24 V.S.A. § 308 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 308
§ 308. Deputy sheriffs; no compensation for appointment; penalty
Status: in_force

(a) A sheriff shall not ask of or receive from his or her deputies any pay, compensation or reward by way of deputation fee, or otherwise, for such appointments.

(b) A sheriff who violates a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $200.00 nor less than $50.00.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 18
App. § 175-18. Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer
Status: in_force

If undeniable reason for an officer to disqualify himself or herself is brought to the attention of any board, commission, or committee by any party or person or by another board, commission, or committee member and the member does not disqualify himself or herself, the board, commission, or committee shall consider the factual basis for the question and shall decide the matter by majority vote, the challenged member abstaining, before any other business is conducted. A formal vote shall be taken on every question of conflict. Once the vote is taken, the board, commission, or committee shall return to the business before it, and no further time shall be devoted to the issue of that conflict. A full report of the issue and discussion shall be made in the minutes of the meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 161 / Section 1
App. § 161-1. 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 the Town.

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

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

(3) 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) The Selectboard shall appoint a Treasurer from that list, if applicable, or shall notify the committee that none of the candidates shall be appointed, not later than 30 days following submission of the names of candidates deemed qualified by the committee.

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

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

(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 such depositories as may be designated by the Selectboard.

(3) Invest Town funds, with the approval of the Selectboard.

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

(5) Make monthly reports to the Selectboard of the financial activities of the Town. Such reports shall include:

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

(B) a listing of all revenue received during the preceding month, indicating the source of such revenues;

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

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

(6) Perform the duties of the Collector of Current Taxes.

(7) Perform such other duties as specified in the accounting and financial policies adopted by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 7.03
App. § 147-7.3. Oath; bond
Status: in_force

Before entering upon his or her duties, the Manager shall be sworn to the faithful performance of his or her duties by the Town Clerk and shall give a bond to the Town in such amount and with such surety as the Selectboard may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 901 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 901
App. § 13-901. Appointment
Status: in_force

The Council shall appoint a City Manager for an indefinite term.
24 V.S.A. § 176 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 176
§ 176. Deputy clerk
Status: in_force

A county clerk may, subject to the approval of the assistant judges, appoint one or more deputies who may perform the duties of clerk for whose acts he or she shall be responsible and whose deputations he or she may revoke at pleasure. A record of the appointments shall be made in the office of the clerk. In case of the death of the clerk or his or her inability to act, the deputy or deputies in order of appointment shall perform the duties of the office until a clerk is appointed. In case of the suspension of the clerk's duties as a condition of release pending trial for violating 13 V.S.A. § 2537, the assistant judges of the county shall appoint a person to perform the duties of the office until the charge of violating 13 V.S.A. § 2537 is resolved. The compensation for the clerk and deputy clerk shall be fixed by the assistant judges and paid for by the county. Such compensation may include such employment benefits as are presently provided to State employees, including health insurance, life insurance, and pension plan, the expense for which shall be borne by the county and the employees.
24 V.S.A. § 4404 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4404
§ 4404. State designation; implementation of municipal plan
Status: in_force

A municipality, to implement its municipal plan, may apply for State designation of an existing or planned municipal growth center, downtown, village center, new town center, or neighborhood development area as necessary for eligibility to receive associated benefits pursuant to chapter 76A of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 305
App. § 117-305. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of section 304 of this charter, voters of the Town may at any time petition in the same manner as in section 304 for the enactment of any proposed lawful ordinance by filing the petition, including the text of the ordinance, with the Town Clerk. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting (or include the ordinance as annual meeting business) to be held within 60 days of the date of the filing, unless prior to the meeting the ordinance shall be enacted by the Selectboard. The warning for the meeting shall state the proposed ordinance in full or in concise summary and shall provide for an Australian ballot vote as to its enactment. The ordinance shall take effect on the 10th day after the conclusion of the meeting provided that voters as qualified in section 304, constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted in the affirmative.

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

(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any appointments of officers, members of commissions, or boards made by the Selectboard or to the appointment or designation of Selectboard, or to rules governing the procedures of the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 13
App. § 703-13. Special tax assessment for payment of execution
Status: in_force

When a demand is made upon the District for the payment of an execution issued against it and the District has no available funds to pay the same, the Board of Water Commissioners shall compute the shares of each member town in such execution, with costs, interest, and other charges, to be paid by it in accordance with the formula established in subsection 12(b) of this chapter and shall give notice of the amount thereof to the legislative branch of each member town, or to the legislative branch of the containing Town in the case of contained municipalities. The gallonage shares shall be computed for this purpose on the basis of the calendar year on account of which the liability arose or, if such year is then in process, on the basis of the next preceding calendar year. Each member town through its proper officers shall forthwith pay to the Treasurer of the District its shares, and the shares of its contained municipalities, of such execution and any charges. To the extent that any such shares of the same shall not already have been raised by taxation in accordance with this act, the legislative branch shall forthwith assess and have collected taxes in the applicable taxing districts sufficient to pay the same in the manner its other taxes are assessed and collected.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25.07 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 25.07
App. § 9-25.7. Nonresident service
Status: in_force

(a) The citation may be served by the sheriff or constable upon a person not an inhabitant of this State by leaving a true and attested copy of the citation with his or her return endorsed, with, or at the residence of, his or her known agent or attorney, if he or she has one in this State; and if not, with, or at the residence of the occupant of the land to which such hearing may appertain. If there is no such occupant, then the copy of the citation shall be by the sheriff or constable left at the office of the Clerk of the City for the persons so owning or interested in such land.

(b) The City Clerk shall mail to the last known post office address of such person, in a registered package, a true and attested transcript of the copy so left with him or her, which shall be certified by him or her under the Seal of the City. The City Clerk shall certify under the Seal of the City all his or her doings touching the copy so left him or her by the sheriff or constable and shall attach to the certificate all registry receipts pertaining to the copy received by him or her.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 10
App. § 417-10. Appointment
Status: in_force

Annually, on or before the last Monday in March, the legislative branch of each member municipality shall appoint its representative and an alternate representative to the Board of Supervisors. Appointments shall be in writing, signed by the chair of the legislative branch, and presented to the Clerk of the District. The legislative branch, by majority vote, may remove their appointed representative during the one-year term for stated reasons. The alternate representative shall represent the municipality at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors that the regular representative is unable to attend and shall have all the rights and privileges of a regular representative.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 411 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 411
App. § 19-411. Commencement of proceedings; affidavit
Status: in_force

(a) Any qualified voter or group of voters may commence initiative or referendum proceedings by filing with the City Clerk an affidavit stating that he, she, or they will be responsible for circulating the petition and filing it in proper form, stating the name and address of the voter who will serve as petitioner to which all notices are to be sent and setting out in full the proposed initiative ordinance or citing the ordinance sought to be reconsidered.

(b) Promptly after the affidavit of the petitioner is filed, the Clerk shall issue the appropriate petition forms to the petitioner.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 236 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 236
App. § 3-236. Prior actions regarding streets ratified
Status: in_force

All streets or highways in said City of less than three rods in width heretofore deeded or dedicated to said City for public highways and heretofore accepted; and all such streets or highways laid out or opened by it, are hereby declared to be legal streets and highways; and all acts, votes, and resolutions of said City in respect thereto are hereby declared to be legal and valid.
24 V.S.A. § 4381 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4381
§ 4381. Authorization
Status: in_force

Any municipality may undertake a comprehensive planning program, including related preliminary planning and engineering studies, and prepare, maintain, and implement a plan within its jurisdiction in accordance with this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 109
App. § 407-109. Interlocal contracts
Status: in_force

In accordance with 24 V.S.A. chapter 141, subchapter 4, the District recognizes and encourages subregional solid waste management facilities or services. Such facilities or services may be desirable for the management of some portion of the solid waste generated within the District. In the event that a group of member municipalities determines that such a subregional facility is desirable, and the board of supervisors by majority vote determines that the subregional facility is consistent with the long-term plans of the District, then, the member municipalities desiring to develop such a subregional facility may develop the facility as long as there is no adverse financial impact on nonparticipating members of the District who do not consent to such adverse financial impact.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 1001
App. § 117-1001. Creation of Department
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-1101 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

There shall be established a Department of Real Estate Appraisal headed by a professionally qualified real estate appraiser, who shall be appointed by the Manager with the approval of the Selectboard. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-501 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 449 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 449
App. § 3-449. Authority for joint venture for telecommunications
Status: in_force

In addition to the authority granted under otherwise applicable law, the City has the power and is authorized to establish a joint venture or any other business relationship with one or more third parties to provide telecommunications or cable television services within or without the corporate limits of the City; provided that before such joint venture or business relationship may sell telecommunications or cable television services, it shall obtain whatever regulatory approvals are necessary, and shall pay all taxes, franchise fees, and similar charges assessed by the City on an incumbent.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 54 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 54
App. § 417-54. Validation of District meetings
Status: in_force

When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special District meeting have been omitted or not complied with, the omission or noncompliance, if the meeting and the business transacted at it is otherwise legal and within the scope of the District powers, may be corrected and legalized by vote at a special meeting of the District called and duly warned for that purpose. The question to be voted upon shall substantially be, “Shall the action taken at the meeting of this District held on (state date) in spite of the fact that (state the error or omission), and any act or action of the District officers of agents pursuant thereto be readopted, ratified, or confirmed.” Error or omissions in the conduct of an original meeting that are not the result of an unlawful notice or warning or noncompliance within the scope of the warning may be cured by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the District by a vote of two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, stating the defect was the result of an oversight, inadvertence, or mistake. When an error or omission of this nature has been thus corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been initially complied with upon condition, however, that the original action thereby corrected by the Board of Supervisors was in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 102
App. § 407-102. Purpose
Status: in_force

(a) The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for management of solid waste generated by member municipalities and their residents. The District shall have plenary power over solid waste management within its boundaries, consistent with the provisions of the State solid waste management plan. District solid waste management shall be based upon the philosophy expressed in the preamble to this agreement, and shall include the priorities of No. 78 of the Acts of 1989:

(1) reduction of solid waste generated;

(2) reuse and recycling of materials;

(3) reduction of waste volume before disposal; and

(4) providing land disposal for residuals.

(b) The District shall manage household hazardous waste and small quantity generator waste, and may manage other hazardous waste at its discretion. The definitions set forth in subchapter 6 section 607 shall apply throughout this agreement.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 310
App. § 414-310. Executive Board
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant powers that it may deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 107
App. § 13-107. Further consideration; final passage
Status: in_force

After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Council makes an amendment it shall cause a short, concise one-paragraph description of the effects of the amended ordinance, including a concise description of the proposed amendments, to be published at least once together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing at which the amended ordinance will be further considered, which publication shall be at least one week prior to the public hearing. The publication shall include a reference to a place within the City where copies of the entire text of the amended ordinance may be examined. At the time so advertised or at any time and place to which the meeting may be adjourned, the amended ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Council, the ordinance may be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Council, the ordinance may be read by title. After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the amended ordinance or again amend it subject to the same procedures as outlined herein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 407 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 407
App. § 414-407. Limitations of appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) 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.

(b) Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in section 402 of this charter shall be expended only for the estimates, but by majority vote of the Board, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among the estimates except as otherwise limited by this charter.

(c) Any balance left or unexpended in any such 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. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 505
App. § 19-505. City Manager; vacancy in office of
Status: in_force

In the event of a vacancy in the office of City Manager or the Manager's incapacity to perform the duties and functions set forth in this article, the powers and duties shall be performed by the Acting City Manager, subject to the provisions of section 502 of this charter, until such vacancy has been filled or incapacity removed. Such vacancy shall be filled within a period not to exceed 60 days.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 22
App. § 901-22. Grand Juror
Status: in_force

(a) The Board may appoint a Grand Juror who shall inquire into any person's offenses under the Authority's rules or applicable law and present them to the proper authority. If the Attorney General or the State's Attorney is unwilling to prosecute such offenses, the Grand Juror may do so. For these purposes, the Grand Juror shall have the same authority within the Authority as a State's Attorney.

(b) The Grand Juror shall not be a director.
24 V.S.A. § 1974a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1974a
§ 1974a. Enforcement of civil ordinance violations
Status: in_force

(a) A civil penalty of not more than $800.00 may be imposed for a violation of a civil ordinance. Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate violation.

(b) All civil ordinance violations, except municipal parking violations, and all continuing civil ordinance violations, where the penalty is $800.00 or less, shall be brought before the Judicial Bureau pursuant to Title 4 and this chapter. If the penalty for all continuing civil ordinance violations is greater than $800.00, or injunctive relief, other than as provided in subsection (c) of this section, is sought, the action shall be brought in the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, unless the matter relates to enforcement under chapter 117 of this title, in which instance the action shall be brought in the Environmental Division of the Superior Court.

(c) The Judicial Bureau, on application of a municipality, may order that a civil ordinance violation cease.

(d) Civil enforcement of municipal zoning violations may be brought as a civil ordinance violation pursuant to this section or in an enforcement action pursuant to the requirements of chapter 117 of this title.

(e)(1) When filed in court as an enforcement action by the municipality, municipal parking violations shall be brought as civil violations. The right to trial by jury shall not apply in such cases.

(2) A person who received a criminal conviction in District Court for a municipal parking violation committed before January 1, 2005 may petition the court to seal all records in the matter. The person shall provide a copy of the petition to the State or municipal official who was the prosecuting authority on the matter in District Court. The court shall grant the petition if, after providing the prosecuting authority with an opportunity to respond, the court finds that sealing the records would serve the interests of justice.
24 V.S.A. § 1900 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1900
§ 1900. Distribution
Status: in_force

In addition to all other provisions of this subchapter, with respect to any tax increment financing district, of the municipal and education tax increments received in any tax year that exceed the amounts committed for the payment of the financing for improvements and related costs in the district, equal portions of each increment may be retained for the following purposes: prepayment of principal and interest on the financing, placed in a special account required by section 1896 of this subchapter and used for future financing payments, or used for defeasance of the financing. Any remaining portion of the excess municipal tax increment shall be distributed to the city, town, or village budget, in proportion that each budget bears to the combined total of the budgets unless otherwise negotiated by the city, town, or village; and any remaining portion of the excess education tax increment shall be distributed to the Education Fund.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1104
App. § 269-1104. Voting question by Australian ballot
Status: in_force

All public questions shall be voted by Australian ballot at any annual meeting or at any special Village meeting called on motion of the trustees or by petition. A public question voted by Australian ballot shall be preceded by a public informational meeting, to start at seven thirty o'clock in the evening of the day preceding that on which the polls are to be opened. The warning for the special Village meeting to vote by Australian ballot shall include a notice of the time and place of the informational meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 602
App. § 117-602. Annual Town report
Status: in_force

The annual Town report shall be distributed to the legal voters of the Town not later than 10 days prior to the annual meeting. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-109 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 1242 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1242
§ 1242. Revocation
Status: in_force

A town that has adopted the provisions of this chapter may reject the same by a majority vote of the legal voters present and voting at a special or an annual meeting, provided a proper article therefor is inserted in the warning of such meeting. If approved, such a vote shall become effective 30 days after the date of its adoption.
24 V.S.A. § 1162 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1162
§ 1162. Indices; liability of clerk and town
Status: in_force

A town clerk who neglects to keep in his or her office the indices required by law to be kept by him or her shall be fined $20.00 for each six months' neglect. A town which, upon such neglect of its town clerk, delays for six months to cause such an index to be completed and kept, shall be fined $50.00 for each six months it so neglects.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1206 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1206
App. § 5-1206. Lien upon real estate
Status: in_force

All taxes lawfully assessed upon real estate in the City as well as charges for water, sewer services, heat, and any special assessments shall constitute an underlying lien on such real estate, and shall enjoy priority in law over all other liens regardless of whether such other liens have priority in time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 505 / Section 3
App. § 505-3. Purpose
Status: in_force

The purpose of the Fire District is to provide fire protection for the Town of Williamstown and to provide such other protection as may seem prudent to safeguard the health and welfare of the inhabitants of Williamstown. None of the foregoing shall be construed to preclude other activities conferred generally on the Fire District.
24 V.S.A. § 2262 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2262
§ 2262. Eligibility
Status: in_force

The Secretary shall issue a certificate of registration upon finding:

(1) The applicant is able to comply with the provisions of this subchapter.

