwise acquire and dispose of electricity, including sale to electric distribution companies, cooperatives, municipal and privately owned, within or outside the State, and to make all agreements, conveyances, and regulations necessary or convenient in connection therewith. All of the foregoing powers are in addition to and not in substitution for or in limitation of any other powers conferred by law, and are subject to regulatory review for municipal utilities as provided in Title 30 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.

(d) The trustees shall administer their responsibilities in the Electric Department. The Department shall have its own professional management, staff, plan, equipment, and entirely separate financial accounts. The Department shall be directly managed under the trustees by a General Manager. The trustees shall hire and fire Electric Department personnel. The General Manager shall have the special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Electric Department. The General Manager shall at all times be subject in respect to his or her responsibilities to the order of the trustees. With approval of the trustees' Utility Commission, the General Manager of the Electric Department shall receive all funds due the Village of Hyde Park Electric Department, shall issue account, execute and issue on behalf of the Village of Hyde Park Electric Department drafts, checks, and/or other negotiable orders for the payment of bills and charges of the Electric Department, provided that any such payment shall be made exclusively from the revenue of the Department. All such accounting functions of the Electric Department shall be subject to the review by the auditors of the Village of Hyde Park.

(e) The Village of Hyde Park shall inherit all of the assets, accounts, and liabilities of the Village of Hyde Park Electric Department under the general supervision of the trustees. It shall operate under the statutory authority and requirements of 30 V.S.A. chapter 79, relating to municipal electric plants, and 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, relating to municipal indebtedness, all of which control the financing, improvements, expansion, and disposal of the municipal electric plant and its operations. With specific reference to the legislative authorization contained in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, “Indebtedness for Public Utility Purposes,” sections 1821-1828, the Hyde Park trustees are 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.

(f) The charges and rates for electric service 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 electric service, wherever located, shall be liable for such charges and rates.

(g) The Village of Hyde Park Electric Department shall take over for administrative purposes all contractual benefits and obligations that involve or apply to its operations as an electric utility without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary, or the approval of any agency of State government.

(h) The Electric 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 taxes and personal property inventory taxes were such Department a privately owned utility.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 103
App. § 103-103. Initiative; advisory votes
Status: in_force

The voters of the Town have the power to petition for a nonbinding advisory vote to reflect public sentiment. Such petition shall be signed by at least five percent of the voters of the Town and shall state that it is advisory only. The Select Board, upon receipt of such a petition, shall place the article on the warning for the next Town meeting or any other Town election.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 104
App. § 413-104. Duration
Status: in_force

The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures herein set forth.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 129 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 129
App. § 3-129. Appointing body or person has power to remove
Status: in_force

The City Council with Mayor presiding shall have power, for such causes of incapacity, negligence, or bad conduct as to it shall seem sufficient, to suspend or remove from any office any City officer who may be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding and to fill all vacancies in any such office from whatever cause arising. The Mayor and each board shall have like power of removal in respect to any officers who may be appointed by them, except as herein otherwise provided, and provided that in case the appointment of such officer is made subject to the approval of the City Council or City Council with Mayor presiding, the removal of such officer shall likewise be made subject to the approval of the City Council or City Council with Mayor presiding, as such appointment was made. Additionally, the City Council may, on the initiative of the Mayor, by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of its entire number, remove at any time at its pleasure any City officer or department head it should determine is no longer effectively serving the City, and all City officers and department heads shall take and hold office subject to this authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 88 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 88
App. § 3-88. Abstracts and certificate to be completed by May fifth
Status: in_force

Said abstracts of individual lists and said certificate and notice shall be completed and lodged in the office of said assessors on or before the fifth day of May in each year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 602
App. § 1-602. Penalty and interest
Status: in_force

(a) Any installment not paid by the due dates established in section 601 of this charter shall be delinquent and there shall immediately be added to the amount due a penalty charge for late payment equivalent to three percent of the delinquent installment. After the expiration of 30 days from the due date of each installment, an additional penalty charge of five percent shall be added to the amount due.

(b) Interest. An additional interest charge in the amount of one percent of the unpaid tax per month or fraction thereof shall be added to any tax not paid on or before the dates specified in section 601 of this charter.

(c) All charges, fees, interest, and other added amounts shall be cumulative and shall accrue at the times and in the manner specified in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 66 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 66
App. § 15-66. Authority to furnish water
Status: in_force

Said City may sell or furnish water to any person or corporation for fire, sanitary, domestic, or other purposes not in conflict with the public service laws of the State, within or without said City, and lay all pipes necessary to furnish water to all such persons.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 107
App. § 113-107. Further consideration; final passage
Status: in_force

After the hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass such ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Selectboard makes an amendment, it shall cause a summary of the amended ordinance to be published at least once together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing at which such amended ordinance will be further considered, which publication shall be at least three days prior to the public hearing. At the time so designated or at any time and place to which such meeting may be adjourned, the amended ordinance shall be read in full, and after such hearing the Selectboard may finally pass such amended ordinance, or again amend it subject to the same procedure as outlined herein.
24 V.S.A. § 2299g — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2299g
§ 2299g. Compensation; where party cannot be found
Status: in_force

When a person to whom such compensation or any part of that compensation is due cannot be found, or is under any legal disability, or is out of this State, the Superior Court may order such amount to be deposited with the county clerk of the county in which the hearing was held. This money shall be invested and paid out according to orders made by the court.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 27
App. § 175-27. Compensation of Selectboard members; appointees
Status: in_force

(a) Compensation to the Selectboard members shall be set by the voters at the annual meeting, with a minimum of $1,000.00 a year each. Selectboard members' salaries (stipends) must be set forth as a separate item in the annual budget presented at the meeting.

(b) The Selectboard shall fix the compensation of all officers and employees except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 322 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 322
App. § 3-322. Establishment of Commission
Status: in_force

There shall be maintained in the City of Burlington a Church Street Marketplace Commission consisting of nine legal voters of the State of Vermont, no fewer than five of whom must be legal voters of the City, who shall be appointed by the City Council. On the first Monday in June 1993 the City Council shall appoint four commissioners, three for a three-year term and one for a four-year term.

