24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 501
App. § 113-501. Department of Assessment
Status: in_force

There shall be established a Department of Assessment headed by a professionally qualified real estate appraiser who shall be appointed by the Town Manager with the approval of the Selectboard. The three elected listers shall comprise a Board of Assessment that shall hear assessment grievance appeals.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 41 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 41
App. § 141-41. Limited use services funding
Status: in_force

All municipal services provided to a limited area or group of voters shall be maintained and operated through revenues derived solely from those using the services. The legislative boards or bodies thereof shall keep, or cause to be kept, separate accounts for each such services and all revenue, income, and funds derived therefrom shall not be commingled with other funds or accounts of the Town of Readsboro.
24 V.S.A. § 1778 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1778
§ 1778. Registered obligations; authority to issue
Status: in_force

A municipal corporation may issue registered bonds. If an original issue of bonds by such municipal corporation is registered, they shall be registered as hereinafter provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 103
App. § 409-103. Composition
Status: in_force

The District includes all the lands within those municipalities that vote to approve and enter into this chapter. At the time of its creation, those municipalities are Belvidere, Cambridge, Craftsbury, Eden, Elmore, Hyde Park, Johnson, Morristown, Stowe, Waterville, Wolcott, and Worcester.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 13
App. § 171-13. Town meeting; elections
Status: in_force

(a) Applicability of general laws. Except as otherwise herein limited, provisions of the general laws of the State related to voter qualifications, warnings, methods of voting, duties of town officers at town meeting and elections, counting of votes, recount of votes, certification of results, and nominations of candidates, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all municipal elections and all annual and special Town meetings.

(b) Annual Town meeting.

(1) On the Monday preceding the first Tuesday in March, beginning at a time and place designated by the Selectboard, the Town shall start its annual meeting and may transact at that time any business not involving Australian ballot. At this meeting, public discussion of ballot issues and all other issues appearing on the warning, other than the election of candidates, shall be permitted.

(2) A meeting so started shall be adjourned until the following day (the first Tuesday in March), at which time business involving Australian ballot will be transacted.

(3) The date or time of the annual Town meeting may be changed by a vote of the citizens at a Town meeting duly warned for that purpose.

(c) Special Town meetings.

(1) Special Town meetings may be called at any time for reasons as prescribed by charter, by a majority vote of the Selectboard, or by the decree of the Town Clerk upon receipt of a petition signed by no less than five percent of the voters registered at the time the petition is submitted, pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2643.

(2) A special Town meeting, called in accordance with this subsection, shall be held within 60 days from the date of the official call to meeting.

(d) Warnings.

(1) Timetable and notice. Public notice of every annual or special Town meeting or Town election shall be given by a warning posted in at least three public places in the Town, at least 30 but no more than 40 days prior to the meeting, and published in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the municipality as may be directed or designated by the Selectboard.

(2) Contents. The warning shall contain:

(A) the date, time, and location of the meeting;

(B) specific indications of separate articles that reflect the business to be voted, in the language to be voted;

(C) the signatures of a majority of the Selectboard.

(3) Articles may be placed on the warning by:

(A) a majority vote of the Selectboard;

(B) a petition of at least five percent of the voters registered at the time the petition is submitted, provided law authorizes such articles as within the authority of the voters.

(4) Articles submitted by petition must be filed with the Town Clerk not less than 40 days before the date of the meeting.

(e) Voting by Australian ballot.

(1) No article or type of article shall be voted by Australian ballot at any annual or special Town meeting called on its action, or by petition, unless the voters have approved the use of such system of voting pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2680 or as required by law.

(2) Any article to be voted by Australian ballot shall be preceded by a public hearing. The warning of the vote shall include notice of the time and place of said public hearing.

(f) Presiding officials at Town meeting and elections.

(1) The Moderator shall preside at all Town meetings. In the Moderator's absence or prior to the election of the Moderator, a Selectboard member 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.

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

(3) It shall be the duty of the Moderator to take such actions deemed necessary to preserve order in the conduct of business and to preserve the principles of free speech, openness, and fairness in government.

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

(5) While the polls are open, the Town Clerk shall rule on all questions covering the conduct of elections, except the resolution of questions concerning the checklist, which shall be made by the majority of the Board of Civil Authority members present.

(6) In the absence or disability of the Town Clerk, should it occur before an election, the Board of Civil Authority shall designate an acting Clerk for the duration of the election. Should such absence or disability occur on election day, the Board of Civil Authority shall designate an on-site temporary officer to preside for the duration of the election.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 4.06
App. § 9-4.6. Veto powers
Status: in_force

(a) If the Mayor approves any vote of the Board of Aldermen the Mayor shall sign the same. If the Mayor does not approve the vote, he or she shall within 10 days veto and return the vote for a revote with his or her objections in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen. If seven aldermen vote in favor of the same, it shall be valid and take effect notwithstanding the objections of the Mayor.

(b) If it is not returned for a revote within 10 days by the Mayor to the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, then the same shall be valid and take effect without the Mayor's approval.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 502
App. § 127-502. Organization
Status: in_force

(a) Forthwith after their election and qualification, the Selectboard shall organize and elect a Chair and Vice Chair by a majority vote of the entire Board.

(b) The Chair of the Board, or in his or her absence, the Vice Chair, shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall be recognized as the head of the Town government for all ceremonial purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 40 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 40
App. § 403-40. Capital reserve fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements, replacement of worn out buildings and equipment, and planned and unplanned major repairs of a disposal facility, in furtherance of the purpose for which the District was created. Any such capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds, and shall be expended for such purposes for which established. The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 15
App. § 7-15. Constable
Status: in_force

The Constable shall have the same powers and be under the same duties and liabilities as are prescribed by law for the constables of towns, except for the collection of taxes, and said Constable and all special police officers shall have the same powers as sheriffs in suppressing riots and all unlawful assemblages, and of arresting without warrant all persons disturbing the peace, and may bring them before any competent court forthwith. The City Constable shall be Collector of Taxes and shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities in and for the City as collectors of town taxes in the State have by law and are subject to, and shall proceed in the performance of his or her duties as such collectors of town taxes are required to proceed. It shall be the duty of the Collector of Taxes of said City to execute such warrant as shall be issued by the City Treasurer under the provisions of section 14 of this charter, and return the same to the said Treasurer and the amount thereon collected, with the return of his or her doings thereon within the time therein named; provided, however, that if the said Treasurer shall make an affidavit that any person, whose name appears on the rate-bill as a taxpayer, is about to remove or abscond from the State, and shall file the same with the City Council, the Treasurer may thereupon issue a warrant against such taxpayer for the amount of his or her tax, although the 90 days hereinbefore mentioned shall not have then expired, and it shall be the duty of the said Collector to execute the warrant. The City Council may award such Tax Collector additional compensation for the collection of taxes beyond that now fixed by statute.
24 V.S.A. § 4710 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4710
§ 4710. Surety for deposits by Bank
Status: in_force

All banks, trust companies, savings banks, investment companies, and other persons carrying on a banking business are hereby authorized to give to the Bank a good and sufficient undertaking with such sureties as shall be approved by the Bank to the effect that the Bank or banking institution as hereinbefore described shall faithfully keep and pay over to the order of or upon the warrant of the Bank or its authorized agent all such funds as may be deposited with it by the Bank and agreed interest thereon under or by reason of this chapter, at such times or upon such demands as may be agreed with the Bank or in lieu of these sureties, deposit with the Bank or its authorized agent or any trustee therefor or for the holders of any bonds, as collateral, such securities as the Bank may approve. The deposits of the Bank may be evidenced by an agreement in such form and upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon by the Bank and the depository bank or banking institution.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 219 / Section 26
App. § 219-26. Sewers and drains; assessment
Status: in_force

(a) Every person whose particular drain shall enter into any sewer or main drain or who in the opinion of the trustees shall receive benefit thereby for draining the person's premises, including all owners of buildings, lands, or premises adjacent to or abutting on any street or streets along which the sewer or main drain shall be laid, shall be liable to contribute a just share for the benefits received toward the expenses of laying and constructing the sewer or main drain and shall be assessed therefor by the trustees; and six days' notice in writing of time and place of the assessment for the contribution shall be given to the person, the person's agent, tenant, or lessee; or in their or either of their absence, at their last and usual place of abode in the Village; and if the person has no known tenant or lessee, then a copy of the notice shall be left in the Town Clerk's office of the Town of Enosburgh for the person; and a certificate of the assessment shall be left with the Clerk of the Village of Enosburg Falls and recorded by the Clerk and, when so recorded, the amount assessed shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the lands assessed until paid; and if the owner of the lands shall neglect for 60 days after the final decision of the trustees, or final decision in case of petition and appeal to the Superior Court, to pay to the Village Treasurer the amount of such assessment, the trustees shall issue their warrant for the collection of the same, directed to the Village Collector of Taxes, who shall have authority to sell at public auction so much of the lands as will satisfy the assessment and all legal fees and who shall proceed in the same manner as collectors of town taxes are required by law to proceed in selling real estate at auction for the collection of town taxes, or the trustees' warrant for the collection of the assessment may run against the goods, chattels, or estate of the delinquent, and shall be executed accordingly.

(b) If in the judgment of the trustees it would be unjust to make an assessment for contribution upon such persons sufficient to pay the full expense of laying and constructing the sewer or main drain, the trustees shall assess the persons for an amount as they deem equitable and just under all the circumstances, and the balance of the expense, if any, shall be paid by a tax on the grand list of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1706 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1706
App. § 123-1706. Reference to statute
Status: in_force

If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by a special statute, the reference to such statute shall include the statute as amended or renumbered, or any statute substituted therefore and having a similar subject matter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 19
App. § 101-19. Oath and bond
Status: in_force

Before entering into the duties of his or her office, the Town Manager shall be sworn to the faithful and impartial performance of his or her duties, and a certificate to that effect shall be filed with the Town Clerk. He or she shall execute a bond in favor of the Town for the faithful performance of his or her duties in such sum and with such surety as may be determined by the Board, and the premium on such bond shall be paid by the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 902
App. § 123-902. Water supply; duties of Selectboard members
Status: in_force

It shall be the responsibility of the Selectboard, acting as water commissioners, to furnish a clean and sufficient supply of potable water to those parts of the Town served by an existing Town-owned water storage, transmission, and distribution system. In order to implement the authority, the Selectboard shall have, in addition to those powers enumerated in the general laws of this State with respect to water works and supply, the following powers:

(1) The power to erect and keep in repair any buildings necessary or convenient for water supply purposes, and may construct and maintain such aqueducts and reservoirs as they judge best for furnishing the said Town a suitable water supply.

(2) The power to contract with any aqueduct or reservoir company from time to time for supplying said Town with water for fire purposes, for watering the streets, and for other public purposes, for such length of time and upon such terms as the Town at its annual meeting or any special meeting duly called for that purpose shall direct. All contracts made by said Town with said aqueduct or reservoir companies, as provided by this section, shall be legal and binding on said Town, and said Town may vote, levy, and collect taxes for fulfilling such contract or contracts.

(3) The power to lay water pipes, within the limits of said Town, and for that purpose may enter upon the lands of any landowner in said Town, 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 therefore as the said Selectboard shall award to such land owner, and to any tenant or occupant of such land to the amount that his or her interests are affected thereby.

(4) The power to take the water of any fountains, springs, ponds, or streams for the purpose of supplying the inhabitants of said Town 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 such water as may be necessary for agricultural and domestic purposes.

(5) The power to construct and complete an aqueduct with all necessary reservoirs and appurtenances, to conduct said water to distribute the same through said Town, 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.

(6) In any case where damages or compensation to owners of, and other persons interested in, the water so taken, or land as may be used for laying, extending, constructing, and maintaining the aqueduct, and for the reservoirs and appurtenances, is not adjusted by agreement, or if the owners thereof be a minor, or a person who lacks capacity to protect his or her interests due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or out of the State, or otherwise incapacitated to sell or convey, the same shall be fixed by the Selectboard after hearing all parties interested, the hearing to be had upon written notice of the time and place thereof, given at least six days before the hearing, file their award in the Town Clerk's office in the town or towns where the property in question is situated, and cause the same to be recorded in the land records of the town or towns.

(7) When any person shall be dissatisfied with the award of the Selectboard so made, in any of the cases mentioned in section 901 of this charter, such person may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for a reassessment and award of damages, and such proceedings shall be had in said court on said petition as are provided by law for the assessment of damages for land taken for highway. Said petition shall be served on the Clerk of said Town within 60 days next after said award shall be filed in the Town Clerk's office as aforesaid, but nothing in such proceedings shall prevent the Selectboard from entering on such land, and laying and constructing said aqueduct, reservoirs, and appurtenances, and using said water after their award shall have been made and the amount thereof tendered by them.

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

(9) The charges and rates for water service shall be a lien upon real estate, wherever located, furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of such property furnished with water service, wherever located, shall be liable for such charges and rates.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 35.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 35.02
App. § 9-35.2. Judge
Status: in_force

The person holding the Office of City Attorney, or acting as such, shall be the Traffic Court Judge and shall have the authority and power to conduct hearings when requested by a charged violator who requests said hearing and said Judge shall determine whether the charged violation is well founded or should be discharged.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 249 / Section 802
App. § 249-802. Fines
Status: in_force

A fine not exceeding $20.00 with costs of prosecution may be imposed by said corporation for the breach of any of its bylaws with the alternative sentence to the house of correction in case said fine and costs are not paid as is provided by law in other criminal cases.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1112 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1112
App. § 5-1112. Taxes to meet interest and payments
Status: in_force

At the time of voting a general tax levy, the City shall provide annually for the assessment and collection each year, until such bonds or notes are paid, of a tax sufficient to pay the interest on such bonds or notes and the part of the principal as shall become due prior to the time the taxes are due in the next following year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 606 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 606
App. § 413-606. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Solid waste” shall mean any discarded garbage, refuse, metal goods, tires, demolition and construction waste, yard waste, and other discarded materials possessing no value to the producer in its present form where it is located, produced by normal residential, commercial, and industrial activities, but does not include hazardous waste.

(2) “Hazardous waste” shall mean any solid, semi-solid, liquid, or contained gaseous waste, or any combination of these wastes, which because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics may:

(A) cause or significantly contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness.

(B) pose a substantial present or potential hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated, stored, transported, or disposed of or otherwise managed.

(C) any waste classified as hazardous at any time under applicable laws and regulations of the United States and the State of Vermont or any subdivision thereof pursuant to a valid grant of authority.

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

(4) 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.

(5) Solid waste from “industrial activities” shall include 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.

(6) “Sludge” shall mean 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 sludge.

(7) “Demolition and construction waste” shall mean all solid waste generated in the demolition and construction of buildings, including stumps, brush, plaster, sheetrock, boards, bricks, mortar, concrete, and roofing materials.

(8) “Yard waste” shall mean grass clippings, leaves, and brush.

(9) “Metal goods” shall include discarded appliances and junk vehicles.

(10) “Resource recovery” shall mean a system for the environmentally sound, efficient handling and disposal of solid waste that utilizes the potential of the finite resources therein. This shall include recycling.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 18
App. § 403-18. Rules of procedures
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Roberts Rules of Order, as amended, shall govern at all meetings. The Board of Supervisors may adopt ordinances relating to the District, its powers, and other related subjects pursuant to the procedures of 24 V.S.A chapter 59.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129D / Section 402
App. § 129D-402. Electric, water, and wastewater administration
Status: in_force

(a) Operating costs of the Electric, Water, and Wastewater Departments shall be paid by the ratepayers.

(b) The charges and rates for electric service shall be a lien upon real estate, wherever located, furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of such property furnished with electric service, wherever located, shall be liable for such charges and rates.

