24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 310
App. § 13-310. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The members of the Council shall be and constitute the legislative body of the City of South Burlington for all purposes required by statutes and except as otherwise herein specifically provided, shall have all powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of, city legislative bodies under the laws of the State of Vermont.

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

(1) Appoint and remove the City Manager and supervise, create, change, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter.

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

(3) Make, amend, and repeal ordinances.

(4) Provide for an independent audit by a registered or certified public accountant who shall perform an annual audit of all City departments, including the Water Department. Said auditor shall also perform an annual audit of the South Burlington School District accounts. The elective Office of Auditor shall be abolished and the appointed auditor shall be responsible for and have all the powers and duties as are prescribed for town auditors under the laws of this State.

(5) Adopt an official seal for the City.

(6) Direct the City Treasurer to create and maintain a Special Reserve Fund for the City Fire Department to be used exclusively for the purchase or rebuilding of necessary vehicles and attendant equipment. The Council shall have the authority to purchase or rebuild such necessary vehicles and attendant equipment by utilizing the proceeds of the Special Reserve Fund and may partially fund any expenditure by incurring indebtedness in an amount not to exceed four times the amount of proceeds paid from the Special Reserve Fund for the purchase or rebuilding. Any indebtedness shall be paid within four years of the date it is originally incurred in as equal annual installments as possible. The funds appropriated to this Special Reserve Fund and the funds used to pay any indebtedness incurred shall be included in the allowable net cost of operations as specified in section 1309.1 of this charter.

(7) The City Council and the School Board, by their own actions, may establish reserve funds to pay for public improvements, replacement of equipment, and planned or unplanned operating expenditures. Monies to be deposited in any fund shall be included in a City or School District budget and shall not be excluded in calculating the net cost of operation pursuant to subsection 1309(a) of this charter. Reserve funds shall be kept in separate accounts and invested in the same manner as other public funds. The City Council and the School Board may, from time to time, expend monies in those Funds for purposes for which they were established without voter approval.

(8) Neighborhood forums.

(A) Whenever the City Council or the School Board (either individually being the convening Board) shall determine that there has been a sufficient showing of interest or need to suggest that a public forum should be conducted in a neighborhood or neighborhoods within the City on a matter of public interest or concern, the convening Board may, in its discretion, issue a call for a neighborhood forum. The convening Board may make such a determination on the request of an interested citizen or citizens or on its own motion.

(B) Promptly upon such a determination, the convening Board shall describe the neighborhood or neighborhoods having a community interest in the issue at hand; specify a date, time, and place for a neighborhood forum; describe the issues to be considered; appoint any suitable person as a temporary chair to convene the meeting; and issue a public warning of the meeting. The convening Board shall further specify the objective or objectives of the meeting, such as to: (1) share information with the residents of the specified community; (2) solicit information or opinions; (3) permit the residents to make recommendations relating to the issues; or (4) serve some other appropriate objective. The temporary chair shall begin the meeting as warned and shall assist the meeting in the election of a meeting chair.

(c) The Council shall approve the budget of the City for submission to the voters, as provided herein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 409 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 409
App. § 153-409. Interference with administration
Status: in_force

Neither the Selectboard nor its members shall give orders to or seek to direct the actions of any employee who is subject to the direction and supervision of the Town Manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 44
App. § 149-44. Reserve funds
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard may raise and appropriate money for the establishment of reserve or equipment reserve funds for the financing of all or part of:

(1) the construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of a specific capital improvement, or the acquisition of a specific item of equipment;

(2) the construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of a type of capital improvement or acquisition of a type of equipment;

(3) other purposes to meet specific obligations and needs of the Town so as to ensure efficient operations.

(b) The size and regulation of reserve funds shall be determined by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 905 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 905
App. § 13-905. Compensation
Status: in_force

The Managers shall receive such pay as may be fixed by the Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 47 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 47
App. § 417-47. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the town clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least two public places in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1002 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 1002
App. § 4-1002. Penalty
Status: in_force

An additional charge of eight percent shall be added to any tax not paid on or before the dates specified in section 1001 of this charter, and interest as authorized by Vermont statutes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 202
App. § 153-202. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

(a) The Town shall have all of the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State. It may enact ordinances, bylaws, and regulations not inconsistent with the Constitution of Vermont or with this charter, and impose penalties for the violation thereof.

(b) The Town may acquire real property within or without its corporate limits for any Town purpose, in fee simple or lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, or lease, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such real property as its interests may require. The Town may further acquire property within its corporate limits by condemnation where such authority is granted to towns by the statutes of the State of Vermont.

(c) In this charter, no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1005 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 1005
App. § 117-1005. Duties of Department
Status: in_force

The duties and powers of the Department of Real Estate Appraisal shall be the same as those established for listers under the general statutes. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-504 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 30
App. § 285-30. Village bylaw and ordinance fines, penalties, and forfeitures
Status: in_force

(a) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures up to and including $200.00 for each breach of an ordinance or bylaw may be established by the trustees or by a properly warned Village meeting.

(b) These fines, penalties, and forfeitures may be recovered in an action of tort brought in the name of the Village, and in any such action, a general complaint relying on the ordinance or the bylaw shall be sufficient.

(c) The process may issue either against the body or the property of the defendant, and if the defendant is found guilty, and if it is found by the court that the cause of action arose from the defendant's willful or malicious act or neglect, it shall so adjudge, and shall further adjudge that the defendant be confined in close jail, and may issue execution against the defendant's body with a certificate of such findings endorsed thereon; and such execution with such certificate thereon shall have the same effect as an execution issued on a judgment founded upon tort having a like certificate endorsed thereon.

(d) Any person refusing to comply with any Village ordinance or bylaw relating to the person's business may be enjoined by a proper action in chancery brought in the name of the Village from continuing such business in violation of such ordinance or bylaw and, in any such action, a bill relying on the ordinance or bylaw shall be sufficient.

(e) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Village from having and exercising such other powers as may be proper to enforce obedience to its ordinances and bylaws and to punish violations thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 4.06
App. § 107-4.6. General powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Selectboard
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall have the general oversight of the affairs and property of the Town not committed by law to the care of any particular officer, including the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:

(1) To establish and maintain a police department, including quarters, vehicles, and equipment, and to provide for the appointment of police officers.

(2) To establish and maintain a fire department, including quarters, vehicles, and equipment, and to provide for the appointment of fire fighting officers.

(3) To establish and maintain a rescue service, including quarters, vehicles, and equipment, and to provide for an ambulance service and the appointed emergency medical technicians.

(4) To establish health services as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 69.

(5) To provide for the construction and maintenance of roads, sidewalks, and bridges under Town control, and to lay out, construct, erect, maintain, and repair additional roads, sidewalks, and bridges for the safety and convenience of the people as deemed appropriate.

(6) To provide for the maintenance and repair of water, sewer, and storm water drainage systems, including a system for the supply of water to the people by wells, reservoirs, pipelines, and otherwise, and to provide for treatment of water, sewage, and storm drainage for the health, safety, and welfare of the people as deemed appropriate (as provided in 1943 Acts and Resolves No. 180, as amended by 1975 Acts and Resolves No. 123).

(7) To provide for the lighting of roads, sidewalks, bridges, parks, parking lots, and other public places for the safety and convenience of the people as deemed appropriate.

(8) To purchase and distribute electricity or gas or to acquire, establish, and maintain an electric light and power system and a gas system or other energy system for the welfare and convenience of the people and for use by the Town as circumstances may require.

(9) To establish other departments of government for the orderly and convenient administration of Town affairs.

(10) To lease and maintain real and personal property owned by the Town.

(11) To provide for the collection, storage, and disposal of garbage and other refuse, including building demolition materials, toxic or chemical wastes, and other commercial or industrial waste materials as consistent with 10 V.S.A. § 6607a.

(12) To provide and operate facilities for public recreation, including land, buildings, vehicles, and equipment.

(13) To accept or reject on behalf of the Town, grants or donations of property, both real and personal, from the federal government, or any agency or political subdivision thereof; from any state, or any agency or political subdivision thereof; from corporations, both public and private; and from individuals or partnerships, including payments in kind or in services, and to pay all necessary expenses in the acquisition thereof, including the making of loan guarantees or relocation payments and assistance. (Ref. subchapter 7, sections 7.1 and 7.2)

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

(15) To conduct such inquiries and investigations as may be deemed necessary to promote the health, safety, and welfare of the people.

(16) To act as a quasijudicial body in all appropriate cases and to provide for the orderly conduct of all public meetings or hearings.

(17) To provide for arbitration of disputes and for the conduct of legal affairs of the Town.

(18) To establish appropriate procedures for all purchases and sales, for the award of contracts, and for the borrowing of money when authorized by the legal voters or by law.

(19) To adopt personnel rules for Town employees in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1121.

(20) To provide for all other services that would otherwise be performed by an elected auditor, including the production of the annual Town Report.

(21) To provide for the regulation and licensing of such activities as it deems necessary to secure the general welfare, including theaters, restaurants and public places where food is sold, pool halls, bowling alleys and places for the operation of video games and other coin operated machines, laundries, dry cleaning establishments, arcades, clubs or other privately owned places where food or liquor is offered for sale, itinerant vendors, peddlers, transient merchants, pawn shops, bicycles, taxicabs, and taxidrivers.

(22) To establish traffic regulations governing the operation of motor vehicles, coasting with sleds or otherwise, bicycling, skateboarding, roller skating, or other uses of the public roads, parking lots, bridges, or sidewalks by pedestrians or otherwise.

(23) To regulate, restrain, or control the running at large of dogs and other domestic animals. In addition to the tax imposed by the laws of Vermont upon the owner or keeper of dogs, to impose and collect charges for the keeping, impoundment, or examination thereof, and to prescribe such penalties in default thereof as may be deemed necessary. All monies received hereunder shall be paid into the Town's treasury and belong to said Town.

(24) To provide for the licensing and regulation of community antenna television systems and community cable television systems, including the right to lease and operate such systems, and to acquire, establish, and maintain such systems, for furnishing community antenna and cable television services for the welfare and convenience of the people and for use by the Town. The power and responsibility granted herein does not include the power to determine, proscribe, or censor program material distributed over such systems, whether publicly or privately owned. Any such system publicly owned or leased shall be operated under the supervision of an independent board of directors.

(25) 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 Town 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 newspaper; but copies shall at all times be available for public inspection in the office of the Town Clerk, who shall keep a reasonable supply in his or her office for sale, at cost to residents of the Town.

(L) Prescribing the powers and duties of building inspectors, inspectors of electric wiring, plumbing inspectors, fire prevention inspectors, and housing inspectors.

(M) Providing penalties for noncompliance with orders of any inspector named in subdivision (L) of this subdivision, made by virtue of any resolution, ordinance, bylaws, or regulation adopted by the Selectboard 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.

(O) Regulating and licensing electricians and electrical contractors, plumbers and plumbing contractors; handlers of explosives; radioactive materials and devices; and other hazardous chemicals, materials, substances, and devices and persons engaged in installing, repairing, or servicing ventilating equipment, air conditioning equipment, heating equipment, electrical or electronic appliances or equipment, or sanitary sewers and drains.

(26) To provide for the preservation of the public peace and to define, prohibit, abate, or remove nuisances.

(27) To adopt ordinances, including emergency ordinances effective for no more than 30 days, rules, regulations, plans, directives, maps, or bylaws in furtherance of the powers of the Town, whether under the authority of this charter or of other general or special enactments of the General Assembly. The adoption process shall follow the applicable State law adoption procedure as applicable to the subject matter, except that proposed ordinances or amendments thereto shall have two readings before the Selectboard: the first reading shall be for information purposes; the second reading shall be for a public hearing on the ordinance or amendment thereto and adoption or nonadoption by the Selectboard. All publishing, posting, recording, and referendum requirements shall be as set forth in the applicable statute for the adoption of an ordinance.

(28) To provide by ordinance for the abatement of nuisances and the prosecution of violations of the ordinances or other regulations enacted under the authority of this charter, and to fix the penalty for such violation.

(29) To report annually in writing on the Town's progress toward accomplishing the goals set out in the duly adopted Town Plan.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 31
App. § 101-31. Purchasing policy
Status: in_force

The Town Manager may expend an amount determined by the Selectboard, and the Selectboard may expend $10,000.00 for any established program without requesting competitive bids. Any expenditures other than those specified above shall be open to competitive bidding, except if the Selectboard shall find that bidding would be of no advantage to the Town. In such case, it shall then detail in its minutes the reasons for such findings and no bidding shall be required for that particular expenditure.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 202
App. § 411-202. Selection of supervisors and their alternates
Status: in_force

Board members and alternates shall be appointed by the legislative body, unless the voters of the municipality decide at a regular or special meeting warned for that purpose that the Board members and alternates will be elected by the voters of the municipality. If the Board members and alternates are to be elected by the voters, the election shall take place biennially at the annual meeting of the municipality in the same manner as elections for the legislative body. If the Board members and alternates are to be appointed, the legislative body shall make its appointments by the end of March in the year in which the term of the preceding Board member expires. The clerk of the municipality shall certify its appointments to the Clerk of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 904 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 904
App. § 129-904. Zoning Administrator
Status: in_force

The Zoning Administrator shall be appointed in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 4448. Upon appointment, the Zoning Administrator shall be under the direction of the Town Manager for faithful performance of the Zoning Administrator's duties as prescribed in the Vermont statutes and this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 707 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 707
App. § 127-707. Absence
Status: in_force

To perform the Manager's duties in his or her temporary absence or disability, the Manager may, with the consent of the Board, designate by letter filed with the Town Clerk a qualified person. If the Manager fails to make such designation, the Selectboard may appoint a person to perform the duties of the Manager until he or she shall return or his or her disability shall cease.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 186 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 186
App. § 3-186. Manner of filling vacancies
Status: in_force

Whenever a vacancy occurs in any other position, the Chief may appoint a successor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 1
App. § 7-1. Establishment of City
Status: in_force

Out of the territory heretofore existing within the limits of the Towns of Newport and Derby is established the City of Newport, embracing all the territory included within the limits described in this charter; and the remainder of the territory of the Town of Newport is established as a new town to be the Town of Newport and the remaining territory of the Town of Derby is established as a new town to be the Town of Derby. The Villages of Newport and West Derby are hereby abolished as soon as this charter shall go into operation, and all property, rights, funds, taxes, rights of action, etc., belonging to said Villages of Newport and West Derby, respectively, shall at once be transferred and belong to said City of Newport; and said City of Newport shall assume and have all the duties, rights, and obligations and debts of the said Villages of Newport and West Derby, respectively, except as herein otherwise provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 25
App. § 285-25. Roads, walkways, and sewers
Status: in_force

(a) The trustees of the Village may lay out, grade, alter, maintain, and discontinue any street, road, lane, alley, sewer, or walk in the Village, and appraise and settle the damages thereof, causing their proceedings to be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Town of Newbury, provided that any person or persons aggrieved by their appraisal shall have the like opportunity for applying to the County Court for the County of Orange to obtain redress, as is or may be allowed by law to those aggrieved with the proceedings of selectboards in similar cases.

(b) The trustees in making, altering, or repairing sidewalks, culverts, sewers, or drains shall have power, subject to the bylaws and ordinances of the Village on giving 12 days' notice to the parties interested of the time and place of hearing to assess the owner or occupant of land or lands benefited thereby, so much of the expense of making, altering, or repairing the same as the trustees shall judge such land to be benefited thereby, not to exceed one half of such expense. When any person shall be dissatisfied with the decision of the trustees in the award of damages for laying, making, altering, or repairing any sewer, drain, sidewalk, or culvert, or in any assessment for benefits of the same, such person may petition the Orange County Court for a reassessment of such damages or benefits. The persons so aggrieved by the action of the trustees shall have the same right and opportunity for applying to the County Court to obtain redress in the premises as is now provided by law to persons aggrieved by the action of selectboards in like matters and proceedings.