(1) On the first Monday in June 1994, the City Council shall appoint one commissioner for a three-year term and on the first Monday in June 1995, the City Council shall appoint two commissioners for three-year terms. On the first Monday in June 1999, the City Council shall appoint two commissioners for a two-year term. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for three-year terms and commissioners shall serve from the first day of July following their appointment and until their successors are duly appointed and have qualified.

(2) Two members at all times shall be proprietors or managers of retail businesses that are within the Church Street Marketplace District and such members need not be residents of Burlington. Two members at all times shall be proprietors or managers of retail businesses that are within the Downtown Improvement District, with one of such members being located within the Downtown Improvement District but outside the boundaries of the Church Street Marketplace and such members need not be residents of Burlington.

(3) The Commission shall organize by the election of a Chair and Vice Chair and by the appointment of a Clerk and a Treasurer. The Clerk shall keep a written record of the proceedings of the Commission, such record to be the property of the City. The Clerk need not be a member of the Commission.

(4) The manner of removal of commissioners and filling of vacancies shall be as provided in sections 129 and 130 of this charter, and the commissioners shall, except as otherwise herein expressly provided, be subject to all other provisions of this charter relating to public officers.
24 V.S.A. § 4944 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4944
§ 4944. Approval of agreements
Status: in_force

(a) No association organized under this subchapter shall receive funds from any municipality for the purpose of distributing, sharing, or pooling any risk until a plan for the operation of the association together with all contracts, agreements, and any other documents underlying or implementing the plan, and all amendments thereto, have been approved by the Commissioner of Financial Regulation.

(b) The Commissioner shall adopt rules to assist in the formation of such associations and to expedite approval of any plan of operation. The Commissioner shall also adopt rules relating to the administration and operation of such associations in order to provide for the fiscal integrity of agreements entered into under section 4942 of this title and to provide that trade, market, and claim practices engaged in by such associations are equitable, fair, and consistent. In adopting such rules, the Commissioner shall recognize that such associations are undertaking an essential governmental function and that they shall not be considered insurance companies nor insurers under the laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 302
App. § 269-302. Elective officers
Status: in_force

(a) The officers elected at the annual Village meeting or at a special Village meeting duly called and held for that purpose shall be:

(1) one or more trustees necessary to fill one or more vacancies caused by the expiration of the term(s) established in section 303;

(2) Village Clerk/Treasurer;

(3) Village President;

(4) one auditor necessary to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term established in subdivision 304(b)(4);

(5) water and sewer commissioners (in the event the Board of Trustees so direct).

(b) All elected officers shall be chosen from the legally qualified voters of the Village and shall hold office for the term hereafter specified and until their successors are elected.

(c) All officers shall be elected by Australian ballot.

(d) The President shall serve as Village Moderator.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 101
App. § 105-101. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of this charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 8
App. § 245-8. Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Treasurer shall give a bond to the corporation conditioned upon the faithful performance of his or her duties in such sums and with such sureties as the trustees may prescribe. If a Treasurer does not give such bond within 10 days after his or her election or appointment, the office shall be vacant and the trustees may fill the vacant office as provided for in section 6 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 41 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 41
App. § 101-41. Public lands
Status: in_force

With the approval of the voters given at any duly warned meeting, the Selectboard may sell any portion of real estate owned by the Town and not needed for Town purposes or change the use of any real property owned by the Town. The authorization may be given in blanket form by the voters at the annual Town meeting and, when so given, shall remain effective until the next annual Town meeting. However, the Selectboard shall not sell or substantially change the use of the real estate without first holding a public hearing giving notice by posting in at least five conspicuous public places within the Town and by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town. The notice shall be published not less than seven nor more than 21 days prior to the date of the hearing and shall also identify specifically the real estate involved. At the hearing, all citizens of the Town shall have an opportunity to be heard; to express their views; and to inquire as to the reasons, method, time, and terms of the proposed sale or change of use. After all proper persons have had an opportunity to be heard, the Selectboard shall vote upon the question and, if a majority of the full Board shall vote in favor of the proposed action, the question shall be approved. If voter approval has previously been given to the action, the Selectboard may then take the action the voters have approved; otherwise, they shall submit the question to the voters at a Town meeting and upon approval by a majority of those voting upon the question, the Selectboard may proceed to sell or change the use of the real estate in question, as the case may be.
24 V.S.A. § 2793b — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2793b
§ 2793b. Repealed. 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2034.
Status: repealed

(a) A municipality, by its legislative body, may apply to the State Board for designation of an area within that municipality as a new town center development district, provided no traditional downtown or new town center already exists in that municipality.

(1) The State Board shall not approve an application filed by a municipality on or after July 1, 2014 unless the municipality has stated in its town plan that it intends to apply for designation under this section, and the town plan explains how the designation would further the plan's goals and the goals of section 4302 of this title.

(2) A preapplication meeting shall be held with Department staff before an application is filed to review the program requirements and to identify possible designation boundaries. The meeting shall be held in the municipality unless another location is agreed to by the municipality.

(3) An application for designation shall contain a map that delineates the boundaries of the proposed district and is consistent with the guidelines produced by the Department under subsection 2792(d) of this title. The application shall also demonstrate that the proposed district meets the requirements set forth in subdivision 2791(11) of this title, as well as the standards for designation established in subsection (b) of this section. The application shall verify that the regional planning commission and the regional development corporation have been notified of the municipality's intent to apply for designation.

(b) At the first meeting of the State Board held after 45 days of receipt of a completed application, the State Board shall designate a new town center development district if the State Board finds, with respect to that district, the municipality has:

(1) A confirmed planning process under section 4350 of this title, developed a municipal center plan, and adopted bylaws and ordinances that implement the plan, including an official map, and a design review district created under this title or other regulations that adequately control the physical form and scale of development.

(2) Provided a community investment agreement that has been executed by authorized representatives of the municipal government, businesses and property owners within the district, and community groups with an articulated purpose of supporting downtown interests, and contains the following:

(A) A map of the designated new town center. The total area of land encompassed within a designated new town center shall not exceed 125 acres. In a municipality with a population greater than 15,000, the total area of land encompassed within a designated new town center may include land in excess of 125 acres, provided that the additional area is needed to facilitate the redevelopment of predominantly developed land in accordance with the smart growth principles defined under subdivision 2791(13) of this title and shall not exceed 175 acres.

