24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 8
App. § 101-8. General powers
Status: in_force

The Town shall have all powers that Towns have under the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont, as fully and completely as though they were specifically enumerated in this charter, together with all powers that may hereafter be granted to towns by the Legislature. All such powers shall be exercised in the manner prescribed in this charter or, if not prescribed herein, in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. The Town's powers shall include such as may be necessarily or reasonably implied from other powers and shall be construed liberally in favor of the Town; any mention of specific powers in this charter shall not be construed as limiting in any way the general power stated in this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 18
App. § 401-18. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors
Status: in_force

Each member municipality shall pay to its representative to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement or expenses as it shall determine reasonable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 43
App. § 126-43. Eligible voters
Status: in_force

Subject to the requirements of Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, the Board of Civil Authority shall establish and enforce the method for identifying the voters eligible to vote at a Town meeting and all elections.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 715 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 715
App. § 19-715. Expenditures not to exceed revenues
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council shall not exceed in expenditures, except by authority of the legal voters of the City, or to meet obligations imposed by law upon the City, the current revenues of the City during the current fiscal year. If the current revenues of the City shall have been expended before the end of the fiscal year and there remain discretionary expenditures to be met, the City Council shall call a special meeting of the legal voters of the City to consider the means of financing such expenditures.

(b) The City Council, without special direction of the voters of the City, shall not draw orders on the City Treasury in excess of the current revenues, except to meet obligations imposed by law. The City Treasurer, without special direction of the voters of the City, shall not honor orders drawn in excess of the current revenues, except to meet obligations imposed by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 42
App. § 105-42. Elected officers
Status: repealed

The following officers of the Town and such other Town officers as are provided by law and previous vote of the electorate as to number, length of term, and manner of election at an annual meeting shall be elected by Australian ballot, unless otherwise stated, and shall include the following:

(1) a Moderator to be elected from the floor, for a term of one year;

(2) [Repealed.]

(3) Selectboard members, three of whom shall serve staggered three-year terms and two of whom shall serve one-year terms;

(4) such other Town officers as the Town shall order as provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 413 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 413
App. § 414-413. Transportation and collection sites
Status: in_force

(a) The costs and responsibility assigned under this charter to member municipalities for the transportation of the solid waste generated within each municipality to any District solid waste disposal or resource recovery facility and for providing a collection site for the solid waste generated within each municipality shall remain each member municipality's cost and responsibility.

(b) Only persons authorized by the Board of Supervisors shall be allowed access to any District solid waste disposal or resource recovery facility. Further restriction of vehicular access to such a facility may be imposed by the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 73 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 73
App. § 105-73. Penalty for delinquent installments and personal property or inventory taxation
Status: in_force

(a) If the Town of Berlin adopts the installment system of taxes, the Town may vote to collect a penalty for delinquent installment payments of property taxes. The vote shall be by Australian ballot and once enacted shall remain in effect until rescinded by a similar vote. Penalties shall not exceed those allowed by law.

(b) When the collection of a delinquent property tax, sewer or water use charge, interest and penalty, or any combination thereof would create an undue expense for the Town, the Treasurer may, after approval of the Selectboard, forgive any delinquent amounts due when the amount is less than $5.00.

(c) When the total assessed value of personal property or inventory is equal to or less than $1,650.00, the Town Treasurer may, upon approval of the Selectboard, waive the personal property or inventory taxation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 11
App. § 601-11. Special 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. Except in case of an emergency, each member of the Board shall be given at least 24 hours' notice of any special meeting of the Board by notice in person, by telephone, or by written notice delivered personally, mailed, e-mailed, or left at the member's usual place of residence.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 304
App. § 113-304. Budget
Status: in_force

An annual Town budget exclusive of school district budget shall become effective after adoption at Town meeting by the vote of the majority of those eligible to vote present at such meeting. After such budget has been adopted, the Selectboard may make emergency appropriations totaling not in excess of four percent of the aggregate budget appropriations, following an opportunity for public comment on the matter. Such emergency appropriations shall be reported to the next Town meeting. Any appropriation in excess of such four percent shall require prior approval of a special Town meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 19
App. § 219-19. Applicability of State law
Status: in_force

To the extent not otherwise inconsistent with this charter, the provisions of Title 24, chapters 95 through 105, inclusive, shall apply.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 30
App. § 403-30. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.
24 V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 307
§ 307. Deputy sheriffs; appointments and revocation
Status: in_force

(a) A sheriff may appoint deputies who need not be legal residents of the State, one or more of whom shall be a woman. The duties of deputy sheriffs shall be the same as those imposed by law on sheriffs and other peace officers in the enforcement of the criminal law. A deputy shall not perform an official act until his or her deputation and oath are filed for record in the office of the county clerk. A sheriff may dismiss a deputy and revoke his or her deputation. Such revocation shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk and shall take effect from the day of such record.

(b) A sheriff may appoint persons as deputy sheriffs to serve civil process, including child support enforcement as provided in 15 V.S.A. § 800, whom the sheriff shall train and supervise. Such deputies need not be qualified law enforcement officers, but if not so qualified shall not have arrest powers, and shall not carry firearms in performance of their duties in serving civil process.

(c) The powers of deputy sheriffs with respect to criminal matters and the enforcement of the law may be exercised statewide.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 27
App. § 245-27. Transitional provisions
Status: repealed

(a) Nothing herein contained, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers of the Village existing at the time this charter takes effect.

(b) All contracts entered into by the Village prior to the effective date of this charter shall continue in full force and effect.

(c) The adoption of this charter shall not abate or otherwise affect any action or proceeding, civil or criminal, pending when it takes effect, brought by or against the Village or any office or officer thereof.

(d) All ordinances, resolutions, and regulations of the Village in effect at the time of the effective date of this charter, and not inconsistent with the provisions hereof, are hereby continued in force until the same are duly amended or repealed.

(e) This charter, or any part or article or section thereof, may be amended in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Vermont.

(f) This charter supersedes the previous charter and all amendments thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1502
App. § 5-1502. City voter checklist; City Clerk duties to maintain
Status: in_force

The City Clerk shall maintain a City voter checklist composed of voters eligible to vote in City elections under 17 V.S.A. chapter 43 and this subchapter and shall keep this City voter checklist separate from any other voter checklist. The City Clerk shall develop all necessary forms and procedures for implementation of this subchapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 1501
App. § 143-1501. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

(a) The fiscal year of the Town shall commence on the first day of July and end on the last day of June. Upon the close of each fiscal year, the Selectboard shall order an audit by an outside firm that the Selectboard chooses for that purpose. The annual audit shall be made available to the general public prior to the annual meeting upon request and upon payment of the Town's actual and reasonable copying costs.

(b) The fiscal year of the Richmond Town School District shall commence on the first day of July and end on the last day of June. The Richmond Town School District shall not have School District auditors. Upon the close of each School District fiscal year, the School Board shall order an audit by an outside firm that the School Board chooses for that purpose. The annual School District audit shall be made available to the general public upon request and upon payment of the Town School District's actual and reasonable copying costs.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 801
App. § 249-801. Recordation and certification
Status: in_force

The bylaws of said corporation shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk, and the Clerk's certificate that such bylaws were adopted at annual meeting of said corporation or at a special meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State; and certified copies of said bylaws and the Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all the courts of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 601
App. § 251-601. Highway Superintendent
Status: in_force

The Highway Superintendent shall, under the direction and control of the Board of Trustees, have in charge the building and repairing of all the highways, streets, lanes, and sidewalks in the Village; the Superintendent shall keep such accounts relating thereto as the Board of Trustees may direct, and shall at all times have the same ready for inspection by the trustees or any of them, and furnish a copy thereof to the auditors when required at least three days before the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 703 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 703
App. § 117-703. Budget
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-603 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

An annual budget shall be adopted at Town meeting by the vote of a majority of those eligible to vote present at the meeting. If, after the total budget has been appropriated, the Selectboard finds additional appropriations necessary, the appropriations shall be made and reported at the next Town meeting as a specific item. The appropriations shall only be made in special circumstances or situations of an emergency nature. No specific explanation need be given for any normal annual operating expense in any office, department, or agency that may be increased over the budget amount by an amount not more than 10 percent of the office's, department's, or agency's budget. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-303 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 22
App. § 401-22. Vice Chair
Status: in_force

During the absence 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 given to or imposed upon the Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 809 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 809
App. § 5-809. Council authority over boards and commissions
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council has the authority to create new boards and commissions. The City Council also has the authority to consolidate or eliminate any City boards and commissions not required by law.

(b) Upon approval of two-thirds of its members, the Council has the authority to remove a member of a board or commission.
24 V.S.A. § 3409 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3409
§ 3409. Manner of assessment
Status: in_force

The proceedings, assessment, and collection of the proportion of expense to be paid by those within the limits of such municipality shall be in the same manner as is provided in their several charters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 10
App. § 279-10. Other Village officers
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided in this chapter, the Village of Swanton shall have other officers as provided in the general law.

(b) All elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general laws of the State, except where a different procedure is established by this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 44
App. § 235-44. Enforcement of Board regulations
Status: in_force

A person who violates a regulation made by the Board of Health shall be fined not more than $20.00, and a person so violating shall be subject to the same penalty for each day's continued violation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 42
App. § 213-42. Contracts for lighting and water
Status: in_force

The corporation is empowered to contract with any water company or any electric light company for water and lights or either for extinguishing fires, for watering the streets, for public drinking places, and for lighting the streets, and other public purposes, and may levy and collect a tax to provide funds to meet such contracts.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 21
App. § 109-21. Applicability of general law
Status: in_force

(a) All provisions of the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and their officers shall apply to the Town of Cavendish.

(b) The Town of Cavendish shall have all the powers now or hereafter conferred upon towns and villages by the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont.

(c) The form, function, powers, and administration of the Town government of the Town of Cavendish shall not and will not be altered, changed, or amended under the terms of this plan of merger.
24 V.S.A. § 2297b — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2297b
§ 2297b. Hearing by Environmental Division
Status: in_force

(a) A respondent may request a hearing on a final order under this subchapter before the Environmental Division established under 4 V.S.A. chapter 27, which shall consider the matter de novo. Notice of a request for hearing shall be filed with the Environmental Division and the municipal clerk within ten days of receipt of the final order.

(b) Notice of a request for hearing before the Environmental Division shall stay the order and payment of the penalty, if imposed, pending the hearing.

(c) If the Environmental Division determines that a violation has not occurred, it shall reverse the order.

(d) The Environmental Division may affirm a directive in an order or, if it finds that the violation exists but the remedies contained in the order are not likely to achieve the intended result, it may modify or vacate and remand the directive.

(e) In determining whether to affirm, modify, or reverse an order for a civil penalty, the Environmental Division shall consider the factors set forth in subsection 2297a(a) of this title.

(f) If the respondent does not request a hearing on a final order within ten days of receipt of the order, the final order shall stand.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129D / Section 304
App. §§ 129C-304. Electric Utility Board of Commissioners
Status: in_force

A three-member board shall serve as the Electric Utility Board of Commissioners, of whom one shall be an appointed Selectboard member and two members shall be elected by electric utility ratepayers. Terms of these members shall be for three years each.
24 V.S.A. § 173 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 173
§ 173. Certificate of Secretary of State
Status: in_force

Upon request, the Secretary of State shall certify under seal to the appointment, qualification, and authority of a county clerk described in a certificate on file in his or her office, and as to the genuineness of the signature and seal of office of a county clerk appearing on any instrument within the authority of such clerk to execute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 301
App. § 249-301. Powers of the Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of said corporation, shall draw orders upon the Treasurer for and direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to said corporation, and generally perform all duties legally enjoined upon it by said corporation. Said Board of Trustees shall have power to abate taxes imposed by said corporation subject to the same limitations, and for the same causes provided in section 3069 of the Vermont Statutes. All powers vested in the Board may be exercised by a majority of its members.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 9
App. § 123B-9. Alternate Town officers
Status: in_force

The Selectboard is authorized to appoint people to serve as alternate Town officers in anticipation of disqualifications or unavailability, as needed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 20
App. § 175-20. Notice of vacancy during an expired or unexpired term
Status: in_force

(a) In order to inform citizens of the Town and to afford them the opportunity to participate or serve in Town government, public notice shall be given of municipal vacancies resulting from an expired term, resignation, death, disability, or change of residence from the Town of a Town officer on any board, commission, or committee or in other public office whether elected or appointed. Such notice shall:

(1) be made by posting the vacancy in the Town Clerk's office and two other public places in the Town at least 10 days prior to the meeting at which the appointing authority intends to fill the vacancy; and

(2) provide for the right of any interested citizen to submit a written application to the appointing authority regarding such vacancy and to be personally interviewed by the appointing authority, if requested by the applicant, prior to the filling of said vacancy as provided by law.

(b) As lawfully approved by Vermont State statute to do so, a nonresident may serve in office. For example, a nonresident may not lawfully serve as a Town Clerk or as a Selectboard or ZBA member.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 215 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 215
App. § 3-215. Definition of "park property"
Status: in_force

The term “park property” includes all parks, squares, and areas of land within the management of said Board; and all buildings, improvements, walks, drives, trees, plants, flowers, and other things thereon, and enclosures of the same; and all shade trees, shrubs, or plants on streets or thoroughfares; resting places, public grounds, or the like; and all birds, animals, or curiosities, or objects of interest or instruction; all tools or implements placed in or on any such enclosure.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 74 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 74
App. § 225-74. Delinquent Tax Collector
Status: in_force

A Delinquent Tax Collector may be appointed for a one-year term by the Board of Trustees. Taxes assessed and collected shall be as stated in section 93 of this charter, entitled—“Taxes”. In the absence of an appointed Tax Collector, the duties of such position shall revert to the Village Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 69 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 69
App. § 15-69. Penalty
Status: in_force

A person who shall willfully disturb or injure said aqueduct, reservoir, filtration basin, or any of the connecting appurtenances, or works thereof, or pollutes the water thereof shall be liable to be prosecuted therefor by a Grand Juror of said City, or the State's Attorney of the county wherein said offense was committed, and shall be fined not more than $100.00 nor less than $5.00 with costs of prosecution, and shall be liable to said City for all damage resulting to it by such disturbance, injury, or pollution, with full costs, the same to be recovered by said City in any action founded on this subchapter. Justices of the peace and the municipal court shall have concurrent jurisdiction with the county court of offenses under this section.
24 V.S.A. § 3815 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3815
§ 3815. Records
Status: in_force

Certificates and written agreements mentioned in this chapter shall be recorded and alphabetically indexed by the town clerk in a book kept for that purpose.
24 V.S.A. § 3215 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3215
§ 3215. Bonds as legal investments
Status: in_force

All banks, trust companies, bankers, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking or investment business; all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business; and all executors, administrators, curators, trustees, and other fiduciaries, may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or other obligations issued by a municipality pursuant to this chapter or by any urban renewal agency or housing authority vested with urban renewal project powers under section 3219 of this chapter; provided, that such bonds and other obligations shall be secured by an agreement between the issuer and the federal government in which the issuer agrees to borrow from the federal government and the federal government agrees to lend to the issuer, prior to the maturity of such bonds or other obligations, monies in an amount which, together with any other monies irrevocably committed to the payment of interest on such bonds or other obligations, will suffice to pay the principal of such bonds or other obligations with interest to maturity thereon, which monies under the terms of said agreement are required to be used for the purpose of paying the principal of and the interest on such bonds or other obligations at their maturity. Such bonds and other obligations shall be authorized security for all public deposits. It is the purpose of this section to authorize any persons, political subdivisions, and officers, public or private, to use any funds owned or controlled by them for the purchase of any such bonds or other obligations. Nothing contained in this section with regard to legal investments shall be construed as relieving any person of any duty of exercising reasonable care in selecting securities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 505
App. § 4-505. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting
Status: in_force

(a) Voters of the City may at any time petition for the enactment of any proposed lawful ordinance by filing the petition, including the text of the ordinance, with the City Clerk. The Council shall call a special City meeting (or include the ordinance as annual meeting business) to be held within 60 days after the date of the filing, unless prior to the meeting the ordinance shall be enacted by the Council. The warning for the meeting shall state the proposed ordinance in full or in concise summary and shall provide for an Australian ballot vote as to its enactment. The ordinance shall take effect on the 10th day after the conclusion of the meeting, provided that voters, constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted in the affirmative.