(2) The applicant has filed a currently valid certificate of approval of location with the Secretary.

(3) The applicant has complied with any rules of the Secretary issued under section 2243 of this title and with screening or fencing requirements that, under limitations of the surrounding terrain, are capable of feasibly and effectively screening the salvage yard from view of the main traveled way of all highways.
24 V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 306
§ 306. Term of office
Status: in_force

A sheriff shall execute his or her official duties until his or her successor is qualified to act.
24 V.S.A. § 4704 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4704
§ 4704. Superior Court jurisdiction
Status: in_force

The Superior Courts have jurisdiction of any suit, action, or proceeding by a trustee on behalf of noteholders or bondholders. The venue of any suit, action, or proceeding shall be laid in the County of Washington.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1411 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1411
App. § 5-1411. Separability of provisions
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter or the application of it to any person, body, or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of this charter or the application of it to persons, bodies, or circumstances other than those as to which it shall have been held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 201
App. § 217-201. Warning of meeting and qualified voters
Status: in_force

(a) The annual meetings of the Village of Derby Line shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each year at such hour as the notice shall state, in the Town Hall in the Village or at such other time and place as the Village shall hereafter appoint.

(b) Notice for such meetings shall be posted in at least three public places in the Village, at least 10 days previous to a meeting. The 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 the Trustees, or upon their failure so to do, by a majority of the justices of the peace residing in the Village.

(c) 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 notice of the special meeting as provided in subsection (b) of this section and specifying in the notice the object of the special meeting and the business to be done at the special meeting.

(d) At a meeting held under this section, only the inhabitants of the Village who meet the qualifications of 17 V.S.A. § 2121 and who are on the voter checklist of the Village shall be entitled to vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 402
App. § 247-402. Incompatible officers
Status: in_force

The provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2647, or any amendments thereto, relating to incompatible offices shall apply to the persons holding Village offices.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 3
App. § 173-3. Postponement and combining of Town meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may postpone the vote on any question to be voted at a special meeting to the annual meeting or November federal elections if the special meeting would fall within 75 days of the annual meeting or November federal elections.

(b) If a special Town meeting falls within 45 days of a later special Town meeting called by petition, the Selectboard may warn the question to be voted at the Town meeting and may by resolution rescind the call of the earlier meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 4759 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4759
§ 4759. Regulations
Status: in_force

The Secretary and the Bond Bank may adopt rules and policies necessary to implement the provisions of this chapter in order to ensure the self-sustaining nature of the funds created under section 4753 of this chapter, and also to ensure compliance with the requirements of Title VI of the federal Clean Water Act and section 1452 of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and with any regulations promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency which may require the State to implement a State environmental review process as a condition to receipt of federal funding.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102f — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 102f
App. § 3-102f. Annual assessment for Housing Trust Fund 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 distributions and uses of the Housing Trust Fund as set forth in Article 18-404 of the Code of Ordinances a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to assist in meeting the appropriation, but the rate shall not exceed one cent upon the dollar of the property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of the City. The tax shall not be included within the limitations of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed in section 99 of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4943 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4943
§ 4943. Contributions
Status: in_force

Any contributions made to such association for the purpose of distributing, sharing, or pooling risks shall be made on an actuarially sound basis, and any such association shall have its books, records, and financial affairs audited annually by a certified public accountant, copies of which shall be provided to each municipal member and the Commissioner of Financial Regulation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 165 / Section 2
App. § 165-2. Officers
Status: in_force

The Town of Westminster shall have the officers as provided for towns by the general laws.
24 V.S.A. § 5601 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 137 / Section 5601
§ 5601. Building communities grants
Status: in_force

(a) The purpose of this chapter is to establish one-for-one matching grants to help communities, nonprofit organizations, or, as applicable under section 5603 of this chapter, barn owners preserve important historic buildings and enhance community facilities. Therefore, in order to make it easy for communities, nonprofit organizations, or barn owners to apply, the entity which administers a grant program under this chapter shall work with other administrators of building communities grants to develop a standard application form which:

(1) describes the application process and includes clear instructions and examples to help applicants complete the form;

(2) includes an opportunity for a community, nonprofit organization, or barn owner to demonstrate its ability to generate one-for-one matching funds from local fundraising or other efforts;

(3) includes a summary of each of the other grants, their deadlines, and a statement that no community, nonprofit organization, or barn owner shall apply for more than one grant under this chapter for the same project in the same calendar year; and

(4) may include supplements specific to an individual grant.

(b) Each entity which administers a grants program under this chapter shall establish a selection process which ensures equitable selection of grant recipients and ensures accountability by grant recipients.

(c) Before it notifies an applicant of an award under this chapter, the entity which administers the grant shall provide notice of the award and time and location of any award presentation to the Chairs of the Senate Committee on Institutions and the House Committee on Corrections and Institutions, and those members of the General Assembly who represent the area in which a successful applicant resides.

(d) Notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 701a, if, after an entity awards grant funds under this chapter, the funds remain unexpended and not subject to a grant agreement, the entity may reallocate the unexpended funds within its grant program within three years of the original award date. Any unexpended funds remaining after this three-year period that are not subject to a grant agreement shall be reallocated in future acts relating to capital construction and State bonding.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 108
App. § 143-108. Intergovernmental relations
Status: in_force

The Town, through its Selectboard, may enter into any agreement with the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or with any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to accept grants, loans, and assistance from the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or from any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to make public improvements within the Town, or upon property or rights of the Town outside its corporate limits, whether owned by the Town as sole owner or owned by the Town in common with another municipality or other municipalities, and may make appropriations consistent with the charter to accomplish this purpose.
24 V.S.A. § 1141 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 1141
§ 1141. Boards or commissions; orders
Status: in_force

Any decision or order approved for issue by a board, commission, committee, agency, or authority of any municipal corporation, including the legislative body of a municipal corporation, which is required by law to be in writing, may be signed by the chair or vice chair on behalf of the issuing body.
24 V.S.A. § 4832 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4832
§ 4832. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The committee shall have the following powers for any of the purposes authorized by charter or general statute:

(1) To make surveys and studies and conduct research programs to enable municipalities to make the most efficient use of their powers by cooperation with other municipalities on a basis of mutual advantage, and thereby to provide services and facilities in a manner and pursuant to forms of governmental organization that will accord best with geographic, economic, population, and other factors influencing the needs and development of municipalities.

(2) To provide for the distribution of information resulting from such surveys, studies, and programs.

(3) To consult and cooperate with appropriate State, municipal, and public or private agencies in matters affecting municipal government.

(4) To employ persons and adopt rules, regulations, and by-laws as are necessary and proper to effectuate the purposes of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1101
App. § 123-1101. Application of general laws
Status: in_force

Provisions of the laws of this State relating to voter qualification; warnings; methods of voting; the duties of Town officers at Town meetings and elections; and all other particulars relating to preparation for, conduct, and management of Town meetings and elections shall, so far as they may be applicable, govern all municipal elections and all annual and special Town meetings, except as otherwise provided in the charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 24
App. § 11-24. School District; transfer of fund to
Status: in_force

The City Council shall annually transfer to the School District a sum from the General Fund as may be realized from the tax required by the Board of School Commissioners, all such monies as shall arise from the State school tax, from City tuitions, and from the income of any property or money donated by any person to the City for the use of schools. Such funds shall be disbursed by the City Treasurer only upon warrants duly authorized by the Board of School Commissioners of the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 404
App. § 411-404. Revenues and appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Supervisors shall establish a fee structure for the purpose of generating revenues for the District, which fee structure shall be designed to generate sufficient revenue to enable the District to operate and carry out its functions and financial obligations, including the timely payment of its long-term indebtedness, bonded indebtedness, and anticipated closure costs. The surcharge fee schedule shall be based upon the actual tonnage collected and reported by District-registered haulers from each member municipality. The fee schedule shall be expressed in dollars per ton or dollars per cubic yard, as the Board of Supervisors shall determine to be most appropriate. Fees may include the rate of surcharge, tipping fees for recycling, charges for waste services, per capita fees, and amount to be assessed against each member municipality of the District for all waste generated within the member municipality and managed by the District, which assessment shall be billed with such frequency as the Board of Supervisors shall determine appropriate. “Per capita” means charges based on the most recent decennial census of towns.

(b) In the event disposal fees assessed by the District shall at any time generate insufficient revenues to enable the District to meet its financial obligations as set forth and contained in the District's adopted budget, the Board of Supervisors shall immediately amend its waste disposal fee schedule to the extent necessary to raise the amount of revenue projected by the duly adopted budget.

(c) In the event the District shall conclude a fiscal year with a surplus in an amount in excess of five percent of the amount reflected in the annual budget, the Board of Supervisors shall, unless affirmatively determined by a majority of the Board of Supervisors that such surplus, or some portion thereof, should be retained by the District, refund the surplus to the member municipalities. The amount of any refund to the member municipalities shall be the total amount of surplus to be refunded multiplied by the fraction, the numerator of which shall be the volume of waste disposed of by or from the member municipality during that fiscal year, and the denominator of which shall be the volume of waste disposed of by or from all member municipalities during that fiscal year.
24 V.S.A. § 3683 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3683
§ 3683. Tax exemption
Status: in_force

Property of a consolidated sewer district shall be exempt from all taxation by any town. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 361 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 361
App. § 3-361. Creation of Human Resources Department
Status: in_force

There is hereby created in the City of Burlington a Human Resources Department.
24 V.S.A. § 1240 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1240
§ 1240. Operation of chapter
Status: in_force

The provisions of this chapter shall not become operative in a town unless the same are approved and adopted by a majority of the legal voters of such a town present and voting at an annual or special meeting as hereinafter provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 19
App. § 239-19. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

No person being a resident or taxpayer of the Village shall thereby be deemed disqualified to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer in any matter, cause, or proceeding in which the Village shall be interested.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 707 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 707
App. § 19-707. Public records
Status: in_force

Copies of the budget approved by the voters and the capital program shall be public record and shall be made available to the public.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 21
App. § 3-21. Duties of election inspectors
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of their inspectors of election to be present, preside, and preserve order at all elections in their respective wards, to decide all questions relative to the right of any person to vote at such election, to sort and count the ballots, and to publicly announce the result to the voters present. In all respects not inconsistent with this charter, the provisions of the general statutes respecting the process of voting shall apply to all annual and special elections and City meetings in said City, except that a voter's name shall not be required to be checked when his or her ballot is deposited in the ballot box, and except that the number of ballot clerks and assisting clerks to be appointed shall be discretionary with the Board of Civil Authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 42
App. § 149-42. Town Manager's proposed budget timetable and preparation
Status: in_force

(a) Submission of timetable. At least five months before the scheduled date of Town meeting, the Town Manager shall prepare and present to the Selectboard and Budget Advisory Committee a proposed timetable that shall project the progress of events leading to the adoption of the Town budget.

(b) Statement by the Selectboard regarding budget policy. Upon receipt of the Town Manager's timetable, the Selectboard shall issue an annual budget policy statement, outlining the direction the Town Manager shall take in the drafting or assembly of the budget document.

(c) Departmental submissions. In following the timetable submitted to the Selectboard, all department heads, and elected or appointed officials with budget responsibility, shall submit budget requests to the Town Manager in the format established by the Town Manager.

(d) Drafting of annual budget.

(1) Unified administrative request. The Town Manager shall, after consultation with department heads, submit to the Selectboard and the Budget Advisory Committee a single budget request from the administration for all departments.

(2) Budget message. The Town Manager's proposed budget shall be introduced by a budget message that shall explain the budget in both fiscal terms and in terms of work programs. It shall outline the budget of the Town for the coming year, describe important features of the budget, indicate any major changes from the current year in terms of revenues and expenditures, indicating the reasons for any changes. The message shall summarize the Town's debt position, include a profile of the capital expenditure program for the year, and also include any other material that the Town Manager deems appropriate.

(3) Budget; contents and format.

(A) The budget shall provide a complete financial plan for all Town funded activities for the ensuing fiscal year, and except as required by law, or charter, shall be in a form the Town Manager deems appropriate or the Selectboard may prescribe.

(B) The Town Manager shall organize the budget by utilizing the most feasible combination of expenditure classifications by fund, organizational units, work programs, purposes, actions, and objects.

(C) The budget shall begin with a clear, general summary of its contents and shall show all expected revenue and all proposed expenditures.

(D) The budget should be arranged so as to show comparative figures for actual and budgeted revenues and expenditures for the preceding year, and for the year covered by the budget.

(E) The budget shall include:

(i) proposed expenditures for operations during the ensuing fiscal year, detailed by offices, departments, and agencies, detailed in terms of respective work programs, and the method of financing such expenditures;

(ii) amount required to meet the interest on maturing bonds, notes, or other outstanding indebtedness;

(iii) proposed capital expenditures during the ensuing fiscal year detailed, wherever practical, by office, department, or agency, along with the method of financing;

(iv) proposed estimated revenues to be raised from each source to be collected, levied, or raised by taxation to defray the expenses of the Town.

(e) Subsidiary budgets for utilities.

(1) For each utility or enterprise owned and operated by the Town, a subsidiary budget shall be drafted in accordance with these guidelines, with the process of review and approval to be dictated by the Selectboard.

(2) Cross subsidy in areas other than fund management between Town government operations and utility operations shall be limited to services and support provided as approved by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 205
App. § 1-205. Officers elected
Status: repealed

(a)(1) The legal voters shall elect biennially a Mayor and a Clerk.

(2) Annually, the legal voters of each ward shall elect from among the legal voters of their respective wards one councilor for a term of two years.

(3) [Repealed.]

(b) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 9
App. § 3-9. Adopted
Status: in_force

The penalties set forth in Vermont Statutes Annotated shall be applicable for illegal voting at any City or ward or City district election.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 23
App. § 101-23. Filling of a vacancy
Status: in_force

Any vacancy in the Office of Town Manager shall be filled as soon as practicable by the Selectboard and, pending the appointment, or in case of the Manager's absence or disability, the Board shall designate some person to perform the duties of the office. In no case shall a member of the Selectboard temporarily assume the duties of Town Manager for a period in excess of 30 days and then only in the absence or disability of the Town Manager and acting Town Manager.
24 V.S.A. § 2793d — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2793d
§ 2793d. Repealed. 2013, No. 59 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. July 1, 2018.
Status: repealed

(Repealed by 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2018.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 6
App. § 173-6. Conduct
Status: in_force

(a) The Moderator shall preside at all Town meetings, but in the Moderator's absence, the Town Clerk shall call the meeting to order, and the first order of business shall be the election of a Moderator Pro Tempore to preside for the duration of the meeting. The Moderator shall conduct every meeting according to this charter, the laws of the State of Vermont, and Roberts' Rules of Order, Newly Revised, when not in conflict with this charter or the laws of the State of Vermont. The Moderator shall preserve order in the conduct of the business of the meeting and in all things preserve the principles of fairness and openness in Town government.