(B) Regulations enabling densities that are not less than four dwelling units, including all identified residential uses or residential building types, per acre and not less than those allowed in any part of the municipality not within an area designated under this chapter.

(C) Regulations enabling multistory and mixed use buildings and mixed uses which enable the development of buildings in a compact manner.

(D) A capital improvement program, or a capital budget and program under this title, showing a clear plan for providing public infrastructure within the center, including facilities for drinking water, wastewater, stormwater, public space, lighting, and transportation, including public transit, parking, and pedestrian amenities.

(E) A clear plan for mixed income housing in the new town center.

(F) Evidence that civic and public buildings do exist, or will exist in the center, as shown by the capital improvement plan or the capital budget and program, and the official map.

(G) [Repealed.]

(H) Evidence that any private or municipal sewage system and private or public water supply serving the proposed new town center are in compliance with the requirements of 10 V.S.A. chapters 47 and 56, and that the municipality has dedicated a portion of any unallocated reserve capacity of the sewage and public water supply necessary to support growth within the proposed new town center. Any municipality proposing a municipal sewage system and public water supply to serve the proposed new town center shall provide evidence to the State Board of a commitment to construct or maintain such a system and supply in compliance with requirements of 10 V.S.A. chapters 47 and 56, or a commitment to construct, as applicable, a permittable potable water supply, wastewater system, indirect discharge, or public water supply within no more than ten years. A commitment to construct does not relieve the property owners in the new town center from meeting the applicable regulations of the Agency of Natural Resources regarding wastewater systems, potable water supplies, public water supplies, indirect discharges, and the subdivision of land. In the event a municipality fails in its commitment to construct a municipal sewage system or public water supply, or both, the State Board shall revoke designation, unless the municipality demonstrates to the State Board that all good faith efforts were made and continue to be made to obtain the required approvals and permits from the Agency of Natural Resources, and failure to construct was due to unavailability of sufficient State or federal funding.

(c)(1) Upon designation by the State Board under this section as a new town center, a new town center and projects in a new town center shall be eligible for the authority to create a special taxing district, pursuant to chapter 87 of this title, for the purpose of financing both capital and operating costs of a project within the boundaries established through new town center designation.

(2) Whenever the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services or other State officials in charge of selecting a site are planning to lease or construct buildings suitable to being located in a new town center after determining that the option of utilizing existing space in a downtown development district, pursuant to subdivision 2794(a)(12) of this title, is not feasible, the option of utilizing existing space in a designated new town center shall be given thorough investigation and priority, in consultation with the community.

(d) A designation issued under this section shall be effective for eight years and may be renewed on application by the municipality. The State Board also shall review a new town center designation four years after issuance or renewal and may review compliance with the designation requirements at more frequent intervals. The State Board may adjust the schedule of review under this subsection to coincide with the review of a related growth center. If at any time the State Board determines the new town center no longer meets the standards for designation established in subsection (b) of this section, it may take any of the following actions:

(1) require corrective action;

(2) provide technical assistance through the Vermont Downtown Program;

(3) limit eligibility for the benefits pursuant to subsection (c) of this section without affecting any of the new town center's previously awarded benefits; or

(4) remove the new town center's designation without affecting any of the town center's previously awarded benefits.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 102
App. § 414-102. Purpose
Status: in_force

The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing solid waste disposal services for its member municipalities and the residents of member municipalities through the collection, removal, transportation, disposal, recovery, recycling, or any combination thereof, of solid wastes generated within the District.
24 V.S.A. § 2602 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 69 / Section 2602
§ 2602. Free hospital beds
Status: in_force

A town may appropriate such sums of money, not exceeding $700.00, for a free hospital bed or beds for a period of not less than one year and may appropriate such sum of money, not exceeding $5,000.00, for the permanent endowment of a free hospital bed or beds, as such town or city deems advisable, for the use of the inhabitants of such municipality as are entitled to receive assistance by reason of their indigent circumstances.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 29
App. § 405-29. Recall of officers
Status: in_force

An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Commissioners whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the District will be served.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 109
App. § 3-109. Collection after time warrant returnable permitted
Status: in_force

The Chief Administrative Officer, or any successor to whom such original warrant may, under the provisions of the general laws of the State, be delivered for execution, may collect on such warrant after the expiration of the time in which the same is returnable any such taxes then contained therein and by the same methods and during the same period or periods authorized by the general laws of this State in regard to collection of taxes by constables and collectors of taxes in towns.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 3
App. § 3-3. Election of Mayor and City Councilors
Status: in_force

(a) Election of Mayor. On the first Tuesday in March 2003 and triennially thereafter, the legal voters of the City shall, from among the legal voters thereof, elect a Mayor. Notwithstanding any provision of this charter or the general statutes, no person shall be eligible to have his or her name printed on the ballot as a candidate for the Office of Mayor who has not submitted a nominating petition signed by at least 150 registered voters of the City within the time limits specified in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55, as the same may be amended from time to time. For all special elections, nominations of the municipal officers shall be by petition as specified in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55, excepting 17 V.S.A. § 268l(a)(1)(A). Instead, the petition shall be filed with the municipal clerk, together with the endorsement, if any, of any party or parties in accordance with the provisions of this title, not later than 5:00 p.m. on the ninth Monday preceding the day of the election, which shall be the filing deadline.

(b) Election of City Councilors.

(1) On the first Tuesday in March 2015 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each of the South, Central, East, and North City Districts shall, from among the legal voters of their respective district, elect a City Councilor for a two-year term.

(2)(A) On the first Tuesday in March 2015, the legal voters from each of Wards One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Eight shall, from among the legal voters of their respective ward, elect a City Councilor for a three-year term.