(c) Each and every owner of a building in the Village of Wells River used for human habitation or for business purposes situated upon any street, alley, or lane through which a main sewer shall be constructed, and the mortgagees of such a building, shall be legally responsible for the construction and maintenance under the direction of the trustees of a sewer or drain from such building to such main sewer, which sewer or drain shall be constructed and connected with the main sewer and so maintained as to provide adequate drainage for all sewerage and liquid waste in and about the building and the premises upon which the same shall be located, and to discharge such sewerage and waste into the main sewer; and in case any person or persons owning such a building in the Village shall fail or neglect to construct and maintain a proper sewer or drain from the building to the main sewer, it shall be the duty of trustees to give the person or persons owning or having an interest in the building and premises reasonable notice to build and construct an adequate sewer or drain from the building and premises to the main sewer. In case such person or persons shall fail to construct an adequate drain and sewer within 30 days from the time of receiving the notice, it shall be the duty of the trustees to declare the building and the premises upon which the same may be situated a nuisance and the trustees are hereby authorized and empowered to enter upon the premises and to build and construct an adequate sewer or drain from the premises to the main sewer and the person or persons upon whose premises the sewer or drain shall be so constructed, as aforesaid, shall pay to the trustees for the benefit of the Village all of the expense incurred by the Village in constructing the sewer and drain; and in case such person or persons fail or neglect to pay the same upon demand, the trustees may bring an action against the persons so notified to recover such expense in the name of the Village, and the premises shall be holden for the payment of such expense in building the sewer or drain and no homestead or interest of any mortgagee shall be exempt from attachment and execution in a suit brought to recover such expense.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 9
App. § 149-9. Acquisition and disposition of Town property
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall pass a policy governing the acquisition or disposition of Town property, which shall outline procedures for the handling of these matters.

(b) The Selectboard may acquire or dispose of real property in accordance with policy.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 26 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 26
App. § 11-26. Warrants
Status: in_force

(a) No money, other than money belonging to the “School Fund,” shall be paid out of the City Treasury except upon warrant approved by the City Council. All purchase approvals and warrants shall be signed by two members of the City Council. The approval of the warrant by the City Council shall be by vote and recorded in the minutes.

(b) A full record of expenditures shall be kept, and a clear statement of all receipts and disbursements of City monies and of the affairs of the City generally shall be annually published under the direction of the Mayor together with the reports of the Board of School Commissioners, auditors, and other City officials at least 15 days prior to the annual City meeting, and the report shall include estimates for the expenses of the City for the year next ensuing; and the disbursements mentioned in the report shall be properly subdivided under the various departments of the City government, showing where and for what purpose such money was expended.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 501
App. § 19-501. Appointment; qualifications; compensation of City Manager
Status: in_force

The Council shall appoint a City Manager for a mutually agreed-upon term and fix the Manager's compensation. The Manager shall be appointed solely on the basis of executive and administrative qualifications. The Manager need not be a resident of the City or State at the time of appointment but may reside outside the City while in office only with the approval of the Council.
24 V.S.A. § 2248 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2248
§ 2248. Salvage yard operational standards
Status: repealed

(a) [Repealed.]

(b) On or before March 31, 2011, the Secretary shall adopt by rule requirements for the siting, operation, and closure of salvage yards. The rules shall establish requirements for:

(1) The siting of salvage yards, including setbacks from surface waters, wetlands, and potable water supplies. Siting requirements under this subdivision may include site-specific conditions for salvage yards operating under a valid certificate of registration under section 2242 of this title, provided that such site-specific conditions are designed to prevent releases to groundwater, discharges to surface waters, or other risks to public health and the environment. A site-specific condition under this subdivision may include the requirement that the owner or operator of a salvage yard obtain an individual certificate of registration under section 2242 of this title instead of operating under a general permit adopted by the Secretary under subsection (c) of this section.

(2) Exemptions from the requirement to obtain a certificate of registration under section 2242 of this title.

(3) When an instrument of financial responsibility may be required by the Secretary in amounts necessary to:

(A) remediate potential or existing environmental contamination caused by the salvage yard; or

(B) assure proper management of salvage materials upon closure of the salvage yard.

(4) Removal of solid waste or tires from the salvage yard for proper disposal.

(5) Establishment and maintenance of screening or fencing of salvage yards from public view.

(6) Assuring proper closure of a salvage yard facility.

(7) Postclosure environmental monitoring of a salvage yard.

(8) Classes or categories of salvage yards, including those handling total loss vehicles from insurance.

(9) Additional measures that the Secretary determines necessary for the protection of public health, safety, and the environment.

(c)(1) The Secretary may issue a general permit for a certificate of registration issued to salvage yards under section 2242 of this title. The general permit may include a provision allowing a holder of a valid certificate of registration issued under this subchapter to self-certify compliance with the applicable standards of this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter. A general permit issued under this section shall be adopted by rule and may be incorporated into the rule required under subsection (b) of this section.

(2) If the Secretary adopts a general permit for the regulation of salvage yards under subdivision (1) of this subsection, the Secretary may require an owner or operator of a salvage yard that is operating under the general permit or that is applying for coverage under the general permit to obtain an individual certificate of registration under section 2242 of this title if any one of the following applies:

(A) the salvage yard does not qualify for the general permit;

(B) a salvage yard operating under the general permit is in violation of the terms and conditions of the general permit;

(C) the size, scope, or nature of the activity of the salvage yard exceeds the parameters of the general permit;

(D) the owner or operator of the salvage yard has a history of noncompliance; or

(E) the salvage yard presents a potential risk to public health or the environment.

(d) No person may deliver salvage vehicles to or operate a mobile salvage vehicle crusher at a salvage yard that does not hold a certificate of registration under this subchapter. A salvage yard holding a certificate of registration under this subchapter shall post a copy of its current certificate in a clearly visible location in the proximity of each entrance to the salvage yard. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a salvage yard that does not hold a certificate of registration under this subchapter may operate a mobile salvage vehicle crusher with a liquids collection system, in accordance with the rules adopted under this subchapter for vehicle crushing, for the purpose of closing the salvage yard after first notifying the Secretary in writing of the intent to close the salvage yard.

(e) The requirement under subdivision (a)(2) of this section or rules adopted under this section to drain a vehicle within 365 days of receipt shall not apply to a salvage yard holding a certificate of registration under this subchapter that, as of January 1, 2010, is conducting business, the primary activity of which is the handling of total loss vehicles from insurance companies.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 34 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 261 / Section 34
App. § 261-34. Trustees; general control of water system
Status: in_force

The trustees of said Village shall have general control and management of the Village system of waterworks and perform all the duties connected therewith as provided in the charter of said Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1212 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1212
App. § 5-1212. Tax Collector
Status: in_force

Delinquent taxes, fees, charges, and assessments shall be collected by the City Tax Collector, appointed under section 1007 of this charter whose powers and duties shall be those provided by general law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129F / Section 2
App. § 129F-2. General provisions
Status: in_force

(a) Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Panton.

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

(c) In this charter, any mention of a particular power shall not be construed to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.

(d) Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Panton, the Selectboard of the Town, or its elected or appointed officers by general or special enactment of State statutes or regulations in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of the general or special enactment unless this charter otherwise provides.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 10.01
App. § 9-10.1. As disbursing officer
Status: in_force

(a) The City Treasurer shall be the disbursing officer of the City. All bills legally contracted by any officer or Board of said City and approved by a majority of the Board of Finance, shall be paid by warrant directed to said Treasurer and drawn to the person to whom the City is indebted, except as herein otherwise provided. Such warrant shall show upon its face the indebtedness for which it is drawn and shall refer to the appropriation by the authority of which such indebtedness was incurred.

(b) All vouchers for such warrants shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk. No money shall be paid out of the City Treasury except upon warrant signed by the Mayor for bills approved by the Board of Finance, such approval to be authenticated by the City Clerk, except that when any bills against the City have been approved by the Board of Finance, and the Mayor neglects or refuses for 10 days to sign the warrant, the same may be signed by a majority of the Board of Finance. But this provision shall not apply to expenditures of the school commissioners and orders drawn by courts in exercise of their criminal jurisdiction.

(c) A full record of expenditure shall be kept by the Treasurer, which shall show at all times the amount of every warrant paid under the authority of each appropriation of the Board of Aldermen.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 149 / Section 3
App. § 149-3. Powers of the Town
Status: in_force

(a) The Town shall have all the powers and functions conferred upon municipalities by the Constitution and general laws of the State, all implied powers necessary to implement those powers and functions, and any additional powers conferred by this charter that are consistent with the Constitution. All powers and functions conferred or implied by the charter shall be in addition to the powers and functions conferred upon the Town by laws now in force or later enacted.

(b) Without limiting any of the express or implied powers granted by this charter, the Town shall have the following additional specific authorities:

(1) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the cleaning and repair of any premises when in a condition that:

(A) impairs the general appearance of the Town;

(B) may physically injure other property in the vicinity; or

(C) is a health hazard.

(2) To control the removal of rubbish, waste, and objectionable material of any premises subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection.

(3) Not less than 30 days before any action taken under this subsection, the Town shall provide to the property owner and any recorded lienholders a notice of the Town's intent to issue civil penalties; clean or repair the premises; or remove rubbish, waste, or objectionable material. The Town shall provide to the property owner and any recorded lienholders reasonable opportunity and information to appeal the proposed action or to clean or repair the premises before the Town takes any final action.

(c) Nothing in this charter shall be construed as a limitation of the powers and functions incident to public and municipal corporations.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 22
App. § 235-22. Board of Trustees; duties
Status: in_force

The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of said Village; shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to said Village, draw orders upon the Treasurer, and generally perform all the duties legally enjoined upon them by said corporation, and shall submit their accounts and vouchers to the Auditor at least twenty days before the annual meeting of each year. Said trustees shall have power to abate taxes laid or assessed by virtue of this charter; but the power of said trustees to abate taxes shall be subject to the same limitations and may be exercised for the same causes as mentioned in section 2736 of the Revised Laws. The trustees shall have the powers and duties of selectmen specified in sections 3939 through 3946 of the Public Laws of 1906 related to the diversion of streams and the establishment of drains ditches and water courses. The trustees shall fill a vacancy in a Village office, and a person so appointed shall serve for the unexpired time; but the Village may, at any time before the expiration of such term, supersede such an appointment by a new election at a special meeting, for the remainder of the term. All power vested in said trustees may be exercised by a majority of them.
24 V.S.A. § 1908 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1908
§ 1908. Creation of housing infrastructure project and housing development site
Status: in_force

(a) The legislative body of a municipality may create within its jurisdiction a housing infrastructure project, which shall consist of improvements that stimulate the development of housing, and a housing development site, which shall consist of the parcel or parcels on which a housing development is installed or constructed.

(b) To create a housing infrastructure project and housing development site, a municipality, in coordination with stakeholders, shall:

(1) develop a housing development plan, including:

(A) a description of the proposed housing infrastructure project, the proposed housing development, and the proposed housing development site;

(B) identification of a sponsor;

(C) a tax increment financing plan meeting the standards of subsection 1910(h) of this subchapter;

(D) a pro forma projection of expected costs of the proposed housing infrastructure project;

(E) a projection of the tax increment to be generated by the proposed housing development;

(F) a development schedule that includes a list, a cost estimate, and a schedule for the proposed housing infrastructure project and the proposed housing development; and

(G) a determination that the proposed housing development furthers the purpose of section 1907 of this subchapter;

(2) develop a plan describing the housing development site by its boundaries and the properties therein, entitled “Proposed Housing Development Site (municipal name), Vermont”;

(3) hold one or more public hearings, after public notice, on the proposed housing infrastructure project, including the plans developed pursuant to this subsection; and

(4) adopt by act of the legislative body of the municipality the plan developed under subdivision (2) of this subsection, which shall be recorded with the municipal clerk and lister or assessor.

(c) The creation of a housing development site shall occur at 12:01 a.m. on April 1 of the calendar year in which the Vermont Economic Progress Council approves the use of tax increment financing for the housing infrastructure project pursuant to section 1910 of this subchapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 23 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 23
App. § 401-23. Vacancy
Status: in_force

During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given or imposed upon the Vice Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 119 / Section 1
App. § 119-1. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

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

(b) The inhabitants of the Town of Ferrisburgh, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Ferrisburgh.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 202
App. § 103-202. Appointive officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Select Board members shall annually appoint a Constable and other officers required by law or this charter, including a Board of not less than three nor more than five listers to serve for such terms as the Select Board members decide, but not less than one nor more than five years, such appointments to be made as vacancies occur in the elected Board of Listers.

(b) The Select Board members may create such appointive officers not provided for by this charter or required by law as they deem to be in the best interest of the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 405
App. § 409-405. Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) Short-term borrowing. The Board may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. Such notes must mature within one year. The Board may also borrow money in anticipation of assessment to each member in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the amount assessed for each year, and may issue notes of the District that must mature within one year. The Board may also borrow money in anticipation of grants-in-aid from any source and any revenues other than assessments through the issuance of notes of the District. Such notes must mature within one year but may be renewed as provided by general law. The Board may also borrow money in anticipation of bond proceeds that have been authorized as provided in this chapter. Said notes shall be issued as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53.

(b) Long-term indebtedness.

(1)(A) Submission to voters. On a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the voters of the District, the proposition of incurring a bonded debt or other indebtedness to pay for public improvements or of authorizing a long-term contract shall be submitted by the Board to the voters thereof at a special meeting to be held for that purpose. In the alternative, when the Board shall determine by resolution passed by the majority of members present and voting at a duly warned and called meeting, that the public interest or necessity demands improvements or a long-term contract, and that the cost of the same will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue, it shall order the proposition of incurring indebtedness or of authorizing a long-term contract to be submitted to the voters of the District at a meeting to be held for that purpose. A “long-term contract” means a contract in which the District incurs obligations for which the costs are too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenues of the District in the judgment of the Board. The term “long-term contracts” shall not include any contract that is subject to annual renewal or extension at the election of the District, or any contract pursuant to which payment by the District shall be subject to annual appropriations in accordance with the annual budget, or any contract for services or the purchase or lease of equipment, materials, or supplies needed in the ordinary course of business of the District. The term “public improvements” shall include improvements that may be used for the benefit of the public, whether or not publicly owned or operated. Bonded debt or other indebtedness may be authorized for any purpose permitted by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or chapter 119, and 10 V.S.A. chapter 12, or any other applicable statutes for any purpose for which the District is organized. The Board may not submit to the voters more than twice in the same calendar year the proposition of incurring bonded or other indebtedness to pay for the same or similar public improvement or of entering the same or similar long-term contract.

(B) Any bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness of the District may be sold at par, premium, or discount, at public or private sale or to the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank, as the District acting through the Board of Supervisors shall determine.

(2) Warnings of meeting. The warning of a special meeting of the District to incur bonded debt or other indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract shall state the object and purpose for which the indebtedness or long-term contract is proposed to be incurred or authorized, the estimated cost of the improvements or service, the amount of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness proposed to be authorized, a summary of the terms of any contract proposed to be authorized, and means of raising or apportioning costs entailed thereby for debt service or payments under a long-term contract. The warning shall state the places where and the date and time when the meeting shall be held and the hours of opening and closing the polls. The Board, in cooperation with the board of civil authority of each member municipality, shall determine the number and location of polling places. There shall be at least one polling place in each member.

(3) Notice of meeting. The Clerk of the District shall cause notice of such special meeting to be published in one or more newspapers of known circulation in the District once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before such meeting. Notice of such meeting shall also be posted in at least three public places within each member municipality at least 30 and not more than 40 days before the meeting and be filed with the Clerk of each member and the Clerk of the District prior to posting.