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

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any appointments of officers, members of commissions, or boards made by the Council or to the appointment or designation of Council, or to rules governing the procedure of the Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 705 / Section 5
App. § 705-5. Board of Utility Commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body of the District shall be the Board of Utility Commissioners consisting of five persons.

(b) Commissioners shall be elected by Australian ballot from among the legal voters of the District.

(c) Commissioners' terms shall be staggered and commence upon election, and the length of Commissioners' terms shall be as follows:

(1) three Commissioners shall serve a term of three years; and

(2) two Commissioners shall serve a term of one year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1005 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 1005
App. § 129-1005. Appropriations
Status: in_force

The Town and School District shall vote to adopt a budget that shall include the proposed expenditures by each department, in case of the Town, and by State guidelines, in the case of the School District, for the coming fiscal year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 309
App. § 269-309. Compensation
Status: in_force

Salaries of employees and appointed officers of the Village shall be in accordance with a contract negotiated between the Village and an employee or group of employees for a specified term.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 28
App. § 405-28. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation and reimbursement of expenses as shall be determined by the Board of Commissioners and for which authorization is provided in an approved budget.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 6
App. § 245-6. Village officers
Status: in_force

(a) The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Moderator, five trustees, a Clerk, and a Treasurer. The officers shall be elected at the annual meeting of the corporation for the term of one year and until their successors are elected, except that trustees shall hold office for five years. One trustee shall be elected at each annual meeting, except that after the approval of this charter at the annual Village meeting, the voters shall elect five trustees, one for the term of one year, one for the term of two years, one for the term of three years, one for the term of four years, and one for the term of five years. The trustees and the Treasurer, at the time of their election, shall be legal voters of the Village of Morrisville or the Town of Morristown.

(b) The provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2647, or any amendments thereto, relating to incompatible offices, shall apply to the persons holding Village offices.

(c) When a vacancy occurs in any Village office, the trustees forthwith by appointment in writing shall fill such vacancy until an election is held, except that in the event of more than one vacancy on the Board of Trustees at the same time, such vacancies shall be filled by a special Village meeting called for that purpose. Any appointment shall be filed by the trustees in the Office of the Clerk, and duly recorded by the Clerk in the book of Village records. A person appointed to a vacant office shall serve until the next annual meeting. A person elected to fill a vacant office at either a special meeting or an annual meeting shall serve for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.

(d) The legal voters of the Village may vote at its annual meeting to compensate any or all Village officers for their official services.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 39 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 39
App. § 7-39. Public schools and school property
Status: repealed

The exclusive management and control of the public schools and all school property is vested in a board of five school trustees. Said trustees shall be bona fide residents of the City and qualified voters for school officers. The three incumbents constituting the present Board shall continue in office until their respective terms expire. At the annual meeting each year thereafter, one trustee shall be elected for a term of three years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The remaining two members of the Board shall be appointed in the first instance by the City Council, one for a term of one year, and one for a term of two years; and thereafter the successor of each shall be elected and hold office for a term of three years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The Board of School Trustees shall make an annual report of their doing and expenditures to the City Council on or before the first day of February in each year for the last preceding fiscal school year, and in this report they shall make estimates of the necessary expenditures for the support of schools for the ensuing fiscal year, the amount of school income to be derived from sources other than taxation and the amount of money to be raised by taxation for the support of said schools, which report shall be published with the report of the City officials, as herein provided. Said Board of School Trustees shall annually recommend to the City Council, on or before the first day of April, the amount of money that they require for school purposes, to be raised by taxation, and the City Council shall include such tax in their annual rate bill. On or before the first day of each July hereafter the City Council shall appropriate for the use of schools such sum as will be raised by taxation in that year for the support of schools, and shall also then appropriate the amount of school income to be derived from sources other than taxation in such year, all of which shall constitute the school fund of said City that the City Treasurer shall pay out from time to time on warrants signed by a majority of the Board of School Trustees which said warrant shall not require the approval of the City Council. All money and property formerly owned by the Newport Academy and Graded School District shall belong to said City and all debts and liabilities of said District shall be paid and discharged by said City, and all lawful contracts of said District on March 1, 1918, shall be carried out by said City. The act incorporating the Newport Academy and Graded School District, and all acts, amendatory thereof, are hereby repealed. The school trustees shall give such bond to the City, at the expense of the City, as the City Council shall demand and approve for the faithful discharge of their duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 289 / Section 6
App. § 289-6. Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk shall keep a record of all meetings and proceedings of the corporation and of the Board of Trustees and give copies of the same when required upon payment of reasonable fees. The Clerk shall warn all meetings of the legal voters of the corporation by posting notices thereof containing a statement of the business proposed to be transacted, in three or more public places within the limits of the corporation at least six days before the time of meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 112 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 112
App. § 225-112. Compensation and fees
Status: in_force

(a) The Village meeting may annually vote the compensation to be paid to the following officers:

(1) Trustees.

(2) Auditors.

(3) President.

(4) Board of Civil Authority and Abatement.

(b) All fees prescribed by State law, charter, ordinance, or otherwise shall be collected for the benefit of the Village and paid to the Village Treasurer. No fees shall be used directly by any receiving officer or inure directly to the benefit of the officer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 811 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 811
App. § 251-811. Rates for water
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of said Village and of those parts of said Towns of Bennington and Shaftsbury to which said Board of Water Commissioners may decide to extend said system shall be entitled to water from said system at reasonable rates and under reasonable rules and regulations, not in conflict with the deed to said Village from said Laura H. Jennings, or her heirs, administrators, or executors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 33
App. § 417-33. 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. § 4623 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4623
§ 4623. Bonds or notes as legal investment
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other law, the State and all public officers, governmental units, and agencies thereof, all banks, trust companies, savings banks and institutions, building and loan associations, savings and loan associations, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business, all insurance companies, insurance associations, and other persons carrying on an insurance business, and all executors, administrators, guardians, trustees, and other fiduciaries may legally invest any sinking funds, monies, or other funds belonging to them or within their control in any bonds or notes issued under this chapter, and these bonds or notes are authorized security for any and all public deposits.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 10.06
App. § 107-10.6. Voting; members to receive no compensation; quorum; warning
Status: in_force

(a) At any Town Meeting held after the acceptance of this subchapter, the right to vote on all articles in the warning, except for matters voted on by all voters of the Town by Australian ballot, shall be limited to the Town Meeting members.

(b) The Town Meeting members as such shall receive no compensation.

(c) The Town Meeting members shall be the judges of the election and qualifications of their members.

(d) A majority of all the Town Meeting members shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may organize temporarily and may adjourn from time to time.

(e) A majority vote of the Town Meeting members present and voting shall be necessary for the decision of any question, unless otherwise required by law.

(f) The warning for any Town Meeting shall be prepared and posted in manner and form provided by law. The warning for the annual meeting shall include the articles to be voted upon by the Representative Town Meeting in meeting assembled on the third Saturday following the first Tuesday in March at a time to be designated by the Selectboard.

(g) All Town Meetings shall be public. Any qualified voter of the Town who is not a Town Meeting member may speak at any Representative Town Meeting but shall not vote.

(h) In the absence of the duly elected Moderator, the Town Meeting members may designate a Moderator Pro Tem.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 510 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 510
App. § 5-510. Certificates of nomination
Status: in_force

(a) Certificates of nomination for City offices to be filled at annual City meetings shall be filed in accordance with the general laws of the State.

(b) A candidate running for City Council needs a certificate signed by 25 or more voters from the specific district in which that candidate resides.

(c) A voter shall not sign more than one certificate for the same office except when there are multiple seats to be filled.
24 V.S.A. § 3701 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 107 / Section 3701
§ 3701. Fuel and ice
Status: in_force

A municipality may establish and maintain a wood, coal, and fuel yard for the purpose of selling fuel at cost to its inhabitants. It may establish and maintain an ice plant for the purpose of manufacturing, cutting, and storing ice to sell to its inhabitants at cost.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 601
App. § 407-601. Indemnification
Status: in_force

To the extent permitted by law, the District shall protect, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless each member municipality and its respective officials, officers, members, employees, and agents from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, demands, judgments, losses, costs, expenses, suits, actions, or proceedings and attorneys' fees, with respect to any act or omission arising out of the activities and operations of the District. The District shall indemnify its officers, supervisors, and employees from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, demands, judgments, losses, costs, expenses, suits, actions, or proceedings and attorney's fees, except in the case of willful misconduct and gross negligence.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 508 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 508
App. § 413-508. 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. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 42
App. § 101-42. Mergers and consolidation of municipalities
Status: in_force

The procedures for mergers or consolidation of municipalities shall be as provided for in the general laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 801
App. § 103-801. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is for any reason held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provision that can be given effect without the invalid provision. To this end, the provisions of this charter are declared to be severable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 802
App. § 113-802. Personnel rules and regulations
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager or the Town Manager's appointee shall be the Personnel Director. The Town Manager shall prepare personnel rules and regulations protecting the interest of the Town and of the employees. These rules and regulations must be approved by the Selectboard and shall include the procedure for amending them and for placing them into practice. Each employee shall receive a copy of these rules and regulations upon being hired.

(b) The rules and regulations may deal with the following subjects or with other similar matters of personnel administration: job classification, jobs to be filled, tenure, retirement, pensions, leaves of absence, vacation, holidays, hours and days of work, group insurance, salary plans, rules governing hiring, temporary appointment, layoff, reinstatement, promotion, transfer, demotion, settlement of disputes, dismissal, suspension, probationary periods, permanent or continuing status, in-service training, injury, employee records, and further regulation concerning the hearing of appeals.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 503
App. § 19-503. Removal of City Manager
Status: in_force

(a) Procedure. The Council may remove the City Manager from office in accordance with the following procedures.

(1) The Council shall adopt by affirmative vote of a majority of all its members a preliminary resolution, which shall state just cause for removal and may suspend the Manager from duty for a period not to exceed 45 days. A copy of the resolution shall be delivered promptly to the City Manager. In the event of suspension, the City Council may assume the duties of the Manager or appoint an Interim Manager.

(2) Within five days after a copy of the resolution is delivered to the Manager, the Manager may file with the Council a written request for a public hearing. This hearing shall be held at a Council meeting not earlier than 15 days nor later than 30 days after the request is filed. The Manager may file with the Council a written reply not later than five days before the hearing.

(3) The Council may adopt a final resolution of removal, which may be made effective immediately by affirmative vote of a majority of all its members at any time after five days from the date when a copy of the preliminary resolution was delivered to the Manager, if the Manager has not requested a public hearing or at any time after the public hearing if one has been requested.

(b) Salary; review. The Manager shall continue to receive a salary until the effective date of a final resolution of removal, except upon a judicial finding of criminal behavior or gross negligence by the Manager; the Council may cease payment upon its initial resolution. The action of the Council in suspending or removing the Manager shall not be subject to review by any court or agency.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 605 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 605
App. § 129-605. Filling of a vacancy
Status: in_force

Any vacancy in the office of Superintendent shall be filled as soon as practicable by the School Board of Trustees. Pending such appointment, or in the case of the Superintendent's absence or disability, the School Board of Trustees may designate some person to perform the duties of the office. In no case shall a member of the School Board of Trustees assume the duties of the Superintendent.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 196 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 196
App. § 3-196. Composition
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Fire Commissioners shall consist of five legal voters of the City, to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding, to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except as herein otherwise provided.

(b) The City Council with Mayor presiding shall also at the time of the commission appointments appoint up to five fire wardens.
24 V.S.A. § 2299f — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2299f
§ 2299f. Determination of damages; jury trial
Status: in_force

(a) If any person with an interest in the property or right is dissatisfied with the compensation determined by the legislative body of the solid waste management district, the person may, within 30 days after any court order regarding necessity has become final, apply by petition in writing to the Superior Court of the county within which such property or right or part thereof is situated to have the amount of compensation reassessed and the time and manner of payment redetermined. Such petition shall be served and returned like a summons.

(b) Either party may request and have a trial by jury on the issue of compensation only.

(c) The Superior Court shall determine damages as of the date the property is acquired or at such other date as the court determines.
24 V.S.A. § 4685 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4685
§ 4685. Special accounts in Revenue Fund
Status: in_force

The Bank may establish in the Revenue Fund accounts, subaccounts, or special accounts which in its opinion are necessary, desirable, or convenient for its purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 173 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 173
App. § 3-173. Appointment; duties
Status: in_force

Said Board shall appoint truant officers for said City, as provided by general law. Said truant officers shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as prescribed by the general law of this State for truant officers in towns and cities, and shall have such further powers and perform such further duties as shall be prescribed by said board or by any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of said City.
24 V.S.A. § 3675 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3675
§ 3675. Warnings of meeting
Status: in_force

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

(b) Any meeting called for the purpose of considering a bond issue shall be warned as provided for in chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title.

(c) The sewer commissioners shall have the same authority and obligation to warn or call meetings of the district as the selectboard members have to warn or call town meetings.
24 V.S.A. § 3104 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3104
§ 3104. Examination by public
Status: in_force

At least 30 days before the adoption of any such ordinance or any amendment or supplement thereto, at least three copies of the code or regulation referred to in section 3101 of this title shall be filed in the office of the building inspector and three copies in the office of the municipal clerk for use by the public.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 301
App. § 5-301. Powers and duties of city council
Status: in_force

(a) All powers of the City shall be vested in the City Council, except as otherwise provided by law or this charter, and the Council shall perform all duties and obligations imposed on the City by law.

(b) In addition, the Council shall have general oversight of the affairs and property of the City not committed by law to the care of any particular officer, including the following powers and duties:

(1) Acquire property, real and personal, within or outside its corporate limits for any lawful purpose and by any lawful means, including condemnation, in fee simple, or any lesser interest of estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or other means of transfer. The Council may also sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require, in accordance with State law.

(2) Promote and safeguard the public health, safety, comfort, or general welfare by the adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances and regulations, including the following subjects:

(A) Construction of improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, lighting, and storm drains in a manner specified as a condition precedent for, but not limited to, the issuance of a building permit. The City has power to assess part or all of the expenses of such improvements to the property owners benefited thereby in proportion to respective frontage upon highways or respective values of property or by such standard as determined by the Council. The Council has power to provide for violation or nonperformance.

(B) Regulation or prohibition of any condition, activity, enterprise, public nuisance, or matter concerning promotion of public health, safety, and welfare as permitted by the general law of the State.

(C) Licensing of any activity or enterprise as permitted by general law of the State.

(D) Regulation and enforcement of energy efficiency disclosure requirements for existing and new commercial and residential properties at the time a property is listed for sale.

