24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 14
App. § 171-14. Local elected officials
Status: repealed

(a) Elective offices. Local elective offices to be filled by the voters of the Town of Williston shall be only those articulated by this charter, and shall include:

(1) Selectboard;

(2) Town Clerk;

(3) [Repealed.]

(4) Lister;

(5) Moderator;

(6) [Repealed.]

(7)-(9) [Repealed.]

(10) Library trustee.

(11)-(12) [Repealed.]

(b) Provisions related generally to all elected local offices.

(1) Term.

(A) Terms for elective offices shall begin officially when the Town Clerk and Board of Civil Authority certify election returns as final, and the elected candidates take their oath of allegiance and oath of office.

(B) In the event of a recount or unresolved irregularities in election returns should emergency action be required, the elective officials sitting at the time of the election shall take such action.

(2) Oath of office.

(A) Before taking any official action, an elected official shall take the oath of office prescribed by statute.

(B) A signed copy of the oath must be filed with the Town Clerk within one week from its execution.

(3) Compensation.

(A) The manner of compensation for the Selectboard shall be fixed by the voters and for all other elective offices by the Selectboard.

(B) Expenses actual and necessary to the performance of the duties of office may be paid, provided they are submitted through the administration for processing and payment, except as may be provided by the voters.

(4) Holding of more than one office.

(A) Elective offices. Nothing herein shall be interpreted as limiting any person from holding a State or federal elective office at the same time he or she holds local office, provided such service does not interfere or conflict with the proper attendance at meetings and execution of the duties of the office. Conflicts of interest established by statute remain unaffected by this charter.

(B) Local appointed boards and commissions. Elected officials shall not be prevented from serving on local appointed boards and commissions, provided the service does not conflict or interfere with the proper execution of the elective office.

(5) Qualification to run for and hold local office.

(A) No person shall be qualified to run for or be elected to hold an elective office unless he or she is a duly registered voter and resident in the Town of Williston.

(B) Should an elected holder of local office establish residence in some place other than Williston, the office shall be declared immediately vacant by the Selectboard, and said vacancy shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the charter.

(C) The requirements above dictate that a candidate or officeholder must actually dwell in the Town and not merely maintain a residence therein.

(6) Vacancy.

(A) A vacancy shall be deemed to exist in any local office where an officer dies, or resigns from office, or is judicially declared to be mentally incompetent, or is no longer a resident.

(B) The declaration of a condition for forfeiture of office shall be made by the unanimous vote of the Selectboard, or in the case of a Selectboard member, by the other members of the Selectboard, and shall be according to procedures established in 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, as that chapter pertains to contested cases, and may be appealed to the Superior Court as contested cases are appealed.

(C) A vacancy shall be filled by a majority vote of the Selectboard, and the appointment shall run until an election is held.

(c) Elected officers; duties, responsibilities, and conduct.

(1) Selectboard.

(A) Number and term. Unless altered by the procedures provided herein, the policy making body for the Town shall be a five-member Selectboard, elected at large, on a nonpartisan basis, to three staggered three-year terms and two staggered two-year terms.

(B) Powers and duties. The Selectboard shall discharge all duties conferred, imposed, or implied, by statute or prescribed by this charter, for selectboards, except as herein limited, or specifically transferred to the Town Manager. All committees of the Board and all citizen boards and commissions shall be advisory in nature unless a specific legal or policymaking function is otherwise provided by State law or ordinance as limited by this charter. In this charter, the failure to mention a particular power shall not serve to exclude it or be restrictive of the scope of powers that the Selectboard would otherwise have.

(C) Organization.

(i) The Selectboard shall have a Chair who shall be elected annually by a majority vote of the five members.

(ii) The Board shall, in a similar manner, choose a Vice Chair to serve in the absence or disability of the Chair.

(D) Duties of the Chair.

(i) The Chair shall be the official head of the Town for all ceremonial purposes.

(ii) The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Selectboard and may participate in all proceedings as a regular member.

(iii) All duties of an administrative nature, except as otherwise provided by this charter, shall be exercised by the Town Manager as provided herein.

(E) Organizational meetings.

(i) Within 14 days after the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard, duly certified, shall meet for the purpose of taking the oath of office, organizing, electing a Chair and Vice Chair, and the adopting of rules for the transaction of business.

(ii) The Town Manager shall preside at the organizational meeting of the Selectboard prior to the election of the Board Chair.

(iii) The Board may transact any other business required at that meeting.

(F) Regular meetings.

(i) The Board shall hold regular meetings at a regular time.

(ii) The time and place of regular Selectboard meetings shall be publicly announced to the media. Special meetings shall be limited to the agenda as warned for purposes of voting.

(G) Quorums; votes.

(i) Three members shall constitute a quorum for any Board meeting except as provided otherwise by this charter.

(ii) Voting may be by roll call vote or voice vote. Secret ballot voting shall not be permitted.

(iii) No action of the Board shall be valid or binding unless acted upon by the affirmative vote of three or more members of the Board unless otherwise provided for by this charter.

(H) Special meetings and workshops.

(i) Special meetings may be called at any time by the Chair, or the Vice Chair in the absence of the Chair, or by written request, signed by three Board members.

(ii) Notice of a special meeting shall be served in a reasonable manner on all members of the Selectboard.

(iii) Notice of the special meeting shall be released to the local news media.

(iv) An agenda shall be issued at a special meeting.

(v) If an emergency meeting of the Selectboard is required on very short notice, every possible effort shall be made to notify the media.

(I) Correction of irregularities. Any irregularities or defects in the notice or conduct of any meeting of the Selectboard may be cured at any subsequent regular meeting, provided that such resolution is included on the agenda of a regular or special meeting and is adopted by a majority of the Board.

(J) Vacancies. A vacancy on the Selectboard shall be filled by a majority vote of the remaining Board, said appointment to run until the next annual Town meeting at which an election shall be warned to fill the unexpired term. In case of a vacancy in the majority of the Board members at the same time, such vacancy shall be filled at a special Town meeting called for that purpose. In the event there are so many vacancies on the Selectboard that a quorum cannot be achieved, the remaining selectperson or selectpersons shall be authorized to draw orders for payment of continuing obligations and necessary expenses until the vacancies are filled.

(2) Town Clerk.

(A) There shall be a Town Clerk elected on a nonpartisan basis for a three-year term.

(B) [Repealed.]

(3) Listers.

(A) There shall be three elected listers elected on a nonpartisan basis for three-year staggered terms.

(B) Duties and responsibilities of the listers shall be in accordance with State statute and herein limited.

(C) The Town may vote by a majority of the legal voters present at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose to eliminate the office of lister or change the office to an appointed position. If the Town votes to eliminate the office of lister, the Town manager shall contract with or employ a professionally qualified assessor, who need not be a resident of the Town. The assessor shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for lister or board of listers under the provisions of Title 32 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.

(D) A vote to eliminate the office of lister shall remain in effect until rescinded by majority vote of the legal voters present at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose.

(E) The term of office of any lister in office on the date a town votes to eliminate that office shall expire on the 45th day after the vote or on the date upon which the Selectboard appoints an assessor.

(4) Moderator. A Moderator shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis for a one-year term, who shall perform all duties prescribed by this charter and State law.

(5) [Repealed.]

(6) Board of Library Trustees.

(A) The Board of Library Trustees consists of seven members elected by the voters of the Town to staggered five-year terms.

(B) The library trustees have full power to manage the library, pursuant to 22 V.S.A. § 143 and other general State law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 313 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 313
App. § 1-313. Sale or lease of City property
Status: in_force

The City Council may authorize the sale or lease of any real or personal estate belonging to the City, and all conveyances, grants, or leases of such real estate shall be signed by the Mayor.
24 V.S.A. § 4645 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4645
§ 4645. Administrative consent or conditions not required
Status: in_force

Bonds or notes may be issued under this chapter without obtaining the consent of any department, division, commission, board, bureau, or agency of the State, and without any other proceeding or the happening of any other conditions or things than those specifically required by this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 5
App. § 101-5. Reconsideration of actions taken
Status: in_force

A question considered at any Town meeting or election may not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent annual meeting or special meeting or election specifically warned for the purpose and called by the Selectboard by a resolution or by the Town Clerk pursuant to a petition requesting such reconsideration or rescission. The petition must be signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters and filed with the Town Clerk within 30 days following the date of the meeting or election at which the question was first considered. The Clerk shall call for a vote in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the date of filing. The manner of reconsideration shall be the same manner by which a question was originally considered. A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission more than one time; provided, however, that after the passing of at least eight months from the date of any such reconsideration or rescission, the same or a similar question may be newly submitted for consideration. Unless rescinded as provided in this section, any vote or action lawfully taken at a Town meeting or election shall remain in effect indefinitely.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1508 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1508
App. § 123-1508. Taxation
Status: in_force

(a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid as voted at annual Town meeting.

(b) Taxes may be paid with discount if approved at annual Town meeting.

(c) Taxes shall be collected as established by law.

(d) Delinquent property taxes shall accrue penalty, interest, fees, and costs to the maximum extent permitted by law, and all such penalty, interest, fees, and costs shall be paid over to the Town Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Town.
24 V.S.A. § 2693 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 73 / Section 2693
§ 2693. Joint action by municipalities
Status: in_force

A municipality may secure the provision of social services jointly with adjacent municipalities if such joint action is warranted to provide more effective and efficient social services for its residents.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 305
App. § 133-305. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may appoint any officers, commissioners, or employees required by the Town's personnel regulations or this charter. All appointments shall require as a precondition a job description.

(b) The Town Manager shall function as the personnel officer of the Town and shall present to the Selectboard all candidates for Town positions.

(c) All matters relating to the hiring, performance, tenure, discipline, and termination of Town employees shall be controlled by personnel policies and plans to be adopted by the Selectboard.

(d) The Selectboard shall appoint the following officers:

(1) a Public Works Supervisor;

(2) a Health Officer;

(3) one or more fence viewers;

(4) a Tree Warden;

(5) a Zoning Administrator;

(6) a Civil Defense Director;

(7) a representative to the Rutland Solid Waste District (provided the Town is a member);

(8) planning commissioners;

(9) a representative to the Regional Planning Commission; and

(10) Weigher of Coal, Inspector of Timber, Dog Warden, and Forest Fire Warden.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 32
App. § 901-32. Limitations of appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) Appropriations made by the Board for the various estimates of the budget as defined in section 30 of this chapter shall be expended only for such estimates; however, by majority vote of the Board, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among such estimates.

(b) The amount of any deficit at the end of the fiscal year shall be included in the next proposed operating budget and paid out of the appropriations for that budget year. At the discretion of the Board, any unencumbered balance may be placed in a reserve fund or returned to the members.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 15
App. § 207-15. Taxes
Status: in_force

The Village may, at any annual or special meeting called in whole or in part for that purpose, lay a tax on the grand list of the Town of Rockingham, and the Board of Trustees shall make out a rate bill of all taxes voted by the Bellows Falls Village corporation, in making the list of the Town, to designate in the grand list such of the rateable estate of the Town as shall be within the limits of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 13
App. § 207-13. Bylaws and regulations
Status: in_force

(a) The corporation may enact such bylaws and regulations as are expedient, including those that relate to vehicle traffic and parking of motor and other vehicles on the streets of the Village; to streets, sidewalks, lanes, and commons, and shade and ornamental trees on public ways and places; to nuisances; to lighting the streets of the Village; and to restraining animals from running at large.

(b) Said corporation shall have the authority to prosecute ordinances through its Village Attorney.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 4.05
App. § 9-4.5. Acts of the Board of Aldermen
Status: in_force

The Board of Aldermen shall exercise its authority in the following manner; by the enactment of ordinances and bylaws, or by resolution or vote of the Board of Aldermen, subject to the approval of the Mayor set forth in section 4.6 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 108
App. § 1-108. Filing of ordinances
Status: in_force

The City Clerk shall keep in the Clerk's office a book of ordinances that shall contain each ordinance finally passed by the Council together with a complete index of the ordinances according to the subject matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 304
App. § 103-304. Organization of Select Board
Status: in_force

(a) Forthwith after the annual meeting of the town, the Select Board members shall organize and elect a Chair and Vice Chair.

(b) The Chair of the Board, or, in his or her absence, the Vice Chair, shall preside at all meetings of the Board and such presiding officer shall be a voting member of the Board.

(c) When a vacancy occurs on the Select Board, except as provided in section 104 of this charter, the remaining members may fill the vacancy by appointment of a registered voter of the Town, such appointment to be for the period until the next annual meeting, when the voters of the District shall fill the vacancy.

(d) The Board shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings to be held at least twice a month.

(e) The presence of four members shall constitute a quorum.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 2
App. § 401-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing a comprehensive system for managing solid waste generated within the member municipalities. The principal elements of the management system may include collection, transportation, processing, citizen information and education, land disposal, incinerators, recycling centers, intermediate processing facilities, composting plants or resource recovery facilities, or any combination thereof, as well as any other methods allowed by law. In order to assure that everyone pays the real cost of solid waste management, the primary source of funding for District operations will be based on user fees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 4
App. § 285-4. Specific powers conferred
Status: in_force

(a) Without limitation of the generality of section 3 of this charter and the grant of the powers therein made, but as a more specific designation of some of the powers conferred upon the Village, the Village of Wells River has authority:

(1) To levy, assess, and collect taxes in order to carry out its powers; to appropriate and to borrow money, within the limits prescribed by the general laws; and to levy and collect special assessments for benefits conferred.

(2) To purchase, hold, and convey real estate and to purchase, erect, and keep in repair buildings and other structures for Village purposes; to furnish all local public services; to purchase, hire, construct, own, maintain, and operate or lease local public utilities, including aqueducts, reservoirs, and a water supply system; to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, within or without the corporate limits, property necessary for any such public utility and other Village purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by the general law for the protection of other franchises and regulate the exercise thereof.

(3) To make local public improvements and to acquire, by condemnation or otherwise, property within its corporate limits necessary for such improvements, and also to acquire an excess over that needed for any such improvement, and to sell or lease such excess property with restrictions, in order to protect and preserve the improvement.

(4) To issue and sell bonds as permitted by the laws of this State with or without specific security thereof.

(5) To purchase or lease lands within or without the corporate limits of the Village; to lay out or widen streets, highways, lanes, commons, alleys, and walks; to provide places of healthy recreation in summer or in winter, such as a skating rink, a swimming pool, a playing field, a public park; to provide for tourist camp, aviation landing fields, and a municipal forest reserve; and for any municipal purposes whatever.

(6) To adopt and enforce within its limits building, police, sanitary, village planning, and other similar regulations and ordinances, bylaws, and other similar regulations not in conflict with the general laws.

(7) Subject always to the laws of this State and the limitations of section 3 of this charter, to enact and adopt ordinances, bylaws, and other regulations respecting the following matters within the Village limits:

(A) The sale and measurement of milk and dairy products, meats, fruits, provisions, vegetables, hay, grain, petroleum products of all kinds, wood, coal, fuels, and all other articles of public necessity.

(B) The construction, location, and use, and the licensing of hay scales; markets dealing with meat, fish, and food stuffs; slaughter houses; groceries; restaurants and eating establishments; manufacturing establishments, inns, and hotels; junk businesses; advertising billboards; overhanging signs; awnings; lunch carts; billiard and pool rooms; all places where beverages of any kind are sold or disposed of, either at wholesale or retail; public halls, theatres; dance halls; bowling alleys; moving picture houses; all places where tobacco, cigars, and cigarettes are sold or disposed of; blacksmith shops; trucking depots, stands, and other trucking establishments; public garages; repair shops; brick yards; stone sheds; cattle pens; hog pens; hen coops; coal sheds; dairies; laundries; dyeing establishments; garbage plants; gas works; livery stables; oil and gasoline tanks; gasoline filling stations; private sewers and cesspools; skating rinks; stables; privies; wells; and public dumps.

(C) Processions, parades, traveling showmen and their shows, clairvoyants, mendicants, fortune-tellers, spiritualists, mediums, itinerant street-vendors, pawnbrokers, transient retail businesses, and professional and amateur sports.

(D) Vehicles used in the conveyance for hire of persons or goods; milk and cream businesses and routes; pedestrian and vehicular traffic; the parking, operation, and speed of vehicles; guide posts, street signs, and street safety devices.

