24 V.S.A. § 5607 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 137 / Section 5607
§ 5607. Regional Economic Development Grant Program
Status: in_force

(a) Creation of Program. There is created a Regional Economic Development Grant Program to provide competitive grants for capital costs associated with the major maintenance, renovation, or planning related to the development of facilities reasonably expected to create job opportunities in Vermont communities. The Program is authorized to award matching grants of up to $25,000.00 per project. The required match shall be met through dollars raised and not through in-kind services. State investments made under this Program shall be consistent with the goals found in section 4302 of this title and local and regional plans adopted pursuant to this title and shall be coordinated with the efforts described in chapter 76A of this title.

(b) Creation of Committee. There is established a Regional Economic Development Grant Advisory Committee to administer and coordinate the Regional Economic Development Grant Program. The Committee shall include the Commissioner of Economic, Housing and Community Affairs or designee; the Commissioner of Buildings and General Services or designee; and two members of the Vermont General Assembly, one appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one appointed by the Senate Committee on Committees. The members of the Committee shall select a chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 95 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 95
App. § 225-95. Indemnification
Status: in_force

The Village shall indemnify and hold all elective and appointive officers harmless from and against all liability claims and suits of any type brought against them as a consequence of their service, except those caused by and arising out of their intentional or willful misconduct. Said indemnity shall include all damages, costs, and attorney fees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 8
App. § 703-8. Eligibility of voters
Status: in_force

Persons residing within the limits of the District, who are qualified voters in their town meetings, shall be voters in the District meeting. The Moderator, Clerk, and members of the Board of Water Commissioners shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to vote at a District meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 412 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 412
App. § 19-412. Petitions
Status: in_force

(a) Number of signatures. Initiative and referendum petitions must be signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the City.

(b) Form and content. All papers of a petition shall be uniform in size and style and shall be assembled as one instrument for filing. Each signature shall be executed in ink or indelible pencil and shall be followed by the address of the person signing. Petitions shall contain or have attached thereto throughout their circulation the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be reconsidered.

(c) Affidavit of circulator. Each paper of a petition shall have attached to it when filed an affidavit executed by the circulator thereof stating that he or she personally circulated the paper, the number of signatures thereon, that all the signatures were affixed in his or her presence, that they are believed to be the genuine signatures of the persons whose names they purport to be, and that each signer had an opportunity before signing to read the full text of the ordinance proposed or sought to be reconsidered.

(d) Time for filing referendum petitions. Referendum petitions must be filed within 30 days after adoption by the Council of the ordinance sought to be reconsidered.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 30
App. § 109-30. Voting procedures for annual water and sewer expenses and extensions
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall propose and adopt annual budgets for water and sewer to defray necessary expenses and thereafter set rates for users to pay the same.

(b) In case of future extension of water or sewer lines and to presently unserved areas where bonding or temporary costs are to be assumed by the Town, all legal Town voters shall be eligible to vote on the project.

(c) In all cases where bonding is required, all legal voters of the Town may vote on the bond issue.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1111 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1111
App. § 5-1111. Specifications
Status: in_force

The City Council shall approve the rate of interest, the date, the denominations, the time and place of payment, and the form of such bonds or notes. The City Council may provide that the bonds or notes be sold on a competitive bid basis or by negotiated sale.
24 V.S.A. § 311 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 311
§ 311. Training requirements
Status: in_force

No person may receive an appointment as a deputy sheriff unless he or she has been awarded a certificate by the Executive Director of the Criminal Justice Training Council attesting to his or her satisfactory completion of an approved basic training program, except as provided in section 307(b) of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 26
App. § 15-26. Sales, etc
Status: in_force

(a) All sales, leases, or grants of any real estate belonging to the City shall be signed by the Mayor thereof, and sealed with the City Seal, and any conveyance so executed, if approved by a meeting of the citizens of the City legally assembled, and recorded in the records of the town where the lands so sold, leased, or granted lie, shall be good and effectual in law to convey the estate intended to be conveyed by such sale, lease, or grant.

(b) Any allocation of wastewater treatment capacity of the wastewater treatment plant of the City and any use of any wastewater distribution mains of the City connected to the plant serving any property outside the territorial limits of the City shall require a written agreement setting forth the specific terms and conditions of the allocation of wastewater capacity or use of wastewater distribution mains of the City connected to the plant. Any written agreement allocating wastewater treatment capacity outside the territorial limits of the City shall be approved at an annual or special meeting of the voters of the City legally assembled and, once signed by the City Council, or its authorized representative, shall be recorded in the land records of the municipality where the lands are located and benefited by the allocation of wastewater treatment capacity or use of wastewater distribution mains of the City connected to the plant.
24 V.S.A. § 4647 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4647
§ 4647. Payment or refunding of notes
Status: in_force

The Bank may from time to time issue its notes under this chapter and pay and retire or fund or refund the notes from proceeds of bonds or of other notes, or from any other funds or monies of the Bank available for that purpose in accordance with any contract between the Bank and the holders of the notes. Unless provided otherwise in any contract between the Bank and the holders of notes, and unless the notes are otherwise paid, funded, or refunded, the proceeds of any bonds of the Bank issued among other things, to fund any outstanding notes, shall be held, used, and applied by the Bank to the payment and retirement of the principal of the notes and the interest due and payable thereon.
24 V.S.A. § 2299a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2299a
§ 2299a. Eminent domain; solid waste management districts
Status: in_force

(a) A solid waste management district organized pursuant to chapter 121 of this title or by charter, may acquire property, or some easement or other rights in property, in order to construct and operate a sanitary landfill including suitable buffer areas and transfer stations and other solid waste facilities located on the landfill site, by condemnation as provided in this subchapter.

(b) A solid waste management district may condemn only property, easements or rights in property lying within the boundary of the district at any time after June 28, 1991. However, withdrawal of a municipality from membership in the district before November 1, 1991 shall terminate condemnation proceedings with respect to property, easements, and interests in property lying within that municipality.

(c) This subchapter may not be used to condemn property, easements, or other rights in property at solid waste management facilities actually operated by any person at any time during the three years before a petition is filed under this subchapter under either transitional authorizations issued on or before August 1, 1987 or interim, provisional, or final certifications issued by the Agency of Natural Resources.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 103
App. § 407-103. Composition
Status: in_force

The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within those municipalities that vote to approve and enter into this agreement at the time of its creation, and such other municipalities as are subsequently admitted to the District as herein provided, except for those municipalities that may withdraw as herein provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 1001
App. § 113-1001. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter shall be reviewed at a maximum five-year interval by a committee appointed by the Selectboard and may be amended in accordance with State law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 5.02
App. § 147-5.2. Organization
Status: in_force

(a) Forthwith after their election and qualification, the Selectboard shall organize and elect a Chair and Vice Chair by a majority vote of the entire Board and file a certificate of such election for record in the office of the Town Clerk.

(b) The Chair of the Board, or in his or her absence the Vice Chair, shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall be recognized as the head of the Town government for all ceremonial purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 153 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 153
App. § 3-153. Duties
Status: in_force

The City Engineer and Surveyor shall be assigned to the Public Works Department. He or she shall make all public surveys of the streets and public grounds of said City, and shall perform such other services as may be required by the Director of Public Works.
24 V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 11
§ 11. Orleans
Status: in_force

The County of Orleans is formed of the towns of Albany, Barton, Brownington, Charleston, Coventry, Craftsbury, Derby, Glover, Greensboro, Holland, Irasburg, Jay, Lowell, Morgan, Newport, Troy, Westfield, and Westmore and the City of Newport. The City of Newport is the shire town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 507
App. § 1-507. Creation
Status: in_force

The City of Barre is authorized and empowered to provide a suitable supply of water for the City, and the inhabitants that may live along or near its line of pipes in other municipalities, against fire and for sanitary, domestic, and general industrial uses, beneficial to the public; to establish water rates and the compensation for the use of water, and regulate the use of the same; to acquire by gift or purchase and to take, as the convenience and necessity of the inhabitants require, the lands, water, water privileges, rights, and property of any person, company, or corporation within the limits of the City and any other municipality in the State, except such waters as are in actual use by other municipalities and fire districts for fire, domestic, sanitary, or other purposes at the time of the passage of this act, also excepting the Brush Brook watershed in the Town of Williamstown; and to establish and maintain reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, hydrants, or any other apparatus or buildings necessary for such purposes upon, in, and through the lands of any person, company, or corporation, on making compensation therefor, and to lay and establish its pipes, mains, aqueducts in and on the public highways in the City and municipalities, and also to purchase or take lands or other property that may be necessary and convenient to protect said water supply against contamination. The general care and supervision of the City water system, its extension and maintenance shall be vested in the City Manager and shall be subject to the ordinances and resolutions of the City Council.
24 V.S.A. § 5806 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 139 / Section 5806
§ 5806. Designation data center
Status: in_force

The Department, in coordination with the LURB, shall maintain an online municipal planning data center publishing approved regional plan future land use maps adoptions and amendments and indicating the status of each approved designation within the region, and associated steps for centers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 43
App. § 235-43. Board compensation
Status: in_force

Said Board shall receive such compensation for its services as the Village may vote.
24 V.S.A. § 4012 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4012
§ 4012. Eminent domain; exemption of property from execution
Status: in_force

(a) An authority shall have the right to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property that it may deem necessary for its purposes under this chapter after the adoption by it of a resolution declaring that the acquisition of the real property described therein is necessary for such purposes. An authority may exercise the power of eminent domain in the manner provided for the condemnation of land or rights therein as set forth in 19 V.S.A. §§ 500-514 and 519 and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto. Property already devoted to a public use may be acquired, provided that no real property belonging to the city, county, State, or any political subdivision thereof may be acquired without its consent.

(b) Where it appears to the satisfaction of the court at any stage of the proceedings, upon the petition of the authority that the public interest will be prejudiced by delay, the court may, after such notice to the parties in interest as it may prescribe, which notice, however, shall not be less than eight days and may be by posting upon the property or by publication in such paper or papers at such time as the court may require, order that the authority be permitted to enter immediately upon the real property described in the petition, or any part thereof and to demolish any structures located thereon and to proceed with the construction of the project thereon, upon depositing with the court a sum of money or in lieu thereof, bonds or obligations of the United States of equivalent or greater value, not less than the last assessed valuation of the property, that the court shall find to be sufficient for the protection of the persons who may be entitled to the award. Such deposit or proceeds thereof shall be applied so far as it may be necessary for that purpose, to the payment of any award that may be made, with interest thereon, costs and expenses and the residue, if any, shall be returned to the authority; in the event of a deficiency in the sum deposited, the authority shall pay the balance to make up the award in accordance with the judgment.

(c) All real property of any housing authority, created pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, shall be exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process shall issue against the same nor shall any judgment against such authority be a charge or lien upon its real property; provided however, that the provisions of this section shall not apply to or limit the right of obligees to foreclose or otherwise enforce any mortgage of such an authority or the right of obligees to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or liens given by such an authority on its rents, fees, or revenues.
24 V.S.A. § 1786 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1786
§ 1786. Borrowing to pay current expenses in anticipation of taxes
Status: in_force

(a) A municipal corporation, by its legislative branch, may borrow money by the issuance of its notes or orders for the purpose of paying current expenses of the municipal corporation. Such notes or orders, however, must mature within one year from date.

(b) A municipal corporation may also borrow money in anticipation of taxes in an amount not to exceed ninety percent of the amount of taxes assessed for such year and may issue its notes or orders therefor to mature not more than one year from the date of the note or order.

(c) The assistant judges may borrow money in the name of the county in anticipation of taxes.
24 V.S.A. § 223 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 223
§ 223. Statement compared, corrected, and filed
Status: in_force

The assistant judges shall compare such statement with the record of the county clerk of orders drawn upon the treasurer for such year, and after correcting errors therein shall cause the same to be recorded in the office of the county clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 26
App. § 405-26. Executive Board
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant such powers to it as it may deem necessary. The Executive Board shall consist of the Chair of the Board of Commissioners and four members of the Board of Commissioners elected by the Board of Commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 702
App. § 113-702. Penalty; interest; Treasurer's powers
Status: in_force

(a) Penalty. Any installment not paid by the due dates established in section 701 of this charter shall be delinquent and there shall immediately be added to the amount due a penalty charge for late payment equivalent to five percent of the delinquent installment. If, after the expiration of 30 days from the due date of each installment the installment remains unpaid, an additional three percent penalty shall be added to the amount due. All such charges, fees, interest, and other additional amounts shall be cumulative and accrue at the times and in the manner herein specified.

(b) Interest. An additional interest charge in the amount of one percent of the unpaid tax per month or fraction thereof shall be added to any tax not paid on or before the dates specified in section 701 of this charter for the first three months and thereafter one and one-half percent per month or fraction thereof, from the due date of such tax. Until such time as said tax is paid in full, such interest shall be imposed on a fraction of a month as if it were an entire month.

(c) Treasurer's powers. The Treasurer shall have all the powers that treasurers of towns have under the general law of the State, including the power to bring actions of law, conduct tax sales, and bring petitions for foreclosure of tax liens. Such acts shall be done in the name of the Town of Colchester and in the manner provided in general law, except as modified by any provision of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 105
App. § 123-105. Reservation of powers to the Town
Status: in_force

Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Hardwick, its Selectboard, or its elected and appointed officials by general or special enactments of State statutes or regulations in force or effect or enacted after adoption of this charter, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall by this charter be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of general enactments unless this charter otherwise provides.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 504 / Section 6
App. § 504-6. Prudential Committee
Status: in_force

The Prudential Committee shall be the administrative body of the Fire District and shall be responsible for the control and management of the affairs, property, and interests of the Fire District. The Prudential Committee may exercise all powers of the Fire District and its officers unless otherwise provided in 20 V.S.A. chapter 171 or this chapter. These powers shall include the execution of contracts, the authority to purchase insurance on behalf of the Fire District, the commencement of actions in the name of the Fire District, defending actions brought against the Fire District, and the settlement of claims on behalf of the Fire District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 603
App. § 409-603. Dissolution of the District
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the affirmative vote of supervisors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of the supervisors present, the Board may prepare a plan of dissolution for submission to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for such purposes. If the voters of the District present and voting at such special meeting of the District vote to dissolve the District, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary to complete the plan of dissolution and conclude its affairs. The Board of Supervisors shall cause a notice of the plan of dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and to the Secretary of State.

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

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

(2) identify all liabilities of the District, including contract obligations;

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

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

(c) When the plan of dissolution has been fully implemented, the Board shall certify that fact to the members whereupon this chapter and the District shall be terminated.
24 V.S.A. § 1173 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1173
§ 1173. Town or village reports
Status: in_force

The clerk of a municipality shall supply annually each library in such municipality with two copies of the municipal report, upon its publication. The clerk shall also send to the Vermont State Archives and Records Administration one copy thereof in a manner prescribed by the State Archivist. Officers making these reports shall supply the clerk of the municipality with the copies necessary for him or her to comply with the provisions of this section and section 1174 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 202
App. § 413-202. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality, and one nonvoting member appointed by the Franklin-Grand Isle Regional Planning Commission.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15.12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 15.12
App. § 9-15.12. Residency requirement
Status: in_force

(a) The application of a residence requirement upon commencement of employment with the City of Rutland may be applied to those employees or appointed officials where it is established that a rational basis therefore exists.

(b) The Board of Aldermen may designate by ordinance that certain officers or employees of the City shall become residents thereof upon the determination that a rational basis exists for the imposition of such a requirement.

(c) The above requirements shall become effective upon passage and shall affect officers or employees commencing employment on or after July 1, 1979.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 69 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 69
App. § 126-69. Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) Taxes on real property shall be paid at the times and in the installments, if any, that are voted at the annual Town meeting.