(3) Adopt and amend personnel policies for City employees in accordance with general laws of the State, including 24 V.S.A. § 1121 as may be amended from time to time.

(4) Authorize the expenditure of funds raised from taxation, assessments, appropriations, fines, grants applied for and received, and other lawful sources.

(5) Provide for citizen participation as appropriate on boards, commissions, and committees.

(6) Fix, demand, impose, and enforce such items, conditions, and regulations for the excavation of any street or highway by any person as shall be just and reasonably related to the City's reconstruction and maintenance costs, including expenses to be paid to the City for damages resulting from a street excavation or for the purpose of erecting and maintaining poles, wires, or other apparatus in or under the street. The City has the power to prohibit the use of any street by any such person until such conditions have been complied with.

(7) Permit the nonhighway use, occupancy, or reservation of portions of public streets and thoroughfares, provided that such use, occupancy, or reservation is in the public interest and will not impair or interfere with the free and safe flow of vehicular and pedestrian traffic thereon.

(8) Establish fees and benefit charges for City services, permits, licenses, hearings, and uses of City property and establish fees for dog licenses.
24 V.S.A. § 5056a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5056a
§ 5056a. Benefit denial; evidentiary hearing
Status: in_force

(a) An applicant for disability retirement benefits under section 5056 of this title may file a request for an evidentiary hearing with the Retirement Board if the application for benefits is denied.

(b) The hearing shall be an appeal de novo and shall be conducted by a hearing officer designated by the Board and in conformance with rules adopted by the Board. Rules adopted by the Board shall be consistent with 3 V.S.A. § 809.

(c) The decision of the hearing officer shall constitute final administrative action.

(d) The Retirement System or the applicant may appeal a decision of the hearing officer to the Supreme Court pursuant to Rule 13 of the Vermont Rules of Appellate Procedure.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 1001
App. § 251-1001. Compensation for taking
Status: in_force

Whenever, to exercise or carry into effect any of the powers hereinbefore vested in said Village, or the trustees thereof, the public good or the necessity of said Village shall, in the judgment of the trustees, require the entering upon or the taking by the Village, or by the trustees in its behalf, of water, land, or real estate, or any interest therein of any person or corporation, and such person or corporation disputes the necessity of such taking, or if the damages therefor cannot be adjusted by agreement, the matter shall be determined by the trustees of said Village, after hearing all parties interested. Such hearing shall be had upon written notice of the time and place thereof, given at least 10 days before the hearing, which notice shall substantially describe the waters, lands, or privileges desired; and said trustees shall within 10 days after such hearing file their decision and award in the Town Clerk's office of the town where the property is situated, and cause the same there to be recorded and shall at the same time file in such office a description of the waters, lands, or privileges so taken, sufficiently accurate for the identification; and if no appeal is taken from the decision and award of said trustees, as hereinafter provided, they shall, upon payment or tender of the amount awarded by them to the persons entitled thereto, be authorized to proceed under the provisions of this charter, without further hindrance or liability for damages.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 124 / Section 6
App. § 124-6. Removal of elected Town officers
Status: in_force

Any elected Town officer may be removed from office subject to the following conditions and procedures:

(1) A written petition, signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the Town, seeking the removal of such Town officer or officers, and requesting a vote of the Town at a regular or special meeting called for the purpose, shall be filed with the Selectboard and the Town Clerk.

(2) Within 15 days after receipt of the petition, the Selectboard shall warn a special Town meeting, or if the annual meeting is to occur within 45 days of the filing of the petition, include an article in the warning for the annual meeting, for the purpose of voting, by Australian ballot, on whether the officer or officers shall be removed from office.

(3) The officer or officers shall be removed from office only if at least as many registered voters of the Town cast votes in the special Town meeting or annual meeting as voted in the election wherein the officer subject to the vote of removal was originally elected.

(4) Removal shall require a majority of the votes cast at the regular or special Town meeting.

(5) If an officer is removed according to the foregoing procedure, the officer shall forthwith cease to hold office and the office shall become vacant. The vacancy shall be filled as provided by law and this charter.

(6) Only one petition for removal may be filed against any given elected officer during any 12-month period of his or her term of office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1114 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1114
App. § 5-1114. Execution
Status: in_force

All bonds and notes issued under this subchapter shall be signed by the Mayor and Treasurer of the City and in addition bonds shall bear the Seal of the City. The bonds or notes shall contain a statement that they were issued for the purposes mentioned in and in conformity with the provisions of this charter or applicable provisions of the general laws, and such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the same and of the liability of the City to pay the bonds or notes and the interest thereon in an action by a person who in good faith holds such bonds or notes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 9
App. § 401-9. Appointment
Status: in_force

(a) Initial Board. The Initial Board shall be appointed by the legislative body of each member municipality. Appointments shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter and certified by the clerk of each member municipality to the Board. Within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter, the initial Board shall meet and shall elect from its membership a Chair and Vice Chair to serve until the organizational meeting to be held pursuant to section 10 of this chapter, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The initial Board shall also appoint a Clerk and Treasurer pursuant to sections 24 and 25 of this chapter.

(b) Subsequent boards. Each year, subsequent to Town Meeting and prior to the annual organizational meeting, the legislative body of each member municipality shall appoint its representative and shall also name an alternate representative to the Board of Supervisors. Appointments shall be in writing, signed by the Chair of the legislative body, and presented to the Clerk of the District. The legislative body, by majority vote, may remove its municipality's appointed representative or alternate during his or her term of office at its discretion. The alternate representative shall represent the municipality at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors that the regular representative is unable to attend and shall have all the rights and privileges of the regular representative in his or her absence.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 7
App. § 285-7. Village President
Status: in_force

The President shall preside at all Village meetings and shall be invested with the powers of a moderator in town meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 57 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 57
App. § 403-57. Amendment of chapter
Status: in_force

This chapter may be amended by petition of five percent of the voters of the District under the provisions of subchapter 5 of this chapter or by the Board of Supervisors under this section. The Board of Supervisors may, by a majority vote, adopt a resolution stating its intent to amend the chapter. A written copy of the resolution, stating the wording and purpose of the amendment and the date of the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, shall be delivered, including mail or e-mail, to the legislative branches of each member municipality and mailed, e-mailed, or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the Board of Supervisors by the Clerk of the District at least 10 business days prior to the meeting scheduled to adopt the amendment. The amendment may be adopted by majority vote of the Board of Supervisors at the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, unless a majority of the legislative branches of the member municipalities request, in writing, that the Board of Supervisors hold a special District meeting to vote on the amendment. If the amendment is adopted by the Board of Supervisors or by the voters of the District, the Clerk of the District, within 10 days after the vote of adoption, shall certify to the Secretary of State each proposal of amendment, showing the facts as to its origin and the procedure followed pursuant to section 51 of this chapter, relating to reconsideration and recession of vote, shall apply to an amendment adopted by a vote of the Board or the voters under this section. The Secretary of State shall then proceed as with municipal charter amendments under 17 V.S.A. § 2645. The amendment shall become effective upon affirmative enactment of the proposal, either as proposed or as amended by the General Assembly. This chapter may be amended from time to time in the manner as provided, but no amendment shall be made that shall substantially impair the rights of the holders of any bonds or other notes or other evidence of indebtedness or substantially affect any obligations under long-term contracts of the District then outstanding or in effect, or the rights of the District to procure the means for payment, continuation, or termination thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 204
App. § 151-204. Offices abolished
Status: in_force

The Office of Fence Viewer; Inspector of Lumber, Shingles, and Wood; Second Constable; and Weigher of Coal are all hereby abolished. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, the Town Manager or his or her designee shall exercise the powers, duties, and responsibilities of any of the offices abolished by this section in the event that the need should arise.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 169 / Section 3
App. § 169-3. Amendment
Status: in_force

The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 111 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 111
App. § 105-111. Amendment
Status: in_force

The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 801
App. § 251-801. Construction and maintenance of reservoir
Status: in_force

The said Village shall also have authority and power to construct, maintain, and repair a reservoir or reservoirs, pumps, engines, and apparatus, take, purchase, and acquire, as in this charter provided, any ponds, springs, streams, water courses, real estate, water rights, flowage rights, and easements necessary for its purposes within the limits of the Towns of Bennington, Shaftsbury, and Glastenbury in the County of Bennington together with such land surrounding and adjacent to the same as may be reasonably necessary for protecting and preserving the purity of the water in such ponds, springs, and streams, and may enclose such ponds, springs, and streams by suitable fences for the purpose of such protection; and to enter in and upon any land or water for the purpose of making surveys, may take and construct dams and reservoirs, lay pipes and aqueducts and connect the same with the main aqueduct as may be necessary to convey the water when taken as aforesaid to the reservoirs of said Village and distribute the same through said Village for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants thereof and of the Towns of Bennington or of the adjoining Town of Shaftsbury, with water for fire, domestic, and other purposes; but said Village shall not take, otherwise than by purchase, the water of any stream, spring, pond, or reservoir owned by or used in other municipalities for like purposes or which the owner or lessee or other person having a vested right or interest in said water or use thereof, may reasonably require for domestic use or the watering of animals on the premises where such water may be in use.
24 V.S.A. § 1954 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 57 / Section 1954
§ 1954. Firemen
Status: in_force

Firemen shall be appointed by the chief engineer, subject to such rules or regulations as the legislative body may adopt, and may be salaried employees or volunteers. A fireman may be dismissed or suspended by the chief engineer on written notice, but shall be entitled to a hearing on such dismissal or suspension before the legislative body of the municipality if a written request for a hearing is submitted to the legislative body by the fireman dismissed or suspended within five days after receipt of notice thereof. The legislative body may revoke such dismissal or suspension, and may order reinstatement of a fireman suspended or dismissed.
24 V.S.A. § 3120 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3120
§ 3120. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstances is invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 7
App. § 173-7. Reconsideration of actions taken
Status: in_force

A question considered at any Town meeting or election may not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent annual or special meeting or election, specifically warned for the purpose and called by the Selectboard by resolution or by the Town Clerk pursuant to a petition requesting reconsideration or rescission. The petition must be signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters and filed with the Town Clerk within 30 days following the date of the meeting or election at which the question was first considered. The Clerk shall call for a vote in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the date of filing. The manner of reconsideration shall be the same manner by which the question was originally considered. A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission more than one time; provided, however, that after the passing of at least eight months from the date of any such reconsideration or rescission, the same or a similar question may be newly submitted for consideration. Unless rescinded as provided in this section, any vote or action lawfully taken at a Town meeting or election shall remain in effect indefinitely. A vote to reconsider or rescind shall not be effective unless the number of votes cast in favor of reconsid- eration or rescission exceeds 90 percent of the number of votes cast for the prevailing side at the original meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 310
App. § 409-310. Audit
Status: in_force

The Board shall cause an audit of its financial records to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 103
App. § 235-103. Assessment for benefit
Status: in_force

Said trustees in making, altering, or repairing sidewalks, culverts, sewers, and drains shall have power, subject to the bylaws of said Village, 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 thereby, so much of the expense of making, altering, or repairing the same as said trustees shall judge such lands to be benefited thereby.
24 V.S.A. § 1578 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1578
§ 1578. Settlement with auditors and successor
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall settle with the auditors five days previous to each annual town meeting, and at such other times as the selectboard may require and whenever he or she retires from office. At the close of his or her term of office he or she shall immediately pay over to his or her successor the funds in his or her hands belonging to the town and the town school district and at the same time deliver to his or her successor all official books and papers in his or her possession.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 15
App. § 417-15. Voting
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 3,000 population, or part thereof, in the municipality that he or she represents. The determination of population shall be made based upon the latest census provided by the State of Vermont. Any member town that is the site of a major District facility shall be entitled to one additional vote. A member or an alternate of the Board of Supervisors may not split his or her votes. Any action supported by a minimum of three communities and adopted by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Meetings of the Board of Supervisors or any committee thereof may be conducted by electronic or telephonic means, provided that all participants are able to communicate with one another, that a record of such proceedings is prepared and circulated among all members of the Board of Supervisors within 72 hours of such meeting, and the meeting complies with all requirements of the Vermont Open Meeting Law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 42
App. § 601-42. Warnings
Status: in_force

The original warning for any District meeting shall be signed by a majority of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 408 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 408
App. § 19-408. Offenders may be liable in damages
Status: in_force

A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the City shall be liable in damages to the City or to the person who shall sustain damage as the direct result of the violation; such damages may be recovered in an action declaring upon such ordinance, regulation, or bylaw.
24 V.S.A. § 2744 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 75 / Section 2744
§ 2744. Publicity fund
Status: in_force

A town or incorporated village may appropriate such sums of money as it deems necessary for the purpose of advertising the scenic beauties and municipal advantages of such town or incorporated village and its environs. A town may also appropriate such sums of money as it deems necessary to any area development association covering an area wherein such town is situated, whether such association is incorporated within the State of Vermont or elsewhere or whether such association is incorporated or not; and whether or not such association is also to serve towns or cities outside of the State of Vermont. Any sum so appropriated shall be expended at the order or orders of the legislative body.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 703 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 703
App. § 127-703. Oath and bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon his or her duties, the Manager shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties by the Town Clerk and shall give a bond to the Town in such amount and with such sureties as the Selectboard may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 201
App. § 251-201. Authorization for the assessment and collection of property taxes
Status: in_force

The Village may, at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose as provided in section 202 of this chapter, lay a tax upon the ratable estate within the same, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes set forth in this chapter, and the Board of Trustees shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the Treasurer, who shall have the same power to collect such tax as a town treasurer has to collect like taxes in the towns and may in like manner levy on and sell property to satisfy the same. It shall be the duty of the listers of the Town of Bennington in making the grand list of the Town to designate therein such of the ratable estate thereof as shall be within the limits of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 127 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 127
App. § 3-127. Department heads and other officers
Status: in_force

All officers whose terms of office are not herein or by general law otherwise specified, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, hold their offices for the specified terms from the first day of July following their appointment, and until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 1202
App. § 251-1202. Recordation and certification
Status: in_force

The bylaws, rules, regulations, and ordinances of said Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of said Village, and the Clerk's certificate that such bylaws, rules, regulations, or ordinances have been passed or adopted shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State, and certified copies of said bylaws, rules, regulations, and ordinances and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all the courts of this State.
24 V.S.A. § 220 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 220
§ 220. Tax warrant; payment by town
Status: in_force

Each town treasurer shall present the warrant described in section 219 of this subchapter to the selectboard, which shall, within the time required by the warrant, draw an order on the town treasury for the amount of such warrant and that treasurer shall forthwith pay the county treasurer the amount of such order, which amount shall be assessed by the selectboard as a tax upon the grand list of the town unless otherwise provided for.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 9
App. § 503-9. Rates
Status: in_force

The Prudential Committee shall establish rates for the water and road services provided by the Fire District, and all rates for water and road services shall be paid to the District Treasurer. All rates shall be established to provide revenue for the following services:

(1) to pay current expenses for the operation and maintenance of the water and road system;

(2) to pay the principal and interest on any debt owed by the District;

(3) to create a sinking fund, with any surplus at the end of a fiscal year, or to pay for any improvements to the road or water system.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 505
App. § 409-505. Signing of warning
Status: in_force

The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by the Clerk and Chairperson of the Board.
24 V.S.A. § 2299k — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2299k
§ 2299k. Scope of civil rules
Status: in_force

The Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure shall apply to proceedings under this subchapter, except that neither party is entitled to a trial by jury on the issue of necessity.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 904 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 904
App. § 19-904. Savings clause
Status: repealed

The passage of this charter shall not affect any ordinance, resolution, or bylaw lawfully enacted, ordained, and established under the provisions of the Acts hereby amended by this charter, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, but the same shall be and remain in full force and effect until repealed, altered, or amended.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 102
App. § 129-102. General law application
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by the legal regulation or ordinances of the Town of Milton, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Milton.
24 V.S.A. § 2802 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2802
§ 2802. Definitions
Status: in_force

The words “building” or “municipal building” as used in this chapter include wharves and docks and the lands surrounding or appurtenant thereto necessary for a highway or for parking or other public purposes connected therewith.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 21
App. § 901-21. Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Treasurer of the Authority shall be appointed by the Board. The Treasurer, with the approval of the Board, may appoint an assistant treasurer, who shall not be a director of the Board. Neither the Treasurer nor the assistant treasurer may be a director.