(b) The Town Clerk shall be the presiding officer at all Town elections by Australian ballots and shall cooperate with the Board of Civil Authority to assure that all laws relating to elections are faithfully observed. While the polls are open, the Town Clerk may rule on all questions concerning the conduct of the election and shall not be disqualified from performing any duties by reason of his or her own candidacy for any office. In the Town Clerk's absence, the members of the Board of Civil Authority who are present may designate one of their members to perform the Town Clerk's duties under this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 1201
App. § 251-1201. Amendment and repeal
Status: in_force

The said trustees may make, alter, amend, or repeal any ordinance, bylaw, or regulation which it deems necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers or for the well-being of said Village, and which is not repugnant to the Constitution or laws of this State or of the United States; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof; and public notice of such bylaws, regulations, and ordinances shall be given by posting a notice thereof in at least three public places in said Village, not less than five days before the same shall take effect; all fines, penalties, taxes, and monies paid for, licenses thereby provided shall belong to the Village and be paid to its Treasurer.
24 V.S.A. § 2810 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2810
§ 2810. Petition; appointment of commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) When a person having an interest in such land is dissatisfied with the action of the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees in locating and setting it out or with the damages awarded therefor by them, he or she may apply by petition to the Superior Court for the county wherein such land lies within 60 days of the recording of the order of the mayor and aldermen, selectboard, or trustees, and any number of persons aggrieved may join in the petition.

(b) The petition with a citation shall be served on the clerk of the city, town, or village as a writ of summons requiring entry to be made therein within 21 days from the date of service.

(c) The court shall appoint three disinterested commissioners, who shall inquire into the necessity for locating and setting out such land and as to the amount of damages sustained by the persons interested therein.
24 V.S.A. § 4674 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4674
§ 4674. Relation to bond sales
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, bonds shall not be issued by the Bank unless there is in the Reserve Fund or Revenue Bond Reserve Fund, as applicable to such bonds, the required debt service reserve for all bonds then issued and outstanding and the bonds to be issued, provided, however, that the Bank may satisfy this requirement by depositing so much of the proceeds of the bonds to be issued, upon their issuance, as is needed to achieve the required debt service reserve. The Bank may at any time issue its bonds or notes for the purpose of increasing the amount in the Reserve Fund or the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund to the required debt service reserve, or to meet such higher or additional reserve as may be fixed by the Bank with respect to the fund.
24 V.S.A. § 1582 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1582
§ 1582. Outstanding orders; notice to stop interest
Status: in_force

When a municipality has outstanding interest bearing orders due and payable, the treasurer may give notice that such orders will be paid on presentation at his or her office on or before a day certain named in such notice, and that after such day such orders shall cease to draw interest.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 29
App. § 126-29. Bonding of officers
Status: in_force

All Town officers required to be bonded by State law shall be bonded at the expense of the Town. The Selectboard may require that other Town officers be bonded at the expense of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 32
App. § 101-32. Tax rate
Status: in_force

(a) If the municipal and school budgets have been adopted by July 1, then as soon as practicable after the final adoption of the last budget and the filing by the listers of the grand list, the Selectboard shall annually vote a uniform rate of tax sufficient to raise the amount of revenue voted by the Town and Town School District for the support of the Town and Town School District government for the ensuing fiscal year. In setting the rate, the Board shall consider all other sources of revenue available to the Town and Town School District, including any surplus carried over from the previous year, and shall also make such allowance for delinquent taxes as they may think proper.

(b) If the final municipal and school budgets have not been adopted by July 1, then as soon as practicable thereafter the Selectboard shall set an interim rate of tax. The interim tax rate shall be sufficient to raise the amount of tax revenue in any budget that has been adopted, plus an amount sufficient to raise 100 percent of the last adopted budget of the same type as that budget that has not yet been adopted. Once the final budgets have been adopted, the Selectboard shall proceed to set a rate of tax as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 107 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 107
App. § 117-107. License fees
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-302 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

In addition to powers otherwise conferred upon the Town by law and this charter, the Town is authorized to adopt and enforce ordinances for the purpose of regulating, licensing, and fixing reasonable and necessary fees for the following:

(1) places of public resort, accommodation, assemblage, or amusement, whether indoor or outdoor;

(2) places dispensing food and drink to the public, such as restaurants, bars, or inns;

(3) theaters;

(4) displays of fireworks;

(5) public dances and musical performances;

(6) itinerant vendors;

(7) the exclusive occupancy of any specified portion of a public street or right-of-way;

(8) the keeping of dogs or other pets; and

(9) other activities that the Town has the power to regulate or license by virtue of general law or this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 95 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 95
App. § 235-95. Management of electric power plant
Status: in_force

The said Board of Electric Light Commissioners shall have the authority to control, manage, and operate the electric light plant now or hereafter owned by said Village. Said Board shall have the care and management of all property pertaining to the electric light plant and shall make and adopt such bylaws and regulations concerning the management and use of such electric light plant not inconsistent with law as it may deem expedient, including the fixing and collecting of electric light rates and rentals; and shall for and in the name of said Village make all contracts pertaining to and purchase all material used in the said Electric Light Department; shall examine and settle all bills and claims connected with the said Department, and shall draw its order on the Treasurer of said Village to pay the same. Said Board may in its discretion appoint a superintendent of the electric light department, fix his or her compensation, and remove him or her at pleasure.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1005 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1005
App. § 131-1005. Current bonded indebtedness
Status: in_force

Outstanding bonds previously issued by the Village of Plainfield shall be obligations of the Town of Plainfield on and after the effective date of this charter; provided, however, that until fully paid, said bonds shall constitute a general obligation only with respect to that part of the Town formerly comprising the Village of Plainfield, including that portion of said Village within the Town of Marshfield, and that part of the Town of Plainfield presently outside the limits of the Village of Plainfield and now receiving Village water and sewer services. Said bonds shall not constitute a debt or obligation of the Town of Plainfield except as specifically provided in this section, and shall be paid only by rates, charges, and assessments levied for water and sewer service within the former Village, and shall be secured as general obligations only by the full faith and credit of the Town as it applies within the former Village. Nothing herein shall be construed as abridging the power of the Town or the Town School District to authorize and issue bonds as provided by the general law of this State.
24 V.S.A. § 4324 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4324
§ 4324. Existing commissions
Status: in_force

The members of any existing planning commission or body having similar powers and functions established under former laws shall continue in office until the end of their term as so established. New members shall be appointed and vacancies filled only under this chapter. Such commissions shall have, on March 23, 1968, all of the powers and duties of a planning commission created under this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 72 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 72
App. § 235-72. Construction of water supply system
Status: in_force

Said Village is hereby authorized and empowered under any vote heretofore or hereafter had for that purpose, through said water commissioners to construct and complete an aqueduct with all necessary reservoirs and appurtenances, to conduct said water to and distribute the same through said Village and outside of said Village within the limits of the Town of Ludlow, and for this purpose may enter upon and use any land over or through which it may be necessary or desirable for said aqueduct to pass, and may thereon lay and construct such pipes, reservoirs, and appurtenances as may be necessary for the complete construction and repairing of the same, and it may also, for the purposes aforesaid, dig up or occupy any common, highway, street, or bridge, for the purpose of laying, constructing, or repairing such aqueduct and the appurtenances thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 807 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 807
App. § 5-807. Recreation governance
Status: in_force

(a) The City may establish, maintain, and conduct a system of public recreation including playgrounds; may set apart for such use any land or buildings owned or leased by the City; may acquire land, buildings, and recreational facilities by gift or purchase, may issue bonds therefore as provided by law and equip and conduct the same; may employ a Director of Recreation and other employees as necessary; and may expend funds for the aforesaid purposes.

(b) The City Council may conduct the same through a Department of Recreation. Alternately, the Council may delegate the conduct thereof to a Recreation Board created by the Council, or to the School Board, or to any other appropriate existing board or commission.

(c) If the City Council chooses to appoint a Recreation Board, it shall consist of five members appointed by the Council for three-year terms. The Recreation Board shall perform such planning functions and duties as may be required by the Council, this charter, ordinances, or applicable State laws.

(d) The Recreation Board budget shall be an integral part of the City budget and under the control of the City or its designee.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 504
App. § 249-504. Water pipes
Status: in_force

The trustees, or a majority of them, may lay water pipes, within the limits of said Village, and may, for that purpose enter upon the lands of any land owner in said Village, and lay and maintain water pipes through such land, and repair the same when necessary, upon payment or tender of payment of such compensation as damages therefor as the said trustees shall award to such land owner, and to any tenant or occupant of such land to the amount that the individual's interests are affected thereby. Any party aggrieved shall be entitled to the same redress as is provided in case of taking of land by selectboards for highway purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 104
App. § 13-104. Ordinances; subjects
Status: in_force

The general grant of ordinance-promulgating authority in section 103 of this charter shall include the authority:

(1) to adopt and enforce ordinances relating to making and installation of local improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, and storm drains; requiring the installation of curbs, sidewalks, and storm drains in a manner specified by the City as a condition precedent to the issuance of a building permit; apportioning part or all of the expenses of such improvements against property owners benefited thereby; providing for the collection of such assessments and penalties for nonpayment;

(2) to adopt and enforce ordinances establishing systems or regulations for signs and billboards, including provisions for the termination of nonconforming signs and billboards through a schedule for removal that takes into consideration the interests of nonconforming sign and billboard owners in amortizing their investments, but such ordinances shall not permit the violation of the laws of this State or any City zoning ordinance or regulation;

(3) to adopt and enforce police ordinances regulating and prohibiting the use of firearms, air rifles, and devices having a capacity to inflict personal injury and the parking, operation, and speed of motor vehicles upon town and State aid streets and highways;

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

(5) to adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the operation, parking, soliciting, delivery, or fares in the taxi business within the City;

(6) the specification of powers herein shall not be deemed to limit the general grant of ordinance-promulgating authority conferred by section 103 of this charter;

(7) to adopt and enforce ordinances for the purpose of regulating and licensing the following activities, or other activities that the City has the power to regulate or license by virtue of the law of this State or this charter, and to fix reasonable and necessary license fees therefore; places or public resort or public amusement whether indoor or outdoor; places dispensing food and drink to the public, such as restaurants, bars, or inns; theaters; public dances; itinerant vendors; the exclusive occupancy of any specified portion of a public street or right-of-way; and the keeping of dogs or other pets.
24 V.S.A. § 5004 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 123 / Section 5004
§ 5004. Establishment of enforcement agency
Status: in_force

If a municipality adopts an ordinance pursuant to section 5003 of this title it shall provide for the creation of such agencies, departments, divisions, and offices as may be required to administer the powers and duties authorized by this chapter, and for the designation of the head of such agency, department, division, or office, or his or her delegate as an enforcing officer under this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 199 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 199
App. § 3-199. Department to be under supervision of Chief Engineer
Status: in_force

Said Department shall be at all times under special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Chief Engineer, subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and the ordinances and orders of the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 440 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 440
App. § 3-440. Same-right of City
Status: in_force

(a) The City shall have power by resolution of its Board of Light Commissioners to confer upon any holder or holders of a specified amount or percentage of bonds, including a trustee or trustees for such holders, the right in the event of an “event of default” as defined in such resolution or as may be defined in any agreement with the holder or holders of such bonds or the trustee or trustees therefor:

(1) By suit, action, or proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction to obtain the appointment of a receiver of the electric plant or any part or parts thereof. If such receiver be appointed, he or she may enter and take possession of such electric plant or any part or parts thereof and operate and maintain the same, and collect and receive all revenues thereafter arising therefrom in the same manner as the City itself might do and shall deposit such monies in a separate account or accounts and apply the same in accordance with the obligations of the City as the court shall direct.

(2) By suit, action, or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to require the City to account as if it were the trustee of an express trust.

(b) Any such resolution shall constitute a contract between the City and the holders of bonds of such issue.
24 V.S.A. § 4573 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4573
§ 4573. Removal from office; oath
Status: in_force

Each director may be removed from office by the Governor, for cause, after a public hearing, and may be suspended by the Governor pending the completion of the hearing. Each director before entering upon his or her duties shall take and subscribe an oath to perform the duties of his or her office faithfully, impartially, and justly to the best of his or her ability. A record of the oath shall be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 71 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 71
App. § 235-71. Taking of water for the Village
Status: in_force

The Village is authorized under any vote heretofore or hereafter had for that purpose, through its Board of Water Commissioners hereinbefore mentioned, to take the water of any fountains, springs, ponds, or streams for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of said Village and Town of Ludlow with water for fire, domestic, and other purposes, provided the owner or other person having any interest in the same shall not be deprived of such portion of water as may be necessary for agricultural and domestic purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 12
App. § 123B-12. Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Delinquent Taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector 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.

(b) Prior to appointing a new Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector, the Selectboard shall appoint a Committee composed of one member of the Selectboard, an auditor, a lister, and four residents of the Town of Jamaica to review and recommend to the Selectboard qualified candidates for the positions of Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Delinquent Tax Collector. The Committee shall have the authority to solicit candidates; to advertise notice of a vacancy in the Town Clerk's, the Treasurer's, and the Delinquent Tax Collector's positions; and to make an investigation of a candidate's credentials and background as the Committee deems appropriate. Upon completion of the investigation and interviewing of candidates, the Committee shall submit to the Selectboard the names of those candidates deemed qualified for the positions of Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Delinquent Tax Collector. The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector from among those deemed qualified by the Committee. In the event that the Committee does not submit at least three qualified candidates to the Selectboard, the Selectboard shall either appoint a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, or a Delinquent Tax Collector from among the qualified candidates or notify the Committee in writing that none of the candidates shall be appointed. The Committee shall then reconvene and submit the names of additional qualified candidates to the Selectboard.

(c) No later than 30 days following submission of the names of candidates deemed qualified by the Committee, the Selectboard shall appoint a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector or, if applicable, 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 Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector or an Interim Town Clerk, an Interim Treasurer, and an Interim Delinquent Tax Collector are 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 Vermont statutes.

(e) Until such time as a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector are appointed pursuant to this section, the Selectboard shall appoint an interim Town Clerk, an interim Treasurer, and an interim Collector of Delinquent Taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 7
App. § 227-7. Police officers
Status: in_force

(a) The trustees of the Village shall have power to and may appoint the number of police officers within the Village as the trustees may judge necessary for the interests of the inhabitants thereof, by writing under their hands, which shall be recorded by the Village Clerk, and the appointments may in the same way be revoked at any time.