(b) Interest and penalties on unpaid taxes shall be levied in the maximum amounts allowed under State law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 801 / Section 12
App. § 801-12. Municipalities authorized to vote for membership in the Green Mountain Transit Authority
Status: in_force

The following municipalities are authorized to hold an election for the purpose of determining membership in the Green Mountain Transit Authority: Barre City, Berlin, Colchester, Hinesburg, Montpelier, Morristown, Richmond, St. Albans City, Stowe, and Waterbury.
24 V.S.A. § 4351 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4351
§ 4351. Review by Commissioner of Housing and Community Development
Status: in_force

(a) The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall establish guidelines for the provision of affordable housing by municipalities with plans that have not been approved under this chapter. These guidelines shall be consistent with goals established in section 4302 of this title.

(b) On a periodic basis, commencing in 1996, the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, or a designee, shall review the planning process of municipalities that do not have approved plans, for compliance with the affordable housing criteria established under this section and shall issue a report to the municipality and to the regional planning commission. Each review shall include a public hearing which is noticed at least 15 days in advance by posting in the office of the municipal clerk and at least one public place within the municipality and by publication in a newspaper or newspapers of general publication in the region affected.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107A / Section 1
App. § 107A-1. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, there is hereby enacted a charter to govern the organization and operation of local government in the Town of Bridport.

(b) The inhabitants of the Town of Bridport, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Bridport.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1301
App. § 247-1301. Lighting
Status: in_force

Said corporation is hereby authorized and empowered under any vote had for that purpose at a meeting duly warned and held, to provide for suitable lighting of the streets and public buildings and ground within its corporate limits and to contract with any individual, corporation or entity for such purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 204
App. § 117-204. Organization
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-205 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

(a) As soon as practicable after the first day of the month of the month following annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall organize and elect a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Clerk by a majority vote of the entire Board, and shall file a certificate of the election for record in the office of the Town Clerk.

(b) The Chairperson of the Selectboard or in the Chairperson's absence, the Vice Chairperson, shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall be recognized as the head of the Town government for all ceremonial purposes.

(c) In the event of death, resignation, or incapacity of any Selectboard member, the remaining members of the Board may appoint a person eligible to fill that position. At the next annual meeting, the vacancy shall be filled by serving the remaining balance of the term. Incapacity shall include the failure by any member of the Board to attend at least 50 per cent of the meetings of the Board in any calendar year. In the event the Board is unable to agree upon an interim replacement until the next annual Town meeting, a special election shall be held forthwith to fill the position. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-203 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 2272 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2272
§ 2272. Removal of junk motor vehicles
Status: repealed

(a) A junk motor vehicle discovered in violation of section 2271 of this title shall be removed from view of the main traveled way of the highway by the owner of the land upon which it is discovered, upon receiving written notice from the Agency of Transportation to do so, if such owner holds title to the motor vehicle.

(b) If the owner of the land upon which a junk motor vehicle is discovered in violation of section 2271 of this title does not hold or disclaims title and the true owner of the motor vehicle is known or can be ascertained, the motor vehicle owner shall dispose of such motor vehicle in such a manner that it is no longer visible from the main traveled way of the highway upon receiving written notice from the Agency of Transportation to do so.

(c) The owner of land upon which a motor vehicle is left in violation of this section or section 2271 of this title may, without incurring any civil liability or criminal penalty to the owner or lienholders of such vehicle, cause the vehicle to be removed from the place where it is discovered to any other place on any property owned by him or her, or from the property, in accordance with 23 V.S.A. § 2152. The provisions of 23 V.S.A. chapter 21, subchapter 7 (abandoned motor vehicles) shall govern the identification, reclamation, and disposal of such vehicles.

(d) [Repealed.]
24 V.S.A. § 332 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 332
§ 332. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

A high bailiff may serve writs which the sheriff is incompetent to serve, and his or her fees shall be the same as those of the sheriff.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 111 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 111
App. § 113-111. Reservation of powers to the Town
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subchapter shall be so construed as in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the Town of Colchester and the Selectboard of said Town by general or special enactments 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.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 3
App. § 207-3. Boundaries and general powers
Status: in_force

The inhabitants within the bounds of the original first school district in the Town of Rockingham in the County of Windham, and their successors forever, are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of the “Bellows Falls Village Corporation” and by that name may sue and be sued; may have a common seal and alter the same at pleasure; and shall have power to purchase, hold, and convey real estate for the use of the Village, and its departments, and shall have the power to purchase, hold, and convey personal estate through its Board of Trustees, and may tax themselves and levy and collect taxes for the purposes described in this charter or to carry into effect any legal vote or bylaw of the Village, providing that no tax shall be laid or collected without the consent of the majority of the legal voters of said Village present at a meeting duly warned and agreeable to the provisions of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1753 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1753
§ 1753. Use of bond proceeds
Status: in_force

(a) If after bonds have been issued and no expenditure of the proceeds has been made for the purpose or purposes for which the debt was incurred, or if a balance remains after the completion of the project or projects for which the debt was authorized, a municipal corporation by a majority of the voters present and voting on the question at a meeting or meetings of such municipal corporation held for that purpose, may authorize the expenditure of the proceeds or portion thereof for any purpose or purposes for which bonds may be issued; provided, however, that if the proceeds obtained from the issuance of bonds or any balance thereof, is not appropriated as aforesaid, then the same shall be used to pay the principal of the loan as it matures.

(b) The warning calling the meeting provided in this section shall state the amount of the proceeds and the purpose for which they are to be used, and shall fix the place where and the date on which the meeting shall be held and the hours of opening and closing of the polls. Notice of the meeting shall conform to section 1756 of this title, and the conduct of the meeting and the qualifications of voters shall conform to section 1758 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 12
App. § 173-12. Selectboard
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all the powers of the Town shall be entrusted to and exercised by a Selectboard consisting of five members chosen by the voters of the Town of Windsor. Three members shall be elected for terms of three years and two members shall be elected for terms of two years. The Board shall discharge all the duties conferred or imposed upon selectboards by law, including the duties of water and sewer commissioners, Board of Liquor Commissioners, and any similar ex-officio duties; and when sitting in such official capacity, it shall not be necessary to convene in a separate capacity.

(b) The Selectboard shall meet within three business days after the annual election to elect a Chair and a Vice Chair and to designate a Clerk of the Board. At the same meeting, the Board shall adopt rules of order and fix the time and place of its regular meetings, which shall be held at least twice a month, except for once a month during the months of June, July, and August. Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chair, or, in the Chair's absence, the Vice Chair, or by a majority of the Board in writing to the Chair.

(c) No action of the Board, except on purely procedural matters, shall be valid or binding unless approved by a majority of the full Board, except that in the case of a passage of an emergency ordinance, at least four affirmative votes shall be required. Voting on all matters, except procedural matters, shall be by roll call unless in the case of unanimous agreement.

(d) Upon due notice and hearing, the Board may remove one of its members from office for failure to attend four consecutive, regular meetings of the Board without prior approval of the Chair. Such removal shall be done only upon the affirmative vote of all four remaining members.

(e) The Selectboard shall, at its organizational meeting, designate an acting Town Administrator who shall have all the powers and duties of the Town Administrator in the event of the latter's absence or disability. The name of the acting Town Administrator shall be on file in the Town Clerk's office at all times.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114E / Section 3
App. § 114E-3. Town Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer pursuant to section 8 of this charter. The appointee shall be competent in the keeping of records, investments, and accounting. The person chosen need not be a resident or qualified voter of the Town.

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

(c) The Selectboard shall appoint an Assistant Town Treasurer after consultation with the Town Treasurer.
24 V.S.A. § 135 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 135
§ 135. County tax; payment by town
Status: in_force

Each town treasurer shall present such warrant to the selectboard which, within the time required by the warrant, shall draw an order on the town treasury for the amount of such tax and such treasurer shall forthwith pay the county treasurer the amount of such order. Such tax shall be assessed by the selectboard upon the grand list of the town unless otherwise provided for.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 15
App. § 403-15. Voting
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 1,000 population, or part thereof, in the municipality that the Supervisor represents; provided, however, no member municipality or supervisor shall be entitled to more than 20 votes, regardless of the population of the municipality. A member of the Board of Supervisors may not split its votes. The determinations of population shall be made based upon the latest census provided by the Vermont Department of Health.

(b) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of any solid waste disposal facility, including a landfill, incinerator, gasifier, plasma arc conversion facility, or a facility using similar technologies that rely on extremely high temperature heating of high carbon feedstocks, any other similar facility that poses a potential for risk to the environment or the public; or a biosolids facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the supervisor representing the town or city in which such facility is to be located, in addition to approval by two-thirds vote of the entire Board of Supervisors.

(c) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of a resource recovery facility, including a recycling, transfer, or composting facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the supervisor representing the town or city in which the facility is to be located, in addition to approval by two-thirds vote of the entire Board of Supervisors.

(d) The District may not enter into any contract with nonmember municipalities or private entities for the management of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District, unless the contract is deemed to be in the best interests of the District, and approved by a two-thirds majority of the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106B / Section 1
App. § 106B-1. General law; application
Status: in_force

The Town of Brandon shall have all of the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this charter, together with all of the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers therein granted.
24 V.S.A. § 4622 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4622
§ 4622. Negotiability of bonds or notes
Status: in_force

Whether or not the notes and bonds are of such form and character as to be negotiable instruments under the terms of the Uniform Commercial Code 9A V.S.A. § 1-101 et seq., the notes and bonds are hereby made negotiable instruments within the meaning of and for all the purposes of said Uniform Commercial Code, subject only to the provisions of the notes and bonds for registration or for their issuance in book entry form.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 26
App. § 175-26. Initiative
Status: in_force

Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than five percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting enactment of the ordinance and accompanied by the text thereof. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the date the petition is filed unless, prior to such meeting, the Selectboard shall have enacted the ordinance. The warning for the meeting shall include the text of the proposed ordinance and shall provide for a “yes” or “no” vote to its enactment. The ordinance shall be adopted if at least 15 percent of the registered voters vote and a majority of that number vote for adoption.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 717 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 717
App. § 19-717. Tax classification
Status: in_force

(a) Except for the property of utilities subject to regulation by the Vermont Public Utility Commission, all personal and real property set out in the grand list that is not used as residential property, farmland, and public recreation, conservation, or open space lands shall be classified as nonresidential property and shall be taxed by applying the tax rate on 120 percent of the assessed value of the property, and further provided that inventories shall no longer be set out in the grand list of the City as taxable personal estate. Properties upon which in-lieu-of-tax payments are made shall be likewise classified and assessed for the purposes of such payments.

(b) As used in this section, “residential property” is hereby defined to include all property used for dwelling purposes, including accessory property that is subordinate to or customarily incidental to the main residential use, such as garages and outbuildings. Where a property is used for both residential and nonresidential purposes, it shall be apportioned according to such uses and then classified and assessed as herein provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 21
App. § 601-21. Bond
Status: in_force

Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in amounts as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The cost of the bonds shall be borne by the District. The Board of Supervisors shall determine when this requirement becomes effective after formation of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 2.06
App. § 107-2.6. Board of School Directors
Status: in_force

The Board of School Directors is a body of five persons elected at large by the voters of the Town School District. The school directors direct the affairs of the School District within areas specified in subchapter 6 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 21
App. § 417-21. Bond
Status: in_force

Prior to assuming their offices, the District shall secure appropriate public official bonds in such amounts as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 28
App. § 417-28. Audit
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant. A copy of the completed audit shall be distributed to each member municipality.
24 V.S.A. § 1684 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1684
§ 1684. Trust assets; indebtedness
Status: in_force

The auditors shall make a detailed statement showing:

(1) the condition of all trust funds in which the town is interested and a list of the assets of such funds, including the account of receipts and disbursements for the preceding year;

(2) what bonds of the town are outstanding and the rate of interest and the amount thereof; and

(3) what interest-bearing notes or orders of the town are outstanding and the serial number, date, amount, payee, and rate of interest of each and the total amount thereof.
24 V.S.A. § 1752 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1752
§ 1752. Bonds; issuance
Status: in_force

Debt may be incurred and bonds issued under this subchapter for any improvement, but no bonds shall be issued for the purpose of providing funds for ordinary expenses of any municipal corporation, except as otherwise provided.
24 V.S.A. § 1932 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 55 / Section 1932
§ 1932. Negligence of officer; suspension; hearing
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever it appears to the appointing authority by its own knowledge or when informed by a written petition signed by one or more responsible persons that any regular officer has become negligent or derelict in the officer's official duty, or is guilty of conduct unbecoming an officer, the appointing authority shall set a date for a hearing before the legislative body upon the complaint, and shall give at least seven and not more than 15 days, written notice to the accused officer stating particularly the complainant, the charges against the officer, and the time and place of hearing. The legislative body may suspend such officer from duty pending a hearing.

(b) The officer is entitled to be represented by counsel, to answer the complaint, and to be heard on the charges. He or she may waive in writing his or her right to a hearing.

(c) The officer may file with the Criminal Division of the Superior Court having territorial jurisdiction of such municipality and with the legislative body, at least 24 hours before the time set for said hearing, a notice of election to have the cause heard before said court. If such notice is duly filed, the Criminal Division of the Superior Court shall set the matter for hearing within ten days from the filing of said notice and shall give at least five days' written notice to the legislative body and the officer of the time and place of hearing. The court shall determine the facts and certify its findings, which shall be final, to the legislative body.

(d) If the legislative body or the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, as the case may be, finds after considering all the evidence offered in such hearing, that the officer is guilty of the charges as offered, the legislative body shall have the power by majority vote to remove the officer or to suspend him or her without pay for a period of time not to exceed 60 days.

(e) Any officer found not guilty of the charges offered against him or her by either the Criminal Division of the Superior Court or the legislative body shall have restored to the officer pay lost through suspension.
24 V.S.A. § 1304 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1304
§ 1304. First meeting; officers
Status: in_force

(a) Within 60 days after record of its name and bounds has been made, the voters in such village shall meet in the village. Notice of the day, hour, and place of the meeting, signed by the town clerk, or, upon his or her default, by a selectperson, shall be posted in four public places in the village and published once in each newspaper published therein, at least ten days previous thereto. The meeting may be called to order by the officer signing the notice.

(b) At such meeting, or at an adjournment thereof, the corporation shall elect a presiding officer, a clerk, five trustees, a treasurer, and a collector of taxes and may elect a tree warden and chief engineer who shall hold their offices until the first annual meeting and until others are elected and qualified. Any qualified and eligible voter of the town in which such village is situated may be elected as such tax collector, chief engineer, clerk, treasurer, or presiding officer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 207
App. § 413-207. Quorum
Status: in_force

For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members representing more than 50 percent of the Board of Supervisors shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. Any action 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.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 20
App. § 207-20. Water rates
Status: in_force

For the purpose of the support of said Water Department, and to ensure the payment of the annual principal and interest upon any water bonds issued by said corporation, the Board of Trustees shall establish rates to be charged and paid by the users of said water, at such times and in such manner as shall be determined by the Board of Trustees, and may, from time to time, alter, modify, amend, increase, or diminish such rates, and extend them to any description of property or use, as the Board of Trustees may deem proper. Such rates shall be chargeable to and may be collected of the owners of the property so supplied, unless otherwise agreed upon by the Board of Trustees and said owners, and shall be a lien and charge upon the buildings, lots, and other property so supplied and may be collected in an action at law in the name of the corporation. The Board of Trustees may order water rents to be paid in advance and may make all necessary provisions and orders relating to the supply or stoppage of water as the Board of Trustees may think expedient to ensure such advance payments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 311 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 311
App. § 5-311. Attendance at meetings
Status: in_force

Any City officer or employee may be required to attend a meeting of the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 61 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 61
App. § 213-61. Bylaws
Status: in_force

The corporation shall have power to make, amend, or repeal bylaws not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States for the following purposes:

(1) To establish and regulate a market.