(b) The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the Authority and shall be the disbursing officer of the Authority. When authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall sign, make, or endorse in the name of the Authority all checks and orders for the payment of monies and pay out and disburse the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 10.10
App. § 107-10.10. Limitation
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall not be deemed to abridge the right of the inhabitants of the Town to assembly and hold general meetings; nor shall this subchapter confer upon any Representative Town Meeting the power finally to commit the Town to any measure affecting its municipal existence without action thereon by the voters of the Town at large, using the ballot and the check list therefor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 307
App. § 13-307. Appointments
Status: in_force

(a) The Council shall appoint and may remove the members of the following commissions and boards provided for in this charter or by State laws:

(1) Development Review Board.

(2) Planning Commission.

(3) Board of Library Trustees, but in no event shall one-half or more of the members of such Board be at any one time from the Board of School Directors or employees of the South Burlington School District.

(4) Annually, such additional boards, commissions, committees, or similar bodies as the Council feels to be in the best interests of the City or required by this charter or by State law, except for the Board of School Directors, and except where specifically provided otherwise in this charter.

(b) In making any appointment under this section, notice of the position or positions to be filled shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City, or by electronic means, at least 15 days prior to the appointment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 23
App. § 901-23. Open meetings and public records
Status: in_force

The conduct of all meetings and the maintenance of all records of the Authority and the Board shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 18
App. § 245-18. Electric plant; authority to operate, improve, extend, better, and add to existing plant
Status: in_force

The Village is authorized and empowered to own, maintain, operate, improve, and extend, or otherwise acquire, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, in accordance with and in any situation or manner not prohibited by law, its electric plant or plants for the purpose of lighting the streets, walks, public grounds, and buildings of the Village, for the furnishing of electric or gas services within or without the corporate limits of the Village, for public, domestic, commercial, and industrial use, and for production of electric energy or acquisition, production, piped transmission, or piped distribution of gas for sale to electric or gas distribution companies, cooperative, municipal, and privately owned, within or without the State, and for the aforesaid purposes, the Village may hire, lease, purchase, own, hold, and acquire by contract, agreement, or eminent domain proceedings any water power, buildings, land, rights-of-way, and any other property, real or personal, necessary or convenient to the operation of the said electric light and power system, 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 that the use of such public highway for the purpose of public travel is not thereby unnecessarily impaired. These powers may be exercised through a taking by eminent domain in the manner prescribed by law. All of the foregoing powers are in addition to and not in substitution for or in limitation of any other powers conferred by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 209 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 209
App. § 3-209. Regulation of planting and care of trees in parks
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have authority to direct and regulate the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery in the streets and in the public grounds of said City; and to appoint a City Forester to superintend and regulate the planting and culture of such trees and shrubbery in said streets and public grounds, and to perform such other similar duties as may be prescribed. The City Council is also authorized to enact such rules and regulations as it may deem proper to carry out the purposes of this article. It shall have general care of all shade and ornamental trees and the shrubbery growing in the streets and public grounds of said City, and may direct the removal of any that it may deem detrimental or undesirable. No shade or ornamental trees growing in the streets and public grounds of said City shall be destroyed or removed except by leave in writing, first obtained from the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114E / Section 1
App. § 114E-1. Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

(a) Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, this charter modifies the organization and functioning of local Town government in the Town of East Montpelier, Vermont.

(b) Except when changed by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of East Montpelier.

(c) 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 would have if the particular powers were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.

(d) The modifications are intended to accomplish the following goals:

(1) to help the Selectboard more effectively exercise its ultimate responsibility for Town affairs;

(2) to solve problems that the Town currently has, has had in the past, or might have in the future;

(3) to be consistent with democratic control, particularly observing the principle of checks and balances; and

(4) to avoid or minimize unintended consequences from the modification.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 43
App. § 601-43. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a District meeting by filing a notice with the town or city clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least three public places, and additional public places as may be required by law, in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for two successive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting. This section shall not apply to District informational meetings at which no voting is to take place.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 219 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 219
App. § 3-219. Duties
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have such authority and responsibility relating to the management of the Cemetery Department, its services, and facilities, as provided by the general law of this State respecting cemeteries. The City Council may by resolution delegate all or a portion of such authority and responsibility to the Board of Cemetery Commissioners. The Superintendent of the Cemetery Department shall have the practical care and immediate supervision of the Cemetery Department, but shall be subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and to the orders and ordinances of the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 148 / Section 7
App. § 148-7. Local option tax
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard is authorized to impose a one percent local option tax on any or all of the following: rooms, meals, or alcoholic beverages.

(b) Any local option tax imposed under this section shall be collected and administered, and may be rescinded, as provided by the general laws of the State.

(c) The Town's share of the revenues received through the imposition of a tax imposed by this section shall be used for property maintenance and projects within the Town of South Hero.
24 V.S.A. § 4757 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4757
§ 4757. Revolving loan funds; additional uses
Status: in_force

In addition to providing a source of funds from which loans may be made to municipalities under this chapter, each fund created under section 4753 of this chapter may be used for one or more of the following purposes:

(1) To make loans, to refund bonds or notes of a municipality issued after March 7, 1985 for sewerage works, or after July 1, 1993 for water supply systems for the purpose of financing the construction of any capital improvements or management program described in section 4753 and certified under section 4756 of this title.

(2) To guarantee or insure, directly or indirectly, the payment of notes or bonds issued or to be issued by a municipality for the purpose of financing the construction of any capital improvement or management program described in section 4754 of this title and certified under section 4756.

(3) To guarantee or insure, directly or indirectly, funds established by municipalities for the purpose of financing construction of any capital improvement described in section 4754 of this title.

(4) To invest available fund balances, and to credit the net interest income thereon to the particular fund providing investment funds.

(5) To pay the costs of the Bond Bank, VEDA, and the agency associated with the administration of each fund; provided, however, that no more than four percent of the aggregate of the highest fund balances in any fiscal year shall be used for such purposes, and that a separate account be established outside the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for such purposes. As used in this subsection, costs shall include fiscal, clerical, administrative, and issuance expenditures directly attributable and allocated to the maintenance implementation and administration of the loan funds created under this chapter.

(6) To pay from the Vermont Environmental Protection (EPA) Pollution Control Revolving Fund or the Vermont Wastewater and Potable Water Revolving Loan Fund the costs of administration of loans awarded under section 4763b of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 4686 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4686
§ 4686. Vermont Infrastructure Sustainability Fund
Status: in_force

(a) Creation. There is created the Vermont Infrastructure Sustainability Fund within the Vermont Bond Bank.

(b) Purpose. The purpose of the Fund is to provide capital to extend and increase capacity of water and sewer service and other public infrastructure in municipalities where lack of extension or capacity is a barrier to housing development.

(c) Administration. The Vermont Bond Bank may administer the Fund in coordination with and support from other State agencies, government component parts, and quasi-governmental agencies.

(d) Program parameters.

(1) The Vermont Bond Bank, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, shall develop program guidelines to effectively implement the Fund.

(2) The program shall provide low-interest loans or purchase bonds from municipalities to expand infrastructure capacity. Eligible activities include:

(A) preliminary engineering and planning;

(B) engineering design and bid specifications;

(C) construction for municipal water and wastewater systems;

(D) transportation investments, including those required by municipal regulation, the municipality's official map, designation requirements, or other planning or engineering identifying complete streets and transportation and transit related improvements, including improvements to existing streets; and

(E) other eligible activities as determined by the guidelines produced by the Vermont Bond Bank in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(e) Application requirements. Eligible project applications shall demonstrate:

(1) the project will create reserve capacity necessary for new housing unit development;

(2) the project has a direct link to housing unit production; and

(3) the municipality has a commitment to own and operate the project throughout its useful life.

(f) Application criteria. In addition to any criteria developed in the program guidelines, project applications shall be evaluated using the following criteria:

(1) whether there is a direct connection to proposed or in-progress housing development with demonstrable progress toward regional housing targets;

(2) whether the project is an expansion of an existing system;

(3) the proximity to a designated area;

(4) the project readiness and estimated time until the need for financing;

(5) the demonstration of financing for project completion or completion of a project component; and

(6) the relative need of the community per the housing targets established by the Department of Housing and Community Development.

(g) Award terms. The Vermont Bond Bank, in consultation with the Department of Housing and Community Development, shall establish award terms that may include:

(1) the maximum loan or bond amount;

(2) the maximum term of the loan or bond amount;

(3) the time by which amortization shall commence;

(4) the maximum interest rate;

(5) whether the loan is eligible for forgiveness and to what percentage or amount;

(6) the necessary security for the loan or bond; and

(7) any additional covenants required to further secure the loan or bond.

(h) Revolving fund.

(1) Any funds repaid or returned from the Infrastructure Sustainability Fund shall be deposited into the Fund and used to continue the program established in this section.

(2) The Bank may use the funds in conjunction with other Bank programs to accomplish the policy objectives outlined in this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 116 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 116
App. § 235-116. Recording and certification of bylaws
Status: in_force

The bylaws of said Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of said Village, and the Clerk's certificate that such bylaws were adopted at an annual meeting of said Village, or at a special meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State; and certified copies of said bylaws and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all the courts of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 5.01
App. § 107-5.1. General powers; duties; responsibilities of the Town Manager
Status: in_force

Subject to the provisions of law and under the supervision of the Selectboard, the Town Manager shall have the authority:

(1) to cause duties required by law or by the Selectboard or school directors, and not committed to the care of any other particular officer, to be performed and executed;

(2) to ensure the performance of all duties now conferred by law or by this charter on the Selectboard, except where prohibited by law;

(3) to be the general purchasing agent of the Town and cause the purchase of all supplies for every department;

(4) to have charge and supervision of all public Town buildings and repairs thereon;

(5) to perform all the duties now conferred by law upon the road commissioner;

(6) to ensure that the appropriate accounting procedures are followed for all Town departments;

(7) to supervise the expenditure of all special appropriations of the Town, unless otherwise voted by the Representative Town Meeting;

(8) to control and supervise, and to be the appointing authority for, all Town departments;

(9) to ensure the collection of all taxes due the Town, including delinquent taxes as permitted by law and unless otherwise voted by the Representative Town Meeting;

(10) to perform on behalf of the School District such of the duties in this section as the school directors may request.
24 V.S.A. § 2931 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 79 / Section 2931
§ 2931. Validation of certain commissions
Status: in_force

A regional planning commission in full compliance with sections 2919-2922 of this title on May 31, 1965 shall be a qualified regional planning commission under this chapter in all respects, except that it shall be limited to the financial aid which was in effect for it on May 31, 1965.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1210 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1210
App. § 5-1210. Thermal energy rates
Status: in_force

The City Council shall establish rates to be paid for the use of heat and improvements supplied by the City for the production and distribution of heat, and such rates shall be called heat rates. Such heat rates shall be a lien in the nature of a real estate tax upon the real estate so supplied with heat, improvements for the delivery of heat, or both, and shall be collected and enforced under such regulations and ordinances as the City Council shall prescribe.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 23
App. § 11-23. Taxation
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council shall assess such taxes upon the inhabitants of the City and the ratable estate within the City, whether owned by residents or nonresidents, as may be necessary for the payment of all State, county, and highway taxes as are or may be required by law and for the payment of the debts and current expenses of the City. In addition thereto, the City Council shall assess such taxes upon the inhabitants of the City and the ratable estate within the City, whether owned by residents or nonresidents, as the Board of School Commissioners shall notify the City Council are required for the support of the School District.

(b) The legal voters at a meeting duly warned and held for that purpose may vote taxes for any lawful purpose that the City Council shall assess; such vote to be by Australian ballot and checklist. All of the taxes may be included in one rate bill, and whenever any such tax shall be assessed by the City Council, it shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the City Treasurer, to whom the taxes so assessed shall be paid.

(c) Should a budget for City operations not be approved by the voters by July 1 of any year, the City Council shall amend its budget and may permit spending for that fiscal year in an amount that does not exceed the spending last approved by the legal voters.

(d) The City Council shall be authorized to levy a one percent tax on sales, meals and alcoholic beverages, and rooms. Any tax imposed under the authority of this subsection shall be collected and administered pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 51
App. § 213-51. Annual meeting
Status: in_force

The annual meeting of the corporation for the choice of officers and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of such meeting shall be held in the Village of Cambridge on the first Wednesday in May.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 501
App. § 153-501. Board of Listers
Status: in_force

The Board of Listers shall consist of three listers, one elected each year for a term of three years. The Board shall have the same powers and duties prescribed for listers under the laws of the State of Vermont.
24 V.S.A. § 4463 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4463
§ 4463. Subdivision review
Status: in_force

(a) Approval of plats. Before a plat for a major subdivision is approved, a public hearing on the plat shall be held by the appropriate municipal panel after public notice. A bylaw may provide for the administrative officer to approve minor subdivisions. A copy of the notice shall be sent to the clerk of an adjacent municipality, in the case of a plat located within 500 feet of a municipal boundary, at least 15 days prior to the public hearing.

(b) Plat; record. The approval of the appropriate municipal panel or administrative officer, if the bylaws provide for their approval of minor subdivisions, shall expire 180 days from that approval or certification unless, within that 180-day period, that plat shall have been duly filed or recorded in the office of the clerk of the municipality. After an approved plat or certification by the clerk is filed, no expiration of that approval or certification shall be applicable.

(1) The bylaw may allow the administrative officer to extend the date for filing the plat by an additional 90 days if final local or State permits or approvals are still pending.

(2) No plat showing a new street or highway may be filed or recorded in the office of the clerk of the municipality until it has been approved by the appropriate municipal panel, or administrative officer if allowed under the bylaws, pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, and that approval is endorsed in writing on the plat, or the certificate of the clerk of the municipality showing the failure of the appropriate municipal panel to take action within the 45-day period is attached to the plat and filed or recorded with the plat. After that filing or recording, the plat shall be a part of the official map of the municipality.

(c) Acceptance of streets; improvements. Every street or highway shown on a plat filed or recorded as provided in this chapter shall be deemed to be a private street or highway until it has been formally accepted by the municipality as a public street or highway by ordinance or resolution of the legislative body of the municipality. No public municipal street, utility, or improvement may be constructed by the municipality in or on any street or highway until it has become a public street or highway as provided in this section. The legislative body shall have authority after a public hearing on the subject to name and rename all public streets and to number and renumber lots so as to provide for existing as well as future structures.

(d) Beginning October 1, 2010, any application for an approval and any approval issued under this section shall include a statement, in content and form approved by the Secretary of Natural Resources, that State permits may be required and that the permittee should contact State agencies to determine what permits must be obtained before any construction may commence.