(4)(A) Authorization. The Board shall meet within 21 days of the special meeting and each member shall cast its votes through its supervisor(s) according to section 208 of subchapter 2 of this chapter for or against the issuance of bonds or other indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract based upon the majority of votes cast by that member's votes. When the majority of votes of the Board so cast favor the issuance of bonds or other indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract, the District shall be so authorized as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 (indebtedness) or other applicable statutes, or to enter into the long-term contract. The ballots cast in each member shall be counted by the election officials of each member, preserved and secured with the checklist, and thereafter the results shall be certified to the District Clerk within 48 hours. The provisions of Title 17, and subchapter 5, §§ 507 (Australian ballot), 508 (qualifications and registration of voters), 509 (conduct of meetings), 510 (reconsideration or rescission of vote), and 511 (validation of District meetings) shall apply to any District meeting called to incur long-term debt or to authorize a long-term contract.

(B) The District may issue such bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness from time to time in one or more series or separate series, as determined by the Board of Supervisors, provided that the aggregate principal amount does not exceed the principal amount for which voter approval was obtained. Such bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness may bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates (including variable rates) payable semiannually, monthly, or at such other time as determined by the Board of Supervisors, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, be declared or become due before the maturity date thereof, as such resolutions authorizing their issuance may provide.

(5) Assessment. The cost of debt service or of payments under a long-term contract shall be included in the annual budget of the District, and shall be allocated among the member municipalities as provided in subsection 402(c) of this chapter, unless otherwise provided by applicable law and in the vote authorizing the same. The applicable provision of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 (indebtedness) or other enabling law under which debt is incurred or long-term contracts authorized shall apply to the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness by the District and for that purpose the District shall be deemed a “municipal corporation,” the Board shall be deemed a “legislative branch,” and the District Treasurer shall be deemed a “municipal treasurer” within the purview of that chapter. Bonds or other evidence of indebtedness and long-term contracts shall be signed by the Treasurer and Chairperson of the Board of the District.

(6) Bonds eligible for investment. Bonds and notes issued by the District shall be legal investments for all persons without limit as to the amount held, regardless of whether they are acting for their own account or in a fiduciary capacity; such bonds and notes shall likewise be legal investments for all public officials authorized to invest public funds.

(7) Tax exemption. All bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness issued by the District are issued by a body corporate and public of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose and those bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all fees, charges, funds, revenues, income, and other monies pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of those bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness or interest thereon, are exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance, and estate taxes.

(8) Purchases and disposition of own obligations. The District may purchase bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness of the District out of any of its funds or money available therefor. The District may hold, cancel, or resell the bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness subject to and in accordance with agreements with holders of its bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness.

(9) Presumption of validity. After issuance, all bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness of the District shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and issued by all the laws of this State, and any person or governmental unit shall be stopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution, or delivery by the District.

(10) Specific provisions. In connection with the issuance of any bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, in addition to the powers it may now have or hereafter have, the District may make such covenants and agreements and exercise such powers as contained in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, whether or not the District's bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness are payable solely and exclusively from net revenues of a District solid waste management facility.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 1.05
App. § 147-1.5. Reservation of powers to the Town
Status: in_force

Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the Town of Shelburne and the Selectboard of said Town by general or special enactments in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of such general or special enactments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 16
App. § 901-16. Public Safety Director
Status: in_force

The Board shall appoint a Public Safety Director, based on experience and demonstrated competence, and shall set the salary and benefits for this office. The Public Safety Director shall oversee the operations and hire and supervise the personnel of the Authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1508 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1508
App. § 269-1508. Fees and fines
Status: in_force

All fines and penalties payable to the Village by reason of any violation of any State law, ordinance, or bylaw shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Village Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Village. All fees established by law or ordinance and payable to any Village officer shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Village Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Village. Fees collected on behalf of the State shall be transferred to the State Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1302
App. § 247-1302. Parks and commons
Status: in_force

Said corporation shall provide for the planting and preservation of shade and other trees, lay out, grade, fence, and otherwise improve all public parks and commons.
24 V.S.A. § 139 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 139
§ 139. Assistant judge judicial education
Status: in_force

The assistant judges, either collectively or through a duly authorized committee of assistant judges established by a majority vote of the assistant judges after consultation with the Chief Superior Judge, shall, by majority vote:

(1) identify the training needs of assistant judges, including needs that are required by law; and

(2) design, organize, and implement training for assistant judges, including training that is required by law.
24 V.S.A. § 2201a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2201a
§ 2201a. Depositing household and commercial trash in roadside and park litter barrels
Status: in_force

(a) A person shall not use trash containers which are provided for travel trash at State parks, public picnic and rest areas, and roadside turnouts as dumping places for household garbage, household trash, farm waste, or commercial waste materials or deposit such garbage, trash, or waste material on or near any spot commonly used for picnic purposes.

(b) A person who violates a provision of this section shall be fined not more than $200.00 or may work a total of not more than 40 hours collecting trash or litter from roadsides or other public property under such supervision as the court may direct.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 75 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 75
App. § 235-75. Damages and compensation related to construction of water supply system
Status: in_force

In any case where damage 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 owner thereof be a minor, a person who lacks capacity to protect his or her interests due to a mental condition or major psychiatric disability, or out of the State, or otherwise incapacitated to sell and convey, the same shall be fixed by the Board of Water Commissioners 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, and the Water Commissioners shall, within ten days after 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.
24 V.S.A. § 3302 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3302
§ 3302. Entry on lands
Status: in_force

For the purposes enumerated in section 3301 of this title, such municipal corporation may enter upon and use any land and enclosures over or through which it may be necessary for an aqueduct or pipes to pass, and may thereon dig, place, lay, and construct such pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, appurtenances, and connections as may be necessary for the complete construction and repairing of the same. From time to time, such corporation may open the ground in any streets, lanes, avenues, highways, and public grounds for the purpose of laying down and repairing such pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, and appurtenances, as may be necessary for conducting the water and the purposes aforesaid. However, such streets, lanes, avenues, highways, and public grounds shall not be injured, but shall be left in as good condition as before the laying of such pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, and appurtenances.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 8
App. § 239-8. Village trustees; powers
Status: in_force

(a) The trustees shall have the same powers to lay out, alter, and discontinue streets and highways in the Village as are vested by law in the selectboard of towns, and all proceedings in respect to laying out, altering, or discontinuing streets and highways in the Village shall be had in the same manner as is prescribed by law in respect to these matters in towns.

(b) The trustees shall have power to enact, amend, alter, or repeal bylaws, ordinances, and regulations, not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of this State and of the United States, or to the charter of this Village, and to enforce the same by fine, penalty, forfeiture, or any other proper remedy, and shall have the other powers as are stated in this chapter.

(c) The trustees shall assess all taxes required by law or by vote of the Village, and shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to the Village, and shall draw orders for all monies disbursed by them, and generally shall perform all duties enjoined upon them by the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123A / Section 302
App. § 123A-302. Duties of appointed officers; Town Manager
Status: in_force

Town Manager. The duties of the Town Manager shall include:

(1) The Manager shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Town and shall carry out policies established by the Selectboard to whom the Manager shall report. The Manager shall be responsible to the Selectboard for the proper and efficient administration of departments under the Manager's charge as outlined in this charter.

(2) The Manager is expected to attend all meetings of the Selectboard.

(3) The Manager shall provide to the Selectboard a monthly financial statement.

(4) The Manager shall make reports as the Selectboard requires or the Manager deems appropriate, or may be required by law or ordinance regarding any and all functions under the Manager's supervision.

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

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

(7) The Manager or his or her designee shall be the Collector of Delinquent Taxes.

(8) The Manager shall keep the Selectboard apprised of the needs of the Town within the scope of the Manager's duties and annually furnish to the Selectboard a long-range projection of capital expenditures.

(9) The Manager shall examine or cause to be examined, with or without notice, the affairs of any department under the Manager's control or the conduct of any officer or employee thereof. For that purpose, the Manager shall have access to all books, papers, and wireless and electronic records of those departments for the information necessary for the proper performance of his or her duties.

(10) The Manager shall appoint, upon merit and fitness alone, and, when the Manager deems necessary for the good of the service, suspend or remove any subordinate official, employee, or agent under the Manager's supervision as provided for in this charter. All appointments may be without definite terms unless for provisional, temporary, or emergency service, in which case, terms shall not exceed the maximum periods prescribed by personnel rules and regulations. The Manager may authorize the head of a department or office responsible to the Manager to appoint and remove subordinates in the office or department.

(11) The Manager, under policies approved by the Selectboard, shall have the exclusive authority to appoint, fix the salaries of, and suspend and remove all officers and employees except those who are elected or who are appointed by the Selectboard.

(12) The Manager shall direct and supervise the administration of all departments, offices, and agencies of the Town except as otherwise provided by charter or statute.

(13) The Manager shall keep full and complete records of the Manager's office.

(14) The Manager shall have oversight of buildings, properties, facilities, repairs thereon, and construction by the Town unless otherwise voted.

(15) The Manager shall perform other duties that may be required by the Selectboard, bylaws, or ordinance consistent with this charter.

(16) The Manager may, when advisable and proper, delegate to Town subordinate officers or employees duties conferred on the Manager.

(17) Neither the Selectboard, any individual member of the Board, nor any of its committees or committee members shall dictate the appointment or discharge of any Town employee by the Manager or in any manner interfere with his or her exercising of judgment in the appointment and discharge of employees in the Town.

(18) The Manager shall perform other duties consistent with his or her office and this charter as required by the Selectboard, law, ordinance, or mandate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 209 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 209
App. § 117-209. Jurisdiction over other officers or employees
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-207 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment, by any other officer or employee of the Town, of any person to office or employment, or his or her suspension or removal therefrom, or in any manner take part in the appointment, discipline, or removal of subordinates and employees of the Town, except as otherwise provided in this charter. The Selectboard and its members shall deal with that portion of the service of the Town for which the Manager is responsible solely through the Manager. This shall not be construed to prohibit the Selectboard from recommending to the Town Manager a prospective employee for his or her consideration, or bringing to the attention of the Manager any complaint concerning the actions of any officer or employee of the Town. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the review by the Selectboard of actions by the Manager or hearings brought to the Selectboard by employees pursuant to appellate rights granted them by statute. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-207 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 321 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 321
App. § 1-321. Collection of assessments; liens
Status: in_force

Special assessments shall constitute a lien on the property against which the assessment is made in the same manner and to the same extent as taxes assessed on the grand list of a municipality, and all procedures and remedies for the collection of taxes shall apply to special assessments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 4
App. § 15-4. Election of officers
Status: in_force

On the first Tuesday in March 1973, and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of said corporation shall elect from among their number a Mayor, who shall hold office for two years, and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified. On the same date, and annually thereafter, they shall elect three aldermen for two years, and until their successors shall be elected and qualified, to succeed the aldermen whose term expires; a lister for the term of three years to take the place of the lister whose term expires; one Auditor for the term of three years; a City Grand Juror.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 53 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 53
App. § 15-53. Office
Status: in_force

The City of Vergennes shall maintain said Traffic Court and provide quarters for the same in the City offices in said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.06 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.06
App. § 9-22.6. Temporary absence of Chief
Status: in_force

In the event of temporary absence of the Chief of Police, the duties of Chief shall fall upon the subordinate officers, according to their rank, as established by the rules and regulations of the Police Department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 401
App. § 129-401. Organization
Status: in_force

(a) After their election and qualification, the School Board of Trustees shall organize and elect a Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Clerk by a majority vote of the entire School Board of Trustees.

(b) The Chair of the School Board of Trustees shall preside at all meetings of the School Board of Trustees and shall be recognized as the head of the Town or School District for all ceremonial purposes.

(c) In the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair shall assume all duties of the Chair.

(d) In the absence of both the Chair and Vice Chair, the Clerk shall assume all duties of the Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.09 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.09
App. § 9-22.9. Special police officers
Status: in_force

In addition to the regular police force, the Chief of Police shall have the power to appoint such special police officers as he or she may consider desirable and that present funding will support with approval of the Police Commission. The term “special police officers” shall be construed to mean police officers appointed to serve as auxiliary members to the regular police force as well as those police officers appointed at the request of private individuals, corporations, or firms for the protection of private property, and police officers appointed for special public services. Such special police officers shall receive pay from the City according to the service performed for the City. The Chief of Police may appoint a special police officer, with approval of the Police Commission, but only for such time as may elapse before a qualified applicant is available.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 38 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 38
App. § 405-38. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts
Status: in_force

(a) Submission to voters. On a petition signed by at least five percent of the voters of the District at the last general election, the proposition of incurring a bonded debt or other indebtedness to pay for public improvements or of authorizing a long-term contract shall be submitted by the Board of Commissioners to the voters thereof at a special meeting to be held for that purpose. In the alternative, when the Board of Commissioners, at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Commissioners called for such purpose, shall determine, by resolution passed by a vote of the Board, the public interest or necessity demands improvements or a long-term contract, and the cost of the same will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue, it shall order the proposition of incurring indebtedness or of authorizing a long-term contract to be submitted to the qualified voters of the District at a meeting to be held for that purpose. A “long-term contract” means a contract in which the District incurs obligations for which the costs are too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenues of the District, in the judgment of the Board. The term “long-term contracts” shall not include any contract that is subject to annual renewal or extension at the election of the District, or any contract pursuant to which payment by the District shall be subject to annual appropriations in accordance with the annual budget, or any contract for services or the purchase or lease of equipment, materials, or supplies needed in the ordinary course of business of the District. The term “public improvements” shall include improvements that may be used for the benefit of the public, whether or not publicly owned or operated. Bonded debt or other indebtedness may be authorized for any purpose permitted by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or 119 and 10 V.S.A. chapter 12 or any other applicable statutes for any purpose for which the District is organized. The Board of Commissioners may not submit to the voters more than twice in any 12-month period the proposition of incurring bonded or other indebtedness to pay for the same or similar public improvement or of entering the same or similar long-term contract.

(b) Sale of evidence of indebtedness. Any bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness of the District may be sold at par, premium, or discount, at public or private sale or to the Vermont Municipal Bond Bank, as the District, acting through the Board of Commissioners shall determine.

(c) Warnings of meeting. The warning calling the special meeting of the District to incur bonded debt or other indebtedness or to authorize a long-term contract shall state the object and purpose for which the indebtedness or long-term contract is proposed to be incurred or authorized, the estimated cost of the improvements or service, the amount of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness proposed to be authorized, a summary of the terms of any contract proposed to be authorized, and means of raising or apportioning costs entailed thereby for debt service or payments under a long-term contract. The warning shall fix the place where and the date on which the meeting shall be held and the hours of opening and closing the polls. The Board of Commissioners, in cooperation with the board of civil authority of each member municipality, shall determine the number and location of polling places; provided, however, there shall be at least one polling place in each member municipality.

(d) Notice of meeting. The Secretary of the District shall cause notice of such special meeting to be published in one or more newspapers of known circulation in the District once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before such meeting. Notice of such meeting shall also be posted in at least two public places within each member municipality, and in or near the office of the clerk of the municipality, at least 30 and not more than 40 days before the meeting, and be filed with the clerk of each member municipality and the Secretary of the District prior to posting. The notice shall also be mailed by certified mail to the chairperson of the legislative body of each member municipality.

(e) Authorization. When a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question from all the member municipalities at such special meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness, or entry into a long-term contract, the District shall be authorized to issue bonds or other evidence of indebtedness as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other applicable statutes. The ballots cast in each member municipality shall be counted by the election officials of each member municipality, preserved and secured with the checklist, and thereafter the results shall be certified to the District Secretary within 48 hours. The applicable provisions of Title 17 shall apply to any District meeting called pursuant to this section.

(f) Elements of issued evidence of indebtedness. The District may issue such bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness from time to time in one or more series or separate series, as determined by the Board of Commissioners, provided the aggregate principal amount does not exceed the principal amount for which voter approval was obtained. Such bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness may bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times not exceeding 40 years from their respective dates, bear interest at such rate or rates (including variable rates) payable semiannually, monthly, or at such other time as determined by the Board of Commissioners, be in such denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment, at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium, be declared or become due before the maturity date thereof, as such resolutions authorizing their issuance may provide.