(2) To suppress and restrain disorderly and gaming houses, billiard and pool tables, and all descriptions of gaming, and for the destruction of all instruments and devices used for that purpose.

(3) To regulate the exhibition of common showmen and of shows of every kind not interdicted by law.

(4) To abate and remove all public and private nuisances.

(5) To compel the owner or occupant of any unwholesome, noisome, or offensive house or place to remove or cleanse the same from time to time, as may be necessary for the health or comfort of the inhabitants of the Village.

(6) To direct the location and management of all slaughterhouses, meat markets, steam mills, blacksmith shops, and sewers.

(7) To prevent immoderate riding or driving in the streets and cruelty to animals.

(8) To regulate the erection of buildings and to regulate entrances and exits to public halls and theatres until proper exits are provided; to prevent the encumbering of the streets, sidewalks, and public alleys with firewood, lumber, carriages, boxes, and other things; and provide for the care, preservation, and improvement of public grounds.

(9) To restrain all cattle, horses, sheep, swine, and fowls from running at large in the streets of the Village.

(10) To provide a supply of water for the protection of the Village against fire and for other purposes, and to regulate the use of the same.

(11) To compel all persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by them all snow, ice, dirt, and garbage, and to keep the sidewalks and gutters clean.

(12) To license innkeepers, keepers of saloons or victualing houses, peddlars, itinerant venders, and auctioneers under such regulations and for such sums of money as shall be prescribed for the license.

(13) To regulate or restrain the use of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, or other fireworks in the streets or commons and to prevent the practicing in the streets or commons of any amusements having a tendency to injure or annoy persons passing on the streets or commons or to endanger the security of property.

(14) To regulate the place and manner of selling and weighing hay; packing, inspecting, and branding beef, pork, and produce; and selling and measuring wood, lime, and coal, and to appoint suitable persons to superintend and conduct the same.

(15) To prescribe the powers and duties of watchmen of the Village.

(16) To regulate the grade of streets and the grade and width of sidewalks and the construction thereof and protect the same.

(17) To provide for lighting the Village.

(18) To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespasses, or willful injuries to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property.

(19) To restrain and punish vagrants, mendicants, and common prostitutes, and to suppress houses of ill-fame.

(20) To establish and maintain a public library and reading room.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 29
App. § 219-29. Electric light plant; damages
Status: in_force

In the event the Village and any owner of land over which it may be desirable to pass with the poles and wires of a plant or that the Village may need for the operation of the plant cannot agree upon the damages to be paid to the owner for the passage or right-of-way, and the owner is a minor, a person who lacks capacity to protect his or her interests due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or out of State, or otherwise incapable to sell and convey, the same proceedings shall be had for assessing such damages as are provided for compensating the owners of water or lands taken for the construction and maintenance of a water plant for the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 13
App. § 285-13. Village trustees
Status: in_force

The trustees shall be the governing board of the Village and shall have power to make, establish, amend, or repeal ordinances and impose regulations not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of Vermont, or of the United States, or of the municipal charter and bylaws of the Village, and to provide for the enforcement of the same by fine, penalty, injunction, restraining order, forfeiture, or any proper remedy, and shall have such other powers as stated in this charter. The trustees shall have the general care of the affairs of the Village, shall assess all taxes required by law or by vote of the Village, and shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to the Village, and shall draw orders upon the Treasurer for all monies disbursed by them, and generally shall perform all duties legally enjoined upon them by the Village.
24 V.S.A. § 1982 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1982
§ 1982. Reports
Status: in_force

The Court Administrator shall prepare audits, records, and reports relating to the enforcement of municipal ordinance complaints in the Judicial Bureau.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1006 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1006
App. § 5-1006. Powers and duties of City Manager
Status: in_force

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

(1) ensure that all laws and ordinances are enforced;

(2) exercise administrative control over all departments;

(3) make appointments and removals as provided in this charter;

(4) prepare the annual fiscal budgets to be submitted to the City Council for review and adoption prior to the annual meeting;

(5) attend meetings of the City Council, take part in the discussion, provide requested and relevant data, and make recommendations for the determination of policy as the City Manager may deem expedient;

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

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

(8) administer the personnel policies, job classifications, and pay plan, and is authorized to take final action on all personnel issues for positions under the Manager's administrative control;

(9) delegate responsibility for administrative duties to department heads and subordinate officers; and

(10) perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter or required by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 46 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 46
App. § 901-46. Validation of Authority meetings
Status: in_force

(a) When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special Authority meeting have been omitted or not complied with, if the meeting and the business transacted is otherwise legal, the omission or noncompliance may be corrected and legalized by vote at a special meeting of the Authority called and duly warned for that purpose.

(b) The question to be voted upon shall substantially be: “Shall the action taken at the meeting of the Authority held on (state date), in spite of the fact that (state the error or omission), and any act or action of the Authority officers or agents pursuant thereto be readopted, ratified, or confirmed?”

(c)(1) Errors or omissions in the conduct of any prior special meeting that are not the result of an unlawful notice or warning or noncompliance within the scope of the warning may be cured by a resolution of the Board by a vote of at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, stating that a defect was the result of an oversight, inadvertence, or mistake.

(2) When an error or omission has been corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been in compliance initially on the condition that the original action by the Board was otherwise in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 210 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 210
App. § 3-210. Direction that trees be planted along public grounds and assess abutting land
Status: in_force

The City Council may in its discretion, cause suitable shade trees to be planted along and upon any street or any portion thereof, and upon any public grounds in said City; and may cause to be assessed upon the piece or parcel of land abutting upon such street or public grounds, and benefited by such improvement, the cost of purchasing and planting such trees. The sum so assessed shall not be greater than the amount actually expended for the purchase of such trees and the expense of planting, with an additional sum of 20 percent of that amount; and any trees that may die within three years after having been so planted shall be replaced by the City Council without additional assessment. The City Council shall by resolution direct the amount to be assessed against each piece or parcel of land; and such assessment shall be collected and the payment thereof enforced, with, and in like manner as State, county, and other taxes are collected, and the payment thereof enforced, and such assessments when collected by the Chief Administrative Officer shall be placed in the park fund.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 12
App. § 601-12. Quorum
Status: in_force

For the purposes of transacting business, the presence of more than 50 percent of the members shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may postpone a meeting to another date. Any action adopted by a majority of the votes 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.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 304
App. § 111-304. Fines and prosecution
Status: in_force

A fine not exceeding $20.00 and costs of prosecution may be imposed for the breach of any by-law, rule, or ordinance, or of any section of this charter unless some other sum is named in the section. In case such fine and costs are not paid, the alternative sentence shall be confinement in the house of correction as is provided by law in other criminal cases. Prosecution for offenses under this charter, unless otherwise specified, shall be commenced within three months after the commission of the offense. All fines shall be paid to the Town Treasurer and justices shall have jurisdiction where punishment is by fine not exceeding $20.00.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 36.07
App. § 9-36.7. Redevelopment plan
Status: in_force

Annually, and after notice and public hearing, the Authority shall develop and promulgate redevelopment master plans, standards, and criteria, which may be amended and modified from time to time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1501
App. § 123-1501. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of July and end with the last day of June.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 21
App. § 405-21. Vacancy
Status: in_force

During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Commissioners shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given in this chapter or imposed upon the Vice Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 50 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 50
App. § 149-50. Trust funds
Status: in_force

(a) Trust funds of the Town shall be accounted for separately and kept apart from other Town funds.

(b) Trust funds shall be the responsibility of the trustees of public funds in accordance with this charter and State law, unless the trust document specifies otherwise.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 9.02
App. § 9-9.2. Additional powers
Status: in_force

The Mayor, when permitted by State law, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, shall have power to suspend fines and costs, in whole or in part, in cases where the same are payable into the City Treasury, and shall cause the reason for such suspension to be entered on the City records. The Mayor shall have the power to administer oaths.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 108
App. § 106-108. Existing ordinances
Status: repealed

(a) The development plan, zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, and official maps of the Town and Village of Bradford shall become and be the development plan, zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, and official maps of the Town of Bradford.

(b) All rules, ordinances, regulations, zoning regulations, and bylaws of the Village of Bradford in effect on the day before the said merger shall become and continue in full force and effect as rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Town of Bradford for the respective area presently involved unless in conflict with rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Town of Bradford already existing, until lawfully amended or repealed.

(c) Whenever a power is granted by any such rule, ordinance, regulation, or bylaw to an officer of the Village of Bradford, such power is conferred hereby upon the appropriate officer of the Town of Bradford.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 26.03
App. § 9-26.3. Assessment of property liens
Status: in_force

After said hearing, the Commissioner of Public Works shall make up a statement of all assessments, describing the lands or buildings assessed, and forthwith cause the same to be recorded in the City Clerk's office and when so recorded such assessments shall be and remain a lien, in the nature of a tax, upon the lands or buildings so assessed until the same shall be paid.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107A / Section 4
App. § 107A-4. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 704 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 704
App. § 151-704. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall prepare an annual budget for the Town, including a Town annual budget and a former Village District special services budget. The School Director shall prepare an annual School District budget. The annual budgets, other articles providing for the appropriation of funds, and public questions shall be voted by Australian ballot.

(b) On any question wherein the vote is not specifically required to be by ballot, a ballot may be demanded by three voters at any meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1104
App. § 123-1104. Postponement and combining of Town meeting
Status: in_force

(a) If an application for a special Town meeting is made not more than 60 days and not less than 40 days before annual Town meeting day, the Selectboard may postpone voting on any one or more of the articles requested in the petition until annual Town meeting day.

(b) If, within five days after application is made for a special Town meeting, a petition for another Town meeting is filed, the Selectboard may postpone voting on any one or more of the articles requested in the first petition until the Town meeting called upon the second petition, provided that the meeting on the second petition is warned for a day falling not more than 60 days after the filing date of the first petition.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 32
App. § 141-32. Specific powers
Status: in_force

Without limiting any of its duly vested powers and authority, the Town of Readsboro may exercise the following powers and functions:

(1) to levy, assess, and collect taxes;

(2) to appropriate and borrow money within limits prescribed by general laws;

(3) to collect special assessments for benefits and services conferred;

(4) to acquire property through condemnation or otherwise;

(5) to furnish local public services, including water systems, electric light and power systems, sewage disposal systems and treatment plant, and refuse collection;

(6) to make public improvements;

(7) to issue and sell bonds and make other short-term loans on the security of municipal property, public utilities owned by the Town, or upon revenues thereof, or both;

(8) to purchase, lease, or otherwise acquire land for roads, streets, sidewalks, lanes, commons, alleys, walks, parks, recreation centers, camp sites, aviation fields and landing strips, and for installation and maintenance of equipment and facilities for public services, such as fire, electric light and power, water, sewers, and other municipal services;

(9) to establish a Police Department; a Fire Department; sanitation services; fire districts; water, sewer, and electric districts; and building codes and inspection procedures, including the establishment of rules, regulations, ordinances, and bylaws regulating and affecting the same, and enforcing fines, penalties, forfeitures, licensing procedures, and the prosecution of injunctive and restraining remedies and relief;

(10) where permitted by law, to grant, confer, condition, limit, suspend, or revoke and otherwise exercise and maintain jurisdiction over, licenses for the sale of malt and vinous beverages for on or off-premises consumption, within the municipal limits of said Town;

(11) to establish, amend, enforce, and repeal ordinances and bylaws, to regulate, restrain, abate, or prohibit:

(A) itinerant peddlers and junk collectors;

(B) food markets;

(C) sale and use of fireworks;

(D) exhibitions, dances, races, circuses, menageries, and shows of every kind and description;

(E) lotteries, games of chance, and gaming affecting the public good;

(F) nuisances affecting the public interest, health, and welfare;

(G) unlawful assemblies, riots, and public disturbances; and

(H) any and all conduct, pursuits, endeavors, and actions that may tend to affect the public health, welfare, and safety.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 1001
App. § 217-1001. Bonding authority
Status: in_force

Said Village at an annual or at 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, and such notes or bonds shall be signed by the trustees and countersigned by the Treasurer of said Village, and if interest coupons are attached they shall be signed by the Treasurer and the bonds or notes shall contain a statement that they were issued for the purposes mentioned and in conformity with the provisions of this charter, and such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the same, and of the liability of the Village to pay such notes or bonds in an action by a person who in good faith holds such notes or bonds. The Village Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom issued, and the rate of interest thereon, and also shall keep a record of payments, interest, and principal, and if any coupons are taken up shall deface the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 14
App. § 901-14. Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of the Authority shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, the Secretary of the Authority, and the Treasurer of the Authority. There may also be an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 434 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 434
App. § 3-434. Same-payment of
Status: in_force

In order to secure the payment of any of the bonds, issued pursuant to this article, the interest thereon, or in connection with such bonds, the City shall have power as to such bonds, to the extent not inconsistent with the mandatory provisions of this article:

(1) to pledge all or any part of the revenues derived from electric or gas service;

(2) to provide for the terms, forms, registration, exchange, execution, and authentication of such bonds;

(3) to provide for the replacement of lost, destroyed, or mutilated bonds;

(4) to covenant as to the use and disposition of the proceeds from the sale of such bonds and as to the use and disposition of revenues, including of the generality of the foregoing, the establishment of reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from bond proceeds or revenues or both;

(5) to covenant as to the rates and charges of the electric plant, provided that the City shall always collect revenues adequate at all times to provide for the proper operation and maintenance of the electric plant and for the payment of the principal of and interest on all bonds payable from said revenues and all other required payments in connection therewith;

(6) to redeem such bonds, and to covenant for their redemption, and to provide the terms and conditions thereof;

(7) to covenant and prescribe as to what happenings or occurrences shall constitute “events of default” and the terms and conditions upon which any or all of such bonds shall become or may be declared due before maturity and as to the terms and conditions upon which such declaration and its consequences may be waived;

(8) to covenant as to the rights, liabilities, powers, and duties arising upon the breach by it of any covenant, conditions, or obligations;

(9) to vest in a trustee or trustees the right to receive all or any part of the income and revenue pledged and assigned to, or for the benefit of, the holder or holders of bonds issued hereunder, and to hold, apply, and dispose of the same and the right to enforce any covenant made to secure or pay or in relation to the bonds; to execute and deliver a trust agreement or trust agreements that may set forth the powers and duties and the remedies available to such trustee or trustees and limiting the liabilities thereof and describing what occurrences shall constitute “events of default” and prescribing the terms and conditions upon which such trustee or trustees or the holder or holders of bonds of any specified amount or percentage of such bonds may exercise such rights and enforce any and all such covenants and resort to such remedies as may be appropriate;

(10) to make covenants other than, and in addition to, the covenants herein authorized, of like or different character, necessary or advisable to effectuate the purposes of this article;

(11) to execute all instruments necessary or convenient in the exercise of the powers herein granted or in the performance of its covenants or duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 43
App. § 149-43. Capital expenditure program
Status: in_force

(a) Preparation and submission. The Town Manager, after consultation with department heads, shall submit a proposed five-year capital expenditure program to the Selectboard, with a copy provided to the Budget Advisory Committee, at least three months prior to Town meeting.

(b) Contents.

(1) The capital expenditure program shall include:

(A) a narrative summary of requests;

(B) a list of all capital expenditures to be proposed for the next five years with appropriate supporting data;

(C) cost estimates, proposed methods of financing, and necessary time schedules for each improvement or asset.

(c) Revision and update. The above program shall be revised and extended each year to reflect progress or projects still pending or assets to be acquired.