(E) Cruelty to animals, fast driving, the going at large of animals, and the keeping of bees.

(F) The erection of poles and the placing of wires, cables, and pipes; the laying of sewers; the excavating of streets; the disposal of garbage, filth, refuse, and animal carcasses; throwing or dumping of ashes, wastepaper, hand bills, circulars, or rubbish of any sort; the planting, preservation, or destruction of shade trees.

(G) The clearing, repairing, and improvement of streets, highways, commons, or walks, and the protection of the same from injury; the lighting of streets, highways, commons, or walks; keeping a watch; the restraining of cattle, horses, sheep, swine, geese, and other creatures from running at large; the planting and preservation of shade and other trees, including a municipal forest; the laying out, grading, fencing, and improving of public parks and commons.

(H) The suppression of nuisances, bawdy-houses, gaming houses; racing pools; gambling instruments of all kinds; noisome and offensive places and occupations, loafing, obscenity, and ribaldry upon the Village streets; vagrancy; riots and all breaches of the peace; pollutions of the Village water supply.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 304
App. § 269-304. Other elected officers
Status: in_force

(a) Village Clerk/Treasurer. The Village Clerk/Treasurer shall be elected for a one-year term, and whose compensation shall be determined by the Board of Trustees.

(b) Auditors. Three auditors shall be elected.

(1) The elected auditors shall be responsible for a full audit of all Village funds. Such audit shall be required at least once a year and shall verify delinquent taxes, disbursement, and receipts.

(2) The auditors' duties and rights shall otherwise be as established by the laws of this State.

(3) A certified public accountant or registered public accountant shall conduct a full audit at least once in every three years. The certified or registered public accountant shall verify delinquent taxes, disbursements, and receipts and shall report to the elected auditors.

(4) The auditor position shall be for a three year term with one auditor being elected each year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 311 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 311
App. § 413-311. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 289 / Section 16
App. § 289-16. Village organization; termination; reestablishment
Status: in_force

The Village of Westminster as established by the action of the Selectboard under the provisions of the Public Statutes, by their order filed with the Town Clerk of the Town of Westminster, April 8, 1907, is hereby abolished except for the purpose of winding up its affairs, the collection of back taxes, and the payment of its debts. This section shall take effect, with the above exceptions, when the Village of Westminster is incorporated by this act and shall have organized.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 401
App. § 113-401. Appointment
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 37.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 11.05
App. § 147-11.5. Amount to be raised by taxation
Status: in_force

Upon passage of the Town budget in accordance with section 11.8 of this charter, the amount stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax year and the Selectboard shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the Assessing Department for the corresponding tax year.
24 V.S.A. § 1234 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1234
§ 1234. Oath; bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon a manager's duties, a manager shall be sworn to the faithful performance of the manager's duties and shall have crime insurance coverage or give a bond to the town in the amount and with the sureties as the selectboard may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 28
App. § 285-28. Eminent domain
Status: in_force

The Village may exercise the right of eminent domain for any municipal purpose or use upon compliance with the provisions of the State statutes applicable to eminent domain proceedings.
24 V.S.A. § 1319 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1319
§ 1319. Voting in territory proposed to be annexed
Status: in_force

At such meeting, the residents of such territory who are voters in town meeting may vote on the question of annexation. When a majority of such residents in number and amount of grand list vote in favor of such annexation, such vote shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 201
App. § 413-201. Authority
Status: in_force

The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 204
App. § 4-204. Election of governing body officers
Status: in_force

(a) The terms of the officers shall commence on the first day of the month following the month of election. At the first meeting of the month following the annual City meeting, the Council shall organize and elect a President, Vice President, and Clerk by a majority vote of the entire Council and shall file a certificate of the election for record in the office of the City Clerk.

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

(c) In the event of death, resignation, or incapacity of any Council member, the remaining members of the Council may appoint a person to fill that position until the next annual election. Incapacity shall be determined by a vote of the Council. Incapacity shall include the failure by any member of the board to attend at least 50 percent of the meetings of the board in any calendar year. At the next annual election, the vacancy shall be filled and the person so elected shall serve for the remainder of the term of office. In the event the Council is unable to agree upon an interim replacement until the next annual City election, a special election shall be held forthwith to fill the position.

(d) In the event that a Councilor is no longer a resident of the City prior to the expiration of the Councilor's term, the Councilor's office shall be deemed vacant. The Council may appoint a person to fill the vacant office until a successor can be elected at the next annual election.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102b — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 102b
App. § 3-102b. Annual assessment for streets use authorized
Status: in_force

The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for the use of the Streets Division of the Public Works Department, a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to assist in meeting such appropriation but the rate shall not exceed three and 87 hundredths cents upon the dollar of said property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of said City. Such tax shall not be included within the limitation of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed in section 99 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123A / Section 201
App. § 123A-201. Town meeting
Status: in_force

(a) Town and School District meeting. All governmental authority for the Town and the School District not vested by law in a particular Town or Town School District officer ultimately rests with Town voters who vote at Town meeting or by Australian ballot. In this tradition, the Hartford annual Town meeting will combine and consider Town and School District matters, and the warnings, meetings, and elections shall be combined.

(b) School and Town Meeting Committee.

(1) To augment the statutory responsibilities for the annual Town and School District meetings that are specified to the Town and the School District and their respective officers, there shall be a School and Town Meeting Committee that shall organize, arrange, and provide for the comfort, presentation, publicity, program, refreshments, entertainment, and other nonstatutory aspects of the Town meeting cycle, such as the Warrant Information Night and School District Day meeting.

(2) The Selectboard shall appoint one member for a two-year term and one member for a three-year term. The School Board shall appoint one member for a two-year term and one member for a three-year term. No School Board member, Selectboard member, or Town Clerk may serve on the School and Town Meeting Committee. Each appointing body shall have the power to remove any incumbent member of the School and Town Meeting Committee appointed by that body and shall have the power to appoint a replacement member to serve the unexpired term of any person who is removed or who resigns.

(c) The method for identification and designation of eligible voters in the Town and School District shall be established by the Board of Civil Authority.

(d) Polling places. Locations of annual or special Town or School District meetings for the purpose of election of officers and voting all questions to be decided by Australian ballot shall be established by the Board of Civil Authority.

(e) Meetings; dates; times; votes; ballot.

(1) Warrant Information Night; “Information Night” Meeting. Prior to Budget and Candidates Night, the Town and School Meeting Committee may call a meeting for the purpose of providing presentations and discussion of items that may be placed on the warrants for Voting Day.

(2) Budget and Candidates Night meeting. On the Monday night in February eight days prior to Voting Day, a Town and School District budget discussion and Candidates Night meeting shall be called for the purpose of:

(A) presentation, explanation of, and citizen comment upon Town and School District budgets;

(B) introduction of candidates, presentations by candidates, and opportunity for citizen questioning of candidates;

(C) any other appropriate informational matters.

(3) Town and School District Meeting Day. The annual Town and School District floor meetings shall be called and held on the Saturday preceding Voting Day held under subdivision (4) of this subsection, subject to change as provided by general law. The floor meetings shall:

(A) be the venue for any public hearing to be held in advance of Voting Day;

(B) receive the reports of Town and School District officers;

(C) determine the compensation to be paid Town and School District officers for the ensuing year;

(D) serve as the public informational hearing for matters to be considered by Australian ballot; and

(E) conduct other business not determined at Australian ballot election.

(4) Voting Day. Voting Day shall be on Vermont Town Meeting Day, the first Tuesday in March, at which time any business, budgets, and candidate election involving Australian ballots will be transacted beginning at 7 a.m. until closing at 7 p.m. The Town budget as warned by the Selectboard and the School District budget as warned by the School Board shall be submitted to the electorate at this Town election. A majority vote shall be a simple majority of votes cast in this election. All public questions and all matters relating to the adoption of the Town and School District budgets shall be considered by Australian ballot under this subdivision.

(f) Special Town and School District meetings. A special Town or School District meeting may be called at any time by a majority of the applicable board or by the Town Clerk upon receipt of a petition signed by no fewer than 350 registered voters. A special Town or School District meeting shall be called and warned in accordance with State statute.

(g) Warnings. Warnings for Town and School District meetings shall be posted on the Town and School District websites, printed in area newspapers, posted on social media, and posted in at least 12 public places in the Town under a schedule that is in accordance with State statute. The warning shall be signed and recorded by the Town Clerk before it is posted. Budgets and other applicable reports shall be available not later than 10 days prior to the budget informational meeting as established under subdivision (e) (2) of this section.

(h) Presiding officials.

(1) A Moderator shall preside at all Town meeting cycle events, such as Budget and Candidates Night, Town and School District Meeting Day, and any special Town or School District meetings. In the Moderator's absence, the Town Clerk shall appoint a Moderator Pro Tempore to preside for the duration of the meeting.

(2) Town and School District meetings shall be conducted in accordance with State statute, this charter, and Robert's Rules of Order, Newly Revised.

(3) The Town Clerk shall be the presiding official at all Australian ballot elections and, in cooperation with the Board of Civil Authority, shall ensure that all laws related to elections are faithfully observed.

(4) In the absence or a disability of the Town Clerk, should it occur before an election, the Board of Civil Authority shall designate a presiding official for the duration of the election. Should the absence or disability occur on election day, the Board of Civil Authority shall designate an on-site temporary officer to preside for the duration of the election.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 160 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 160
App. § 3-160. Care and control of public buildings
Status: in_force

The Board of Finance shall also have the care and control of all public buildings not specifically in charge of any other department of the City under this chapter or ordinance or resolution of the City Council. They shall appoint or employ such persons as may be required for the proper care of the buildings, and may prescribe their salaries and fix their duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 201
App. § 215-201. Convening of annual meeting
Status: in_force

The annual meetings of the Village shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each year at such hour as the notice mentioned in this section shall state, in the Town Hall in the Village, or at such other time and place as the Village shall appoint, of which a notice shall be posted in at least three public places in the Village, at least 10 days previous to the meeting, which notice shall be signed by the Clerk of the Village, and, in case of the Clerk's failure so to do, by a majority of the Trustees of the Village, and for want of trustees, or upon their failure to do so, by a majority of the justices of the peace residing in the Village; and whenever five legal voters residing in the Village shall so request, the Clerk and, upon the Clerk's neglect or refusal, the Trustees may call a special meeting of the Village, giving like notice of the same, and specifying in the notice the object of the meeting and the business to be done, and at the meetings none but inhabitants qualified to vote in Town meeting in said Town and who shall have resided for one year within the bounds of the Village shall be entitled to vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 108 / Section 701
App. § 108-701. Police Department
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the effective date of the merger, the geographic area formerly covered by the then abolished Village of Bristol shall constitute a Police Department Special Service District for the purpose of providing police protection therein.

(b) All costs required to support said Special Service District shall be paid for by the taxpayers receiving said services by a special assessment property tax on the grand list of the property in the area covered by said Special Service District, to be assessed annually by the Selectboard and added to such taxpayers' regular general property taxes and due as a part thereof at the same time and that shall be a lien on such property and shall be collected in the same manner as such regular general property taxes, including fees and interest charges. The Police Department of this Special Service District of the Town of Bristol shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Town, and no part of the revenues therefrom may be used for any other purpose than for the Police Department. The Selectboard shall each year hold a special meeting for the purpose of adoption by the voters residing within said Special Service District of the annual budget of the Police Department Special Service District and the amount thereof to be raised by the special assessment property tax.

(c) The Town of Bristol may adopt and enforce rules, regulations, or ordinances concerning the Police Department, including but not limited to provisions providing for tenure of police officers during good behavior with removal only after hearing and for cause, except for reducing the number of officers for reasons of economic necessity.

(d) Said Special Service District may be modified with the separate approval of both the voters residing within said District as existing and the voters residing within any area proposed to be enlarged or diminished. Such respective approvals shall be expressed by the affirmative vote of a majority of such voters present and voting at special meetings thereof. However, the voters of the Town of Bristol at an annual or special Town meeting warned for the purpose may vote to abolish said Special Service District in favor of making the Police Department a townwide Police Department whose cost will become a part of the general budget expense of the Town of Bristol.

(e) The procedure for warning and holding each of the aforementioned special meetings shall be the same as the warning and holding of a special Town meeting, except that the legal voters shall be only those who are entitled to vote at the particular special meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 704 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 704
App. § 4-704. Development Review Board
Status: in_force

A Development Review Board shall be established, and its powers, obligations, and operation shall be under and in accordance with Vermont Statutes Annotated, as amended, and members will be appointed by the City Council for terms of three years from among the qualified voters of the City.
24 V.S.A. § 4650 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4650
§ 4650. Interest rates
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding section 1759 of this title, or any other law applicable to or constituting any limitation on the maximum rate of interest per annum payable on bonds or notes, or as to annual interest cost to maturity of money borrowed or received upon issuance of bonds or notes, or purporting to regulate lenders every governmental unit may contract to pay interest on, or an interest cost per annum for, money borrowed from the Bank and evidenced by its municipal bonds purchased by the Bank notwithstanding any statutory limitation as to rate of interest per annum payable or as to annual interest cost to maturity of money borrowed by such governmental unit. Every governmental unit may contract with the Bank with respect to the loan or purchase and the contract shall contain the terms and conditions of the loan or purchase. Every governmental unit may pay fees and charges required to be paid to the Bank for its services. Notwithstanding sections 1759-1765 of this title or of any other law applicable to or constituting any limitation on the sale of municipal bonds or revenue bonds or notes, or purporting to regulate lenders any governmental unit may sell municipal bonds or revenue bonds or notes to the Bank without limitations as to denomination and the municipal bonds or revenue bonds or notes may be fully registered, registrable as to principal or in bearer form, may bear interest at a rate or rates in accordance with this section, may be evidenced in that manner and may contain other provisions not inconsistent herewith, and may be sold to the Bank without advertisement at a price of par and accrued interest, all as provided in the proceedings of the governing body of the governmental unit under which the municipal bonds or revenue bonds or notes are issued.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1110 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1110
App. § 131-1110. Inconsistent acts repealed
Status: in_force

[Transitional provisions related to the repealing of acts that are inconsistent under the charter.]
24 V.S.A. § 3353 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 91 / Section 3353
§ 3353. Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) General obligations. A consolidated water district may incur indebtedness as provided by chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title and by chapter 89 of this title for the purpose of paying the cost of a water system and improvements to the water system or for funding or refunding, including the payment of premium, any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness issued or assumed by the district, provided, however, that the limits on indebtedness in chapter 53 of this title or otherwise shall not apply to indebtedness incurred or assumed by a consolidated district for the purposes of this chapter.

(b) Joint and severable obligations. Obligations incurred under chapter 53, subchapter 1 and chapter 89 of this title or as otherwise authorized in this chapter by a consolidated water district, except obligations incurred under chapter 53, subchapter 2, shall be the joint and several obligations of the district and the member towns composing it. However, as among the member towns, their respective shares of the obligation shall be apportioned and paid in the manner provided in this chapter. Any joint or several liability incurred by a member town under the provisions of this chapter shall not be considered in determining its debt limit for its own separate purposes. Notwithstanding the limitations in sections 1755 and 1759 of this title, bonds or other evidences of indebtedness of a consolidated water district may be authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting on the question at a district meeting, may be paid in not more than 40 years from their date of issue, may be made callable at the option of the district with or without premium, and the serial maturities of the bonds or evidences of indebtedness may be so arranged that beginning with the first year in which principal is payable, the amount of principal and interest payable in any year shall be as nearly equal as is practicable according to the denominations in which the bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are issued.

(c) Obligations payable solely from revenue. In addition to the authority granted in this section, a consolidated water district may issue bonds or other evidences of indebtedness pursuant to chapter 53, subchapter 2 of this title; provided, however, that no such bonds payable solely from revenues shall be issued while the district has outstanding any bonds or other evidences of indebtedness for which the district and the member towns are jointly and severally liable as provided under this chapter, except notes or other evidences of indebtedness issued temporarily in anticipation of revenue.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 402
App. § 414-402. Proposed budget
Status: in_force

(a) Annually on or before the first day of December, the Board of Supervisors shall prepare and distribute to the legislative body of each member municipality for review and comment an annual report of its activities, including a proposed budget of the district for the next year. The proposed budget shall include reasonably detailed estimates of:

(1) deficits or surpluses from prior fiscal years;

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

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

(4) costs of debt service;

(5) payments due on long-term contracts;

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

(7) payments due to any capital reserve funds;

(8) anticipated revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalities;

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

(10) the proposed assessment to each member municipality; and

(11) any other estimates that the Board of Supervisors shall deem necessary to propose.