(g) Assessment. The cost of debt service, or of payments under a long-term contract, shall be allocated among the member municipalities unless otherwise provided in the vote authorizing the same. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the applicable provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other enabling law under which debt is incurred or long-term contracts authorized shall apply to the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness by the District and for that purpose the District shall be deemed a “municipal corporation,” the Board of Commissioners shall be deemed a “legislative branch,” and the District Treasurer shall be deemed a “municipal treasurer” within the purview of chapter 53. Bonds or other evidence of indebtedness and long-term contracts shall be signed by the Treasurer and Chairperson of the Board of Commissioners of the District.

(h) Bonds eligible for investment. Bonds and notes issued by the District shall be legal investments for all persons without limit as to the amount held, regardless of whether they are acting for their own account or in a fiduciary capacity; such bonds and notes shall likewise be legal investments for all public officials authorized to invest in public funds.

(i) Tax exemption. All bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness issued by the District are issued by a body corporate and public of the State and for an essential public and governmental purpose, and those bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness and the interest thereon and the income therefrom, and all fees, charges, funds, revenues, income, and other monies pledged or available to pay or secure the payment of those bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness or interest thereon, are exempt from taxation except for transfer, inheritance, and estate taxes.

(j) Purchases and disposition of own obligations. The District may purchase bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness of the District out of any of its funds or money available therefor. The District may hold, cancel, or resell the bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness subject to and in accordance with agreements with holders of its bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness.

(k) Presumption of validity. After issuance, all bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness of the District shall be conclusively presumed to be fully authorized and issued by all the laws of this State, and any person or governmental unit shall be stopped from questioning their authorization, sale, issuance, execution, or delivery by the District.

(l) Specific provisions. In connection with the issuance of any bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness, in addition to the powers it may now have or hereafter have, the District may make such covenants and agreements and exercise such powers as contained in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, whether or not the District's bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness are payable solely and exclusively from net revenues of a District solid waste management facility.
24 V.S.A. § 3314 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3314
§ 3314. Records
Status: in_force

Every bond issued by such municipal corporation for water purposes, under the provisions of sections 3309 and 3310 of this title, shall be signed by the clerk and treasurer of such municipal corporation and shall have the certificate of such clerk that such bond is one of a series authorized by such municipal corporation. Its records shall be so kept as to show the issue of the bonds, the amounts and dates of the same, when due, and the time of their payment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 604 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 604
App. § 103-604. Comprehensive Town ordinance
Status: in_force

When Town officials having charge of zoning acquire jurisdiction of the zoning ordinance in other zoned areas as provided in this section, the ordinances shall be deemed to be part of a general Town zoning ordinance duly and legally enacted in accordance with a comprehensive plan. The general ordinance shall be subject to repeal, amendment, or alteration by the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 205
App. § 117-205. Meetings
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-206 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

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

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

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

(d) All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public unless, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present, the Board shall vote that any particular session shall be an executive session in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 313. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-204 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 37 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 37
App. § 403-37. Limitations of appropriations
Status: in_force

Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annual appropriations of any year may not cease to be operative at the end of the fiscal year for which they were adopted, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Vermont. Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in subsection 35(a) of this chapter may be expended only for such estimates, but by majority vote of the Board of Supervisors, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among such estimates, except as otherwise limited by this chapter. Any balance left or unencumbered in any such budget estimate, or the amount of any deficit at the end of the fiscal year, may be included in and paid out of the operating budget and appropriations in the next fiscal year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 106 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 106
App. § 269-106. Form of government
Status: in_force

The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as council-manager form of government. Pursuant to these provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the Vermont Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the Village shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as the Board of Trustees, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the Village.
24 V.S.A. § 4784 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4784
§ 4784. Loan priorities
Status: in_force

(a) The Secretary shall at least annually prepare and certify to VEDA a list of privately owned clean water projects, ranked in priority order, that are eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter.

(b) In determining financing ability for clean water projects under this subchapter, the Secretary shall apply the criteria adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1628; provided, however:

(1) No privately owned clean water project authorized under this subchapter shall be prioritized above a municipal clean water project.

(2) No more than 20 percent of the funds identified in the annual State Intended Use Plan (IUP) and allocated for clean water projects may be used for loans to privately owned clean water projects, unless there occurs a surplus of funds, in which case those funds may be used to fund additional privately owned clean water projects.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 18 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 18
App. § 417-18. Rules of procedures
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the most recent version of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 124 / Section 2
App. § 124-2. General provisions
Status: in_force

(a) General law application. Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Jericho.

(b) Powers of the Town.

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

(2) Limitations. In this charter, any mention of a particular power shall not be construed to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.

(3) Reservation of powers to the Town. Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Jericho, the Selectboard of the Town, or its elected or appointed officers by general or special enactment of State statutes or regulations in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of the general or special enactment unless this charter otherwise provides.

(4) Open meetings. Meetings of all Town boards and commissions shall be open and held in accordance with the general law of this State relating to public meetings. The records of all official proceedings shall be available for public inspection and copying as provided by the general law of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 227 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 227
App. § 3-227. Superintendent/General Manager; duties
Status: in_force

The Superintendent/General Manager shall have the special and immediate care and practical supervision of the said electric light plant and City property in connection therewith, but shall at all times be subject in respect thereto, to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and to the orders and ordinances of the City Council. Subject to the foregoing, the Superintendent/General Manager may execute and issue on behalf of the City and the Electric Light Department drafts, checks, and/or other negotiable orders for the payment of the bills and charges of the Department, provided that any such payment shall be made exclusively from the revenues of such Department.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 303
App. § 411-303. Vice Chair
Status: in_force

(a) The Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board's members. During the absence or inability of the Chair to render or perform the duties of the Chair or exercise the powers of the Chair, the same shall be performed and exercised by the Vice Chair. When so acting, the Vice Chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given to or imposed upon the Chair.

(b) During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform the duties of the Vice Chair or to exercise the powers of the Vice Chair, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given or imposed upon the Vice Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1310
App. § 5-1310. Warrant for collection of special assessment
Status: in_force

(a) If the owner of lands or other property assessed by authority of this subchapter shall neglect to pay the City Treasurer the billed amount of such assessment within 30 days after the due date as noticed on the assessment, the City Treasurer shall issue a warrant for collection of the same and deliver the warrant to the Tax Collector for collection.

(b) In case of an appeal, if the court upholds the assessment and it has been recorded in the office of the City Clerk, payment shall be due within 30 days after the final court decision, and the City Treasurer shall issue a warrant for collection of the same and deliver the warrant to the Tax Collector for collection.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114E / Section 8
App. § 114E-8. Selection Committee
Status: in_force

(a) Prior to appointing a Town Treasurer or Town Clerk and no more than 45 days after either of these positions is vacated, the Selectboard shall appoint a committee to review and recommend to the Selectboard a qualified candidate for the vacant position.

(b)(1) The Committee shall be composed of seven persons:

(A) one Selectboard member;

(B) three other Town officers whose positions work closely with the position being filled; and

(C) three other persons.

(2) For the position of Town Treasurer, a certified public accountant shall be on the Committee. All except the certified public accountant and any nonresident officers shall be residents of the Town.

(c) The Selectboard shall solicit candidates and advertise notice of the vacant position. The Committee shall have the responsibility to investigate a candidate's credentials and background as the Committee deems appropriate. Upon completion of the investigation and interviewing of candidates, the Committee shall submit to the Selectboard the names of those candidates deemed qualified for the position.

(d) No later than 30 days following the submission of the names of candidates deemed qualified by the Committee, the Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer or Town Clerk from the candidates recommended by the Committee or, if applicable, notify the Committee that none of the candidates shall be appointed and direct the Committee to renew its search.

(e) Members of the Committee described in subsection (b) of this section shall serve until any vacancy is filled by appointment by the Selectboard. Meetings of the Committee shall be warned and conducted as public meetings in accordance with the requirements of Vermont law and this charter, and the Committee shall be entitled to meet in executive session as authorized in 1 V.S.A. § 313.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 58 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 58
App. § 3-58. Council to issue citation that land is to be taken; service
Status: in_force

In giving notice to all persons owning or interested in any lands to be taken for such purposes, the City Council shall issue its citation, signed by the Mayor or its Chief Administrative Officer; said citation shall be served in the same manner, and the several officers shall perform the same duties in respect thereto, as provided in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 32
App. § 403-32. Recall of officers
Status: in_force

An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the District will be served. For this action, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall cast one vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 11
App. § 403-11. Organizational meeting
Status: in_force

Annually, on the first Wednesday in April, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At such meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership a Chair and a Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until a successor is duly elected and qualified. For this election, each member of the Board of Supervisors present shall cast one vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 306
App. § 19-306. Vacancies; forfeiture of office; filling of vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) Vacancies. The office of a Councilor shall become vacant upon the death, resignation, removal from office in any manner authorized by law, or forfeiture of office.

(b) Forfeiture of office. A Councilor shall forfeit office if at any time during the term of office, the Councilor:

(1) lacks any qualification for the office prescribed by this charter or by law;

(2) violates any express prohibition of this charter;

(3) is convicted of any felony or a misdemeanor involving the affairs or property of the City;

(4) fails to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the Council without being excused by the Council; or

(5) violates an express conflict of interest prohibition.

(c) Filling vacancies. A vacancy in the office of Councilor shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term, if any, at the next regular election following not less than 60 days upon the occurrence of the vacancy, but the Council by a majority vote of all its remaining members shall appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy until the person elected to serve the remainder of the unexpired term takes office. If the Council fails to appoint within 30 days following the occurrence of the vacancy, the City Clerk shall call a special election to fill the vacancy, to be held not sooner than 90 days and not later than 120 days following the occurrence of the vacancy and to be otherwise governed by the provisions of Article 2 of this charter. Should the City Clerk fail to call a special election as aforesaid, this duty shall be performed by the Mayor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 446 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 446
App. § 3-446. Same; invalidity
Status: in_force

It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences, and parts of this article are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and any of them shall be exscinded if this article would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffective; it is the intention to confer upon the City the whole or any part of the powers in this article provided for, and if any one or more sections, clauses, sentences, and parts of this article shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provision or provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause, sentence, or part of this article in any one or more instances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 36.02
App. § 9-36.2. Creation of Redevelopment Authority
Status: in_force

There is hereby created an independent agency, a body corporate and political, to be known as the Rutland Redevelopment Authority, whose purposes and powers shall be as set forth in this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 6.04
App. § 107-6.4. Vacancies
Status: in_force

(a) When a school director resigns, is removed from office, dies, or his or her name is removed from the checklist, the office shall become vacant.

(b) A school director shall forfeit his or her office if qualifications for the office prescribed by this charter or by State law are no longer met or if he or she violates any express provisions of this charter or the director, is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or if absent from three consecutive regular meetings of the Board without being excused by the Board. The Board shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and of the grounds for forfeiture. For these purposes and for purposes of its hearings, inquiries, and investigations, the Board may subpoena witnesses, administer oaths, and require the production of evidence. A school director charged with conduct requiring forfeiture of his or her office shall have the right to a public hearing.

(c)(1) Except as otherwise provided, when one but not more than two vacancies occur on the Board, within 30 days of the creation of the vacancy or vacancies, the School Board shall, by majority vote of those present and voting, appoint a qualified person to fill each vacancy on the Town School Board until an election at a special or annual meeting is held, and a record thereof shall be made in the office of the Town Clerk.

(2) If three or four vacancies occur concurrently on the Town School Board, the vacancies shall be filled by a special General Town Meeting called by the Selectboard for that purpose. The remaining Board member or members are authorized to draw orders for payment of continuing obligations and necessary expenses until a majority of the vacancies are filled.

(3) If there are no Town School Board members in office, the Selectboard shall call a special General Town Meeting to fill any vacancies and for that interim shall appoint and authorize the Town School District Clerk or the Town School District Treasurer to draw orders for payment of continuing obligations and necessary expenses until a majority of the vacancies are filled. The election shall be held not less than 40 nor more than 60 days following the occurrence of the vacancy or vacancies.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 704 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 704
App. § 123-704. Duties of the Manager
Status: in_force

(a) The Manager shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Town and shall carry out the policies established by the Selectboard, to whom the Manager shall be responsible.

(b) The Manager shall attend all meetings of the Selectboard, except when compensation or removal of the Town Manager is being considered or the Selectboard allows such absence. The Manager shall keep the Selectboard informed of the financial condition and further needs of the Town and shall make such other reports as may be required by law, requested by the Selectboard, or deemed by the Town Manager to be advisable.

(c) The Manager has the right to attend all meetings of standing committees, boards, and agencies appointed by the Selectboard.

(d) The Manager shall be an ex-officio member of all standing committees, but may not vote.

(e) The Manager shall perform all other duties prescribed by this charter or required by laws of this State, or resolution of the Selectboard.

(f) The Manager shall prepare an annual budget, submit it to the Selectboard, and be responsible for its administration after adoption by the voters of the Town.

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

(h) The Manager shall furnish a quarterly financial statement to the Selectboard, with the assistance and cooperation of the Town Clerk and Treasurer and the Business Manager, who shall furnish whatever financial data are necessary to enable the Town Manager to fulfill their budgetary and financial responsibilities.

(i) The Manager shall be responsible for the operation of all departments as designated by the Selectboard.

(j) The Manager shall be the general purchasing agent for the Town and its departments, agencies, and commissions.

(k) The Manager shall be responsible for the administration of a system of accounts.

(l) The Manager shall have the authority to appoint; fix the salary of, within the salary ranges established by the Selectboard; suspend; and remove all employees of the Town appointed by him or her, subject to the provisions of the charter and any Personnel Regulations as approved by the Selectboard.

(m) The Manager may, when advisable or proper, and with the approval of the Selectboard, delegate to subordinate officers and employees of the Town any duties conferred upon him or her.

(n) The Manager, with the department heads, shall prepare annually for the Selectboard a three-year Capital Improvement Plan.

(o) The Manager shall serve as Collector of Delinquent Taxes unless otherwise provided for by the Town at an annual or special meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 804 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 804
App. § 117-804. Assessment and taxation agreement
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this charter and the requirements of the general law of the State of Vermont, the Selectboard is authorized to negotiate and execute assessment and taxation agreements between the Town and a taxpayer or taxpayers within the Town consistent with applicable requirements of the Vermont Constitution.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 372 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 372
App. § 3-372. Department to be under supervision of Director
Status: in_force

The management, direction, and control of the Department of Permitting and Inspections shall be vested in the Director, subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 306
App. § 133-306. Vacancies of elected and appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) When an elected or appointed officer resigns, makes another Town his or her residence, dies, or becomes incapacitated, the office shall become vacant. A person who fills such a vacancy shall serve until his or her predecessor's term expires. The Town Manager shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general local circulation a notice of the vacancy.

(b) Any person of legal voting age may, within 10 days of the publication, submit his or her name to the Town Manager as an applicant for the vacancy. The names of all applicants shall be entered in the minutes of the next regularly scheduled Selectboard meeting.

(c) At the first regular meeting of the Selectboard following the expiration of the period set forth in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the Selectboard shall fill the vacancy. Said appointments shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term unless this charter provides otherwise.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 36 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 36
App. § 401-36. Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. Such notes must mature within one year. The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of grants-in-aid from any source and any revenues other than assessments through the issuance of notes of the District. Such notes must mature within one year, but may be renewed as provided by general law. The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of assessments to each member municipality in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the total amount assessed for each year and may issue notes of the District that must mature within one year. The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of bond proceeds that have been authorized as provided in this chapter. These notes shall be issued as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53.

(b) Long-term indebtedness: long-term contracts.