(B) On the first Tuesday in March 2018 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each ward shall elect a City Councilor for a two-year term.
24 V.S.A. § 4675 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4675
§ 4675. Annual appropriation
Status: in_force

In order to assure the maintenance of the required debt service reserve in each reserve fund established pursuant to this chapter, there shall be appropriated annually and paid to the Bank for deposit in each reserve fund, such sum as shall be certified by the Chair of the Bank to the Governor or to the Governor-Elect, as is necessary to restore such fund to an amount equal to the required debt service reserve. The Chair shall annually, on or before February 1, make and deliver to the Governor or to the Governor-Elect, his or her certificate stating the sum required to restore the fund to the amount aforesaid, and the Governor or Governor-Elect shall, on or before March 1, submit a request for appropriations for the sum so certified, and the sum so certified shall be appropriated and paid to the Bank during the then current State fiscal year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 38 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 38
App. § 901-38. Public hearings
Status: in_force

(a) No fewer than 30 nor more than 40 days prior to any annual or special meeting of the Authority, the Board shall hold at least one public hearing at which the issues to be voted upon at the annual or special meeting shall be presented for public comment.

(b) Notice of such public hearings shall include a warning published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Authority at least once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks, the last publication to be no fewer than five nor more than 10 days before the public hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123A / Section 102
App. § 123A-102. General powers
Status: in_force

(a) All provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and town school districts shall apply to the Town and the School District, except as otherwise provided by this charter.

(b) The Town and School District shall have and enjoy the rights, immunities, powers, and privileges conferred by the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont and shall also have all implied, necessary, and incidental powers for the discharge of their respective purposes.

(c) The powers and functions of the Town and School District set forth in this charter shall be in addition to the powers and functions otherwise conferred by the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont. Nothing in this charter shall be construed as a limitation upon these previously specified powers and functions.

(d) The Town or School District may acquire real property for any Town or School District purpose, in fee simple or lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, or lease, and may sell, lease, hold, manage, and control real property as its interests may require. The Town or School District may further acquire property by condemnation where that authority is granted to towns or school districts by State statutes.

(e) In this charter, no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town or School District would have if the particular power were not mentioned. The Selectboard and the School Board shall operate as separate and independent entities. Nothing in this charter shall be interpreted as allowing either one to exercise, inhibit, or infringe upon the rights, powers, or privileges of the other.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 10.07
App. § 107-10.7. Articles in warning; action on
Status: in_force

The articles in the warning for every Town Meeting so far as they relate to the election of officers and to referenda and all matters to be acted upon by Australian ballot shall be so acted upon by the voters of the Town. All other articles in the warning for any Town Meeting shall be acted upon exclusively by Town Meeting members, including questions on municipal bonding issues. The polls at any annual or special Representative Town Meeting shall be opened not later than 10 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be closed 30 minutes following the recess of the Representative Town Meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 1484 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 49 / Section 1484
§ 1484. Notice and hearing
Status: in_force

Not less than 30 days prior to the meetings referred to in section 1485 of this title, copies of the plan of merger shall be posted in three or more public places in each of the areas involved. Two public hearings on the proposed plan of merger shall be held at intervals of two weeks in each of the areas involved. The later hearings shall be held not less than five days before the meetings referred to in section 1485 of this title. Notices of the hearings shall be advertised in at least three issues of a newspaper of general circulation in the town. The last advertisement shall appear not later than three days before the final public hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 83 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 83
App. § 126-83. Board of Electric Commissioners; duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Electric Commissioners shall administer its responsibilities in the Town of Lyndon Electric Department. The Town of Lyndon Electric Department shall have its own professional management, staff, plan, equipment, and entirely separate financial accounts.

(b) The personnel policies of the Town of Lyndon Electric Department may differ from the policies of other departments within the Town.

(c) The Town of Lyndon Electric Department shall be directly managed under the Board of Electric Commissioners by a General Manager. The General Manager shall perform any hiring or firing of Town of Lyndon Electric Department personnel. The General Manager shall have the special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Town of Lyndon Electric Department. In performing the General Manager's duties, the General Manager shall be responsible to the Board of Electric Commissioners.

(d) With approval of the Board of Electric Commissioners, the General Manager of the Town of Lyndon Electric Department shall receive all funds due the Town of Lyndon Electric Department; issue bills for services rendered; have sole responsibility to maintain books of account; and execute and issue on behalf of the Town of Lyndon Electric Department drafts, checks, and other negotiable orders for the payment of bills and charges of the Town of Lyndon Electric Department, provided that any payment shall be made exclusively from the revenue of the Town of Lyndon Electric Department. All such accounting functions of the Town of Lyndon Electric Department shall be subject to the review by the auditors of the Town of Lyndon.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 22
App. § 101-22. Noninterference with administration
Status: in_force

(a) Except for emergencies and for the purpose of inquiries or investigations authorized under this charter, the Board, its members, and committees shall deal with Town officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the Manager, solely through the Town Manager, and shall not give orders to any such officers or employees, either publicly or privately.

(b) Neither the Board nor any of its members or committees shall in any manner dictate the appointment or removal of any Town administrative officers or employees whom the Manager is empowered to appoint. The Board may, however, express its views fully and freely and discuss with the Manager, in open or executive session, consistent with law, anything pertaining to appointment and removal of such officers and employees.

(c) No member of the Selectboard shall attempt to control or direct the Manager in the discharge of the duties entrusted to him or her, except by vote of the Board at a duly constituted meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 2682 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 71 / Section 2682
§ 2682. Powers of the Department of Health
Status: repealed

(a) The Department of Health shall administer this subchapter and shall have power to:

(1) Issue licenses for ambulance services and first responder services under this subchapter.

(2) Revoke or suspend upon due notice and opportunity for hearing the license of any person who violates or fails to comply with any provision of this subchapter, or any rule or requirement adopted under its authority.

(3) Make, adopt, amend, and revise, as it deems necessary or expedient, reasonable rules in order to promote and protect the health, safety, and welfare of members of the public using, served by, or in need of emergency medical treatment. Any rule may be repealed within 90 days of the date of its adoption by a majority vote of all the district boards. Such rules may cover or relate to:

(A) age, training, and physical requirements for emergency medical services personnel;

(B) design and equipping of ambulances;

(C) cooperation with hospitals and organizations in other related fields, and participation in central communications procedures; and

(D) any other matters properly within the purposes of this chapter.