(b) The trustees may specify their duties as watchmen and patrols, and agree with them for their compensation, which shall be paid by the Village. Each of the police shall be sworn, and shall have the same powers within the limits of the Village as constables in serving criminal process and in criminal matters, and when on duty shall wear conspicuously a badge of office, and shall hold their office one year unless sooner discharged as aforesaid. The police officers may serve warrants beyond the limits of the Village for offenses committed therein, and shall be a complaining officer for all offenses committed within the limits of the Village in violation of any provision of this charter or the bylaws and lawful orders of the Village and its officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 38 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 38
App. § 601-38. Capital reserve fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting called and warned for the purpose, may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements in furtherance of the purpose for which the District was created. Any capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and may be expended for the purposes for which established, or other purpose when authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting duly called and warned for the purpose. The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be allocated among the member municipalities as provided in subsection 33(c) of this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 4447 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4447
§ 4447. Clerk's certificate
Status: in_force

A certificate of the clerk of a municipality showing the publication, posting, consideration, and adoption or amendment of a plan, bylaw, or capital budget or program shall be presumptive evidence of the facts as they relate to the lawful adoption or amendment of that plan, bylaw, or capital budget or program, so stated in any action or proceeding in court or before any board, commission, or other tribunal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 17
App. § 7-17. Auditors
Status: in_force

The auditors shall examine and adjust the accounts of the Treasurer and all other City officers, and report the accounts so settled with the items thereof, and also the state of the Treasury; and the reports shall be printed, together with those of the other City officers, under the direction of the City Council, at the expense of said City, and circulated among the taxpayers thereof at least 15 days prior to the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 22
App. § 279-22. Officers and employees of the Village
Status: in_force

All elected and appointed officers of the Village on the effective date of this chapter shall continue in office until their terms of office shall end in accordance with law and until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. Likewise, members of the Board of Trustees in office upon the effective date of this chapter shall fulfill their terms.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 47 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 47
App. § 3-47. Ordinances to become valid at expiration of certain period if not returned
Status: in_force

If any such ordinance, bylaw, resolution, or vote shall not be returned by the Mayor of the City Council at the next meeting of said City Council after the expiration of two weeks from the time the Mayor received it, the same shall be valid and take effect without the Mayor's approval.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 14
App. § 149-14. Severability
Status: in_force

The sections of this charter and the parts thereof are severable. If any portion of this charter, or application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder thereof or the application of such invalid portions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 25
App. § 11-25. Sale of property
Status: in_force

The City Council may authorize the sale or lease of any personal or real estate belonging to the City, and all conveyance, grants, or leases of any such real estate shall be signed by the Mayor and be sealed with the City Seal.
24 V.S.A. § 2291a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2291a
§ 2291a. Renewable energy devices
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, no municipality, by ordinance, resolution, or other enactment, shall prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources. This section shall not apply to patio railings in condominiums, cooperatives, or apartments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 909 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 909
App. § 19-909. Continuation of acts not amended
Status: in_force

The provisions of this charter, so far as they are the same as those of acts hereby amended, shall be construed as a continuation of such acts, and not as new enactments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 402
App. § 407-402. Budget appropriation
Status: in_force

(a) Proposed budget. Annually, on or before December 1, the Board of Supervisors shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative branch of each member municipality for review and comment an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement and a proposed budget of the District for the next fiscal year. This proposed budget shall include reasonably detailed estimates of:

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

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

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

(4) costs of debt service;

(5) payments due on long term contracts;

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

(7) payments due to any capital reserve funds;

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

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

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

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

(b) The Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on or before January 15 of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget. Notice of such hearing shall be the same as that specified under section 503 of subchapter 5 of this chapter, public hearings. The Board of Supervisors shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable.

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

(d) Apportionment of assessments. Assessments established under this subchapter shall be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of relative tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by or within each of the member municipalities, or by any other equitable means as determined by the Board of Supervisors. Each member municipality shall be assessed a percentage of the sum appropriated equal to the ratio that the solid waste generated by the member municipality bears to the total solid waste generated within the District. The Board of Supervisors shall determine each member municipality's solid waste generation based upon actual tonnage or volume delivered, historic tonnage or volume, computed or estimated tonnage or volume, or guaranteed tonnage or volume, whether actually delivered or not. If, after the first year of operation of any District facility, the Board of Supervisors determines that prior assessments were substantially inequitable, it may retroactively adjust prior year assessments such that municipalities overcharged are given a proportionate credit against future assessments and municipalities undercharged are assessed a proportionate surcharge payable over such period as the Board of Supervisors determines will be reasonable. Thereafter the Board of Supervisors may from time to time reestablish the percentage of solid waste generation attributed to each member municipality and adjust the assessments accordingly, but no retroactive adjustments shall be made. Similar estimates and adjustments shall be made for new member municipalities and for the first time use of a new or different disposal facility.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 13
App. § 253-13. Fire Warden
Status: in_force

The fire wardens of the Village shall be present at all fires, having some distinguishing badge, fixed upon by the corporation; and the wardens, in time of fire, are hereby empowered to demand reasonable assistance from the inhabitants of the Village or any of them, and all persons who may be present at such times are hereby required to assist in extinguishing and preventing the spreading of such fire, and to remove goods and effects out of any house or other building endangered by such fire; and the majority of the fire wardens present at any fire are hereby further empowered to cause to be pulled down or removed such buildings as they may think necessary for the purpose of preventing the progress or spreading of the fire, and for that purpose may command the assistance of any person in the Village; they are also empowered, by force if necessary, to suppress any tumults and disorders at the fire, and all persons present are required to yield strict obedience to the wardens and all orders given by them; and if any person shall neglect or refuse to obey the orders of the fire wardens or either of them, in time of fire in the Village, in any manner authorized in this act, such offender shall, upon conviction before any justice of the peace, forfeit and pay a fine not exceeding $50.00, with costs of prosecution, to the Treasurer of the corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123A / Section 103
App. § 123A-103. Particular powers of the Town
Status: in_force

In addition to powers otherwise conferred upon it by law, the Town is, for the purpose of promoting the public health, safety, welfare, and convenience, authorized to adopt and enforce ordinances, rules, and regulations concerning any matter or activity permitted by general law, including:

(1) making and installing local improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, and storm drains in a manner specified by the Town as a condition precedent to the issuance of a building permit;

(2) regulating the parking, operation, and speed of motor vehicles upon Town and Vermont State aid streets and highways;

(3) regulating or providing for the storage, accumulation, collection, removal, and disposal of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, and other waste materials, including contracting with third parties for any or all of those services and establishing service rates for those services;

(4) establishing and maintaining a Police Department and adopting policies pertaining to that Department;

(5) establishing and maintaining a Fire Department and adopting policies pertaining to that Department;

(6) establishing and maintaining an ambulance service and adopting policies pertaining to that service;

(7) establishing and maintaining a Water Department financed by an enterprise fund and adopting policies pertaining to that Department;

(8) establishing and maintaining a Wastewater Department financed by an enterprise fund and adopting policies pertaining to that Department;

(9) establishing and maintaining a Highway Department and adopting policies pertaining to that Department;

(10) regulating the moving of buildings in the streets or public highways of the Town;

(11) regulating the holding of public meetings in the streets, highways, or on public property of the Town;

(12) regulating riots, noises, disturbances, and disorderly assembly and adopting pertinent policies;

(13) establishing and maintaining control of domestic animals within the Town and adopting pertinent policies;

(14) establishing and maintaining a Financial Services Department;

(15) establishing and maintaining a Planning and Development Department;

(16) establishing and maintaining a Park and Recreation Department;

(17) establishing and maintaining any other proper and lawful Town departments or services as deemed necessary, including the establishment of enterprise funds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 142 / Section 104
App. § 142-104. Water and sewer rates
Status: in_force

(a) All water and sewer rates of the Village of Richford in effect at the time of merger shall continue in effect until changed by the water commissioners or sewer commissioners of the Town of Richford. The Selectboard shall be the water and sewer commissioners. All costs of the Water and Sewer Departments shall be assessed against the properties served by said Departments.

(b) Annual water and/or sewer rates shall be set at a rate sufficient to cover annual expenditures, temporary indebtedness, and the amortizing of bonded indebtedness and interest.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 6
App. § 175-6. Open meetings
Status: in_force

Meetings of all Town boards, commissions, and their committees shall be open and held in accordance with the general law of this State relating to public meetings. The record of all official proceedings shall be available for public inspection and copying as provided by the general law of this State. It shall be the policy of the Town of Woodford to afford all citizens the opportunity to participate in the government of their town as fully and completely as may be possible. To this end, all meetings of agencies, boards, citizen committees, and any other group acting under the authority of the Town of Woodford shall be conducted openly and in accordance with the policy of the laws of the State of Vermont relative to meetings of governmental bodies. No executive session shall be held except in accordance with the terms of the general law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 407 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 407
App. § 407-407. Sinking fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however denominated, for the retirement of bond issue or other debt or to provide security for the payment thereof. When so established, it shall be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of the District and shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring or securing such obligations. The cost of payments to any sinking fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 3904 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 111 / Section 3904
§ 3904. Printing and sale of records
Status: in_force

A town may order such records printed and kept for sale at a price not to exceed an advance of 20 percent of the cost of publication.
24 V.S.A. § 4471 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4471
§ 4471. Appeal to Environmental Division
Status: in_force

(a) Participation required. An interested person who has participated in a municipal regulatory proceeding authorized under this title may appeal a decision rendered in that proceeding by an appropriate municipal panel to the Environmental Division. Participation in a local regulatory proceeding shall consist of offering, through oral or written testimony, evidence or a statement of concern related to the subject of the proceeding. An appeal from a decision of the appropriate municipal panel, or from a decision of the municipal legislative body under subsection 4415(d) of this title, shall be taken in such manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for appeals from State agencies governed by 3 V.S.A. §§ 801-816, unless the decision is an appropriate municipal panel decision which the municipality has elected to be subject to review on the record.

(b) Appeal on the record. If the municipal legislative body has determined (or been instructed by the voters) to provide that appeals of certain appropriate municipal panel determinations shall be on the record, has defined what magnitude or nature of development proposal shall be subject to the production of an adequate record by the panel, and has provided that the Municipal Administrative Procedure Act shall apply in these instances, then an appeal from such a decision of an appropriate municipal panel shall be taken on the record in accordance with the Vermont Rules of Civil Procedure.

(c) Notice. Notice of the appeal shall be filed by certified mailing, with fees, to the Environmental Division and by mailing a copy to the municipal clerk or the administrative officer, if so designated, who shall supply a list of interested persons to the appellant within five working days. Upon receipt of the list of interested persons, the appellant shall, by certified mail, provide a copy of the notice of appeal to every interested person, and, if any one or more of those persons are not then parties to the appeal, upon motion they shall be granted leave by the Division to intervene.

(d) Local Act 250 review. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, decisions of a development review board under section 4420 of this title, with respect to local Act 250 review of municipal impacts, are not subject to appeal, but shall serve as presumptions under the provisions of 10 V.S.A. chapter 151.

(e) Designated areas. Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a determination by an appropriate municipal panel that a residential development will not result in an undue adverse effect on the character of the area affected shall not be subject to appeal if the a proposed residential development seeking conditional use approval under subdivision 4414(3) of this title is within a designated downtown development district, designated growth center, or designated neighborhood development area. Other elements of the determination made by the appropriate municipal panel may be appealed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 11
App. § 401-11. Regular meeting
Status: in_force

A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 507 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 507
App. § 411-507. Public hearings
Status: in_force

Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting of the District, the Board of Supervisors shall hold at least one public hearing at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented to the legal voters of the District, and comments thereupon received from the legal voters of the District. Public notice of such public hearing or hearings shall include publication of notice thereof in one or more newspapers of general circulation within each member municipality at least once a week for three consecutive weeks, on the same day of the week, the last publication thereof to be not less than two nor more than eight days prior to the date of the public hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 5
App. § 261-5. Special meetings on failure to warn annual meetings
Status: in_force

If the annual meeting of said corporation shall fail to be holden for want of the notice hereinbefore provided for, or for any other cause, the corporation shall not be thereby prejudiced; and the said several officers may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as hereinbefore provided for calling annual meetings, but any such officers so elected at any such special meeting shall hold their office only until the next annual meeting of said corporation or until others are chosen in their places; and special meetings may be called at any time to fill any vacancies which may exist in any of said several offices, by death, resignation, or otherwise.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 5.02
App. § 9-5.2. Revision of ordinances
Status: in_force

The Board of Aldermen of the City of Rutland is authorized to revise the existing ordinances of said City and shall have authority to strike out and repeal obsolete and repetitive enactments, to amend, repeal, compile, delete, renumber, or rearrange any existing ordinance or part thereof as it may deem proper and expedient so as to condense the whole into concise and comprehensive form. Such revision shall not affect an act done, a right accruing, accrued, acquired, or established, a penalty incurred, a suit, prosecution, or proceeding pending, or the tenure of a person holding office at the time when it takes effect. The separate ordinances that may be contained in such revision need not be published in full in one or more newspapers in said City as prescribed in section 5.1 of this charter, but in lieu thereof at least 200 copies of each revised ordinance shall be made available to the public at cost in the office of the City Clerk of said City and a statement setting forth: (1) the substance of the proposed amendments, prepared by the City Attorney and approved by the Board of Aldermen, and (2) a notice that 200 copies of the ordinance or ordinances as revised are available to the public at cost at the office of the City Clerk, shall be published in one or more newspapers in said City at least 20 days before such proposed amendments shall take effect.
24 V.S.A. § 364 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 364
§ 364. Investigator
Status: in_force

(a)(1) A State's Attorney may appoint an investigator and, with the approval of the Governor, shall fix the investigator's pay not to exceed that of a noncommissioned officer of the Department of Public Safety, and may remove the investigator at will.

(2) An investigator shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in connection with his or her official duties when approved by the State's Attorney and the Commissioner of Finance and Management.

(3) Investigators shall take part in the investigation of crime, the detection of persons suspected of committing crimes, the preparation of any criminal cause for trial, and other tasks related to the office of the State's Attorney.

(4) No person may be appointed as an investigator unless he or she has had appropriate experience in investigative work for a period of not less than two years, including employment as a private detective or a law enforcement officer, or has successfully completed a course of training under 20 V.S.A. chapter 151.

(b) A person appointed as an investigator who has obtained certification as a Level II or Level III law enforcement officer under the provisions of 20 V.S.A. § 2358 shall have the same powers as sheriffs in criminal matters and the enforcement of the law and in serving criminal process, and shall have all the immunities and matters of defense now available or hereafter made available to sheriffs in a suit brought against them in consequence for acts done in the course of their employment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 15
App. § 245-15. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the corporation shall commence on the first day of January and close on the last day of December, unless the legal voters of the Village at its annual meeting shall determine otherwise. If the legal voters of the Village vote another fiscal year, it shall specify the procedure for transition, including the method for financing the transition.
24 V.S.A. § 3310 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3310
§ 3310. Limitations
Status: in_force

Bonds issued under the authority of this chapter shall be authorized and issued in accordance with and subject to the limitations and provisions of chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title. They shall not be considered as indebtedness of the municipal corporation limited by section 1762 of this title, may be paid in not more than 40 years from the date of issue notwithstanding the limitation of section 1759 of this title, may be authorized by a majority of those voting by ballot on the question at a meeting of the municipal corporation held for the purpose under chapter 53, subchapter 1 of this title notwithstanding any provisions of general or special law that may require a greater vote, and may be so arranged that beginning with the first year in which principal is payable, the amount of principal and interest in any year shall be as nearly equal as is practicable according to the denomination in which such bonds or other evidences of indebtedness are issued notwithstanding other permissible payment schedules authorized by section 1759 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 13.01
App. § 9-13.1. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The City Assessor, elected for a term of two years, shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subjected to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers, except as herein otherwise provided. The Assessor shall also be a member of the Board for the Abatement of Taxes, and shall perform such additional duties as are prescribed for the Assessor under the ordinances.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1117 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1117
App. § 5-1117. Use of unexpended bond proceeds
Status: repealed

(a) The proceeds of all bonds or notes shall be used for the purpose for which they were authorized. However, any unexpended balance remaining after carrying out the purpose for which they were authorized may, by vote of any annual or special City meeting duly warned and held for that purpose, be authorized for any purpose for which bonds may be issued, in accordance with general law, or transferred to a sinking fund established by the Council.

