24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 8 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 8
App. § 291-8. Trustees; duties
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the trustees to make out and deliver to the Collector an assessment or rate bill of all taxes that shall be laid by the corporation; to see that all the bylaws of the corporation are duly executed; and to direct all prosecutions for all breaches of them and, generally, to take care of all the prudential concerns of the corporation and to perform all duties that shall be legally enjoined on them by the corporation and all powers, by this act vested in the trustees, may be exercised by a majority of them; and in case of the death, removal, absence, or incapacity of the Clerk, the trustees may designate one of their number to perform the duties of Clerk and fill any temporary vacancy in any office in the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 167 / Section 103
App. § 167-103. Appointed officers
Status: in_force

(a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by the Selectboard pursuant to State law or this charter, the Selectboard shall appoint the following Town officers, who shall serve for such terms as the Selectboard may establish in its act of appointment or until the office otherwise becomes vacant:

(1) A Town Treasurer who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government. The Town Treasurer shall:

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

(B) be paid an hourly wage;

(C) be responsible for collection of current taxes;

(D) perform duties as specified in the accounting and financial policies adopted by the Selectboard and required by State law; and

(E) make monthly reports to the Selectboard of the financial activities of the Town. These reports shall include:

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

(ii) a listing of all revenue received during the preceding month, including the source of these revenues;

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

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

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

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

(B) be paid an hourly wage; and

(C) perform those duties adopted by the Selectboard and required by State law.

(3) A Road Commissioner who will perform those duties adopted by the Selectboard and shall be paid an hourly wage.

(4) An Assistant Road Commissioner who shall be paid an hourly wage.

(5) Any other positions deemed necessary by the Selectboard.

(b) The Selectboard shall adopt, and revise from time to time, a general statement of the qualifications necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of each of these appointed Town officers and a job description of those offices. These appointed officers shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally.

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

(d) A person appointed to the position of Town Treasurer, Town Clerk, Road Commissioner, or Assistant Road Commissioner need not be a resident or voter of the Town of Weybridge.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 512 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 512
App. § 409-512. Priority
Status: in_force

When a special meeting of the District is called to act to incur bonded or other indebtedness or to enter into a long-term contract, and the meeting procedures in this chapter conflict with the procedures in subchapter 4, the procedures in subchapter 4 shall prevail.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1105
App. § 131-1105. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter may be amended as set forth by the general law of this State.
24 V.S.A. § 1752a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1752a
§ 1752a. Privately owned municipality-supported libraries
Status: in_force

By a majority vote of those present and voting at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, a municipality may issue municipal bonds under this chapter for the cost of capital improvements to any privately owned municipality-supported library situated within the municipality for use of residents of the municipality; and such improvements shall be considered “improvements” for the purposes of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 52 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 52
App. § 235-52. Highway taxes
Status: in_force

(a) The trustees of said Village of Ludlow shall have power to direct the expenditure of three-fifths of all the highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate within said Village.

(b) Three-fifths of the highway taxes assessed by the Selectboard or voted by the Town of Ludlow, upon the grand list of the inhabitants of said Village and upon the ratable estate of nonresidents situated within the limits of said Village of Ludlow shall be paid by the Treasurer or the Selectboard of the Town to the Treasurer of the said Village, to be expended in the maintenance and repair of highways and sidewalks in said Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 49 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 49
App. § 417-49. Warning contents
Status: in_force

The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1201 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1201
App. § 247-1201. Fire department
Status: in_force

The Village shall have all the rights, powers, and privileges relative to the establishment, maintenance, and operation of a fire department as set forth in 24 V.S.A. chapter 57 or any amendments thereto.
24 V.S.A. § 3614 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3614
§ 3614. Charges; enforcement
Status: in_force

(a) A property owner or group of property owners using the sewage system shall be liable for the rent fixed by the board pursuant to this chapter. The charges, rates, or rents for the sewage system shall be a lien upon the real estate furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real estate under 32 V.S.A. § 5061 and shall be an assessment enforceable under the procedures in subsection (b), (c), or (d) of this section, or a combination of these procedures.

(b) When an assessment remains unpaid for a period of 30 days, the treasurer of the municipality may issue a warrant for its collection directed to the collector of taxes, who shall have the same power to enforce the collection and shall proceed in the same manner as provided by law for the collection of taxes under 32 V.S.A. chapter 133, subchapter 9.

(c) When the ratepayer fails to render payment for a valid bill or charge within 30 days of the postmark on the bill or on the due date, the appointed and elected municipal officials may proceed with collection of the delinquency as provided in chapter 129 of this title.

(d) When an assessment remains unpaid for two years, the municipal officials may proceed to enforce the lien as provided in 32 V.S.A. chapter 133, subchapter 8.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 28 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 28
App. § 601-28. Audit
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 504 / Section 9
App. § 504-9. Amendment of charter
Status: in_force

This charter shall be amended by a majority vote of those residents of the Fire District present and voting at an annual or special Fire District meeting, provided that notice of the meeting containing the full text of the amendment shall be given according to subsection 4(a) of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 307
App. § 1-307. Powers of City; policy matters; appointment of certain officers
Status: in_force

All powers of the City and the determination of all matters of policy shall be vested in the City Council except as otherwise provided by this charter or by general law. The City Council shall annually appoint a City Attorney, a Library Liaison, and may provide for any Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Recreation Board, or Personnel Board, and may create commissions or other bodies with advisory powers and may appoint personnel to serve on said boards or commissions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 159 / Section 2
App. § 159-2. Municipal Manager; authority
Status: in_force