(b) The Board shall hold a public hearing on or before the first day of January each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget.

(c) Notice of the hearing shall be given at least seven days prior to the hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the District, by posting in at least three public places in each member municipality, and by filing with the town or city clerk of each member municipality. The Board shall give consideration to all comments received and make any changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 705 / Section 1
App. § 705-1. Establishment
Status: in_force

There is hereby established a body politic and corporate known as the Edward Farrar Utility District (District) whose inhabitants shall be those of the Village of Waterbury.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 32
App. § 225-32. Boundaries
Status: in_force

The bounds of said Village of Hyde Park shall be as presently constructed and described in the Report of Selectmen dated May 14, 1895, as the boundaries may subsequently be altered by acts of Village and Town meetings adding real estate to and deleting real estate from said corporate limits.
24 V.S.A. § 3608 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3608
§ 3608. Service and publication of petition
Status: in_force

(a) A copy of the petition together with a copy of the court's order fixing the time and place of hearing shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in the town in which the land included in the survey lies once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week. The last publication to be not less than five days before the hearing date.

(b) A copy of the petition, together with a copy of the court's order fixing the time and place of hearing, and a copy of the survey shall be placed on file in the clerk's office of the town.

(c) The petition, together with the court's order fixing the time and place of hearing, shall be served upon each person owning or having an interest in land to be purchased or condemned like a summons, or, on absent defendants, in the manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for service of process in civil actions. If the service on any defendant is impossible, upon affidavit of the sheriff, deputy sheriff, or constable attempting service, stating that the location of the defendant within or outside the State is unknown and that the defendant has no known agent or attorney in the State of Vermont upon whom service may be made, the publication required by this section shall be deemed sufficient service on the defendant.

(d) Compliance with the provisions of this section shall constitute sufficient service upon and notice to any person owning or having any interest in the land proposed to be taken or affected. (1963, No. 214, § 4; amended 1971, No. 185 (Adj. Sess.), § 203, eff. March 29, 1972; renumbered from 24 V.S.A. § 3606 by 2023, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. July 1, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 1584 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1584
§ 1584. Outstanding orders; no interest after day of notice
Status: in_force

When such notice has been given, by publication as set forth in section 1583 of this subchapter or by written notice signed by the treasurer and delivered to the holder of any such order, such order shall not draw interest after the day named in the notice, unless the treasurer fails to pay such order on presentation according to the terms of the notice.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 102
App. § 19-102. Powers of the City
Status: in_force

The City of Winooski shall have all powers possible for a City to have under the Constitution and laws of this State as fully and completely as though they were specifically enumerated in this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 5148 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 129 / Section 5148
§ 5148. Consumer provisions
Status: in_force

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the selectboard from adopting further procedures, ordinances, or rules providing greater protection for consumers than are required by this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 1
App. § 155-1. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Town of Underhill, within the corporate limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Underhill. All existing property of the Town shall remain vested in it and all its existing debts and obligations shall remain obligatory upon it under this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 509 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 509
App. § 5-509. Election of City officers
Status: in_force

(a) At the annual meeting, Montpelier voters shall elect from among the City voters a Mayor for a term of two years, a City Clerk for a term of three years, a City Council member from each district for a term of two years, and other elective City officers. At the annual meeting there shall be elected from among the City voters members of the Board of School Directors of the Montpelier-Roxbury Unified Union School District as provided in the June 20, 2017 Articles of Agreement between the City of Montpelier and the Roxbury Town School District.

(b) Each elected City officer shall hold office until a successor has been duly elected and qualified.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 104
App. § 4-104. Reservation of powers
Status: in_force

Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the City of Essex Junction and the City Council 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.
24 V.S.A. § 1768 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1768
§ 1768. Form of bond and coupon
Status: in_force

The form of bond issued under this subchapter shall be substantially as follows:

FORM OF BOND

The (insert name of municipal corporation) in the county of _____ _____ and of Vermont promises to pay to the bearer hereof on the ________ day of ________ the sum of ______ dollars, with interest thereon at the rate of ________ percent per annum, payable semi-annually on the presentation and surrender of the interest coupons hereto attached. Both principal and interest of this bond are payable at the ________ bank in the (city, town, or village) of ________ State of ________ . This bond is issued by the (insert name of municipal corporation) under and by virtue of chapter 53 of Title 24 of Vermont Statutes Annotated, and acts in amendment of and in addition thereto and the ordinance (or resolution) of (insert name of municipal corporation) duly passed on the ________ day of ______ 20__ . This bond is one of the series of bonds of like tenor, except as to ________ numbered from ________ to ________ and issued for the purpose of defraying the cost of ________ as described in the ordinance or resolution in (insert name of municipal corporation).

It is hereby certified and recited that all acts, conditions, and things required to be done precedent to and in the issuing of these bonds have been done, have happened, and have been performed in regular and due form, as required by such law and ordinance (or resolution), and for the assessment, collection, and payment hereon of a tax to pay the same, when due, the full faith and credit of (insert name of municipal corporation) are hereby irrevocably pledged.

In testimony whereof the (name of municipal corporation) has caused this bond to be signed by its ________ and ________ and the seal of (insert name of municipal corporation) affixed hereto this ______ day of _____ .

_______________

_______________

Treasurer.

COUPON

No. ____

On the ____ day of ____ the (insert name of municipal corporation) in the State of Vermont promises to pay to bearer as provided in such bond, the sum of ____ dollars at the ____ (bank) ____ , being ____ months' interest due that day on bond No. ____ dated ____ .

__________

Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 43
App. § 405-43. Special meetings
Status: in_force

The Board of Commissioners may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so, and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this chapter or under any applicable law. In addition, the Board of Commissioners shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Commissioners may rescind the call of a special meeting called by it but not a special meeting called on application of five percent of the legal voters of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 4649 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4649
§ 4649. Purchase and disposition of own obligations
Status: in_force

The Bank may purchase bonds or notes of the Bank out of any of its funds or money available therefor. The Bank may hold, cancel, or resell the bonds or notes subject to and in accordance with agreements with holders of its bonds or notes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 6
App. § 15-6. Mayor and Aldermen
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City except freeman's meetings, with the power of moderator in Town meetings, and at meetings of the City Council. The Mayor, together with the aldermen, shall constitute a Board of City Council and shall have the management of the affairs of the corporation and the necessary powers for that purpose, and in addition thereto all the powers of selectboards, and shall establish pounds. Said City Council shall hold a meeting on a stated day of each month, to be determined by that body, and oftener at the call of the Mayor. In case of the absence, resignation, or inability from any cause of the Mayor, the duties of the Office shall devolve on the senior Alderman, chosen by City Council, for the remainder of the Mayor's official term. The Mayor and aldermen shall, ex officio, have and exercise all the powers and authority of justices of the peace.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 11
App. § 239-11. Building Inspector
Status: in_force

Within the Village limits, the Building Inspector shall have authority to oversee the location and construction of all buildings, and all repairs on buildings already constructed, and shall oversee the construction and repair of elevators, oil storage tanks, fireplaces, stoves, flues, chimneys, and all electrical wiring. The Building Inspector may order the occupants or owners of any building or premises to repair the same, or any elevator, oil storage tank, fireplace, stove, flue, chimney, or electrical wiring that, in the opinion of the trustees is unsafe or dangerous; and the Building Inspector may inspect the manner of manufacture and keeping of all explosives and combustibles. No building shall be located, built, constructed, or reconstructed until the plans of the building have first been submitted to and approved by the Building Inspector, if the trustees by proper ordinance shall so order and require.
24 V.S.A. § 3804 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 109 / Section 3804
§ 3804. Pasturing land without division fence
Status: in_force

When the lands of two or more individuals are lying without division fence, neither party shall put horses, cattle, sheep, swine, or other animals thereon to pasture or to run at large, until they agree to occupy the lands without division fence and in common. When they cannot agree, upon application of either party and notice to the opposite party, the fence viewers shall determine the number of animals each party may put upon such lands. When recorded in the office of the town clerk, the decision of the fence viewers shall be final.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 179 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 179
App. § 3-179. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Library Commissioners shall consist of ten members. Six of such members shall be designated the public commissioners and four of such members shall be designated the trustee commissioners.

(1) Four of such public commissioners shall be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding. One public commissioner shall be the Mayor or his or her designee and one public commissioner shall be an employee of the Library elected by the employees thereof.

(2) The four trustee commissioners will be appointed on a self-perpetuating basis by the trustee commissioners.

(3) The term of all voting commissioners other than the Mayor and library staff shall be three years. The Mayor's or his or her designee's term shall coincide with the Mayor's term of office. The public commissioner elected from the Library staff shall be elected for a one-year term.

(4) The initial terms of the commissioners shall be staggered. During the first week in June 1991, two trustee commissioners shall be appointed by the present Trustees of the Fletcher Free Library for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a term of three years commencing the first day of July following their appointment and continuing until their successors have been appointed and qualified.

(5) The four public commissioners appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding must at all times be residents of the City. Neither the public commissioner elected by the Library staff nor the trustee commissioners must reside in the City, but all trustee commissioners must reside within Chittenden County.

(6) In addition, the Board of Library Commissioners may appoint not more than two additional nonvoting advisory members of the Board to serve for terms that the Board shall deem appropriate.

(7) A Chair of the Board of Library Commissioners and a Clerk of the Board shall be appointed at the first meeting in July. The Clerk need not be a member of the Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 1102
App. § 133-1102. Voting question by Australian ballot
Status: in_force

The election of Town officers and the consideration of all public questions shall be by Australian ballot at any annual meeting or at any special Town meeting called on motion of the Selectboard or by petition. A public question voted by Australian ballot shall be preceded by a public informational meeting, to start at 7:30 o'clock in the evening of the day preceding that on which the polls are to be opened. The warning for the special Town meeting to vote by Australian ballot shall include a notice of the time and place of the public hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 507
App. § 151-507. Downtown district; taxes
Status: in_force

(a) District taxes are charges levied upon the owners of taxable properties located in the District, excepting properties used exclusively for residential purposes, which taxes shall be used to defray the expenses incurred in connection with the operation, maintenance, and repair of the District.

(b) The District tax for each property in the District subject to the tax shall be based upon a rate on each $100.00 of listed value of the property as adjusted under subsection (c) of this section. The tax rate shall be determined by dividing the amount to be raised by taxes by the total value of the taxable properties on the grand list as adjusted located in the District that are subject to the District tax under this subchapter.

(c) The District tax shall be set by the Select Board upon approval of the budget by the Select Board and notice in writing thereof shall be given to owners of record as of April 1 of each year of property so assessed, or to their agents or attorneys, stating therein the amount of such District taxes, and such taxes shall be due and payable to the Town Treasurer when normal Town and school taxes are due. The Town Treasurer shall collect unpaid District taxes as provided for the collection of taxes in the charter. District taxes shall be a lien on the properties when assessed and until the tax is paid or the lien is otherwise discharged by operation of law.

(d) In the case of any property used for both residential and nonresidential purposes within the District as of April 1, the Department of Assessment shall adjust the listed value for the purposes of determining the District tax under this section to exclude the value of that portion of the property used for residential purposes. The Department of Assessment shall determine the adjusted grand list value of the business portion of the property and give notice of the same as provided under 32 V.S.A. chapter 131. Any property owner may file a grievance with the Board and appeal the decision of the Board as provided for under 32 V.S.A. chapter 131; however, the filing of an appeal of the determination of the Board and pendency of the appeal shall not vacate the lien on the property assessed, and the District taxes must be paid and continue to be paid as they become due.
24 V.S.A. § 5201 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 131 / Section 5201
§ 5201. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Municipality” means a town, a city, or an incorporated village or an unorganized town or gore.

(2) “Capital project” means:

(A) any physical betterment or improvement including furnishings, machinery, apparatus, or equipment for such physical betterment or improvement;

(B) any preliminary studies and surveys relating to any physical betterment or improvement;

(C) land or rights in land; or

(D) any combination of these.

(3) “Impact fee” means a fee levied as a condition of issuance of a zoning or subdivision permit that will be used to cover any portion of the costs of an existing or planned capital project that will benefit or is attributable to the users of the development or to compensate the municipality for any expenses it incurs as a result of construction. The fee may be levied for recoupment of costs for previously expended capital outlay for a capital project that will benefit the users of the development.

(4) “Offsite mitigation” means permanent protection of land not necessarily adjacent to the development site and which compensates for the impact of the development.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1101
App. § 247-1101. Regulatory powers
Status: in_force

For the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience, the Village shall have those powers enumerated under 24 V.S.A. § 2291 or any amendments thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 401
App. § 411-401. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the District shall be the calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year for the District.
24 V.S.A. § 1903 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1903
§ 1903. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “District” or “TIF” means a tax increment financing district.

(2) “Improvements” means the installation, new construction, or reconstruction of infrastructure to benefit a municipal tax increment financing district, including utilities, transportation, public facilities and amenities, land and property acquisition and demolition, and site preparation.

(3) “Legislative body” means the mayor and alderboard, the city council, the selectboard, or the president and trustees of an incorporated village, as appropriate.

(4) “Municipality” means a city, town, or incorporated village.

(5) “Original taxable value” means the total valuation as determined in accordance with 32 V.S.A. chapter 129 of all taxable real property located within the tax increment financing district as of the creation date as set forth in section 1904 of this subchapter, provided that no parcel within the district shall be divided or bisected by the district boundary.

(6) “Related costs” means expenses incurred and paid by the municipality, exclusive of the actual cost of constructing and financing improvements, that are directly related to the creation and implementation of a municipal tax increment financing district, including reimbursement of sums previously advanced by the municipality for those purposes, direct municipal expenses such as departmental or personnel costs related to creating or administering the project, and audit costs allocable to the district.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 64a — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 64a
App. § 3-64a. Council authorized to erect sewage disposal plant and issue bonds therefore
Status: in_force

The City Council may authorize the erection of a sewage disposal plant for the treatment of sewage emptying directly into Lake Champlain, including buildings and equipment, laboratory equipment and furniture, necessary interceptor sewers, force mains, and pumping station, acquisition of land necessary therefor, and clearing of site, and may authorize the issuance by said City of its bonds to the amount of $741,000.00 bearing interest at not to exceed three percent, for the purpose of paying therefor, which bonds shall not be considered as part of the indebtedness of the City for the purposes of section 3696 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947. In connection with the erection and operation of said plant, said City Council may also exercise all the powers enumerated by Chapter 180 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, as amended by 1949 Acts and Resolves No. 86, without further vote of the legal voters of said City.
24 V.S.A. § 1408 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 43 / Section 1408
§ 1408. Supervisor; general duties
Status: in_force

The supervisor shall act as a selectperson in matters of road encroachment, planning, and related bylaws, as school director and truant officer, as constable, as collector of taxes, as town clerk in the matter of licensing dogs, and as town clerk and board of civil authority in the matter of tax appeals from the decisions of the board of appraisers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 701 / Section 4
App. § 701-4. Annual and special meetings
Status: in_force

Annual and special meetings of Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall be held in conformance with the notice, warning, and voting requirements of the adopted bylaws of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation.
24 V.S.A. § 3261 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3261
§ 3261. Property-assessed clean energy districts; approval of voters
Status: in_force

(a)(1) In this subchapter, “district” means a property-assessed clean energy district.

(2) The legislative body of a town, city, or incorporated village may submit to the voters of the municipality the question of whether to designate the municipality as a property-assessed clean energy district. In a district, only those property owners who have entered into written agreements with the municipality under section 3262 of this title would be subject to a special assessment, as set forth in section 3255 of this title.