(c) All water and wastewater charges shall be set by the Selectboard at rates sufficient to pay the costs of operating and maintaining the systems, to pay debt service on all obligations issued to improve or support such systems, and to fund necessary capital reserves, all as provided by the general law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 8
App. § 405-8. Organizational meeting
Status: in_force

Annually, on or before the fourth Wednesday in June, the Board of Commissioners shall hold its organizational meeting. At this meeting, the Board of Commissioners 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. The Chair and Vice Chair are eligible to be elected to successive terms without limit.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 23
App. § 141-23. Specific powers
Status: in_force

Without limiting any of its duly vested powers and authority, the Selectboard shall have the power to:

(a) appoint and remove a Town Manager;

(b) create, change, and abolish officers, departments, or agencies in managing the affairs of the Town of Readsboro;

(c) make, amend, and repeal ordinances;

(d) inquire into the conduct of any office, department, or agency of the Town and make investigations as to municipal affairs;

(e) create, appoint, and constitute planning commissions, zoning boards, and sign boards;

(f) act as commissioners, prudential committeemen, or as the legislative bodies of departments of the Town providing special municipal services, or create such districts or departments, which may be autonomous pursuant to law;

(g) fix salaries of appointees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 62 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 62
App. § 417-62. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, all terms below shall have the following meanings:

(1) “Composting” means the controlled biological decomposition of organic matter through active management to produce a stable humus-rich material.

(2) “Conditionally exempt generator” (CEG) means a generator of hazardous waste that is conditionally exempted from certain provisions of the Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations.

(3) “Discrete disposal facilities” means all facilities other than diffuse disposal facilities that are used for the disposal of solid wastes. A discrete disposal facility may include one or more landfill units.

(4) “Hazardous waste” means any waste or combination of wastes of a solid, liquid, contained gaseous, or semisolid form, including those that are toxic, corrosive, ignitable, reactive, strong sensitizers, or that generate pressure through decomposition, heat, or other means that in the judgment of the Secretary of Natural Resources may cause or contribute to an increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible or incapacitating reversible illness, taking into account the toxicity of such waste, its persistence and degradability in nature, its potential for assimilation or concentration in tissue, and other factors that may otherwise cause or contribute to adverse acute or chronic effects on the health of persons or other living organisms, or any matter that may have an unusually destructive effect on water quality if discharged to ground or surface waters of the State. All special nuclear, source, or byproduct material, as defined by the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, is specifically excluded from this definition.

(5) “Recyclable materials” means solid waste that may be reclaimed or processed so that it may be used in the production of materials or products.

(6) “Recycle” means the process of utilizing solid waste for the production of materials or products, but shall not include processing solid waste to produce energy or fuel products.

(7) “Recycling facility” means a facility that accepts, aggregates, stores, or processes recyclable materials.

(8) “Resource recovery facility” means a waste-to-energy facility.

(9) “Sludge” means any solid, semisolid, or liquid generated from a municipal, commercial, or industrial wastewater treatment plant or process, water supply treatment plant, air pollution control facility, or any other such waste having similar characteristics and effects.

(10) “Solid waste” means any discarded garbage, refuse, septage, or sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply plant, or pollution control facility, and other discarded material including solid, liquid, semisolid, or contained gaseous materials resulting from industrial, commercial, mining, or agricultural operations and from community activities but does not include animal manure and absorbent bedding used for soil enrichment or solid or dissolved materials in industrial discharges that are point sources subject to permits under the Water Pollution Control Act, 10 V.S.A. chapter 47. For the purposes of this chapter, solid waste that is also hazardous waste is subject to further regulation under the Vermont Hazardous Waste Management Regulations.

(11) “Solid waste management” means the activities that result in the storage, transportation, transfer, or treatment of solid waste or recyclable materials or in the disposal of solid waste.

(12) “Transfer station” means a solid waste management facility where solid waste is collected, aggregated, sorted, stored, or processed for the purpose of subsequent transfer to another solid waste management facility for further processing, treatment, transfer, or disposal.

(13) “Treatment” means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization, designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any hazardous or solid waste so as to neutralize such waste or so as to recover energy or material resources from the waste or so as to render such waste safer for transport, amenable for recovery, amenable for storage, or reduced in volume or, for hazardous wastes, so as to render such waste nonhazardous.
24 V.S.A. § 1526 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1526
§ 1526. Tax levies; debit of general fund
Status: in_force

The treasurer shall debit thereafter such general fund with:

(1) all collection fees allowed such treasurer for receiving taxes and issuing his or her warrant to the collector;

(2) any other lawful costs of collection;

(3) abatements made by the board for the abatement of taxes; and

(4) any other diminution or loss in the course of the enforcement of such rate bill.
24 V.S.A. § 4345a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4345a
§ 4345a. Duties of regional planning commissions
Status: in_force

A regional planning commission created under this chapter shall:

(1) Promote the mutual cooperation of its municipalities and assist and advise municipalities, compacts, and authorities within the region to facilitate economic development programs for the appropriate development, improvement, protection, and preservation of the region's physical and human resources.

(2) Advise municipal governing bodies with respect to public financing.

(3) Provide technical and legal assistance to municipalities in the preparation and maintenance of plans, capacity studies, and bylaws and in related implementation activities.

(4) Cooperate with the planning, legislative, or executive authorities of neighboring states, regions, counties, or municipalities to promote coordination of planning for, conservation, and development of the region and adjoining or neighboring territory.

(5) Prepare a regional plan and amendments that are consistent with the goals established in section 4302 of this title, and compatible with approved municipal and adjoining regional plans. When preparing a regional plan, the regional planning commission shall:

(A) Develop and carry out a process that will encourage and enable widespread citizen involvement and meaningful participation, as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 6002.

(B) Develop a regional data base that is compatible with, useful to, and shared with the geographic information system established under 3 V.S.A. § 20.

(C) Conduct capacity studies;.

(D) Identify areas of regional significance. Such areas may be, but are not limited to, historic sites, earth resources, rare and irreplaceable natural areas, recreation areas, and scenic areas.

(E) Consider the potential environmental benefits and environmental burdens, as defined in 3 V.S.A. § 6002, of the proposed plan.

(F) Consider the probable social and economic benefits and consequences of the proposed plan.

(G) Prepare a report explaining how the regional plan is consistent with the goals established in section 4302 of this title.

(6) Prepare implementation guidelines that will assist municipalities and the regional commission in developing a planning process that will attain, within a reasonable time, consistency with the goals established in section 4302 of this title. Guidelines, which may be revised at any time, shall be prepared initially by July 1, 1989.

(7) Prepare, in conjunction with the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, guidelines for the provision of affordable housing in the region, share information developed with respect to affordable housing with the municipalities in the region and with the Commissioner of Housing and Community Development, and consult with the Commissioner when developing the housing element of the regional plan.

(8) Confirm municipal planning efforts, where warranted, as required under section 4350 of this title, and provide town clerks of the region with notice of confirmation.

(9) At least every eight years, review the compatibility of municipal plans, and if the regional planning commission finds that growth in a municipality without an approved plan is adversely affecting an adjoining municipality, it shall notify the legislative body of both municipalities of that fact and shall urge that the municipal planning be undertaken to mitigate those adverse effects. If, within six months of receipt of this notice, the municipality creating the adverse effects does not have an approved municipal plan, the regional commission shall adopt appropriate amendments to the regional plan as it may deem appropriate to mitigate those adverse effects.

(10) Develop strategies specifically designed to assist municipalities in defining and managing growth and development that have cumulative impacts.

(11) Review proposed State capital expenditures prepared pursuant to 32 V.S.A. chapter 5 and the Transportation Program prepared pursuant to 19 V.S.A. chapter 1 for compatibility and consistency with regional plans and submit comments to the Secretaries of Transportation and Administration and the legislative committees of jurisdiction.

(12) Assist municipalities to review proposed State capital expenditures for compatibility with municipal plans.

(13) Appear before District Environmental Commissions to aid them in making a determination as to the conformance of developments and subdivisions with the criteria of 10 V.S.A. § 6086.

(14) With respect to proceedings under 30 V.S.A. § 248:

(A) have the right to appear and participate; and

(B) appear before the Public Utility Commission to aid in making determinations under that statute when requested by the Commission.

(15) Hold public hearings.

(16) Before requesting the services of a mediator with respect to a conflict that has arisen between adopted or proposed plans of two or more regions or two or more municipalities located in different regions, appoint a joint interregional commission, in cooperation with other affected regional commissions, for the purpose of negotiating differences.

(17) As part of its regional plan, define a substantial regional impact, as the term may be used with respect to its region. This definition shall be given substantial deference, where relevant, in State regulatory proceedings.

(18) If a municipality requests the assistance of the regional planning commission in coordinating the way that its plan addresses projects of substantial regional impact with the way those projects are addressed by its neighbors' planning efforts, the regional planning commission shall convene an ad hoc working group to address the issue. The working group shall be composed of representatives of all municipalities likely to be affected by the plan in question, regardless of whether or not they belong to the same region. With the assistance of a facilitator provided by the regional planning commission, the ad hoc working group will attempt to develop a proposed consensus with respect to projects of substantial regional impact. If a proposed consensus is developed, the results of the consensus will be reported to the planning commissions and legislative bodies represented.

(19) Undertake studies and make recommendations on the conservation of energy and the development of renewable energy resources.

(20) If designated as a clean water service provider under 10 V.S.A. § 924, provide for the identification, prioritization, development, construction, inspection, verification, operation, and maintenance of clean water projects in the basin assigned to the regional planning commission in accordance with the requirements of 10 V.S.A. chapter 37, subchapter 5.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 207
App. § 414-207. Quorum
Status: in_force

For the purposes of transacting business, the presence of members whose accumulated votes represent more than 50 percent of the total number of possible votes shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. Any action adopted by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at which a quorum is present shall be the action of the Board, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4413 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4413
§ 4413. Limitations on municipal bylaws
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The following uses may be regulated only with respect to location, size, height, building bulk, yards, courts, setbacks, density of buildings, off-street parking, loading facilities, traffic, noise, lighting, landscaping, and screening requirements, and only to the extent that regulations do not have the effect of interfering with the intended functional use:

(A) State- or community-owned and -operated institutions and facilities;

(B) public and private schools and other educational institutions certified by the Agency of Education;

(C) churches and other places of worship, convents, and parish houses;

(D) public and private hospitals;

(E) regional solid waste management facilities certified under 10 V.S.A. chapter 159;

(F) hazardous waste management facilities for which a notice of intent to construct has been received under 10 V.S.A. § 6606a;

(G) emergency shelters; and

(H) hotels and motels converted to permanently affordable housing developments.

[Subdivision (a)(2) effective until January 1, 2028; see also subdivision (a)(2) effective January 1, 2028 set out below.]

(2) Except for State-owned and -operated institutions and facilities, a municipality may regulate each of the land uses listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection for compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program and for compliance with a municipal ordinance or bylaw regulating development in a flood hazard area or river corridor, consistent with the requirements of subdivision 2291(25) and section 4424 of this title. These regulations shall not have the effect of interfering with the intended functional use.

[Subdivision (a)(2) effective January 1, 2028; see also subdivision (a)(2) effective until January 1, 2028 set out above.]

(2) Except for State-owned and -operated institutions and facilities, a municipality may regulate each of the land uses listed in subdivision (1) of this subsection for compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program and for compliance with a municipal ordinance or bylaw regulating development in a flood hazard area, consistent with the requirements of subdivision 2291(25) and section 4424 of this title. These regulations shall not have the effect of interfering with the intended functional use.

(3) For purposes of this subsection, regulating the daily or seasonal hours of operation of an emergency shelter shall constitute interfering with the intended functional use.

(b) A bylaw under this chapter shall not regulate electric generation facilities, energy storage facilities, and transmission facilities regulated under 30 V.S.A. § 248 or subject to regulation under 30 V.S.A. § 8011.

(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section and by 10 V.S.A. § 1976, if any bylaw is enacted with respect to any land development that is subject to regulation under State statutes, the more stringent or restrictive regulation applicable shall apply.

(d)(1) A bylaw under this chapter shall not regulate:

(A) required agricultural practices, including the construction of farm structures, as those practices are defined by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets;

(B) accepted silvicultural practices, as defined by the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation, including practices that are in compliance with the Acceptable Management Practices for Maintaining Water Quality on Logging Jobs in Vermont, as adopted by the Commissioner of Forests, Parks and Recreation; or

(C) forestry operations.

(2) As used in this section:

(A) “Farm structure” means a building, enclosure, or fence for housing livestock, raising horticultural or agronomic plants, or carrying out other practices associated with accepted agricultural or farming practices, including a silo, as “farming” is defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6001(22), but excludes a dwelling for human habitation.

(B) “Forestry operations” has the same meaning as in 10 V.S.A. § 2602.

(3) A person shall notify a municipality of the intent to build a farm structure and shall abide by setbacks approved by the Secretary of Agriculture, Food and Markets. No municipal permit for a farm structure shall be required.

(4) This subsection does not prevent an appropriate municipal panel, when issuing a decision on an application for land development over which the panel otherwise has jurisdiction under this chapter, from imposing reasonable conditions under subsection 4464(b) of this title to protect wildlife habitat; threatened or endangered species; or other natural, historic, or scenic resources and does not prevent the municipality from enforcing such conditions, provided that the reasonable conditions do not restrict or regulate forestry operations unrelated to land development.

(e) A bylaw enacted under this chapter shall be subject to the restrictions created under section 2295 of this title, with respect to the limits on municipal power to regulate hunting, fishing, trapping, and other activities specified under that section.

(f) This section shall apply in every municipality, notwithstanding any existing bylaw to the contrary.

(g) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, a bylaw adopted under this chapter shall not:

(1) Regulate the installation, operation, and maintenance, on a flat roof of an otherwise complying structure, of a solar energy device that heats water or space or generates electricity. For the purpose of this subdivision, “flat roof” means a roof having a slope less than or equal to five degrees.

(2) Prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting the installation of solar collectors not exempted from regulation under subdivision (1) of this subsection, clotheslines, or other energy devices based on renewable resources.

(h)(1) Except as necessary to ensure compliance with the National Flood Insurance Program, a bylaw under this chapter shall not regulate any of the following:

(A) an ancillary improvement that does not exceed a footprint of 300 square feet and a height of 10 feet;

(B) the following improvements associated with the construction or installation of a communications line:

(i) the attachment of a new or replacement cable or wire to an existing electrical distribution or communications distribution pole;

(ii) the replacement of an existing electrical distribution or communications distribution pole with a new pole, so long as the new pole is not more than 10 feet taller than the pole it replaces.

(2) For purposes of this subsection:

(A) “Ancillary improvement” shall have the same definition as is established in 30 V.S.A. § 248a(b).

(B) “Communications line” means a wireline or fiber-optic cable communications facility that transmits and receives signals to and from a local, State, national, or international network used primarily for two-way communications for commercial, industrial, municipal, county, or State purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 23
App. § 235-23. Clerk
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Clerk to keep a record of all proceedings of said corporation, and of the meetings of the trustees, and he or she shall give copies of the same when required, upon payment of reasonable fees. It shall be his or her duty to warn special meetings of said corporation, by the direction of a majority of the trustees, or by the written request of five voters of said corporation, and all annual meetings, by posting notice thereof in three different public places in said Village, at least six days before the time of meeting, together with a statement of the business to be transacted. Any business may be transacted at an adjourned meeting, which under the warning might have been transacted at the original meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 305
App. § 414-305. Vacancy
Status: in_force

During the absence or inability of either the Chair or Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Chair or Vice Chair who shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given to or imposed upon the Chair or Vice Chair under this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 4465 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4465
§ 4465. Appeals of decisions of the administrative officer
Status: in_force

(a) An interested person may appeal any decision or act taken by the administrative officer in any municipality by filing a notice of appeal with the secretary of the board of adjustment or development review board of that municipality or with the clerk of that municipality if no such secretary has been elected. This notice of appeal must be filed within 15 days following the date of that decision or act, and a copy of the notice of appeal shall be filed with the administrative officer.

(b) As used in this chapter, an “interested person” means any one of the following:

(1) A person owning title to property, or a municipality or solid waste management district empowered to condemn it or an interest in it, affected by a bylaw, who alleges that the bylaw imposes on the property unreasonable or inappropriate restrictions of present or potential use under the particular circumstances of the case.