(b) [Repealed.]
24 V.S.A. § 2797 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2797
§ 2797. Repealed. 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2034.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a Property Assessment Fund pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5 to be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development for the purpose of providing financing, on a competitive basis, to municipalities that demonstrate a financial need in order to determine and evaluate a full assessment of the extent and the cost of remediation of property, or in the case of an existing building, an assessment that supports a clear plan, including the associated costs of renovation to bring the building into compliance with State and local building codes.

(b) The Fund shall be composed of the following:

(1) State or federal funds that may be appropriated by the General Assembly.

(2) Any gifts, grants, or other contributions to the funds.

(3) Proceeds from the issuance of general obligation bonds.

(c) A municipality deemed financially eligible may apply to the fund for the assessment of property and existing buildings proposed for redevelopment, provided the Department finds that the property or building:

(1) is not likely to be renovated or improved without the preliminary assessment;

(2) when renovated or redeveloped, will integrate and be compatible with any applicable and approved regional development, capital, and municipal plans; is expected to create new property tax if developed by a taxable entity; and is expected to reduce pressure for development on open or undeveloped land in the local community or in the region.

(d) The Department shall distribute funds under this section in a manner that provides funding for assessment projects of various sizes in as many geographical areas of the State as possible and may require matching funds from the municipality in which an assessment project is conducted.
24 V.S.A. § 3676 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3676
§ 3676. Eligibility of voters
Status: in_force

Persons residing within the limits of the district, who are qualified voters in their town meetings, shall be voters in the district meeting. The moderator, clerk, and members of the board of sewer commissioners shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to vote at a district meeting. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 13
App. § 149-13. Use of streets by public utilities and private interests
Status: in_force

Every non-Springfield municipal public utility or private interest that desires to excavate in a public right-of-way shall first obtain from the Town Manager or designee a written permit stating the place where and the time when excavation and repair may be done. Upon receipt of a permit, the excavation and repair shall be done under the supervision of the Town Manager or designee.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 601
App. § 113-601. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the Town and Town School District shall begin the first day of July and end on the 30th day of June of the next calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year as used in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 405
App. § 3-405. Authority to establish system
Status: in_force

(a) The City Council of the City of Burlington is hereby authorized to establish and create a fund or funds for the purpose of providing, either for City employees or appointive officers of said City, or both, in lieu of all existing provisions of the charter of said City relating to the retirement of City employees and pension funds, one or more of the following:

(1) retirement benefits on account of age;

(2) retirement benefits prior to retirement age on account of accident incurred in the line of duty; and

(3) death benefits.

(b) Said fund or funds shall be available for benefits to such employees and appointive officers of the City of Burlington as the City Council may hereafter from time to time designate by ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23.09 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 23.09
App. § 9-23.9. Emergency powers
Status: in_force

Whenever any building in the City shall be on fire, it shall be lawful for the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department or any officer in charge of said Department, in their discretion, to order any building or part thereof not on fire but that they may deem hazardous and likely to communicate fire to other buildings to be pulled down or destroyed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 1
App. § 279-1. Comprehensive revision
Status: in_force

Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, the voters of the Village of Swanton adopt this unified charter as a comprehensive revision and consolidation of No. 252 of the Acts of 1888, and all subsequent acts and amendments.
24 V.S.A. § 4753a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4753a
§ 4753a. Awards from revolving loan funds
Status: repealed

(a) Pollution control. The General Assembly shall approve all categories of awards made from the special funds established by section 4753 of this title for water pollution abatement and facility construction, in order to assure that such awards conform with State policy on water quality and pollution abatement, and with the State policy that municipal entities shall receive first priority in the award of public monies for such construction, including monies returned to the revolving funds from previous awards. To facilitate this legislative oversight, the Secretary of Natural Resources shall annually on or before January 15 report to the House Committees on Corrections and Institutions and on Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife and the Senate Committees on Institutions and on Natural Resources and Energy on all awards made from the relevant special funds during the prior and current fiscal years, and shall report on and seek legislative approval of all the types of projects for which awards are proposed to be made from the relevant special funds during the current or any subsequent fiscal year. Where feasible, the specific projects shall be listed. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made under this subsection.

(b) [Repealed.]

(c) [Repealed.]

(d) Loan forgiveness; pollution control. Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding loan forgiveness, upon the award of a loan from the Vermont Environmental Protection Agency Pollution Control Revolving Fund (CWSRF), the Secretary of Natural Resources, in a manner that is consistent with federal grant provisions, may provide loan forgiveness.

(e) Loan forgiveness; drinking water.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding loan forgiveness, upon the award of a loan from the Vermont Environmental Protection Agency Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF), the Secretary of Natural Resources, in a manner that is consistent with federal grant provisions, may provide loan forgiveness.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law regarding loan forgiveness, upon the award of a loan from the Vermont Drinking Water State Revolving Loan Fund, the Secretary of Natural Resources may provide loan forgiveness for preliminary engineering and final design costs when a municipality undertakes such engineering on behalf of a household that has been disconnected involuntarily from a public water supply system for reasons other than nonpayment of fees, provided it is not the same municipality that is disconnecting the household.

(f) Loan forgiveness standard. The Secretary shall establish standards, policies, and procedures as necessary for implementing subsections (d) and (e) of this section for allocating the funds among projects and for revising standard priority lists in order to comply with requirements associated with federal capitalization grant agreements.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 59 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 59
App. § 403-59. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Solid waste” shall have the same meaning as set forth in 10 V.S.A. § 6602.

(2) “Solid waste from residential activities” includes any solid waste generated by a household or apartment, including, food waste, packaging, newspaper, and other paper products, glass, cans, and plastic.

(3) “Solid waste from commercial activities” shall include any solid waste generated by retail and wholesale establishments, including food waste, corrugated container board, metals, and plastics.

(4) “Solid waste from industrial activities” includes any solid, semi-solid, or liquid waste generated by an industry as part of the production process. Solid wastes generated by employees and similar in composition to that generated by residential or commercial activities are excluded from this definition.

(5) “Bio-solids” means solids and semi-solids generated by a wastewater treatment plant. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter, the District shall have the power to impose and collect a surcharge or special assessment for the collection, storage, and disposal of bio-solids.

(6) “Tires” means all rubber, belted, and nonbelted vehicle tires.

(7) “Construction and demolition waste” means, as used in this chapter, waste derived from the construction or the demolition of buildings, roadways, or structures, including clean wood, treated or painted wood, plaster, sheetrock, and roofing paper and shingles, insulation, glass, stone, soil, flooring materials, brick, masonry, mortar, incidental metal, furniture, and mattresses. Construction and demolition waste shall not include asbestos waste, regulated hazardous waste, hazardous waste generated by households, hazardous waste from conditionally exempt generators, or any material banned from landfill disposal under 10 V.S.A. § 6621.

(8) “Leaf and yard residual” means source separated, compostable untreated vegetative matter, including grass clippings, leaves, kraft paper bags, and brush, which is free from noncompostable materials. It does not include such materials as pre- and postconsumer food residuals, food processing residuals, or soiled paper. Leaf and yard residual does not include leaf and yard materials handled by a resident on-site.

(9) “Metal goods” means discarded appliances and junk automobiles.

(10) “Resource recovery” means the systematic diversion of waste, which was intended for disposal, for a specific next use. It is the processing of recyclables to extract or recover materials and resources or to convert to energy.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 304
App. § 203-304. Presiding officer
Status: in_force

The senior member of the Board of Trustees shall preside at Village meetings. The presiding officer in a Village meeting shall have the same power and duties as a moderator in town meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 187 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 187
App. § 3-187. Force to be maintained; selection of members
Status: in_force

A regular police force for said City shall be maintained in the City. No applicant shall be deemed qualified for employment on said force until he or she has been approved by the Chief of Police. The process for determining the qualifications of and employing police officers shall fully comply with the City's comprehensive personnel policy manual as the same may be amended from time to time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 26
App. § 7-26. Water system
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have all the powers over and in any way appertaining to the water system owned by the present Village of Newport that are now conferred on the water commissioners, provided for in 1878 Acts and Resolves No. 201, entitled “An act defining the power of the Village of Newport,” and all amendments thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1103
App. § 131-1103. Pending matters
Status: in_force

[Transitional provisions related to ending legal matters at the time of the adoption of the charter.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 702
App. § 247-702. Special Village meetings
Status: in_force

Special meetings may at any time be called by the trustees for the transaction of any business specified in the warning of said meeting. The trustees shall call a special meeting upon written application and petition of not less than five percent of the qualified voters of said corporation stating the purpose for which they wish it called. When the office of any one or more of the trustees is vacant, the remaining trustees may call meetings. When there is no trustee who may call meetings, they may be called by the Clerk.
24 V.S.A. § 1164 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1164
§ 1164. Certified copies; form
Status: in_force

(a) A town clerk shall furnish certified copies of any instrument on record in his or her office, or any instrument or paper filed in his or her office pursuant to law, on the tender of fees therefor, and his or her attestation shall be a sufficient authentication of the copies, except that the town clerk shall redact the word “illegitimate” from any copy of a birth certificate he or she furnishes.

(b) A town clerk shall furnish a certified copy of a vital event certificate only if authorized and as prescribed under 18 V.S.A. chapter 101.
24 V.S.A. § 4554 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4554
§ 4554. Administration expenses
Status: in_force

All expenses incurred in carrying out this chapter are payable solely from revenues or funds provided under this chapter and nothing in this chapter authorizes the Bank to incur any indebtedness or liability on behalf of or payable by the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 1
App. § 503-1. Boundaries
Status: in_force

The boundaries of St. George Fire District No. 1 shall be as recorded in volume 25, page 111 of the Town of St. George land records.
24 V.S.A. § 1998 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 60 / Section 1998
§ 1998. Whistleblower protection
Status: in_force

(a) Protected activity.

(1) An agency, department, appointing authority, official, or employee of a municipality shall not engage in retaliatory action against a protected employee because the protected employee refuses to comply with an illegal order or engages in any of the following:

(A) providing to a designated complaint recipient a good faith report or good faith testimony that alleges an entity of a municipality, employee or official of a municipality, or a person providing services to a municipality under contract has engaged in a violation of law or in waste, fraud, abuse of authority, or a threat to the health of employees, the public, or persons under the care of a municipality; or

(B) assisting or participating in a proceeding to enforce the provisions of this section.

(2) No agency, department, appointing authority, official, or employee of a municipality shall attempt to restrict or interfere with, in any manner, a protected employee's ability to engage in any of the protected activity described in subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(3) No agency, department, appointing authority, or manager of a municipality shall require any protected employee to discuss or disclose the employee's testimony, or intended testimony, prior to the employee's appearance to testify before the General Assembly if the employee is not testifying on behalf of an entity of the municipality.

(4) No protected employee may divulge information that is confidential under State or federal law. An act by which a protected employee divulges such information shall not be considered protected activity under this subsection.

(5) In order to establish a claim of retaliation based upon the refusal to follow an illegal order, a protected employee shall assert at the time of the refusal the employee's good faith and reasonable belief that the order is illegal.

(b) Communications with legislative bodies of municipalities and the General Assembly.

(1) No entity of a municipality may prohibit a protected employee from engaging in discussion with a member of a legislative body or the General Assembly or from testifying before a committee of a municipality or a committee of the General Assembly; provided, however, that a protected employee may not divulge confidential information, and an employee shall be clear that the employee is not speaking on behalf of an entity of a municipality.

(2) No protected employee shall be subject to discipline, discharge, discrimination, or other adverse employment action as a result of the employee providing information to a member of a legislative body, a legislator, or a committee of a municipality or a committee of the General Assembly; provided, however, that the protected employee does not divulge confidential information and that the employee is clear that the employee is not speaking on behalf of any entity of the municipality. The protections set forth in this section shall not apply to statements that constitute hate speech or threats of violence against a person.

(3) In the event that an appearance before a committee of a municipality or committee of the General Assembly will cause a protected employee to miss work, the employee shall request to be absent from work and shall provide as much notice as is reasonably possible. The request shall be granted unless there is good cause to deny the request. If a request is denied, the decision and reasons for the denial shall be in writing and shall be provided to the protected employee in advance of the scheduled appearance. The protections set forth in this subsection (b) are subject to the efficient operation of municipal government, which shall prevail in any instance of conflict.

(c) Enforcement and preemption.

(1) Nothing in this section shall be deemed to diminish the rights, privileges, or remedies of a protected employee under other federal, State, or local law, or under any collective bargaining agreement or employment contract, except the limitation on multiple actions as set forth in this subsection.

(2) A protected employee who files a claim of retaliation for protected activity with the Vermont Labor Relations Board or through binding arbitration under a grievance procedure or similar process available to the employee may not bring such a claim in Superior Court.

(3) A protected employee who files a claim under this section in Superior Court may not bring a claim of retaliation for protected activity under a grievance procedure or similar process available to the employee.

(d) Remedies. A protected employee who brings a claim in Superior Court may be awarded the following remedies:

(1) reinstatement of the employee to the same position, seniority, and work location held prior to the retaliatory action;

(2) back pay, lost wages, benefits, and other remuneration;

(3) in the event of a showing of a willful, intentional, and egregious violation of this section, an amount up to the amount of back pay in addition to the actual back pay;

(4) other compensatory damages;

(5) interest on back pay;

(6) appropriate injunctive relief; and

(7) reasonable costs and attorney's fees.

(e) Posting. Every agency, department, and office of a municipality shall post and display notices of protected employee protection under this section in a prominent and accessible location in the workplace.

(f) Limitations of actions. An action alleging a violation of this section brought under a grievance procedure or similar process shall be brought within the period allowed by that process or procedure. An action brought in Superior Court shall be brought within 180 days following the date of the alleged retaliatory action.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 333 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 333
App. § 3-333. Department to be under supervision of Director
Status: in_force

The management, direction, and control of the Community and Economic Development Office shall be vested in the Director, subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 6
App. § 403-6. Transportation and collection site
Status: in_force

Each member municipality, either directly or through independent parties, may provide one or more collection sites for the solid waste or recoverable materials generated within the member municipality and for the transportation of solid waste or recoverable materials to the District facility, together with all costs incident thereto. In the event that any member municipality does not wish to institute its own collection system for delivery of the solid waste to the facility designated by the District, then the Board of Supervisors may provide for collection and transportation as provided in subdivision 5(1) of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 603
App. § 113-603. Town meeting and budget
Status: in_force

The budget shall be approved or rejected by the legal voters by Australian ballot at the annual Town meeting or a special Town meeting. In the event of rejection of the budget by the legal voters, within 30 days of a vote rejecting the budget, the Selectboard shall set the time and place of the next special Town meeting on the budget.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 25.06
App. § 9-25.6. Notice, citation, service
Status: in_force

(a) The citation shall be made at least 21 days prior to the time appointed for such examination or hearing, except when otherwise specially provided for in this charter.

(b) Service of the citation may be accepted by any or all persons therein named, by endorsing their acceptance in writing thereon.

(c) The citation may be served by any sheriff or constable in this State upon any person therein named residing or being in this State, in the same manner as an ordinary writ of summons.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 901 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 901
App. § 249-901. Competency to act as legal or public safety officer
Status: in_force

No person being a resident or taxpayer of said corporation shall thereby be deemed incompetent to act as judge, justice, juror, sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, or police officer in any matter, cause, or proceeding in which said corporation shall be interested.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 26.04
App. § 9-26.4. Collection of assessment
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to place said list of assessments in the hands of the City Treasurer for collection, as soon as he or she has recorded the same. The City Treasurer shall thereupon forthwith notify in writing the owner or owners of lands or buildings so assessed, or their agents or attorneys, stating therein the amount of such assessments.