(b) No fee or other payment shall be required of an applicant for a license.
24 V.S.A. § 2293 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2293
§ 2293. Regulation of condominium conversion; referendum
Status: in_force

A town may adopt an ordinance governing the conversion of rental units to condominiums which is supplemental to and not inconsistent with the provisions of 27 V.S.A. chapter 15, subchapter 2. Such an ordinance shall be submitted to the voters and shall be adopted if approved by a majority of those present and voting.
24 V.S.A. § 1622 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1622
§ 1622. Town orders; record
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The chair of the selectboard shall keep or cause to be kept a single record of all orders drawn by the board showing the number, date, to whom payable, for what purpose, and the amount of each order.

(2) All other officers authorized by law to draw orders upon the town treasurer shall keep or cause to be kept a like record.

(b) Such records shall be submitted to the town auditors annually on or before February 1.

(c) If the records of orders named in this section are made by an assistant clerk, the assistant clerk shall not be the town treasurer or the spouse of the town treasurer or any person acting in the capacity of clerk for the town treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 1
App. § 405-1. Creation
Status: in_force

There is created a union municipal district to be known as the “Chittenden Solid Waste District” (the District).
24 V.S.A. § 5081 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5081
§ 5081. Definition
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter:

“Public transportation” means the transportation of persons, including groups of the general public with special needs, by all means available to the general public.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 207
App. § 411-207. Special meetings
Status: in_force

The Chair has authority to call a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Upon written request of one-fourth of the District supervisors, the Clerk must call a special meeting. Each supervisor must be given at least 24 hours' notice of any special meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 4577 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4577
§ 4577. Staff
Status: in_force

The Bank may employ such officers, agents, and employees as it may require and determine their qualifications, terms of office, duties, and compensation all without regard to 3 V.S.A. chapter 13.
24 V.S.A. § 177 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 177
§ 177. Certification of election and qualification of officers
Status: in_force

Upon request, a county clerk shall certify under seal to the election or appointment of officers or magistrates, certificates of whose election or appointment and of having taken the oath of office, when such oath is required, have been filed with him or her as provided by law.
24 V.S.A. § 1761 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1761
§ 1761. Higher rates
Status: in_force

If any municipal corporation has authorized bonds to bear interest at a rate of interest not in excess of six percent prior to March 5, 1970, and any of such bonds remain unsold on that date, the legislative branch of the municipal corporation may approve an increase in the rate of interest of such authorized but unsold bonds and the increase in such rate of interest is hereby declared to be legal and valid, and such municipal corporation may issue such bonds which shall bear interest at the rate of interest approved by the legislative branch which increased rate of interest is declared to be legal and valid.
24 V.S.A. § 2203b — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2203b
§ 2203b. Recycling centers
Status: repealed

(a) Whether or not a municipality provides for the operation and maintenance of a recycling center or intermediate processing facility pursuant to section 2203a of this title, the municipality may establish requirements for the management of such a center or facility.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) For the purposes of Titles 10, 24, and 32, recycling means the process of utilizing waste for the production of raw materials or products, but shall not include processing solid waste to produce energy or fuel products.

(d) The provisions of this section shall not apply to hazardous waste.
24 V.S.A. § 1827 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1827
§ 1827. Enforcement of bond obligations
Status: in_force

The municipal corporation shall have power by resolution of its legislative body, adopted in connection with the issuance of the bonds and subject to approval under 30 V.S.A. § 108 to confer upon any holder or holders of a specified amount or percentage of bonds, including a trustee or trustees for such holders, the right in the event of an “event of default” as defined in any contract with the holder or holders of such bonds or the trustee or trustees therefor:

(1) By suit, action, or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of the public utility system of the municipal corporation or any part or parts thereof. If such receiver be appointed he or she may enter and take possession of such public utility system of the municipal corporation or any part or parts thereof and operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all revenues thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the municipal corporation itself might do and shall deposit such monies in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the municipal corporation as the court shall direct. All actions of receivers authorized under this section shall be subject to the same regulatory requirements applicable to the municipal utility. Provided, however, that notwithstanding the appointment of a receiver the municipal corporation shall retain the right subject to regulatory requirements to fix the rates, fees, and charges to be charged by the public utility system, the revenues from which are pledged to pay bonds and the interest thereon, and to receive from the receiver from time to time that portion of any revenues collected which shall be allocable to the municipal corporation on account of costs for public utility system maintenance, operation, repair, and regulation or other costs payable by the municipal corporation.

(2) By suit, action, or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the legislative body of the municipal corporation and the treasurer of the municipal corporation to account as if it, he, or she were the trustee of an express trust. Any such resolution shall constitute a contract between the municipal corporation and the holders of bonds of such issue.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 508 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 508
App. § 407-508. 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. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 4
App. § 225-4. Australian ballots
Status: in_force

At an annual or special Village meeting, the voters may decide whether the provisions of the Australian ballot system shall apply pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2680. A meeting at which any question is to be decided by Australian ballot shall be preceded by a public hearing for discussion. The warning for the meeting shall include a notice of the time and place of the public hearing.
24 V.S.A. § 4001 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4001
§ 4001. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared:

(1) That there exists in the State unsanitary or unsafe dwelling accommodations and that persons of low income are forced to reside in such unsanitary or unsafe accommodations; that within the State there is a shortage of safe or sanitary dwelling accommodations available at rents that persons of low income can afford and that such persons are forced to occupy overcrowded and congested dwelling accommodations; that the aforesaid conditions cause an increase in and spread of disease and crime and constitute a menace to the health, safety, morals, and welfare of the residents of the State of Vermont and impair economic value; that these conditions necessitate excessive and disproportionate expenditures of public funds for crime prevention and punishment, public health and safety, fire and accident protection, and other public services and facilities.

(2) That these slum areas cannot be cleared, nor can the shortage of safe and sanitary dwellings for persons of low income be relieved through the operation of private enterprise and that the construction of housing projects for persons of low income, as defined in section 4002 of this chapter, would therefore not be competitive with the private enterprise.

(3) That the clearance, replanning, and reconstruction of the areas in which unsanitary or unsafe housing conditions exist and the providing of safe and sanitary dwelling accommodations for persons of low income are public uses and purposes for which public money may be spent and private property acquired.