(b) Upon a vote of approval by a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, the municipality may incur indebtedness for or otherwise finance projects relating to renewable energy, as defined in 30 V.S.A. § 8002(17), or to eligible projects relating to energy efficiency as defined by section 3267 of this title, undertaken by owners of dwellings, as defined in Section 103(v) of the federal Truth in Lending Act, within the boundaries of the town, city, or incorporated village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 303
App. § 409-303. Chairperson
Status: in_force

The Chairperson of the Board shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board. The Chairperson shall perform all the duties incident to the position and office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 502
App. § 1-502. Creation and organization
Status: in_force

For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the management and control of all City parks and cemeteries and all other lands as may from time to time be turned over to the City for park or cemetery purposes, the City shall, by ordinance, create a department to be designated the Department of Cemeteries and Parks, and prescribe its powers, duties, and functions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 501
App. § 409-501. Special District meetings
Status: in_force

The Board may on its own motion call special meetings of the District and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is required. The Board shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the voters of the District. The Board may rescind the call of the special meeting called on its own motion. The Board shall endeavor to schedule the time of special meetings to coincide with the time of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the members will be voting on other matters.
24 V.S.A. § 4760 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4760
§ 4760. Contractual authority; reports
Status: repealed

(a) The Secretary and the Bond Bank may enter into agreements on behalf of the State with agencies of the United States of America as may be necessary to obtain grants and awards in furtherance of the stated purposes for which the loan funds created under section 4753 of this title are established; provided, however, that notification of each of such agreements shall be made in a timely fashion to the Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations and the Senate Committee on Appropriations while the General Assembly is in session, and at all other times to the Chair of the Joint Fiscal Committee, and further provided that acceptance of any such grant or award be approved as provided by law.

(b) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 43 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 43
App. § 401-43. Signing of warning
Status: in_force

The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by the Chair of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 23
App. § 405-23. Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing officer of the District. When authorized by the Board of Commissioners, the Treasurer shall sign, make, or endorse in the name of the District all checks and orders for the payment of monies and pay out and disburse the same. The Treasurer shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of treasurer of a municipal corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 401
App. § 251-401. Election of Chair and appointments
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees shall annually, at its first regular meeting, elect from its number a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson. It shall also appoint a Chief and two assistant engineers of the Fire Department, and may appoint a Highway Superintendent and a Sewer Commissioner. All officers appointed by the Board shall be under its direction and control and may be removed at its discretion. The Board shall cause a certificate of such appointment or removal to be recorded in the office of the Village Clerk. Any vacancy in an appointive office may be filled by the Board at any time.
24 V.S.A. § 5055 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5055
§ 5055. Normal and early retirement
Status: in_force

(a) Normal retirement. Any member who has reached his or her normal retirement date may retire on a normal retirement allowance on the first day of any month after separation from service by filing an application in the manner outlined in subdivision (1) of this subsection. Any member in service may be retired on a normal retirement allowance on the first day of the calendar month next following his or her normal retirement date.

(1) Where application for a retirement allowance is required, the member shall apply in writing to the Retirement Board not later than 90 days, or longer for cause shown, after the date upon which the retirement allowance is to begin.

(b)(1) Normal retirement allowance. Upon normal retirement, a Group A member shall receive a normal retirement allowance that shall be equal to one and four-tenths percent of his or her average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service as a Group A member up to a maximum of 60 percent of average final compensation; a Group B member shall receive a normal retirement allowance which shall be equal to the normal retirement allowance earned as a member of Group A, if any, up to a maximum of 60 percent of average final compensation, plus one and seven-tenths percent of his or her average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service as a Group B member, up to a maximum of 60 percent of average final compensation; and a Group C or Group D member who retires prior to July 1, 1995 shall receive a normal retirement allowance which shall be equal to the normal retirement allowance earned as a member of Group A, if any, up to a maximum of 60 percent of average final compensation, and that earned as a member of Group B, if any, up to a maximum of 60 percent of average final compensation, plus two and one-half percent of his or her average final compensation multiplied by the number of years of creditable service as a member of Group C, up to a maximum of 50 percent of average final compensation. The normal retirement allowance for a Group B member who is hired on or after July 1, 1999 shall be equal to the early retirement allowance earned as a member of Group A, including reductions set forth in subsection (d) or (e) of this section as appropriate, if any, plus the normal retirement allowance earned as a member of Group B. The normal retirement allowance for a Group C or Group D member who retires on or after July 1, 1995 shall be equal to the early retirement allowance earned as a member of Group A including reductions set forth in subsection (d) or (e) of this section as appropriate, if any, up to a maximum of 60 percent of average final compensation, plus the early retirement allowance earned as a member of Group B including reductions set forth in subsection (d) or (e) of this section as appropriate, if any, up to a maximum of 60 percent of average final compensation, plus the normal retirement allowance earned as a member of Group C or Group D, up to a maximum of 50 percent of average final compensation.

(2) The average final compensation used to calculate the retirement allowance under all plans shall be based on the definition of the average final compensation for the member's group plan immediately preceding retirement.

(c) Early retirement. Any member who has not reached his or her normal retirement date but who has completed five years of creditable service, at least two and one-half of which have been as a contributor subsequent to joining the System, and who has attained age 55 may retire on an early retirement allowance.

(d) Early retirement allowance. Upon early retirement, a member shall receive an early retirement allowance equal to the retirement benefit reduced by one-half of one percent for each of the first 120 months, one-sixth of one percent for each of the next 120 months, one-eighteenth of one percent for each of the next 120 months, and one-fifty-fourth of one percent for each additional month that the member is under the normal age at the time of early retirement.

(e) Early retirement allowance—police officers. Notwithstanding subsections (c) and (d) of this section, upon early retirement, sworn municipal police officers who have attained age 60 and who are members of Group A or B shall receive an early retirement allowance which shall be equal to his or her normal retirement allowance computed under subsection (b) of this section, reduced by one-quarter of one percent for each month the member is under the normal age at the time of early retirement. Municipal public safety officers who have attained age 50 and completed 20 years of creditable service and who are members of Group D may retire on an early retirement allowance. Members of Group D who retire on an early retirement allowance shall receive an early retirement allowance which shall be equal to the normal retirement allowance at age 55 for Group D service with no reduction applied, but shall have all appropriate penalties applied to accrued Group A, Group B, or Group C service.

(f) In any fiscal year in which a beneficiary resumes service, as that term is defined in section 5051 of this title, after separation from service for a period of time to be determined by the Board, he or she shall again become a member of the System, shall contribute at the rate established for members of his or her group, and shall not be entitled to receive a retirement allowance.

(g) Upon the subsequent retirement of an employee who once again became a member under subsection (f) of this section, the employee shall once again become a beneficiary whose former retirement allowance shall be restored, but the beneficiary shall not be entitled to cost of living adjustments for the period during which he or she was restored to service. In addition to the former retirement allowance, a beneficiary shall be entitled to a retirement allowance separately computed for the period beginning with his or her last restoration to service for which the member has made a contribution. If the beneficiary is not vested in the System since he or she was last restored to service, the member's contributions plus accumulated interest shall be returned to him or her.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 517 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 517
App. § 1-517. Repealed. 2025, No. M-1, § 3, eff. May 1, 2025.
Status: repealed

(Repealed by 2025, No. M-1, § 3, eff. May 1, 2025.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 73 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 73
App. § 235-73. Bonding for construction of water supply system
Status: in_force

Said Village, by a majority vote in a meeting legally warned for that purpose, is authorized to issue bonds, not exceeding $30,000.00 on such terms as said Village shall prescribe for the purpose of paying the debt incurred in constructing said water system and carrying into effect the foregoing provisions. And, in case said Village shall neglect to make reasonable provisions for the payment of the interest and the principal of said bonds, as the same shall become due, it shall be the duty of the Treasurer of the said Village to make out and deliver to the Collector of said Village a tax bill on the grand list of said Village, and he or she shall therewith issue to said Collector his or her warrant, substantially in form as now provided, to be issued for the collection of Town or other taxes, directing the collection and payment of said tax to said Treasurer within 60 days from the time of such delivery, in amount sufficient to promptly pay the interest or principal then past due and unpaid. And such tax shall be paid to said Treasurer within 60 days from the time of such delivery, in amount sufficient to promptly pay the interest or principal then past due and unpaid. And such tax shall be paid to said Treasurer and the money so collected shall be specially held and used for the payment of such interest and principal as is unpaid; and it is hereby made the duty of the Treasurer of said Village to promptly pay the interest and principal of such bonded indebtedness as the same shall become due without any vote thereupon of said Village, and such tax bill shall have all the force in every respect of a tax bill voted therefor by said Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 23
App. § 7-23. City Council powers
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have power to make, establish, alter, amend, or repeal ordinances, regulations, and bylaws not inconsistent with this charter or with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State for the following purposes and to inflict penalties for the breach thereof:

(1) To establish and regulate a market, and to regulate the selling or peddling of meat, fish, or other provisions for vehicles or otherwise within the City.

(2) To restrain and prohibit all descriptions of gambling and for the destruction of all instruments and devices used for that purpose.

(3) To regulate the exhibitions of common showmen and shows of every kind not interdicted by law, and to regulate, restrain, or license itinerant vendors and peddlers.

(4) To prevent riots, noises, disturbances, or disorderly assemblages.

(5) To abate and remove nuisances, and to restrain and suppress houses of ill fame and disorderly houses.

(6) To compel the owner or occupants of any unwholesome, noisome, or offensive house or place, to remove or clean the same from time to time, as may be necessary for the health or comfort of the inhabitants of said City, and to remove and dispose of garbage, otherwise known as household swill and kitchen refuse, and to control the disposal of ashes, rubbish, and all kinds of refuse.

(7) To direct the location and control of all slaughterhouses, markets, manufactories, blacksmith shops, sewers, and all private drains, and to compel the construction of drains within the limits of the City, under such inspection regulations as the City Council may adopt.

(8) To regulate the manufacture and keeping of gunpowder, ashes and all other combustible and dangerous material.

(9) To regulate the making of alterations and repairs of stovepipes, furnaces, fireplaces, and other things from which danger of fire may be apprehended, and also to regulate the use of buildings in crowded localities for hazardous purposes; to provide for the preservation of buildings from fires by precautionary measures and inspections; to regulate the size, height, and material of new buildings to be constructed in the City or in certain prescribed localities therein, and to establish and regulate a fire department and fire companies, and to make regulations concerning the management and the conduct of all persons present at fires, the removal and protection of property, the examination of any building or place where combustible material or substances are supposed to be kept or deposited, the removal of such material and substances, and the adoption of other suitable safeguards against fires and the loss or destruction of property by reason of the same.

(10) To prevent immoderate riding or driving and to regulate the management, operation, use, and speed of automobiles, motor, and other vehicles in the streets, and to prevent cruelty to animals.

(11) To regulate the erection of buildings and prevent encumbering the streets, sidewalks, and public alleys with firewood, lumber, carriages, boxes, or other things, and provide for the care, preservation, and improvement of public grounds.

(12) To restrain and punish vagrants, mendicants, and common prostitutes, and to make regulations respecting paupers.

(13) To restrain or regulate the keeping and running at large of cattle, horses, swine, sheep, goats, fowls, and dogs. And, in addition to the tax now imposed by law upon the owners or keepers of dogs, to require the owner or keeper of any dog or dogs to pay such additional tax or license fee for the keeping thereof as they may impose, and prescribe such penalties in default thereof as may be deemed necessary. All monies received hereunder shall be paid into the City Treasury.

(14) To regulate and determine the time or place of bathing in any of the public waters within said City, or adjacent thereto, and to prevent the same.

(15) To compel all persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters in front of the premises owned or occupied by them all snow, ice, dirt, and garbage, and to keep such sidewalks and gutters clean, and to compel the owners or occupants of any land or premises in the City to cut and remove from the streets and sidewalks in front of such land or premises all grass, thistles, and weeds growing or being thereon, under such regulations as may be prescribed therefor.

(16) To license innkeepers, keepers of saloons, victualing houses, billiard and pool rooms, and bowling alleys, and auctioneers, under such regulations as shall be prescribed therefor; and all monies paid for such licenses shall belong to the City and be paid into the City Treasury.

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

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

(19) To license porters, cartmen and owners and drivers of hacks, coaches, cabs, carriages, and other public vehicles, and to regulate their fees and prescribe their duties.

(20) To prescribe the powers and duties of watchmen and police officers of said City.

(21) To provide for lighting public streets, places, and highways.

(22) To prohibit and punish willful injuries to trees, shrubs, and plants 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.

(23) To regulate the burial of the dead, the keeping, returning and preserving of statistics of deaths and burials, also the returning, and keeping of a record of all births and marriages.

(24) To regulate the examination of the land and other public records and documents of the City, by individuals, as may be necessary for the security and preservation of the same.

(25) To manage and control the public places, parks, and commons in said City, to regulate the use of the same by the public, and to prevent and punish trespasses or willful injuries to or upon any fountain, shade or ornamental tree, plant or shrub, building or structure placed therein by or under the order of the City Council, in such a manner as shall not be inconsistent with the laws of this State.

(26) To regulate or prohibit the suspending or putting up of any sign, awning, or other structure in, upon/or over any street, sidewalk, lane, alley, common, or any other public place in the City; and, whenever the public good may require, to order and direct that any sign, awning, or other structure heretofore erected or suspended as aforesaid shall be taken down or removed; and, after 10 days' delay in complying with said order, to remove the same at the expense of the owner thereof.

(27) To compel reports from physicians, surgeons, and others of contagious and infectious diseases and those of a pestilential nature.

(28) To compel the registration of physicians or others practicing medicine, surgery, or midwifery.

(29) To prescribe standard rules for the placing of poles, wires, and electrical conduits in, over, and under the streets of the City, and to regulate their use. And said City Council may make and establish, amend, or repeal bylaws, rules and ordinances that they may deem necessary for the well being of said City, and not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State; all of which bylaws, regulations, and ordinances shall be duly published in one or more newspapers of this City, to be prescribed by the City Council, at least 20 days before they take effect.

(30) To license the owners of billboards and regulate the erection thereof.

(31) To control the erection of buildings and other structures on the shore of Lake Memphremagog, within City limits, and to prescribe regulations as to the use of said shores not inconsistent with the rights of private owners or the rights of navigation in the waters of said lake vested in the public.

(32) To establish curfew regulations and prescribe rules governing the presence of children on the streets or in public places at night, and fix penalties for the violation of such rules and regulations.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.04
App. § 9-22.4. Chief, appointment, removal
Status: in_force

The Police Commission shall appoint a Chief of Police who shall hold that position during good behavior, and for a term not to exceed five years, and so long as the Chief shall render efficient service to the City unless sooner removed as hereinafter provided. Retirement of the Chief of Police appointed under this section shall be mandatory when the age of 65 is reached. The Chief may make appointment of subordinate officers as he or she may deem necessary. All qualifications being equal, the Chief shall appoint senior officers in the time of service to said subordinate positions. These officers shall hold office as long as in the opinion of the Chief of Police each is capable of performing his or her duties and is conscientious and efficient in the discharge of the same. Such officers may be removed by the Chief of Police by approval of the Board of Civil Authority, for any incapacity or misconduct that said Board may find sufficient.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1106
App. § 5-1106. Authorization
Status: in_force

When a majority of all the voters voting on such proposition at an annual meeting or special City meeting shall vote to authorize such improvements and the incurring of debt to pay for the same, the City Council shall be authorized to make such improvements.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 314 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 314
App. § 5-314. Executive session
Status: in_force

The Council may enter into executive session by majority vote in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 313(a) as may be amended from time to time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 301
App. § 19-301. Composition; eligibility; election and terms
Status: in_force

(a) Composition. There shall be a City Council consisting of a Mayor and four Councilors elected by the qualified voters of the City at large.

(b) Eligibility. Only qualified voters of the City shall be eligible to hold the office of Mayor or Councilor.

(c) Election and terms. At the annual City meeting, the City shall elect four councilors, as hereinafter set forth, who shall hold office for two years and until their successor takes office. Two councilors shall be elected at the annual City meeting to be held on the first Tuesday of March, following adoption of this charter, who shall hold office for two years. At each succeeding annual City meeting, two councilors shall be elected for two years.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 201
App. § 103-201. Elective officers
Status: in_force

(a) The elective officers of the Town shall be seven Select Board members elected from the Town at large at a duly warned annual Town meeting, a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Moderator.