(d) Inclusion in budget. A summary of the capital expenditure program shall be included in the budget with special emphasis on the expenditures for the particular year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 601
App. § 215-601. Fire district
Status: in_force

Said Village is hereby constituted a fire district for the purpose of preventing the destructive consequences of fires, and the trustees thereof shall have all the powers and be subject to the same restrictions as prudential committees in fire districts in making contracts and expenditures for the preservation of property in said Village from loss or damage by fire.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 802
App. § 129-802. Time
Status: in_force

(a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town and school business shall be held annually on the first Tuesday in March.

(b) The polls shall be open for a minimum of nine consecutive hours determined and warned by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 504
App. § 4-504. Rescission of ordinances
Status: in_force

All ordinances shall be subject to rescission by a special or annual City meeting, as follows: If, within 44 days after final passage by the Council of any such ordinance, a petition signed by voters of the City not less in number than five percent of the qualified voters of the municipality is filed with the City Clerk requesting its reference to a special or annual City meeting, the Council shall fix the time and place of the meeting, which shall be within 60 days after the filing of the petition, and notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided by law in the calling of a special or annual City meeting. Voting shall be by Australian ballot. An ordinance so referred shall remain in effect upon the conclusion of the meeting unless a majority of those present and voting against the ordinance at the special or annual City meeting exceeds five percent in number of the qualified voters of the municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 98 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 98
App. § 3-98. Council to assess
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council, at the same meeting and immediately after it gives final approval to the annual City budget, shall assess on the property grand list of said City a tax or taxes that will be sufficient to pay all State and county and other taxes required by laws of the State and the provisions of this charter and for such other purposes as are herein provided.

(b) The City Council shall appropriate in the annual budget for each fiscal year to the payment of State and county taxes, and for the several purposes of other taxes required by law to be assessed upon the property grand list such sum as will be raised by the required tax on the property grand list of which such tax is assessable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 108 / Section 301
App. § 108-301. Officers
Status: in_force

The Town of Bristol shall continue to have the officers as provided for towns by the general laws of the State. However, there shall be added to the existing three members of the Selectboard an additional two members for a total of five. The two additional members shall be first elected at the 1995 Bristol annual Town meeting. The two additional members shall serve for two-year terms except that one of them elected at said 1995 annual Town meeting shall only be elected for an initial one-year term. The Town may vote to discontinue the positions of the two additional members at an annual or special Town meeting warned for that purpose. From the effective date of this merger until the 1995 Bristol annual Town meeting, the two additional members' positions shall be filled by two of the persons in office as trustees of the Village of Bristol on the day before said effective merger date as designated by the incumbent Board of Trustees of the Village of Bristol.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 27
App. § 213-27. Powers of the Fire Marshal
Status: in_force

All apparatus for the extinguishment of fires and buildings for storing of the same, owned or leased by the corporation and all fire companies organized under the authority of the corporation, shall be under the direction and control of the Fire Marshal who shall make a detailed report to each annual meeting of the corporation of the condition of the Department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 8
App. § 279-8. Village audit
Status: in_force

The Village shall engage a qualified auditor or firm of auditors to perform the annual audit of the Village. The audit report, or a summary of the report, shall be printed in the annual Village report, or otherwise distributed or made available to the residents and taxpayers of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 803 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 803
App. § 153-803. Publication
Status: in_force

The proposed budget shall be published in the Town report and copies made available at least 10 days before the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 104
App. § 127-104. Additional powers
Status: in_force

The general grant of authority in section 103 of this charter shall include the following:

(1) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the installation of new water lines, new sewer lines, and equipment necessary for their operation, requiring the installation of such improvements in a manner specified as a condition precedent to the issuing of a building permit under any Town ordinance and requiring the apportionment of part or all the cost of such improvements against property owners benefiting thereby. Special assessments shall constitute a lien on the property against which the assessment is made in the same manner and to the same extent as taxes assessed on the grand list of the Town, and all procedures and remedies for the collection of taxes shall apply to special assessments.

(2) To adopt and enforce police ordinances regulating or prohibiting the use of firearms, air rifles, and devices having a capacity to inflict personal injury and the parking, operation, and speed of vehicles of any kind upon Town and State aid streets and highways, private and public property, and to regulate or prohibit any activities constituting a hazard to the safety or health of the public.

(3) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the prevention of pollution of air, land, streams, ponds, and other waterways within the Town.

(4) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the cleaning or repair of any premises that, in the judgment of the Selectboard, is dangerous to the health, welfare, or safety of the public.

(5) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to regulation, licensing, or prohibition of the storage and accumulation of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, and waste materials; regulation of the removal and disposal of such materials; licensing for revenue and regulation or prohibition of the collection, removal, and disposal of such materials by contract or by a Town officer or department now existing or created for that purpose; establishment of service rates to be paid the Town for such service.

(6) To adopt and enforce ordinances prohibiting and punishing willful injuries to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, public and private, and to prevent and punish trespassing or willful injuries to or upon public or private buildings, property, or lands.

(7) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to codes for building construction, including also wiring and plumbing.

(8) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to fire prevention and control.

(9) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the use, protection, care, and management of all public recreation facilities of the Town.

(10) To adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce ordinances relating to the prevention of riots, noises, nuisances, disturbances, and disorderly assembly and to provide for the enforcement of penalties for violation or nonperformance.

(11) To adopt and enforce ordinances establishing regulations for signs and billboards.

(12) To adopt and enforce an ordinance related to a special assessment district; such an ordinance can be considered by the Selectboard only when the request is made by a petition signed by the owners of two-thirds of the parcels of real property within the proposed district. If a parcel of land is owned by more than one person, only one person shall sign on behalf of the owners of the parcel. Such petition shall define the boundaries of the district, the purpose for which the assessment is to be levied, and the proposed costs and duration of the levy. In addition to the required notification in subsection 107(a) of this charter, each affected property owner within the proposed district shall be notified by certified mail of the proposed ordinance or any amendments thereto prior to any public hearing held.

(13) The enumeration of powers herein shall not be deemed to limit the general grant of authority to adopt ordinances conferred by section 103 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 204
App. § 142-204. Town and School District officers
Status: in_force

The Clerk, Treasurer, and auditors of the Town of Richford shall perform those duties imposed upon the Clerk, Treasurer, and auditors of the Town of Richford School District by the general laws of the State of Vermont and this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1760 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1760
§ 1760. Bonds validated-Over five percent
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the interest rate limitation set forth in section 1759 of this title prior to April 14, 1969, if any municipal corporation has prior to that date authorized bonds to bear interest at a rate of interest in excess of five percent, but not more than six percent, the authorization so voted is hereby ratified and confirmed and declared to be legal and valid, and such municipal corporation may issue such bonds at a rate of interest not exceeding the rate stated in the vote authorizing the issuance of the bonds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 603
App. § 407-603. Admission of new member municipalities
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if such municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants such authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including financial obligations, upon which such admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121. If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve the agreement and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions of admission, said municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 31
App. § 3-31. Duties of election inspectors and ward clerks
Status: in_force

The inspectors of election and ward clerks in the several wards shall perform all and the same duties in regard to certifying the results of elections in their respective wards for State and county officers, county senators, justices of the peace, representatives to Congress, electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and of the votes cast for any or all of such officers, as now devolve by law upon the presiding officers of freemen's meetings and town clerks, respectively, in towns; and in addition thereto they shall certify the same to the Clerk/Treasurer, who shall keep a record thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 1.03
App. § 147-1.3. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

(a) The Town 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; it may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter, and impose civil or criminal penalties for violation thereof, together with the costs of civil or criminal prosecution, or imprisonment for not more than 60 days, or both.

(b) The Town may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any Town purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont, 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 Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned.
24 V.S.A. § 2813 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2813
§ 2813. Armories; appropriation
Status: in_force

A municipality may appropriate sums of money towards the purchase or construction of an armory for use of the National Guard.
24 V.S.A. § 4931 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4931
§ 4931. Source of funds
Status: in_force

Any union municipal district may accept, receive, and disburse in furtherance of the duties and functions, any funds, grants, and services made available by the State of Vermont and its agencies, the federal government and its agencies, any municipality or other governmental unit whether or not a member of the district, or private or civic sources.
24 V.S.A. § 1482 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 49 / Section 1482
§ 1482. Preliminary plan
Status: in_force

A plan of merger shall be prepared which shall be approved by a majority of the legislative body of each of the parties to the proposed merger before being promulgated.
24 V.S.A. § 4643 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4643
§ 4643. Form of issuance
Status: repealed

(a) Bonds or notes of the Bank shall be authorized by resolution of the Bank and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates of interest per annum or within such maximum rate, be in such denomination or denominations, be issued in coupon form payable to bearer, in registered form or in book entry form, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable from such sources in such medium of payment at such place or places within or without the State, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, as the resolution provides.

(b) The State Treasurer may, at the direction of the Bank, act as transfer agent or registrar for the exchange or transfer of registered bonds and notes or maintain records so that bonds and notes in book entry form may be effected and the Bank may contract with or otherwise designate a bank, trust company, or other person to maintain records so that bonds and notes in book entry form may be effected. Such bank, trust company, or other person, which may include the federal government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities or any officer, agency, or instrumentality of the State, may be located or have its principal office inside or outside the State. Bonds and notes in book entry form shall be effected by means of entries on the records of the State Treasurer or other designated person that shall reflect the description of the issue, the principal amount, the interest rate, the maturity date, and the owner of the bonds or notes and such other information as is deemed appropriate. The State Treasurer or other designated person may effect conversion between book entry bonds and notes and registered bonds and notes for owners of bonds or notes who request such a change. The State Treasurer or other designated transfer agent or registrar shall issue a confirmation of the transaction in the form of a written advice.

(c) [Repealed.]
24 V.S.A. § 3414 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3414
§ 3414. Hearing; assessment
Status: in_force

Upon receiving such petition, the selectboard shall give 10 days' notice of a hearing upon the public necessity for the construction of such sewer by posting notices to that effect in three public places in such village. When, after notice and hearing, the selectboard decide that the public good requires the construction of such sewer, they may proceed to construct the same at the expense of the town. They then shall notify all parties who will be benefited thereby to appear before them to be heard upon the apportionment of the cost of such sewer among those benefited, by giving to each of such persons a written notice of the time and place of such hearing, signed by a majority of the selectboard, which notice shall be given not less than 10 days before such hearing. All parties benefited by the construction of such sewer shall be assessed for the construction of the same according to the benefit received.
24 V.S.A. § 2299h — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2299h
§ 2299h. Copy of order; record
Status: in_force

When the Superior Court renders judgment, it shall send by registered mail to each of the parties in interest or their attorneys, within 30 days, a certified copy of that judgment. Within 30 days after the Superior Court's judgment has become final, the petitioner shall cause a certified copy of the judgment to be recorded in the clerk's office of the town or towns in which the property is located.
24 V.S.A. § 5058 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5058
§ 5058. Reinstatement
Status: in_force

Should a disability beneficiary be restored to service and should his or her annual earnable compensation then or at any time thereafter be equal to or greater than his or her average final compensation at retirement, or should any other beneficiary be restored to service, his or her retirement allowance shall cease and the beneficiary shall again become a member of the Retirement System. Anything in this chapter to the contrary notwithstanding, upon his or her subsequent retirement he or she shall be credited with all the service creditable to him or her at the time of his or her former retirement. However, if such beneficiary is restored to membership after the attainment of the age of 55 years, his or her pension upon subsequent retirement shall not exceed the sum of the pension that he or she was receiving immediately prior to his or her last restoration to membership and the pension that may have accrued to him or her on account of membership service since his or her last restoration to membership.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 101
App. § 151-101. Additional Town powers
Status: in_force

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

(1) 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; and

(2) 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.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1307
App. § 13-1307. Transfers of appropriations
Status: in_force

The Manager and School Superintendent, respectively, may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, or agency under his or her jurisdiction. At the request of the Manager or School Superintendent and within the last three months of the budget year, the Council and Board of School Directors, respectively, may by resolution transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof within the budgets from one department, office, or agency under their jurisdiction to another.
24 V.S.A. § 1882 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1882
§ 1882. Signature
Status: in_force

Bonds, notes, or certificates other than those in book entry form shall be signed by the manual or facsimile signature of the treasurer of the municipal corporation or his or her deputy and countersigned by the manual or facsimile signature of the clerk of the municipal corporation or his or her deputy or in such other manner as the legislative branch of the municipal corporation shall determine, and the interest coupons thereon, if any, shall bear the facsimile signature of the treasurer of the municipal corporation. The date of issuance, place of payment, rate of interest, time of maturity, provisions with respect to redemption prior to maturity, at par or at a premium, and other particulars as to the form of such bonds, notes, or certificates within the limitations mentioned herein shall be determined by the legislative branch of the municipal corporation as it may deem for the best interest of the municipal corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 39 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 39
App. § 405-39. Sinking fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners may establish a sinking fund, however denominated, for the retirement of bond issue or other debt, or to provide security for the payment thereof. When so established, it shall be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of the District, and shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring or securing such obligations. The cost of payments to any sinking fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 161 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 161
App. § 3-161. Repairs to public buildings
Status: in_force

The Board of Finance may cause such repairs or enlargements to be made to said buildings from time to time as the interests of the City may require; provided, however, that when the estimated cost of any such repairs or enlargements exceeds the amount of money appropriated by the City Council to the public buildings account in any fiscal year, they shall make report thereon to the City Council for their approval before any expenditure shall be made for such purpose, and shall in April and October of each year report the condition of said buildings to the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 302
App. § 113-302. Time of holding
Status: in_force

(a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town business shall be held on the first Tuesday in March unless otherwise legally warned by the Selectboard. However, all business that may be decided without Australian ballot shall take place on the evening before the first Tuesday in March and shall be adjourned when all matters have been decided. The time shall be established by policy of the Selectboard at its annual organizational meeting in consultation with the Colchester School District.

(b) The election of officers and the voting on all other questions to be decided by the Australian ballot system shall take place on the first Tuesday in March. The ballot boxes shall be open between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. or as shall be determined and warned by the Selectboard.

(c) The Selectboard shall determine which articles are to be voted upon by Australian ballot and which articles are to be voted upon by other methods, and it shall indicate in the warning the questions to be voted by Australian ballot.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 106
App. § 142-106. Trash collection
Status: in_force

Trash collection in the former Village area shall be considered as a special services district for those residing therein. Voters residing in the special services district may, by a majority vote of those present and voting at a duly warned meeting, authorize the Selectboard to enter into a contract for such service. The Selectboard shall set a rate for such service sufficient to cover the expense of the contract and shall collect such rate from those property owners so served.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 20
App. § 7-20. Superintendent of Streets
Status: in_force

The Superintendent of Streets, under the direction of the City Council, shall have the superintendence of all roads, streets, sidewalks, sewers, and electric wires, conduits, and appliances used for lighting purposes and owned by the City, in said City, and the construction and repair of the same, and shall have the general supervision of the entire water works belonging to the City of Newport, and shall keep the same in repair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 46 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 46
App. § 105-46. Relationship between and among Town officers
Status: in_force

All Town officers, whether elected or appointed, shall exercise their duties and responsibilities independently unless otherwise provided by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 16
App. § 253-16. Competency to hold Village office
Status: in_force

No member of the Village shall be deemed thereby incompetent to act as judge, justice of the peace, juror, sheriff, or constable in any cause or proceeding in which the corporation shall be interested.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 20
App. § 405-20. Vice Chair
Status: in_force

During the absence of or inability of the Chair to perform his or her duties, the Vice Chair shall perform such duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1203
App. § 5-1203. Tax payment schedule
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, taxes assessed upon the grand list of the City shall be due and payable in equal installments or as the City Council may provide by ordinance. Default in payment of any installment due shall render a penalty based on the payment that is in default. Any special tax assessed on the grand list of the City shall be due and payable as the City Council shall provide by ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 31
App. § 105-31. General law; application
Status: in_force

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 Berlin.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 163 / Section 5
App. § 163-5. Removal of elected Town officers
Status: in_force

Any elected Town officer may be removed from office in the following manner:

(1) A petition must be filed with the Town Clerk seeking the removal of the elected Town officer or officers. The petition must be signed by at least 15 percent of registered voters.