(e) Whenever a proposed subdivision is adjacent to a State highway, the application for subdivision approval shall include a letter from the Agency of Transportation confirming that the Agency has reviewed the proposed subdivision and determined whether a permit is required under 19 V.S.A. § 1111. If the Agency determines that a permit for the proposed subdivision is required under 19 V.S.A. § 1111, then the letter from the Agency shall set out any conditions that the Agency proposes to attach to the permit required under 19 V.S.A. § 1111.
24 V.S.A. § 2742 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 75 / Section 2742
§ 2742. Contracts between municipalities; airports
Status: in_force

Two or more municipal corporations, acting through the legislative bodies thereof, may enter into contracts for the same period and for the same purposes as specified in section 2741 of this title, provided that the authority conferred herewith shall apply only to airport property situated in one or more municipalities and owned or held by one or more other municipalities. The authority granted herewith may be exercised notwithstanding that some or all of said property may be exempt from taxation by other provisions of law, and in the event that such contract is entered into, no municipal officer shall refuse payment of any obligation thereunder on the ground of such exemption. (1959, No. 208, eff. May 29, 1959.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 45
App. § 3-45. Mayor not to participate in enactment of ordinances; approval by Mayor of Council actions required
Status: in_force

For the enactment of all ordinances and bylaws and the transaction of any other business by the City Council, except such as is designated in section 44 of this charter, the Mayor shall not preside over or sit with the City Council, and the action of the City Council shall require the approval of the Mayor, except as herein otherwise provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 902
App. § 19-902. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provisions of this charter are 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 the charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 607 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 607
App. § 113-607. Transfers of appropriation
Status: in_force

The Town Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classification of expenditures with an office, agency, or department. The Selectboard shall be notified in writing of all such interdepartmental transfers. The Selectboard may transfer an unencumbered appropriation balance or a portion thereof between departments. All transfers shall be documented and signed, and distributed to the Town Clerk and Treasurer. Account transfers as noted in this section must be managed within the total budget, with its constraint as required by section 304 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 407 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 407
App. § 151-407. Removal of the Town Manager
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager may be removed from office for cause, by a majority vote of the Select Board at a duly warned meeting for that purpose, as provided by general law or employment contract. At least 30 days prior to the effective date of the removal, the Select Board shall by majority vote of its members adopt a resolution stating the reason for the removal and cause a copy of such resolution to be given to the Manager. The Select Board may by such resolution immediately suspend the Town Manager from active duty but shall continue the Manager's salary until final dismissal, unless otherwise contracted between the Select Board and the Town Manager.

(b) Town Manager appointments shall continue until removed by the Town Manager. Removals by the Town Manager shall be in accordance with any personnel policy or plan adopted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1303
App. § 13-1303. City and School District annual meeting warning and budget
Status: in_force

The proposed budgets of the City and School District shall be made available to the legal voters of the City and School District at least 20 days before the annual City and School District meeting. Not more than 40 nor less than 30 days prior to the annual City and School District meeting, notice shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation within the City, informing voters of the date of a public hearing on the budgets and availability of the warnings for the annual City and School District meetings, the proposed City and School District budgets, and the City and School District annual reports. The Council and the Board of School Directors shall hold a public hearing on their respective budgets not more than 10 days before the annual City and School District meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 21
App. § 173-21. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year shall begin the first day of July and end the last day of June, unless another date is fixed by the voters at any annual Town meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 203
App. § 131-203. 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 Plainfield, the Selectboard of said Town, or its elected and appointed officials 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. § 1503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1503
App. § 13-1503. Waiver of penalty
Status: in_force

(a) The City Manager may waive the penalty incurred by any taxpayer because of the late payment of the installment of real and personal property taxes, but only when all of the following requirements have been met:

(1) the total amount of such installment was paid in full within 30 days from its due date; and

(2) the taxpayer specifically requests in writing the waiver of such penalty, stating the reason for the request; and

(3) the City Manager finds that the taxpayer was unable to make payment of said taxes by the due date because of circumstances beyond his or her control.

(b) If the City Manager waives the penalty for any taxpayer, such fact and the reasons therefore shall be forthwith reported to the Council.

(c) The City Manager shall also waive the penalty and interest incurred by a taxpayer because of the mathematical error of the City Tax Department in computing this tax, and such waiver shall be forthwith reported to the Council.
24 V.S.A. § 1206 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 36 / Section 1206
§ 1206. Evidence
Status: in_force

(a) All testimony of parties and witnesses must be made under oath or affirmation.

(b) Irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded. The rules of evidence as applied in civil cases in the Superior Courts of this State shall be followed. When necessary to ascertain facts not reasonably susceptible of proof under those rules, evidence not admissible under those rules may be admitted if it is of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent people in the conduct of their affairs.

(c) When a hearing will be expedited and the interests of the parties will not be prejudiced substantially, any part of the evidence may be received in written form, to expedite the presentation of direct testimony of a witness, provided the witness is available for direct testimony and cross-examination at the hearing on this evidence.

(d) Documentary evidence may be received in the form of copies or excerpts, if the original is not readily available. Upon request, parties shall be given an opportunity to compare the copy with the original.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 102a
App. § 3-102a. Annual assessment for Fire and Police Departments use authorized
Status: in_force

The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to meet the appropriation made for the use of the Police Department a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to meet such appropriation; but the rate of said property tax shall not exceed seven and 42 one-hundredths cents upon the dollar of said property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of said City. The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for the use of the Fire and Police Departments a tax rate not to exceed five cents upon the dollar of the property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of the City of Burlington. Such taxes shall not be included within the limitation of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed by section 99 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 401
App. § 249-401. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

Prosecutions for violation of the provisions of this charter or the provisions of any bylaw of the said the Village of Newfane made in pursuance of this Charter may be commenced before any justice of the peace of the County of Windham upon complaint of any grand juror of the Town of Newfane or the State's Attorney of the County of Windham, and all fines and costs imposed for the violations of the provisions of this charter, or the bylaws of the said corporation, or the laws of the State within the limits of said corporation shall be paid into the treasury of said corporation, and the costs of prosecution shall be paid out of the same treasury to the persons entitled thereto on the order of the court before which the trial was held.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 103
App. § 13-103. Powers of the City
Status: in_force

(a) The City shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted, and it may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter.

(b) The City may acquire real and personal property within or without its corporate limits for any City purpose, including storm water collection and disposal; waste water collection and disposal; solid waste collection and disposal; provision of public water supply; provision of public parks and recreation facilities; provision of municipal facilities for office, fire protection, and police protection; provision of public libraries; provision of public parking areas; provision of sidewalks, bicycle paths, and green strips; provision of public roadways; provision of public view zones and open spaces; and such other purposes as are addressed under the general laws of the State of Vermont. The City may acquire such property in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require.

(c) In this charter, mention of a particular power shall not be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the City would have if the particular power were not mentioned.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 29.01
App. § 9-29.1. Duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Health shall consist of the Health Officer appointed for a term of three years by the State Board of Health as provided by law, and of three persons appointed by the Mayor. One member shall be appointed annually for a term of three years. The Board shall hold their meetings as necessary and keep full and accurate records of all meetings and all business transacted. A detailed account of all expenditures shall be kept by said Board, which shall show at all times the amount of all indebtedness incurred under the authority of each appropriation for the use of said Board.

(b) It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to see to the enforcement of all laws and ordinances relating to the preservation of the public health. The Board of Health shall report its doings to the Mayor in the month of July in each year. The written orders of the Health Officers shall be enforced, and a refusal or neglect to comply therewith shall be prosecuted as provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 2
App. § 175-2. Authority of citizens
Status: in_force

All governmental authority of the Town of Woodford rests with the citizens of the Town of Woodford, who exercise their powers at Town meeting and to whom elected and appointed officers of the Town are ultimately responsible.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 12
App. § 175-12. Relationship between and among Town officers
Status: in_force

All Town officers, whether elected or appointed, shall exercise their duties and responsibilities independently according to general law, this charter, the Woodford personnel policy, and the job description for the officer's position that is currently in effect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 301
App. § 153-301. Application of general law
Status: in_force

Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to the qualifications of voters, the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, and all other particulars respective to preparation for, conducting, and management of elections, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all Town elections and all general and special meetings, except as otherwise noted in this subchapter. The Moderator shall conduct all Town meetings according to Robert's Rules of Order. The Town Clerk shall keep a record of the proceedings of all Town meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 48 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 48
App. § 405-48. Warning contents
Status: in_force

The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon. The warning also shall contain any article requested by petition signed by not less than five percent of the voters of the District and filed with the District Secretary not less than 40 days before the date of any District meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 32
App. § 7-32. Bonds of City officers
Status: in_force

The Treasurer, Clerk, Constable, Tax Collector, and Superintendent of Streets and Waterworks shall annually give bonds to the City to the satisfaction of the City Council for the faithful discharge of their respective duties, and any other City officer may be required by the City Council to give similar bonds. In case any officer neglects to give bonds as above specified, after 10 days' notice from the City Council that he or she is required to do so, his or her office shall thereupon become vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as hereinbefore provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 157 / Section 2
App. § 157-2. General law application
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town. Prior acts or enactments of the Town shall not be affected by this charter, except as otherwise provided herein.
24 V.S.A. § 5128 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5128
§ 5128. Annual budget and assessments
Status: in_force

(a) Each year the board of commissioners shall prepare a proposed budget for the district for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the district from fares and other sources, except municipal contributions, and the expenses for the next fiscal year, including debt service. The proposed budget shall be sent to the legislative branch of any member municipality by certified mail. The board of commissioners may call a meeting or meetings of the residents of its member municipalities for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget. Any meeting called shall be warned by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of operation at least seven days prior to the meeting containing the date, time and place at which the meeting is to be held and a statement of the purpose of the meeting.

(b) Annually, following the distribution provided in subsection (a), the board of commissioners shall review the proposed budget of the district in light of any discussion, and shall then adopt the budget with or without changes and determine the contributions to be requested from member municipalities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 5
App. § 15-5. Method of voting
Status: in_force

(a) The annual meeting of said corporation, for the election of officers and for voting by printed ballot on questions to be decided, shall be called at nine o'clock in the forenoon and, for the transaction of other business, at seven-thirty o'clock in the evening of the day heretofore appointed. The election of officers shall be by ballot, similar to that used for the election of Representatives to the General Assembly, and all questions submitted to the voters, at the annual or special meeting of the City, as contained in the warning for such meetings, shall be decided by ballot, similar to that used in voting on the license questions; provided, however, that such method of voting shall apply only when application for a ballot is included in the petition for a special meeting, or in an article in the warning for a regular meeting, or when ordered by the City Council.

(b) The polls shall be kept open until seven o'clock in the afternoon, and in case two or more leading candidates for the same office at any City election shall receive the same number of votes, resulting in no choice expressed by the voters, the City Council shall, at its next regular meeting, or at a special meeting held for that purpose, fill the office by the appointment of one of such leading candidates.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 902
App. § 113-902. Conflict of interest policy
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall adopt a policy regarding ethics and conflict of interest and the means to adjudicate any potential or reported conflicts. This policy shall be published on the Town's website and provided to and signed by every officer, elected official, employee, and appointee to boards or commissions. This policy shall be reviewed, updated by the Selectboard, and signed by those affected at five-year intervals or upon appointment.
24 V.S.A. § 4327 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4327
§ 4327. Joint planning commissions
Status: in_force

(a) Any planning commission of a municipality which is a town having one or more municipalities contained within its area or which is one of such contained municipalities shall, upon the act of the legislative body of each municipality, be the planning commission under this chapter for such town and all such contained municipalities.

(b) A planning commission acting for more than one municipality shall be the planning commission for such town and all such contained municipalities until such joint arrangement is terminated by the act of the legislative body of any participating municipality.

(c) In any town containing one or more villages, any act required under this chapter to be taken by a legislative body or by the vote of a municipality shall be taken by the legislative body of the town or, as the case may be, the voters of the town, including the voters of any contained village.

(d) If a contained village adopts its own plan, capital budget, or program or one or more bylaws, then any act required under this chapter for the adoption shall be taken by the legislative body or voters of the village. Nevertheless, the voters of the village shall remain as voters in the town for the adoption of town bylaws and capital budget and program, as provided in subsection (c) of this section.

(e) A single planning commission, appointed by the Board of Governors of the unified towns and gores of Essex County, namely Averill, Avery's Gore, Ferdinand, Lewis, Warner's Grant, and Warren's Gore, shall serve as the planning commission for these towns and gores.
24 V.S.A. § 5056 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5056
§ 5056. Disability retirement
Status: in_force

(a) Upon application of a member not more than 90 days before, or later than 90 days, or longer for cause shown, the date a member separates from service, any member who has not reached his or her normal retirement date and has had five or more years of creditable service, may be retired by the Retirement Board on a disability retirement allowance on the first of the month following separation from service; provided that the Medical Board, after an examination of the medical records of the member or a medical examination by a physician or physicians designated by the Medical Board, shall certify that the member is mentally or physically incapacitated for the further performance of the member's specific job requirements, that such incapacity has existed at and since the time of the member's separation from service and is likely to be permanent, and that he or she should be retired. If the member has applied for and been granted a disability retirement allowance from the Social Security Administration prior to submission of municipal application, an automatic approval will be granted upon receipt of proof of Social Security disability allowance.

(b) Upon a disability retirement, a member shall receive a normal retirement allowance if he or she has reached his or her normal retirement date; otherwise a member shall receive the allowance accrued to date of disability.

(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this section, a Group D member, upon ordinary disability retirement, shall receive an additional allowance which will be equal to ten percent of the member's average final compensation for each dependent child, not in excess of three, who has not attained age 18 or, if a dependent student, has not attained age 23, if the member's compensation from the municipality:

(1) Is not subject to Social Security withholding; or

(2) When added to his or her Social Security benefit, is subject to Social Security withholding.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 52 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 52
App. § 149-52. Debt and bonded debt for Town improvements
Status: repealed

(a) Authorization for any long-term debt shall be granted by the voters at an annual or special Town meeting duly authorized for that purpose. As used in this section, “long-term” means a period of indebtedness greater than five years.

(b) An article requesting authorization to incur long-term debt can only be placed on the warning by a vote of four Selectboard members.

(c) [Repealed.]

(d) Articles requesting authorization for long-term debt shall be warned in accordance with State statute.

(e) The Town Treasurer shall be authorized, subject to the approval of the Selectboard, to incur short-term debt in anticipation of taxes for funding.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 2.06
App. § 9-2.6. Checklists
Status: in_force

Checklists of voters for the City and for each of the City's wards shall be compiled and maintained pursuant to Title 17 Vermont Statutes Annotated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 107
App. § 127-107. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) After the public hearing, the Selectboard may finally adopt the ordinance, with or without amendment. If they amend the ordinance prior to passage, they shall cause the amended ordinance to be entered in the official record of their proceedings and shall also cause the amended sections of the ordinance, as finally passed, to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town on a day not more than 14 days after adoption.

(d) Every ordinance shall become effective 40 days after adoption, unless the Selectboard specifies a longer period, or, if the ordinance is conditioned on approval by voters of the Town, then upon such voter approval. If within 40 days of adoption, a referendum petition is filed, the ordinance shall not become effective until after the question of repeal is voted.