(b) All elective officers shall hold office for a three-year term. The term shall expire the first day of April following the annual Town meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 204
App. § 19-204. Reconsideration and rescission
Status: in_force

Actions taken at an annual or special meeting may be reconsidered or rescinded in the manner provided by general law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 7.06
App. § 147-7.6. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall be the chief executive officer and the head of the administrative branch of the Town government and shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the proper administration of all affairs of the Town. The Manager shall have all powers and duties laid down by 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, as amended from time to time, and not inconsistent with this charter. Any inconsistency shall be resolved in favor of the Manager. The Manager shall also have the power and be required to perform the following:

(1) The Manager shall attend all meetings of the Selectboard, except when his or her removal is being considered, and keep it informed of the financial condition and future needs of the Town and shall make such reports as may be required by law, this article, or ordinance or may be requested by the Selectboard. The Manager shall make such other reports and recommendations as he or she may deem advisable. The Manager shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter or required of him or her by law, ordinance, or resolution of the Selectboard not inconsistent with this charter.

(2) The Manager shall be an ex-officio member of all boards or commissions appointed by the Selectboard except the Development Review Board, but may not vote.

(3) The Manager shall prepare the annual budget and submit it to the Selectboard and be responsible for its administration after adoption.

(4) The Manager shall compile for general distribution at the end of each fiscal year a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the Town for the year.

(5) The Manager shall be responsible for the enforcement of all Town laws and ordinances. The Manager shall be the administrative officer under the Vermont Planning and Development Act, with all the powers and duties set forth in said act. The Manager may appoint an assistant administrative officer with the approval of the Selectboard to exercise all powers and duties required of the administrative officer under the Vermont Planning and Development Act.

(6) The Manager shall be responsible for the collection of all taxes due the Town.

(7) The Manager shall be the general purchasing agent of the Town and purchase all supplies for every department thereof.

(8) The Manager shall be responsible for the operation of all departments of the Town, not otherwise provided for in this charter.

(9) The Manager shall have exclusive authority to appoint, fix the salary of, suspend, and remove all employees of the Town appointed by him or her, subject to the provisions of this charter and with the consent of the Selectboard. However, the appointment and compensation of any employee of a commission or board of the Town having commissioners, trustees, or other such governing board shall require the approval of such governing body.

(10) The Manager may when advisable or proper delegate to subordinate officers and employees of the Town any duties conferred upon him or her by this charter or by action of the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 305
App. § 127-305. Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Treasurer shall be appointed by the Selectboard.

(b) The Treasurer shall perform the duties required by State statutes or provided by this charter. He or she shall:

(1) promptly deposit funds coming into his or her hands in such depositories as may be designated by the Selectboard;

(2) invest Town funds coming into his or her hands in the manner designated by the Selectboard;

(3) keep such books and accounts as may be required by the Selectboard;

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

(5) perform such other duties with respect to the Town's finances as the Selectboard may require.
24 V.S.A. § 4345 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4345
§ 4345. Optional powers and duties of regional planning commissions
Status: repealed

Any regional planning commission created under this chapter may:

(1) Develop an inventory of the region's fire and safety facilities; hospitals, rest homes, or other facilities for aging or disabled persons; correctional facilities; and emergency shelters; and work with regulated utilities, the Department of Public Service, the Department of Public Safety, potential developers of distributed power facilities, adjoining regional planning commissions, interested adjoining regional entities from adjoining states, and citizens of the region to propose and evaluate alternative sites for distributed power facilities that might provide uninterrupted local or regional power at least for identified critical service providers in time of extended national, statewide, or regional power disruption or other emergency.

(2)-(5) [Repealed.]

(6) Undertake studies and make recommendations on land development, urban renewal, transportation, economic, industrial, commercial, and social development, urban beautification and design improvements, historic and scenic preservation, State capital investment plans, and wetland protection.

(7) [Repealed.]

(8) Require of each municipality in its area and all State agencies such available information as relates to the work of the regional planning commission.

(9) In the performance of its functions, enter upon land, with prior approval of the landowner, to make examinations and surveys.

(10) Retain staff and consultant assistance in carrying out its duties and powers, and contract with one or more persons to provide administrative, clerical, information technology, human resources, or related functions.

(11) Undertake comprehensive planning, including related preliminary planning, State capital investment plans, and engineering studies.

(12) Carry out, with the cooperation of municipalities within the region, economic development programs for the appropriate development, improvement, protection, and preservation of the region's physical and human resources.

(13) Provide planning, training, and development services to local and regional communities and assist communities in evaluating economic conditions and prepare for economic growth and stability.

(14) Gather economic and demographic information concerning the area served.

(15) Assist existing business and industry, encourage the development and growth of small business, and to attract industry and commerce.

(16) Include in its charter and bylaws adopted pursuant to section 4343 of this chapter the power to:

(A) Acquire and dispose of a fee simple or lesser interest in real property through purchase, lease, grant, gift, bequest, or devise for the purpose of fulfilling its duties pursuant to this section and section 4345a of this title.

(B) Borrow money and incur indebtedness for the purposes of purchasing or leasing property for office space, establish and administer a revolving loan fund, or establish a line of credit, if approved by a two-thirds vote of those representatives to the regional planning commission present and voting at a meeting to approve such action. Any obligation incurred under this subdivision (B):

(i) shall not encumber the grand list or any property of a member municipality; and

(ii) in the case of a purchase, shall pledge the property to be purchased as collateral and shall not exceed the fair market value of such property.

(C) At the request of one or more member municipalities, act as an escrow agent and hold funds related to a municipal capital project or a project subject to a municipal land use permit in an escrow account, including taxes to be paid by the project, fines, and developer fees. Funds so held shall be segregated in a special account for each project on the books of the regional planning commission and, within each project account, by municipality. However, this subdivision (C) shall not confer authority on a regional planning commission to hold tax increment revenues received from a tax increment financing district under chapter 53, subchapter 5 of this title.

(D) Enter into contracts with public and private entities, including the State of Vermont and the federal government to provide regional planning services and fulfill its duties pursuant to this section and section 4345a of this title.

(E) Invest funds held in reserve in any security or investment that is prudent under the Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act. This subdivision (E) only shall apply to funds whose investment is not otherwise restricted by State or federal law; the terms of a grant, gift, or devise; or the terms of a contract or service agreement formed under this chapter.

(17) Perform such other acts or functions as it may deem necessary or appropriate to fulfill the duties and obligations imposed by, and the intent and purposes of, this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 1896 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1896
§ 1896. Tax increments
Status: repealed

(a) In each year following the creation of the district, the listers or assessor shall include not more than the original taxable value of the real property in the assessed valuation upon which the treasurer computes the rates of all taxes levied by the municipality and every other taxing district in which the tax increment financing district is situated; but the treasurer shall extend all rates so determined against the entire assessed valuation of real property for that year. In each year, the municipality shall hold apart, rather than remit to the taxing districts, that proportion of all taxes paid that year on the real property in the district that the excess valuation bears to the total assessed valuation. The amount held apart each year is the “tax increment” for that year. Not more than the percentages established pursuant to section 1894 of this subchapter of the municipal and State education tax increments received with respect to the district and committed for the payment for financing for improvements and related costs shall be segregated by the municipality in a special tax increment financing account and in its official books and records until all capital indebtedness of the district has been fully paid. The final payment shall be reported to the treasurer, who shall thereafter include the entire assessed valuation of the district in the assessed valuations upon which municipal and other tax rates are computed and extended and thereafter no taxes from the district shall be deposited in the district's tax increment financing account.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) Notwithstanding any charter provision or other provision, all property taxes assessed within a district shall be subject to the provision of subsection (a) of this section. Special assessments levied under chapters 76A or 87 of this title or under a municipal charter shall not be considered property taxes for the purpose of this section if the proceeds are used exclusively for operating expenses related to properties within the district, and not for improvements within the district, as defined in subdivision 1891(4) of this title.

(d) Amounts held apart under subsection (a) of this section shall only be used for financing and related costs as defined in section 1891 of this subchapter.

(e) In each year, a municipality shall remit not less than the aggregate tax due on the original taxable value to the Education Fund.
24 V.S.A. § 3408 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3408
§ 3408. Collection
Status: in_force

When an assessment remains unpaid for the space of 30 days, the treasurer of the town shall issue a warrant for its collection directed to the collector of taxes, who shall have the same power to enforce the collection and shall proceed in the same manner as is provided by law for the collection of taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 404
App. § 113-404. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager shall carry out the policies laid down by the Selectboard and to that end the Town Manager shall be the Chief Executive Officer and the head of the administrative branch of the Town government and shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the efficient administration thereof.

(b) Unless otherwise excused by the Selectboard, the Town Manager or his or her designee shall attend all meetings of the Selectboard and the Town Manager or his or her designee shall keep the Selectboard informed of the financial condition and future needs of the Town and shall make such reports as may be required by law, or ordinance, or that may be requested by the Selectboard. The Town Manager shall make such other reports and recommendations as the Town Manager may deem advisable, but shall not vote. The Town Manager shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter, or required of the Town Manager by law, ordinance, or resolution of the Selectboard not inconsistent with this charter.

(c) The Town Manager shall be an ex-officio member of all standing committees but shall not vote.

(d) The Town Manager shall prepare the annual budget and submit it to the Selectboard and be responsible for its administration after adoption.

(e) The Town Manager shall compile for general distribution at the end of each fiscal year a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the Town for the year.

(f) The Town Manager shall provide to the Selectboard a monthly financial statement, with a copy to the Town Treasurer.

(g) The Town Manager shall be the general purchasing agent of the Town and purchase all supplies for every department thereof.

(h) The Town Manager shall be responsible for the system of accounts except where otherwise delegated under this charter.

(i) The Town Manager shall perform any other duties assigned by State law not in conflict with this charter.

(j) The Town Manager shall be responsible for the operation of all departments of the Town not otherwise provided for in this charter.

(k) The Town Manager shall have authority to appoint, fix the salary of, suspend, and remove all employees of the Town, including the Town Clerk and Treasurer, subject to the provisions of this charter. The Town Manager shall obtain the advice and consent of a majority of the Selectboard before appointing or fixing the salary of the head of any department, including the Town Clerk and Treasurer.

(l) The Town Manager may, when advisable or proper, delegate to subordinate officers and employees of the Town any duties conferred upon the Town Manager by this charter or by action of the Selectboard, including the enforcement of Town ordinances, and hold them responsible for the faithful discharge of such duties.

(m) The Town Manager shall be responsible for the enforcement of all Town laws and ordinances.

(n) The Town Manager or his or her designee shall be responsible for the Town cemeteries and will manage, maintain, and operate them with the advice and assistance of a Cemetery Advisory Committee, appointed by the Selectboard. The duties and responsibilities of this Committee are established by the Town Manager and approved by the Selectboard.
24 V.S.A. § 1404 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 43 / Section 1404
§ 1404. Supervisors; commission and oath; record
Status: in_force

The commission and oath of each supervisor shall be recorded in the office of the county clerk where such towns and gores are situated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 7
App. § 253-7. Village Clerk
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep fair and accurate records of all the proceedings of the corporation, and he or she shall give copies of the same when required, with power to certify to the same. It shall be the Clerk's duty to warn special meetings of the corporation, agreeably to the direction of the trustees, or a majority of them, and all annual meetings, by posting notice of the time and place of such meetings in at least three public places in the Village, at least 10 days previous to the time of meeting, together with a statement of the business to be transacted. Any meeting of the corporation may be adjourned, and any business may be transacted at such adjourned meeting, which might, under the warning, have been transacted at the original meeting, as well as any other business, notice of which shall be given at such original meeting before the adjournment of the same.
24 V.S.A. § 4002 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4002
§ 4002. Definitions
Status: in_force

The following terms, wherever used or referred to in this chapter, shall have the following respective meanings, unless a different meaning clearly appears from the context:

(1) “Authority” or “housing authority” shall mean any of the public corporations created by section 4003 of this title, and the Vermont State Housing Authority created by section 4005 of this title.

(2) “Municipality” shall mean a town, a village, or a city. “The municipality” means the particular municipality or municipalities for which a particular housing authority is created.

(3) “State public body” shall mean any city, town, county, municipality, commission, district, authority, or other subdivision or other public body of the State.

(4) “Governing body” shall mean the selectboard of a town, the trustees of a village, or the mayor and the board of aldermen of a city. Where a housing authority for two or more municipalities is established pursuant to section 4027 of this title, the “governing body” shall mean the selectboard of each town, the trustees of each village, and the mayor and board of aldermen of each city included in such authority.

(5) “Mayor” shall mean the mayor of the city or the officer thereof charged with the duties customarily imposed on the mayor or executive head of the city.

(6) “Clerk” shall mean the clerk of the city or the clerk of the town, as the case may be, or the officer charged with the duties customarily imposed on the clerk.

(7) “Area of operation,” in the case of a housing authority for a municipality, shall include the municipality and, in the case of a city, the area within six miles of the territorial boundaries thereof but not any area that lies within the territorial boundaries of any other municipality for which another housing authority is created by this chapter. In the case of a housing authority duly constituted by, and for the purpose of serving, two or more municipalities, the area of operation shall include the area within each such municipality. The area of operation of the Vermont State Housing Authority is the entire State, except in those areas where there is an existing housing authority with a workable program. In those areas where a housing authority exists, the Vermont State Housing Authority may enter with permission of the governing body of the municipality.

(8) “Federal government” shall include the United States of America, the federal Public Works Administration, or any other agency or instrumentality corporate or otherwise of the United States of America.

(9) “Slum” shall mean any area where dwellings predominate that, by reason of dilapidation, overcrowding, faulty arrangement or design, lack of ventilation, light, or sanitary facilities, or any combination of these factors, are detrimental to safety, health, and morals.

(10) “Housing project” shall mean any work or undertaking:

(A) to demolish, clear, or remove buildings from any slum area; the work or undertaking may embrace the adaptation of the area to public purposes and including parks or other recreational or community purposes;

(B) to provide decent, safe, and sanitary urban or rural dwellings, apartments, or other living accommodations for persons of low income and accommodations for elders who are of low income, the work or undertaking may include buildings, land, equipment, facilities, and other real or personal property for necessary, convenient, or desirable appurtenances, streets, sewers, water service, parks, site preparation, gardening, administrative, community, health, recreational, educational, welfare, or other purposes; or

(C) to accomplish a combination of the foregoing. The term “housing project” also may be applied to the planning of buildings and improvements, the acquisition of property, the demolition of existing structures, the construction, reconstruction, alteration, and repair of improvements, and all other work in connection therewith.

(11) “Persons of low income” shall mean persons or families, elders or otherwise, who lack the amount of income that is necessary, as determined by the authority undertaking the housing project, to enable them, without financial assistance, to live in decent, safe, and sanitary dwellings without overcrowding. The term “elder” shall mean a person who has attained retirement age as defined in Section 216(a) of the federal Social Security Act or is under a disability as defined in Section 223 of that act.

(12) “Bonds” shall mean any bonds, notes, interim certificates, debentures, or other obligations issued by the authority pursuant to this chapter.

(13) “Real property” shall include all lands, including improvements and fixtures thereon, and property of any nature appurtenant thereto, or used in connection therewith, and every estate, interest, and right, legal or equitable therein, including terms for years and liens by way of judgment, mortgage, or otherwise and the indebtedness secured by such liens.

(14) “Obligee of the authority” or “obligee” shall include any bond holder, trustee or trustees for any bond holders, or lessor demising to the authority property used in connection with a housing project, or any assignee or assignees of such lessor's interest or any part thereof and the federal government when it is a party to any contract with the authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 602
App. § 129-602. Bond
Status: in_force

Before entering into the duties of this office, the Superintendent shall execute a bond in favor of the School District in such sum and with such surety as may be determined by the School Board of Trustees, and the premium on the bond shall be paid by the School District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 701
App. § 251-701. Police Department; appointment; duties
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Board of Trustees may also appoint a Chief of Police and not more than five additional police officers, except on public occasions, when they may appoint such number of special police for that occasion as they may think necessary, by appointment in writing under their hands, who shall be qualified by taking the oath of office, and causing their appointments to be recorded by the Clerk of the Village.

(2) Any such appointment may be revoked by the Board, in its discretion, which revocation shall also be in writing and be recorded by the Clerk.