(2) The municipality that has a plan or a bylaw at issue in an appeal brought under this chapter or any municipality that adjoins that municipality.

(3) A person owning or occupying property in the immediate neighborhood of a property that is the subject of any decision or act taken under this chapter, who can demonstrate a physical or environmental impact on the person's interest under the criteria reviewed, and who alleges that the decision or act, if confirmed, will not be in accord with the policies, purposes, or terms of the plan or bylaw of that municipality.

(4) Any 20 persons who may be any combination of voters, residents, or real property owners within a municipality listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection who, by signed petition to the appropriate municipal panel of a municipality, the plan or a bylaw of which is at issue in any appeal brought under this title, allege that any relief requested by a person under this title, if granted, will not be in accord with the policies, purposes, or terms of the plan or bylaw of that municipality. This petition to the appropriate municipal panel must designate one person to serve as the representative of the petitioners regarding all matters related to the appeal. For purposes of this subdivision, an appeal shall not include the character of the area affected if the project has a residential component that includes affordable housing.

(5) Any department and administrative subdivision of this State owning property or any interest in property within a municipality listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection, and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development of this State.

(c) In the exercise of its functions under this section, a board of adjustment or development review board shall have the following powers, in addition to those specifically provided for elsewhere in this chapter:

(1) To hear and decide appeals taken under this section, including where it is alleged that an error has been committed in any order, requirement, decision, or determination made by an administrative officer under this chapter in connection with the administration or enforcement of a bylaw.

(2) To hear and grant or deny a request for a variance under section 4469 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129D / Section 403
App. § 129D-403. Electric, water, and wastewater special funds
Status: in_force

The Town Treasurer and the Finance Director shall keep all revenues derived from the electric, water, and wastewater systems in accounts separate from any other special funds and from other Town funds and shall honor no warrant upon such account except for the purposes specified in section 402 of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1537 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1537
§ 1537. City or village board of tax abatement
Status: in_force

The board for the abatement of taxes of a city shall consist of the mayor, city clerk, and aldermen thereof and the justices of the peace and assessors residing therein; of a village, of the trustees and clerk thereof and the justices of the peace and listers residing therein. Such board may abate taxes, interest, and fees accruing to such municipality in all cases where a different provision is not made by the charter, acts of incorporation, or amendments thereto, of such municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 204
App. § 251-204. Moderator Pro Tem
Status: in_force

In case the Moderator shall be absent from any meeting, that member of the Board of Trustees present at such meeting whose name shall have precedence on the list of trustees as recorded in the minutes of election of the then existing Board of Trustees, shall act as a Moderator Pro Tem.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 303
App. § 131-303. Ordinances; consideration and passage
Status: in_force

After such hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass such ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Selectboard amends said ordinances, it shall cause the amended ordinance to be published at least once together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing at which such amended ordinance will be further considered, which publication shall be at least three days prior to the public hearing. At the time so advertised or at any time and place to which such meeting may be adjourned, the amended ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Selectboard, the ordinance may be read by title. After such hearing, the Selectboard may pass finally such amended ordinance or again amend it subject to the same procedure as outlined herein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 7.03
App. § 107-7.3. Revenue
Status: in_force

(a) The Town may levy local taxes in such form as authorized by the General Assembly. Any such taxes must first be considered by the Selectboard or the school directors and then approved by the Representative Town Meeting.

(b) Special tax districts, for the purpose of raising revenue for specific projects, may be established and special taxes may be levied upon the taxpayers in those districts. (See 24 V.S.A. chapter 87.)

(c) The Selectboard or school directors may establish user fees for specific services provided by it and for the use of its facilities. User fees shall be based on the cost and value of services provided or on the extent of use of facilities and may take into consideration prior subsidy through taxation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 502
App. § 133-502. Organization
Status: in_force

(a) Three Selectboard members shall constitute a quorum. No action of the Board shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three Selectboard members. In cases where a statute requires a greater number of the Board for an affirmative vote, such provisions of law shall control.

(b) The Selectboard may vote on an item not warned on a public agenda only in an emergency and with the consent of the majority of the Board. An emergency may be defined as an unforeseen situation that imperils the welfare of the Town and that requires immediate action.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 14
App. § 126-14. Covered bridges; increased penalty for violation of legal limits resulting in damage
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding 23 V.S.A. § 1434(c), the Town may adopt an ordinance governing operator damage to covered bridges that provides for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000.00 or an amount equal to the costs of repairing the damage to the covered bridge, provided that the covered bridge has a limit set pursuant to 23 V.S.A. § 1397a.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 602
App. § 411-602. Admission of new member municipalities
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon the terms and conditions it, in its sole discretion, shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality desiring to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District in the form and manner that the Board shall determine appropriate. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are reasonably anticipated to occur in the event such municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission into the District by the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants such authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions of said admission, including the financial basis upon which such admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121. At such time as a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve the agreement and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of the petitioning municipality to the Board of Supervisors of the District. Thereafter, upon compliance by the petitioning municipality with the terms and conditions of admission, the municipality shall, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the District, become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 13
App. § 151-13, 14. Repealed. 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 30, 2024.
Status: repealed

(Repealed by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 30, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 305
App. § 143-305. Oath of office
Status: in_force

All elected and appointed officers and all police officers of the Town shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with the Town Clerk the following oath: “I ____ solemnly swear (or affirm) that I shall faithfully execute the Office of ______ of the Town of Richmond to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God (or I so affirm)” or other oath as is specifically required for a position by the general law of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 602
App. § 413-602. Admission of new member municipalities
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if such municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants such authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including financial obligations upon which such admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121. If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve this chapter and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions of admission, the municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 505
App. § 414-505. Warning contents
Status: in_force

The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. The notification shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 281 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 281
App. § 3-281. Board of Health authorized to make rules and regulations
Status: in_force

The Board shall make rules and regulations for the conduct of each of the above officers, and may prescribe rules and regulations for the sale of milk and cream, food, and meat and for the installation and maintenance of plumbing equipment within the limits of said City, not inconsistent with law, and all such rules and regulations of said Board, when the same are approved by the City Council and duly published as herein prescribed for ordinances, shall have all the force and effect of ordinances of said City, with penalties for violation thereof as is hereinbefore provided.
24 V.S.A. § 5094 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5094
§ 5094. Powers of Secretary of Transportation
Status: in_force

On behalf of the State and to carry out the purposes of this chapter and 19 V.S.A. § 10f, the Secretary of Transportation may:

(1) execute and file an application with the Federal Transit Administration for federal assistance authorized by Titles 23 and 49 of the U.S. Code or other federal law;

(2) execute and file certifications, assurances, or other documents the Federal Transit Administration may require before awarding a federal assistance grant or cooperative agreement;

(3) execute grant and cooperative agreements with the Federal Transit Administration.
24 V.S.A. § 2252 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2252
§ 2252. Time of hearing
Status: in_force

A hearing on the application shall be held within the municipality not less than two or more than four weeks from the date of the receipt of the application by the legislative body. Notice of the hearing shall be given to the applicant by mail, postage prepaid, to the address given in the application and shall be published once in a newspaper having a circulation within the municipality, which publication shall be not less than seven days before the date of the hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 218 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 218
App. § 3-218. Composition; appointment; terms
Status: in_force

The Board of Cemetery Commissioners shall consist of five legal voters of said City, who shall be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding, to serve for the term of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except as herein otherwise provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 307
App. § 203-307. Treasurer and Collector
Status: in_force

The Treasurer and Collector shall have similar powers and duties to those of town treasurers and town collectors. They shall each give bonds to the Village conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of their respective offices in such sums and with such sureties as the trustees may prescribe. If a Treasurer or Collector does not give such bonds within 10 days after election or appointment, the office shall be vacant.
24 V.S.A. § 1757a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1757a
§ 1757a. Validation of consolidated water or sewer districts and bonds voted for construction
Status: in_force

(a) No action shall be brought directly or indirectly attacking, questioning, or in any manner contesting the legality of the formation, or the existence as a body corporate and politic, of any consolidated water or sewer district created pursuant to chapter 91 or 105, respectively, of this title, after six months from the date of the recording in the office of the Secretary of State of the certificate required by section 3342 or 3673 of this title, as the case may be; nor shall any action be brought directly or indirectly attacking, questioning, or in any manner contesting the legality or validity of bonds, issued or unissued, voted by any such district or by any other municipal corporate entity, after six months from the date upon which voters in any such district or other municipal corporate entity met pursuant to warning and voted affirmatively to issue bonds to defray costs of sewer or water improvements or upon vote of a question of recission thereof whichever occurs later.

(b) This section shall be liberally construed to effect the legislative purpose to validate and make certain the legal existence of all consolidated water or sewer districts in this State and the validity of bonds issued or authorized by consolidated or other municipal corporate entities for water or sewer purposes, and to bar every right to question in any manner the existence of any such district or other municipal corporate entity or the validity of a bond voted by it for water or sewer purposes, and to bar every remedy therefor notwithstanding any defects or irregularities, jurisdictional or otherwise, after expiration of the six-month period.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 22
App. § 149-22. Town meeting; elections
Status: repealed

(a) [Repealed.]

(b) Meetings and Elections.

(1) Annual Town meeting.

(A) On the Monday preceding the first Tuesday in March, beginning at 7:00 p.m. at a place designated by the Selectboard, the Town shall start its annual meeting and may transact at that time any business not involving Australian ballot. At this meeting, public discussion of ballot questions and all other issues appearing on the warning, other than the election of candidates, shall be permitted.

(B) A meeting so started shall be adjourned until the following day, the first Tuesday in March, at which time business involving Australian ballot will be transacted.

(C) The date of the annual Town meeting may be changed by a vote of the citizens at an annual or a special Town meeting duly warned for that purpose.

(2) Special Town meetings.

(A) Special Town meetings may be called at any time for reasons as prescribed by charter, by a majority vote of the Selectboard, or by the decree of the Town Clerk upon receipt of a petition signed by no less than five percent of the voters registered at the time the petition is submitted.

(B) A special Town meeting, called in accordance with subdivision (2)(A) of this subsection, shall be held within 60 days from the date of the official call to meeting.

(3) Warnings.

(A) Timetable and notice. Public notice of every annual or special Town meeting, or Town election, shall be given by a warning posted in not less than four public places in the Town and on the Town's website,not less than 30, nor more than 40 days prior to the meeting, and published in a newspaper or newspapers of general circulation in the municipality as may be directed or designated by the Selectboard.

(B) Contents. The warning shall contain:

(i) the date, time, and location of the meeting;

(ii) separate articles specifically indicating the business to be transacted in the language to be voted upon;

(iii) the signatures of a majority of the Selectboard.

(C) Placing of articles on a warning for the annual Town meeting.

(i) Articles may be placed on the warning by:

(I) a majority vote of the Selectboard;

(II) a petition of at least five percent of the voters registered at the time the petition is submitted.

(ii) Articles submitted by petition must be filed pursuant to State statute as to form and process.

(4) Power of Selectboard on Australian ballot decree.

(A) The Selectboard may cause any question to be voted by Australian ballot at any annual or special Town meeting called on their action, or by petition, provided that the warning for such meeting specifies the question to be voted.

(B) All articles to be voted by Australian ballot shall be preceded by a public informational hearing. The warning of the vote shall include the notice of the public informational hearing and set forth the time and place of the public informational hearing.

(5) Presiding officials at Town meeting and elections.

(A) The Moderator shall preside at all Town meetings. 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.

(B) Town meetings shall be conducted in accordance with State law, this charter, and Robert's Rules of Order, Revised.

(C) It shall be the duty of the Moderator to take such actions deemed necessary to preserve order in the conduct of business and to preserve the principles of free speech, openness, and fairness in government.

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

(E) While the polls are open, the Town Clerk shall rule on all questions covering the conduct of Australian ballot elections, except the resolution of questions concerning the checklist that shall be made by the majority of the Board of Civil Authority members present.

(F) In the absence of the Town Clerk and Assistant Town Clerk, should it occur before an election, the Board of Civil Authority shall, upon notice, immediately meet and designate an Acting Clerk for the duration of the election. Should the absence occur on election day, the Board of Civil Authority members present at the election shall designate an Acting Clerk to preside for the duration of the election.

(6) Postponing or continuing of Town meetings.

(A) The Selectboard may postpone a special Town meeting vote to the annual Town meeting if the date of the special Town meeting will fall within 75 days of the annual Town meeting.

(B) If a special Town meeting called by petition falls within 45 days of a subsequent special or annual Town meeting called by petition, the Selectboard may warn the questions to be voted at such Town meeting for the later Town meeting and may by resolution rescind the call of the earlier meeting.

(7) Citizen initiatives; revote; rescission of articles other than election of officers.

(A) Any question voted at an annual or special Town meeting, except the adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances or of the charter and the recall of elected officials, may be submitted for revote or rescission at a subsequent annual or special Town meeting, subject to the limits contained herein.

(B) Requests for revote or rescission must be by resolution of at least four members of the Selectboard or by a petition filed with the Town Clerk and signed by at least five percent of the voters registered on the date of the action.

(C) Any request for revote or rescission must be taken or filed within 30 days following the date the question was first considered.

(D) The Town Clerk shall warn a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the date following the request for revote or rescission.

(E) The Town budget shall be subject to a revote only if voted in the negative.

(F) The phrasing and presentation of a revote on any question shall be identical to that used on initial consideration.

(G) Any question voted on or considered shall be subject to revote or rescission only once in the 12 months following the initial vote, except for the Town budget, which shall be voted until passed, and except for charter amendments by citizen initiative that are governed by subsection 11(c) of this charter.

(H) A vote of a proposed amendment or revision of this charter by citizen initiative that is substantially similar in substance to a previous proposed amendment by citizen initiative may occur only once in one year.

(8) Tie votes.

(A) A tie vote, other than for an elected office, at any Town meeting shall require an immediate recount; if the tie vote is affirmed, then the articles must be revoted at a special Town meeting within 60 days.

(B) Recounts other than tie votes may be requested in accordance with State statute.

(9) Nonproductive elections. In the event that a legal election fails to produce a person to fill any elected Town office, the Selectboard shall, within 30 days following the election, appoint a registered voter to serve in the position until the next annual Town meeting at which an election will occur for the term of office or remaining balance of the unexpired term, whichever is applicable.

(10) Board of Civil Authority.

(A) The Board of Civil Authority shall consist of the justices of the peace residing within the Town who shall be elected in accordance with State statute, the Town Clerk, and the Selectboard.

(B) At the first meeting following the first day of February of odd numbered years, the Board of Civil Authority shall elect a Chair and a Vice Chair from among its members.

(C) The Town Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Board of Civil Authority.

(D) The Board shall perform all duties as required by this charter and all duties as required by statute to the extent that they are not in conflict with this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 501
App. § 414-501. Special meeting
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this charter or applicable law.

(2) The Board of Supervisors shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the District but only for any legal purpose beyond the power and jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors.

(b) The Board of Supervisors may rescind the call of a special meeting called by them but not a special meeting called on application of five percent of the legal voters of the District.

(c) The Board shall endeavor to have the times of special meetings coincide with the times of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the member municipalities will be voting on other matters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 503
App. § 269-503. Record of proceedings
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to cause to be kept an official record of its proceedings.