(e) The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk's office and in all Town libraries a book of ordinances, which shall contain each Town ordinance, together with a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate any Town ordinance lawfully passed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 204
App. § 3-204. Records to be kept; annual reports to City Council required
Status: in_force

The Parks and Recreation Department shall keep an accurate record and books of account, and shall annually transmit to the City Council a full and detailed report and statement of all its acts and doings, together with a complete and itemized account of all receipts and disbursements. The books of account and records of the Department shall, at all times, be open to inspection and subject to an annual audit by the proper municipal officer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 301
App. § 113-301. Application of general laws
Status: in_force

Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to the qualifications of voters, the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, and all other particulars respective to preparation for, conduct, 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. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 148 / Section 4
App. § 148-4. Auditor
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall annually appoint a Town Auditor, who shall perform all the duties of Town Auditors as required by State statute and those additional duties specified by the Selectboard. The Town Auditor need not be a resident or voter of South Hero and shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard. Not less than every three years, the Selectboard shall contract with a public accountant, licensed by the State, to perform a financial audit of all funds of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 108
App. § 407-108. Facility siting conditions
Status: in_force

No solid waste disposal or management facility shall be operated within the District under subsection 107(c) of this subchapter unless the District by two-thirds majority vote of its Board of Supervisors, and the host municipality by majority action of its legislative body, and the owner of such facility, shall formally agree upon the following matters:

(1) Facility management and operations, plans, and procedures.

(2) Reimbursement from the owner to the host municipality for reasonable incremental costs incurred by the host municipality for highway, culvert, and bridge improvements and maintenance attributable to the facility.

(3) Payments in lieu of taxes, royalties, and surcharges payable by the owner to the host municipality for accepting the facility and for the mitigation of impacts likely to be experienced by the host municipality by virtue of the facility.

(4) Reimbursement from the owner to the host municipality for reasonable costs incurred by the host municipality for environmental testing and monitoring relating to the facility during its operation and following closure.

(5) Approval by the host municipality of material changes in the quantity or nature of solid waste delivered to the facility.

(6) Financial arrangements, including the creation of reserve funds or adequate sureties, for facility closure and ultimate disposition of the facility site following closure.

(7) Indemnification by the owner for any liability asserted against the host community for damage and injury arising out of or caused by the owner's operations and maintenance of the facility or solid waste disposal service provided by a public or private facility.

(8) Payment by the owner for replacement or relocation of water supplies serving property adjacent to the facility when necessary to protect public health.

(9) Leachate and residue disposal, removal, and treatment.

(10) Any other matter of importance to the District and the host. The District shall be a party to any contract between a member municipality and any entity owning or operating a solid waste disposal or management facility within the District. Upon certification of approval under subsection 107(c) of this subchapter by the District to the host municipality, the parties shall proceed in good faith to enter into an agreement with respect to the matters set forth in subdivisions (1)-(10) of this section. If within 120 days following such certification, no agreement has been reached with respect to all or any of the matters set forth in subdivisions (1)-(10) of this section, any party may require that all unresolved matters be referred to one or more arbitrators for resolution under the rules of the American Arbitration Association. Within 90 days of such referral, and if no negotiated agreement has been reached, the arbitrators shall adopt as its decision the final position of one party with respect to each of the unresolved matters set forth in subdivisions (1)-(10) of this section. In addition to the foregoing, the District may negotiate and agree with any other municipality determined by the District to be materially affected by the facility with respect to one or more of the matters set forth in subdivisions (1)-(10) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 604 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 604
App. § 407-604. Dissolution of District
Status: in_force

(a) Procedure. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the member municipalities and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long-term contracts, or will have no such debt or obligation upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and thereafter adopt a resolution directing that the question of such dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for such purpose. If two-thirds of the voters of the District present and voting at such special meeting of the District duly warned for such purpose shall vote to dissolve the District and approve the plan of dissolution, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up thereof. The Board of Supervisors shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and to the Vermont Secretary of State and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution, which plan and the implementation thereof shall be subject to approval and supervision by the Windsor Superior Court.

(b) Plan of dissolution. The plan of dissolution shall:

(1) identify and value all unencumbered assets of the District;

(2) identify and value all encumbered assets of the District;

(3) identify all creditors of the District and the nature or amount of all liabilities and obligations of the District;

(4) identify all obligations under long-term contracts;

(5) specify the means by which assets of the District shall be liquidated and all liabilities and obligations of the District shall be paid and discharged, or adequate provision shall be made for the satisfaction thereof;

(6) specify the amount of monies due from each member municipality, if necessary, to extinguish the liabilities of the District;

(7) specify the nature and amount of any liabilities or obligations to be assumed and paid by the member municipalities;

(8) specify the means by which any assets remaining after discharge of all liabilities shall be liquidated if necessary;

(9) specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the member municipalities according to the same basic formula used in apportioning the annual assessments of the District.

(c) Termination. When the plan of dissolution has been implemented, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt a resolution certifying that fact to the member municipalities, whereupon this agreement and the District created hereby shall be terminated.
24 V.S.A. § 1757 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1757
§ 1757. Validation
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever the qualified voters of a municipal corporation, as defined in this subchapter, have voted by the requisite majority to authorize issuance of bonds to pay for any public improvement, and such proceedings are defective because of failure to comply with any of the statutory requirements therefor, although the required length of notice and notice of the purpose of such meeting has been had, such omissions may be cured by a resolution of such legislative branch by a vote of two-thirds of all its members at a regular or a special meeting called for that purpose, stating that the defect was the result of oversight, inadvertence, or mistake of law or fact.

(b) When such omission has been so supplied by such resolution, all bonds or other financing within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the statutory requirement had been complied with.
24 V.S.A. § 4470a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4470a
§ 4470a. Misrepresentation; material fact
Status: in_force

An administrative officer or appropriate municipal panel may reject an application under this chapter, including an application for a telecommunications facility, that misrepresents any material fact. After notice and opportunity for hearing in compliance with 3 V.S.A. § 809, an appropriate municipal panel may award reasonable attorney's fees and costs to any party or person who may have become a party but for the false or misleading information or who has incurred attorney's fees or costs in connection with the application.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 115 / Section 101
App. § 115-101. Town highway budget
Status: in_force

Annually, the Selectboard shall prepare a highway budget with respect to the operation, maintenance, repair, and construction of Town highways, which budget shall be voted upon as a separate article at each annual Town meeting or a special Town meeting called for that purpose. Voting on the proposed highway budget shall be restricted to only those eligible voters residing in that part of the Town of Enosburgh not within the incorporated limits of the Village of Enosburg Falls. The approved Town highway budget shall be funded by a highway tax to be levied on the grand list of the Town of Enosburgh, representing ratable property situated in that part of the Town not within the incorporated limits of the Village of Enosburg Falls.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 302
App. § 249-302. Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk shall keep a record of all meetings and proceedings of the corporation and of the Board of Trustees and give copies of the same when required upon payment of reasonable fees. The Clerk shall warn all meetings of the legal voters of said corporation by posting notices thereof containing a statement of the business proposed to be transacted in three or more public places within the limits of the said corporation at least six days before the time of meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 109
App. § 13-109. Filing
Status: in_force

The City Clerk shall prepare and keep in the City Clerk's office a book of ordinances that shall contain each ordinance finally passed by the Council together with a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 103
App. § 106-103. Properties held in trust
Status: in_force

Any and all properties held in trust by the trustees of the Village of Bradford, or any officer thereof, shall become vested in the Selectboard of the Town of Bradford and its successors, or in the respective officer of the said Town and his or her successor, as the case may be, and shall continue to be held in trust for the same uses as before the merger, all without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 310
App. § 19-310. Independent audit
Status: in_force

The Council shall provide for an independent annual audit of all City accounts and may provide for such more frequent audits 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 City government or any of its officers. The Council may designate such accountant or firm annually or for a period not exceeding three years, provided that the designation of any particular fiscal year shall be made no later than 30 days after the beginning of such fiscal year. The Council may accept the report of an audit conducted by the State in satisfaction of all or a part of the requirements of this section.
24 V.S.A. § 4592 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4592
§ 4592. Supplementary powers
Status: in_force

The Bank, in addition to any other powers granted in this chapter, has the following powers:

(1) In connection with any loan to a governmental unit, to consider the need, desirability, or eligibility of the loan, the ability of the governmental unit to secure borrowed money from other sources and the costs thereof, and the particular public improvement or purpose to be financed by the municipal bonds or revenue bonds to be purchased by the Bank.

(2) To charge for its costs and services in review or consideration of any proposed loan to a governmental unit or purchase of municipal bonds or revenue bonds of a governmental unit, and to charge therefor whether or not the loan is made or the municipal bonds or revenue bonds are purchased.

(3) To establish any terms and provisions with respect to any loan to governmental units through the purchase of municipal bonds or revenue bonds by the Bank, including date and maturities of the bonds, provisions as to redemption or payment prior to maturity, and any other matters that are necessary, desirable, or advisable in the judgment of the Bank.

(4) To conduct examinations and hearings and to hear testimony and take proof, under oath or affirmation, at public or private hearings, on any matter material for its information and necessary to carry out this chapter.

(5) To issue subpoenas requiring the attendance of witnesses and the production of books and papers pertinent to any hearing before the Bank, or before one or more of the directors of the Bank appointed by it to conduct the hearing.

(6) To apply to any court, having territorial jurisdiction of the offense, to have punished for contempt any witness who refuses to obey a subpoena, or who refuses to be sworn or affirmed to testify, or who is guilty of any contempt after summons to appear.

(7) To procure insurance against any losses in connection with its property, operations, or assets in such amounts and from such insurers as it deems desirable.

(8) To the extent permitted under its contracts with the holders of bonds or notes of the Bank, to consent to any modification of the rate of interest, time, and payment of any installment of principal or interest, security, or any other term of bond or note, contract, or agreement of any kind to which the Bank is a party.

(9) To issue its bonds or notes that are secured by neither the Reserve Fund nor the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund, but which may be secured by such other funds and accounts as may be authorized by the Bank from time to time.

(10) To issue bonds, other forms of indebtedness, or other financing obligations or arrangements for projects relating to renewable energy, energy efficiency, climate adaptation, and projects that otherwise result in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
24 V.S.A. § 2696 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 73 / Section 2696
§ 2696. Associated town home
Status: in_force

Any number of towns may unite for the purpose of supporting a town home. For this purpose, they may enter into an agreement under chapter 121 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 321 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 321
App. § 5-321. Ex-officio appointments
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have the powers of the board of water and sewer commissioners, the local board of health (when convened with the health officer), and the local board of liquor control as specified by this charter and State statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 169 / Section 1
App. § 169-1. Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, this charter is enacted for the purpose of converting the elective position of Town Treasurer to a position appointed by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 103
App. § 113-103. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

(a) The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns by the Constitution and laws of the State together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution the powers granted; it may enact ordinances consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter, and impose penalties for violations thereof not in excess of a fine of $100.00, together with the costs of prosecution, or imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both.

(b) The Town of Colchester may adopt, amend, enforce, and repeal ordinances relating to any aspect of municipal concern for the peace, order, health, safety, comfort, protection, morality, and general welfare of the Town and of its citizens.

(c) The Town may acquire real property within its corporate limits for any Town purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, or without its corporate limits by purchase, gift, devise, lease, with approval of the voters, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interests may require.

(d) 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 would have if the particular power were not mentioned.

(e) The Town may merge with political subdivisions within its boundary after approval of the voters in elections to be held by both the Town and political subdivision involved.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 9
App. § 285-9. Village Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Village Treasurer shall discharge the usual duties of such office and shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 20
App. § 11-20. Ordinances; 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 prosecuted as a civil action in the Vermont Superior Court, Vermont Environmental Court, or other appropriate forum.

(b) All penalties collected for the violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw shall be paid over to the City except for any surcharge allowed by law to be retained by the court.

(c) A Superior Court or Environmental Court judge shall have the jurisdiction to enjoin the violation of an ordinance or rule, but the election of the City to proceed under this subsection shall not prevent its proceeding under subsection (a) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 512 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 512
App. § 407-512. Priority
Status: in_force

When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 15.02
App. § 9-15.2. Appointed officers; two-year term
Status: in_force

(a) The Mayor shall appoint a City Clerk, a City Attorney, a Grand Juror and Assistant City Attorney, a Superintendent of Recreation, a Building Inspector, a Zoning Administrator, an Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, and such other offices as are required by State law.

(b) The Mayor may appoint an Emergency Management Director, a Community Development Director, a Director of Public Welfare, and such subordinate officers as may be elected or appointed by towns or authorized by any lawful ordinance made under this charter, the appointment of which is not otherwise provided for.

(c) All of the above named officers shall be appointed in March of odd numbered years for a two-year term.
24 V.S.A. § 172 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 172
§ 172. Certificate of appointment
Status: in_force

Upon the appointment of a county clerk, such judges shall transmit to the Secretary of State their certificate of appointment and qualification of such clerk signed by them. Such certificate shall bear on its face the signature and impression of the official seal of the clerk and verification of the genuineness of each.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 3
App. § 703-3. Legal status
Status: in_force

The District created hereunder shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municipal corporation as set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 3342(a), and shall further be for the purposes and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 3606 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3606
§ 3606. Petition for hearing to determine necessity
Status: in_force

The municipal corporation may agree with all the owners of land or interest in land affected by a survey made under section 3604 of this chapter for the conveyance of the owners' interest. Where the agreement is not made, the board shall petition the Civil Division of the Superior Court, setting forth in the petition that the board proposes to take certain land, or rights in the land, and describing the lands or rights. The survey shall be included in the petition. The petition shall set forth the purposes for which the land or rights are desired and shall contain a request that the court fix a time and place when the court will hear all parties concerned and determine whether the taking is necessary. (1963, No. 214, § 2; renumbered from 24 V.S.A. § 3604 by 2023, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. July 1, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 257 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 257
App. § 3-257. Chief Administrative Officer to mail copy of citation to last known address of nonresident
Status: in_force

Said Chief Administrative Officer shall mail to the last known post office address of such person, in a registered package, a true and attested transcript of such copy so left with him or her, which shall be certified by him or her under the Seal of said City. Said Chief Administrative Officer shall certify under the Seal of said City all the Chief Administrative Officer's doings touching said copy so left with the Chief Administrative Officer by said sheriff or constable and shall attach to said certificate all registry receipts pertaining to such copy received by the Chief Administrative Officer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 316 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 316
App. § 1-316. Expenditures
Status: in_force

No money shall be paid except on warrant by the Treasurer or a designated deputy and authorized by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 903
App. § 129-903. Minutes
Status: in_force

(a) Copies of the minutes of the Development Review Board (DRB) and the Milton Planning Commission, or portions of the minutes, shall be made available to any members of the public upon request of the Town Clerk and at cost.