(b) The Chief of Police and other police officers shall, by virtue of their appointment be constables, informing officers, and conservators of the peace within the Village, and may serve any criminal process throughout the County of Bennington returnable within the Village or to the County Court within and for the County of Bennington; and they may commit any person convicted of a violation of any bylaw, regulation, or ordinance of the Village or any provision of this chapter, or any law of the State, upon mittimus, to the common jail in Bennington County; and they shall be proper officers in justice criminal courts held within the Village, with full power to empanel, draw, and summon jurors before such justice courts.

(c) Police officers shall be entitled to receive the same fees as constables would be entitled to receive for the same services.

(d) Police officers shall have the same right to demand assistance from any person or persons that sheriffs and constables now have, and any person refusing to assist such police officer shall be subject to the same fines and penalties as now provided by law for refusing to assist a sheriff or constable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 9
App. § 171-9. Acquisition and disposition of Town property
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may dispose of real property in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1061 and this charter.

(b) The Selectboard may acquire real property in the name of the Town pursuant to law, this charter, or a vote of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 303
App. § 203-303. Vacancies
Status: in_force

The trustees shall fill a vacancy occurring in a Village office, and such person so appointed shall serve for the unexpired term unless superseded. But the Village may, at any time before the expiration of such term, supersede such appointment by a new election at a special meeting, duly warned for such purpose, for the remainder of the term.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 18.02
App. § 9-18.2. Grand juror and Assistant City Attorney
Status: in_force

The City Grand Juror shall prosecute violations of ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the City of Rutland; may prosecute and defend criminal matters occurring within the limits of the City of Rutland; and also shall act as Assistant City Attorney as directed by the City Attorney.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 702
App. § 217-702. Imposition of penalties
Status: in_force

Said Village may impose a fine or forfeiture not exceeding $100.00 for the violation of any bylaw or ordinance. Such penalty may be recovered in an action on the case upon this statute, in the name of this corporation, in which action it shall be sufficient to declare generally that the defendant is guilty of violation of a certain bylaw, naming it generally, and under such declaration the special matter may be given in evidence. But nothing herein contained shall be so construed as to prevent said corporation from having such other and further relief, as it may be entitled by law to compel a compliance with the bylaws and ordinances of said Village.
24 V.S.A. § 4708 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4708
§ 4708. Pledge of revenues; lien thereof
Status: in_force

Any pledge of revenues or other monies made by the Bank is binding from the time when the pledge is made. Revenues or other monies so pledged and thereafter received by the Bank shall immediately be subject to the lien of the pledge without any physical delivery thereof or further act, and the lien of any pledge is binding against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the Bank, irrespective of whether the parties have notice thereof. Neither the resolution nor any other instrument by which a pledge is created need be filed or recorded except in the records of the Bank.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 3
App. § 213-3. Assessment of taxes
Status: in_force

All taxes voted by the corporation shall be assessed by the Board of Trustees, which shall make rate bills thereof and deliver the same to the Collector of Taxes with proper warrants for the collection thereof.
24 V.S.A. § 1485 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 49 / Section 1485
§ 1485. Vote of approval
Status: in_force

(a) Adjoining municipalities within a town may merge upon the approval of a plan of merger by a majority vote of each municipality concerned at a meeting duly warned for that purpose and held in each of such municipalities.

(b) One or more municipalities within a town may merge into the town upon the approval of a plan of merger by a majority vote of the municipality or municipalities and the town at separate meetings duly warned for that purpose and held in each of the areas concerned.

(c) When approved by Australian ballot by the voters of each of the merging municipalities and approved by the General Assembly under 17 V.S.A. § 2645, that part of the plan of merger containing the permanent provisions required by section 1483 of this title shall become the charter of the consolidated municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 302
App. § 215-302. Petition for appeal of damage award or fee assessment
Status: in_force

(a) When any person or corporation shall be dissatisfied with the decision of the trustees in the award of damages for land taken for the sewer or drain, or in any assessment for contribution for the same, the person or corporation may petition the Orleans County Court for a reassessment of damages or contribution, and any number of persons agreed may join in the petition, but the petition shall not delay the laying or repairing of the sewer or drain.

(b) The petition shall be served on the Clerk of the Village within 60 days after the awarding of damages or the assessment for contribution and shall be filed in the office of the Village Clerk. The proceedings shall be had in the court on the petition as is provided by law for the reassessment for lands taken for highways, except as provided in this charter, and the commissioners provided by the court shall notify one of the Trustees of the Village, of the time and place when they will hear the matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 21
App. § 235-21. Officers and boards
Status: in_force

The officers of said Village shall consist of three trustees who shall constitute the Board of Trustees, three water commissioners who shall constitute the Board of Water Commissioners, three electric light commissioners who shall constitute the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, a Chief Engineer, and First and Second Assistant Engineers, a Clerk, Treasurer, Collector, and an Auditor, all of which officers shall be chosen by ballot; except the Assistant Engineers, who shall be appointed by the Chief Engineer. Said officers shall be elected for the term of one year, except the members of the Board of Trustees, the Board of Water Commissioners, and the Board of Electric Light Commissioners, who shall be elected for the term of three years, and until their successors are elected.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 901 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 901
App. § 113-901. Ethical conduct
Status: in_force

Every officer, elected official, employee, or appointee in the service of the Town shall abide by standards of ethical conduct established by the Town and shall not hold investments or render services that conflict with or impair the proper discharge of that person's duties or voting authority that cannot be remedied by recusal. A person shall not receive any gift or remuneration on account of or in connection with proceedings before any municipal agency in which the person has jurisdiction, nor disclose confidential information acquired by that person in the course of official duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 9.03
App. § 9-9.3. Succession
Status: in_force

In case of the absence of the Mayor from the City or his or her inability to serve, the President of the Board of Aldermen shall act as Mayor. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to give the City Clerk due notice of the absence of the Mayor from the City and of his or her return, and said City Clerk shall duly notify the President of the Board of Aldermen. In case of the absence from the City or inability to serve of the President of the Board of Aldermen, the Board of Aldermen shall designate one of their number to act as Mayor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 309
App. § 203-309. Claims and accounts of Village officers
Status: in_force

The auditors shall not allow a claim or account for the personal service of a Village officer except when compensation for such service is fixed by law or by a vote of the Village. The auditors shall include in their report to the Village a statement of the amount of such claims presented and disallowed, with the nature and extent of the services rendered for which such compensation was claimed.
24 V.S.A. § 4644 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4644
§ 4644. Sale price
Status: in_force

Bonds or notes of the Bank may be sold at public or private sale at such price as the Bank determines.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 705 / Section 6
App. § 705-6. Powers
Status: in_force

(a) The District shall have the power and authority to:

(1) own, operate, maintain, improve, and extend:

(A) public water supply systems as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 89; and

(B) sewerage collection, treatment, and disposal systems as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapters 97 and 101;

(2) establish rates, charges, and fees for water service pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 89 and for sewer service pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapters 97 and 101;

(3) levy taxes upon its grand list and impose such assessments as allowed by law for any purpose for which it is authorized under this charter;

(4) hold, manage, purchase, and sell real estate, deposits, accounts, contract rights, investments, reserve funds, loan funds, and loan programs as it shall acquire from the Village of Waterbury or may otherwise acquire; and

(5) incur debt in the manner provided by general law for the purposes authorized under this charter.

(b) Extraterritorial water and sewer service may be provided under such terms as the Board of Utility Commissioners deems advisable.
24 V.S.A. § 4462 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4462
§ 4462. Combined review
Status: in_force

If more than one type of review is required for a project, the reviews, to the extent feasible, shall be conducted concurrently. A process defining the sequence of review and issuance of decisions shall be defined in the bylaw.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 46 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 46
App. § 601-46. Qualifications and registration of voters
Status: in_force

All legal voters of the municipalities within the District shall be legal voters of the District. The municipalities within the District shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which there will be voting.
24 V.S.A. § 1171 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1171
§ 1171. Duties of assistant clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The assistant clerk shall be sworn and is authorized to perform the recording and filing duties of the town clerk, to issue licenses and certified copies of records, and, in the absence, death, or disability of the town clerk, is further authorized to perform all other duties of the clerk.

(b) If there is a vacancy in the office of town clerk, the authority of the assistant town clerk to perform the duties of the town clerk shall continue until a successor is appointed by the selectboard under section 963 of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 15
§ 15. Windsor
Status: in_force

The County of Windsor is formed of the towns of Andover, Baltimore, Barnard, Bethel, Bridgewater, Cavendish, Chester, Hartford, Hartland, Ludlow, Norwich, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, Rochester, Royalton, Sharon, Springfield, Stockbridge, Weathersfield, Weston, West Windsor, Windsor, and Woodstock. Woodstock is the shire town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 23
App. § 403-23. Vice Chair
Status: in_force

During the absence of or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the same shall be performed and exercised by the Vice Chair and when so acting the Vice Chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities hereby given to or imposed upon the Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.01
App. § 9-22.1. Police Commission and Police Department
Status: in_force

The Police Commission shall consist of five legal voters appointed to serve for a term of three years, unless otherwise provided herein, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Upon creation, two members shall be appointed for a term to expire on April 1 of the third calendar year after appointment; two members shall be appointed for a term to expire April 1 of the second calendar year after appointment; and one member shall be appointed for a term to expire April 1 of the calendar year following appointment. All terms shall thereafter expire on April 1 of the third calendar year following appointment. A person appointed to fill an unexpired term shall serve to the end of that term. The Mayor shall appoint a Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission from among the members of the Commission subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen. The term of Chair and Vice Chair shall expire on April 1 of the year following appointment. Except at creation, at which time appointments will be denied by majority vote, all appointments to the Commission shall be made in a manner consistent with the provisions of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 1
App. § 126-1. Merger of the Town of Lyndon and the Village of Lyndonville
Status: in_force

The Village of Lyndonville is hereby merged into the Town of Lyndon. The Town of Lyndon shall be the surviving municipal corporation. The name of the Town shall remain “Town of Lyndon.” All of the former Village's tangible property, including the Lyndonville Electric Plant, and all intangible property and other assets are hereby transferred to and are now the property of the Town without any limitation whatsoever. The Town hereby assumes and agrees to pay all of the former Village of Lyndonville's debts and assumes and agrees to perform all of the former Village duties and obligations owed to third parties, without any limitation whatsoever.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1403
App. § 5-1403. Title of charter
Status: in_force

This charter shall be designated as the Charter of the City of Montpelier. A copy of this charter shall be kept in the office of the Montpelier City Clerk, to which copy shall be affixed a certificate under the hand of the Secretary of State and the Seal of the State of Vermont that the laws therein contained are statute laws of the State of Vermont, and such certified copy shall be an authentic record of such laws.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 3.06
App. § 147-3.6. Compensation
Status: in_force

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

(b) Subject to subsection (a) of this section, the Selectboard shall fix the compensation of all elective officers and of all officers appointed by the Selectboard.

(c) The Town Manager, with the approval of the Selectboard, shall fix the compensation of all other officers and employees whose compensation is not fixed by the Selectboard pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 16
App. § 3-16. Additions or corrections permitted
Status: in_force

The Board for Registration of Voters shall, pursuant to the notice set forth in section 15 of this charter, meet to make additions to, or alterations and corrections in, the list required by section 14 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 362 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 362
App. § 3-362. Purposes and powers
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, the Human Resources Department shall be responsible for the administration of human resources policies and services.

(b) In furtherance of its purpose, the Human Resources Department shall, subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, have the following rights, powers, and duties:

(1) to develop and administer position classification and salary plans;

(2) to prepare, recommend, and implement policies and procedures for Human Resources Administration;

(3) to assist in the recruitment, testing, selection, and hiring of employees;

(4) to direct employee orientation, training, counseling, and career development in conjunction with department heads;

(5) to review performance evaluations;

(6) to administer, in conjunction with the Treasurer's Office, the City Health Insurance and Life Insurance Programs and Workers' Compensation Plans;

(7) to administer in conjunction with the chief labor negotiator, the terms and conditions of the collective bargaining plans;

(8) to assist in the administration of the employee grievance procedures;

(9) to do all other things necessary or convenient to carry out its purposes in accordance with Vermont Statutes Annotated.
24 V.S.A. § 2299b — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2299b
§ 2299b. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter,

(1) “Necessity” means a reasonable need which considers the greatest public good and the least inconvenience and expense to the condemning party and to the property owner. Necessity shall not be measured merely by expense or convenience to the condemning party. Due consideration shall be given to the adequacy of other property and locations and to the quantity, kind, and extent of cultivated and agricultural land which may be taken or rendered unfit for use by the proposed taking. In this matter, the court shall view the problem from both a long-range agricultural land use viewpoint as well as from the immediate taking of agricultural lands which may be involved. The court shall also consider and give effect to the policy of protecting earth resources, as set forth in 10 V.S.A. § 6086. Consideration also shall be given to the effect upon home and homestead rights and the convenience of the owner of the land, to the effect of the facility upon scenic and recreational values, and to the effect upon town grand lists and revenues.

(2) Damages resulting from the taking or use of property under the provisions of this subchapter shall be the value for the most reasonable use of the property or right in the property, and of the business on the property, and the direct and proximate decrease in the value of the remaining property or right in the property and the business on the property. The added value, if any, to the remaining property or right in the property, which accrues directly to the owner of the property as a result of the taking or use, as distinguished from the general public benefit, shall be considered in the determination of damages.

(3) “Interested person” or “person interested in lands” means a person who has a legal interest of record in the property affected.

(4) “Legislative body” means the board of supervisors, board of commissioners, or other governing board of a solid waste management district.
24 V.S.A. § 4767 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4767
§ 4767. Payment of awards
Status: in_force

On receipt of the engineering planning documents and their approval by the Department, the Department shall certify the award to the Commissioner of Finance and Management who shall issue his or her warrant for payment of the award from the construction grant funds available to the Department. The Department may direct the Commissioner of Finance and Management to issue his or her warrant for partial payments of the award upon receipt and approval of portions of the total engineering work to be performed under the advance, together with the recipient's certification that costs for which reimbursement has been requested have been incurred and paid by the recipient municipality. The recipient shall provide supporting evidence of payment upon the request of the Department. Partial payments shall be made not more frequently than monthly. Interest costs incurred in local short-term borrowing of the engineering planning advance shall be reimbursed as part of the advance.
24 V.S.A. § 83 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 3 / Section 83
§ 83. Form, denominations, certification, and cancellation of bonds
Status: in_force

Insofar as applicable, the provisions of subchapter 1 of chapter 53 of this title relating to the form, denominations, certification, cancellation, and other matters affecting the issuance of municipal bonds shall govern bonds issued pursuant to this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 21
App. § 219-21. Malicious disturbance or interference
Status: in_force

Any person who shall maliciously disturb or injure the aqueduct, reservoirs, springs, stream, pond, or fountains, or any of the connecting appurtenances, enclosures, or works thereof, or pollute the waters of the aqueduct, reservoirs, springs, stream, pond, or fountains shall be liable to be prosecuted therefor by the Grand Juror of the Town, or the State's Attorney of the county wherein the offense shall be committed, by information, complaint, or indictment, and on conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500.00 and costs of prosecution, and shall also be liable to the corporation for all damages resulting to it by such disturbance or injury or pollution, with full costs, to be recovered by an action on the case founded on this statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 11.07
App. § 147-11.7. Transfers of appropriations
Status: in_force

The Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, or agency. At the request of the Manager and within the last three months of the budget year, the Selectboard may by resolution transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof within the Selectboard's budget from one department, agency, or office to another. Notwithstanding the above, no unexpended balance in any appropriation not included in the Selectboard's budget shall be transferred or used for any other purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 703 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 703
App. § 19-703. Budget message
Status: in_force

The Manager's message shall explain the budget both in fiscal terms and in terms of the work programs. It shall outline the proposed financial policies of the City for the ensuing fiscal year; describe the important features of the budget; indicate any major changes from the current year in financial policies, expenditures, and revenues together with the reasons for such changes; summarize the City's debt position; and include such other material as the Manager deems desirable.
24 V.S.A. § 4419 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4419
§ 4419. Unified development bylaws
Status: in_force

(a) Any bylaws authorized under this chapter may be integrated into a unified land development bylaw that combines the separate requirements into a consolidated review and permitting process. At a minimum, unified development bylaws shall consolidate zoning and subdivision bylaws. Unified development bylaws should incorporate other bylaws in conformance with this chapter and should cross reference all ordinances adopted by a municipality pursuant to authority outside this chapter that affect land development. Unified development bylaws shall provide for an orderly permitting process for all applicable regulations, in accordance with subchapters 10 and 11 of this chapter.