(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the trustees and shall be filed in the Village Clerk's office. A duly certified copy of such minutes, attesting to the accuracy thereof, shall constitute the official record of the meeting and shall constitute prima-facie evidence of the action taken.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 309
App. § 5-309. Council agenda
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall prepare a written agenda for each meeting of the Council. The City Manager shall add to the agenda any items requested by a Council member or by written request of any other person. The agenda shall be posted in accordance with State law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 26
App. § 401-26. Records
Status: in_force

The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1405
App. § 5-1405. Amendment of the charter
Status: repealed

This charter may be altered, amended, or repealed whenever the public good shall require in accordance with the general laws of the State. A copy certified by the Secretary of State of all acts that alter, amend, or repeal this charter shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 10
App. § 207-10. Treasurer's and Collector's duties
Status: in_force

The Treasurer and Collector shall perform the same duties for said corporation as by law is required of a town treasurer and a collector of town taxes respectively; and shall have the same powers, proceed in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities; and shall give bonds to said corporation, conditioned for the faithful performance of their respective duties, with such sureties and in such sums as the Board of Trustees shall direct. And a failure or neglect on the part of either of said officers for more than 20 days after election or appointment to furnish satisfactory bonds shall create a vacancy in such office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 8
App. § 401-8. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality; each representative shall be a resident of the municipality he or she represents or may be a nonresident employee of the municipality. No one person may represent more than one municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123A / Section 401
App. § 123A-401. Miscellaneous
Status: in_force

(a) Conflict of interest. The Selectboard and the School Board and School Superintendent shall each maintain comprehensive conflict of interest policies that shall apply to their respective Town and School District employees, elected and appointed officials, and committee and board members.

(b) Ethics—responsibilities. Any elected or appointed board, commission, or authority member:

(1) has no legal powers unless acting at a duly warned Board meeting or acting for the Board after it formally grants power to act on its behalf;

(2) shall maintain confidentiality of discussion conducted in executive session and of other privileged information;

(3) shall use a chain of command and avoid making commitments or promises that compromise the Town and School District;

(4) shall work to further public interest, maintain public trust, be open and accessible to the public at large, and maintain leadership of the highest degree without regard for personal gain.

(c) Rights and privileges.

(1) Nothing in this charter, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall affect or impair rights or privileges of persons who are officers or employees of the Town or School District at the time of its adoption.

(2) Except as specifically provided by this charter, if at the time this charter takes effect, an individual holds any elected or appointed office or position that is or can be abolished by or under this charter, he or she shall continue in the office or position until the term expires.

(d) Severability. If any provision of this charter is for any reason 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 charter are declared to be severable.

(e) Charter review.

(1) The Selectboard and School Board may appoint a Charter Review Committee of registered voters of the Town to review its charter and recommend changes as the Committee finds necessary or advisable for the purpose of improving the operation of the Town and School District.

(2) The Committee shall submit a written report of recommendations to the Selectboard and School Board not later than one year after the appointment of the Committee.

(3) Recommendations shall be warned for a vote at the next Australian ballot Town meeting.

(4) The Selectboard and School Board shall provide funds for the Committee in their budgets for any year when a Charter Review Committee is appointed.
24 V.S.A. § 1425 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 45 / Section 1425
§ 1425. Consolidation plan; publication; voting
Status: in_force

When any plan of consolidation has been approved by the assistant judges, the selectboard of each of the towns involved shall publish such plan by posting a copy of the same in at least three public places in each town for three consecutive weeks and causing the same to be published once a week for three consecutive weeks in a newspaper in general circulation in such town. Within 30 days after such publication the selectboard shall call a town meeting of each town to be held on the same day for the purpose of voting on the proposed consolidation. The voting shall be by ballot and shall be held at the usual polling place in each town and the polls shall be open from 6:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 3
App. § 285-3. General powers conferred
Status: in_force

The Village shall have and is granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and no enumeration of powers in this charter shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority conferred but this grant of authority shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal this charter; or to limit the right to hereafter pass general laws applicable alike to this and all other municipal corporations of the State; nor shall this grant of authority be deemed to limit the patronage or control of the State with respect to the Village.
24 V.S.A. § 136 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 136
§ 136. Actions by and against county; process; attorney
Status: in_force

Actions in which a county is the party in interest shall be brought by or against the county, and service of process against a county shall be made by leaving copies with the county clerk or county treasurer. The assistant judges may appoint an attorney to prosecute or defend actions in which the county is a party.
24 V.S.A. § 1527 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1527
§ 1527. Tax levies-Officers' duties
Status: in_force

(a) In all towns having therein neither an incorporated village nor an incorporated school district, the town treasurer shall deal with the usual tax levies as provided in sections 1524-1526 of this title.

(b) In any town having therein an incorporated village but no incorporated school district, the town treasurer shall deal with the usual tax levies except the highway levy as provided in such sections and the voters of the town may vote to adopt the provisions of the aforementioned sections for application to the town highway levy.

(c) In any town having therein an incorporated school district but no incorporated village, the town treasurer shall deal with the usual tax levies except the school district levy as provided in sections 1524-1526 of this title and the voters of the town may vote to adopt the provisions of the aforementioned sections for application to the town school district levy.

(d) In any town having therein both an incorporated school district and an incorporated village, the provisions of said sections 1524-1526 with regard to the relation of general fund, highway account, and town school district account shall apply only if adopted by action of the voters of the town.
24 V.S.A. § 1536 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1536
§ 1536. Abatement; record; discharge
Status: in_force

The board for the abatement of taxes shall make a record of taxes, interest, and fees so abated, which shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk and a certified copy shall be forwarded forthwith to the collector of taxes and the town treasurer. The collector shall mark in the tax bill the taxes, interest, and fees abated and the persons against whom they were assessed shall be discharged from their payment. An abatement of a use change tax shall be separately recorded in the land records of the municipality in which the property subject to the abatement is located and shall effect a release of the land use lien on the portion of the property abated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 3
App. § 227-3. Election and duties of officers
Status: in_force

(a) At the annual meeting there shall be elected, by ballot if called for by three voters, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Chief Engineer, First and Second Assistant Engineers, a Collector, and five trustees, who shall serve until their successors are elected. They shall be sworn, and the Clerk shall make a record thereof. The Clerk, Collector, and Treasurer shall give such bonds as shall be required by the trustees. Vacancies may be filled at special meetings called for that purpose.

(b) The trustees shall elect one trustee to serve as President.

(c) Each of the elected officers shall perform the following duties:

(1) The President shall preside at all meetings and have all the powers of a moderator in town meetings and be an ex-officio member and presiding officer of the Board of Trustees.

(2) The Senior Trustee shall act as President if the President is absent at the annual meeting or any meeting of the trustees.

(3) The Clerk shall keep a record of the annual meeting and any special meetings that are called in accordance with the charter of the Village and also keep a record of all proceedings at the trustees' meetings.

(4) The Treasurer shall be custodian of all money belonging to the Village and shall pay all obligations of the Village that the President and at least two trustees have approved.

(d) The Village shall employ an auditor who shall conduct an annual audit in accordance with Government Accounting Standards and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rules.

(e) The trustees shall:

(1) Have general charge of all affairs of the Village and shall meet at least once a month at the time and place as the President may designate for the meetings, and the trustees may hold as many additional meetings in any month as they deem advisable.

(2) Shall make all contracts concerning the building of electric light lines and maintenance of the same.

(3) Do all things necessary to maintain the electric light system that the Village owns in the Town of Whitingham.

(4) Fix the compensation of all employees and officers of the Village.

(5) Establish the rates for the electric light service that the Village furnishes, subject to the approval of the Public Utility Commission of the State of Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 905 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 905
App. § 19-905. Title of charter
Status: in_force

This charter shall be designated as the charter of the City of Winooski. A copy of this charter shall be kept in the office of the City Clerk of the City of Winooski, to which copy shall be affixed a certificate under the hand of the Secretary of State and the Seal of the State of Vermont that the laws therein contained are statute laws of the State of Vermont, and such certificate copy shall be an authentic record of such laws.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 3
App. § 225-3. Postponement and combining of Village meetings
Status: in_force

The trustees may postpone the vote on any question to be voted at a special meeting to the annual meeting if such special meeting would fall within 75 days of the annual meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 4782 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4782
§ 4782. Conditions of loan agreement
Status: in_force

(a) VEDA may make loans to applicants on behalf of the State for one or more of the purposes set forth in subsection 4781(b) of this title. Each loan shall be made subject to the following conditions:

(1) The loan shall be evidenced by a note payable over a term not to exceed 30 years. Repayment shall commence not later than one year after completion of the project for which loan funds have been issued.

(2) The loan shall be secured with assets as determined by VEDA. VEDA may also require that the applicant assign all or a portion of any revenues from the clean water project as security for the loan or may require the establishment of a reserve fund.

(3) The rate of interest charged for loans shall be set by the State Treasurer, taking into consideration prevailing borrowing rates available to similarly situated applicants from private lenders and the administrative fees to be charged to applicants. VEDA, in cooperation with the Secretary, shall periodically recommend interest rates to be set by the State Treasurer that are the lowest practicable rates consistent with maintaining the long-term integrity of the Fund. The interest rate set by the State Treasurer may be less than the prevailing borrowing rates available to similarly situated applicants from private lenders, but not less than zero percent.

(b) The loan agreement shall specify the terms and conditions of the loan and its repayment by the applicant, as well as other terms and conditions determined necessary by the Secretary and VEDA.

(c) Disbursement of loan proceeds shall be based on certification to the Secretary and VEDA by the loan recipient demonstrating that the costs for which reimbursement is requested have been incurred and paid by the recipient. The recipient shall provide supporting evidence of payment upon the request of VEDA. Partial disbursements of loan proceeds shall be made not more frequently than monthly.

(d) Interim financing charges or short-term interest costs may constitute an allowable cost of a project for which a loan is extended, provided VEDA approved in advance the terms, conditions, interest rate, and other related matters concerning the financing or interest cost. In the event short-term financing is unavailable to the applicant, VEDA may make interim loan disbursements not more frequently than monthly to the applicant and its general contractor as co-payees upon submission of a certified request for payment supported by actual invoices or other evidence satisfactory to VEDA of costs incurred.

(e) VEDA shall have the right prior to making any disbursement of the loan proceeds to require confirmation from an independent registered professional engineer that any work has been performed according to project plans and specifications approved by the Secretary.

(f) VEDA may require as part of the loan agreement that the applicant cause an audit of the project costs to be prepared and approved by VEDA prior to VEDA's making final payment of the loan amount.

(g) In the event of default, any amounts owed upon the loan shall be considered a debt for the purposes of 32 V.S.A. § 5932(4). VEDA may recover such debt pursuant to the setoff debt collection remedy established under 32 V.S.A. §§ 5933 and 5934.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 299 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 299
App. § 3-299. Rights, duties, and liabilities of City to remain as existing at time of organization
Status: in_force

The rights, duties, and liabilities of the City of Burlington and of the Town of South Burlington, by reason of the conversion of the Town of Burlington into said two municipalities, shall remain as provided by section 31 of this charter entitled “An act to incorporate the City of Burlington,” approved November 22, 1864, and the agreement said City and Town made by virtue of such section on the 15th day of March, 1865. All the books of record, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Burlington at the time the City of Burlington was organized shall continue to be deposited and kept in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer of said City, copies of which, duly certified by said Chief Administrative Officer, shall be legal evidence for all purposes for which they would have been evidence if said City had not been created, and they had been duly certified by the Clerk of the Town of Burlington.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 401
App. § 247-401. Election of officers
Status: in_force

The officers of the corporation shall consist of a Moderator, three trustees, a Clerk, a Treasurer, and three auditors. The officers shall be elected at the annual meeting of the corporation for the term of one year and until their successors are elected, except that trustees shall hold office for three years. One trustee shall be elected at each annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 402
App. § 411-402. Budget preparation
Status: in_force

On or before November 15th of each year, the Board of Supervisors shall prepare a budget for the District for the ensuing fiscal year, which budget shall include an estimate of all revenues anticipated to be received by the District from disposal fees and other sources, and an estimate of all expenses anticipated to be incurred by the District for planning, solid waste management debt service, and other expenses. The budget shall also show actual and estimated income and expenditures incurred or to be incurred by the District for the current fiscal year, and the actual income and expenditures incurred by the District for the preceding fiscal year, and any proposal or recommendation for incurring short-term indebtedness to be repaid in five years or less.
24 V.S.A. § 5122 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5122
§ 5122. Creation of regional transit districts
Status: in_force

A regional transit district may be created at any time by the act of the voters of each of two or more municipalities upon the written approval of the Agency of Transportation. Approval shall be based upon the results of studies carried out by the Agency of Transportation and by representatives of the municipalities to determine whether the municipalities involved constitute a reasonable transit district. Evidence shall be shown that funding will be adequate to provide a continuing transit program.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 2
App. § 601-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of strengthening local governments by promoting more efficient and economical operation of recreation services within the participating municipalities by developing a regional recreation community center and other facilities, which center and facilities will permit and encourage quality recreation and leisure opportunities that will promote positive lifestyle habits, contribute to the health and wellness of residents of, and visitors to, the District, and in so doing, will foster a new level of regionalism through cooperation and partnering, and will contribute to the economic health of the region by creating jobs, by purchasing local goods and services, and by encouraging tourism.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 705 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 705
App. § 123-705. Compensation
Status: in_force

The Manager shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 263 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 263
App. § 3-263. Authorization to make improvements without petition; assessment of costs
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have power, without such petition, to make one or more of the improvements above specified, and to assess against the owner or owners of the lands or buildings abutting upon such street, lane, or alley, and adjoining the part where such improvements shall be made, whether made upon petition or otherwise, so much of the cost and expense of making such improvements as it shall judge such lands or buildings to be benefited thereby; but in no case shall the cost and expense of making such improvements be assessed against the abutting owner on either side of any such street or portion thereof in excess of one-half of such cost and expense in the construction of sidewalks, or in excess of one-fourth of such cost and expense in the making of any of the other improvements specified in the preceding section and the City shall pay one-half of the cost and expense of all improvements therein mentioned, provided that all assessments for street improvements heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 408 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 408
App. § 411-408. Sinking fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for the sinking fund or funds as it determines appropriate to provide for the retirement of bond issue or other debt, or to provide security for the payment thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 903 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 903
App. § 131-903. Incorporation of Village zoning ordinance
Status: in_force

The Village of Plainfield zoning and flood hazard regulations, as amended, are hereby incorporated into the zoning ordinance of the Town of Plainfield for the purpose of defining a Village district within said Town ordinance and establishing area, density, use, building, and like requirements therein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 220 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 220
App. § 3-220. Bylaws and regulations of Board to have force of ordinances
Status: in_force

The bylaws and regulations made by said Board as provided by law shall, when approved by the City Council and published as herein provided for ordinances, have the force of ordinances of said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 30
App. § 901-30. Invoice
Status: in_force

After adoption of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, the Authority shall deliver an invoice to each member for its share of the net cost of operating the Authority, accompanied by its budget estimates for the next two years.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114E / Section 2
App. § 114E-2. Abolished offices
Status: in_force

(a) The offices of Town Grand Juror; Town Agent; Trustees of Public Funds; Fence Viewer; Weigher of Coal; and Inspector of Lumber, Shingles, and Wood are abolished.