(4) That substandard and decadent areas exist in certain portions of the State of Vermont and that there is not, in certain parts of the State, an adequate supply of decent, safe, and sanitary housing for persons of low income or elders of low income, or both available for rents that the persons can afford to pay, and the rents that the persons can afford to pay would not warrant private enterprise in providing housing for the persons; that this situation tends to cause an increase and spread of communicable and chronic disease; that the lack of properly constructed dwelling units designed specifically to meet the needs of elders aggravate those diseases peculiar to elders, thereby crowding the hospitals of the State with elders under conditions of neglect that inevitably exacerbate mental deterioration; that this situation constitutes a menace to the health, safety, welfare, and comfort of the inhabitants of the State and is detrimental to property values in the localities in which it exists; that this situation cannot readily be remedied by the private enterprise and that a public exigency exists that makes the provision of housing for elders of low income and the clearance of substandard and decadent areas a public necessity; that the provision of housing for elders of low income for the purpose of reducing the cost to the State of their care by promoting their health and welfare, thereby prolonging their productivity in the interest of the State and nation and the clearance of substandard and decadent areas is declared to be a public use for which private property may be taken by eminent domain and public funds raised by taxation may be expended, and the necessity in the public interest for provisions hereinafter enacted, is hereby declared as a matter of legislative determination.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 71 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 71
App. § 105-71. Public meetings; agendas
Status: in_force

All public meetings of any board, commission, or committee within the Town shall be held pursuant to a written agenda containing therein the specific agenda items to be acted upon. The posting and publishing of the agendas shall be in accordance with general law and the Administrative Code. In the event that the general law is silent on such matters, agendas shall at a minimum be posted in the Town Clerk's office. Except in emergencies, the same defined as a direct or immediate threat to the public's health, safety, or welfare, the board, commission, or committee shall not take action on matters other than those agenda items specifically set forth in the written agenda.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 903
App. § 215-903. Authority to issue bonds for electric light plant
Status: in_force

The Village shall be authorized to issue bonds, not exceeding seven thousand dollars, on such terms as said Village may prescribe, for the purpose of constructing and operating the electric light plant provided for in this charter, and in case the Village shall neglect to make seasonable provisions, for the payment of the principal or interest, of the bonded indebtedness as the same shall from time to time mature, the Treasurer of the Village shall be clothed with the power to make out and deliver to the Collector of the Village, a tax bill on the grand list of the Village, and the Treasurer shall forthwith issue to the Collector a warrant, substantially in form as now provided to be issued for the collection of town or other taxes by town treasurers, directing the collection and payment of the tax to the Treasurer, within 60 days from the time of delivery, in amount to seasonably and promptly pay the interest or principal, or both, then past due and unpaid, with all proper charges for assessing and collecting the same; and the tax shall be collected and paid into the treasury promptly according to the warrant, and the money so collected and paid to the Treasurer shall be especially held, appropriated, and used for the payment of the interest or principal, or both, and for no other purpose save the incidental expense of assessing and collecting the tax. And it is hereby made the duty of the Treasurer of the Village to provide for and promptly pay the interest on and the principal of the bonded indebtedness, as the same shall become due and payable from time to time, without any vote of the Village, and the tax bill shall have all the force and authority in every respect of a tax bill for a tax voted at a regular meeting of the Village.
24 V.S.A. § 296a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 296a
§ 296a. Civil liability resulting from escaped prisoner
Status: in_force

A jailer or other officer who, through negligence, suffers a prisoner in his or her custody, convicted of or charged with a crime, to escape, shall be civilly liable to any person proximately damaged as a result thereof to the maximum amount of $500.00. A person so damaged may maintain a civil action therefor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 302
App. § 127-302. Elective officers
Status: repealed

(a) The officers elected by the Town at its annual meeting shall be:

(1) Five Selectboard members.

(2) Town Meeting Moderator.

(3) Five trustees of the Ilsley Library.

(4) Three listers.

(5) Three auditors, unless the Town has voted to eliminate the Office of Auditor pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2651b.

(6) Town Clerk.

(7) [Repealed.]

(8) Members of the Prudential Committee of Middlebury Incorporated School District No. 4.

(9) Middlebury members of the Board of Union School District No. 3.

The number of such officers to be elected at each annual meeting shall be as hereafter set forth.

(b) All elected officers shall be chosen from the legally qualified voters of the Town and shall hold office for the terms hereafter specified and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(c) All officers shall be elected by Australian ballot.

(d) When an elected officer specified in subdivisions 302(a)(1) through (7) of this charter resigns, makes another Town his or her residence, dies, or becomes incapacitated, his or her office shall become vacant and the Selectboard shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting. The person elected shall at the annual meeting serve until his or her predecessor's term expires. Incapacity shall include the failure of a Selectboard member to attend 50 percent of the meetings of the Board in any calendar year.

(e) If the Town so votes at its annual meeting, two additional Selectboard members may be elected from the legally qualified voters of the Town for a term of three years each, the first such election to take place at the annual meeting following the annual meeting at which the additional offices are created. A vote so taken in favor of additional Selectboard members shall not be rescinded.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 28
App. § 403-28. Audit
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant.
24 V.S.A. § 1233 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1233
§ 1233. Qualifications; authority of selectboard
Status: in_force

Such a manager shall be selected with special reference to his or her education, training, and experience to perform the duties of such office and without reference to his or her political belief. In all matters he or she shall be subject to the direction and supervision and shall hold office at the will of such selectboard, who, by majority vote, may remove him or her at any time for cause.
24 V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 304
§ 304. Liability for misfeasance of deputy
Status: in_force

Actions for official misfeasance or neglect of a deputy sheriff, or for cause affecting his or her administration of the office, shall be sustained only against the sheriff; but the sheriff shall not be amenable criminally for the conduct of his or her deputy, other than for fines for neglect of duty.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 285 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 285
App. § 3-285. Trustees of Fund designated; powers; officers
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the Retirement Board shall be the trustees of the Fund, and may invest and reinvest the same in such securities and upon such terms and conditions as said Board shall determine.

(b) The Retirement Board shall annually elect a Chair from its members. All warrants on said Fund shall be approved by said Board, or a majority thereof, and signed by the Chair and Secretary of the Retirement Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 16
App. § 11-16. Ordinances; authority to enact
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws, regulations, and ordinances that it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers or for the well-being of the City, and that shall not be repugnant to the Constitution or the laws of the State; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof. The City of St. Albans is hereby authorized and empowered to maintain actions in the Judicial Bureau, the Vermont Environmental Court, the Franklin Superior Court, or in any appropriate forum, as specified by ordinance, to restrain actual or threatened violations of any ordinance of the City.