(b) Any municipality that has adopted unified development bylaws in conformance with the requirements of sections 4410, 4411, 4412, 4413, and 4417 of this title shall be deemed to have adopted permanent zoning and subdivision regulations in accordance with 10 V.S.A. § 6001(3).
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 32
App. § 173-32. Public lands
Status: in_force

(a) With approval of the voters given at any duly warned special or annual Town meeting, the Selectboard may sell any portion of real estate owned by the Town and not needed for Town purposes, or change the use of any real property owned by the Town. Such authorization may be given by individual parcel or in blanket form by the voters at the special or annual Town meeting.

(b) Once the Selectboard has the authorization to sell or substantially change the use of a parcel or parcels of real estate, the Selectboard shall first hold a public hearing.

(c) Notice of such hearing shall be given by the Selectboard:

(1) by posting in at least three conspicuous public places within the Town;

(2) by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town;

(3) the notice shall be published not less than seven nor more than 21 days prior to the date of the hearing; and

(4) shall also identify specifically the real estate involved.

(d) At the hearing, all citizens of the Town shall have an opportunity:

(1) to inquire as to the reasons, method, time, and terms of the proposed sale or change of use;

(2) to express their views.

(e) After all proper persons have had an opportunity to be heard, the Selectboard shall vote upon the question and, if a majority of the full Board votes in favor of the proposed action, the Selectboard shall complete the sale or change of use.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 2101
App. § 13-2101. Authority to amend
Status: in_force

This charter may be amended in the manner provided by the laws of the State of Vermont for the amendment of municipal charters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 8.07
App. § 9-8.7. Delinquent taxes
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer as Constable to collect all legal taxes contained in such tax bill, subject to such abatement as may be made by the Board for the Abatement of Taxes. He or she shall pay the amount shown in such tax bill to the City Treasurer by the end of every month, or when request is made in writing by the City Treasurer or the Board of Aldermen.

(b) The City Treasurer as Constable shall proceed in the same manner, perform the same duties, be subject to the same liabilities, and have the same power, authority, and privileges regarding the collection of taxes as prescribed by the general laws of this State for constables or collectors in towns.

(c) The City Treasurer as Constable shall be entitled to the same fees for the collection of taxes and for the service of warrants as allowed by State law for collectors in the towns. Such fees shall be paid to the General Fund of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 169 / Section 2
App. § 169-2. Town Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer in the manner set forth in subsection (b) of this section. The appointee shall be competent in the keeping of records, investments, and accounting and shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard. The person chosen need not be a resident or voter of Williamstown.

(b) Prior to appointing a Treasurer, the Selectboard shall appoint a committee composed of two members of the Selectboard, the Town Clerk, a lister, a member of the School Board, three residents of the Town of Williamstown, and a qualified certified public accountant or equivalent who is not currently the Town's sitting auditor to review and recommend to the Selectboard qualified candidates for the position of Treasurer. The committee shall have the authority to solicit candidates, advertise notice of a vacancy in the Treasurer's position, and make an investigation of a candidate's credentials and background as the committee deems appropriate. Upon completion of the investigation and interviewing of candidates, the committee shall submit to the Selectboard the names of those candidates deemed qualified for the position.

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

(d) Members of the committee described in subsection (b) of this section shall serve until a Treasurer is appointed by the Selectboard. Meetings of the committee shall be warned and conducted as public meetings in accordance with the requirements of Vermont statutes and this charter and the committee shall be entitled to meet in executive session as authorized by 1 V.S.A. § 313.

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

(f) The Treasurer shall:

(1) Perform the duties required by State statutes or as provided by this charter.

(2) Promptly deposit funds coming into his or her hands in any depositories as may be designated by the Selectboard.

(3) Invest town funds with the approval of the Selectboard.

(4) Keep books and accounts as required by the Selectboard.

(5) Make monthly reports to the Selectboard of the financial activities of the Town. These reports shall include a listing of all expenditures during the preceding month; a listing of all revenue received during the preceding month, indicating the source of these revenues; an accounting of all reserve funds of the Town; and a statement showing the balance in the general, highway, and all special funds at the end of the preceding month.

(6) Perform any other duties as specified in the accounting and financial policies adopted by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 13
App. § 261-13. Duties of Treasurer and Collector
Status: in_force

The Treasurer and Collector shall perform the same duties for said corporation as by law required of a town treasurer and a collector of town taxes respectively; and shall have the same powers, proceed in the same manner, be subject to the same liabilities, and shall give bonds to said corporation conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective duties with such sureties and in such sum as the trustees or a majority of them shall direct. And a failure or neglect on the part of either of said officers for more than 10 days after request in writing by the trustees to furnish the satisfactory bonds shall create a vacancy in such office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 203
App. § 106-203. Ordinances
Status: in_force

Any rule, ordinance, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Bradford may apply to a limited area and not to the whole Town, notwithstanding that the ordinance, rule, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw might also have been applied to another area or areas within the Town.
24 V.S.A. § 1901 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1901
§ 1901. Information reporting
Status: in_force

Every municipality with an active tax increment financing district shall:

(1) Develop a system, segregated for the tax increment financing district, to identify, collect, and maintain all data and information necessary to fulfill the reporting requirements of this section, including performance measures.

(2) Throughout the year, as required by events:

(A) provide notification to the Vermont Economic Progress Council and the Department of Taxes regarding any tax increment financing debt obligations, public votes, or votes by the municipal legislative body immediately following such obligation or vote on a form prescribed by the Council, including copies of public notices, agendas, minutes, vote tally, and a copy of the information provided to the public in accordance with subsection 1894(i) of this subchapter;

(B) submit any proposed substantial changes to be made to the approved tax increment district plan and approved financing plan to the Council for review, only after receiving approval for the substantial change through a vote of the municipal legislative body.

(3) Annually:

(A) Ensure that the tax increment financing district account required by section 1896 of this subchapter is subject to the annual audit prescribed in sections 1681 and 1690 of this title. Procedures must include verification of the original taxable value and annual and total municipal and education tax increments generated, expenditures for debt and related costs, and current balance.

(B) On or before February 15 of each year, on a form prescribed by the Council, submit an annual report to the Vermont Economic Progress Council and the Department of Taxes, including the information required by subdivision (2) of this section if not already submitted during the year, all information required by subdivision (A) of this subdivision (3), and the information required by 32 V.S.A. § 5404a(i), including performance measures and any other information required by the Council or the Department of Taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 10
App. § 253-10. Highway district taxes
Status: in_force

All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Troy, and all the highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate therein shall be paid in money; and the Selectboard of the Town of Troy shall make out a tax bill therefor, and deliver the same seasonably, as required by law, with a warrant for its collection, to the Collector of the Village, who shall collect the same as other taxes of the Village are collected, and pay the same over to the Treasurer of the Village; which money shall be drawn from the Village treasury by the trustees, and shall be expended by them in building, constructing, sustaining, and repairing the streets, highways, walks, alleys, and lanes of the Village, except 15 percent thereof which shall be paid into the treasury of the Town of Troy by the Treasurer of the Village of North Troy for the use of the Town; and no surveyors of highways for the highway district shall be required or chosen by the Town.
24 V.S.A. § 1426 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 45 / Section 1426
§ 1426. Voting qualifications
Status: in_force

The qualifications for voting on any proposed consolidation shall be the same as those for the election of town officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 7.02
App. § 107-7.2. Capital Grant Review Board
Status: in_force

A Capital Grant Review Board shall be established to study and evaluate all requests made on behalf of the Town or its boards for grants or loans for capital expenditures. The Board shall consist of two representatives appointed annually by the Selectboard, two representatives appointed annually by the school directors, and two representatives appointed annually by the Representative Town Meeting. The Board shall submit its recommendations in writing to the Selectboard or the school directors, as the case may be. Its recommendations are advisory only.
24 V.S.A. § 4863 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4863
§ 4863. Approval of agreement
Status: in_force

(a) Any participating municipality may enter into the agreement for the formation of the union municipal district at any annual or special meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose.

(b) The vote on the question of accepting the agreement shall be by printed ballot substantially as follows:

Shall the (name of municipality) enter into an agreement for the formation of a union municipal district to be known as “ ”.

(c) All elections in the separate municipalities shall be held on the same day. The vote shall be by Australian ballot as provided for in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55, subchapter 3.

(d) Where three or more municipalities are concerned in the voting, and at least two approve the agreement, rejection of the agreement by one or more shall not defeat the creation of a district composed of the municipalities voting affirmatively on the question, if the joint survey committee decides that it is feasible or practical to continue the district as a geographic unit, unless the agreement as proposed expressly provides that specific participating municipalities or a minimum number of participating municipalities shall approve the agreement. Members from municipalities rejecting the agreement may take no part in the decision of the joint survey committee, or in any subsequent matters relating to the agreement rejected by the municipalities they represent.

(e) The governing body of the district may authorize the inclusion of additional municipalities outside of the district. Any authorized municipality may take action to enter into the district according to the approval procedures contained herein.

(f) A municipality which is a member of a union municipal district may vote to withdraw from the union municipal district if one year has elapsed since said union municipal district has become a body politic and corporate as provided in section 4865 of this title and if the union municipal district has not voted to bond for construction and improvements as provided in section 4866 of this title.

(g) When a majority of the voters of a member municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for that purpose shall vote to withdraw from a union municipal district, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the governing body of the union municipal district. Thereafter, the governing body of the union municipal district shall give notice to the remaining member municipalities of the vote to withdraw and such body shall hold a meeting to determine whether it is in the best interests of the district to continue to exist. Representatives of the member municipalities shall be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting together with any other interested persons. After such meeting, the governing body may declare the district dissolved immediately or as soon thereafter as each member municipality's financial obligations have been satisfied, or it may declare that the district shall continue to exist despite the withdrawal of the member municipality.

(h) A vote of withdrawal taken after a union municipal district has become a body politic and corporate but less than one year after that date shall be null and void. A vote of withdrawal taken after the union municipal district has voted to bond itself for construction and improvements shall likewise be null and void.

(i) The membership of the withdrawing municipality shall terminate as of one year following the vote to withdraw or as soon after such one year period as the financial obligations of said withdrawing municipality have been paid to the union municipal district.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 905 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 905
App. § 4-905. Appropriation and transfers
Status: in_force

(a) An annual budget shall be adopted at the City Meeting by the vote of a majority of eligible voters by Australian ballot in accordance with section 401 of this charter. If, after the total budget has been appropriated, the Council finds additional appropriations necessary, the appropriations shall be made and reported at the next City Meeting as a specific item. The appropriations shall only be made in special circumstances or situations of an emergency nature. No specific explanation need be given for any normal annual operating expense in any office, department, or agency that may be increased over the budget amount by an amount not more than 10 percent of the office's, department's, or agency's budget.

(b) From the effective date of the budget, the amounts stated therein, as approved by the voters, become appropriated to the several agencies and purposes therein named.

(c) The Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, or agency. At the request of the Manager, the Council may, by resolution, transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof within the Council budget from one department, office, or agency to another.

(d) Notwithstanding the above, no unexpended balance in any appropriation not included in the Council budget shall be transferred or used for any other purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 504
App. § 19-504. Powers and duties of the City Manager
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the City. The City Manager shall be responsible to the Council for the administration of all City affairs placed in the Manager's charge by or under this charter. The City Manager shall have the following powers and duties:

(1) Appoint and, when deemed necessary for the good of the service, suspend or remove any City employees and appointive administrative officers provided for by or under this charter, except as otherwise provided by law, this charter, or personnel rules adopted pursuant to this charter. The Manager may authorize any administrative officer who is subject to the Manager's direction and supervision to exercise these powers with respect to subordinates in that officer's department, office, or agency.

(2) Direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices, and agencies of the City, except as otherwise provided by this charter or by law.

(3) Attend all Council meetings and shall have the right to take part in discussion but may not vote.

(4) Ensure that all laws, provisions of this charter, and acts of the Council, subject to enforcement by the Manager or by officers subject to his or her direction and supervision, are faithfully executed.

(5) Prepare and submit the capital program and annual budget to the Council.

(6) Submit to the Council and Treasurer and make available to the public a complete report on the finances and administrative activities of the City as of the end of each fiscal year, or more frequently upon request of the Council or the Treasurer.

(7) Make such other reports as the Council may require concerning the operations of City departments, offices, and agencies subject to his or her direction and supervision.

(8) Keep the Council fully advised as to the financial condition and future needs of the City and make such recommendations to the Council concerning the affairs of the City as deemed desirable.

(9) Act as the Emergency Management Director consistent with 20 V.S.A. chapter 1.

(10) Perform such other duties as are specified in this charter or may be required by the Council.

(11) Have all other powers and duties prescribed by law upon municipal managers and not herein specifically enumerated or withheld.
24 V.S.A. § 4575 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4575
§ 4575. Bonding of members
Status: in_force

Before the issuance of any bonds or notes under this chapter, each director of the Bank shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of $25,000.00 and the treasurer of the Bank shall execute a surety bond in the penal sum of $50,000.00. Each surety bond shall be conditioned upon the faithful performance of the duties of the office of the director or treasurer, to be executed by a surety company authorized to transact business in the State of Vermont as surety and to be approved by the Attorney General and filed in the office of the Secretary of State. After the issuance of any bonds or notes by the Bank each director of the Bank shall maintain his or her surety bond in force. All costs of the surety bonds shall be borne by the Bank.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 104
App. § 106-104. Settling the affairs of the Village of Bradford
Status: in_force

Prior to said merger, the officers of the Village of Bradford shall settle so far as possible their financial affairs and shall, except as hereinafter provided, on said date turn over and deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Bradford all records, books, and documents of the Village of Bradford and to the proper officers of the said Town all property of the Village of Bradford.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 157 / Section 6
App. § 157-6. Severability
Status: in_force

The provisions of this charter are severable. If any portion or section shall be held to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this charter shall not be affected thereby and shall continue in full force and effect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 510 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 510
App. § 413-510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(d) A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 23.06
App. § 9-23.6. Call firemen
Status: in_force

The Chief Engineer shall have sole power to appoint such number of call firemen as he or she may consider necessary for the proper protection of the City. Call firemen shall be subject to the call of the Chief Engineer of such Department when in his or her opinion the use of such call is necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 35
App. § 405-35. Assessment
Status: in_force

The Treasurer of the District shall immediately notify the treasurer of each member municipality of the amount of that municipality's assessment and the member municipality shall add such assessment to its own budget and shall assess such tax as is necessary to raise the amount of the assessment. The amount of the assessment in each member municipality shall be paid to the Treasurer of the District in accordance with the schedule of payments adopted by the Board. If any member municipality shall fail to pay when due any assessment against it by the District, it shall incur the maximum penalty allowed by law plus interest at the rate set by the Board. 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. Prior to the commencement of any new fiscal year, the Board of Commissioners shall determine, by resolution, the interest rate for that fiscal year, which in no case shall exceed one and one-half percent per month.
24 V.S.A. § 3307 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3307
§ 3307. Interference with supply
Status: in_force

If any person diverts the water or part of any of the artesian wells, ponds, springs, streams, aqueducts, water courses, or reservoirs, that shall be taken, used, or constructed by such municipal corporation, or shall corrupt the same, or make it impure, or commit any nuisance therein, or shall bathe therein, or within the limits, that may be taken or prescribed by such municipal corporation pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, or injure or destroy any artesian well, dam, embankment, aqueduct, pipe, reservoir, conduit, hydrant, structure, pump, machinery, or other property held, owned, or used by such municipal corporation under the provisions of this chapter, such person shall be liable to such municipal corporation in treble damages, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute, and any such person on conviction of a violation under this section shall be fined not exceeding $100.00 or committed to the Commissioner of Corrections not more than six months, or both.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 406
App. § 3-406. Authority to appoint boards and officers, appropriate funds, provide rate of contributions, and designate sums payable
Status: in_force

The City Council of said City is hereby authorized by ordinance to appoint and employ such boards and officers as may be necessary to administer, control, and make expenditures from such fund or funds; to appropriate by ordinance or resolution funds from which such benefits and expenses incidental to the administration thereof may be paid; to provide by ordinance the rate of contributions, if any, to such fund or funds to be required of employees and appointive officers to be eligible to benefits therefrom; to designate by ordinance a retirement age for City employees and appointive officers beyond which age such employees may be removed from office and permanently retired; to establish by ordinance conditions and regulations under which such City employees and appointive officers may or shall be removed from office and retired; to designate and establish by ordinance the sums that may be paid to such City employees as benefits and the conditions of payment thereof, and to make, amend or repeal such ordinances as may be convenient or necessary to create, manage, and operate a fund or funds for the payment to City employees and appointive officers of retirement, disability, and death benefits, or any one or more of them.
24 V.S.A. § 4401 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4401
§ 4401. Purpose and authority
Status: in_force

Any municipality that has adopted and has in effect a plan and has created a planning commission under this chapter may implement the plan by adopting, amending, and enforcing any or all of the regulatory and nonregulatory tools provided for in this chapter. All such regulatory and nonregulatory tools shall be in conformance with the plan, shall be adopted for the purposes set forth in section 4302 of this title, and shall be in accord with the policies set forth therein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 504
App. § 414-504. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a District meeting by filing a notice with the town or city clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least three public places, and the additional public places as may be required by law, in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for two successive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting. This section shall not apply to the District informational meetings at which no voting is taking place.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 311 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 311
App. § 123-311. Recall of elected officials
Status: in_force

(a) Any elected Town officer may be removed from office as follows: A petition signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Selectboard, requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office. The date of signing by each voter shall be indicated in the petition and such date shall not be earlier than 30 days prior to the filing of the petition. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition, to vote on whether the elected town officer shall be removed. The officer shall be removed only if at least as many registered voters of the Town vote as voted in the election wherein the officer was elected, or at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, whichever is greater, and a majority of the number of votes is cast for removal. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this charter to the contrary, any vote on a recall petition shall be by the Australian ballot system.