(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 90 days of the filing of the petition, the Selectboard shall 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) Removal shall only occur if a majority of the votes cast at the annual or special town meeting approve removal and the total of all votes cast on the removal question equals or exceeds the total of all votes that were cast to elect the officer.

(4) If an officer is removed, the officer shall immediately cease to hold office and the office shall become vacant. The vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.

(5) 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. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 34
App. § 7-34. Pledge of credit
Status: in_force

Whenever the legal voters of the City shall give authority to the Council thereof to pledge the credit of the City for any purpose, the City shall have power and authority to issue its negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds, and to prescribe whether such bonds shall be registered or have interest coupons attached, to the amount, not to exceed the limit prescribed by law, for which the legal voters aforesaid shall have given authority to so pledge the credit of the City. Such notes or bonds shall be payable at such time and at such a rate of interest as shall be established by said voters, or, if no time or rate of interest is fixed thereby, the same shall be established by resolution of said Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 406
App. § 103-406. Removal
Status: in_force

(a) On 90 days' written notice from the Select Board, the Town Manager may be removed without cause by a majority of the Select Board at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on removal. During the 90-day period, the Town Manager may be suspended with pay.

(b) The Select Board may adopt at any time a resolution stating its intention to remove the Town Manager and the reasons therefore, a copy of which shall be sent to the Town Manager. The Town Manager may, within 10 days after such notice is sent, request a hearing. The hearing shall be held by the Select Board not less than 10 days nor more than 20 days from the date of such request, after which the Select Board may dismiss the Town Manager. If no request for a hearing is filed in accordance with the foregoing, the Select Board may dismiss the Town Manager immediately. During the period after the resolution of intention is adopted and until the Town Manager's dismissal, he or she may be suspended with pay.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1103
App. § 123-1103. Polling places
Status: in_force

The Board of Civil Authority shall establish a polling place or places as it shall determine appropriate whenever any annual or special Town meeting is being held for the purpose of the election of officers or the voting on questions to be decided by Australian ballot.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 10
App. § 239-10. Fire Department; Chief Engineer
Status: in_force

The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief's assistants shall be ex officio fire wardens of the Village, and the duties of the Engineer shall be those as may be prescribed by the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations of the Village. The Chief Engineer, and in the Chief's absence the acting chief designated by the Trustees, shall have charge of all machines and apparatus within the Village for the prevention and extinguishment of fires. On the occasion of any fire in the Village, the Chief Engineer shall have control of both the regular Fire Department and all volunteer fire companies, and may demand the assistance of any person present in order to extinguish the fire; the Chief Engineer shall have the power to cause to be pulled down, blown up, or removed any building that the Chief Engineer may deem necessary for the suppression, or to prevent the extension, of the fire, and neither the Chief Engineer, nor anyone obeying the Chief Engineer's orders, shall be liable personally for any property damage done thereby. The Chief Engineer may work in conjunction with the Building Inspector, as the Trustees may direct, and may have the authority of the Building Inspector in the discretion of the trustees. The engineers when on duty shall wear conspicuously on their person a badge of office, with their respective rank inscribed thereon, without which no person shall be bound to obey their directions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 16
App. § 405-16. Administrative personnel
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners may appoint a Manager and such other personnel as it deems necessary for the conduct of the business of the District, and the Board of Commissioners shall have the power to prescribe duties, fix compensation within limits established by the budget, and delegate to such responsibilities as it deems appropriate. The Manager shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District, upon approval by the Board of Commissioners.
24 V.S.A. § 1772 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1772
§ 1772. Refunding bonds; procedure and limitations
Status: in_force

(a) Such municipal corporation by its legislative branch, by resolution or ordinance, shall determine the necessity for issuing refunding bonds, the amount of legal outstanding indebtedness to be refunded, what amount of new bonds shall be issued, at what time and place they shall be payable, the rate of interest thereon, or that the rate of interest shown by the accepted bid shall determine the rate of interest thereon, and when payable, the form of bond, which shall be substantially in the form provided in this subchapter, and whether the bonds shall be registered or have interest coupons attached. Such new bonds shall not be used or sold except to provide means for paying or retiring such outstanding indebtedness in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A municipal corporation by its legislative branch, by resolution or ordinance, may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds or notes at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. The refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the municipality deems to be in the public interest. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of the bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of the refunding bonds, as may be required by the resolutions under which bonds are issued.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 310
App. § 5-310. Council quorum
Status: in_force

A quorum of the City Council, consisting of a majority or four Council members, shall be necessary to conduct business; however, the transaction of business shall be in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 172 as may be amended from time to time. A number less than a quorum may adjourn from time to time, may compel the attendance of absent members, and enforce such penalties for non-attendance as the City Council may by ordinance prescribe.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 34
App. § 173-34. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of this charter shall not be affected. If the application of this charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such application of this charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall thereby be affected.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 43
App. § 417-43. Disposal fees and service charges
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall establish and periodically adjust disposal fees and service charges for the District's own facility or facilities for the purpose of generating revenues for the District's services in the management of solid waste from sources other than assessments to member municipalities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 601
App. § 151-601. Town powers
Status: in_force

The Town may make, alter, and repeal ordinances relating to management, operation, maintenance, replacement, and extension of a Town water and wastewater system and may fix, and from time to time alter, water and wastewater rates.
24 V.S.A. § 1790 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1790
§ 1790. Emergency borrowing; all-hazard event or state of emergency
Status: in_force

The legislative body of a municipality may borrow money, in the name of the municipal corporation, by issuance of its notes or orders for the purpose of paying expenses of the municipal corporation or for public improvements associated with an all-hazards event or a declared state of emergency pursuant to 20 V.S.A. chapter 1. The notes or orders shall be for a period of not more than five years or a term not to exceed the reasonably anticipated useful life of the improvements or assets financed by the notes or orders.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1101
App. § 13-1101. Membership
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a Steering Committee, the members of which shall be the City Manager, the Superintendent of South Burlington School District, the members of the Council, and members of the Board of School Directors.

(b) The Committee shall elect a Chair and a Clerk at its first meeting following the annual City meeting, who shall serve until their successors are duly appointed and qualified.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 2
App. § 207-2. Amendment and repeal
Status: repealed

The present officers of the Village shall hold their respective offices until the next annual meeting of the Village, as provided in its bylaws. And its bylaws now in force, insofar as they do not conflict with the provisions of this charter, shall continue in force until others are adopted in their stead. And, subject to this provision, all acts and parts of acts heretofore passed relating to said corporation are hereby repealed.
24 V.S.A. § 1759 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1759
§ 1759. Denominations; payments; interest
Status: in_force

(a)(1) Any bond issued under this subchapter shall draw interest at a rate not to exceed the rate approved by the voters of the municipal corporation in accordance with section 1758 of this title, or if no rate is specified in the vote under that section, at a rate approved by the legislative body of the municipal corporation, the interest to be payable as determined by the legislative body of the municipal corporation. The bonds or bond shall be payable serially, the first payment to be deferred not later than from one to five years after the issuance of the bonds and subsequent principal payments or debt service payments, which include both principal and interest payments, to be continued annually in substantially level or declining amounts, as determined by the legislative body of the municipality, so that the entire debt will be paid in not more than 20 years from the date of issue.

(2) In the case of bonds issued for the purchase or development of a municipal forest, the first payment may be deferred not more than 30 years from the date of issuance of the bond. After any deferral period, the bonds or bond shall be payable annually in substantially level or declining annual debt service as the legislative body of the municipal corporation may determine, so that the entire debt will be paid in not more than 60 years from the date of issue.

(3) In the case of bonds issued for any capital project that has a useful life of at least 30 years, the entire debt will be paid in not more than 30 years from the date of issue.

(b) General obligation bonds authorized under this subchapter for the purpose of financing the improvement, construction, acquisition, repair, renovation, and replacement of a municipal plant as defined in 30 V.S.A. § 2901 shall be paid serially, the first payment to be deferred not later than from one to five years after the issuance of the bonds, and subsequent principal payments or debt service payments, which include both principal and interest payments, to be continued annually in substantially level or declining amounts, as determined by the legislative body of the municipal corporation, so that the entire debt will be paid not more than 40 years from the date of issue, notwithstanding other permissible payment schedules authorized by this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 8
App. § 7-8. Officers appointed by City Council
Status: in_force

The City Council shall appoint, and may remove at its pleasure and appoint others in their stead, the following officers, none of whom shall be members of the City Council, viz: a Collector of Taxes, a Superintendent of Streets and Waterworks, a City Attorney, a Board of Fire Wardens, consisting of one Chief and a first and second Assistant Engineer, and such other officers not herein otherwise provided for as are required by law. The City Council may fill vacancies in elective City offices, including the Board of School Trustees, until the next annual meeting, unless a special City meeting for the purpose of filling such vacancy is sooner warned and held. The City Council may fill vacancies in appointive offices until the next annual meeting or during the pleasure of said Council.
24 V.S.A. § 3410 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3410
§ 3410. Water mains and sewerage outside cities and villages
Status: in_force

When the public good and necessity require water mains, drains, sewers, or sewer outlets to be laid out so as to extend into a town outside the limits of a city or village, or when the public good and necessity require that water mains, drains, sewers, or sewer outlets so laid out, be altered or discontinued, the city, by its council, or the village, by its trustees, if the parties interested cannot agree as to the question of public necessity or damages, may apply by petition to the Superior Court of the county where the highways or lands lie that will be occupied or affected by such laying out, alteration, or discontinuance, for the appointment of commissioners to inquire into the necessity of such laying out, alteration, or discontinuance, and of taking or occupying highways or other lands, and as to the damages that will be sustained thereby. (1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
24 V.S.A. § 3808 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3808
§ 3808. Liability of person bound to build fence
Status: in_force

When a person bound to support a portion of the division fence does not make or maintain his or her portion, he or she shall be liable for damages done to or suffered by the opposite party in consequence of such neglect. An owner or occupant of adjoining lands, after 10 days from the time notice is given to the opposite party, may make or put in repair the fence and recover from the opposite party damages arising from the neglect, with the expense of building or repairing the fence.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 711 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 711
App. § 19-711. Bonds
Status: in_force

Whenever the City shall vote in the manner prescribed by general law to incur debt by issuance of bonds for the purpose of making improvements, the vote to incur such indebtedness shall authorize the Manager to include in each annual budget a sum sufficient to pay the interest on such indebtedness and that part of principal thereof next coming due.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 97 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 97
App. § 126-97. Reference to State law
Status: in_force

Any reference in this charter to a specific State law or to State law generally shall include the statute as it may be subsequently amended or renumbered and any statute substituted for that statute and having similar subject matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 301
App. § 247-301. Imposition of tax
Status: in_force

At a meeting legally warned for that purpose, the Village may vote a tax upon the taxable estate within the corporate limits for the lawful purposes of the corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 214 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 214
App. § 3-214. Bills and expenses to be approved
Status: in_force

All bills and expenses for parks and recreation purposes shall be approved by the City Council and the Mayor's warrant drawn upon the Chief Administrative Officer for the payment of the same.
24 V.S.A. § 1121 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 1121
§ 1121. Authority to adopt
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may adopt rules relating to personnel administration, including the following: job classification, tenure, retirement, pensions, leaves of absence, vacations, holidays, hours of work, group insurance, salaries, layoff, reinstatement, promotion, demotion, dismissal, transfer, injury, settlement of disputes, and appeals.

(b) The personnel rules may apply to any or all employees of a municipality, including officers and employees of a fire department or police department maintained by the municipality. Rules adopted by the selectboard of a town under this subchapter shall not apply to employees of a town school district.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 145 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 145
App. § 3-145. Record of school bonds to be kept
Status: in_force

The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a record of all school bonds, the issuance, payment, and discharge thereof, as hereinbefore provided for other bonds issued by said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 202
App. § 113-202. Elective officers; generally
Status: in_force

(a) At the annual meeting, the Town shall elect by Australian ballot from among the legally qualified voters thereof the following Town officers, who shall serve until the next annual meeting or until others are chosen.

(1) Selectboard, number, terms of office, election:

(A) There shall be a Selectboard consisting of five members, and all Selectboard members shall be elected at large.

(B) Three members of the Selectboard shall have terms of office of three years; two members shall have terms of office of two years. At each election, one Selectboard member shall be elected for a three-year term and one for a two-year term.

(2) A Moderator.

(3) One Lister for a term of three years.

(4) A Library Trustee for a term of five years.

(b) In such case as three or more candidates run for the same office and no candidate receives at least 40 percent of the votes cast for said office, no one shall be declared elected and a run-off election shall be held. The only candidates in the run-off election shall be the two persons receiving the greatest number of votes for that office. The Town Clerk shall within 7 days warn a run-off election to be held not less than 15 nor more than 30 days after the date of the warning. The person receiving a plurality of all votes cast in a run-off election shall be declared elected.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 302
App. § 151-302. Additional powers of the Select Board
Status: in_force

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

(1) regulating the parking and operation of motor vehicles, including, in accordance with any other 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 the collection, removal, and disposal of such materials; and

(3) relating to restraining the running at large of dogs, cats, and other domestic animals, including any such animals as may be kept by residents of the town, whether classified as domestic, exotic, or otherwise.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 23
App. § 109-23. Town Manager system
Status: in_force

Until and unless the Town of Cavendish shall reject the same by a majority vote of the legal voters, present and voting at an annual meeting, the Town of Cavendish shall take advantage of the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, and the Selectboard shall continue with the appointed Town Manager system of government.
24 V.S.A. § 2502 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 67 / Section 2502
§ 2502. Tree wardens and preservation of shade trees
Status: in_force

(a) The tree warden shall control all shade trees within the municipality.

(b) The tree warden and the legislative body of the municipality may adopt a shade tree preservation plan. The plan shall:

(1) describe any program for the planting of new trees and shrubs;

(2) provide for the maintenance of shade trees through feeding, pruning, and protection from noxious insect and disease pests;

(3) determine the apportionment of costs for tree warden services provided to other municipal corporations;

(4) determine whether tree maintenance or removal on specific municipal property shall require the approval of another municipal officer or legislative body; and

(5) determine the process, not inconsistent with this chapter, for the removal of:

(A) diseased, dying, or dead shade trees; and

(B) any shade trees that create a hazard to public safety, impact a disease or insect control program, or must be removed to comply with State or federal law or permitting requirements.

(c) The shade tree preservation plan may:

(1) map locations or zones within the municipality where all trees in whole or in part within a public way or place shall be designated as shade trees; and

(2) designate as a shade tree any tree in whole or in part within a public way, provided that the tree warden and legislative body of the municipality find that the tree is critical to the cultural, historical, or aesthetic character of the municipality.

(d) The tree warden and legislative body of the municipality shall hold a minimum of one public hearing concerning the shade tree preservation plan for the purpose of soliciting public input. The legislative body shall publish the proposed plan 10 days prior to the public hearing.

(e) For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience, a municipality shall have authority to adopt an ordinance that is not inconsistent with this chapter for the administration of the shade tree preservation plan and the regulation of shade trees. The tree ordinance shall be adopted pursuant to chapter 59 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 30
App. § 173-30. Compensation and fees
Status: repealed

(a) The Town meeting shall annually vote the compensation to be paid to the following officers:

(1) Selectboard;

(2) [Repealed.]