(b) Copies of the minutes of the DRB and the Planning Commission shall be filed and kept in the Town Clerk's office in separate books provided for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1701
App. § 247-1701. Repeal of previous acts
Status: in_force

Those provisions of the charter as amended heretofore existing which are inconsistent with this revised charter shall be supplanted and governed by the provisions of this charter except that this revision shall not be construed to constrict or diminish any right, powers, and privileges previously granted under the terms of the heretofore existing charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 13
App. § 3-13. Vacancies to be filled by City Council
Status: in_force

In case of a vacancy in any ward office occasioned by death, removal from the ward or City, resignation, inability to serve, failure to elect, or other cause, the same shall be filled by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 801 / Section 3
App. § 801-3. Membership in the Authority
Status: in_force

Membership in the Authority shall consist of those municipalities that elect to join the Authority by majority vote of its voters present and voting on the question at an annual or special meeting duly warned for the purpose prior to July 1, 2010. Beginning on July 1, 2010, a municipality may hold an annual meeting or a special meeting for the purpose of determining through election by a majority vote of its voters present and voting on the question only if the municipality is specifically authorized to join the Authority either under section 12 of this chapter or by resolution duly passed by the Green Mountain Transit Authority Board of Commissioners. The initial meeting of a municipality called to determine whether or not to join the Authority shall be warned in the manner provided by law, except that for such meeting only, any warning need not be posted for a period in excess of 20 days, any other provision of law or municipal charter to the contrary notwithstanding. Membership may be terminated only in the manner provided in section 8 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 5
App. § 123B-5. Open meetings
Status: in_force

Meetings of all Town boards and commissions shall be open and held in accordance with the general law of this State relating to public meetings. The record of all official proceedings shall be available for public inspection and copying as provided by the general law of this State.
24 V.S.A. § 1167 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1167
§ 1167. Certification of votes
Status: in_force

When at an annual or special meeting a town votes to raise a tax, to borrow money, or to make any appropriation of money, the clerk of such town, within five days thereafter, shall certify such vote to the treasurer of the town and to the chair of the selectboard.
24 V.S.A. § 3304 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3304
§ 3304. Record
Status: in_force

Such municipal corporation, within 60 days after the taking of any property, franchise, easement, or right under the provisions of this chapter, shall file in the office of the clerk of the municipal corporation where the same is situated, a description thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36.09 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 36.09
App. § 9-36.9. Effective date of charter
Status: in_force

This charter shall be effective upon adoption following approval by the City of Rutland at any annual or special meeting thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 2
App. § 173-2. Town meetings
Status: in_force

(a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town business shall be held according to State law except as hereinafter provided.

(b) A special Town meeting:

(1) may be called by a majority of the Selectboard; or

(2) shall be called by the Town Clerk upon receipt by the clerk of a petition signed by at least five percent of the voters, specifying the business to be transacted at the meeting.

(c) Whenever an issue or election is to be decided by Australian ballot, the ballot boxes shall be opened no earlier than 6:00 a.m., but no later than 10:00 a.m., as determined by the Board of Civil Authority as provided in Vermont Statutes Annotated, and shall close at 7:00 p.m.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 404
App. § 153-404. Meetings of the Selectboard
Status: in_force

(a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice Chair, the Selectboard shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings. Such meetings shall be held at least once a month.

(b) The Selectboard shall determine its own rules and order of business.

(c) The presence of three members shall constitute a quorum.

(d) All meetings of the Selectboard shall be open to the public unless, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present, the Selectboard shall vote that any particular session shall be an executive session in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 313.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 203
App. § 3-203. Commissioners to manage parks; composition of Board
Status: in_force

The public parks of the City of Burlington now in existence, and those that may hereafter be established, together with all park property that may be acquired and all public recreational activities hereafter sponsored by the City, shall be under the management, care, and control of the City Council. The Parks and Recreation Department may likewise cosponsor recreational activities with other public and/or private agencies. The City Council may by resolution delegate any of the powers relating to parks and recreation to the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. The Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners shall consist of seven legal voters of said City, to be appointed as hereinbefore provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 4
App. § 503-4. Annual and special Fire District meetings
Status: in_force

(a) Warnings. Annual and special meetings of the Fire District shall be warned by the Clerk, or in the Clerk's absence, any member of the Prudential Committee. The warning shall include the purpose of the meeting and the time and place of the meeting. The notice shall be posted at two or more public places in the District not more than 40 days or less than 30 days before the meeting. The District Clerk shall record all warnings in the Fire District records.

(b) Annual meetings. The annual meeting of the Fire District shall be held on the third Tuesday in May.

(c) Special meetings. The Clerk of the Fire District shall warn a special meeting upon petition of three or more voters of the District or five percent of the District, whichever is greater.

(d) Quorum and voting. Persons residing within the Fire District who are voters in the Town of St. George shall be entitled to vote at a Fire District annual or special meeting. A quorum at an annual or special meeting of the Fire District shall be by seven or more voters of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1001
App. § 269-1001. Water and sewer systems; duties of trustees
Status: in_force

Until such time as a separate Board(s) of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall be established, the Board of Trustees shall act as such commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1706 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 1706
App. § 143-1706. Reference to statute
Status: in_force

If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by a special statute, the reference to such statute shall include the statute as amended or renumbered or any statute substituted therefor and having a similar subject matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 25
App. § 261-25. Corporation empowered to borrow money and issue bonds and notes therefor
Status: in_force

Said Village, at an annual meeting, or any special meeting called for that purpose, is hereby authorized and empowered to vote to borrow money for any of the purposes herein mentioned and to issue its notes and bonds therefor, which bonds and notes shall be signed by the trustees and countersigned by the Treasurer of said Village, and payable at such time or times as said Village may direct; provided, however, that no vote to borrow money or for the issue of notes or bonds, shall be taken at any meeting for which the call or warrant does not specify that purpose. Before said notes and bonds shall issue a record thereof shall be made in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the Treasurer of said Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 36.01
App. § 9-36.1. Declaration of necessity
Status: in_force

We hereby find and declare that there currently exists within the City of Rutland an urgent need to reduce the property tax burden on residential homeowners; to redevelop dilapidated and blighted structures, to revitalize the commercial and industrial sectors of our economy, and to promote economic opportunity for all citizens, particularly those who are aged or of lower income.
24 V.S.A. § 221 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 221
§ 221. Annual statement; penalty
Status: in_force

(a) Annually, on or before February 5, a county treasurer shall make settlement with the county auditor and deliver to the assistant judges of the county a statement of his or her accounts for the year ending on January 31 preceding, exhibiting the orders accepted by him or her, giving the number, date, amount, and payee of each, the amount and source of revenue of the county and each item thereof, the orders paid by him or her, giving the number, date, and amount of each, to whom made payable and for what purpose drawn, the amount of interest paid thereon, the amount of indebtedness of the county, with a copy of the abstract of orders outstanding and unpaid at the commencement of such year, and the orders accepted by him or her during such year.

(b) A county treasurer who fails to comply with a provision of this section, or who knowingly makes a false return, shall be fined not more than $500.00.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 442 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 442
App. § 3-442. Bonds; proceeds
Status: in_force

All monies received from the issue of bonds (other than refunding bonds) shall be used solely to defray the cost of improving the electric plant of the City. The cost of improving the electric plant shall include all cost of acquisition, or improvement, including all preliminary expenses, the cost of acquiring all property, franchises, easements, and rights necessary or convenient therefor, engineering and legal expenses, expenses for estimates of costs and revenues, expenses for plans, specifications, and surveys, other expenses incident or necessary to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, interest prior to and during the carrying out of any project and for a reasonable period thereafter, such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses as may be required by the ordinance or resolution under which the bonds are issued, and such other expenses as may be incurred in the financing herein authorized, the acquisition or improvement of the electric plant, the placing of such plant in operation, including the creation of a cash working fund, and the performance of the things herein required or permitted in connection therewith.
24 V.S.A. § 993 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 993
§ 993. Money to be paid over; penalty
Status: in_force

When a person who has served as a town or a town school district officer does not at the expiration of his or her term of office forthwith pay to the proper treasurer all money in his or her hands belonging to the town or town school district, he or she shall be fined not more than $200.00. The town or town school district, as the case may be, may recover such money of such person in a civil action on this statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 176 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 176
App. § 225-176. Amendment or repeal
Status: repealed

No section of this charter may be amended or repealed without such amendment or repeal making specific reference to this charter and to the sections or provisions to be amended or repealed. Any proposed amendment or repeal of this charter must be submitted to the voters for their approval and, upon such approval, submitted as provided by 17 V.S.A. § 2645.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 37.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 37.01
App. § 9-37.1. Interpretation
Status: in_force

In the construction of this charter, the rules provided in 1 V.S.A chapter 3 shall be observed, unless such construction is inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant to the context of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 302
App. § 103-302. Additional powers of Select Board members to adopt ordinances
Status: in_force

In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the Select Board members are authorized to adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce ordinances:

(1) regulating the parking and operation of motor vehicles; including, despite any contrary provisions of law, the establishment of speed zones wherein the limit is less than 20 miles per hour, all as may be required by the safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the Town;

(2) relating to regulation, licensing, and prohibition of the storage and accumulation of junk cars, garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, waste, and scrap and collection, removal, and disposal of such materials;

(3) relating to registration and regulation of bicycles;

(4) relating to the keeping of dogs, cats, and other domestic animals in settled areas.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 308 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 308
App. § 127-308. Vacancies and appointments
Status: in_force

(a) When the term of any member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Planning Commission, or any other Town board or commission expires, or when the term of any officer appointed under subsections 306(d) and (e) of this charter expires, or when there is a vacancy in any such board, commission, or office, the Town Manager shall cause to be published, in a newspaper of general local circulation, a notice of the vacancy or the expiration of the term.

(b) Any qualified voter of the Town may, within 10 days of the publication, submit his or her name to the Town Manager as an applicant for the vacant or expired office. At the expiration of 10 days from the date of the publication, the names of all persons being considered shall be entered in the Selectboard minutes; the Selectboard shall not fill the vacancy or expired term until after at least seven days from the date the names of the applicants are entered in their minutes.
24 V.S.A. § 4446 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4446
§ 4446. Bylaws; effect of adoption
Status: in_force

Within the jurisdiction of any municipality that has adopted any of the bylaws authorized by this chapter, no land development may be undertaken or effected except in conformance with those bylaws. Bylaws authorized by this chapter may specify for exclusion from review any land development determined to impose no impact or merely a de minimus impact on the surrounding area and the overall pattern of land development.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 4
App. § 253-4. Qualified voters
Status: in_force

Every person who resides within the limits of the Village, and is a legal voter in Town meetings in the Town of Troy, shall be entitled to vote in any Village meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 97 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 97
App. § 235-97. Meters
Status: in_force

A person supplied with electric light or power may, by a notice in writing, delivered to one of said Board, request the testing of the meter used to measure the electric power used by him or her or another. Said Board, upon receipt of such request, shall cause the meter complained of to be tested and, if found defective or incorrect, shall cause the same to be corrected or a correct meter to be installed. After such complaint is received by said Board, and until an incorrect or imperfectly recording meter is corrected, or a new or correct meter is installed by said Board, the Village shall not collect more than the minimum charge per month.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1405
App. § 247-1405. Revenue anticipation notes
Status: in_force

Pending the receipt of revenue in the form of grants in aid from any source, the trustees may, by resolution or ordinance, issue revenue anticipation notes in anticipation of the grants in aid to be received pursuant to the provisions of the above noted subchapter, or any amendments thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129F / Section 3
App. § 129F-3. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

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

(1) A Town Treasurer who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government. The Town Treasurer shall be responsible for the collection of current taxes. The Town Treasurer shall be paid an hourly wage.

(2) A Town Clerk who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government. The Town Clerk shall be paid an hourly wage.

(3) A Collector of Delinquent Taxes. Unless the Town shall vote under 24 V.S.A. § 1530 to pay the Collector of Delinquent Taxes a salary in lieu of fees and commissions, the Collector shall be compensated by the eight-percent commission on delinquent taxes set forth in 32 V.S.A. § 1674(2), or such other percentage as may be set by a majority of voters present and voting at an annual or special meeting in accordance with 32 V.S.A. § 1674(3).

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

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

(d) Persons appointed to the positions of Clerk, Treasurer, or Collector of Delinquent Taxes need not be a resident or voter of the Town of Panton.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 202
App. § 215-202. Election of officers at the annual meeting
Status: in_force

At the annual meeting of said corporation, there shall be elected, by ballot if called for, for the ensuing year and until their successors are chosen, a Moderator, who shall preside at all meetings of said corporation, with powers of moderators at town meetings; a Clerk who shall keep a record of the proceedings of said meetings of said corporation, with power to certify to copies of the same, and who shall perform all the usual duties of a clerk; one trustee for a term of one year, one trustee for a term of two years, and one trustee for a term of three years, and thereafter at each annual meeting one trustee for a term of three years, who shall have the management of the affairs of said corporation with the necessary powers for that purpose, who may fill vacancies in the offices of said corporation, who may act by a majority, and of whom the oldest in office present at any meeting of said corporation shall preside when the Moderator is absent; a Treasurer and a Collector, who shall be sworn, and who shall discharge the usual duties of such officers; and such other officers, as said corporation by its bylaws require who shall have all the powers necessary for the purposes of their office. The Treasurer and the Collector shall give bonds in such sums as the trustees of said corporation shall direct for the faithful performance of their duties, and if such Treasurer or Collector does not give such bond within 10 days after the person's election or appointment, the office shall be vacant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 702
App. § 269-702. Tax Collector
Status: in_force

The Village Manager shall be the Village Tax Collector.
24 V.S.A. § 2032 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2032
§ 2032. Referendum
Status: in_force

The right of a legislative branch of a municipality to make such regulations shall not take effect until they have been approved and accepted by a majority of the voters of the municipality attending a duly warned regular or special meeting called for that purpose, nor shall such regulations take effect until they are published once a week on the same day for two consecutive weeks in a newspaper published in such municipality or, in the absence thereof, in a newspaper circulating within the county.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 15
App. § 239-15. Village trustees; license granting authority
Status: in_force

The trustees of the Village shall have the same power of granting licenses and vacating the same within the limits of the Village, agreeably to the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations that the selectboard has by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 102
App. § 103-102. Additional Town powers
Status: in_force

In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the Town of Bennington is authorized to adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce ordinances:

(a) relating to collection and removal of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, waste, and scrap by the Town and establishment of rates to be paid to the Town for such service;

(b) relating to construction and alteration of public and private buildings and the use thereof, including establishment of minimum standards for plumbing, heating, and wiring, so as to prevent hazardous and dangerous conditions, fires, and explosions by precautionary regulations and inspection;

(c) relating to the use of firearms in settled areas;

(d) relating to the packaging, marketing, and handling of produce and other foodstuffs;

(e) relating to the prevention of pollution of streams, ponds, and other waterways within the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 5a
App. § 403-5a. Sovereign immunity
Status: in_force

The District shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the same extent that the State of Vermont does. The District shall provide liability and other insurance for itself and the members of the Board of Supervisors. The District shall hold harmless and indemnify all members of the Board of Supervisors from all claims of every kind and nature arising out of or connected with duties as supervisors, excepting only willful negligence and criminal conduct.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1002 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 1002
App. § 117-1002. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Department of Real Estate Appraisal is to provide for appointment of a qualified real estate assessor rather than the election of listers. The Town shall be governed by, and each taxpayer shall have rights granted by the applicable statutes concerning real and personal property taxation, appeal therefrom, and other statutes concerning taxation. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-505 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 26
App. § 141-26. Rules and procedures
Status: in_force

The Board shall determine its own rules and procedures, but in compliance with pertinent laws of the State of Vermont, and shall keep a public record of its doings.
24 V.S.A. § 2256 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2256
§ 2256. Certificate fees
Status: in_force

The initial or renewal application fee is $25.00 to be paid at the time application is made. If the application is not granted, the fee shall be returned to the applicant. A municipality, in addition to the application fee, may assess the applicant with the costs of advertising such application and such other reasonable costs incident to the hearing as are clearly attributable thereto and may make the certificate of approval conditional upon payment of same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 120 / Section 101
App. § 120-101. Water Department
Status: in_force

There is created a Water Department for the purpose of maintaining a municipal water system. The Water Department shall be separate from all other departments in the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 702
App. § 151-702. Merger of Village and Town
Status: in_force

The Village of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury are hereby consolidated and merged, and the Village of St. Johnsbury shall, except as hereinafter provided, cease to exist as a political entity or body corporate. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 151-1 by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 30, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 5
App. § 253-5. Elections at meeting
Status: in_force

At every annual meeting of the Village, the qualified electors of the Village shall, by ballot if called for, elect from their number a Moderator, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, three trustees, three fire wardens, and an Attorney. The Trustees elected at the last Village meeting shall hold office during the remainder of their official year. At the annual Village meeting to be held on the first Tuesday of January, one trustee shall be elected for the term of three years. All vacancies in the office of trustee shall be filled at the next annual meeting or at a special Village meeting duly called for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 3.05
App. § 107-3.5. Recall
Status: in_force

(a) The voters of the Town may recall any of the elected Town or Town School District officers listed in subchapter 2, section 2.1 of this charter.