(b) If the Town votes for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become vacant, and the Selectboard shall call a special meeting, to be held within 45 days of the vote for removal, to fill the vacancy until the term of the officer so removed expires. The office shall remain vacant until the next annual Town meeting if such special meeting would fall within 75 days prior to the annual Town meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 24
App. § 141-24. Transitional board
Status: in_force

The Selectboard members of the Town of Readsboro, serving on the effective date of this merger, shall continue in office and be deemed Selectboard members of the merged and consolidated Town of Readsboro for the remainder of the terms of their respective elected offices.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 303
App. § 19-303. Mayor and Deputy Mayor; election, terms, and duties
Status: in_force

At the annual City meeting to be held on the first Tuesday of March, commencing March 3, 2015, and every three years thereafter, the Mayor shall be elected for a term of three years and until the Mayor's successor takes office. The Mayor shall be the City Council presiding officer and Chair of the City's Strategic Planning Committee. The Mayor shall be the City Council liaison with regard to the City Manager, governmental entities, and independent agencies and shall be permitted to take any action approved by the City Council, including the execution of documents. The Council shall elect from its members a Deputy Mayor who shall act as Mayor during the absence or disability of the Mayor and, if a vacancy occurs in the office of the Mayor, the Deputy Mayor shall become Mayor until the next annual meeting, at which a new Mayor shall be elected to serve any remainder of the prior Mayor's unexpired term.
24 V.S.A. § 4803 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4803
§ 4803. Powers as supplementary
Status: in_force

The powers granted to municipalities by this chapter are supplementary to any other powers heretofore or hereafter granted by any other statute for the same or similar purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 48 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 48
App. § 401-48. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(d) A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 35
App. § 601-35. Limitations of appropriations
Status: in_force

Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annual appropriations in 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 Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in subsection 33(a) of this chapter shall be expended only for those estimates, but by majority vote of the Board the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among those estimates, except as otherwise limited by this chapter. Any balance left or unexpended in any budget estimate shall be returned at the end of the fiscal year to the General Fund of the District. 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. § 820 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 820
App. § 251-820. Staff assistance
Status: in_force

Said Board of Water Commissioners may employ and pay from the receipts of the water system such assistance, clerical or otherwise, as they deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 34
App. § 601-34. Collection
Status: in_force

Annually on or before the first day of February, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member of municipality, requiring that the amount of the tax be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule for 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 the tax, and the municipal treasurer shall pay to the District Treasurer the amount of the 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 tax assessed against it by the District, it shall incur a penalty of eight percent of the amount due plus interest at the rate of one percent per month. The 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.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 19.03
App. § 9-19.3. Duties of the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer
Status: in_force

The Equal Employment Opportunity Officer is responsible for managing the organization, implementation, and all continuing aspects of the City's affirmative action plan.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 25
App. § 141-25. Chair and quorum
Status: in_force

The Board may elect one of its members as Chair, and a majority of the Board present shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 318 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 318
App. § 1-318. Sidewalks
Status: in_force

(a) Whenever a petition in writing shall be presented to the City Council, signed by the owner or owners of two-thirds of the frontage on any street, lane, or alley, or any portion thereof in the City asking that such street, lane, alley, or portion thereof be curbed or guttered, or that a sidewalk or the sidewalks thereof be constructed or repaired or paved, the City Council may order or direct that such improvements be made.

(b) The City Council without petition may make any or all of the improvements described in subsection (a) of this section and shall assess against the owner or owners of the lands or buildings abutting upon such street, lane, or alley and adjoining the part where such improvement may be made, whether made upon petition or otherwise, so much of the cost and expense of making such improvements as it shall judge such land and buildings to be benefited thereby; but in no case shall the cost and expense of making such improvements be assessed against the abutting owner on either side of such street or portion thereof in excess of one-half of such cost and expense in making any of the other improvements specified in subsection (a) of this section, and the City shall pay the remaining cost and expense of all improvements therein mentioned; provided that all assessments heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
24 V.S.A. § 3617 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3617
§ 3617. Duties; use of proceeds
Status: in_force

(a) The charges and receipts of the department shall only be used and applied to pay the interest and principal of the sewage disposal bonds of the municipal corporation, the expense of maintenance and operation of the sewage system, or other expenses of the sewage system.

(b) The charges and receipts also may be used to develop a dedicated fund that may be created by the board to finance major rehabilitation, major maintenance, and upgrade costs for the sewer system. This fund may be established by an annual set-aside of up to 15 percent of the normal operations, maintenance, and bond payment costs, except that with respect to subsurface leachfield systems, the annual set-aside may equal up to 100 percent of these costs. The fund shall not exceed the estimated future major rehabilitation, major maintenance, or upgrade costs for the sewer system. Any dedicated fund shall be insured at least to the level provided by FDIC and withdrawals shall be made only for the purposes for which the fund was established. Any dedicated fund may be established and controlled in accord with section 2804 of this title or may be established by act of the legislative body of the municipality. Funds so established shall meet the requirements of subdivision 4756(a)(4) of this title.

(c) Where the municipal legislative body establishes a dedicated fund pursuant to this section, it shall first adopt a municipal ordinance authorizing and controlling the funds. The ordinance and any local policies governing the funds must conform to the requirements of this section.

(d) The charges, receipts, and revenue may also be used for stormwater management, control, and treatment; flood resiliency; floodplain restoration; and other similar measures.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102d — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 102d
App. § 3-102d. Local option sales tax authority
Status: in_force

The Burlington City Council is authorized to impose a one percent sales tax upon sales within the City that are subject to the State of Vermont sales tax with the same exemptions as the State sales tax. The City sales tax shall be effective beginning on the next tax quarter following 30 days' notice in 2006 to the Department of Taxes, or shall be effective on the next tax quarter following 90 days' notice to the Department of Taxes if notice is given in 2007 or after. Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Vermont Department of Taxes in accordance with State law governing the State sales tax. The taxes collected shall be paid to the City pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138. The tax to be paid to the City pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138 shall be paid on a quarterly basis and may be expended by the City for municipal services only and not for education expenditures.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1701
App. § 123-1701. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of this charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of the charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 506 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 506
App. § 103-506. Creation of Bennington Downtown District
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the Town of Bennington a special district to be known as the Bennington Downtown Improvement District (District), which shall be that area set forth on a map approved by the voters of Bennington and filed with the Town Clerk. The area of the District may be changed upon a majority vote of the legal voters at an annual or special meeting duly warned.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 9
App. § 405-9. Regular meeting
Status: in_force

A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Commissioners shall be established at the organizational meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 501
App. § 13-501. Application of general laws
Status: in_force

Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to the qualifications of electors, the manner of voting, the duties of elections officers, and all other particulars respective to preparation for, conducting, and management of elections, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all municipal elections, and all general and special meetings, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 309
App. § 409-309. Open meetings and public records
Status: in_force

The conduct of all meetings and the maintenance of all records of the District and the Board shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 705 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 705
App. § 127-705. Compensation
Status: in_force

The Manager shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 24
App. § 901-24. Audit
Status: in_force

The Board shall cause an audit of its financial records to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 205
App. § 414-205. Regular meetings
Status: in_force

Regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be held periodically with the time and place to be determined by the Board.
24 V.S.A. § 5605 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 137 / Section 5605
§ 5605. Recreational Facilities Grant Program
Status: in_force

(a) Creation of Program. There is created a Recreational Facilities Grant Program to be the successor to and a continuation of the Recreational and Educational Facilities Grant Program established in 2005 Acts and Resolves No. 43, Sec. 34 to provide competitive grants to municipalities as defined in chapter 117 of this title and to nonprofit organizations for capital costs associated with the development and creation of community recreational 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.

(b) Creation of Committee. There is established a Recreational Facilities Grant Advisory Committee to coordinate and administer the Recreational Facilities Grant Program. The Committee shall include the Commissioners of Forests, Parks and Recreation and of Buildings and General Services or the Commissioners' designees; a representative of the Vermont Recreation and Parks Association; 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; a representative of the Vermont Trails and Greenways Council; and one citizen member to be appointed by the Governor. The members of the Committee shall select a chair. The citizen member shall serve for a term of two years or until his or her successor is appointed.

(c) Administrative support. The Department of Buildings and General Services shall provide administrative support to the Program.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 7
App. § 239-7. Village Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk shall keep records of all Village meetings, all trustees meetings when requested so to do, and other proceedings of the Village. The ordinances and regulations of the Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk, and the Clerk's certificate that the ordinances and regulations of the Village were adopted at a meeting of the trustees called and held for that purpose, shall be prima facie evidence of the fact in any court in this State, and certified copies of the bylaws, ordinances, and regulations, and Clerk's certificates shall also be received as evidence in all courts in this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 14
App. § 227-14. Power to borrow money
Status: in_force

The Village at an annual or a 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 the 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 are 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 under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and denomination of such 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 off shall deface the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 111 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 111
App. § 235-111. Date of annual meeting
Status: in_force

The annual meeting of said corporation for the choice of officers and for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of such meeting shall be holden in the Village of Ludlow on the fourth Tuesday in March.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 4
App. § 219-4. Board of Trustees
Status: in_force

(a) There shall be a Board of five Trustees to manage the affairs of the corporation with the necessary powers for that purpose to exercise such general powers of their office within the Village limits as are applicable to the selectboard in town affairs as provided by the statutes of the State, to act as and to exercise the powers of the Board of Water and Light Commissioners and to exercise such other powers as may be provided by the act of incorporation, as amended.

(b) At each annual meeting, the corporation shall elect, by ballot, such number of trustees for three-year terms as there are trustees whose terms expire in the year in which the annual meeting is held. Each trustee shall hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified.

(c) Trustees shall be elected from among the legal voters of the Village. If a trustee during his or her term ceases to be a legal voter of the Village, his or her office shall be declared vacant by the Board of Trustees.

(d) If a vacancy occurs in the Board of Trustees for any cause other than the expiration of a term, the remaining trustees shall fill the vacancy by appointment until the next annual meeting of the Village, at which meeting the Village shall elect a trustee for the unexpired term.

(e) The Board of Trustees may appoint and employ a Village Manager for a term not exceeding three years for a salary and upon such other conditions as the Board may fix. The Village Manager may have the powers available to a manager under the statutes of the State as the Board may designate from time to time.

(f) The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Collector for such term not exceeding three years as the Board may fix. The Village Manager, if any, may be appointed Collector. The Collector shall be sworn, shall discharge the usual duties of such office, and shall give a bond in such sum as the Board of Trustees shall direct for the faithful performance of the office.

(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of the charter, the Board of Trustees exclusively shall exercise the corporation's power to make and amend bylaws and regulations, subject to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 1973, as amended.

(h) The Board of Trustees may appoint outside independent auditors in addition to, but not in lieu of, the auditors selected pursuant to this charter. Section 3 notwithstanding, the outside independent auditors need not be legal voters of the Village.
24 V.S.A. § 1993 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 60 / Section 1993
§ 1993. Prohibited conduct
Status: in_force

(a) Directing unethical conduct. A municipal officer shall not direct any individual to act in a manner that would:

(1) benefit a municipal officer in a manner related to the officer's conflict of interest;

(2) create a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest for the officer or for the directed individual; or

(3) otherwise violate the Municipal Code of Ethics as described in this chapter.

(b) Preferential treatment. A municipal officer shall act impartially and not unduly favor or prejudice any person in the course of conducting official business. An officer shall not give, or represent an ability to give, undue preference or special treatment to any person because of the person's wealth, position, or status or because of a person's personal relationship with the officer, unless otherwise permitted or required by State or federal law.

(c) Misuse of position. A municipal officer shall not use the officer's official position for the personal or financial gain of the officer, a member of the officer's immediate family or household, or the officer's business associate.

(d) Misuse of information. A municipal officer shall not use nonpublic or confidential information acquired during the course of official business for personal or financial gain of the officer or for the personal or financial gain of a member of the officer's immediate family or household or of an officer's business associate.

(e) Misuse of government resources. A municipal officer shall not make use of a town's, city's, or village's materials, funds, property, personnel, facilities, or equipment, or permit another person to do so, for any purpose other than for official business unless the use is expressly permitted or required by State law; ordinance; or a written agency, departmental, or institutional policy or rule. An officer shall not engage in or direct another person to engage in work other than the performance of official duties during working hours, except as permitted or required by law or a written agency, departmental, or institutional policy or rule.

(f) Gifts.

(1) No person shall offer or give to a municipal officer or candidate, or the officer's or candidate's immediate family, anything of value, including a gift, loan, political contribution, reward, or promise of future employment based on any understanding that the vote, official action, or judgment of the municipal officer or candidate would be, or had been, influenced thereby.

(2) A municipal officer or candidate shall not solicit or accept anything of value, including a gift, loan, political contribution, reward, or promise of future employment based on any understanding that the vote, official action, or judgment of the municipal officer or candidate would be or had been influenced thereby.

(3) Nothing in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection shall be construed to apply to any campaign contribution that is lawfully made to a candidate or candidate's committee pursuant to 17 V.S.A. chapter 61 or to permit any activity otherwise prohibited by 13 V.S.A. chapter 21.

(g) Unauthorized commitments. A municipal officer shall not make unauthorized commitments or promises of any kind purporting to bind the municipality unless otherwise permitted by law.

(h) Benefit from contracts. A municipal officer shall not benefit from any contract entered into by the municipality and the officer, the officer's immediate family, or an associated business of the officer or the officer's immediate family, unless:

(1) the benefit is not greater than that of other individuals generally affected by the contract;

(2) the contract is a contract for employment with the municipality;

(3) the contract was awarded through an open and public process of competitive bidding; or

(4) the total value of the contract is less than $2,000.00.
24 V.S.A. § 1957 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 57 / Section 1957
§ 1957. Contracts with federal government
Status: in_force

A town, city, or incorporated village, by act of its legislative body, may contract with the U.S. government or any of its departments or agencies for the purpose of providing fire protection to federal property located within its limits. These contracts for fire protection may include all firefighting costs which are ordinarily associated with firefighting functions of a fire department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 303
App. § 414-303. Chair
Status: in_force

The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors of the District. The Chair shall perform all of the duties incident to the position and office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 45 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 45
App. § 235-45. Removal of health violations
Status: in_force

If said owner or occupant does not comply with the order of said Board, the Board may cause such nuisance, source of filth, or cause of sickness to be removed, and the Village may recover the expense of such removal, with costs, of said owner or occupant causing or permitting the same, in an action of debt.