(b) The functions of Town Grand Juror, Town Agent, and Trustees of Public Funds are assigned to the Selectboard. In performing the duties of the Trustees of Public Funds, the Selectboard shall consult with and have the assistance of the Town Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 5
App. § 11-5. Wards
Status: in_force

The City Council is empowered to make such changes from time to time, by resolution or ordinance, in the number and boundaries of the several wards of the City as it may deem proper, having regard so far as practicable and convenient, to an equal division of population among them; provided that after the first change so made, such changes shall not be made more than once in five years.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 812 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 812
App. § 251-812. Prohibition on taxation, assessment, or encumbrance of water works
Status: in_force

The Village of North Bennington shall never tax or assess said system of water works or the income thereof, and shall never mortgage or encumber the same or allow or permit the same to be encumbered.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 810 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 810
App. § 5-810. Youth members
Status: in_force

The City Council may appoint nonvoting youth members to City boards and commissions, in addition to the regular appointed members. Youth members shall be enrolled in a secondary school at the time of appointment. Appointments shall last one year, commencing in the beginning of the regular school year calendar.
24 V.S.A. § 4473 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4473
§ 4473. Purpose; limitation
Status: in_force

It is the purpose of this chapter to provide for review of all questions arising out of or with respect to the implementation by a municipality of this chapter. Except as specifically provided herein, no board of adjustment or development review board may amend, alter, invalidate, or affect any development plan or bylaw of any municipality or the implementation or enforcement thereof, or allow any use not permitted by any zoning regulations or other bylaw.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 405
App. § 151-405. Compensation
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall receive such compensation as may be fixed by the Select Board.
24 V.S.A. § 3254 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 87 / Section 3254
§ 3254. Approval of voters
Status: in_force

A special assessment under this chapter shall be levied only by vote of a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose. However, the question need not be submitted to the voters if all of the owners of record of property to be assessed, or of any interest therein, other than mortgagees or lien holders, consent in writing to the assessment. Either the vote or the consent shall include approval of the method of apportionment of the assessment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 310
App. § 123-310. Town Clerk and Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Clerk, auditors, and Treasurer of the Town shall perform those duties imposed upon them by the general law of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 2
App. § 405-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the efficient, economical, and environmentally sound management of solid waste generated by member municipalities and their residents. Initially the District will engage in a planning phase by exploring various solid waste management alternatives for its member communities, including recycling, resource recovery, and construction of lined landfills.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 110 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 110
App. § 13-110. Annual City report
Status: in_force

The annual City report shall be made available to the legal voters of the City and School District not later than 20 days prior to the annual City and School District meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 174 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 174
App. § 225-174. Terms of office
Status: in_force

All officers under this charter shall hold their respective offices until their successors are chosen. No officer shall be qualified until ready to assume the normal duties of his or her office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 256 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 256
App. § 3-256. Service on nonresidents
Status: in_force

Such citation may be served by such sheriff or constable upon a person not an inhabitant of this State by leaving a true and attested copy of said citation with his or her return thereon 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 such copy of said citation shall be by said sheriff or constable left at the office of the Chief Administrative Officer of said City for such persons so owning or interested in such land.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 148 / Section 6
App. § 148-6. Ordinances
Status: in_force

The Town of South Hero may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce any rule, regulation, bylaw, or ordinance to carry into execution all the powers granted to the Town of South Hero.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.15
App. § 9-22.15. Monthly meetings
Status: in_force

The Police Commission shall meet at least once a month.
24 V.S.A. § 2604 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 69 / Section 2604
§ 2604. Joint action by municipalities
Status: in_force

A municipality may appropriate a sum of money to secure a licensed physician or a registered nurse, or both, or provide ambulance service, and may join with adjacent municipalities in providing these services.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 305
App. § 19-305. Prohibitions; conflict of interest
Status: in_force

(a) Holding other office. Except where authorized by law, no councilor shall hold any other City office or City employment during the term of election to the Council.

(b) Appointments and removals. Neither the Council nor any of its members shall in any manner dictate the appointment or removal of any City administrative officers or employees whom the Manager or any of the Manager's subordinates are empowered to appoint, but the Council may express its views and fully and freely discuss with the Manager anything pertaining to the appointment and removal of such officers and employees.

(c) Interference with administration. Except for the purpose of inquiries and investigations under this charter, the Council or its members shall deal with City officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the Manager solely through the Manager, and neither the Council nor its members shall give orders to any such officer or employee, either publicly or privately.

(d) Conflict of interest. By ordinance, resolution, parliamentary rule, or prohibition, the Council shall adopt measures relating to the definition, disclosure, and consequences of a conflict of interest involving elected and appointed City officials.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 410 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 410
App. § 1-410. Duties
Status: in_force

(a) The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties as prescribed by the laws of this State upon town clerks, except insofar as the same are changed or modified by the provisions of this charter and shall charge and receive for the benefit of the City the same fees therefor. The Clerk shall be ex-officio Clerk of the City Council and Board of Civil Authority. The Clerk shall have exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the City and all records, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Barre at the time the City of Barre was organized. Such records shall not be taken out of or away from the City Clerk's office except upon the order of process of a court of competent jurisdiction; but said City Council may, by ordinance or bylaw, regulate the removal from said office of all papers and documents belonging to the City and in the custody of the Clerk as aforesaid. The Clerk shall, on being tendered therefor the fees allowed town clerks under the law of this State for similar services, make duly certified copies of said records, documents, and copies so certified shall be legal evidence of the same validity and effect as those of town clerks, in all courts and for all purposes. Compensation for the Clerk shall be fixed by the City Council.

(b) All the books of records, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Barre at the time the City of Barre was organized shall continue to be kept and deposited in the office of the City Clerk, copies of which, duly certified by him or her, shall be legal evidence for all purposes for which they would have been evidenced if the City has not been created, and they had been duly certified by the Clerk of the Town of Barre.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 604 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 604
App. § 411-604. Amendment of Union Municipal District agreement
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Supervisors may, at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Supervisors, by a majority vote of a quorum of the Board of Supervisors, adopt a resolution recommending an amendment to this agreement, which resolution shall state the wording of the proposed amendment, the purpose of the amendment, and the date, time, and place at which the Board of Supervisors shall consider the adoption of said amendment. A written copy of the resolution shall be delivered or mailed by the Clerk of the District to the clerk and each member of the legislative body of each member municipality, and to each member of the Board of Supervisors, which mailing or delivery shall occur at least 30 calendar days prior to the meeting at which action on the proposed amendment is scheduled to occur. Thirty calendar days following adoption of the amendment by a vote of two-thirds majority of the Board of Supervisors, the amendment shall become effective upon ratification by the General Assembly, unless a majority of the member municipalities, acting through their legislative branches, petition the Board of Supervisors prior to the effective date of the amendment to have the amendment acted upon by the legal voters of the District at an annual or special meeting of the District, in which case the Board of Supervisors shall, within 60 days thereof, cause the amendment to be acted upon by the legal voters of the District at an annual or special meeting thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Article V hereof. In the event the amendment shall be approved by a majority of the legal voters of the District at such meeting, it shall become effective upon ratification by the General Assembly.

(b) Upon receipt of a petition signed by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the District, which petition shall set forth the wording of a proposed amendment and the purpose of the proposed amendment, the Board of Supervisors shall consider the adoption of the amendment within 60 days of the receipt of the petition by the Board. In the event the Board of Supervisors shall approve the proposed amendment, the provisions of subsection (a) hereof shall apply. In the further event that the Board of Supervisors shall disapprove the proposed amendment, then and in that event shall the Board of Supervisors, within 60 days thereof, cause the amendment to be acted upon by the legal voters of the District at an annual or special meeting thereof, in accordance with the provisions of Article V hereof. In the event the amendment shall be approved by a majority of the legal voters of the District at such meeting, it shall become effective upon ratification by the General Assembly.

(c) No amendment may be made to this agreement that shall substantially impair the rights of the holders of any bonds or other notes or other evidence of indebtedness, or substantially affect any obligations under long-term contracts of the District then outstanding or in effect, or the rights of the District to procure the means for payment, continuation, or termination thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 3
App. § 175-3. General law; application
Status: in_force

Except as altered, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter or by any current or future lawful ordinance or regulation of the Town of Woodford, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Woodford and its officials.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 61 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 61
App. § 417-61. Severability
Status: in_force

Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the chapter as a whole, or any part of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1202
App. § 5-1202. Notice of tax bill and due date
Status: in_force

Thirty days before the due date for the payment of taxes or before the first installment payment thereof, the City Treasurer shall send all municipal taxpayers notice in writing of the tax bill, the amount thereof, and the “due date” by which this amount shall be paid to the City Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 54 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 54
App. § 3-54. Offenders may be liable in damages
Status: in_force

A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of said City shall be liable in damages to said City or to the person who shall sustain damage as the direct result of said violation; such damages may be recovered in an action declaring upon such ordinance, regulation, or bylaw.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 27
App. § 401-27. Audit
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant, who shall be the Auditors selected by the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 501 / Section 9
App. § 501-9. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter shall be amended in the same manner as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2645, except that in lieu of the requirements of subdivision 2645(a)(7), a vote affirming the amendment of this charter shall be by ballot in the form of a yes or no proposition. The District shall make all proposed changes to this charter available to any member of the District in amended form, with deleted material in brackets and new matter underlined or in italics.
24 V.S.A. § 4683 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4683
§ 4683. Revenue Fund
Status: in_force

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

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

(2) any monies that the Bank shall transfer thereto pursuant to section 4672 of this title from the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund established pursuant to section 4681 of this title;

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

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

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

(b) Any monies in the Revenue Fund may, subject to any contracts between the Bank and its bondholders or noteholders, be transferred to the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund, or if not so transferred, shall be used for the payment of the principal of or interest on bonds or notes of the Bank as provided by resolution of the Bank when they become due and payable, whether at maturity or upon redemption including payment of any premium upon redemption prior to maturity, and any monies in the Revenue Fund may be used for making loans to governmental units under this chapter and for all other purposes of the Bank including payment of its operating expenses.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 703 / Section 19
App. § 703-19. Amendments
Status: in_force

This chapter may be amended in accordance with the terms and provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645 for the amendment of municipal charters. For this purpose, the word “municipality” in such statute shall be construed to mean “District,” and “legal voters” as used in such statute shall be defined in accordance with section 8 of this chapter. No amendment shall be made that substantially adversely affects the rights of the holders of obligations of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 1320 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 39 / Section 1320
§ 1320. Village to vote on question of annexation
Status: in_force

Upon the record of such favorable vote, the trustees of such village shall cause a village meeting to be warned. At such meeting, the question of annexation shall be submitted to the voters of such village. When a majority in number of the voters at such meeting vote in favor of such annexation, such vote shall be recorded in the office of the town clerk. From the date of such record, the territory sought to be annexed shall become a part of such village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 3
App. § 109-3. Properties held in trust
Status: in_force

Any and all properties held in trust by the trustees of the Village of Proctorsville, or any officer thereof, shall become vested in the Selectboard of the Town of Cavendish and its successors, or in the respective officer of the Town and the officer's successor, as the case may be, and shall continue to be held in trust for the same uses as before the merger, all without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary.
24 V.S.A. § 4833 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4833
§ 4833. Officers
Status: in_force

The members of a joint municipal survey committee shall consist of an equal number of representatives from each municipality designated by the legislative branch. Members of the legislative branch of a municipality may serve as members of the committee. The committee shall elect from its own number a chair and secretary and other necessary officers to serve for such period as the members shall decide.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 18
App. § 11-18. Ordinances; authority enumerated
Status: in_force

The general grant of ordinance promulgating authority in section 16 of this charter, and in addition to those powers enumerated in 24 V.S.A. § 2291, such authority shall include the authority to fix and impose licenses, fees, or taxes within the limits of the City and collect the same for purposes of regulation and revenue in respect to the following matters and things:

(1) To restrain and prohibit all types of gaming.

(2) To regulate, restrain, prohibit, suppress, license, and fix reasonable and necessary fees or tax for the purpose of revenue, places of public resort or public amusement whether indoor or outdoor, including theaters, lodging establishments, and bowling alleys; places dispensing food and drink to the public, including transient merchants, lodging establishments, restaurants, bars, or private clubs; public dances; and itinerant vendors, peddlers, and transient merchants; and all monies received for such licenses or taxes shall belong to the City and be paid into the City Treasury.

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

(4) To establish and regulate a Fire Department.

(5) To regulate or restrain the running at large of dogs and other domestic animals, including any such animals as may be kept by residents of the City of St. Albans, whether classified as “domestic,” “exotic,” or otherwise.

(6) To compel the cleaning or repair of any premises; to abate and remove nuisances; to regulate or prohibit the storage and accumulation on premises within the City of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, and waste materials that in the judgment of the City Council are dangerous to the health or safety of the public; to tax or license for revenue and regulate or prohibit the collection and removal of such materials from such premises and the disposal of the same by private persons or agencies; to compel and regulate the removal and disposal of such materials by owners, tenants, and occupants of such premises; to require and provide for the collection, removal, and disposal of such materials by the City at its expense by contract with some private individual or agency or by some City official, officials, or department either existing or hereafter created and established by the City Council for that purpose; to establish, in case the collection, removal, and disposal of such materials is done at the expense of the City, service rates to be paid to the City by the owners, tenants, or occupants of premises from which said materials are collected and removed for services rendered by the City in collecting, removing, and disposing of such materials, to compensate the City for the cost and expense of those services. All service rates against owners or others shall be collected and enforced under such regulations and ordinances as the City Council shall prescribe. All such service rates shall constitute a lien and charge upon the buildings, lots, and other property so supplied and may be collected in the same manner as any tax assessed by the City.

(7) 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 City and State aid streets and highways.

(8) To provide for the lighting of the streets and public buildings of the City.

(9) To manage and control the public places, parks, and commons in said City, and to regulate the use of the same by the public, and to prevent and punish trespasses or willful injuries to or upon any appurtenances, building, or structure placed therein by or under the orders of the City, in such a manner as shall not be inconsistent with the laws of the State.

(10) To regulate or prohibit the suspending or putting up of any sign, billboard, or awning in or over any street, lane, alley, common, or other public place in the City; and, whenever the public good may require, to order and direct that signs, billboards, or awnings heretofore erected or suspended as aforesaid shall be taken down or removed.

(11) To provide a supply of water for the protection of the City against fire and for other purposes, including the supplying of water outside the limits of the City, and to regulate the use of same; and to establish and maintain reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, hydrants, or any other apparatus necessary for such purposes, and also necessary sewers and drains, within or without the limits of the City, upon, in, and through the lands of individuals and corporations, on making compensation therefor; and in taking such lands for such purposes, said City Council shall proceed in the same manner as selectboard members of towns are authorized by law to proceed in the taking of lands for highways; and the same right of appeal to the county court from the decision of the City Council in taking such lands and in awarding land damages shall be allowed; and such appeal shall be taken in the same manner as is provided by law from the decision of selectboard members in such matters, except that such appeal, if taken from the appraisal of damages only, shall not prevent the City from proceeding with its work as though no appeal had been taken. All monies accruing on account of the City Water and Wastewater Departments shall be paid into the City Treasury, and the City Treasurer shall keep separate accounts thereof showing fully all receipts and payment. Such monies shall be devoted solely to the expense of construction, reconstruction, improvements, additions, repairs, and maintenance of said water system and to the payment of any indebtedness created on account thereof.

(12) To make all regulations and ordinances for preventing the corruption and for the protection of the water supply and for the protection from injury of any dam, reservoir, aqueduct, pipe, hydrant, or source of supply of water connected with any water plant now owned or hereafter acquired by the City.

(13) To provide for the establishment of rates to be paid for the use of water and wastewater services supplied by the City Water and Sewer Departments, which shall be called service rates. Such service rates may be charged either against the owner or occupants of a house or other building supplied with water or wastewater services, or both, under such rules or regulations as the City Council may prescribe, and in either case, such service rates together with such reasonable collection fees as the City Council may by ordinance prescribe, and all costs accrued or accruing thereon, shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon such house or other building, and upon the lot or lots of land upon which such house or other building is situated until fully paid or otherwise discharged. For the enforcement of such lien, the City shall have the right, without the enactment of any special ordinance in this regard, to resort to any and all remedies that would be available under the laws of this State if it were a lien for taxes. The City Council shall also have power to make and enforce ordinances for the collection of said service rates either by requiring payment at the office of the City Treasurer or the appointment of a collector or collectors to demand and collect the same, and the attempt to collect such rates by any of the methods herein mentioned shall not in any way invalidate the lien upon said land or premises. Nothing herein contained shall affect service rates that have accrued or are in arrears at the time this charter becomes effective; and the schedule of service rates that is in effect at the time of the passage of this charter shall continue in full force and effect until modified or superseded through express action of the City Council subsequently taken.

(14) To establish rules and regulations governing the use of said water and wastewater services, including the installing of a meter system, which said water from said City Water Department may be furnished outside the limits of the City of St. Albans.

(15) To prescribe regulations concerning the use and travel upon or over streets of the City in the course of construction, alteration, improvement, or repair, and to prohibit the use thereof.

(16) In the furnishing of water and wastewater services outside the limits of the City of St. Albans, said City shall have the right, without the enactment of any special ordinance in that regard, to act by its Council or the Council's designee in accordance with the provisions of 19 V.S.A. § 1111 and 24 V.S.A. chapter 89.