(b) The record of motions of the City Council shall include the names of the members voting for and against any motion or resolution acted upon, unless such motion or resolution is unanimously adopted or rejected or unless there is no conflict in the votes given.
24 V.S.A. § 1828 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1828
§ 1828. Rights of holders
Status: in_force

Any holder or holders of bonds issued under this subchapter, including a trustee or trustees for holders of such bonds, shall have the right in addition to all other rights:

(1) By extraordinary relief or other suit, action, or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce his, her, or their rights against the municipal corporation, the legislative body, any other proper officer, agent, or employee of any of them, including the right to require the municipality, the legislative body, and any proper officer, agent, or employee of any of them, to the extent consistent with the reasonable operation of a public utility, to fix and collect rates and charges subject to State and federal regulatory approval, adequate to carry out any agreement as to, or pledge of revenues, and to require the municipal corporation, the legislative body and any officer, agent, or employee of any of them to carry out any other covenants or agreements and to perform its and their duties under this subchapter.

(2) By action or suit to enjoin any acts or things which may be unlawful or a violation of the rights of such holder of bonds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 905 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 905
App. § 5-905. Election and tenure of City Clerk
Status: in_force

The City Clerk shall be elected by the voters of Montpelier for a term of three years. Following his or her election, the City Clerk may appoint one or more assistant City clerks. In the event of a vacancy in the Office of City Clerk, the assistant City clerk shall assume the duties of the office until such time as the vacancy is filled. The powers, authority, and responsibilities of the City Clerk shall be those prescribed by general law in addition to those set forth in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 306
App. § 13-306. Records of proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the City Council to keep an official record of its proceedings, which shall be open for public inspection.

(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Council at the next meeting and official copy authenticated by the signature of the Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 118 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 118
App. § 123-118. Special service district
Status: in_force

(a) By ordinance, enacted as herein provided, the Town of Hardwick may designate, establish, enlarge, and modify the boundaries of certain special service districts, in which are provided municipal services not available elsewhere in the Town. For the cost of providing such municipal services, including the cost of financing capital improvements relating to such services, the Town may assess, levy, and collect annually a special benefit tax upon all property within such special service district.

(b) No such special service district may be designated, established, enlarged, or modified without the approval of the residents in said district as existing or proposed, expressed by the affirmative vote of a majority of those residents within said district present and voting at a special meeting thereof.

(c) Regular water and sewer charges, fees, and rates shall not be considered a special benefit tax within the meaning of this section, and shall be assessed and collected as provided by general law.
24 V.S.A. § 1751 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1751
§ 1751. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Municipal corporation” shall include a city, town, village, town school district, graded school district, or other incorporated, union, or unified school district or any entity providing educational services which is eligible to receive State aid under 16 V.S.A. chapter 123, a fire district, a union municipal district created under an intermunicipal agreement entered into and approved as provided in subchapter 3 of chapter 121 of this title, a regional mass transportation authority created under chapter 127 of this title, a local housing authority created under section 4003 of this title, a consolidated water or sewer district created under chapter 91 or chapter 105 of this title, or the unified towns and gores of Essex County.

(2) “Legislative branch” shall mean the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, the selectboard of a town, the trustees of a village, the board of school directors of a school district, the trustees or prudential committee of a graded school or fire district, and the Board of Governors of the unified towns and gores of Essex County, and, with respect to other municipal corporations, the governing body designated by statute.

(3) “Improvement” shall include, apart from its ordinary signification:

(A) The acquiring of land for municipal purposes, the construction of, extension of, additions to, or remodeling of buildings or other improvements thereto, also furnishings, equipment, or apparatus to be used for or in connection with any existing or new improvement, work, department, or other corporate purpose, and also shall include the purchase or acquisition of other capital assets, including licenses and permits, in connection with any existing or new improvement benefiting the municipal corporation, and all costs incurred by the municipality in connection with the construction or acquisition of the improvement and the financing thereof, including capitalized interest, underwriters discount, the funding of reserves, and the payment of contributions to establish eligibility and participation with respect to loans made from any State revolving fund, to the extent such payment is consistent with federal law.

(B) Pursuant to subchapter 2 of chapter 87 of this title, projects relating to renewable energy, as defined in 30 V.S.A. § 8002(17), or to eligible energy efficiency projects undertaken by owners of real property within the boundaries of the town, city, or incorporated village. Energy efficiency projects shall be those that are eligible under section 3267 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 24
App. § 213-24. Duties of Treasurer and Collector
Status: in_force

The powers and duties of the Treasurer and Collector of Taxes shall be the same with respect to the corporation as are the powers and duties of town treasurers and town collectors of taxes with respect to towns. Each shall give a bond to the corporation, conditioned for the faithful performance of duties, in such sum and with such sureties as the Board of Trustees shall prescribe. If a Treasurer or Collector of Taxes does not give such bond within 10 days after election or appointment, the office shall be vacant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 903
App. § 123-903. Sewage collection and disposal; duties of Selectboard
Status: in_force

It shall be the responsibility of the Selectboard, acting as sewer commissioners, to provide adequate collection and disposal for domestic and industrial sewage within those parts of the Town served by a Town-owned sewage collection and distribution system. In order to implement the authority, the Selectboard shall have, in addition to those powers enumerated in the general laws of this State with respect to sewage disposal, the following powers:

(1) Whenever the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or sewers in the Town, the Selectboard is authorized and empowered to construct sewers and to replace the same from time to time when necessary, and may take the land of individuals and corporations on making compensation for the lands so taken for construction or replacement of a common sewer or sewers, and the Selectboard shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for selectboards in taking for public highways and in awarding damages for the taking of land, and the Selectboard shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Town Clerk and Treasurer who shall record the same in the Town records and the Town may also lay pipes along and across the streets, alleys, lanes, and highways in Hardwick.

(2) The Selectboard shall have the power by ordinance and regulations to require any building owner to connect to and use any sewer drain or line installed and maintained along and across the streets, alleys, lanes, and highways of the Town that abut or adjoin that building.