(b) All such assessments shall be paid to the City Treasurer within 60 days after work is completed. In all cases the assessments shall be and remain a lien upon the lands and buildings assessed until the same are fully paid and shall have precedence over all other liens excepting ordinary taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 20
App. § 101-20. Responsibilities of the Town Manager in general
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall be accountable to the Selectboard. He or she shall have general supervision of the property and business affairs of the Town and expenditure of all monies appropriated for Town purposes subject to prior approval of the Selectboard. He or she shall not supervise any elected Town officer in the conduct of that officer's duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 606 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 606
App. § 407-606. Severability
Status: in_force

Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this agreement to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the agreement as a whole or any other part of this agreement.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 1
App. § 417-1. Creation
Status: in_force

The creation of the union municipal district known as the Windham Solid Waste Management District under Number M-22 of the Acts of 1988 is hereby continued.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 1503
App. § 143-1503. Taxation
Status: in_force

All matters pertaining to taxation shall be exclusively controlled by the general law of the State, except as specifically provided as follows:

(1) All taxes assessed on real and on personal property shall be due and payable to the Town Tax Collector in four equal installments on August 15, November 15, February 15, and May 15; provided, however, that if any due date is on a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the due date shall be the next following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. Each installment not paid by its due date shall bear interest at the rate of one percent per month or fraction thereof for the first three months, and thereafter at the rate of one and one-half percent per month or fraction thereof.

(2) On all taxes not paid by the last tax installment due date, the Collector of Delinquent Taxes shall collect an additional amount equal to eight percent on the amount of the tax owed. This amount shall be in lieu of any amount collected by the Collector of Delinquent Taxes under 32 V.S.A. § 1674 and shall be paid into the Town General Fund.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 13
App. § 15-13. Official bonds
Status: in_force

The Treasurer, Constable, and collectors shall severally give good and sufficient bonds to the City to be approved by the City Council, in such sums as may be fixed by said Council, and in case of their failure to give bonds as aforesaid within 10 days after their election to said office, the office shall be vacant and it shall be the duty of the City Council to fill all such vacancies and all those caused by death, resignation, or otherwise.
24 V.S.A. § 3255 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3255
§ 3255. Collection of assessments; liens
Status: in_force

(a) Special assessments under this chapter shall constitute a lien on the property against which the assessment is made in the same manner and to the same extent as taxes assessed on the grand list of a municipality, and all procedures and remedies for the collection of taxes shall apply to special assessments.

(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section, a lien for an assessment under subchapter 2 of this chapter shall be subordinate to all liens on the property in existence at the time the lien for the assessment is filed on the land records, shall be subordinate to a first mortgage on the property recorded after such filing, and shall be superior to any other lien on the property recorded after such filing. In no way shall this subsection affect the status or priority of any municipal lien other than a lien for an assessment under subchapter 2 of this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 4323 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4323
§ 4323. Appointment, term, and vacancy; rules
Status: in_force

(a) Members of a planning commission shall be appointed and any vacancy filled by the legislative body of a municipality. The length of the term of planning commission members shall be determined by the legislative body of a municipality. Any member may be removed at any time by unanimous vote of the legislative body. Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term.

(b) A planning commission shall elect a chair and a clerk and, at its organization meeting, shall adopt by majority vote of those members present and voting such other rules as it deems necessary and appropriate for the performance of its functions. A planning commission shall keep a record of its resolutions and transactions, which shall be maintained as a public record of the municipality.

(c) As an alternative to appointment under subsection (a) of this section, municipalities may choose to elect planning commissioners for terms of one to four years. The proposal to elect and the length of terms to be filled shall be determined pursuant to a duly warned article at an annual or special meeting of the municipality. If a municipality chooses to elect planning commissioners:

(1) The length and spacing of terms shall be decided by vote of the municipality.

(2) Elections shall occur only as terms are completed, or as vacancies occur, or as new planning commissions are created.

(3) Vacancies may be filled by appointment of the legislative body only until the next meeting of the municipality, at which time the voters shall elect a commissioner to fill the unexpired term.

(4) Elected commissioners may not be removed by action of the legislative body.
24 V.S.A. § 1154 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 35 / Section 1154
§ 1154. Records; copies
Status: in_force

(a) A town clerk shall record in the land records, at length or by accurate, legible copy, in books to be furnished by the town:

(1) deeds;

(2) instruments or evidences respecting real estate;

(3) writs of execution, other writs or the substance thereof, and the returns thereon;

(4) hazardous waste site information and hazardous waste storage, treatment, and disposal certifications established under 10 V.S.A. chapter 159;

(5) underground storage tank information under 10 V.S.A. chapter 59;

(6) municipal land use permits (as defined in section 4303 of this title) or notices of municipal land use permits as provided for in subsection (c) of this section, notices of violation of ordinances or bylaws relating to municipal land use, and notices of violation of municipal land use permits;

(7) denials of municipal land use permits;

(8) permits, design certifications, installation certifications, and other documents required to be filed by the provisions of 10 V.S.A. chapter 64 and the rules adopted under that chapter;

(9) other instruments delivered to the town clerk for recording.

(b) A temporary permit (if defined by the bylaws of the municipality) is not required to be recorded.

(c) A notice of a municipal land use permit or a notice of violation specified in subdivision (a)(6) of this section may be recorded, and if such notice is recorded, it shall list:

(1) as grantor, the owner of record title to the property at the time the municipal land use permit or notice of violation is issued;

(2) as grantee, the municipality issuing the permit, certificate, or notice;

(3) the municipal or village office where the original, or a true, legible copy of the municipal land use permit may be examined;

(4) whether an appeal of such permit, certificate, or notice has been taken;

(5) tax map lot number or other description identifying the lot.

(d) The town clerk shall keep in each book of record an index of reference to the instruments or records in that book.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 801
App. § 4-801. Personnel administration and benefits
Status: in_force

(a) The Manager or the Manager's appointee shall be the personnel director. The Manager shall maintain personnel rules and regulations protecting the interests of the City and of the employees. These rules and regulations must be approved by the Council and shall include the procedure for amending them and for placing them into practice. Each employee shall receive a copy of the rules and regulations when the employee is hired.

(b) The rules and regulations may deal with the following subjects or with other similar matters of personnel administration: job classification, jobs to be filled, tenure, retirement, pensions, leaves of absence, vacations, holidays, hours and days of work, group insurance, salary plans, rules governing hiring, temporary appointments, lay-off, reinstatement, promotion, transfer, demotion, settlement of disputes, dismissal, probationary periods, permanent or continuing status, in-service training, injury, employee records, and further regulations concerning the hearing of appeals.

(c) No person in the service of the City shall either directly or indirectly give, render, pay, or receive any service or other valuable thing for or on account of or in connection with any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion.
24 V.S.A. § 1313 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1313
§ 1313. Village may indemnify officers
Status: in_force

An incorporated village, by vote, may indemnify a duly appointed public or peace officer of the village against legal proceedings for injuries committed by him or her while in the lawful discharge of his or her official duties. If an action is commenced against such officer, upon vote of such village, the trustees may defend such action at its expense.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 503
App. § 117-503. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-1004 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

No person in the service of the Town shall either directly or indirectly give, render, pay, or receive any service or other valuable thing for or on account of or in connection with any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-903 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 1784 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1784
§ 1784. Registered bonds; treasurer to keep record
Status: in_force

The treasurer of every such municipal corporation shall keep a register showing the number, date, amount, rate of interest, time when payable, and the name of the registered holder of the bonds, notes, and certificates originally registered or changed to registered obligations.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 250 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 250
App. § 3-250. Assessment of landowners authorized
Status: in_force

The City Council may assess the owners of lands through which such sewers may be established and constructed in the same manner and to the same extent as hereinbefore provided in respect to public sewers established and constructed in the streets of said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 59 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 59
App. § 417-59. Dissolution of District
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

(c) Termination. When the plan of dissolution has been implemented, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt a resolution certifying that fact to the member municipalities. Then, this chapter and the District created hereby shall be terminated.
24 V.S.A. § 4402 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4402
§ 4402. Bylaws and regulatory implementation tools authorized
Status: in_force

A municipality may adopt regulatory tools, including the following specific regulatory tools which are more fully described in subchapter 7 of this chapter:

(1) Zoning bylaws.

(2) Site plan bylaws.

(3) Subdivision bylaws.

(4) Unified development bylaws.

(5) Official map.

(6) Impact fees.

(7) Phasing.

(8) Transfer of development rights.

(9) Special or freestanding bylaws.
24 V.S.A. § 4474 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4474
§ 4474. Clerk's certificate
Status: in_force

A certificate of the clerk of a municipality showing the publication, posting, consideration, and adoption of a plan, bylaw, capital budget, or program or amendment thereof shall be presumptive evidence of the facts as they relate to the lawful adoption of said plan, bylaw, capital budget, or program or amendment thereof, so stated in any action or proceeding in court or before any board, commission, or other tribunal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 603 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 603
App. § 247-603. Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Treasurer shall perform the duties required by State statute or provided by this charter. The Treasurer shall: (1) Promptly deposit funds coming into his or her hands in such depositories as may be designated by the trustees. (2) Invest funds as directed by trustees, in savings accounts or certificate of deposit. (3) Keep such books and accounts as may be required by the trustees. (4) Make deposits monthly or at such other times as may be required by the trustees, showing the state of the corporation's finances and perform such other duties with respect to the Village finances as the trustees may require.

The Treasurer shall have and exercise the same powers and duties with respect to the Village that treasurers have and exercise with respect to towns.
24 V.S.A. § 2299e — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2299e
§ 2299e. Finding of necessity; appeal
Status: in_force

(a) At the time and place appointed for the hearing, the court shall hear all persons interested and wishing to be heard. If any person owning or having an interest in the property to be taken or affected objects to the necessity of the proposed taking, the court shall require the petitioner to proceed with the introduction of evidence as to the necessity of the taking. The burden of proof shall be upon the petitioner to establish necessity by a fair preponderance of the evidence. No presumptions shall attend the petitioner's determination of necessity.

(b) The court by its order may determine whether necessity requires the taking of the land and rights as set forth in the petition. The court shall make findings of fact and file them and any party may appeal the court's order regarding necessity to the Supreme Court.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 32
App. § 261-32. Power of Village to dispose of water rights
Status: in_force

Said Village may, at any legally warned meeting, authorize said trustees to lease, dispose of, or sell upon terms fixed by said meeting, to any person, partnership, or body corporate or other company, any part or all of the rights and privileges granted by this charter to said Village, and any property acquired thereunder, to have and to hold the same for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of said Village with water for fire, domestic, and other purposes; and said person, partnership, body corporate, or company, and their assigns upon such lease, disposal, or sale, shall for said purpose only succeed to the rights, privileges, and property so leased, disposed of, or sold, subject to all the conditions herein named, but the Board of Trustees herein provided for shall be continued for carrying out and completing any proceedings under this charter hereafter needed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 44
App. § 601-44. Warning contents
Status: in_force

The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon.
24 V.S.A. § 5108 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5108
§ 5108. Annual budget and assessments
Status: in_force

(a) On or before February 15 in each year the board of commissioners shall prepare a budget for the authority for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the Authority from fares and other sources, except membership assessments, and the expenses for the next fiscal year, including debt service. The board of commissioners shall call a meeting of the residents of its member municipalities for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget. The meeting shall be held at a place within the area of operation and shall be warned by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area of operation at least 15 days prior to the meeting, which notice shall contain a copy of the proposed budget. Members of the legislative body of each member municipality shall be notified of the meeting by certified mail.

(b) Annually, following the meeting provided in subsection (a) of this section, the board of commissioners shall review the proposed budget of the authority in light of any discussion, and shall then adopt the budget with or without changes.

(c) The treasurer of the authority, following adoption of the budget, shall apportion the sums required to be contributed by each member municipality according to the average number of weekly miles of service for the 12 month period preceding the adoption of the budget, for each member community, as compared to the average number of weekly miles of service for all member communities for the same period. The formula for apportionment may be changed by the board of commissioners with the concurrence of each of the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The treasurer of the authority shall immediately notify the treasurer of each member municipality and the chair of the legislative body in each member municipality, of the amount of such 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 authority on or before July 15 in each year.

(d) In the event that the budget of the authority in any year becomes insufficient to support the operations of the authority, the board of commissioners may assess the member municipalities for additional sums, apportioned in the manner provided in this section. The additional assessment shall require the approval of each of the legislative bodies of the member municipalities.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 12
App. § 285-12. Village auditors
Status: in_force

The auditors shall settle the accounts of the Treasurer, trustees, and Collector of Taxes, and shall make an annual report in writing, and no account shall be allowed by such auditors without the production of proper vouchers therefor.
24 V.S.A. § 5706 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 138 / Section 5706
§ 5706. Audit
Status: in_force

Once the district becomes operational, the board shall cause an audit of the financial condition of the district to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm. The results of the audit shall be provided to the governing board and to the legislative bodies of the municipalities in which the district is located.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 18
App. § 279-18. Severability
Status: in_force

If any provisions of this chapter shall for any reason be held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision. To this end, the provisions of this chapter are severable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 421 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 421
App. § 3-421. Issuance of bonds authorized
Status: in_force

In case of any purchase that the City Council may approve and determine to make of any existing electric or gas plant and distribution system and any gas or electric business and the goodwill thereof and any franchises and rights-of-way in connection with such business, said City Council may by ordinance or resolution authorize the issuance of bonds for the purpose of providing funds for such purpose, and for the purpose of constructing improvements and additions to the present electric plant and system of said City and for the integration of the existing system with any system so acquired, and for the payment of all expenses incurred in connection with the issuance of such bonds and the acquisition and construction of such properties. Such bonds shall bear interest at not exceeding six per annum and shall be in such form and tenor and executed in such manner and shall be payable at such time or times as the City Council shall determine and may be made registerable as to principal only, or as to both principal and interest. Such bonds shall state upon their face that they are payable solely from the revenues of the electric light system and gas plant and distribution system of said City, and said bonds shall not constitute general indebtedness of the City nor be an obligation or liability upon the City to pay the same from any funds of the City other than the revenues of said electric light plant and system and said gas plant and system, and said bonds shall not be within any statutory limitation upon the power of said City to issue bonds. Said bonds shall be sold at such time or times, and in such manner, and at such price or prices as the City Council may determine. The ordinance or resolution authorizing the issuance of said bonds may contain covenants of the City to protect and safeguard the security and rights of the holders of said bonds, limiting the amount of additional bonds or obligations payable from said revenues that may be issued thereafter and the terms and conditions upon which said additional bonds or obligations may be issued; for the creation of a special fund into which all or any part of said revenues shall be paid and the terms and conditions on which such special fund is to be collected, held, and disposed of; the establishment and maintenance of adequate rates and charges for electric energy and gas, and other services, facilities, and commodities sold, furnished, or supplied by said electric plant and system and gas plant and system; the operation, maintenance, management, accounting, and auditing of the said electric plant and system and gas plant and system; the terms and conditions upon which the properties or any part thereof of said electric plant and system and said gas plant and system may be sold, mortgaged, leased, or otherwise disposed of by the City and the use and disposition of the proceeds of any such sale, mortgage, or lease; the pledging of all or any part of the revenues derived from the operation of said electric plant and system and gas plant and system to the payment of such bonds and the creation of special funds into which payment shall be made from said revenues for the purpose of providing for the payment of the principal of and interest on such bonds, and ample reserve funds therefor, and funds for working capital to be used in the operation of said electric plant and system and gas plant and system, and for renewals and replacements thereto, and such other covenants as may be deemed necessary to ensure a successful and profitable operation of said electric plant and system and said gas plant and system. The provisions of this article and of any such ordinance or resolution authorizing bonds hereunder shall constitute a contract with the holders of such bonds and the provisions thereof shall be enforceable by any owner or holder of such bonds by mandamus or any other appropriate suit, action, or proceeding at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 312 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 312
App. § 414-312. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

Officers of the District shall be paid compensation that shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 705 / Section 4
App. § 705-4. Voters; grand list
Status: in_force

(a) Voters. The checklist of legal voters of the Town of Waterbury residing within the District shall be the checklist of legal voters of the District.