(17) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the operation, parking, soliciting, delivery, or fares in the taxi business within the City, whether or not such vehicles are engaged in carrying passengers entirely within the City; to prescribe the duties and privileges of such owners and drivers; to fix and regulate rates of fare, including maximum and minimum rate or rates, for any such transportation of passengers within the City; to license and regulate all such vehicles; to rescind any and all licenses granted hereunder, and to prohibit the operation of such vehicles upon the streets of the City when either the owners or the drivers thereof have not complied with all the provisions of ordinances duly enacted hereunder; provided, however, that no license shall be granted hereunder unless the applicant has first complied with all the requirements of the laws of the State of Vermont relative to the registration and operation of motor vehicles to enable the applicant to use the license for which he or she applies; and to limit and restrict the use of its streets and highways by such motor vehicles in such manner as will promote the safety and general welfare of the public.

(18) To condemn lands or buildings to which public ownership is deemed necessary for the exercise of any of the powers of the City or of City Council, and to hold public hearings thereon for just compensation to be paid to the owners of any right or interest therein.

(19) To promote and safeguard the public health, safety, comfort, or general welfare by the adoption of ordinances and regulations relating to the following subjects.

(A) The design, construction, repair, alteration, removal, and demolition of buildings and structures of all kinds.

(B) The design, installation, repair, alterations, removal, and maintenance of plumbing systems, sanitary sewers, and drains.

(C) The installation, repair, alteration, use, and maintenance of electrical wiring, motors, devices, equipment, and appliances, and appurtenances thereof.

(D) The handling, transportation, storage, and use or sale of explosives, radioactive materials, or devices, and other hazardous chemicals, materials, substances, or devices, and the use and occupancy of buildings, structures, land, and premises for such purposes.

(E) The installation, repair, and alteration of furnaces, stoves, fireplaces, and devices used for heating, cooking, or in any industrial process from which damage by fire may occur.

(F) The air-conditioning and ventilation of buildings and structures.

(G) The lighting of buildings and other structures and open areas;

(H) The minimum dimensions of rooms used for habitation, based on the number of occupants thereof.

(I) The minimum requirements for sanitary facilities in buildings used for habitation or for dispensing food or food products.

(J) The fixing and determination of fire limits within the City based on density of buildings, and the prescription of standards for buildings and structures within each fire limit area with reference to the type of occupancy within a building.

(K) The adoption of a Building Code, Electric Code, Plumbing Code, Fire Prevention Code, and Housing Code. A book, pamphlet, or other publication may be made a part of any ordinance, bylaw, or regulation by reference therein to such publication by its title, clearly identifying it. When a book, pamphlet, or other publication is so incorporated by reference, it need not be published in a locally distributed newspaper; but copies shall at all times be available for public inspection in the office of the City Clerk, who shall keep a reasonable supply in his or her office for sale, at cost, to residents of the City.

(L) Prescribing the powers and duties of building inspectors, inspectors of electric wiring, plumbing inspectors, fire prevention inspectors, and housing inspectors, and appointing such qualified inspectors as may be necessary.

(M) Providing penalties for noncompliance with orders of any inspector named in subdivision (L) of this subdivision (19), made by virtue of any resolution, ordinance, bylaws, or regulation adopted by the City Council hereunder. However, provision shall be made to appeal such orders and decisions in the manner specified by 24 V.S.A. chapter 83.

(N) Expanding and enlarging, consistent with this section and the charter, the requirements, powers, duties, and other provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 83.

(20) To acquire voting machines, so-called, and prescribe the use thereof in any or all elections held within the City.

(21) The City Council may make and establish and the same alter, amend, or repeal such other bylaws, rules, ordinances, and regulations, including emergency ordinances effective for no more than 30 days, and therein may impose such licenses and taxes for the purpose of regulation or revenue, in all cases in a manner that is consistent with enabling authority granted by the provisions of this charter and the general statutes of this State, as it may deem necessary for the well-being of the City and not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 906 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 906
App. § 123-906. Police Department; appointments
Status: in_force

Whenever the Town of Hardwick shall maintain a police department, the Police Chief shall be appointed by the Town Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 4.03
App. § 107-4.3. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

(a) Except where authorized by law, a member of the Selectboard shall not be employed by the Town and shall not be a voting member of any committee to which all members are appointed by the Selectboard. A former member of the Selectboard shall not hold any appointive office for which compensation is paid until one year after the expiration of the term of office.

(b) The Selectboard may not remove or require the removal by the Town Manager of any employee or officer whom the Town Manager is empowered to appoint. The Selectboard may, however, express their views as to appointment and removal of such officers or employees.

(c) The Selectboard may investigate all matters pertaining to Town officers and employees, and shall conduct all appeals and hearings required by law, but shall not abrogate the Town Manager's responsibility for exclusive supervision of Town employees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 7
App. § 151-7-12a. Repealed. 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 30, 2024.
Status: repealed

(Repealed by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 30, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1710 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1710
App. § 269-1710. Continuation of acts 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. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 505
App. § 1-505. Established
Status: in_force

The City Council may establish a Police Department for the City subject to control and supervision of the City Manager and may, by ordinance, determine of what officers and members of the Department may consist; prescribe the time and modes of their appointment and removal; define their powers, duties, and periods of service; fix their compensation; and make such other regulations regarding their conduct and government as the City Council may deem expedient. All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State and return processes in criminal causes returnable within the State, and for such duties shall be allowed the fees provided by law to sheriffs for similar services, which fees shall belong to the City and be paid into the City Treasury, whenever such police officers shall be under pay from the City. The police officers shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and the police regulations of the City. Such officers shall not serve civil process.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 1
App. § 123B-1. Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, this charter establishes certain guidelines with respect to organization and functioning of local Town government in the Town of Jamaica, Vermont.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 7
App. § 291-7. Clerk; duties
Status: in_force

The Clerk shall keep records of all proceedings of the corporation, and give copies of the same when required, and may receive such fees as town clerks are entitled to receive for like services. The Clerk shall also warn meetings of the corporation, both annual and special, agreeably to the directions of the trustees, who are authorized to call special meetings of the corporation, causing the same to be warned in the manner prescribed for warning annual meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 308 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 203 / Section 308
App. § 203-308. Auditors
Status: in_force

The auditors shall, previous to each annual Village meeting, examine and adjust the accounts of the Village officers, and report the amounts so adjusted with the items thereof, and also the state of the treasury, to said annual meeting. The auditors shall cause their report to be printed at the expense of the Village and circulated among the taxpayers thereof at least 10 days previous to such annual meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 2804 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 77 / Section 2804
§ 2804. Reserve funds; use
Status: in_force

(a) At an annual or special meeting duly warned, a municipality may establish a reserve fund to be under the control and direction of the legislative branch of the municipality. The reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and may be expended for such purposes for which established, or when authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned, for other purposes.

(b) If a reserve fund is established under subsection (a) of this section to pay a school district's future school capital construction costs approved under 16 V.S.A. chapter 123, any funds raised by the district as part of its education spending to pay for those future costs shall be considered “approved school capital construction spending” in calculating excess spending under 32 V.S.A. § 5401(12). Districts shall submit to the Agency of Education annually a report of deposits into and expenditures from a school capital construction reserve fund. If the Agency of Education determines that any amount in the reserve fund has not been used for approved school capital construction within five years after deposit into the fund, then 150 percent of that amount shall be added to the district's education spending in the then-current year for purposes of calculating the excess spending penalty. The definitions in 16 V.S.A. chapter 133 shall apply to this subsection.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129F / Section 1
App. § 129F-1. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

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

(b) The inhabitants of the Town of Panton, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of Panton, Vermont.
24 V.S.A. § 1883 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1883
§ 1883. Transfer agent
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The treasurer of the municipal corporation shall act as transfer agent or registrar for the exchange or transfer of registered bonds, notes, or certificates or maintain the records so that bonds or notes in book entry form may be effected or contract with or otherwise designate a bank, trust company, or other person to act as transfer agent or registrar for the bonds, notes, or certificates, or maintain the records so that bonds or notes in book entry form may be effected.

(2) Such bank, trust company, or other person, which may include the federal government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities, or any officer, agency, or instrumentality of the State, may be located or have its principal office inside or outside the State; provided, however, that any such transfer agent or registrar (other than the federal government or any of its agencies or instrumentalities) not domiciled in the State or having its principal business in the State, shall qualify and be authorized to do business in the State, or shall otherwise render itself amenable to personal service of process in the State and shall submit itself to personal jurisdiction in the courts of the State.

(b) Bonds, notes, or certificates in book entry form shall be effected by means of entries on the records of the treasurer of the municipal corporation or his or her designee which shall reflect the description of the issue, the principal amount, the interest rate, the maturity date, and the owner of the bonds, notes, or certificates and such other information as is deemed appropriate.

(c) The treasurer of the municipal corporation or other designated person may effect conversion between book entry bonds, notes, or certificates and registered bonds, notes, or certificates for owners of bonds, notes, or certificates who request such a change. The treasurer of the municipal corporation or other designated transfer agent or registrar shall issue a confirmation of the transaction in the form of a written advice.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 2.03
App. § 107-2.3. Manner of election
Status: in_force

(a) Representative Town Meeting members: Representative Town Meeting members shall be elected by Australian ballot on the first Tuesday in March of each year. Voters and youth voters in each district shall elect, for staggered terms, three members for every 180 voters or major fraction thereof. Members shall serve for three years, except that a member elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term. The manner of elections is fully prescribed in 1959 Acts and Resolves No. 302.

(b) Other officers: Other officers shall be elected at large by Australian ballot on the first Tuesday in March.

(c) The Australian ballot system for election of officers shall require the use of printed ballots. Such ballots shall be retained to ensure that a verifiable record of all votes taken is preserved and available in the event of a challenge or recount.

(d) Candidacy for Town officers and Representative Town Meeting members, with the exception of write-in candidates, shall conform with State statute or 1959 Acts and Resolves No. 302. A candidate who intends to be a write-in candidate for a Town office or a Representative Town Meeting member shall notify the Town Clerk prior to the close of the polls on election day. Only votes for declared candidates shall be counted.
24 V.S.A. § 1971 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1971
§ 1971. Authority to adopt
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce ordinances or rules for any purposes authorized by law.

(b) An ordinance or rule adopted or amended by a municipality under this chapter or under its municipal charter authority shall be designated as either criminal or civil, but not both.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 165 / Section 3
App. § 165-3. Ordinances
Status: in_force

Any ordinance, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Westminster may apply to a limited area of the whole Town, notwithstanding that the ordinance, rule, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw might also have been applied to another area or areas within the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 1.06
App. § 147-1.6. Ordinances
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may provide penalties for the breach of any ordinance authorized by general law or this charter; may prosecute civilly or criminally any person violating the same through the Town, police officers, or any other public officer authorized by law so to do, who for such purposes shall be informing officers; and may maintain actions to restrain actual or threatened violations of the same. The establishment of any fine or penalty shall be by ordinance.

(b) Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing.

(1) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Selectboard of the Town of Shelburne hereby ordains . . . .” If the Selectboard passes the proposed ordinance upon the first reading, they shall cause a short and concise one-paragraph description of the general topical nature of the proposed ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place where and when there shall be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. Such publication shall include reference to a place within the Town where copies of the entire text of the proposed ordinance may be examined. The first of such publications shall be at least one week but not more than two weeks prior to the date of said public hearing.

(2) 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 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.

(c) Further consideration; final passage. After such hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass such ordinance with or without amendment; except that if the Selectboard makes an amendment, it shall cause a short, concise one-paragraph description of the general topical nature of the amended ordinance to be published at least once together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing at which such amended ordinance will be further considered, which publication shall be at least three days but not more than 10 days prior to the public hearing. Such publication shall include a reference to a place within the Town 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 such meeting may be adjourned, the amended ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Board the amended ordinance may be read by title. After such hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass such amended ordinance or again amend it subject to the same procedure as outlined herein.

(d) Effective date. Every ordinance shall become effective upon passage unless otherwise specified or, if the ordinance be conditioned upon approval of the voters of the Town, then upon a favorable vote of a majority of those voting thereon.

(e) Filing. The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk's office a book of ordinances that shall contain each ordinance finally passed by the Selectboard together with a complete index of ordinances according to subject matter.

(f) All ordinances shall be subject to overrule by a special Town meeting as follows: if, within 30 days after final passage by the Selectboard of any such ordinance, a petition signed by electors of the Town not less in number than 10 percent of the number of votes cast in the last municipal election is filed with the Town Clerk requesting its reference to a special Town meeting, the Selectboard shall fix the time and place of such meeting, which shall be within 60 days after filing of the petition, and notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided by law in the calling of a special Town meeting. An ordinance so referred shall remain in effect upon the conclusion of such meeting unless electors not less in number than 10 percent of the number of votes cast in the last municipal election and constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted against the ordinance.

(g) Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting.

(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (f) of this section, electors of the Town may at any time petition in the same manner as in subsection (f) of this section for the enactment of any proposed lawful ordinance by filing such petition, including the text of such ordinance, with the Town Clerk. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 50 days of the date of such filing, unless prior to such meeting such ordinance shall be enacted by the Selectboard. The warning for such meeting shall include a short, concise one-paragraph description of the general topical nature of the proposed ordinance and shall provide for an aye and nay vote as to its enactment. The warning shall also include reference to a place within the Town where copies of the entire text of the proposed ordinance may be examined. Such ordinance shall take effect on the 10th day after the conclusion of such meeting provided that electors as qualified in subsection (f) of this section, constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted in the affirmative.

(2) 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 members, or to rules governing the procedure of the Selectboard.

(h) Any ordinance adopted since the previous Town report and remaining in effect shall be published in full in the annual Town report, or, in the alternative, there shall be a brief summary of each such ordinance, setting forth the principal provisions thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 84 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 84
App. § 3-84. Composition of books
Status: in_force

The books provided for such property grand list shall contain, in addition to the columns necessary to contain the particulars mentioned in the preceding section, two other columns, which shall be designated in said books by the words “Corrected Valuation” at the head thereof. One of said columns marked “Corrected Valuation” shall follow the column in which the value of each separate piece or parcel of real estate not exempt from taxation shall appear in said grand list; the second of said columns so designated shall follow the column in which the valuation of all taxable personal estate shall appear in said grand list. No columns other than those required by this and the preceding section shall be required in such books.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 409 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 409
App. § 19-409. City Council to establish penalty
Status: in_force

The City Council may provide for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw as provided by law and may establish that each day such violation continues constitutes a separate and distinct offense.
24 V.S.A. § 4771 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4771
§ 4771. Conditions of loan agreement
Status: repealed

(a) VEDA may make loans to applicants on behalf of the State for one or more of the purposes set forth in subsection 4770(b) of this title. Each such loan shall be made subject to the following conditions:

(1) The loan shall be evidenced by a note payable over a term not to exceed 30 years. Repayment shall commence not later than one year after completion of the project for which loan funds have been applied.

(2) The loan shall be secured with assets as determined by VEDA. VEDA may also require that the applicant assign all or a portion of the water system revenues as security for the loan, or may require the establishment of a reserve fund.

(3) The loan recipient shall establish a dedicated source of revenue for repayment of the loan which may include a pledge of revenue from user charges, tap fees, development charges, and pledges of accounts receivable and the proceeds therefrom.

(4) The rate of interest charged for loans shall be set by the State Treasurer, taking into consideration prevailing borrowing rates available to similarly situated applicants from private lenders and administrative fees to be charged to applicants. VEDA, in cooperation with the Secretary, shall periodically recommend interest rates to be set by the State Treasurer which are the lowest practicable rates consistent with maintaining the long-term integrity of the Fund. The interest rate set by the State Treasurer may be less than the prevailing borrowing rates available to similarly situated applicants from private lenders, but not less than zero percent.

(5)(A) Notwithstanding subdivision (4) of this subsection, a privately owned nonprofit community type system may qualify for a 40-year loan term at an interest rate, plus administrative fee, to be established by the Secretary of Natural Resources that shall be not more than three percent or less than minus three percent, provided that the applicant system meets the income level and annual household user cost requirements of a disadvantaged municipality as defined in subdivision 4752(12)(A) of this title, and at least 80 percent of the residential units served by the water system is continuously occupied by local residents and at least 80 percent of the water produced is for residential use.