(1) Submission to voters. On a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the voters of the District, the proposition of incurring a bonded debt to pay for public improvements or of authorizing a long-term contract shall be submitted by the Board of Supervisors to the qualified voters thereof at a special meeting to be held for that purpose. In the alternative, when the Board of Supervisors, at a regular or special meeting of the Board of Supervisors called for such purpose, shall determine by vote, that the public interest or necessity demands improvements or entry into a long-term contract, and that the cost of the same will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenue, it shall order the submission of the proposition of incurring bonded debt or of authorizing a long-term contract to the qualified voters of the District at a meeting to be held for that purpose. A “long-term contract” means a contract in which the District incurs obligations for which the costs are too great to be paid out of the ordinary annual income and revenues of the District, in the judgment of the Board of Supervisors. The term “public improvements” shall include improvements that may be used for the benefit of the public, whether or not publicly owned or operated. Bonded debt may be authorized for any purpose permitted by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, or any other applicable statutes for any purpose for which the District is organized. The Board of Supervisors may not submit to the voters more than twice in the same calendar year the proposition of incurring bonded debt to pay for the same or similar public improvement or of entering the same or similar long-term contract.

(2) Warning of meeting. The warning calling the special meeting of the District to incur bonded debt or to authorize a long-term contract shall state the object and purpose for which the indebtedness or long-term contract is proposed to be incurred or authorized, the estimated cost of public improvements, the amount of bonds proposed to be authorized, and a summary of the terms of any long-term contract proposed to be authorized. The warning shall fix the places where and the date on which the meeting shall be held and the hours of opening and closing the polls. The Board of Supervisors, in consultation with the board of civil authority of each member municipality shall determine the number and location of polling places; provided, however, there shall be at least one polling place in each member municipality.

(3) Notice of meeting. The Clerk of the District shall cause notice of such special meeting to be published in a newspaper of known circulation in the District once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before such meeting. Notice of such meeting shall also be posted in a minimum of three public places within each member municipality at least 30 and not more than 40 days before the meeting and be filed with the Clerk of each member municipality and the Clerk of the District prior to posting.

(4) Authorization. When a majority of all the voters present and voting on the question from all the member municipalities at such special meeting vote to authorize the issuance of bonds or to authorize a long-term contract, the District shall be authorized to issue the bonds or to enter into the long-term contract. The ballots cast in each member municipality shall be commingled and counted by member of the Board of Supervisors with the town clerk from each member municipality or his or her designee. Sections 45 (Australian ballot), 46 (qualifications and registration of voters), 47 (conduct of meetings), 48 (reconsideration or rescission of vote), and 49 (validation of District meetings) of this chapter shall apply to any District meeting called to incur long-term debt or to authorize a long-term contract.

(5) Assessment. The cost of debt service or of payments under a long-term contract shall be included in the annual budget of the District. The applicable provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other enabling law under which debt is incurred or long-term contract authorized shall apply to the issuance of bonds or other evidence of indebtedness by the District and for that purpose the District shall be deemed a “municipal corporation,” the Board of Supervisors shall be deemed a “legislative branch,” and the District Treasurer shall be deemed a “municipal Treasurer” within the purview of that chapter. Bonds or other evidence of indebtedness and long-term contracts shall be signed by the Treasurer and Chair of the Board of Supervisors of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 4682 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4682
§ 4682. Investment of Revenue Bond Reserve Fund
Status: in_force

(a) Monies at any time in the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund may be invested in the same manner as permitted for investment of funds belonging to the State or held in the Treasury.

(b) For purposes of valuation, investments in the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund shall be valued at the lowest of the par value, cost to the Bank or market value of such investments. Valuation on any particular date shall include the amount of interest then earned or accrued to that date on any monies or investments in the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 156 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 156
App. § 3-156. Monthly reports; annual audit
Status: in_force

The Board of Finance shall provide for regular monthly reports to be made by each department to the City Council; they shall also provide for the annual auditing of the books of each department, by a competent professional auditor, and may also provide for such further auditing as shall to said Board seem advisable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 10
App. § 173-10. Authority of citizens
Status: in_force

(a) The Town of Windsor shall have all the powers granted to towns by the Constitution and laws of this State, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted.

(b) The Town may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter and impose penalties for violation thereof.

(c) The Town may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any Town purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State.
24 V.S.A. § 4441 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4441
§ 4441. Preparation of bylaws and regulatory tools; amendment or repeal
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may have one or more bylaws. Any bylaw for a municipality shall be prepared by or at the direction of the planning commission of the municipality and shall have the purpose of implementing the plan. An amendment or repeal of a bylaw may be prepared by the planning commission or by any other person or body.

(b) A proposed amendment or repeal prepared by a person or body other than the planning commission shall be submitted in writing along with any supporting documents to the planning commission. The planning commission may then proceed under this subchapter as if the amendment or repeal had been prepared by the commission. However, if the proposed amendment or repeal of a bylaw is supported by a petition signed by not less than five percent of the voters of the municipality, the commission shall correct any technical deficiency and shall, without otherwise changing the amendment or repeal, promptly proceed in accordance with subsections (c) through (g) of this section, as if it had been prepared by the commission.

(c) When considering an amendment to a bylaw, the planning commission shall prepare and approve a written report on the proposal. A single report may be prepared so as to satisfy the requirements of this subsection concerning bylaw amendments and subsection 4384(c) of this title concerning plan amendments. The report shall provide a brief explanation of the proposed bylaw, amendment, or repeal and shall include a statement of purpose as required for notice under section 4444 of this title and shall include findings regarding how the proposal:

(1) conforms with or furthers the goals and policies contained in the municipal plan, including the effect of the proposal on the availability of safe and affordable housing, and sections 4412, 4413, and 4414 of this title;

(2) is compatible with the proposed future land uses and densities of the municipal plan; and

(3) carries out, as applicable, any specific proposals for any planned community facilities.

(d) The planning commission shall hold at least one public hearing within the municipality after public notice on any proposed bylaw, amendment, or repeal.

(e) At least 15 days prior to the first hearing, a copy of the proposed bylaw, amendment, or repeal and the written report shall be delivered physically or electronically with proof of receipt or mailed by certified mail, return receipt requested, to each of the following:

(1) The chair of the planning commission of each abutting municipality, or in the absence of any planning commission in a municipality, the clerk of that abutting municipality.

(2) The executive director of the regional planning commission of the area in which the municipality is located.

(3) The Department of Housing and Community Development within the Agency of Commerce and Community Development.

(f) Any of the bodies identified in subsection (e) of this section, or their representatives, may submit comments on the proposed bylaw, amendment, or repeal to the planning commission, or may appear and be heard in any proceeding with respect to the adoption of the proposed bylaw, amendment, or repeal.

(g) The planning commission may make revisions to a proposed bylaw, amendment, or repeal and to the written report, and shall then submit the proposed bylaw, amendment, or repeal and the written report to the legislative body of the municipality. However, if requested by the legislative body or if a proposed amendment was supported by a petition signed by not less than five percent of the voters of the municipality, the planning commission shall promptly submit the amendment, with changes only to correct technical deficiencies, to the legislative body of the municipality, together with any recommendation or opinion it considers appropriate. Simultaneously with the submission, the planning commission shall file with the clerk of the municipality a copy of the proposed bylaw, amendment, or repeal, and the written report for public review.

(h) Upon adoption or amendment of a bylaw, the planning commission shall prepare an adoption report in form and content provided by the Department of Housing and Community Development that:

(1) confirms that zoning districts' GIS data has been submitted to the Department and that the data complies with the Vermont Zoning GIS Data Standard adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 123;

(2) confirms that the complete bylaw has been uploaded to the Municipal Plan and Bylaw Database;

(3) demonstrates conformity with sections 4412, 4413, and 4414 of this title; and

(4) provides information on the municipal application of subchapters 7 (bylaws), 9 (administration), and 10 (panels) of this chapter for the Municipal Planning Data Center and the prospective development of a statewide zoning atlas.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 105
App. § 409-105. Powers
Status: in_force

(a) The District shall have all those powers set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 4866 as the same presently exist, together with any additional powers that may be added thereto by amendment in the future, all of which powers are incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Except as provided by section 107 of this chapter, the District shall have the power:

(1) To operate, cause to be operated, or contract, or both, for the operation of any and all facilities for the collection, transportation, treatment, storage, resource recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid waste, and to determine and make charges for such services.

(2) To purchase, sell, own, lease, convey, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property.

(3) To sue.

(4) To enter into contracts for any term or duration.

(5) To adopt a capital budget and program.

(6) To issue regulations implementing the purposes of the District, subject to the requirements of 24 V.S.A. chapter 59.

(7) To provide solid waste disposal services for the member municipalities and others.

(8) To exercise the power of eminent domain.

(9) To borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 (indebtedness) or other provisions of law authorizing general obligations or revenue debt, including 10 V.S.A. chapter 12 (Vermont Industrial Development Authority) and 24 V.S.A. chapter 119 (Municipal Bond Bank).

(10) To establish a budget and assess member municipalities and others in accordance therewith.

(11) To appropriate and expend monies.

(12) To establish sinking funds for the retirement of bonded or other indebtedness.

(13) To charge member municipalities, haulers, commercial and residential generators, and others for solid waste generated, arising, or disposed of within the geographical boundaries of member municipalities, regardless of how such waste is disposed. This power includes the ability to make estimates of amounts generated or hauled, or both, for purposes of such charges.

(14) To exercise any other powers that are necessary or desirable for dealing with solid waste problems consistent with the provisions of Titles 10 and 24.

(15) To establish capital reserve funds.

(16) To accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust.

(17) To exercise all powers incident to public corporations.

(18) To make payments in lieu of taxes to members hosting District facilities.

(19) To do all things set forth in or necessary to this chapter.

(20) To enter into contracts with banks, insurance companies, or other financial institutions so as to obtain a letter of credit, bond insurance, or other forms of financial guarantees or credit enhancement in connection with District bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness.

(21) To provide host communities of District facilities with incentive payments, services, and benefits.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 51
App. § 15-51. Creation
Status: in_force

A Traffic Court for the City of Vergennes is hereby created and established with the sole jurisdiction of receiving waiver of process and trial, admission of violation, and fines from violators of the provisions of parking and traffic ordinances of said City of Vergennes, and for the sole purpose and with the sole authority of carrying out the provisions of this subchapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 109
App. § 143-109. Town School District; establishment
Status: in_force

The Town of Richmond, as established in section 101 of this charter, shall constitute the Richmond Town School District.
24 V.S.A. § 1532 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1532
§ 1532. Settlement; disqualification for neglect
Status: in_force

Annually, on or before February 1, the collector shall pay over all monies collected by him or her to the treasuries to which they belong and settle his or her account with the treasurers. When he or she refuses or neglects so to do, he or she shall be ineligible to reelection for the ensuing year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 302
App. § 117-302. Effective date
Status: in_force

(Renumbered to 24A V.S.A. § 117-604 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)

Every ordinance shall become effective upon passage unless otherwise specified. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-107 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 19 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 19
App. § 207-19. Water Department
Status: in_force

The Village may maintain a Water Department for the purpose of supplying its inhabitants, and as incident to that service, the inhabitants of adjoining towns and the Town of Rockingham, with water for domestic and other purposes, and may purchase and hold all necessary real and personal estate for that purpose, and may issue its corporate bonds to secure any present or future indebtedness for the establishing, enlarging, and extending of its water works; it may take, hold, and use such land adjacent to and surrounding the pond known as “Minard's Pond,” now owned by the Village, as may be necessary for the protection of the water of the pond from defilement, and may for that purpose enclose the pond or land so taken, by suitable fences, and whenever it shall be deemed necessary by the corporation to increase its supply of water for its Water Department, it may take and hold waters of any additional ponds, springs, or streams of water for that purpose, together with such lands surrounding and adjacent to the same as may be deemed necessary for the use and protection of the water of such ponds, springs, or streams from defilement, and may enclose the ponds, springs, or streams by suitable fences for the purpose of protection. The corporation may, by aqueduct, conduct the waters of the ponds, springs, or streams that may be taken in pursuance of this charter into “Minard's Pond,” or the waters of “Minard's Pond,” and the ponds, springs, or streams to the Village of Bellows Falls and through the streets of the Village. And, for that purpose, may enter upon such lands as may be necessary, and may dig, lay, and from time to time repair aqueducts.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 137 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 137
App. § 3-137. Form
Status: in_force

All officers of the City shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with the City Clerk the following oath:

“I solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office (duty or trust), of ______ of the City of Burlington to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God.”
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 352 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 352
App. § 3-352. Purposes and powers
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, Burlington City Arts shall develop and implement a strategy to enhance the cultural enrichment of the people of the greater Burlington area.

(b) In furtherance of its purpose, Burlington City Arts shall, subject to the order and ordinances of the City Council, have the following rights, powers, and duties:

(1) to plan, develop, coordinate, implement, and administer a broad spectrum of high quality arts programming and services that is accessible to all sectors of the community regardless of economic, social, or physical constraints;

(2) to support Vermont artists and nurture native talent by making available performance, gallery, and rehearsal space; providing technical assistance and awarding grants and prizes;

(3) to foster partnerships in the arts, education, human service, and business communities for the production of cultural events;

(4) to receive and spend voluntary contributions for the carrying out of its purposes;

(5) to do all other things necessary or convenient to carrying out its purposes in accordance with Vermont Statutes Annotated.
24 V.S.A. § 2796 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 76A / Section 2796
§ 2796. Repealed. 2023, No. 181 (Adj. Sess.), § 65(a), eff. July 1, 2034.
Status: in_force

(a) There is created a Downtown Transportation and Related Capital Improvement Fund, to be also known as the Fund, which shall be a special fund created under 32 V.S.A. chapter 7, subchapter 5, to be administered by the Vermont Downtown Development Board in accordance with this chapter to aid municipalities with designated downtown districts in financing capital transportation and related improvement projects to support economic development.

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

(1) such State or federal funds as may be appropriated by the General Assembly;

(2) any gifts, grants, or other contributions to the Fund;

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

(c) Any municipality with a designated downtown development district may apply to the Vermont Downtown Development Board for financial assistance from the Fund for capital transportation and related improvement projects within or serving the district. The Board may award to any municipality grants in amounts not to exceed $250,000.00 annually, loans, or loan guarantees for financing capital transportation projects, including construction or alteration of roads and highways, parking facilities, and rail or bus facilities or equipment, or for the underground relocation of electric utility, cable, and telecommunications lines, but shall not include assistance for operating costs. Grants awarded by the Board shall not exceed 80 percent of the overall cost of the project. The approval of the Board may be conditioned upon the repayment to the Fund of some or all of the amount of a loan or other financial benefits and such repayment may be from local taxes, fees, or other local revenues sources. The Board shall consider geographical distribution in awarding the resources of the Fund.

(d) The Fund shall be available to the Department of Housing and Community Development for the reasonable and necessary costs of administering the Fund. The amount projected to be spent on administration shall be included in the Department's fiscal year budget presentations to the General Assembly.
24 V.S.A. § 4594 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4594
§ 4594. Annual report; audit
Status: in_force

On or before the last day of February in each year, the Bank shall make a report of its activities for the preceding calendar year to the Governor and to the General Assembly. Each report shall set forth a complete operating and financial statement covering its operations during the year. The Bank shall cause an audit of its books and accounts to be made at least once in each year by certified public accountants and the cost thereof shall be considered an expense of the Bank and a copy thereof shall be filed with the State Treasurer. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the report to be made under this subsection.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 143 / Section 1302
App. § 143-1302. Ratification of present zoning ordinances
Status: in_force

The Town of Richmond zoning, subdivision, and flood hazard regulations, as amended, are hereby ratified and approved, subject to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 117.
24 V.S.A. § 4801 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4801
§ 4801. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Municipality” shall mean “municipality” as defined in 1 V.S.A. § 126.