(b) Grand list. The grand list of the District shall be the grand list of the Town of Waterbury property within the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 31
App. § 213-31. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

Prosecution for violation of the provisions of this charter or the provisions of any bylaw of the Village of Cambridge made in pursuance of this charter may be commenced before any justice of the peace of the County of Lamoille upon complaint of any grand juror of the Town of Cambridge or the State's Attorney of the County of Lamoille, and all fines and costs imposed for the violations of the provisions of this charter, or the Village bylaws, or the laws of the State within the limits of the corporation shall be paid into the treasury of the corporation, and the costs of prosecution shall be paid out of the same treasury to the persons entitled to the payment on the order of the court before which the trial was had.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 183 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 183
App. § 3-183. Board of Police Commissioners; composition; terms
Status: in_force

The Board of Police Commissioners shall consist of seven legal voters of said City, to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 3
App. § 401-3. Composition
Status: in_force

This District shall consist of those municipalities that elect to join the District by votes of their voters present and voting at annual or special meetings duly warned for such purpose, and such other municipalities as are subsequently admitted to the District as provided in this chapter, excepting those municipalities that may withdraw as provided in this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 64 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 64
App. § 3-64. State law not applicable to section 63
Status: in_force

None of the provisions, restrictions, or limitations of chapter 167 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, or of amendments and additions thereto, or of the general laws of the State, except the bonding limit prescribed by law, shall in any respect affect or apply to bonds issued under section 63 of this charter. Such bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Treasurer of said City; and if interest coupons are attached thereto they shall bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer; and such bonds, orders, notes, or warrants shall contain a statement that they are issued in conformity to the provisions of this charter and shall specify the purpose for which they are issued; such statements shall have the same effect as provided in the case of bonds or notes issued to refund outstanding bonds or notes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 802
App. § 203-802. Eminent domain authority
Status: in_force

For any of the foregoing purposes, said Village may take, use, or occupy the land of individuals and corporations on making compensation for the taking, and the trustees in the taking of land and in the awarding of damages shall proceed in the manner prescribed by law for selectboards in the taking of land for public highways and in the awarding of damages. The trustees shall cause to be recorded in the office of the Village Clerk a certificate of their doings, which shall be signed by a majority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1124 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1124
App. § 5-1124. City finances
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, the money raised by taxation from fines and penalties and from other lawful sources shall constitute the entire sum for which appropriations and payments are to be made by authority of the City Council, except that money raised by bonds or notes as hereinafter authorized shall be appropriated and paid out in the manner set forth in this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4410 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4410
§ 4410. Regulatory implementation of the municipal plan
Status: in_force

A municipality that has adopted a plan through its bylaws may define and regulate land development in any manner that the municipality establishes in its bylaws, provided those bylaws are in conformance with the plan and are adopted for the purposes set forth in section 4302 of this title. In its bylaws, a municipality may utilize any or all of the tools provided in this subchapter and any other regulatory tools or methods not specifically listed. However, no bylaws shall directly conflict with sections 4412 and 4413 of this title and subchapters 9, 10, and 11 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 56 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 56
App. § 3-56. Council to have powers conferred by statute regarding public burial grounds
Status: in_force

In establishing or enlarging public burial grounds within said City, the City Council shall have the same power as is conferred by the general laws of the State upon selectboards, and shall proceed in the same manner, subject to the same right of appeal from its decision.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 1
App. § 213-1. Boundaries
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of all that part of the Town of Cambridge bounded and described as follows:

All that portion of the Town of Cambridge, in the County of Lamoille, known as the Village of Cambridge and enclosed in the following boundaries, to wit: the northern boundary of the Village shall be the southern bank of the Lamoille River, beginning at a point on the highway leading through Cambridge Village at northwest corner of the covered bridge over the Lamoille River and following the highway to the boundary line between the lands of Charles E. Ellenwood and the estate of O.W. Reynolds, Sidney Leach, and Saphronia Cady, meaning to include all property between the highway and the Lamoille River; thence following the southwest boundary of the Ellenwood's farm to lands by E. J. Gates, and following the boundary of the Gates' property to a point on the highway leading from Cambridge Village to Pleasant Valley near the Rogers Bridge; thence following the highway to the southern bounds of land owned by Mrs. W.H. Parker, and following the boundary of the lot to the highway known as the Hill road to Pleasant Valley; thence following the highway to a point that marks the boundary of the farm known as the Cutting place; thence along the boundary to the Lamoille River, meaning to include all that district on the west bank of the river between the Cutting farm and the point of beginning at the river bridge over the river, are hereby incorporated and made a body politic, and shall be hereafter called the Village of Cambridge.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 2
App. § 703-2. Champlain Water District created
Status: in_force

There is hereby created a consolidated water district to be known as the “Champlain Water District” that shall embrace the Towns of Colchester, Essex, Shelburne, South Burlington, and Williston, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont. The District may be enlarged under the provisions of section 17 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 302
App. § 131-302. Ordinances; introduction and readings
Status: in_force

(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Selectboard of the Town of Plainfield hereby ordains.” If the Selectboard passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading, it shall cause it to be published in its entirety in abbreviated form in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place when and where there will be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. The first such publication shall be at least one week prior to the date of said public hearing.

(b) At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which such hearing may from time to time be adjourned, such ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Selectboard, the ordinance may be read by title, and after such reading, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
24 V.S.A. § 171 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 171
§ 171. Appointment
Status: in_force

The assistant judges shall appoint a county clerk who shall be sworn and hold his or her office during the pleasure of such judges and until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 307
App. § 411-307. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

Officers of the District may be paid such compensation, and be reimbursed for such expenses, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24 V.S.A. § 5069 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5069
§ 5069. Insurance
Status: in_force

(a) The Board may enter into insurance arrangements to provide health and medical benefits for retired members and their dependents. The Board may enter into insurance arrangements to provide dental coverage for retired members and their dependents, provided the municipalities or the System has no legal obligation to pay any portion of the dental benefit premiums.

(b) The Board may, to the extent that it may be funded as described in this subsection, establish an uninsured program for the reimbursement of certain health care costs of retired members and their dependents pursuant to the following:

(1) Benefits under an uninsured program shall be funded by redirecting a portion of contributions from employers. Employer contributions shall only be so redirected to the extent that those contributions offset an existing actuarially determined surplus with respect to the actuarial cost method and funding adopted by the Board. The Board may establish a trust to hold and invest employer contributions and to pay the benefits and administrative expenses of the program. The benefits or administrative expenses of this program shall not be paid from the Annuity Fund, the Pension Fund, or the Expense Fund.

(2) The Board shall have the discretion to determine the method for allocating the fund balance to retired members; provided, however, that the aggregate benefits payable under this program may not exceed the aggregate contributions made by employers and earnings, if any, on those contributions. Prior to July 1 of each year, the Board shall notify each retired member of the amount available for reimbursement over the succeeding 12 months and the procedures by which the retired member or dependent may request reimbursement.

(3) Retired members and their dependents shall be required to provide substantiation of their health care expense claims to the extent required by the Internal Revenue Service for tax-favored treatment of their reimbursements. The Board may enter into an agreement with a third party administrator to process the expense claims of retired members and their dependents.

(c) As an alternative to providing health care insurance, the Board, in its discretion, may assist retired members of the System with the cost of health care by authorizing payment of a health care stipend to retired members in an amount to be determined by the Board. In the event the Board determines to provide such a stipend, it shall annually review the stipend, in consultation with the actuary designated pursuant to subsection 5062(j) of this title, and determine whether to continue to provide the stipend and the amount to be paid. If authorized by the Board, a stipend shall be paid in 12 monthly installments commencing on July 1 of that year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 204
App. § 413-204. Organizational meeting
Status: in_force

Annually on the first Wednesday in April, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At such meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership a Chair and a Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. For this election, each member of the Board of Supervisors present shall cast one vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 509 / Section 1
App. § 509-1. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

North Branch Fire District No. 1, within the corporate limits presently established, shall continue to be a fire district and municipal corporation by the name of the North Branch Fire District No. 1.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 601 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 108 / Section 601
App. § 108-601. Sewer Department
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the effective date of this merger, the geographic area served by the so-called Bristol core area sewer system of the then abolished Village of Bristol shall constitute a Sewer Department service area of the Town of Bristol for the purpose of providing sewer service therein.

(b) The Selectboard of the Town of Bristol shall be the sewer commissioners, alternatively known as the sewage system commissioners or sewage disposal commissioners, who, in connection with those powers enumerated in the general laws of the State with respect to sewage systems or sewage disposal systems, shall have the power to adopt and enforce rules, regulations, or ordinances concerning the control and operation of such sewer system.

(c) Unless otherwise voted by the Town at a Town meeting, all costs of the Sewer Department shall be paid by the users thereof, and the annual sewer charges shall be at a rate sufficient to cover annual expenditures, temporary indebtedness, the amortizing of bonded indebtedness and interest, and any dedicated (sinking) funds. The Sewer Department shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Town, and no part of the charges and revenues therefrom may be used for any other purpose. Prior to the setting of the annual budget and annual sewer charges, the sewer commissioners shall each year hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget and annual sewer charges for the Sewer Department. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Bristol and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the general area served by the Sewer Department.

(d) The Sewer Department service area may be enlarged or modified by the sewer commissioners after holding a public hearing on any such proposed enlargement or modification. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Bristol and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the Sewer Department service area.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 501 / Section 1
App. § 501-1. Boundaries
Status: in_force

The boundaries of the Milton Fire District No. 1 shall consist of 33 residential lots as shown on a plan entitled “Plat of Survey Showing Sawyer Property (Portion), Milton, Vermont,” dated May, 1977, and recorded in map book 3 on page 101 of the land records of the Town of Milton, and designated as map number 136.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 44
App. § 261-44. Power of Village in acquiring land for public parks
Status: in_force

(a) Said Village may take, purchase, hold, and use any lands for the purpose of public parks and commons within said Village, on making compensation for the land so taken, and the trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is by law prescribed for selectboards in taking lands for public highways, and in awarding damages therefor, and the said trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of said Village who shall record the same. When any person shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said trustees in the award for damages of land taken as aforesaid he or she may proceed in the manner provided in section 20 of this charter, when land is taken for a sewer or drain.

(b) Said Village may lay out, grade, and otherwise improve or ornament said public parks or common, and may make such bylaws and negotiations concerning the same as may be necessary and proper; and may in providing for the payment of the expenses of the same lay a tax as provided in section 20 of this charter, and may also vote to borrow money for the same and issue its notes or bonds in the manner provided in sections 25 and 37 of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 3603 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3603
§ 3603. Board of commissioners; duties and authority
Status: in_force

(a) The board shall have the supervision of the municipal sewage system and shall make and establish all needed rates for rent and rules for control and operation of the system. The board may require:

(1) the owners of buildings, subdivisions, or developments abutting a public street or highway to have all sewers from those buildings, subdivisions, or developments connected to the municipal corporation's sewer system; and

(2) any individual, person, or corporation to connect to the municipal sewage system for the purposes of abating pollution of the waters of the State.

(b) The commissioners may appoint or remove a superintendent at their pleasure.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 17
App. § 173-17. Town Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Treasurer shall be elected for a three-year term, and shall:

(1) receive taxes, assessments, charges, and levies and maintain a record of monies collected and uncollected;

(2) serve in the capacity of collector of current taxes and collector of delinquent taxes;

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

(4) deposit and invest funds in a financially sound manner;

(5) provide detailed financial statements and reports, as may be required by Selectboard;

(6) perform any other duties required of the Treasurer by law, this charter, or ordinances and by the Selectboard.

(b) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Town Treasurer shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the Treasur- er's duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with such surety as prescribed and approved by the Selectboard, and the premium shall be paid by the Town.

(c) The Town Treasurer shall be subject to the comprehensive personnel plan of the Town of Windsor, except for provisions relating to appointment, removal, dismissal, suspension, and evaluation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 242 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 242
App. § 3-242. Proceedings for objections to assessment
Status: in_force

In case the City Council shall assess any lands through which a street or highway shall be by it laid out, altered, or resurveyed as provided in the preceding sections, any person owning or interested in such lands who is dissatisfied with the amount of assessment so made against said lands, may have the same proceedings for relief in respect to such assessment as if such person were dissatisfied with an award of damages in the case of laying out, altering, or resurveying a street or highway in said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 302
App. § 407-302. Bond
Status: in_force

Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post fidelity bond in such amounts as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The cost of such bonds shall be borne by the District.
24 V.S.A. § 3671 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 105 / Section 3671
§ 3671. Policy
Status: in_force

It is the policy of the State to authorize two or more contiguous towns or other municipal corporations to join together to establish a consolidated sewer district for the purpose of developing, acquiring, or improving a sewage system for the purpose of disposing of the sewage from the district. (1967, No. 318 (Adj. Sess.), § 1a, eff. March 22, 1968.)
24 V.S.A. § 3263 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3263
§ 3263. Costs of operation of district
Status: in_force

The owners of real property who have entered into written agreements with the municipality under section 3262 of this title shall be obligated to cover the costs of operating the district. A municipality may use other available funds to operate the district.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 130 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 130
App. § 3-130. Manner of filling vacancy and residency requirement
Status: in_force

(a) In case of a vacancy for any cause in any office referred to in section 129 of this charter, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner herein provided for appointment thereto, but only for the remaining months of the then current fiscal year, plus one additional year, or for the balance of the unexpired term, whichever is the shorter.

(b)(1) Any individual elected to the position of Mayor must be a legal voter of the City as of the date the written consent required by 17 V.S.A. § 2681(a) is filed and at all times during his or her term of office.

(2) Any individual elected to the position of City councilor or school commissioner must be a legal voter of the City and of the ward or City district he or she proposes to represent as of the date the written consent required by 17 V.S.A. § 2681(a) is filed and at all times during his or her term of office.

(3) Any person appointed to serve as a member of any City commission must, except as otherwise specifically provided for herein, be a legal voter of the City at all times during his or her term of office.

(c) Except as provided below, any person appointed by the Mayor and approved by the City Council for the position of City Assessor, City Attorney, Chief Administrative Officer, City Constable, Civil Defense Director, Director of the Office of Community and Economic Development, Harbor Master, Director of Planning, Director of Permitting and Inspections, or Human Resources Director, and any person appointed to be the superintendent or corresponding Chief Executive Officer of the Cemetery, Electric Light, Fire, Parks and Recreation, Police, Public Works, or School Departments shall, in order to be legally eligible to serve, either be a legal voter of the City as of the date his or her term of office commences and at all times thereafter or, if not a legal voter as of the date his or her term of office commences, shall become a legal voter within the City within one year from the date such term of office commences and maintain such status at all times thereafter. In case of personal hardship found and declared to exist by the City Council with Mayor presiding, the time limit for an individual to become a legal voter of the City may be extended for a set period of time beyond one year.