(B) [Repealed.]

(C) If the Secretary determines that a privately owned nonprofit community type system qualifies for a loan under this subdivision, the Secretary shall certify the loan term and interest rate to VEDA. In no instance shall the annual interest rate, plus an administrative fee, be less than is necessary to achieve an annual household user cost equal to one percent of the median household income of the applicant water system computed in the same manner as prescribed in subdivision 4763c(b)(2) of this title.

(b) Loans made to applicants by VEDA on behalf of the State under this subchapter shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in a loan agreement to be executed by VEDA and the applicant. The loan agreement shall specify the terms and conditions of the loan and repayment by the applicant, as well as other terms and conditions determined necessary by VEDA and the Secretary.

(c) Disbursement of loan proceeds shall be based on certification by the loan recipient demonstrating that costs for which reimbursement is requested have been incurred and paid by the recipient. The recipient shall provide supporting evidence of payment upon the request of VEDA. Partial disbursements of loan proceeds shall be made not more frequently than monthly. Interim financing charges or short-term interest costs may constitute an allowable cost of a project for which a loan is extended, provided VEDA approved in advance the terms, conditions, interest rate, and other related matters concerning such financing or interest cost. In the event short-term financing is unavailable to the applicant, VEDA may make interim loan disbursements not more frequently than monthly to the applicant and its general contractor as co-payees upon submission of a certified request for payment supported by actual invoices or other evidence satisfactory to VEDA of costs incurred.

(d) VEDA reserves the right to require confirmation from an independent registered professional engineer that work has been performed according to project plans and specifications approved by the Secretary prior to making any disbursement of the loan proceeds.

(e) VEDA may include such additional requirements in the loan agreement as it determines necessary for the proper administration of the Fund, and which are consistent with applicable State and federal law and with other programs administered by VEDA under 10 V.S.A. chapter 12.

(f) VEDA may require as part of the loan agreement that the applicant cause an audit of the project costs to be prepared and approved by VEDA prior to making final payment of the loan amount.

(g) In the event of default, any amounts owed upon the loan shall be considered a debt for the purposes of 32 V.S.A. § 5932(4). VEDA may recover such debt pursuant to the set off debt collection remedy established under 32 V.S.A. §§ 5933 and 5934.
24 V.S.A. § 4755 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4755
§ 4755. Loan; loan agreements; general provisions
Status: repealed

(a) Except as provided by subsection (c) of this section, the Bond Bank may make loans to a municipality on behalf of the State for one or more of the purposes set forth in section 4754 of this chapter. Each of the loans shall be made subject to the following conditions and limitations:

(1) No loan shall be made for any purpose permitted under this chapter other than from the revolving fund in which the same purpose is included.

(2) The total amount of loan out of a particular revolving fund shall not exceed the balance of that fund.

(3) The loan shall be evidenced by a municipal bond, payable by the municipality over a term not to exceed 40 years or the projected useful life of the project, whichever is less, except:

(A) there shall be no deferral of payment;

(B) the term of the loan shall not exceed 30 years when required by section 4763c of this title;

(C) the loan may be evidenced by any other permitted debt instrument payable as permitted by chapter 53 of this title; and

(D) the term of the loan shall not exceed 30 years for clean water projects.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, municipal legislative bodies may execute notes and incur debt on behalf of municipalities:

(A) with voter approval at a duly warned meeting, for amounts less than $75,000.00;

(B) by increasing previously approved bond authorizations by up to $75,000.00 to cover unanticipated project costs or the cost of directly and functionally related enhancements;

(C) without voter approval for a natural resources project under the sponsorship program, as defined in section 4752 of this title, provided that:

(i) the amount of the debt incurred does not exceed an amount to be forgiven or cancelled upon the completion of the project; and

(ii) the municipality obtains voter approval for the paired water pollution abatement and control facilities project under the sponsorship program, pursuant to the requirements set forth in chapter 53 of this title; or

(D) without voter approval for municipal clean water and public water supply system projects receiving loan forgiveness, provided that the amount of debt incurred does not exceed the amount to be forgiven or cancelled upon completion of the project.

(5) The rate of interest charged for the loans made to municipalities under this chapter, or the manner of determining the same, shall be established from time to time by the State Treasurer after consultation with the Secretary taking into consideration the current average rate on outstanding marketable obligations of the State as of the last day of the preceding month. The rate of interest shall be no less than zero percent and no more than the market interest rate, as determined by the Bond Bank, except as provided in section 4763c of this title. An administrative fee of no more than two percent shall be charged for the loans made to municipalities under this chapter from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and the Vermont Environmental Protection Agency Drinking Water State Revolving Fund. The Secretary shall establish the method used to determine such administrative fee. Fee proceeds shall be deposited into a nonlapsing account and be held separately from the funds established pursuant to section 4753 of this title. Monies from such account shall be used to pay the costs of administering each of the funds established by subsection 4753(a) of this title, and any excess shall be transferred to the appropriate account established by subsection 4753(a) of this title.

(b) Loans made to a municipality by the Bond Bank on behalf of the State under this chapter shall be evidenced by and made in accordance with the terms and conditions specified in a loan agreement to be executed by the Bond Bank on behalf of the State and the municipality. The loan agreement shall specify the terms and conditions of loan repayment by the municipality, as well as the terms, conditions, and estimated schedule of disbursement of loan proceeds. Disbursement of loan proceeds shall be based upon certification of the loan recipient showing that costs for which reimbursement is requested have been incurred and paid by the recipient. The recipient shall provide supporting evidence of payment upon the request of the Department. Partial payments of loan proceeds shall be made not more frequently than monthly. Interest costs incurred in local short-term borrowing of the loan amount shall be reimbursed as part of the loan. The loan agreement shall state the term and interest rate of the loan, the scheduling of loan repayments, and such other terms and conditions as shall be deemed necessary by the Bond Bank.

(c) The Vermont Economic Development Authority shall make loans on behalf of the State when the loan recipient is a privately owned public water system. Such loans shall be issued and administered pursuant to subchapter 3 of this chapter.

(d) [Repealed.]

(e) For the purposes of this chapter, a State administrative department as authorized in Title 3 shall be deemed a municipality and subject to the terms and conditions applicable to municipalities; provided, however, that a State administrative department deemed a municipality shall only receive State assistance under this chapter if the department has a surplus of funds at the end of each fiscal year after all municipal loan applicants have received committed funds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 16
App. § 261-16. Powers and duties of the Board of Fire Wardens
Status: in_force

The Chief Engineer, first and second assistant engineers shall constitute a Board of Fire Wardens. The Board of Fire Wardens or any of them who may be present at a fire, shall have power at such fire to suppress all tumults and riots by force if necessary, to direct the labor of all persons present during the continuance of such fire and remove goods and effects endangered by such fire and protect the same from waste and depredation, to pull down, remove, or destroy any house, store, or other building when they, or any of them present at such fire shall deem it necessary for the better preservation of any property. Said Board of Fire Wardens may inspect the manner of manufacturing and keeping gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks, or combustibles, and the construction and repairs of fireplaces, stoves, flues, and chimneys in said corporation. And said Board of Fire Wardens may by vote of a majority thereof direct all persons manufacturing or keeping gunpowder, lime, ashes, matches, lights, fireworks, or combustibles, kerosene oil, petroleum, naphtha, oils, or burning fluid, in what manner and quantities to manufacture and keep the same, and owners or occupiers of buildings with such fireplaces, stoves, flues, or chimneys, how to repair the same, and every person refusing or neglecting to obey such order, shall forfeit and pay to use of said corporation a fine not exceeding $25.00 for each period of 20 days after notice of such order, that such persons shall neglect or refuse to obey the same. The Board of Fire Wardens shall have full power to regulate their own proceedings and to form new hose or hook and ladder companies, and to organize and govern the Fire Department, and subject to the approval of the trustees to purchase necessary fire apparatus and to have the general care and custody of the property pertaining to the Fire Department.
24 V.S.A. § 2247 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2247
§ 2247. Salvage yard certificate of registration
Status: in_force

The provisions of this subchapter shall not be construed to repeal or abrogate any other provisions of law authorizing or requiring a certificate of registration to own, establish, operate, or maintain a salvage yard, but no certificate of registration shall be issued in contravention of this subchapter, or continue in force after the date on which the salvage yard for which it is issued becomes illegal under this subchapter regardless of the term for which the certificate of registration is initially issued if the salvage yard is not satisfactorily screened.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 109 / Section 29
App. § 109-29. Special districts
Status: in_force

(a) According to law, the Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as a special service district and may provide that the area of the voters therein shall be provided with special services not common to all the voters of the Town, provided that the majority of the voters residing in the respective designated areas are present and voting at a special district meeting on the subject shall have approved of such resolution.

(b) Such areas shall be reasonable geographically, taking into account the areas and persons actually benefited, the types of services to be provided, and the fact that the efficiency of providing multiple services in a single, special service district might outweigh the fact that the areas and voters benefiting from the respective services might not coincide exactly. All costs required to support a given special service shall be paid for by the taxpayers receiving the service, by a tax on the grand list in the special service district involved, to be assessed annually by the Selectboard, or in such other manner as the Selectboard determines. If the costs are to be paid by a tax, the tax shall be paid and collected in the same manner as other taxes, and the tax assessed on any part of the grand list shall be in lien thereon. All funds of any special service shall be kept in a special fund, no part of which may be used for any other purpose.

(c) The warning for each annual or special district meeting may contain appropriate articles under which the legal voters residing at any special service district may separately vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 311 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 311
App. § 409-311. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 1204
App. § 251-1204. Prosecutions
Status: in_force

The trustees of the Village and any informing or prosecuting officer of the Town or County of Bennington may prosecute for violations of the charter; or the ordinances, bylaws, and regulations of said Village.
24 V.S.A. § 5067 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5067
§ 5067. Postretirement adjustments to retirement allowances
Status: in_force

(a) For members, as of June 30 in each year, commencing June 30, 1987, a determination shall be made of the increase, to the nearest one-tenth of a percent of the Consumer Price Index for the preceding fiscal year. The retirement allowance of each beneficiary in receipt of an allowance for at least one year on the next following December 31 shall be increased by an amount equal to one-half of the percentage increase. The increase shall commence on the January 1 immediately following such December 31. The adjustment shall apply to members of the Group A, B, or D plans receiving an early retirement allowance only in the year following attainment of normal retirement age, provided the member has received benefits for at least 12 months as of December 31 of the year preceding any January adjustment. The maximum adjustment of any retirement allowance resulting from any such determination shall be two percent for Group A members and three percent for Group B, C, and D members, and no retirement allowance shall be reduced below the amount payable to the beneficiary without regard to the provisions of this section.

(b) For purposes of this section, Consumer Price Index shall mean the Northeast Region Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers, designated as “CPI-U,” in the northeast region, as published by the U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics.

(c) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this section in a deferred vested allowance payable pursuant to subsection 5059(a) of this title prior to its commencement.

(d) For all members of Group A and Group B, who have retired prior to July 1, 1987, there is hereby granted on July 1, 1989 a cost of living adjustment to each member's retirement allowance equal to two percent for each year of retirement prior to July 1, 1987 but not to exceed a total adjustment greater than ten percent.

(e) No adjustment shall be made pursuant to this section in January if the Consumer Price Index as of the previous June 30th is a negative rate.
24 V.S.A. § 4464 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4464
§ 4464. Hearing and notice requirements; decisions and conditions; administrative review; role of advisory commissions in development review
Status: in_force

(a) Notice procedures. All development review applications before an appropriate municipal panel under procedures set forth in this chapter shall require notice as follows.

(1) A warned public hearing shall be required for conditional use review, variances, administrative officer appeals, and final plat review for subdivisions. Any public notice for a warned public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by all the following:

(A) Publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality affected.

(B) Posting of the same information in three or more public places within the municipality in conformance with location requirements of 1 V.S.A. § 312(c)(2), including posting within view from the public right-of-way most nearly adjacent to the property for which an application is made.

(C) Written notification to the applicant and to owners of all properties adjoining the property subject to development, including the owners of properties which would be contiguous to the property subject to development but for the interposition of a highway or other public right-of-way and, in any situation in which a variance is sought regarding setbacks from a State highway, also including written notification to the Secretary of Transportation. The notification shall include a description of the proposed project and shall be accompanied by information that clearly informs the recipient where additional information may be obtained, and that participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

(2) Public notice for hearings on all other types of development review, including site plan review, shall be given not less than seven days prior to the date of the public hearing, and shall include at a minimum all the following:

(A) Posting of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in three or more public places within the municipality in conformance with the time and location requirements of 1 V.S.A. § 312(c)(2).

(B) Written notification to the applicant and to the owners of all properties adjoining the property subject to development, including the owners of properties which would be contiguous to the property subject to development but for the interposition of a highway or other public right-of-way and, in any situation in which a variance is sought regarding setbacks from a State highway, also including written notification to the Secretary of Transportation. The notification shall include a description of the proposed project and shall be accompanied by information that clearly informs the recipient where additional information may be obtained, and that participation in the local proceeding is a prerequisite to the right to take any subsequent appeal.

(3) The applicant may be required to bear the cost of the public warning and the cost and responsibility of notification of adjoining landowners. The applicant may be required to demonstrate proof of delivery to adjoining landowners either by certified mail, return receipt requested, or by written notice hand delivered or mailed to the last known address supported by a sworn certificate of service.

(4) The bylaw may also require public notice through other effective means such as a notice board on a municipal website.

(5) No defect in the form or substance of any requirements in subdivision (1) or (2) of this subsection shall invalidate the action of the appropriate municipal panel where reasonable efforts are made to provide adequate posting and notice. However, the action shall be invalid when the defective posting or notice was materially misleading in content. If an action is ruled to be invalid by the Environmental Division or by the applicable municipal panel itself, the action shall be remanded to the applicable municipal panel to provide new posting and notice, hold a new hearing, and take a new action.

(b) Decisions.

(1) Within 120 days of an application being deemed complete, the appropriate municipal panel shall notice and warn a hearing on the application. The appropriate municipal panel may recess the proceedings on any application pending submission of additional information. The panel should close the evidence promptly after all parties have submitted the requested information. The panel shall adjourn the hearing and issue a decision within 45 days after the adjournment of the hearing, and failure of the panel to issue a decision within this period shall be deemed approval and shall be effective on the 46th day. Decisions shall be issued in writing and shall include a statement of the factual bases on which the appropriate municipal panel has made its conclusions and a statement of the conclusions. The minutes of the meeting may suffice, provided the factual bases and conclusions relating to the review standards are provided in conformance with this subsection.

(2) In rendering a decision in favor of the applicant, the panel may attach additional reasonable conditions and safeguards as it deems necessary to implement the purposes of this chapter and the pertinent bylaws and the municipal plan then in effect. A bylaw may provide for the conditioning of permit issuance on the submission of a bond, escrow account, or other surety in a form acceptable to the legislative body of the municipality to assure one or more of the following: the completion of the project, adequate stabilization, or protection of public facilities that may be affected by a project.

(3) Any decision shall be sent by certified mail within the period set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection to the applicant and the appellant in matters on appeal. Copies of the decision shall also be mailed to every person or body appearing and having been heard at the hearing and a copy of the decision shall be filed with the administrative officer and the clerk of the municipality as a part of the public records of the municipality.

(4) Conditions may require that no zoning permit, except for any permits that may be required for infrastructure construction, may be issued for an approved development unless the streets and other required public improvements have been satisfactorily installed in accordance with the approval decision and pertinent bylaws. In lieu of the completion of the required public improvements, the appropriate municipal panel may require from the owner for the benefit of the municipality a performance bond issued either by a bonding or surety company approved by the legislative body or by the owner with security acceptable to the legislative body in an amount sufficient to cover the full cost of those new streets and required improvements on or in those streets or highways and their maintenance for a period of two years after completion as is estimated by the appropriate municipal panel or such municipal departments or officials as the panel may designate. This bond or other security shall provide for, and secure to the public, the completion of any improvements that may be required within the period fixed in the subdivision bylaws for that completion and for the maintenance of those improvements for a period of two years after completion.