(2) “Legislative branch” shall mean “legislative branch” as defined in subdivision 1751(2) of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 302
App. § 411-302. Chair
Status: in_force

The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board's members. The Chair shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and the Executive Board and shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Chair shall perform all of the duties incident to the position and office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 175 / Section 15
App. § 175-15. Specific conflicts
Status: in_force

A Town officer shall be disqualified from any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including instances where:

(1) the Town officer, near relative, or business associate has a property or financial interest that might be substantially affected, favorably or adversely, by the decision of a board, commission, or committee of which the Town is a member;

(2) the Town officer has demonstrated a personal bias or prejudice toward any party; or

(3) the Town officer has previously expressed an opinion or taken inappropriate or questionable action as to the proper disposition of a specific case or controversy involving the exercise of his or her discretion while acting in a quasi-judicial capacity.
24 V.S.A. § 3602 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3602
§ 3602. Board of commissioners; membership
Status: in_force

(a) Except as provided for in subsection (b) of this section, the selectboard of a town, the trustees of a village, the prudential committee of a fire or lighting district, or the mayor and board of aldermen of a city, shall be the board of commissioners for the sewage system of a municipality.

(b) The legislative body of the municipality may vote to constitute a separate board of sewage system commissioners. The board shall have not less than three nor more than seven members, who shall be residents of the municipality. Members shall be appointed, and any vacancy filled, by the legislative body of the municipality. The term of each member shall be four years. Any member may be removed by the legislative body of the municipality for just cause after due notice and hearing.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 3
App. § 405-3. Composition
Status: in_force

The District shall consist of the Cities of Burlington, South Burlington, and Winooski, and the Towns of Charlotte, Colchester, Essex, Hinesburg, Huntington, Jericho, Milton, Richmond, St. George, Shelburne, Westford, and Williston, the Village of Essex Junction, and, subject to section 57 of this chapter, those municipalities that elect to join the District by majority vote of such municipalities, voters present and voting at an annual or special meeting duly warned for such purpose, excepting those municipalities (including the above named municipalities) that may withdraw from the District in accordance with section 56 of this chapter. All previous actions of the member municipalities relating to the formation of the District and all previous actions of, and ordinances and regulations adopted by, the Board of Commissioners of the existing Chittenden Solid Waste District, are ratified and approved. The Town of Essex (the Town) and the Village of Essex Junction (the Village) shall be treated as separate member municipalities for purposes of this chapter, including representation on the Board of Commissioners and action of the legal voters of the District under this charter. Legal voters who are residents within the Village shall be entitled to vote at any District meeting only as a resident of the Village and shall not be entitled to a second vote by their residency within the Town.
24 V.S.A. § 1232 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 37 / Section 1232
§ 1232. Appointment; union of towns
Status: in_force

The selectboard of a town adopting the provisions of this chapter shall forthwith appoint a general town manager, who may or may not be a resident of the town for which he or she is appointed. Two or more towns may vote to form a union to employ the same manager.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15.01 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 15.01
App. § 147-15.1. Water Department
Status: in_force

The Water Department shall be operated in accordance with the general laws of the State of Vermont.
24 V.S.A. § 1773 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1773
§ 1773. Temporary loans
Status: in_force

(a) If a municipal corporation votes to issue bonds in accordance with law, the officers authorized to issue the same, upon resolution of the legislative branch of the municipal corporation, may make a temporary loan, in the name of such municipal corporation, for a period of not more than one year in anticipation of the money to be derived from the sale of such bonds and may issue notes therefore. Temporary notes issued under this subsection for a shorter period than one year may be renewed or refunded by the issue of other notes maturing not more than one year from the date of the original loan except as stated in subsection (b) of this section. The maximum maturity date of the authorized bond issue need not be reduced because of a temporary loan hereunder except as stated in subsection (b) of this section.

(b) A temporary note issued under subsection (a) of this section may be renewed or refunded to mature more than one year from the date of the original temporary loan. In such a case, the authorized amount of the bond issue shall be reduced each year or portion thereof after the first year during which the temporary loan remains outstanding by a factor at least equal to the amount which will reduce the authorized amount of bonds to zero through equal annual payments over the maximum maturity allowed by law for such bonds, or such lesser maturity as may be determined by the legislative branch of the municipality. The amount of the temporary loan outstanding at any time shall not exceed the current authorized amount of the bond issue. The legislative branch of the municipal corporation shall, in each year in excess of any one year period, include in the next annual apportionment or assessment of taxes an amount equal to the amount of the reduction to be used either for the purpose of the original authorized bond issue or to satisfy the temporary note. With the approval of the voters, the period after which the authorized amount of the bond issue shall begin to be reduced may be extended to no more than three years. Temporary notes issued under this subsection shall mature no later than one year from their original date and any renewal or refunding thereof shall mature no later than ten years from the date of the original loan. The maximum maturity date of the authorized bond issue shall be reduced by a period equal to the period of temporary borrowing in excess of one year from the date of the original temporary note and for so long as the notes remain unsatisfied or outstanding.

(c) Pending the receipt of revenue in the form of grants-in-aid from any source, a municipal corporation through its legislative branch, by resolution or ordinance, may issue revenue anticipation notes in anticipation of the grants-in-aid to be received. The notes may be issued on such terms and conditions and at such times as the legislative branch shall determine. The proceeds of the notes may be used only for the purpose for which the grants-in-aid are anticipated, and no note may mature more than one year from its date; provided, however, that a note issued under this subsection may be refunded or renewed from time to time by the issuance of a note or notes dated before the date upon which the total grant-in-aid is received.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 101
App. § 414-101. Creation
Status: in_force

Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, there is hereby created a union municipal district that shall be known as Rutland County Solid Waste District (the District) and that shall be a body politic and corporate.
24 V.S.A. § 5051 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5051
§ 5051. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Accumulated contributions” means the sum of all the amounts deducted for Municipal Employees' Retirement System purposes from the compensation of a member with interest thereon, as provided in subsection 5063(b) of this title.

(2) “Actuarial equivalent” means a benefit of equal value under actuarial assumptions last adopted by the Retirement Board under subsection 5063a(h) of this title.

(3) “Annuity” means annual payments for life actuarially derived from the accumulated contributions of a member.

(4) “Average final compensation” (AFC) means:

(A) For a Group A member, the average annual earnable compensation of a member during the five consecutive fiscal years beginning July 1 and ending June 30 of creditable service affording the highest average, or during all of the years of creditable service if fewer than five years. If the member's highest five years of earnable compensation are the five years prior to separation of service and the member separates prior to the end of a fiscal year, the AFC shall be determined by adding all of the following:

(i) The actual earnable compensation earned in the fiscal year of separation through the date of separation and the service credit to correspond with the last pay date.

(ii) The earnable compensation and service credit earned in the preceding four fiscal years.

(iii) The remaining service credit that is needed to complete the five full years, which shall be factored from the fiscal year preceding the four fiscal years described in subdivision (ii) of this subdivision (A). The earnable compensation associated with this remaining service credit shall be calculated by multiplying the annual earnable compensation reported by the remaining service credit that is needed.

(B) For a Group B or C member, the term means the average annual earnable compensation of a member during the three consecutive fiscal years beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of creditable service affording the highest average, or during all of the years in his or her creditable service if fewer than three years. If the member's highest three years of earnable compensation are the three years prior to separation of service and the member separates prior to the end of a fiscal year, the AFC shall be determined by adding all of the following:

(i) The actual earnable compensation earned in the fiscal year of separation through the date of separation and the service credit to correspond with the last pay date.

(ii) The earnable compensation and service credit earned in the preceding two fiscal years.

(iii) The remaining service credit that is needed to complete the three full years, which shall be factored from the fiscal year preceding the two fiscal years described in subdivision (ii) of this subdivision (B). The earnable compensation associated with this remaining service credit shall be calculated by multiplying the annual earnable compensation reported by the remaining service credit that is needed.

(C) For a Group D member, the term means the average annual earnable compensation of a member during the two consecutive fiscal years beginning on July 1 and ending on June 30 of creditable service affording the highest such average, or during all of the years in his or her creditable service if fewer than two years. If the member's highest two years of earnable compensation are the two years prior to separation of service and the member separates prior to the end of a fiscal year, the AFC shall be determined by adding all of the following:

(i) The actual earnable compensation earned in the fiscal year of separation through the date of separation and the service credit to correspond with the last pay date.

(ii) The earnable compensation and service credit earned in the preceding fiscal year.

(iii) The remaining service credit that is needed to complete the two full years, which shall be factored from the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year described in subdivision (ii) of this subdivision (C). The earnable compensation associated with this remaining service credit shall be calculated by multiplying the annual earnable compensation reported by the remaining service credit that is needed.

(D) For purposes of determining average final compensation for a member who has accrued service in more than one group plan within the System, the highest consecutive years of earnings shall be based on the formulas outlined in subdivision (A), (B), or (C) of this subdivision (4) using the earnable compensation received while a member of the System.

(5) “Beneficiary” means any person in receipt of a pension, an annuity, a retirement allowance, or other benefit as provided by this chapter.

(6) “Board” means the Board of Trustees of the System provided for in section 5062 of this title to administer the System.

(7) “Continuous service” means those periods of service as an employee with all employers, provided all of the following conditions are met:

(A) The period of each employment was uninterrupted.

(B) Not more than 30 days elapsed between termination of one period of employment and commencement of the next.

(C) Each such termination occurred after the effective date of the System.

(D) Each employer employing the employee after the effective date was a participant in the System during the period it employed the employee. Notwithstanding any other provisions, continuous service prior to the effective date of this plan shall commence on the most recent date of hire as an employee, but in no case shall the continuous service of an employee prior to the effective date of this plan be for a period longer than 20 years. If an employee does not withdraw his or her contributions, continuous service shall not be interrupted by:

(i) an approved leave of absence; or

(ii) a departure from the Municipal Retirement System for a period of less than three years.

(8) “Creditable service” means that period of continuous service subsequent to an employee joining the System and prior to his or her termination of service, during which an employee makes contributions. For those employees who join when first eligible, and whose employer joins on the effective date of this System, there shall be included as creditable service that period of continuous service as an employee prior to such effective date up to a maximum of 20 years with such employer. For those employees of employers who join on the effective date of the System, and who elect to join the System subsequent to the effective date, only the three years of continuous service immediately prior to joining the System shall be included as credited service. For those employees of employers who elect to purchase prior service credit in accordance with subsection 5054(e) of this title, there shall be included as creditable service that period of continuous service as an employee prior to the effective date of participation and allowed in accordance with the prior service purchase agreement but not in excess of 20 years. Creditable service shall also include that transferred under 3 V.S.A. § 495.

(9) “Earnable compensation” means the total amounts paid to an employee for his or her position. In cases where compensation includes maintenance, the Retirement Board shall fix the value of that part of the compensation not paid in money. Fees shall be counted as compensation.

(10) “Employee” means the following persons employed on a regular basis by a school district, by a supervisory union, or by a board of cooperative education services for not fewer than 1,040 hours in a year and for not fewer than 30 hours a week for the school year, as defined in 16 V.S.A. § 1071, or for not fewer than 1,040 hours in a year and for not fewer than 24 hours a week year-round; provided, however, that if a person who was employed on a regular basis by a school district as either a special education or transportation employee and who was transferred to and is working in a supervisory union or a board of cooperative education services in the same capacity pursuant to 16 V.S.A. § 261a(a)(6) or (8)(E) and if that person is also employed on a regular basis by a school district within the supervisory union, then the person is an “employee” if these criteria are met by the combined hours worked for the supervisory union and school district. The term also means persons employed on a regular basis by a municipality other than a school district for not fewer than 1,040 hours in a year and for not fewer than 24 hours per week, including persons employed in a library at least one-half of whose operating expenses are met by municipal funding:

(A) “Group A member” means a person employed by a participating municipality who does not elect to become a Group B, C, or D member under section 5068 of this title or does not become a Group B or C member pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

(B) “Group B member” means a person employed by a municipality who elects to become a Group B member under section 5068 of this title or becomes a Group B member pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

(C) “Group C member” means a person employed by a municipality who elects to become a Group C member under section 5068 of this title or becomes a Group C member pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement.

(D) “Group D member” means a person employed by a participating municipality who elects to become a Group D member under section 5068 of this title.

(E) The Retirement Board shall determine any question as to whether a person is an employee as defined in this chapter.

(11) “Employer” means a municipality, a library at least one-half of whose operating expenses are paid from municipal funds, or a supervisory union.

(12) “Medical Board” means the board of physicians provided for in section 5062 of this title.

(13) “Member” means any employee included in the membership of the Retirement System under section 5053 of this title.

(14) “Municipality” means a city, town, county, incorporated village, fire district, consolidated water district, housing authority, union municipal district, school district, incorporated school district, union school district, or any of their instrumentalities. The Retirement Board shall determine any question as to whether an employer is eligible to participate in the System.

(15) “Normal retirement date” means:

(A) for Group A members, the first day of the calendar month next following the attainment of age 65 and the completion of five years of creditable service or age 55 and completion of 35 years of creditable service;

(B) for Group B members, the first day of the calendar month next following the attainment of age 62 and the completion of five years of creditable service or age 55 and completion of 30 years of creditable service; and

(C) for Group C and D members, the first day of the calendar month next following the attainment of age 55 and the completion of five years of creditable service.

(16) “Pension” means annual payments for life derived from contributions by the State and municipality.

(17) “Pension reserve” means the present value of all payments to be made on account of a pension, or benefit in lieu of a pension, computed at regular interest on the basis of tables last adopted by the Board.

(18) “Regular interest” means interest at such rate or rates as may be established from time to time by the Board as provided in subsection 5063(b) of this title.

(19) “Retirement” means withdrawal from active service with a retirement allowance granted under the provisions of this chapter.

(20) “Retirement allowance” or “maximum allowance” means the sum of the annuity and the pension. All retirement allowances shall be payable in equal monthly installments except that when the retirement allowance is less than $20.00 per month it shall be payable on such basis as the Board may direct.

(21) “Service” means service as an employee for which compensation is paid by an employer as defined in subdivision (11) of this section, service recognized under section 5054 of this title, or service prior to the effective date of the plan.

(22) “System” means the Municipal Employees' Retirement System of Vermont, as defined in section 5052 of this title.

(23) “Fund” or “Vermont Municipal Retirement Fund” means the fund created by section 5064 of this title, which shall contain the assets of the Retirement System and from which shall be paid the benefits due to beneficiaries and the expenses of the Retirement System.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 171 / Section 1
App. § 171-1. Incorporation
Status: in_force

The inhabitants of the Town of Williston are a body politic and corporate under the name of “Town of Williston,” and as such enjoy all rights, immunities, powers, and privileges and are subject to all the duties and liabilities now appertaining to or incumbent upon them as a municipal corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 508 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 508
App. § 151-508. Assets transferred; liabilities; taxation; special services
Status: in_force

(a) All assets of the Village of St. Johnsbury on the date 1957 Acts and Resolved No. 345, as amended, becomes effective shall become the property of the Town of St. Johnsbury, except that those assets shall be subject to the debts of the Village of St. Johnsbury to the extent provided by law on that date. The Village of St. Johnsbury shall remain in existence so far as necessary to complete payment of its indebtedness and other obligations to which it was subject on that date. The taxpayers residing in the Village of St. Johnsbury as it was bounded just prior to that date shall be subject to a tax on their grand list to be assessed annually by the Selectboard of the Town of St. Johnsbury in an amount sufficient to pay off any such indebtedness according to its terms.

(b) The taxpayers residing in the Village of St. Johnsbury as it was bounded just prior to the date 1957 Acts and Resolves No. 345, as amended, becomes effective shall be subject to a tax on their grand list to be assessed annually by the Selectboard of the Town of St. Johnsbury in an amount sufficient to pay off current expenses and indebtedness in continuing the present functions and additions thereto within that area that are not common to the Town of St. Johnsbury.