(d) The above subsections hereof shall not be considered applicable to an incumbent in the above listed positions so long as such incumbent remains in the position that he or she holds as of March 1, 1994. Nor shall the above subsections be regarded as applicable to any City position that is not listed above or to the appointed assistants in any position listed above.

(e) In case any person holding any elective or appointive office in the City shall at any time for any reason become legally disqualified to hold such office, such office shall thereupon become vacant and shall be filled for the unexpired term in which such vacancy occurs and in the manner herein provided for filling such vacancy.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 605 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 605
App. § 113-605. Amount to be raised by taxation
Status: in_force

Upon passage of the budget by the annual Town meeting, the amounts stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax year and the Selectboard shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the listers for the corresponding tax year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 7
App. § 225-7. Reconsideration of actions taken
Status: in_force

A question considered at any Village meeting or election may not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent annual or special meeting or election, specifically warned for the purpose and called by the Trustees by resolution or by the Village Clerk pursuant to a petition requesting reconsideration or rescission except with the approval of the legislative body. The petition must be signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters and filed with the Village Clerk within 30 days following the date of the meeting or election at which the question was first considered. The Village Trustees shall call for a vote in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the date of filing. The manner of reconsideration shall be the same manner by which the question was originally considered. A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission more than one time; provided, however, that after the passing of at least 12 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 Village meeting or election shall remain in effect indefinitely. A reconsideration or rescission vote shall not be effective unless the number of votes cast in favor of reconsideration or rescission exceeds 65 percent of the number of votes cast for the prevailing side at the original meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 405
App. § 153-405. Record of proceedings of the Selectboard
Status: in_force

(a) An official record of the proceedings of the Selectboard shall be kept by its Clerk, which shall be kept in the office of the Town Clerk and shall be open for public inspection within five days of the meeting.

(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Selectboard at its next meeting and the official copy authenticated by signature of the Clerk of the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 511 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 511
App. § 414-511. Priority
Status: in_force

When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness, or a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this charter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict.
24 V.S.A. § 2091 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2091
§ 2091. Complaint
Status: in_force

Upon complaint to the legislative body that some person, firm, or corporation, having authority to transact business in this State, is unreasonably and unnecessarily disturbing or interfering with the reception of radio or television waves used for radio or television transmission, the legislative body, after notice to such person, firm, or corporation, may investigate or cause to be investigated such complaint under such rules and regulations as the legislative body may prescribe as to service of such notice and as to the date of hearing thereon.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 19.05
App. § 9-19.5. Duties of the Community Development Director
Status: in_force

The Community Development Director is an administrative staff position assisting the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen and various City boards in a variety of assignments that include the management of community development efforts and the coordination of City planning efforts.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 193 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 193
App. § 3-193. Service and process; fees allowed
Status: in_force

All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State and return process in criminal causes returnable within the City; and for such duties there shall be taxed and allowed the fees provided by law for a sheriff, for similar services, which fees shall belong to the City, to be paid into the City Treasury whenever such police officer shall be under pay from the City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 11
App. § 245-11. Village Clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The Clerk shall keep an official record of the proceedings of the Board of Trustees. The records shall be kept in the office of the Village Clerk and shall be open for public inspection. The Clerk shall keep the official record of the proceedings of all special and annual Village meetings.

(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Board of Trustees at its next meeting, and the official copy authenticated by the signature of the Clerk. The Clerk shall keep two copies of the annual reports of the Village of Morrisville on file in the office of the Village Clerk. The Clerk shall have and exercise the same powers and duties with respect to the Village that clerks have and exercise with respect to towns.
24 V.S.A. § 1999 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 60 / Section 1999
§ 1999. Municipal charters; supplemental ethics policies
Status: in_force

(a) To the extent any provisions of this chapter conflict with the provisions of any municipal charter listed in Title 24 Appendix, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.

(b) A municipality may adopt additional ordinances, rules, and personnel policies regarding ethics, provided that these are not in conflict with the provisions of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 171 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 171
App. § 225-171. Application of general law
Status: in_force

All provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to villages, village and town officers, and elections shall apply to the Village of Hyde Park and its officers except as altered, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any current or future lawful ordinance or regulation of the Village of Hyde Park.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 206 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 206
App. § 113-206. Meetings of the Selectboard
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) The presence of three members of the Selectboard shall constitute a quorum.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 305
App. § 1-305. Creation or continuation of departments, boards, offices
Status: in_force

The City Council shall continue or create and determine and define the powers and duties of such executive and administrative departments, boards, and offices, in addition to those provided for herein, as it may deem necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of the City. Any department, board, or office so continued or created may at any time be altered or abolished by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 8.05
App. § 9-8.5. Assessment of taxes
Status: repealed

The Board of Aldermen shall annually, during the first 20 days of July, assess upon the grand list of the City taxes sufficient to meet the following requirement:

(1) Taxes required by the general laws of the State of Vermont.

(2) Taxes required for general City purposes, which shall not exceed $0.85 upon the dollar of the grand list except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose; but the tax for general City purposes shall not include the tax annually assessed on the grand list for the support of the schools in the City.

(3) Taxes required to service any bonded debt owed by the City.

(4) [Repealed.]

(5) Taxes required for the replacement for fire equipment, which shall not exceed $0.0225 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.

(6) Taxes required for the municipal employees pension fund, which shall not exceed $0.06 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.

(7) Taxes required for the replacement of public works and recreation equipment, which shall not exceed $0.012 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.

(8) Taxes required for a capital fund for the repair of school buildings, repair and replacement of school equipment, which shall not exceed $.03 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.

(9) Taxes required for educational or school purposes, provided there is compliance with the limitations set forth in section 34.2 of this charter.

(10) Taxes required for the replacement of police equipment, which shall not exceed $0.018 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 253 / Section 14
App. § 253-14. Hook and ladder company
Status: in_force

The trustees of the Village may organize one fire and hook and ladder company in the Village, for the purpose of preventing fires, and at the expense of the Village may purchase a fire engine and other necessary implements; provided, the corporation shall so direct by vote at a meeting duly called for that purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 211 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 211
App. § 414-211. Rules of procedure
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this charter, Robert's Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.
24 V.S.A. § 1403 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 43 / Section 1403
§ 1403. Supervisors; appointment
Status: in_force

Biennially, on February 1, to hold office for two years therefrom, the Governor shall appoint and commission one supervisor for the unorganized towns and gores in each county who shall give a bond to the State. Such supervisor shall not be an appraiser.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 206 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 206
App. § 3-206. Establishment and maintenance of athletic activities authorized; charging admission fees permitted
Status: in_force

Said Department may establish, manage, and promote athletic and recreational activities in the parks and other appropriate buildings and places; and in the management and promotion thereof, said Department may, subject to the approval of the City Council, charge admission and/or user fees, which fees shall be used by the Department first, in defraying the expenses of such activities, and any excess in the amount of such fee after such expenses are paid shall be used by the Department in the maintenance and improvements of the City Parks and Recreational Program.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 202
App. § 151-202. Appointive officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Select Board members shall annually appoint a Constable and other officers required by law or this charter, the appointments to be made as vacancies occur in the elected positions.

(b) The Select Board members may create appointive officers not provided for by this charter or required by law as they deem to be in the best interests of the Town.
24 V.S.A. § 1823 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1823
§ 1823. Payment exclusive; effect
Status: in_force

(a) The bonds issued and contracts entered into in connection therewith as authorized in section 1822 of this title and the interest thereon shall be payable solely and exclusively from net revenues derived from the public utility system or project and shall not constitute general indebtedness of the municipal corporation nor be an obligation or liability upon the municipal corporation to pay the same from any funds of the municipal corporation other than such net revenues. No holder or holders of any contracts entered into or bonds issued under this subchapter shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the municipal corporation to pay such contracts or bonds, or the interest thereon. A statement referring to the limited nature of the contract or bond and reciting that it had been entered into or issued under this subchapter shall be made plainly to appear in or upon each contract or bond.

(b) The bonds or contracts authorized by this subchapter shall not be affected by the restrictions and limitations of subchapter 1 of this chapter relating thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 708 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 708
App. § 19-708. Amendments after adoption
Status: in_force

(a) Supplemental appropriations. If during the fiscal year the Manager certifies that there are available for appropriation revenues in excess of those estimated in the budget, the Council by resolution may make supplemental appropriations for the year up to the amount of such excess.

(b) Reduction of appropriations. If at any time during the fiscal year it appears probable to the Manager that the revenues available will be insufficient to meet the amount appropriated, the Manager shall report to the Council without delay, indicating the estimated amount of the deficit and any other steps to be taken. The Council shall then take such further action as it deems necessary to prevent or minimize any deficit, and for that purpose it may by resolution reduce one or more appropriations, or transfer all or any portion of the balance of a capital reserve fund.

(c) Transfer of appropriations. At any time during the fiscal year, the Manager may transfer part or all of any unencumbered appropriation balance among programs within a department, office, or agency and, upon written request by the Manager, the Council may by resolution transfer part or all of any unencumbered appropriation balance from one department, office, or agency to another or set aside all or any portion of an unencumbered appropriation in a capital reserve fund.

(d) Limitations; effective date. No appropriation for debt service may be reduced or transferred, and no appropriation may be reduced below any amount required by law to be appropriated or by more than the amount of the unencumbered balance thereof except as described in this section. The supplemental appropriations and reductions or transfer of appropriation authorized by this section may be made effective immediately upon adoption.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 283 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 283
App. § 3-283. Generally
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Health is hereby authorized to regulate and grant licenses for the selling or supplying of milk and cream within the City of Burlington, and no person shall sell or supply milk or cream within said City to be used by the inhabitants thereof unless he or she shall first have procured a license therefor from said Board of Health.

(b) Before granting such license, said Board of Health shall make or cause to be made proper inspection of the cows producing said milk or cream, and of the barns and premises used in connection therewith, and of the places where said milk or cream is stored or kept for sale.

(c) Each license shall state the dairies from which the licensee is authorized to sell or supply milk or cream under this section, and no licensee shall sell or supply milk or cream within the City of Burlington produced from any other dairy not specified in his or her license.

(d) The Board of Health may issue from time to time to any licensee an additional license to sell or supply milk or cream from any dairy not specified in his or her license upon the terms and conditions hereinbefore prescribed.

(e) No license tax shall be required of a person selling or supplying milk or cream in said City to licensed milk dealers who sell the same at retail.

(f) A person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties hereinbefore prescribed for a violation of a City ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 36.06
App. § 9-36.6. General law; application
Status: in_force

Unless provided for to the contrary in this section, the Authority and its Board of Commissioners shall be subject to and have the benefit of all general laws of the State of Vermont relating to municipal corporations, provided, however, that the Authority and its Board of Commissioners shall not have the power to:

(1) levy general property taxes or sewer benefit assessments;

(2) enact zoning or subdivision ordinances;

(3) pledge the full faith and credit of the City of Rutland;

(4) encumber or pledge any property of the City of Rutland.
24 V.S.A. § 5104 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5104
§ 5104. Purposes and powers
Status: in_force

(a) The authority may purchase, own, operate, or provide for the operation of land transportation facilities, and may contract for transit services, conduct studies, and contract with other governmental agencies, private companies, and individuals.

(b) The authority shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municipal corporation under the laws of the State of Vermont consistent with the purposes of the authority, and may exercise all powers necessary, appurtenant, convenient, or incidental to the carrying out of its functions, including the following:

(1) to sue and be sued;

(2) to adopt, use, and alter at will a corporate seal;

(3) to acquire, purchase, hold, lease as a lessee, and use any franchise, property, real, personal, or mixed, tangible or intangible, or any interest therein, necessary or desirable for carrying out the purposes of the authority, and to sell, lease as lessor, transfer, or dispose of any property or interest acquired by it;

(4) to fix, alter, charge, and establish rates, fares, and other charges for the services and facilities within its area of operation, which rates, fees, and charges shall be equitable and just;

(5) to acquire and operate, or provide for the operation of local transportation systems, public or private, within its area of operation;

(6) to make contracts of every name and nature and to execute all instruments necessary or convenient for the carrying on of its business;

(7) to enter into management contracts with any person or persons for the management of a public transportation system or controlled by the authority for such period or periods of time, and under such compensation and other terms and conditions as shall be deemed advisable by the authority;

(8) to accept gifts or grants or loans of money or other property, and to enter into contracts, leases, or other transactions with any federal agency, the State, any agency of the State, or with any other public body of the State, including municipalities, school districts, and other authorities;

(9) to borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by chapter 53 of this title;

(10) to develop transportation plans, and to coordinate its planning and programs with those of appropriate municipal, county, and State agencies and other political subdivisions of the State;

(11) within its area of operation, to acquire by the exercise of the power of eminent domain any real property which it may have found necessary for its purposes, in the manner provided for the condemnation of land or rights therein as set forth in 19 V.S.A. §§ 500-514 and 519;

(12) to adopt necessary rules;

(13) to do all things necessary or convenient for the conduct of its business and the general welfare of the authority in order to carry out the powers granted to it by this chapter or any other law;

(14) to enter into joint compacts with transportation authorities of other states provided that the compact has been approved by the general assembly of that state and the Congress of the United States.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 249 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 249
App. § 3-249. Establishment and construction through private lands authorized
Status: in_force

The City Council is also authorized and empowered to establish, construct, and maintain public sewers in and through the lands of individuals and corporations, on making compensation for lands taken therefor, in the same manner as provided by law in the laying out and establishing of highways.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 191 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 191
App. § 3-191. Political activity restricted
Status: in_force

No person while an officer or other member of the regular police force of the City shall publicly endorse any candidate for political office, serve as a campaign assistant on behalf of any candidate for political office, or perform any public campaign activity on behalf of any candidate for public office for which Burlington voters are casting ballots. The foregoing shall not prohibit a police officer from voting in any election; or from expressing his or her views concerning any referendum question being considered; and shall not prevent a collective bargaining unit that represents police officers from endorsing candidates in elections, provided that no bargaining unit representative announcing such endorsement may do so while wearing a police uniform. No person shall be appointed to or retained in the Department as a reward for political service rendered, nor in any manner be discriminated against because of his or her failure to render such service.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 16
App. § 173-16. Town Clerk
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Clerk shall be elected for a three-year term and shall:

(1) receive fees for filing copies of records and other instruments and shall cause these fees to be paid to the General Fund of the Town;

(2) maintain a record of all action taken at special or annual Town meetings;

(3) maintain all Town records and an index to those records;

(4) maintain and file all reports required by law;

(5) perform any other duties required of the Clerk by law, this charter, or ordinances.

(b) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Town Clerk shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the Clerk's duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with such surety as prescribed and approved by the Selectboard, and the premium shall be paid by the Town.

(c) The Town Clerk shall be subject to the comprehensive personnel plan of the Town of Windsor, except for provisions relating to appointment, removal, dismissal, suspension, and evaluation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1104
App. § 5-1104. Warning
Status: in_force

The warning calling such meeting shall state the object and purpose for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the improvements, and the maximum amount of debt to be incurred therefore and shall fix the place where and the date on which such meeting shall be held and the hours of opening and closing of polls.