(5) The legislative body may enter into an agreement governing any combination of the timing, financing, and coordination of private or public facilities and improvements in accordance with the terms and conditions of a municipal land use permit, provided that agreement is in compliance with all applicable bylaws in effect.

(6) The performance bond required by this subsection shall run for a term to be fixed by the appropriate municipal panel, but in no case for a longer term than three years. However, with the consent of the owner, the term of that bond may be extended for an additional period not to exceed three years. If any required improvements have not been installed or maintained as provided within the term of the performance bond, the bond shall be forfeited to the municipality and upon receipt of the proceeds of the bond, the municipality shall install or maintain such improvements as are covered by the performance bond.

(7)(A) A decision rendered by the appropriate municipal panel for a housing development or the housing portion of a mixed-use development shall not:

(i) require a larger lot size than the minimum as determined in the municipal bylaws;

(ii) require more parking spaces than the minimum as determined in the municipal bylaws and in section 4414 of this title;

(iii) limit the building size to less than that allowed in the municipal bylaws, including reducing the building footprint or height;

(iv) limit the density of dwelling units to below that allowed in the municipal bylaws; and

(v) otherwise disallow a development to abide by the minimum or maximum applicable municipal standards.

(B) However, a decision may require adjustments to the applicable municipal standards listed in subdivision (A) of this subdivision (7) if the panel or officer issues a written finding stating:

(i) why the modification is necessary to comply with a prerequisite State or federal permit, municipal permit, or a nondiscretionary standard in a bylaw or ordinance, including requirements related to wetlands, setbacks, and flood hazard areas and river corridors; and

(ii) how the identified restrictions do not result in an unequal treatment of housing or an unreasonable exclusion of housing development otherwise allowed by the bylaws.

(c) Administrative review. In addition to the delegation of powers authorized under this chapter, any bylaws adopted under this chapter may establish procedures under which the administrative officer may review and approve new development and amendments to previously approved development that would otherwise require review by an appropriate municipal panel. If administrative review is authorized, the bylaws shall clearly specify the thresholds and conditions under which the administrative officer classifies an application as eligible for administrative review. The thresholds and conditions shall be structured such that no new development shall be approved that results in a substantial impact under any of the standards set forth in the bylaws. No amendment issued as an administrative review shall have the effect of substantively altering any of the findings of fact of the most recent approval. Any decision by an administrative officer under this subsection may be appealed as provided in section 4465 of this title.

(d) Role of advisory commissions in development review. An advisory commission that has been established through section 4433 or chapter 118 of this title and that has been granted authority under the bylaws, by ordinance, or by resolution of the legislative body to advise the appropriate municipal panel or panels, applicants, and interested parties should perform the advisory function in the following manner:

(1) The administrative officer shall provide a copy or copies of applications subject to review by the advisory commission and all supporting information to the advisory commission upon determination that the application is complete.

(2) The advisory commission may review the application and prepare recommendations on each of the review standards within the commission's purview for consideration by the appropriate municipal panel at the public hearing on the application. The commission or individual members of the commission may meet with the applicant, interested parties, or both, conduct site visits, and perform other fact-finding that will enable the preparation of recommendations.

(3) Meetings by the advisory commission on the application shall comply with the Open Meeting Law, 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, subchapter 2, and the requirements of the commission's rules of procedure, but shall not be conducted as public hearings before a quasi-judicial body.

(4) The advisory commission's recommendations may be presented in writing at or before the public hearing of the appropriate municipal panel on the application, or may be presented orally at the public hearing.

(5) If the advisory commission finds that an application fails to comply with one or more of the review standards, it shall make every effort to inform the applicant of the negative recommendations before the public hearing, giving the applicant an opportunity to withdraw the application or otherwise prepare a response to the advisory committee's recommendations at the public hearing. Advisory commissions may also suggest remedies to correct the deficiencies that resulted in the negative recommendations.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1304
App. § 127-1304. Appropriations
Status: in_force

The Town at the annual meeting shall adopt a budget that shall include the proposed expenditure of each department for the coming fiscal year, and adoption of a budget at the annual meeting shall be deemed an appropriation to each department of the sum allotted in the budget for such department. A department's expenditures may not exceed the amount appropriated to it, except by consent of the Selectboard and subject to the provisions of sections 1307 and 1308 of this charter. The amounts stated in the budget, and as approved by the Town, shall become appropriated to the several agencies, departments, and purposes therein named.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 5
App. § 227-5. Acquisition of land and water courses
Status: in_force

The Village may purchase, lease, or take by right of eminent domain, hold and convey real and personal estate, springs, water courses, and existing aqueducts, construct and maintain such aqueducts, and build and lay pipes and conduits as may be required for the purpose of furnishing the Village with suitable protection from fire and sewer purposes and sprinkling streets, for furnishing the inhabitants of the Village with water for household, culinary, and other purposes; may erect and maintain buildings and hydrants, purchase and hold fire apparatus and other property necessary for such purposes, and in acquiring any property other than by purchase or lease may proceed in the same manner and the same proceedings had as provided in taking land for sewers, as hereinbefore stated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 703 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 703
App. § 153-703. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager shall be the chief executive officer and the head of the administrative branch of the Town government, and shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the efficient administration of the municipal affairs of the Town.

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

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

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

(e) The Town Manager shall be the general purchasing agent of the Town and purchase all supplies for every department of the Town, except the Electric Department.

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

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

(h) The Town Manager shall have authority to hire, appoint, fix the salary of, discipline, suspend, and remove the Zoning Administrator, Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Assistant Town Clerk(s), Assistant Treasurer(s), and all other employees of the Town not hired or appointed by the Selectboard, subject to the provisions of this charter or personnel rules adopted pursuant to this charter. The Town Manager may authorize any department head subject to the Town Manager's direction and supervision to exercise these powers with respect to that department head's subordinates. Prior to hiring a department head, the Town Manager shall notify the Selectboard of the intent to hire a department head, and the Selectboard may take action within seven days of receipt of that notice that overrides the Town Manager's authority to hire that department head. Thereafter, the Town Manager shall select and submit notification to the Selectboard of an alternate choice for that department head.

(i) The Town Manager may, when advisable or proper, delegate to subordinate officers and employees of the Town any duties conferred upon the Town Manager by this charter or by action of the Selectboard.

(j) The Town Manager shall be responsible for the enforcement of all Town ordinances.

(k) Where final authority for policy formulation and adoption rests with the Selectboard, the Town Manager shall play an integral role in developing and analyzing policies and alternatives for the Selectboard's consideration and be responsible for implementation of policies approved by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 402
App. § 113-402. Qualifications
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall be chosen solely on the basis of executive and administrative and professional qualifications.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 65 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 65
App. § 3-65. Source of funds for appropriations; operating expenses for departments; creation of special funds
Status: in_force

(a) All money received from taxation, assessments, fines, and other lawful sources, except revenues and income of the Water, Waste Water/Solid Waste, and Traffic Divisions of the Public Works Department and of the Electric Light Department, shall constitute the entire sum from which appropriations and payments are to be made by and under the authority of the City Council. The necessary operating expenses and the cost of repairs, improvements, and additions to the property and equipment of such Divisions and of the Light Department shall be paid from the receipts of said Divisions and Department, respectively.

(1) The Electric Light Department, the Water Division, and the Waste Water Division shall every fiscal year make a contribution to the City in lieu of taxes in the form of a cash payment or the equivalent in free services and municipal rate benefits, or a combination of cash and free services, in an amount equaling the amount of money that would be received by the City in ad valorem real estate taxes and personal property inventory taxes were such Divisions and Department privately owned utilities.

(A) In order to determine the amount of contribution in lieu of taxes to be received from each such Division and Department, the City Assessor shall annually make an assessment of their respective properties in the same manner as and at the same time that assessments of taxable properties are made. Each Division and Department shall likewise file with the City Assessor inventory forms at the time and in the manner required by State law of taxable persons.

(B) Each Division and Department shall have the same right of grievance and appeal as is afforded to taxpayers except that the determination of the Board of Civil Authority shall be final.

(C) The specific level of the contribution shall be fixed in the same manner as the amount of tax on taxable properties and inventories are determined, immediately upon the setting of the annual tax rate by the City Council.

(2) The City Council, with the prior approval of the Board of Light Commissioners or the Board of Public Works Commissioners, as applicable, shall have authority to create and establish, maintain, build up, and increase from year to year from the earnings of such Department and Divisions, special reserve funds for such Department and Divisions, to be kept by the City Treasurer in a separate bank deposit and in a separate account for each Department and Division and to be used only to pay for such expenses as the Electric Light or Public Works Departments may recommend and the City Council may approve and authorize.

(A) Appropriations and payments from the earnings of said Department and Divisions to said reserve funds may be made at any time but must be authorized by separate resolution of the City Council for each Department and Division.

(B) The total amount of such reserve funds may be limited to such sum as the City Council may by resolution from time to time determine and prescribe.

(3) All portions of all appropriations remaining unexpended at the close of the fiscal year, except in the case of appropriations to the School Department and the Streets Division of the Public Works Department, shall then become part of the General Fund, unless the City Council provides otherwise by resolution.

(b) In addition to the Reserve Funds for the Electric Light Department and for such Divisions of the Public Works Department authorized in subsection (a) of this section, the City Council may by resolution create and establish reserve funds to pay for public improvements, replacement of equipment, capital expenses, and planned or unplanned operating expenditures of any City department(s) or division(s) thereof.

(1) Once established, the City Council may maintain, build up, and increase a fund from year to year by depositing in the fund any monies the City Council may deem advisable, to the extent not prohibited by any other law or regulation.

(2) Monies deposited in and expended from a reserve fund shall be identified in the City budget as it may be amended from time to time.

(3) Reserve funds shall be kept in separate accounts and invested in the same manner as other public funds.

(4) The City Council may expend monies from a reserve fund for any legal purpose for which that fund was established.
24 V.S.A. § 5107 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5107
§ 5107. Government and organization
Status: in_force

(a) The powers, duties, and responsibilities of the authority shall be exercised by a board of commissioners, consisting of two commissioners from each member municipality. The commissioners shall be appointed by and serve at the pleasure of the legislative body of the member municipality for terms of three years. Any vacancies on the board of commissioners shall be filled by the legislative body of the respective member municipality, but in the event that the legislative body fails to appoint a commissioner within two months from the date of the occurrence of the vacancy, the vacancy shall be filled by the board of commissioners. Commissioners shall serve without pay.

(b) Annually, the board of commissioners shall elect from among its members a chair, vice chair, treasurer, and secretary, and such other officers that are necessary for the conduct of its business.

(c) The board of commissioners may appoint a transit director, and such other personnel as is necessary for the conduct of the business of the authority. The board of commissioners shall have the power to prescribe their duties, fix their compensation, and delegate to them such responsibilities for the management and control of the operation of the authority, as its interest may require.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 25
App. § 601-25. Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the District. The Clerk shall record all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Supervisors, and shall cause to be posted and published all warnings of meetings of the District. The Clerk shall prepare an annual report of the activities of the District and cause it to be distributed to its member municipalities and shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by the laws of the State of Vermont and resolutions or regulations of the Board of Supervisors. The Clerk shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 42
App. § 3-42. Composition; meetings
Status: in_force

The Mayor, City Council, and assessors shall constitute a Board for the Abatement of Taxes and also for the Abatement of Special Assessments, or any part thereof, for sewers and street improvements, whenever the same are illegal or in the judgment of the Board cannot be collected or are manifestly unjust. Meetings of such Board shall be convened in the manner herein prescribed for calling special meetings of the City Council; and notice thereof signed by the Mayor or Chief Administrative Officer, shall be given to all taxpayers by the publication of such notice for two days in all the daily newspapers printed in said City, the first of which publications shall be not more than 10 days, and the last not less than three days prior to said meeting. Whenever any special assessment, or any part thereof, for sewers or street improvements is abated, the Chief Administrative Officer shall make a minute of such abatement on the original assessment on file in his or her office on the margin of the record thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 30.04
App. § 9-30.4. Duties
Status: in_force

(a) Said Board shall have in general all the powers and authority, and perform all the duties, pertaining to school officers in towns of this State, not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter.

(b) The Board shall have the care and custody of all property belonging to or used for the several schools of said City; shall employ teachers, janitors and such other employees as they deem necessary and fix their compensation; have the management and control of all the public schools of said City; examine and allow all claims arising therefrom, and draw warrants for the payment of such claims upon the City Treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of this charter. All warrants for the payment of money drawn by the Board shall be signed by the President of the Board or his or her designee as stipulated by School Board policy.

(c) The Board may establish such bylaws and regulations for carrying out the powers herein granted, as are consistent with the provisions of this charter and the general law of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 421 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 421
App. § 1-421. Duties
Status: in_force

The Superintendent of Streets, subject to the order of the City Manager, shall have immediate care and supervision of the public streets, highways, and sewers of the City. He or she shall be under the general direction and control of the City Manager.
24 V.S.A. § 1973 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1973
§ 1973. Permissive referendum
Status: in_force

(a) An ordinance or rule adopted by a municipality may be disapproved by a vote of a majority of the qualified voters of the municipality voting on the question at an annual or special meeting duly warned for the purpose, pursuant to a petition signed and submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A petition for a vote on the question of disapproving an ordinance or rule shall be signed by not less than five per cent of the qualified voters of the municipality, and presented to the legislative body or the clerk of the municipality within 44 days following the date of adoption of the ordinance or rule by the legislative body.

(c) When a petition is submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section, the legislative body shall call a special meeting within 60 days from the date of receipt of the petition, or include an article in the warning for the next annual meeting of the municipality if the annual meeting falls within the 60-day period, to determine whether the voters will disapprove the ordinance or rule.

(d) Not less than two copies of the ordinance or rule shall be posted at each polling place during the hours of voting, and copies thereof made available to voters at the polls on request. It shall be sufficient to refer to the ordinance or rule in the warning by title.

(e) If a petition for an annual or a special meeting is duly submitted in accordance with this section, to determine whether an ordinance or rule shall be disapproved by the voters of the municipality, the ordinance or rule shall take effect on the conclusion of the meeting, or at such later date as is specified in the ordinance or rule, unless a majority of the qualified voters voting on the question at the meeting vote to disapprove the ordinance or rule in which event it shall not take effect.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 20
App. § 285-20. Village trustee meetings
Status: in_force

The trustees shall meet regularly at suitable times to enact ordinances and to transact any and all other proper business and at such meetings shall give audience to all complaints and protests and shall cause a record of their proceedings to be kept by the Village Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 507 / Section 2
App. § 507-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 is a fire district incorporated to construct, operate, and maintain sewers, waste treatment, and disposal facilities, and waterworks and a water company, and to own machinery, equipment, and personalty and real estate used in connection with the District.
24 V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 4
§ 4. Caledonia
Status: in_force

The County of Caledonia is formed of the towns of Barnet, Burke, Danville, Groton, Hardwick, Kirby, Lyndon, Newark, Peacham, Ryegate, St. Johnsbury, Sheffield, Stannard, Sutton, Walden, Waterford, and Wheelock. St. Johnsbury is the shire town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 12
App. § 291-12. Construction; sidewalks; sewers; drains
Status: in_force

The Village shall have the right to construct sidewalks, sewers, and drains within the limits of the Village and make such bylaws and regulations in respect thereto as the Village shall think best, not inconsistent with the laws of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 901 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 901
App. § 133-901. Appointments
Status: in_force

The Selectboard may appoint and compensate commissions, committees, and employees as needed and delegate incidental powers necessary for the proper functioning thereof as established by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 211 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 211
App. § 413-211. Rules of procedures
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Robert's Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.
24 V.S.A. § 4641 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4641
§ 4641. Loans to governmental units
Status: in_force

The Bank, for the purpose of this chapter, may lend money to governmental units through the purchase by the Bank of municipal bonds or revenue bonds of governmental units. The Bank, under this chapter, may issue its bonds and notes and may otherwise assist governmental units as provided in this chapter.