(b) A recall petition, signed by at least 25 percent of the legal voters of the Town, and bearing their addresses, shall be filed with the Town Clerk within 15 calendar days of its issue. The Town Clerk upon receipt of a valid petition shall, between 45 and 60 calendar days, hold a special election with voting by Australian ballot to consider the recall of an elected Town officer.

(c) When such a petition is approved by a majority of the ballots cast at such special election, the Town officer named in the petition shall thereupon cease to hold the office.

(d) A vacancy resulting from the recall of an officer shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law.

(e) A recall petition shall not be brought against an individual more than once within 12 months.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 1
App. § 285-1. Incorporation of Village and boundaries
Status: in_force

The ratable and all other estate included within the limits of School District Number One in Newbury, in the County of Orange, is hereby incorporated and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Wells River; and the inhabitants of the Village are constituted a body politic and corporate, with all the usual powers incident to public corporations, to be known by the name of the Village of Wells River.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102e — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 102e
App. § 3-102e. Annual assessment for park use
Status: in_force

The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for the use of the capital improvement needs of City parks and community gardens a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to assist in meeting the appropriation, but the rate shall not exceed one cent upon the dollar of the property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of the City. The tax shall not be included within the limitations of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed in section 99 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 7
App. § 123B-7. Elected officers
Status: in_force

The following officers of the Town and such other Town officers as are provided by law and previous vote of the electorate as to number, length of term, and manner of election at an annual meeting shall be elected from the floor, as required by law, unless otherwise stated, and shall include the following:

(1) a Moderator to be elected by paper ballot from the floor, for a term of one year;

(2) Selectboard members, three of whom shall serve staggered three-year terms and two of whom shall serve one-year terms;

(3) listers, for terms of three years, staggered to ensure that no more than one term ends in any particular year;

(4) other Town officers as the Town shall order as provided by law.
24 V.S.A. § 1243 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1243
§ 1243. Method of voting
Status: in_force

A town may vote at an annual or special meeting to adopt or rescind the provisions of this chapter A vote on the question shall be in substantially the following form:

“Shall the [town name] [adopt/rescind] the town manager form of governance in accordance with the provisions of chapter 37 of Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated?”
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 305
App. § 3-305. Approval of section 99 by vote required
Status: in_force

The limitation upon the tax provided by section 99 of this charter for City purposes shall be 200 cents upon the dollar of the property grand list, in the event that a majority of the legal voters of the City of Burlington present and voting thereon at the annual City meeting to be held on the first Tuesday in March 1950, shall vote favorably upon the following question: “Shall the City Council be authorized to assess annually upon the property grand list for City purposes a tax which shall not exceed 200 cents upon the dollar thereof?”
24 V.S.A. § 1538 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1538
§ 1538. Assessment of tax to pay execution
Status: in_force

When a demand is made upon a city, town, town school district, or incorporated village for payment of an execution issued against it, and funds are not available in its treasury to pay the same, the mayor and board of aldermen, selectboard, or trustees shall forthwith assess a tax upon the grand list of the city, town, town school district, or incorporated village, sufficient to pay such execution with the charges and 12 percent interest thereon, and cause the same to be collected within 60 days.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 507
App. § 409-507. Australian ballot
Status: in_force

The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 312 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 312
App. § 413-312. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimbursement of expenses, or both, as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 505 / Section 7
App. § 505-7. Firefighters and fire company
Status: in_force

The Fire District is authorized by this charter to form a fire company, which shall be the firefighting agent for the District. Subject to the approval by the District, the Prudential Committee, the Fire Chief, and assistants may develop bylaws to govern the administration, size, and composition of the fire company and such other activities as are generally conferred on fire districts. Upon approval by the voters at an annual or special meeting, duly warned, the bylaws shall remain in effect until superseded in like manner.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 163 / Section 7
App. § 163-7. Severability
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 provision to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 8
App. § 123B-8. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may appoint, recommend, or approve the appointment of any Town officers for a term of one year from the date of the appointment unless otherwise specified in this section, following such notice and warning as required by this charter, to include the following:

(1) Town Clerk;

(2) Town Treasurer;

(3) Delinquent Tax Collector;

(4) Town Service Officer;

(5) Tree Warden;

(6) Emergency Management Director;

(7) Fire Warden, for a term of five years;

(8) Health Officer;

(9) members of the Town Planning Commission;

(10) Cemetery commissioners;

(11) members of the Board of Recreation;

(12) Road Commissioner;

(13) other Town officers or municipal appointments that may be necessary as provided by law or otherwise authorized by this charter for the orderly and expeditious operations of Town government.

(b) All appointed Town officers shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard.

(c) All appointed Town officers shall be governed by the Town personnel policy.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 37 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 37
App. § 401-37. Capital reserve fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and planned and unplanned major repairs of a disposal facility, in furtherance of the purpose for which the District was created. Any such capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and shall be expended for such purposes for which the fund is established. The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 9
App. § 7-9. Powers of Mayor; City Council to establish water rates
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City. He or she shall use his or her best efforts to see that the laws and City ordinances are enforced and that the duties of all subordinate officers are faithfully performed. He or she shall take care that the finances of the City are properly expended and shall bring before the Board of Aldermen whatever he or she may deem worthy of their attention for prudentially and efficiently carrying on the affairs of the City. In his or her absence, the President of the Board of Aldermen shall act as Mayor in his or her stead. The Mayor, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, shall have the power to remit penalties for the breach of City ordinances, in whole or in part, and shall cause the reason for such remission to be entered on the City records. The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City, with the power of moderator in town meetings, and at all meetings of the City Council. The City Council shall have all the powers of a selectboard. Said City Council shall hold a meeting on the first Monday of each month and oftener at the call of the Mayor. The presence of a majority of said Council shall be necessary to transact business at any meeting. The City Council shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water supplied by the City water works, which shall be called service rates and shall be collected by the City Treasurer. Such service rates shall be and are hereby made a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water and shall be collected and enforced under such regulations and ordinances as the City Council shall prescribe. The Mayor may appoint a Chief of Police and such number of other officers as he or she shall deem necessary, for a period not exceeding his or her term of office, but such appointees shall not continue in office after the next regular meeting of the City Council unless the same shall be approved by the City Council at such meeting. The Mayor may suspend any police officer and such suspension shall not continue in force after the next regular meeting of the City Council unless the same shall be approved by the City Council, and the City Council may at any time annul any of such appointments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 106
App. § 123-106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof
Status: in_force

(a) A Town ordinance may provide:

(1) for a fine in an amount no greater than $1,000.00; and

(2) that each week a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.

(b) A violation of a Town ordinance shall be classified as misdemeanor or a rule violation in the same manner as it would be classified by statute now or hereafter enacted and prosecuted accordingly. The Town may maintain an action to enjoin the violation of any ordinance or rule, but the election of the Town to proceed with an application for an injunction or to seek any other remedy or redress permitted by law shall not prevent a criminal prosecution for the violation of such ordinance or rule.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 306
App. § 414-306. Clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure.

(b) The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the District and the seal of the District. The Clerk shall record all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Supervisors, and shall cause to be posted and published all warnings of the meetings of the District.

(c) The Clerk shall prepare an annual report of the activities of the District and cause it to be distributed to its member municipalities and shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by the laws of the State of Vermont and resolutions or regulations of the Board.

(d) The Clerk shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 20
App. § 261-20. Power of trustees in laying sewers; proceedings by persons dissatisfied
Status: in_force

Whenever the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or main drain in the Village of Orleans, the trustees of said Village, upon application in writing of five or more freeholders and legal voters of said Village, are hereby authorized and empowered to lay, make, and maintain such common sewer or main drain and relay and repair the same from time to time when necessary, and for such purposes may take the land of individuals and corporations on making compensation for the land so taken; and the trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is by law prescribed for the selectboard in taking land for public highways and in awarding damages therefor; and the said trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of said Village, who shall record the same in the records of the Village. Every person whose particular drain shall enter into any such sewer or main drain or who in the opinion of such trustees shall receive benefit thereby for draining his or her premises shall be liable to contribute his or her just share towards the expense of laying and constructing such sewer or drain, and shall be assessed therefor by said trustees such share; and notice of the time and place of such assessment for said contribution shall be given to such person, his or her agent, tenant, or lessee, and a certificate of such assessment shall be left with the Clerk of said Village and recorded by said Clerk, and when so recorded the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the land or premises so assessed or benefited until the same shall be paid; and if the owners of such lands shall neglect for the space of more than 60 days after the final decision of said trustees, or in case of an appeal to the County Court for more than 60 days from the final decision of said court, to pay to the Village Treasurer the amount of said assessment, the trustees shall issue their warrant for the collection of the same directed to the Village collector of taxes who shall have power and authority to sell at public auction so much of said land or personal effects or other property not exempt by law from attachment, levy of execution, or distraint for taxes, of such delinquent, as will satisfy such assessment and all legal costs and fees, and who shall proceed in the same manner as Collectors of Taxes are required by law to proceed in selling real estate or personal effects or property of delinquent taxpayers at auction for collection of town taxes. When any person shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said trustees in the award of damages for land taken for a sewer or drain or in any assessment for contribution for the same, such person may petition the County Court for Orleans County for a reassessment of such damages or contribution, and any number of persons aggrieved may join in the petition, but such petition shall not delay the laying or repairing such sewer or drain; such petition shall be served on the Clerk of such Village within 60 days next after the award of damages or said assessment for contribution shall be filed in said Clerk's office. Such proceedings shall be had in said County Court on said petition as are provided by law for the reassessment of damages for land taken for highways by the laws of the State except as herein provided, and the commissioners appointed by said County Court to reexamine any assessment or contribution shall notify the Clerk of said corporation of the time and place when they shall hear said matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1306
App. § 127-1306. Budget limitations; borrowing
Status: in_force

(a) The incurring of bonded indebtedness, the issuing of bonds, the making of temporary loans in anticipation of bond sales, and all other matters pertaining to bonded indebtedness shall be controlled by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or such State statutes as are applicable.

(b) The Town, through the Selectboard, may borrow money in anticipation of taxes. The total amount so borrowed shall not exceed 90 percent of the taxes assessed for such year, and notes or orders issued therefor shall mature not later than the end of the fiscal year of the Town.

(c) The Town, by vote at an annual or special meeting, may borrow money under such terms and conditions and for such lawful municipal purposes as the Town shall vote.

(d) In cases of emergency, the Selectboard may appropriate funds or borrow money in the name of the Town. The total combined emergency appropriations and borrowing in any year shall not exceed five percent of the amount voted at the annual meeting as the Town budget, or if the appropriation or borrowing is prior to the annual meeting, then five percent of the amount voted at the prior annual meeting as the Town budget. Notes or orders for such emergency borrowing shall mature not more than one year from the date of issuance and shall not thereafter be renewed unless the Town so votes. Any emergency borrowing or appropriation shall be reported at the next Town meeting.

(e) The Selectboard, in the name of the Town, may borrow funds in anticipation of federal and State funds that have been approved and committed, until such time as such funds are available. Any debt so incurred for a project shall be repaid from the first federal or State funds received for that project.

(f) Any appropriations beyond the amount in the Town budget, except as specified in subsection (d) of this section, and all borrowing, except as specified in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e) of this section, shall be by vote of the Town and upon such terms and conditions as the Town shall vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 313 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 313
App. § 409-313. Recall of officers
Status: in_force

An officer may be removed by a vote of two-thirds of the supervisors of the entire Board whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the District will be served. For this action, each supervisor shall cast one vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 501
App. § 127-501. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the Selectmen shall constitute the legislative body of the Town of Middlebury for all purposes required by statutes, and except as otherwise herein specifically provided, and shall have all powers and authority given to and perform all duties required of town legislative bodies or Selectboards under the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont.

(b) Within the limitations of the foregoing, the Selectboard shall have the power to:

(1) Appoint and remove the Town Manager and supervise, create, change, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter or by law. The Selectboard may create, supervise, change, and abolish a water commission. The Selectboard may prescribe the duties of all offices, commissions, or departments created by them.

(2) Assign additional duties to officers, commissions, or departments established by this charter, but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, commission, or department duties assigned to a particular office, commission, or department established by this charter or by law.

(3) Appoint members of all boards, commissions, committees, or similar bodies unless specifically provided otherwise by this charter or by law.

(4) Make, amend, and repeal ordinances in compliance with section 107 of this charter.

(5) Inquire into the conduct of any officer, commission, or department and investigate any and all municipal affairs when deemed necessary for the proper and orderly conduct of Town government.

(6) The Selectboard shall submit an annual budget to the voters, to be voted on at Town meeting, in accordance with the provisions of the charter dealing with the budget.

(7) Exercise each and every other power not specifically set forth herein, but that is granted to the Selectboard by the statutes of the State of Vermont.

(8) Attend all meetings of all boards or agencies of the Town, whether executive or public, together with the right to speak at such meetings, but not to vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 205
App. § 142-205. Appointed officers, commissions, and committees
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may appoint any officers required by the Town's personnel regulations, this charter, or the general laws of the State of Vermont.

(b) The Selectboard may appoint commissions or committees as needed, and delegate incidental powers necessary for the proper functioning thereof, as established by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 301
App. § 127-301. Generally
Status: in_force

The officers of the Town of Middlebury shall be those provided by law for towns, except as otherwise provided by this charter. Such officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 602
App. § 19-602. Resident engagement
Status: repealed

(a) [Repealed.]

(b) The City Council may appoint additional boards and commissions at its discretion or as required by law.

(c) The boards, committees, commissions, and agencies shall exercise all powers and duties as prescribed by law, ordinance, or administrative code, or a combination of these, and the City Council shall approve a charter and bylaws specifying the powers, duties, organization, and procedures of each board, committee, commission, and agency.

(d) All unpaid appointments of residents to the boards, committees, commissions, and agencies shall be for a term certain. Residents once appointed to a term may only be removed for cause or after unanimous vote by the City Council. If ad hoc committees are created, the appointment will cease upon completion of the Committee's task.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129D / Section 201
App. § 129D-201. Town manager system
Status: in_force

The Town shall be administered by a Town Manager as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 37 until such time as such form of administration is revoked by vote of the Town as set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 1242.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 48 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 48
App. § 261-48. Present Village officers to hold office until their successors are chosen
Status: in_force

[Excluded transitional provision related to Village officers elected on the first Tuesday of January of 1892]