(3) Moderator.

(b) The Selectboard shall annually consider and from time to time shall set the compensation of the following officers:

(1) Town Administrator;

(2) Town Attorney;

(3) Constable;

(4) Board of Civil Authority and Abatement;

(5) listers.

(c) The Selectboard shall set the compensation for all other Town officers and employees as per the comprehensive personnel plan of the Town of Windsor.

(d) All fees prescribed by State law, charter, ordinance, or otherwise shall be collected for the benefit of the Town and paid to the Town Treasurer. No fees shall be used directly by any receiving officer or inure indirectly to the benefit of the officer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 506 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 506
App. § 151-506. Downtown district; annual budget
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall submit each year an operating budget of anticipated expenditures and revenues to the Select Board for approval for the next fiscal year. In the event the Select Board does not approve the budget as submitted, the Select Board shall immediately return the budget to the Town Manager with its recommendations for the Town Manager's reconsideration. Appropriations other than from contributions, grants, and income shall be raised solely through District taxes that shall be assessed and collected as a tax on property as provided for in section 508 of this charter. The Select Board may borrow money in anticipation of District taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 86 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 86
App. § 235-86. Home owners to construct connecting sewers
Status: in_force

After said sewers have been so constructed as above provided each and every owner of a house in the Village of Ludlow situated upon a street, alley, or lane through which a main sewer shall be constructed shall cause to be constructed under the direction of the trustees a sewer or drain from his or her house to such main sewer, which said sewer or drain shall be so constructed and connected with said main sewer as to take all of the slop and other filth around said house and all of the filth from any water-closet or privy and empty the same into said main sewer; and in case any person or corporation owning a house in said Village shall fail or neglect to construct or build his or her sewer or drain from his or her house to said main sewer it shall be the duty of the trustees to give such person or corporation notice to build and construct said sewer or drain from his or her premises to the main sewer, and in case such person or corporation does not construct said sewer within 30 days from the time of receiving said notice then it shall be the duty of said trustees to declare said premises a nuisance, and said trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon said premises and to build and construct a sewer or drain from said premises to the main sewer in such way as to remove said filth, and the person or corporation upon whose premises said sewer or drain has been constructed as aforesaid shall pay to the Treasurer of said Village all of the expense that said Village has been to in constructing said sewer, and in case such person or corporation fail or neglect to pay the same upon demand, then the said trustees shall bring an action to recover such expense in the name of the Village, and said premises shall be holden for the payment of such expense in building said sewer or drain, and no homestead shall be exempt from attachment and execution in a suit brought to recover for such expense. The said main sewer shall discharge into Black River at any point designated by the trustees below the plant of the Black River Woolen Company.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 61 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 61
App. § 405-61. Severability
Status: in_force

Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 29
App. § 101-29. Appropriation
Status: in_force

(a) All amounts specified in the budget and approved by the voters at an annual Town election are appropriated for the purpose specified in the budget. Adoption of the budget shall constitute appropriations of the amounts specified therein as expenditures from the funds indicated and shall constitute a levy for all revenues proposed in the budget. The Selectboard may transfer within the fiscal year any unexpended appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications or expenditures.

(b) Money shall not be paid out of the Town Treasury except on a payroll or warrant signed by at least three of the members of the Selectboard and authenticated by the Town Manager.

(c) Every appropriation, except an appropriation for a capital expenditure, shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year to the extent that it has not been expended or encumbered. An appropriation for capital expenditure shall continue in force until the purposes for which it was made have been accomplished or formally abandoned.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 36
App. § 405-36. Limitations of appropriations
Status: in_force

Actions or resolutions of the Board of Commissioners for the annual appropriations of any year shall not cease to be operative at the end of the fiscal year for which they were adopted, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Vermont. Appropriations made by the Board of Commissioners for the various estimates of the budget shall be expended only for such estimates, but by majority vote of the Board of Commissioners, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among such estimates, except as otherwise limited in this chapter. Any balance left or unencumbered in any such budget estimate, or the amount of any deficit at the end of the fiscal year, shall be included in and paid out of the operating budget and appropriations in the next fiscal year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 402
App. § 19-402. Ordinances in general
Status: repealed

(a) Form. Every proposed ordinance shall be introduced in writing and in the form required for final adoption. No ordinance shall contain more than one subject, which shall be clearly expressed in its title. The enacting clause shall be “The City of Winooski hereby ordains . . . ”. Any ordinance that repeals or amends an existing ordinance or part of the City Code shall set out in full the ordinance, sections, or subsections to be repealed or amended and shall indicate the matter to be omitted by enclosing it in brackets or by strikeout type and shall indicate new matter by underscoring or by italics.

(b) Procedure. An ordinance may be introduced by any member at any regular or special meeting of the Council. Upon introduction of any ordinance, the City Clerk shall distribute a copy to each Council member and to the Manager, shall file a reasonable number of copies in the office of the City Clerk, and shall post and publish the ordinance, or synopsis thereof, as provided by general law, together with a notice setting out the time and place for a public hearing thereon and for its consideration by the Council. The public hearing may be held separately or in connection with a regular or special Council meeting and may be adjourned from time to time; all persons interested shall have an opportunity to be heard. After the hearing, the Council may adopt the ordinance with or without amendment or reject it but, if it is amended as to any matter of substance, the Council may not adopt it until the ordinance or its amended sections have been subjected to all the procedures herein required in the case of a newly introduced ordinance.

(c) Effective date. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, every adopted ordinance shall become effective at the expiration of 30 days after adoption or at any later date specified therein.
24 V.S.A. § 2151 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2151
§ 2151. Child welfare
Status: in_force

A municipality may make regulations respecting children under 16 years of age who are allowed to loiter in the streets or other public places. Such regulations shall be conducive to their welfare and to the public good. Such municipality may fix a penalty of not more than $5.00 for each violation of such regulations to be recovered against the person having the custody of such child in a civil action on this statute.
24 V.S.A. § 1910c — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1910c
§ 1910c. Use of tax increment; retention period
Status: in_force

(a) Uses of tax increments. A municipality may apply tax increments retained pursuant to this subchapter to debt incurred within the period permitted under section 1910a of this subchapter, to related costs, and to the direct payment of the cost of a housing infrastructure project. A municipality may provide tax increment to a sponsor only upon receipt of an invoice for payment of the financing, and the sponsor shall confirm to the municipality once the tax increment has been applied to the financing. Any direct payment shall be subject to the same public vote provisions of section 1910a of this subchapter as apply to debt.

(b) Education property tax increment.

(1) For a housing infrastructure project that does not satisfy the affordability criterion of section 1910 of this subchapter, up to 75 percent of the education property tax increment may be retained for up to 20 years, beginning the first year in which debt is incurred for the housing infrastructure project.

(2) For a housing infrastructure project that satisfies the affordability criterion of section 1910 of this subchapter, up to 85 percent of the education property tax increment may be retained for up to 20 years, beginning the first year in which debt is incurred for the housing infrastructure project.

(3) Upon incurring the first debt, a municipality shall notify the Department of Taxes and the Vermont Economic Progress Council of the beginning of the retention period of the education property tax increment.

(c) Municipal property tax increment. Not less than 85 percent of the municipal property tax increment may be retained, beginning the first year in which debt is incurred for the housing infrastructure project.

(d) Excess tax increment.

(1) Of the municipal and education property tax increments received in any tax year that exceed the amounts committed for the payment of the financing and related costs for a housing infrastructure project, equal portions of each increment may be retained for the following purposes:

(A) to prepay principal and interest on the financing;

(B) to place in a special tax increment financing account required pursuant to subsection 1910b(e) of this subchapter and use for future financing payments; or

(C) to use for defeasance of the financing.

(2) Any remaining portion of the excess education property tax increment shall be distributed to the Education Fund. Any remaining portion of the excess municipal property tax increment shall be distributed to the city, town, or village budget in the proportion that each budget bears to the combined total of the budgets unless otherwise negotiated by the city, town, or village.

(e) Adjustment of percentage. During the 10th year following the creation of a housing development site, the municipality shall submit an updated tax increment financing plan to the Vermont Economic Progress Council that shall include adjustments and updates of appropriate data and information sufficient for the Vermont Economic Progress Council to determine, based on tax increment financing debt actually incurred and the history of increment generated during the first 10 years, whether the percentages approved under this section should be continued or adjusted to a lower percentage to be retained for the remaining duration of the retention period and still provide sufficient municipal and education increment to service the remaining debt.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 151 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 151
App. § 3-151. Powers; duties; liabilities; etc
Status: in_force

The City Grand Juror shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and incur the same liabilities as grand jurors in towns, and shall be entitled to such salary as the City Council may vote, and as the City Attorney may request, a City Grand Juror may prosecute before the applicable Vermont courts violations of the ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of said City. The Second City Grand Juror in case the City Grand Juror is absent from the City or is disqualified or unable to serve shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and incur the same liabilities as the City Grand Juror, and shall receive for his or her services such compensation as the City Council may provide.
24 V.S.A. § 5060 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5060
§ 5060. Optional benefits
Status: in_force

(a) Until the first payment on account of a retirement allowance becomes normally due, any member may elect to convert the retirement allowance otherwise payable to the member after retirement into a retirement allowance that is its actuarial equivalent, in accordance with one of the optional forms described below.

Option 1. A reduced retirement allowance payable during the member's life, with the provision that it shall continue after the member's death for the life of the beneficiary nominated by the member by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Retirement Board at the time of retirement should such beneficiary survive the member; or

Option 2. A reduced retirement allowance payable during the member's life, with the provision that it shall continue after the member's death at one-half the rate paid to the member and be paid for the life of the beneficiary nominated by the member by written designation duly acknowledged and filed with the Retirement Board at the time of retirement should such beneficiary survive the member.

(b) Any member who elects to receive a retirement allowance under the provisions of option 1 or 2 may elect to receive a benefit further reduced actuarially as prescribed by the Board with the added provision that on the basis of stipulations contained in a plan-approved domestic relations order or if the retired member survives the member's nominated beneficiary, the retirement allowance which would have been payable during the member's life computed pursuant to section 5055 or 5056 of this title, whichever is applicable, shall be paid to the retired member during the remainder of the member's lifetime. If a member does not make an election as to the form of his or her retirement allowance, the member shall receive his or her retirement allowance computed pursuant to section 5055 or 5056 of this title, whichever is applicable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 5
App. § 245-5. Grand list
Status: in_force

The grand list for the Town of Morristown within the Village corporate limits shall be the grand list for the Village of Morrisville. The trustees shall make out and deliver to the Treasurer a tax bill, with a warrant for its collection. The Treasurer shall compile a tax roll from the Town of Morristown grand list for those areas of the Town lying within the corporate limits.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 32
App. § 405-32. Budget hearing
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners shall call a hearing of the residents of the member municipalities on or before January 31 in each year for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget and inviting discussion thereon. The hearing shall be held within the boundaries of one of the member municipalities of the District and shall be warned by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in each member municipality at least 15 days prior to the hearing. The notice shall contain a copy of the proposed budget, and the legislative body of each member municipality shall be sent a copy of the notice, with attached proposed budget at least 15 days prior to such hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 601
App. § 4-601. Manager; appointment and hiring
Status: in_force

The Council shall appoint a City Manager under and in accordance with Vermont Statutes Annotated.
24 V.S.A. § 4428 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4428
§ 4428. Parking bylaws
Status: in_force

(a) Parking regulation. Consistent with section 4414 of this title and with this section, a municipality may regulate parking.

(b) Parking space size standards. For the purpose of residential parking, a municipality shall define a standard parking space as not larger than nine feet by 18 feet, however a municipality may allow a portion of parking spaces to be smaller for compact cars or similar use. A municipality may require a larger space wherever American with Disabilities Act-compliant spaces are required.

(c) Existing nonconforming parking. A municipality shall allow an existing nonconforming parking space to count toward the parking requirement of an existing residential building if new residential units are added to the building.

(d) Adjacent lots. A municipality may allow a person with a valid legal agreement for use of parking spaces in an adjacent or nearby lot to count toward the parking requirement of a residential building.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 209 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 209
App. § 131-209. Utility services
Status: in_force

The Town shall have the power to impose rates, charges, and assessments upon property located in that part of the former Village located in the Town of Marshfield for water, sewer, and street lighting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 203
App. § 4-203. Vacancy in office
Status: in_force

In case of a vacancy of a Council seat, the vacancy shall be filled by the City Council until the next annual election pursuant to subsection 204(c) of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 116 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 116
App. § 3-116. Duties generally
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City. The Mayor 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. The Mayor shall take care that the funds of the City are properly expended, and shall recommend to the consideration of the City Council whatever measures the Mayor may deem necessary for the prudent and efficient management of the affairs of the City. The Mayor shall also be the Chief Conservator of the Peace and Safety of the City and as such is empowered to control and direct the police force, in case of riot, insurrection, or other emergency, when the Mayor may take command of the whole police force, including the Chief Executive thereof, and may for the occasion appoint and commission as many special police officers as the Mayor may deem necessary, who shall have all the powers of regular members of the police force. Any emergency as provided for in this section shall not be construed to be the operation of the police force in its routine duty. The Mayor shall serve as a voting member of the Local Control Commissioners. The Mayor shall have those powers of a justice of the peace in the State of Vermont with respect to the performance of marriage and/or civil unions. The Mayor, commencing on the first Monday in June 2002, shall appoint all City department heads who were heretofore appointed by City commissions, with the exception of the Superintendent of Schools, who shall continue to be appointed by the Board of School Commissioners. Such appointments shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the membership of the City Council. The appointment by the Mayor to the position of City officer or department head shall be on the basis of professional competency and/or meritorious performance relating to the duties of the position. In making department head appointments and in evaluating their performance, the Mayor shall consult with the applicable City commission. At least two applicable commissioners chosen by the chair shall be invited to participate in interviews for department head selection. The full applicable commission shall formally participate in the annual evaluation of a department head and shall make a formal recommendation to the Mayor concerning the reappointment of a department head. Department heads shall have such administrative, personnel, and managerial authority as shall be delegated to them by the Mayor.
24 V.S.A. § 4684 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4684
§ 4684. Revenue Fund operating expenses
Status: in_force

No amount may be paid out of the Revenue Fund or from any account therein, which account the Bank may establish therein for the purpose of payment of its operating expenses, for operating expenses of the Bank in any year in excess of the amount provided for the operating expenses of the Bank by the annual budget then in effect with respect to that year or any amendment thereof in effect at the time of the payment.
24 V.S.A. § 4651 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4651
§ 4651. Exchange of coupon bonds
Status: in_force

The governing body of the governmental unit may provide for the exchange of coupon bonds for fully registered bonds and of fully registered bonds for coupon bonds and for the exchange of the bonds after issuance for bonds of larger or smaller denominations, all according to the proceedings authorizing their issuance, provided the bonds in changed form or denominations are exchanged for the surrendered bonds in the same aggregate principal amounts and in a manner that no overlapping interest is paid, and the bonds in changed form or denominations bear interest at the same rate or rates and mature on the same date or dates as the bonds for which they are exchanged. When any exchange is made under this section the bonds surrendered by the holders at the time of the exchange shall be cancelled. The exchange may be made only at the request of the holders of the bonds to be surrendered. The governmental unit may require all expenses incurred in connection with the exchange to be paid by the holders. If any of the officers whose signatures appear on the bonds or coupons cease to be officers before the delivery of the bonds, their signatures shall be valid for all purposes, as if they had remained in office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 33.02
App. § 9-33.2. Purchase
Status: in_force

The Board of School Commissioners shall provide the money for the purchase of land for school purposes or for the construction of school buildings or both pursuant to the general laws of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 303
App. § 251-303. Board of Trustees; general authority
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of the Village; shall assess all taxes and make out a rate bill accordingly; shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to the Village, and draw orders upon the Treasurer and generally perform all the duties legally enjoined upon them by the Village, and shall submit their accounts and vouchers to the auditors at least three days before the annual meeting of each year.