(c) For the purpose of providing special services to a portion of the Town, the warning for any annual or special meeting may contain appropriate articles under which the legal voters in that area may vote for such special services as they desire. The Town shall furnish to each area such special services as are so voted, and the cost in each area, including the cost of all equipment, replacements, maintenance, salaries, and other operating expenses, shall be paid by a tax on the grand list of each taxpayer therein for his or her ratable share thereof, to be assessed annually by the Selectboard to be collected at the same time and in the same manner as the Town votes to have its other taxes collected, and such tax assessed upon grand list shall be a lien thereon with the same priority as other taxes lawfully assessed thereon.

(d) In order to complete the payment of existing indebtedness of the Village of St. Johnsbury and indebtedness that may be incurred from time to time for that area, the officers of the Town of St. Johnsbury corresponding to those of the Village of St. Johnsbury who had charge of the payment of such debt shall have authority to act as the duly authorized officers of the Village of St. Johnsbury. The tax so assessed shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as other Town taxes. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 151-2 by 2023, No. M-27 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 30, 2024.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 304
App. § 129-304. Mandatory duties
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall:

(1) perform all duties as required by Vermont State Statutes and this charter;

(2) appoint and remove the Town Manager;

(3) appoint and remove members of all boards, commissions, committees, or similar bodies unless specifically provided otherwise by this charter;

(4) make, amend, and repeal ordinances in compliance with this charter;

(5) submit the annual budget to the voters to be voted on at Town Meeting in accordance with the provisions of section 1002 of this charter;

(6) with the advice, consultation, and consent of the School Board, provide for an independent audit by a certified public accountant who shall perform an annual audit of all Town departments, including the proprietary and fiduciary accounts in accordance with provisions of subsection 1002(d) of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1894 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1894
§ 1894. Power and life of district
Status: in_force

(a) Incurring indebtedness.

(1) A municipality approved under 32 V.S.A. § 5404a(h) may incur indebtedness against revenues of the tax increment financing district at any time during a period of up to five years following the creation of the district. If no debt is incurred during this five-year period, the district shall terminate, unless the Vermont Economic Progress Council grants an extension to a municipality pursuant to subsection (d) of this section. However, if any indebtedness is incurred within the first five years after the creation of the district, then the district has a total of ten years after the creation of the district to incur any additional debt.

(2) Any indebtedness incurred under subdivision (1) of this subsection may be retired over any period authorized by the legislative body of the municipality.

(3) The district shall continue until the date and hour the indebtedness is retired or, if no debt is incurred, five years following the creation of the district.

(b) Use of the education property tax increment. For only debt incurred within the period permitted under subdivision (a)(1) of this section after creation of the district, and related costs, up to 70 percent of the education tax increment may be retained for up to 20 years, beginning with the education tax increment generated the year in which the first debt incurred for improvements financed in whole or in part with incremental education property tax revenue. Upon incurring the first debt, a municipality shall notify the Department of Taxes and the Vermont Economic Progress Council of the beginning of the 20-year retention period of education tax increment.

(c) Use of the municipal property tax increment. For only debt incurred within the period permitted under subdivision (a)(1) of this section after creation of the district, and related costs, not less than 85 percent of the municipal tax increment shall be retained to service the debt, beginning the first year in which debt is incurred, pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.

(d) Approval of tax increment financing plan. The Vermont Economic Progress Council shall approve a municipality's tax increment financing plan prior to a public vote to pledge the credit of that municipality under subsection (h) of this section. The tax increment financing plan shall include all information related to the proposed financing necessary for approval by the Council and to assure its viability and consistency with the tax increment financing district plan approved by the Council pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5404a(h). The tax increment financing plan may be submitted to and approved by the Council concurrently with the tax increment financing district plan. If no indebtedness is incurred within five years after the creation of the district, the municipality may submit an updated executive summary of the tax increment financing district plan and an updated tax increment financing plan to the Council to obtain approval for a five-year extension of the period to incur indebtedness; provided, however, that the updated plan is submitted prior to the five-year termination date of the district. The Council shall review the updated tax increment financing plan to determine whether the plan has continued viability and consistency with the approved tax increment financing plan. Upon approval of the updated tax increment financing plan, the Council shall grant an extension of the period to incur indebtedness of no more than five years. The submission of an updated tax increment financing plan as provided in this subsection shall operate as a stay of the termination of the district until the Council has determined whether to approve the plan.

(e) Proportionality. The municipal legislative body may commit the State education and municipal tax increments received from properties contained within the tax increment financing district for the financing of improvements and for related costs only in the same proportion by which the improvement or related costs serve the district, as determined by the Council when approved in accordance with 32 V.S.A. § 5404a(h), and in the case of an improvement that does not reasonably lend itself to a proportionality formula, the Council shall apply a rough proportionality and rational nexus test.

(f) Required share of increment. If any tax increment utilization is approved pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 5404a(h), not more than 70 percent of the State property tax increment and not less than 85 percent of the municipal tax increment may be approved by the Council or used by the municipality to service this debt.

(g) Adjustment of percentage. During the tenth year following the creation of the tax increment financing district, the municipality shall submit an updated tax increment financing plan to the Council which shall include adjustments and updates of appropriate data and information sufficient for the Council to determine, based on tax increment financing debt actually incurred and the history of increment generated during the first ten years, whether the percentages approved under subsection (f) of this section should be continued or adjusted to a lower percentage to be retained for the remaining duration of the retention period and still provide sufficient municipal and education increment to service the remaining debt.

(h) Vote required on each instance of debt. Notwithstanding any provision of any municipal charter, each instance of borrowing to finance or otherwise pay for tax increment financing district improvements shall occur only after the legal voters of the municipality, by a majority vote of all voters present and voting on the question at a special or annual municipal meeting duly warned for the purpose, authorize the legislative body to pledge the credit of the municipality, borrow, or otherwise secure the debt for the specific purposes so warned; provided that each request to pledge the credit of the municipality for the purposes of financing tax increment financing district improvements shall include the new amount of debt proposed to be incurred and the total outstanding tax increment financing debt approved to date.

(i) Notice to voters. A municipal legislative body shall provide information to the public prior to the public vote required under subsection (h) of this section. This information shall include the amount and types of debt and related costs to be incurred, including principal, interest, and fees, terms of the debt, the improvements to be financed, the expected development to occur because of the improvements, and notice to the voters that if the tax increment received by the municipality from any property tax source is insufficient to pay the principal and interest on the debt in any year, for whatever reason, including a decrease in property value or repeal of a State property tax source, unless determined otherwise at the time of such repeal, the municipality shall remain liable for the full payment of the principal and interest for the term of indebtedness. If interfund loans within the municipality are used, the information must also include documentation of the terms and conditions of such loan. If interfund loans within the municipality are used as the method of financing, no interest shall be charged.
24 V.S.A. § 4023 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4023
§ 4023. Appropriation
Status: in_force

When any housing authority which is created for any municipality becomes authorized to transact business and exercise its powers therein, the governing body of such municipality shall immediately make an estimate of the amount of money necessary for the administrative expenses and overhead of such housing authority during the first year thereafter and shall appropriate such amount to the authority out of any monies in the treasury of such municipality not appropriated to some other purpose. The money so appropriated shall be paid to the authority as a donation. Any municipality located within the area of operation of a housing authority shall have the power from time to time to lend or donate money to the authority. The housing authority, when it has money available therefore, shall make reimbursement for all loans made to it. (1961, No. 212, § 23, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 605 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 605
App. § 411-605. Severability
Status: in_force

In the event any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this agreement to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such determination shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this agreement.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 303 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 303
App. § 113-303. Eligible voters
Status: in_force

A means for the identification and designation of the eligible voters in Town meeting shall be devised and enforced by the Board of Civil Authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 4
App. § 405-4. Duration
Status: in_force

The District shall continue unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in section 58 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 31
App. § 601-31. Compensation of officers
Status: in_force

Officers of the District shall be paid compensation as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 112 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 112
App. § 235-112. Failure to hold annual meeting
Status: in_force

If the annual meeting of said Village fails to be holden, for want of notice hereinbefore provided for, or for any other cause, the corporation shall not thereby be prejudiced; and the said several officers may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose, as hereinbefore provided for calling annual meetings; but the term of office of any officers so elected at any special meeting shall expire at the same time as if they had been regularly chosen at the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 33 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 33
App. § 173-33. Application of general law
Status: in_force

All provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns, town officers, and elections shall apply to the Town of Windsor and its officers except as altered, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any current or future lawful ordinance or regulation of the Town of Windsor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1004 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 1004
App. § 117-1004. Appraisal of business personal property for tax purposes
Status: in_force

Appraisal of business personal property shall be in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 3618, as the same may from time to time be amended provided that all business personal property acquired by a taxpayer after September 30, 1995 shall be exempt from tax. (Renumbered from 24A V.S.A. § 117-503 by 2023, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. March 29, 2024.)
24 V.S.A. § 1487 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 49 / Section 1487
§ 1487. Alternative merger provisions
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the existence of any special act authorizing the merger of two or more municipalities, the legislative bodies of those municipalities which plan to merge may elect to proceed either under this chapter or under the special act authorizing the merger.
24 V.S.A. § 5059 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5059
§ 5059. Termination of service; preretirement death benefit
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the withdrawal of a member from service prior to retirement for reasons other than death, the amount of the member's accumulated contributions with interest will be returnable to the member. In lieu of a return of contributions, any member who has completed five years of credited service, and at least two and one-half years of which have been as a contributing member, may allow his or her contributions to remain in the System and receive a deferred vested retirement allowance, commencing as early as the eligibility date for early retirement, which shall be equal to an early or a normal retirement allowance accrued to the member's date of termination of continuous service. The average final compensation used to calculate the normal retirement allowance under this section shall be increased or decreased annually by a cost of living adjustment equal to one-half of the percentage increase or decrease, calculated to the nearest one-tenth of a percent in the Consumer Price Index, as defined in section 5067 of this title, for the preceding fiscal year. The increase or decrease shall commence on the January 1 immediately following separation from service. The maximum annual adjustment of any retirement allowance resulting from any cost of living adjustment under this subsection shall be two percent for Group A members and three percent for Group B, Group C, or Group D members.

(b) Unless the designated dependent beneficiary elects to receive payment of a deceased member's accumulated contributions as provided under subsection (a) of this section, the retirement allowance payable to the dependent beneficiary of a deceased Group A, Group B, or Group C member under this section shall be equal to the retirement allowance that would have been payable had the member elected option 1 under section 5060 of this title and retired on the member's date of death; the retirement allowance payable to the spouse of a Group D member under this section shall be equal to 70 percent of the retirement allowance that would have been payable had the member retired on the member's date of death. In the case of a member who has not attained the normal retirement date as of his or her date of death, the retirement allowance shall be computed on the basis of a disability retirement allowance or an early retirement allowance, whichever provides the greater benefit to the dependent beneficiary. If the deceased member has no eligible designated dependent beneficiary, the member's accumulated contributions shall be payable to the member's designated beneficiaries. In the absence of a designated beneficiary, or in the event the designated beneficiary is deceased, the return of accumulated contributions with interest payable as a result of the death of the member prior to retirement shall be payable as follows:

(1) In the case of an open estate, to the administrator or executor.

(2) In the case of a closed estate and the deceased member's account is valued at less than $1,000.00, in accordance with the Probate Division of the Superior Court decree of distribution.

(3) In the absence of an open estate or Probate Division of the Superior Court decree of distribution, and the deceased member's account is valued at less than $1,000.00 to the surviving spouse of the deceased owner, or, if there is no surviving spouse, then to the next of kin according to 14 V.S.A. § 551.

(4) In all other cases, a probate estate shall be opened by the claimant, or other interested party, in order to determine the appropriate distribution of the proceeds of the deceased member's account. When an estate is opened solely to distribute the proceeds of a deceased member's account under this section, the Probate Division of the Superior Court may waive any filing fees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 373 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 373
App. § 3-373. Powers, duties, and responsibilities of Zoning Administrative Officer
Status: in_force

(a) The Zoning Administrative Officer shall have all of the powers, duties, and responsibilities as are provided in the Vermont Planning and Development Act to an administrative officer. The Director of Permitting and Inspections may also serve as the Zoning Administrative Officer.

(b) The Zoning Administrative Officer may delegate any or all of the Officer's authority under the Vermont Planning and Development Act to one or more assistant administrative officers as are qualified. Any such delegation must be made in writing and posted in the department offices.
24 V.S.A. § 4476 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4476
§ 4476. Formal review of regional planning commission decisions
Status: in_force

(a) Formal review. A request for formal review of the sufficiency of an adopted regional plan or amendment, or for formal review of the decision of a regional planning commission with respect to the confirmation of a municipal planning effort, or the decision relating to approval of a municipal plan, shall be to the regional review panel created under section 4305 of this title. A request for formal review shall be filed within 21 days of adoption of the plan or amendment or the decision.

(b) Standing. The following have standing to request formal review or become parties to formal review conducted under this section:

(1) a person owning title to property affected by a decision of the regional planning commission who alleges that that decision imposes on that property unreasonable or inappropriate restrictions that significantly impair present or potential use under the particular circumstances of the case;

(2) a municipality whose planning effort is the subject of a decision by the regional planning commission, any other municipality within the region, any municipality which adjoins the region, or a regional planning commission which adjoins the region;

(3) any agency, department, or other governmental subdivision of the State owning property or an interest therein within a municipality listed in subdivision (2) of this subsection, and the Agency of Commerce and Community Development;

(4) any 20 persons who by signed petition allege that the decision, if confirmed, will not be in accord with the requirements of this chapter, and who own or occupy real property located within any combination of the following:

(A) any municipality whose planning effort is the subject of the decision by the regional planning commission; or

(B) any municipality which adjoins a municipality whose planning effort is subject of the decision by the regional planning commission;

(5) with respect to the sufficiency of an adopted or amended regional plan, any 20 persons who by signed petition allege that the plan or amendment is not in accord with the requirements of this chapter, and who own or occupy real property located within the area that includes the region and the municipalities that adjoin the region;

(6) the regional planning commission whose plan, amendment, or decision is the subject of the request for formal review.

(c) Procedure; regional review panel. Notice of formal review shall be sent by mail to the municipalities within the region, to the regional planning commission, and to the Agency of Commerce and Community Development and shall be accompanied by a statement of all reasons why the appellant believes the plan or opinion to be in error and all issues which the appellant believes to be relevant. Within 30 days of receipt of the notice of formal review, the date for a hearing shall be set and the council shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the applicable region, and shall provide notice in writing of the hearing to individuals and organizations that had requested notice from the regional planning commission under section 4348 relating to the adoption of a regional plan. The appellant shall pay the costs of publication. The hearing shall be held within 45 days of receipt of the notice of formal review. Upon motion, for good cause shown, the panel may extend the date of the hearing. Within 20 days of adjournment of the hearing, the regional review panel shall issue a decision approving, conditionally approving, or disapproving the regional plan or amendment or the opinion with respect to confirmation of the municipal planning effort or approval of the municipal plan. The regional review panel shall be governed by the provisions for contested cases in 3 V.S.A. chapter 25.

(d) Issues on formal review.

(1) With respect to formal review of the sufficiency of an adopted or amended regional plan, the regional review panel shall determine:

(A) whether the plan contains the elements required by law;

(B) whether the plan is compatible with the plans of adjoining regions; and

(C) whether the plan is consistent with the goals established in section 4302 of this title.

(2) With respect to formal review of a regional planning commission decision on the confirmation of a municipal planning effort, the regional review panel shall determine:

(A) whether the municipality is engaged in a continuing planning process that, within a reasonable time, will attain consistency with the goals established in section 4302 of this title; and

(B) whether the municipality is maintaining its efforts to provide local funds for municipal and regional planning purposes.