(3) The Selectboard, in making, installing, maintaining, or repairing sewers and drains, shall have the power, on giving 12 days' notice to the parties interested of the time and the place of hearing, to assess the owner or owners of land or lands benefited by access to sewers and drains, so much of the expense of making altering or repairing the same as the Selectboard shall judge those lands to be benefited by access to sewers and drains.

(4) When the Selectboard enters upon lands under the authority and for the purpose stated in subdivision (3) of this section, the Selectboard shall give 12 days' notice to all persons owning or interested in those lands when the Selectboard will hear and consider the question of assessments for benefits, or both. And in all cases when either assessments are made or damages are allowed, the Selectboard shall make a report of the Selectboard's doings, which report the Board shall cause to be filed in the office of the Town Clerk and Treasurer, who shall record the same in the Town records.

(5) When any person shall be dissatisfied with the decision of the Selectboard in the award of damages for laying, making, altering, or repairing any sewer and drain, or in any assessment for benefits of the same, those persons may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for a reassessment of related damages or benefits. The petition shall be served on the Town Clerk and Treasurer within 60 days after said award of damages or assessment for benefit shall be filed in the Town Clerk and Treasurer's office, and the petition shall not delay the making or repairing of the sewer or drain, or sidewalk or culvert, or laying the water pipe.

(6) The Selectboard, as aforesaid, may make and adopt such bylaws and regulations concerning the management and use of such sewers and drains and appurtenances not inconsistent with law as it may deem expedient, including the fixing and collecting of sewer use and benefit rates, and assessments and said sewer use and benefit rates so fixed shall, until paid, be and remain a lien upon the premises of the parties so furnished with sewer service in like manner as real estate is by law held for other taxes.

(7) The charges and rates for sewage service shall be a lien upon real estate, wherever located, furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of such property furnished with sewage service, wherever located, shall be liable for such charges and rates.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 511 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 511
App. § 409-511. Validation of District meetings
Status: in_force

When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special District meeting have been omitted or not complied with, if the meeting and the business transacted is otherwise legal, the omission or noncompliance may be corrected and legalized by vote at a special meeting of the District called and duly warned for that purpose. The question to be voted upon shall substantially be: “Shall of the action taken at the meeting of the District held on (state date), in spite of the fact that (state the error or omission), and any act or action of the District officers or agents pursuant thereto be readopted, ratified, or confirmed?” Errors or omissions in the conduct of any prior special meeting that are not the result of an unlawful notice or warning or noncompliance within the scope of the warning may be cured by a resolution of the Board of the District by a vote of at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, stating that a defect was the result of an oversight, inadvertence, or mistake. When an error or omission has thus been corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been in compliance initially on the condition that the original action by the Board was otherwise in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers.
24 V.S.A. § 1174 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1174
§ 1174. Town file
Status: in_force

Such clerk shall keep on file in his or her office two or more sets of the annual report of the auditors, which at suitable intervals he or she shall bind in book form.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1106
App. § 123-1106. Annual meeting; date and time
Status: in_force

The annual meeting of the Town for the consideration of all matters to be voted upon by ballot shall be held on the first Tuesday in March, commencing at 10 o'clock in the forenoon.
24 V.S.A. § 2505 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2505
§ 2505. Deputy tree wardens
Status: in_force

The legislative body of the municipality may appoint deputy tree wardens who shall serve under the direction of the tree warden and shall have the same duties and authority as the tree warden. The legislative body of the municipality may dismiss a deputy tree warden at its pleasure.
24 V.S.A. § 1885 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1885
§ 1885. Application
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subchapter shall be effective with respect to bonds, notes, or certificates which have heretofore been approved by referendum authorizing bonds in coupon and registered form, or in coupon form only, and such bonds, notes, or certificates need not be resubmitted for a further vote or referendum for the purpose of authorizing the bonds, notes, or certificates in registered form or book entry form only.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1303
App. § 127-1303. Saving clause
Status: in_force

Failure to perform any of the duties specified in section 1302 of this charter, or failure to perform any of such duties within the time limits above specified, shall not invalidate any action taken at a properly warned annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 43
App. § 105-43. Incompatible officers
Status: in_force

No Town officer shall hold incompatible Town offices as provided by law or this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 25
App. § 7-25. Streets and sidewalks
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have power to regulate, establish, and alter the grade of streets and width of sidewalks, and the construction thereof, and to prescribe the material to be used therein, and also to provide, order, and direct that the sidewalks upon such streets as the City Council shall designate, shall together with the curbing therefor, be constructed in part at the expense of the owner or owners of the lands or buildings adjacent thereto, and in proportion to the benefit conferred, not to exceed one-half, and to assess the lands or buildings of such owner or owners adjacent to or abutting on any such sidewalk so constructed in compliance with such order, such proportion of the cost or expense thereof, such assessment to be apportioned among the owners of such lands or buildings fronting as aforesaid according to their frontage on such sidewalk, and the benefit to be conferred to be made in the manner and in accordance with provisions respecting highways. When such Council shall have made any such assessment, it shall make a report thereof, setting forth its doings in that respect, which report shall be recorded in the City Clerk's office, and, when so recorded, the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the land so assessed until the same shall be paid. Said Council shall have power to assess abutting land owners for a portion of the expense of sprinkling streets, not to exceed one-half, and in proportion to the benefit conferred. Such assessment when made and filed as hereinbefore specified shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the land so assessed until the same shall be paid.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 163 / Section 4
App. § 163-4. Independent audit
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall provide for an independent audit of all Town accounts as it deems necessary. Such audits shall be made by a certified public accountant or firm of such accountants who have no personal interest, direct or indirect, in the fiscal affairs of the Town government or any of its officers.
24 V.S.A. § 4762 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4762
§ 4762. Delinquent loan payments
Status: in_force

Delinquent loan payments due the bank under section 4755 of this title may, with an interest rate of ten percent per annum greater than the interest rate of the loan, be recovered by action in a court of competent jurisdiction against the political subdivision liable therefore or may be deducted, with interest, by, or at the request of, the bank from any other monies payable to such subdivision by any department or agency of the State.