(b) The Board shall have power to abate taxes laid or assessed by virtue of this chapter, and also all highway taxes assessed against taxpayers of the Village, and to remit fines imposed for the violation of the bylaws or regulations of the Village. The power of the Board to abate taxes shall be subject to the same limitations and may be exercised for the causes provided in general Vermont law.

(c) The Board may create commissions and committees not now existing and appoint the members thereof. It may inquire into the conduct of any officer, commission, or department and investigate any and all municipal affairs.

(d) The Board may fill any vacancy in any elective Village office, and a person so appointed shall serve until a successor is elected, but the Village may, at any time, at a meeting duly called for that purpose, fill such vacancy for the unexpired term.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 28
App. § 175-28. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision
Status: in_force

(a) The provisions of this charter shall not apply to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any zoning ordinance or zoning bylaw; any land subdivision ordinance or land subdivision bylaw; the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any municipal plan or comprehensive municipal plan; the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any regional municipal plan or comprehensive regional plan; the enactment, amendment, or repeal of such ordinances, bylaws, and plans being specifically controlled by 24 V.S.A. chapter 117; or by such other statutes regulating zoning, subdivision, and municipal and regional plans as may be enforced from time to time.

(b) The adoption, amendment, or repeal of all other ordinances shall be in conformity with this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1166 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1166
§ 1166. Return of name of town treasurer to State Treasurer
Status: in_force

Annually, on or before July 1, a town clerk shall transmit to the State Treasurer the name of the town treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 23
App. § 219-23. Sewers and drains; construction and maintenance
Status: in_force

Whenever the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or main drain in the Village of Enosburg Falls, the trustees of the Village, upon the application in writing of five percent or more freeholders and lawful voters of the Village, are hereby authorized and empowered to lay, make, and maintain such common sewer or main drain and to repair the same from time to time when necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 701
App. § 153-701. Town Manager; appointment; qualifications; term
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager for an indefinite term. The Town Manager shall be chosen on the basis of executive, administrative, and professional qualifications and not on the basis of political affiliation. The Town Manager shall not:

(1) be a candidate for or simultaneously hold any elective office within the Town;

(2) be employed by the Town in any capacity except as Town Manager; or

(3) organize any political party or serve as a member of a political party committee.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 5
App. § 219-5. Highway taxes; expenditure
Status: in_force

(a) The trustees of the corporation shall have power to direct the expenditure of all the highway taxes assessed upon the grand list of the inhabitants of the Village, and upon the ratable estate belonging to nonresidents, situated within the bounds of the Village, and the Village limits shall constitute a highway district of itself. It shall be the duty of the trustees of the Village to appoint a Director of Public Works and supporting staff as they may deem necessary who shall manage the construction and maintenance of all Village highways and streets within the Village Road District, subject to the laws of the State regarding those duties and subject to the direction of the trustees of the Village.

(b) In the event that the Town of Enosburgh does not approve the adoption of a charter that would create a separate road district consisting of all Town roads lying outside the Village Road District, and as a result, the Village residents are assessed taxes for the maintenance of Town roads, the trustees of the Village shall have the authority, at their discretion, to dissolve the Village Road District and notify the Selectboard of the Town that it will be obligated to maintain the roads within the Village as Town highways. In this event, the trustees of the Village shall also have the authority to negotiate and enter into agreements as they deem proper for the equitable reimbursement from the Town of taxes assessed on Village residents and attributable to the Town highway budget. In this event, the trustees of the Village shall also have the authority to prepare and present to the Selectboard of the Town a statement of the operating costs incurred by the Village Road District and request reimbursement of those expenses from the Town General Fund. In the event that the Town of Enosburgh accepts responsibility for the maintenance of highways within the Village, subsection (a) of this section shall not apply.
24 V.S.A. § 3111 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3111
§ 3111. Appeal; hearing; orders
Status: in_force

When an appeal is taken under the provisions of section 3109 of this title, the judge shall forthwith inquire into the facts himself or herself or by a committee appointed by him or her, and make such order as he or she deems proper in the premises. In his or her discretion, he or she may tax costs in favor of the prevailing party and issue execution therefor. Upon the entry of judgment, work may be immediately resumed in accordance therewith.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 20
App. § 253-20. Village Constable
Status: in_force

An office of Village Constable is established in the Village of North Troy. The Village Constable shall be appointed by the Village Trustees and serve at the pleasure of the Trustees. If the Village Constable is certified as a Level II or Level III law enforcement officer under 20 V.S.A. § 2358, he or she shall have the authority to enforce any Village ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 22
App. § 405-22. Secretary
Status: in_force

The Secretary shall have the custody of the public records of the District and shall record all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The Secretary shall also prepare and warn all meetings of the District and Board of Commissioners in accordance with Vermont law and shall cause the annual report approved by the Board of Commissioners to be distributed to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The Secretary shall also perform all the duties and functions incident to the office of a secretary or clerk of a municipal corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 25.03
App. § 9-25.3. Discontinuance of highways
Status: in_force

In case the Board of Highway Commissioners shall decide to discontinue any street or highway in the City, any person owning or interested in the lands abutting said street who is dissatisfied with such decision may within 60 days thereafter institute proceedings that shall have the same effect, be conducted in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions and provisions as if such person were dissatisfied with the laying out, altering, or resurveying of any street or highway in the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 102
App. § 409-102. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the District is to provide for the treatment and management of solid waste generated or disposed of within the geographical boundaries of member municipalities (the members) in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and 10 V.S.A. chapter 159 (waste management), 24 V.S.A. chapter 117 (municipal and regional planning and development), and 24 V.S.A. chapter 121 (intermunicipal cooperation and services). The means of treatment and management may include land disposal, recycling, and transportation. The District is not organized nor shall it function for the purpose of treating or disposing of hazardous waste.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 17
App. § 253-17. Date of 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 the meeting shall be held in the Village of North Troy, on the third Tuesday of March of each year, or such other day that the trustees may approve.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 15
App. § 123B-15. Specific prohibition
Status: in_force

A Town officer who is disqualified by virtue of a conflict of interest shall not vote upon, participate in the discussion of, or otherwise sit as a member of any board, commission, or committee upon the matter from which he or she is disqualified. He or she may, however, enter an appearance as a party and be heard in all respects as a member of the public might be heard in the same proceeding.
24 V.S.A. § 5070 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5070
§ 5070. Defined contribution retirement plan
Status: in_force

(a) The Board may approve a defined contribution retirement plan for one or more groups of members. The plan shall qualify as a defined contribution plan under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, as amended. Participation in a defined contribution plan offered under this section shall be in lieu of participation in any other plan established under this title. The Board shall ensure that objective educational material be prepared and presented to the employees in order to enable them to make an informed decision, under the assumption that each participant is an unsophisticated investor.

(b) The proper authority or officer responsible for making up each employer payroll shall certify to the Board the amounts deducted on each and every payroll for employees participating in the defined contribution plan, and each of those amounts shall be paid into the defined contribution fund and credited to the individual account of the member from whose compensation the deduction was made.

(1) Employer reports and corresponding member contributions required by this subsection shall be provided by the due date established by the Board. An employer that provides reports or remits contributions, which are more than 30 days delinquent, may be assessed a delinquent reporting fee of one percent of the amount that should have been reported and remitted for each month, or prorated portion of a month, that the report or contributions are delinquent.

(2) Employers shall provide accurate reports. An employer who provides an inaccurate report shall be responsible for correcting any deficiencies and shall reimburse the System for any costs incurred by the System as a result of inaccuracy.

(3) In the event that an employer willfully files an inaccurate report, in addition to any other penalties provided by law, the employer shall pay the System an administrative penalty of up to 50 percent of the amount that was not accurately reported.

(4) The System may enforce the provisions of this subsection in Washington Superior Court.

(5) The Board may, in its discretion, waive part or all of a penalty assessment for good cause shown.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 119 / Section 3
App. § 119-3. 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:

(A) responsible for collection of current taxes; and

(B) paid an hourly wage; and

(C) open to the public at hours adopted by the Selectboard.

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

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

(B) paid an hourly wage.

(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 officers and a job description of those offices. These appointed officers shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally.

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

(d) A person appointed to the position of Town Treasurer or Town Clerk need not be a resident or voter of the Town of Ferrisburgh.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 100 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 100
App. § 3-100. Annual assessment for redemption of bonds authorized
Status: in_force

Said City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of said City, for the fiscal year, a tax of one and 23/100 cents upon the dollar thereof, the proceeds of which tax shall be applied to the redemption of the bonded debt of the City, and shall annually appropriate for that purpose a sum that in the judgment of the City Council would be raised by a tax of the same rate on said property grand list. Such tax shall not be included within the limitation of amount of tax for City purposes prescribed by section 99 of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 3103 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3103
§ 3103. Appointment; duties; powers
Status: in_force

Any such ordinance may be amended or supplemented following the procedure for adoption in section 3101 of this title. At least three copies of any ordinance, as amended or supplemented, shall be filed, as provided in section 3101 of this title, in the office of the building inspector and three copies filed in the office of the municipal clerk for use by the public.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 41 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 41
App. § 401-41. Public hearings
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall hold at least one public hearing prior to any special District meeting at such time and upon such notice as it may prescribe.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 509 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 509
App. § 413-509. Conduct of meetings
Status: in_force

At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recounts and contest of elections (subchapter 9), and jurisdiction of courts (subchapter 10) shall apply except where clearly inapplicable. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under that chapter. The Franklin Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 405
App. § 411-405. Assessments
Status: in_force

The Treasurer of the District shall, within one week after a schedule is adopted or amended, notify the treasurer of each member municipality and the registered haulers of the District of the adoption of the fee schedule. The amount of assessment thereunder shall be paid to the Treasurer of the District within 30 days from the date of mailing of said assessment. In the event a member municipality or registered hauler shall fail to pay any assessment when due, then and in that event shall interest thereupon accrue at the legal rate then in effect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 32
App. § 11-32. Library
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council of the City of St. Albans shall annually assess upon the ratable estate within the City, whether owned by residents or nonresidents, such tax as the trustees of the St. Albans Free Library shall recommend to the Council for the support of the library and furnishing books and periodicals for the same, but not to exceed five cents on a dollar of the grand list of the City. The tax shall be in addition to all taxes now levied and assessed and shall be included in the rate-bill and collected in the same manner as all other taxes.

(b) The City Council shall annually appropriate for the support of the St. Albans Free Library such sum from the General Funds as may be realized from the tax recommended by the trustees of the St. Albans Free Library and from the income of any property or money donated by any person to the City for the use of the St. Albans Free Library and shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the St. Albans Free Library.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 52 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 52
App. § 126-52. Applicability of State law to municipal land use matters
Status: in_force

All matters pertaining to zoning, land subdivision, and municipal or regional plans shall be exclusively controlled by State law, except as otherwise specifically provided in this charter, the Town Plan, or the Town's zoning and subdivision bylaws.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 505
App. § 151-505. Downtown district; purpose and powers
Status: in_force

(a) The District is created for the general purpose of maintaining and improving the economic, social, cultural, and environmental vitality and quality of the Town of St. Johnsbury, in particular, the District created by section 506 of this charter, to promote the Town and the District as a regional retail, commercial, and service center and to serve as an advocate for the orderly development of the District in order to encourage expansion of the retail, commercial, and service base of the District and the Town by attracting new business and investment.

(b) The rights, powers, and duties of the District shall be exercised by the Select Board and shall be broadly construed to accomplish the purposes set forth above and shall include the following:

(1) to advertise and promote the Improvement District;

(2) to represent the interests of the District;

(3) to receive and expend contributions, grants, and income;

(4) to expend funds as provided for in the budget or as otherwise approved;

(5) to manage and maintain public spaces and to assume or supplement the services and maintenance heretofore provided to the District by the Town as recommended to and approved by the Select Board;

(6) to acquire and dispose of property on behalf of the Town;

(7) to install and make public improvements;

(8) to improve, manage, and regulate public parking facilities and vehicular traffic within the District;

(9) to enter into contracts as may be necessary or convenient to carry out the purpose of this charter;

(10) to regulate, lease, license, establish rules and fees, and otherwise manage the use of public spaces within the District;

(11) to plan for the orderly development of the District in cooperation with the Town Planning Commission;

(12) to do all other things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes for which this District was created; and

(13) to appropriate annually money for the maintenance, care, improvement, and support of Fairbanks Museum, provided the same shall remain a nonprofit institution for the promotion of education.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 35
App. § 401-35. Limitations of appropriations
Status: in_force

Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in subdivision 33(a)(1) of this chapter shall be expended only for such estimates, but by vote of the Board of Supervisors, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among such estimates, except as otherwise limited herein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 12
App. § 15-12. Taxes
Status: in_force

The City Council shall lay a tax not exceeding 300 cents on the dollar of the grand list of said City on the ratable estate within the same, whether of residents or nonresidents, for any of the purposes hereinbefore mentioned, and shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the Treasurer, and the Constable or Collector shall have power to collect it and may sell property to satisfy the same, and for want thereof may commit any person against whom he or she has such a tax to jail. Such sales for taxes shall be advertised and conducted as provided by the Public Laws; provided however, that, if any parcel of real estate so advertised and sold shall yield a larger amount at such sale than the total amount of taxes, costs, and charges against the owner, such sale shall not thereby be void, but shall stand, subject to the statutory right of redemption, upon tender of payment to the owner of the amount of such excess. And the City Council shall be a Board for the Abatement of Taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 6.02
App. § 9-6.2. Sale or lease
Status: in_force

Only the Board of Aldermen may authorize the sale or lease of real or personal property belonging to the City, except as otherwise authorized by charter or ordinance. All conveyances, grants, or leases of real estate shall be signed by the Mayor and be sealed with the City Seal.
24 V.S.A. § 2246 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2246
§ 2246. Effect of local ordinances
Status: in_force

This subchapter shall not be construed to be in derogation of zoning ordinances or ordinances for the control of salvage yards now or hereafter established within the proper exercise of the police power granted to municipalities, if those ordinances impose stricter limitations upon salvage yards. If the limitations imposed by this subchapter are stricter, this subchapter shall control.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 409 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 409
App. § 411-409. Capital reserve fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserve fund or funds as it determines appropriate to pay for improvements or repairs to and replacement of District buildings, equipment, and other capital assets of the District. When so established, a capital reserve fund or funds shall be kept intact and separate from other monies of the District and shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose for which the fund was established. The cost of contributions to such capital reserve fund or funds shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 8
App. § 261-8. Officers, how elected, terms of office
Status: in_force

The officers of said corporation shall consist of a Moderator, Clerk, three trustees, Treasurer, Collector of Taxes, a Chief Engineer, and two assistant engineers, all of whom, with the exception of the trustees, shall be elected annually and shall hold their respective offices for the term of one year and until others are chosen in their places; said trustees shall be elected by ballot, and, except the first two elected, shall hold office for the term of three years, but the term of office for the first two chosen shall be one year for the first and two years for the second. Thereafter one trustee shall be elected annually for the term of three years. Vacancies in the office of trustees shall be filled by ballot at any special meeting of said Village, duly warned and holden, within the space of 30 days from the date of the occurrence of said vacancy for that purpose, and any trustee or trustees so elected shall hold office only until the next annual meeting or until others are chosen in their places, and at the next succeeding annual meeting, trustee or trustees elected to succeed any trustee or trustees who shall not have served for the full term for which they were elected, shall be chosen to fill out the unexpired term of office remaining at the time of such meeting of such trustee or trustees whose offices have become vacated from any other cause than that of limitation of term of office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 2
App. § 101-2. Meetings and elections
Status: in_force

(a) The second Tuesday in May shall be the date for the annual election of Town officers and for voting upon all questions to be decided by Australian ballot. Polls shall be open no less than nine consecutive hours. The Selectboard may designate one or more polling places within the Town for voting and may provide for the use of any mechanical or computer type devices for voting or counting votes, consistent with requirements of law. The Wednesday evening preceding the date for the annual election of the Town officers, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at a place designated by the Barre Town Selectboard, shall be the date of the annual meeting at which time there will be considered all non-Australian ballot matters. However, the voters at any annual election may designate a different date, time, or place for annual Town elections.