(3) With respect to formal review of a regional planning commission decision on the approval or disapproval of a municipal plan, the regional review panel shall determine:

(A) whether the plan is consistent with the goals established in section 4302 of this title;

(B) whether the plan is compatible with its regional plan; and

(C) whether the plan is compatible with approved plans of other municipalities in the region.

(e) Stays.

(1) The filing of a notice of formal review shall not stay the effect of the plan or the decision of the regional planning commission, unless so ordered by the regional review panel.

(2) If notice of formal review of the decision of a regional planning commission to approve or disapprove a municipal plan is filed prior to final adoption of the plan, the regional review panel shall stay formal review proceedings pending final adoption. The panel, however, may proceed with formal review upon the request of the municipality whose plan is the subject of the review.

(f) Appeal to Supreme Court. An appeal from a decision of the regional review panel shall be to the Supreme Court.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 1503
App. § 133-1503. Appropriations
Status: in_force

The Town at the annual meeting, or a special meeting called for that purpose, shall adopt a budget that shall include the proposed expenditures of each department for the coming fiscal year, and adoption of a budget at such meeting shall be deemed an appropriation to each department of the sum allotted in the budget for such department. 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. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 106 / Section 109
App. § 106-109. Election of Selectboard
Status: in_force

On November 30, 2004, the Office of Trustees shall cease to exist. The 2004 duly elected Selectboard shall serve as the merged Selectboard until the Town meeting on March 7, 2005, at which time all Selectboard members shall resign. At the 2005 Town meeting, three Selectboard members shall be elected. One member will be elected for one year, one member will be elected for two years, and one member will be elected for three years.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 4
App. § 101-4. Conduct
Status: in_force

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

(b) The Town Clerk shall be the presiding official at all Town elections and shall cooperate with the Board of Civil Authority to assure that all laws relating to elections are faithfully observed. While the polls are open, the Town Clerk may rule on all questions concerning the conduct of the election and shall not be disqualified from performing any such duties by reason of his or her own candidacy for any office. In the Town Clerk's absence, an Assistant Town Clerk who is a registered voter of the Town shall preside. If neither the Town Clerk or an Assistant Clerk who is a registered voter of the Town is available, the members of the Board of Civil Authority who are present shall designate a registered voter of the Town to perform the Town Clerk's duties under this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 51 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 51
App. § 155-51. Australian ballot
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or by a vote of the citizens of the Town at an annual or special meeting, the Selectboard may determine the articles to be voted upon by Australian ballot at a special or annual Town meeting and shall indicate such in the warning.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 701 / Section 7
App. § 701-7. Rates
Status: in_force

The Board of Directors shall establish rates and fees for the water services, including capital improvements, provided by the corporation, and all rates and fees for water services shall be paid to the Treasurer.
24 V.S.A. § 4646 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4646
§ 4646. Approval of Governor and Treasurer
Status: in_force

No resolution or other action of the Bank providing for the issuance of bonds may be adopted or otherwise made effective without the prior approval in writing of the Governor and the State Treasurer. The powers conferred by this section on the Governor and the State Treasurer shall be exercised with due regard for the rights of the holders of bonds of the Bank at any time outstanding, and nothing in, or done pursuant to, this section shall in any way limit, restrict, or alter the obligation or powers of the Bank or any director, officer, or representative of the Bank to carry out and perform in every detail each and every covenant, agreement, or contract at any time made or entered into by or on behalf of the Bank with respect to its bonds or for the benefit, protection, or security of the holders thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 207 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 207
App. § 131-207. Intergovernmental relations
Status: in_force

The Town, through its Selectboard or Board of School Directors, or both, may enter into any agreement with the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or with any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to accept grants, loans, and assistance from the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or from any subdivision department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to make public improvements within said Town, or upon property or rights of said Town outside its corporate limits, whether owned by said Town as sole owner or owned by said Town in common with another municipality or other municipalities, and may make appropriations consistent with this charter to accomplish such purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 402
App. § 413-402. Budget appropriation and assessment
Status: in_force

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

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

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

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

(4) costs of debt service;

(5) payments due on long-term contracts;

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

(7) payments due to any capital reserve funds;

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

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

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

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

(b) Public hearing. The Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on or before November 1 of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget. Notice of such hearing shall be the same as that specified under subchapter 5 of this chapter. The Board of Supervisors shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable.

(c) Budget adoption, appropriations, and assessment. Annually on or before December 1, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt the budget, appropriate the sums that it deems necessary to operate and carry out the District's functions for the next ensuing fiscal year, assess each member municipality for its proportionate share of the sums so appropriated, and adopt a schedule designating when such assessments are due and payable by the member municipalities.

(d) Apportionment of assessments. Assessments shall be apportioned among the member municipalities on a per capita basis or upon such other basis as the Board of Supervisors determines from time to time will be reasonable.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 805 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 805
App. § 103-805. Existing water systems; succession by Town
Status: in_force

If the Village of North Bennington ceases to exist in accordance with this subchapter, the Town shall succeed to all the rights, title, interest, privileges, duties, and obligations of said Village under a deed of gift from Laura H. Jennings, dated March 3, 1924.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 32 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 32
App. § 601-32. Fiscal year
Status: in_force

The fiscal year of the District shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year.
24 V.S.A. § 4773 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4773
§ 4773. Loan priorities
Status: in_force

The Secretary shall at least annually prepare a list of projects, ranked in priority order, that are eligible for financial assistance under this subchapter. In establishing such priorities, the Secretary shall at a minimum consider the following:

(1) the quality and quantity of water supplied by the existing system;

(2) any declared health hazard to be abated by the proposed project;

(3) the population to be served;

(4) the readiness of the project to proceed to the next planning or construction step; and

(5) the consolidation of smaller water systems into new larger water systems.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 62 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 62
App. § 3-62. Council; School Board; not to pledge credit of City; exceptions
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided, the credit of the City, except by temporary loans not exceeding during any quarter of any fiscal year 25 percent of the taxes assessed upon the entire grand list for the fiscal year, and except by emergency loans as provided in this section, shall not be pledged by the City Council, or by any officer of the City, unless by vote of the legal voters of the City, at a meeting of the City duly called for that purpose; provided, however, that the Chief Administrative Officer, when authorized and directed by resolution of the City Council, may pledge the credit of the City by a temporary loan in anticipation of the receipt of revenue from the Airport Department, or the Traffic Division or the Wastewater or Water Divisions of the Public Works Department for their ordinary running expenses during times in any fiscal year when there are not sufficient funds on hand to the credit of the Airport Department or the above-mentioned divisions for the payment of the bills and accounts, or sufficient unappropriated funds in the City Treasury from which the accounts may be paid pending the receipt of revenues of the division sufficient to pay the bills and accounts; and provided further, that the Chief Administrative Officer, when authorized by the City Council, may pledge the credit of the City by temporary borrowing in anticipation of the receipt of revenue from the Electric Department not to exceed $10 million outstanding at any time to provide working capital and liquidity for the Electric Department, with the Electric Department to repay the borrowing from available revenues. Temporary notes issued hereunder in anticipation of the receipt of the revenue from the Electric Department shall mature within two years from the date of issue, and may be renewed or refunded by the issue of other notes maturing within a similar period whenever such action is deemed expedient. Except as above provided, all temporary loans, except loans for the payment of bills and accounts of the Water Division of the Public Works Department and the Electric Department and except emergency loans, shall be paid by the Chief Administrative Officer from and out of the receipts from the collection of the installment of property taxes or other taxes next falling due after the making of the loan, and all monies received from the temporary loans, other than for the Water Division of the Public Works Department and the Electric Department and other than from emergency loans, shall be used to pay the current and ordinary expenses of the City, pending the collection of taxes. All temporary loans made to pay the accounts and bills of the Water Division of the Public Works Department pending the receipt of revenue shall be paid during the fiscal year from the revenues received by that Division. Temporary loans under this subsection for the Water Division and electric departments shall be general obligations of the City notwithstanding that they are primarily payable from the revenues or receipts of the respective Division and departments.

(b) In case of an emergency demand found and declared to exist by the City Council, the City Council may pledge the credit of the City by an emergency loan to meet such demand, but such emergency loans shall not exceed in the aggregate during any fiscal year 40 cents upon the dollar of the entire grand list of said City. All emergency loans shall be used for the emergency declared to exist by the City Council, and shall be paid by taxation the following fiscal year, the budget for which shall include an appropriation sufficient to pay all such emergency loans.

(c) The City Council may, during the first five days of the July following the making of such emergency loans, assess upon the property grand list a tax or taxes, which will be sufficient to pay such loan, which tax shall be in addition to those provided for in section 99 hereof, and shall not be included within the tax limitation thereby imposed upon taxation for City purposes.

(d) The Chief Administrative Officer, when authorized and directed by resolution of the City Council, may pledge the credit of the City by means of temporary loans in anticipation of the sale of bonds authorized by the legal voters of said City for the payment of installments due on the project for which said bonds are to be issued, pending the receipt of revenues from the sale of such bonds; provided, however, that the said temporary loans shall not exceed 90 percent of the amount so anticipated. Any of such loans shall be immediately repaid upon receipt of the proceeds from the sale of the said bonds.

(e) The Chief Administrative Officer, when authorized and directed by resolution of the City Council, may pledge the credit of the City by means of temporary loans for the payment of final bills due on any project approved for school State aid construction, pending receipt by the City of the final State aid payment, but limited to 90 per cent of the amount so anticipated. Any of such loans shall be immediately repaid upon receipt of the State aid construction payment.

(f)(1) The Chief Administrative Officer, when authorized and directed by resolution of the City Council, may pledge the credit of the City by issuing negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate $2 million in any fiscal year for the purpose of providing working capital and capital improvements, additions, and replacements required for the efficient and economical operation of the City and its departments, other than the Electric Light Department and the Water and Wastewater Divisions of the Public Works Department. If any of such annual borrowing authority is used to provide working capital, notes shall be issued in anticipation of the receipt of City revenue and shall mature within two years from the date of issue, and may be renewed or refunded by the issue of other notes maturing within a similar period whenever such action is deemed expedient. If any of such annual borrowing authority is used to provide capital improvements, additions, and replacements, the negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds issued for such purposes shall be of such denominations, payable at such time or times, at such rate of interest, and to be sold and registered in such manner and under such terms and conditions as shall be established by resolution of the City Council.

(2) Notwithstanding the above, however, five per cent of the qualified voters of the City may petition for referendum review of the action by the City Council. Any such request for referendum review shall be in accordance with and governed by the procedures specified in section 63 of this charter for borrowing on behalf of Burlington Electric Department.

(3) The Chief Administrative Officer, when authorized and directed by the Board of School Commissioners and the City Council, may pledge the credit of the City by issuing negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds in an amount not to exceed in the aggregate $2 million in any fiscal year for the purpose of providing working capital and capital improvements, additions, and replacements required for the efficient and economical operation of the School Department. If any of such annual borrowing authority is used to provide working capital, notes shall be issued in anticipation of the receipt of school revenue and shall mature within two years from the date of issue, and may be renewed or refunded by the issue of other notes maturing within a similar period whenever such action is deemed expedient. If any of such annual borrowing authority is used to provide capital improvements, additions, and replacements, the negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds issued for such purposes shall be of such denominations, payable at such time or times, at such rate of interest, and to be sold and registered in such manner and under such terms and conditions as shall be established by resolution of the City Council. The funds raised in any such year from such borrowing shall be used for the capital needs of the School District that qualify for the 30 percent State of Vermont matching grant. The authorization provided for this addition to the City charter shall be considered the voting of funds by the Burlington School District as required by 16 V.S.A. § 3448, as the same may be amended from time to time. The amortization of such borrowed funds shall be by means of an annual tax on the education grand list in an amount sufficient for this purpose, such tax to be in addition to the tax necessary to support the education spending portion of the annual budget of the School Department.
24 V.S.A. § 5083 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5083
§ 5083. Declaration of policy
Status: in_force

(a) It shall be the State's policy to make maximum use of available federal funds for the support of public transportation. State operating support funds shall be included in Agency operating budgets to the extent that funds are available. State policy shall support the maintenance of existing public transit services and creation of new services including the following goals:

(1) Provision for basic mobility for transit-dependent persons, as defined in the current public transit policy plan, including meeting the performance standards for urban, suburban, and rural areas. The density of a service area's population is an important factor in determining whether the service offered is fixed route, demand-response, or volunteer drivers.

(2) Expanding public transit service in rural areas and increasing ridership statewide.

(3) Access to employment, including creation of demand-response service.

(4) Congestion mitigation to preserve air quality, decrease greenhouse gas emissions, and sustain the highway network.

(5) Advancement of economic development objectives, including services for workers and visitors that support the travel and tourism industry. Applicants for “new starts” in this service sector shall demonstrate a high level of locally derived income for operating costs from fare-box recovery, contract income, or other income.

(b) The Agency of Transportation shall evaluate proposals for new public transit service submitted by providers in response to a notice of funding availability, by examining feasibility studies submitted by providers. The feasibility studies shall address criteria set forth in the most recent public transit policy plan.

(c) The Agency, in cooperation with the Public Transit Advisory Council, shall adopt appropriate performance and service standards for transit systems receiving federal or State assistance. The Agency of Transportation shall provide guidance, training, funding, and technical assistance to transit systems in order to meet the performance and service standards established.

(d) The Agency of Transportation shall provide written guidance, funding, and technical assistance in the preparation of financial and management plans for public transit systems for each fiscal year. To provide a foundation for financial stability and reliability in the provision of transportation services to the public, the Agency of Transportation shall, in cooperation with the Public Transit Advisory Council, establish both short and long-range fiscal, operating, and capital investment plans to support the goals outlined in this section and regional transportation development plan proposals and regional plans as required by section 5089 of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 3601 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3601
§ 3601. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Board” means the board of sewage system commissioners.

(2) “Domestic sewage” or “house sewage” means sanitary sewage derived principally from dwellings, business buildings, and institutions.

(3) “Industrial wastes” or “trade wastes” means liquid wastes from industrial processes, including suspended solids.

(4) “Necessity” means a reasonable need that considers the greatest public good and the least inconvenience and expense to the condemning party and to the property owner. Necessity shall not be measured merely by expense or convenience to the condemning party. Due consideration shall be given to the adequacy of other property and locations; to the quantity, kind, and extent of property that may be taken or rendered unfit for use by the proposed taking; to the probable term of unfitness for use of the property; to the effect of construction upon scenic and recreational values, upon home and homestead rights and the convenience of the owner of the land; to the effect upon town grand list and revenues.

(5) “Sanitary sewage” means used water supply commonly containing human excrement.

(6) “Sanitary treatment” means an approved method of treatment of solids and bacteria in sewage before final discharge.

(7) “Sewage” means the used water supply of a community, including such used water supply or stormwater as may or may not be mixed with these liquid wastes from the community.

(8) “Sewage system” means any equipment, stormwater control system, pipeline system, and facilities as are needed for and appurtenant to the treatment or disposal of sewage and waters, including a sewage treatment or disposal plant and separate pipelines and structural or nonstructural facilities as are needed for and appurtenant to the treatment or disposal of storm, surface, and subsurface waters.

(9) The phrase “sewage treatment or disposal plant” includes, for the purposes of this chapter, any plant, equipment, system, and facilities, whether structural or nonstructural, as are necessary for and appurtenant to the treatment or disposal by approved sanitary methods of domestic sewage, garbage, industrial wastes, stormwater, or surface water.

(10) “Stormwater” has the same meaning as “stormwater runoff” under 10 V.S.A. § 1264.

(11) “Stormwater management system” means any structure, or improvement, whether structural or nonstructural, necessary for collecting, containing, controlling, treating, or conveying stormwater, including sewers, curbs, drains, conduits, natural and man-made channels, settling ponds, pipes, and culverts. (1963, No. 214, § 1; amended 2001, No. 109 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 16, 2002; 2023, No. 143 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. July 1, 2024.)