(b) Special Town meetings or elections:

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

(2) shall be called by the Town Clerk upon receipt by him or her of a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the voters. The petition shall specify the business to be transacted at such meeting. The meeting shall be held within 60 days from the date the petition is filed with the Clerk.

(c) The budget proposal, established by the Selectboard, in accordance with section 28 of this charter, shall be submitted to the electorate at the annual election. If this proposal fails, the Town Clerk shall immediately warn an open Town meeting at which the budget shall be determined without a subsequent Australian ballot election. Section 5 of this charter on reconsiderations shall not apply to budget votes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 38 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 38
App. § 417-38. Collection
Status: in_force

Annually, on or before January 20, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member municipality requiring that the amount of such assessment, if any, be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule of payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The legislative body of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasury for the amount of such assessment, and the municipal treasurer shall pay to the District Treasurer the amount of such order in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. If any member municipality shall fail to pay when due any assessment against it by the District, it may incur the maximum penalty allowed by law plus interest at the maximum rate allowed by law. Such penalty and interest, together with the amount due, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees of the District may be recovered by the District in a civil action under this section, notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy available to the District.
24 V.S.A. § 5068 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5068
§ 5068. Election
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of subsections (b) and (c) of this section, all employees shall be members of Group A, unless an election to become a member of Group B, C, or D is made pursuant to this section or, in the case of Group B or C, unless a collective bargaining agreement negotiated pursuant to 21 V.S.A. chapter 22 so specifies.

(b) On or before September 30 of any year, the legislative body of a municipality may designate groups of employees eligible to become members of Group B or C. Such designation may apply to all eligible employees or to one or more of the following groups of employees:

(1) sworn police officers appointed under chapter 55 of this title or a comparable provision of a municipal charter;

(2) firefighters and officers of fire departments appointed under chapter 57 of this title or a comparable provision of a municipal charter;

(3) other groups of employees that have a similarity of interests, needs, and general conditions of employment, as determined by the legislative body.

(c) On or before September 30 of any year, the legislative body of a municipality may designate groups of employees eligible to become members of Group D. The designation may apply to one or more of the following groups of employees:

(1) sworn police officers appointed under chapter 55 of this title or a comparable provision of a municipal charter;

(2) firefighters and officers of fire departments appointed under chapter 57 of this title or a comparable provision of a municipal charter;

(3) emergency medical personnel as defined in 24 V.S.A. § 2651.

(d) On or before any December 31 following a designation under subsection (b) or (c) of this section, individual employees so choosing shall become members of Group B, C, or D effective the July 1 immediately following, and all employees subsequently hired into that designated group shall become members of the group designated. However, for employees making such an election on or after December 31, 1993, unless such an election shall be made on the December 31 immediately following the designation made pursuant to subsection (b) or (c) of this section, a member must complete three years of creditable service as a member of the group designated in subsection (b) or (c) of this section to be eligible to retire as a member of that group.

(e) The designation by the legislative body or the municipality, as appropriate, an election to become members of Group B, C, or D, or entry into Group B or C pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement, shall be irrevocable and shall apply so long as the employee remains in the designated employee group, except that a designation and election to Group B may be superseded by similar actions allowing participation in Group C and that a designation and election to Group B or C may be superseded by similar actions allowing participation in Group D.

(f) Upon written request from the legislative body, the Board may waive the requirements that the actions required in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section be completed by the dates specified, if it determines that all membership enrollment requirements can be completed in time for membership to be effective on July 1.

(g) Any employer who is a member of Group C as of June 30, 1995 may revoke Group C membership during the period that begins on July 1, 1995 and ends on March 31, 1996. Any employee who is a member of Group C as of June 30, 1995 may revoke Group C membership during the period that begins on July 1, 1995 and ends on June 30, 1996. If no election is made during these periods, Group C will be the designated group. An election under this subsection is irrevocable.

(1) Any employee may retain Group C membership regardless of the employer's election.

(2) An employee or employer who revokes Group C membership shall return to the group of membership just prior to becoming a Group C member, provided that an employee or employer who was a member of Group A prior to becoming a Group C member may elect to return to Group A or become a member of Group B, if offered by the employer. In the absence of a prior group, any group offered by the employer shall be the designated group.

(3) Any employee who elects to revoke Group C membership under this subsection shall be entitled to a refund. The refund shall be an amount equal to the contributions made as a Group C member under subsection (b) of section 5064 of this title in excess of the contribution the member would have made had he or she not transferred to Group C, plus the accumulated interest.

(4) The procedure for election under this subsection shall be established by the Board. The Board shall establish the date of election, and provide all members with at least 30-days' advance notice of the election together with a general written explanation of the election and its consequences, including an individual comparison of projected benefits at no cost to the member.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 103
App. § 123-103. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

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

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

(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 power were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.

(d) The Seal of the Town of Hardwick, heretofore adopted, is declared to be the Official Seal of the Town, to be used as required by law and custom.

(e) The Town may purchase, hold, and convey any real estate, and erect and keep in repair any buildings necessary or convenient for its purposes: and may acquire, construct, and maintain such water wells, springs, aqueducts, reservoirs, sewage disposal facilities as it may deem necessary for the benefit of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 26
App. § 109-26. Fire prevention
Status: in_force

For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Cavendish may function with volunteer firefighter districts. At present there are two: one in the Proctorsville Village area, to be established by petition as an independent fire district as prescribed by 20 V.S.A. chapter 171, and one in Cavendish known as Fire District No. 2. Each group shall choose its own Chief and other officers and hold its own meetings, as well as service its own geographic district. Each district shall propose and ratify its own budget and duly administer and collect the same through a fire district tax pursuant to statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 308 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 308
App. § 19-308. Clerk of the City Council
Status: in_force

The City Council shall designate the City Clerk, or such other person as the City Council shall appoint or designate, as the Clerk of the Council who shall give notice of Council meetings to its members and the public, keep the journal of its proceedings, and perform such other duties as are prescribed by law and assigned by this charter or as directed by the City Council.
24 V.S.A. § 1238 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1238
§ 1238. Additional duties
Status: in_force

The powers, duties, and liabilities imposed upon any other departments of the town inconsistent with the provisions of this chapter shall be suspended and shall be conferred and imposed upon the manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 66 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 66
App. § 3-66. Annual school appropriations
Status: in_force

The City Council shall annually appropriate for the use of schools such sum as shall be recommended by the Board of School Commissioners within the limitations of section 102 of this charter. In addition, the City Council shall also annually appropriate for the use of schools one-half of the cash payments to be received by the City in lieu of taxes from the Electric Light and Water Resources Departments and from any other source. In computing the schools' entitlement under the preceding sentence, only cash payments shall be considered, and any contributions to the City in the form of free services or municipal rate benefits shall not be deducted from the City's one-half share of the cash payments to be received. The school commissioners shall be responsible for allocating annually sufficient funds for the payment of any principal and interest due or coming due on City bonds issued for school purposes. The City may reduce the schools' share of such cash payments in lieu of taxes to the extent necessary to meet payments on bonds issued for school purposes not otherwise provided for by the school commissioners.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 104
App. § 269-104. Additional powers
Status: in_force

The general grant of authority in section 103 of this charter shall include the following powers, and the enumeration thereof shall not be deemed to be in derogation of the authority conferred by this charter:

(1) To adopt and enforce ordinances, and to establish penalties for the violation thereof, in accordance with the general laws of the State, and specifically under any general laws of this State regulating zoning, subdivisions, and regional plans as may be enacted from time to time.

(2) To exercise the right of eminent domain in the taking of property by condemnation for public purposes in accordance with the constitution and general laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 163 / Section 3
App. § 163-3. Appointed officers
Status: repealed

(a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by the Selectboard pursuant to State law, the Selectboard shall appoint the following officers:

(1) Town Treasurer;

(2) listers or an assessor;

(3) Delinquent Tax Collector; and

(4) cemetery commissioners.

(5) [Repealed.]

(6) [Repealed.]

(b) The number of persons appointed to the offices set forth in subsection (a) of this section shall be determined by the Selectboard.

(c) All appointments shall be made in accordance with the Town of Westford Personnel Rules.

(d) In appointing the Town Treasurer and Delinquent Tax Collector, the Selectboard shall use the following guidelines in addition to following the Town of Westford Personnel Rules:

(1) Nominating committee.

(A) When a vacancy exists in the office of Town Treasurer or Delinquent Tax Collector, the Selectboard shall call for the formation of a nominating committee comprising one Selectboard member, two justices of the peace, and two residents. The Selectboard and justices of the peace shall select which of their members will serve on the committee. These three officials shall select the two residents.

(B) Meetings of the committee shall be warned and conducted as public meetings in accordance with the requirements of Vermont statutes. Members of this committee shall serve until any vacancy is filled by the Selectboard.

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

(3) Appointing a candidate. Within 45 days of its receipt of candidates' names from the committee, the Selectboard shall appoint from such candidates a person(s) to fill any vacancy or notify the committee in writing that none of the candidates shall be appointed. If no appointment is made, the committee shall then reconvene and submit the names of additional qualified candidates to the Selectboard.

(4) Interim appointment. Until such a time as a vacancy is filled pursuant to this section, the Selectboard may appoint an official on an interim basis to fill the vacancy.

(e) All appointed Town officers shall be governed by the Town of Westford Personnel Rules.

(f) From time to time and whenever a job is open in an appointed Town office, the Selectboard shall adopt or revise a general statement of the qualifications necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of the office and a job description of the office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 502
App. § 414-502. Places of meetings
Status: in_force

At any special meeting of the District, voters of each municipality within the District shall cast their ballots at the polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors of the District in cooperation with the board of civil authority of each member municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 412 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 412
App. § 1-412. Duties of Treasurer
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided, the City Treasurer shall have the same duties, powers, and liabilities prescribed by law for town treasurers. The Treasurer's compensation shall be fixed by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 16.02
App. § 9-16.2. Public records
Status: in_force

(a) Public records shall not be taken out of or away from the City Clerk's office except upon the order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction, but the Board of Aldermen may by ordinance or by law regulate the removal from said office of all papers and documents belonging to the City and in the custody of the City Clerk as aforesaid.

(b) The Clerk shall make duly certified copies of public records, papers, and documents, upon payment of the proper fee. Such copies so certified shall be legal evidence of the same validity and effect as those of town clerks, in all courts and for all purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1301
App. § 127-1301. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

This fiscal year shall commence on the first day of January and end on the last day of December, unless the Town, at its annual meeting, shall determine otherwise. If the Town votes another fiscal year, it shall specify the procedure for transition, including the method for financing the transition.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 2.02
App. § 107-2.2. Elected officers
Status: repealed

On the first Tuesday in March, the voters and youth voters of the Town shall elect by Australian ballot the following:

(1) Representative Town Meeting members, by district, in accordance with 1959 Acts and Resolves No. 302, § 4. The size of the Representative Town Meeting body shall not exceed 140 members excluding ex officio members.

(2) A Selectboard of five members, elected at large, of whom two shall serve for one year and three shall serve for three years.

(3) [Repealed.]

(4) [Repealed.]

(5) A Board of three listers, elected at large, of whom one shall be elected each year to serve for three years.

(6) Three trustees of public funds, elected at large, of whom one shall be elected each year to serve for three years.

(7) Other officers elected for one-year terms shall include a Moderator, a First Constable, and a Second Constable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 507 / Section 1
App. § 507-1. Boundaries
Status: in_force

The boundaries of Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 shall be as recorded in Book 111, page 184 et seq. of the land records of the Town of Wilmington and in Book 86, page 5 et seq. of the land records of the Town of Dover.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 309
App. § 414-309. Audit
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed by an independent professional accounting firm annually.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 603
App. § 129-603. Responsibilities, powers, and duties
Status: in_force

(a) In general, the Superintendent shall be accountable to the School Board of Trustees and shall have general supervision of the property and business affairs of the School District and expenditure of all monies appropriated for school purposes subject to the policies of the School Board of Trustees. The Superintendent shall not supervise any elected School District officer in the conduct of such officer's duties.

(b) In particular, in addition to other duties specifically assigned by law, the Superintendent shall be the chief executive officer for the School Board of Trustees and on behalf of the School Board of Trustees shall:

(1) carry out the policies adopted by the School Board of Trustees relating to the educational or business affairs of the School District;

(2) identify the educational goals and objectives of the School District and prepare plans to achieve those goals and objectives for adoption by the School Board of Trustees;

(3) recommend that the School Board of Trustees employ or dismiss persons as in the Superintendent's judgment is necessary to carry out the work of the School District;

(4) furnish the Secretary of Education such data and information that is required;

(5) approve all textbooks, learning materials, equipment, and supplies;

(6) attend all regular meetings of the School Board of Trustees except when excused by the School Board of Trustees and to have the right to attend all other meetings of the School Board of Trustees and committees except when removal or dismissal is being discussed;

(7) furnish the School Board of Trustees with a five-year projection of capital improvements;

(8) participate in the discussion of matters before the School Board of Trustees and its committees but not the right to vote;

(9) perform such other duties that may be required by vote of the School Board of Trustees by law or by policy consistent with this charter; and

(10) to be responsible for keeping such books and accounts of disbursements for all school accounts as prescribed by policy of the School Board of Trustees.
24 V.S.A. § 1788 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1788
§ 1788. Existing powers continued; emergencies
Status: repealed

The existing power of a municipality to authorize public improvements by a majority vote in a meeting duly called and held and to finance the same temporarily by the issue of orders or notes, and to issue bonds therefor, is not repealed nor affected by the provisions of this subchapter. Such municipality may refund all or any portion of such temporary orders, notes, or bonds in the method provided by sections 1771 and 1772 of this title. Nevertheless, no public improvement which has been voted upon in the method provided by sections 1755 and 1756 of this title shall be voted upon in any such meeting, except in cases of emergency, in which the vote stating the emergency shall be conclusive evidence of its existence. The existing power of a municipality to refund obligations representing indebtedness accumulated in the ordinary administration of the affairs of such municipality, whether incurred for public improvements or for current expenses, and with or without vote of such municipality, is not repealed nor affected by the provisions of this subchapter, except that the method of such refunding shall be as provided in sections 1771 and 1772 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 105 / Section 33
App. § 105-33. 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 Berlin, 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. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 18
App. § 101-18. Removal of the Town Manager
Status: in_force

The Manager may be removed by a majority vote of the full Selectboard. At least 30 days before the proposed removal of the Manager, the Board shall adopt a resolution in executive session, stating its intention to remove him or her and the reasons for removal, a copy of which shall be delivered forthwith to the Manager. Upon or after passage of the resolution, the Board may suspend the Manager from duty, but his or her pay shall continue until removal. If the resolution is not withdrawn, the resolution shall automatically take effect. In case of a suspension, the Board may appoint an acting manager to serve at the discretion of the Board. By ordinance or by contract with any Manager, the Selectboard may provide for the Manager to have additional rights in removal proceedings, including the right to a hearing, provided the rights are otherwise consistent with the provisions of this section. The action of the Board in removing the Manager shall be final.