The Municipal Manager shall have the authority to hire, appoint, discipline, and remove all Town employees, subject to the provisions of personnel rules approved by the Selectboard. The Municipal Manager may authorize a department head to hire, appoint, discipline, or remove an employee, subject to the Manager's discretion and supervision. The Municipal Manager's appointment of a department head shall be approved by the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 309
App. § 123-309. Oath of office
Status: in_force

All elective officials and all municipal police officers of the Town shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with the Town Clerk and Treasurer the following oath:

“I, ______ , solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of ______ of the Town of Hardwick to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God (or I so affirm).”
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 11.04
App. § 147-11.4. Appropriations
Status: in_force

From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts therein stated, as approved in accordance with section 11.8 of this charter, become appropriated to the several departments, agencies, entities, and purposes therein named.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 211 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 211
App. § 411-211. Vacancy
Status: in_force

In the event a vacancy occurs on the Board of Supervisors, the legislative body of the municipality may appoint an interim replacement to serve until a new supervisor has been duly elected or appointed. A supervisor named to fill a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the original term of the supervisor he or she is replacing. The appointment of the replacing supervisor shall be certified by the clerk of the member municipality to the Clerk of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 2608 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 69 / Section 2608
§ 2608. Appropriations for hospitals; cities may make
Status: in_force

When the charter of a city provides that a board or body, other than the legal voters in city meeting assembled, may assess taxes and appropriate money, such board or body may assess taxes and appropriate such sums of money as it deems necessary for the support of a nonsectarian hospital established in such city and incorporated and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 39 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 39
App. § 901-39. Warnings required
Status: in_force

(a) The Board shall warn an annual or special meeting of the Authority by filing a notice with the clerk of each member and by posting or causing to be posted a notice in at least three public places in each municipality in the Authority no fewer than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting.

(b) The warning shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Authority once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be no fewer than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 145 / Section 1
App. § 145-1. Town Treasurer
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer for a term of up to three years. The appointee shall be competent in the keeping of records, investments, and accounting and shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard. The person chosen need not be a resident or voter of Royalton.

(b) The Treasurer shall perform the duties required by State statutes for town treasurers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 46 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 46
App. § 417-46. Public hearings
Status: in_force

Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called by the Board of Supervisors, at least one public hearing shall be held by the Board of Supervisors at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented and comments received. Notice of such public hearing shall include the publication of a warning in a newspaper of general circulation in the District at least once a week, on the same day of the week, for three consecutive weeks, the last publication not less than five nor more than 10 days before the public hearing.
24 V.S.A. § 4591 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4591
§ 4591. General powers
Status: in_force

The Bank has the following powers for carrying out the purposes of this chapter:

(1) to sue and be sued;

(2) to adopt an official seal and alter it at pleasure;

(3) to make and enforce rules for the conduct of its business and for use of its services and facilities;

(4) to maintain an office at any place within the State;

(5) to acquire, hold, use, and dispose of its income, revenues, funds, and monies;

(6) to acquire, rent, lease, hold, use, and dispose of other personal property for its purposes;

(7) to borrow money and to issue its negotiable bonds or notes and to provide for and secure the payment thereof and to provide for the rights of the holders thereof, and to purchase, hold, and dispose of any of its bonds or notes;

(8) to fix and revise from time to time and charge and collect fees and charges for the use of its services or facilities;

(9) to accept gifts or grants of property, funds, money, materials, labor, supplies, or services from the United States of America or from any governmental unit or any person, firm, or corporation, and to carry out the terms or provisions or make agreements with respect to any gifts or grants, and to do any and all things necessary, useful, desirable, or convenient in connection with procuring, acceptance, or disposition of gifts or grants;

(10) to do anything authorized by this chapter, through its officers, agents, or employees or by contracts with any person, firm, or corporation;

(11) to enter into and enforce all contracts necessary, convenient, or desirable for the purposes of the Bank or pertaining to any loan to a governmental unit or any purchase or sale of municipal bonds or revenue bonds or other investments or to the performance of its duties and execution or carrying out of any of its powers under this chapter;

(12) to purchase or hold municipal bonds and revenue bonds at such prices and in such manner as the Bank deems advisable, and to sell municipal bonds and revenue bonds acquired or held by it at such prices without relation to cost and in such manner as the Bank deems advisable, all consistent with the policy of the State as declared in section 2 of this act;

(13) to invest any funds or moneys of the Bank not then required for loan to governmental units and for the purchase of municipal bonds or revenue bonds, in the same manner as permitted for investment of funds belonging to the State or held in the Treasury, except as otherwise provided by this chapter;

(14) to prescribe any form of application or procedure required of a governmental unit for the loan or purchase of its municipal bonds or revenue bonds, and to fix the terms and conditions of that loan or purchase and to enter into agreements with governmental units with respect to any loan or purchase;

(15) to do all things necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the powers expressly granted or necessarily implied in this chapter;

(16) to maintain and administer the special funds of the State established pursuant to chapter 120 of this title.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7.04 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 7.04
App. § 147-7.4. Removal
Status: in_force

The Selectboard may remove the Town Manager by a majority vote of its members. At least 30 days before such removal shall become effective, the Selectboard shall by a majority vote of its members adopt a preliminary resolution stating the reason for his or her removal. The Manager may reply in writing and may request a public hearing, which shall be held not earlier than 20 days nor later than 30 days after the filing of such request. After such public hearing, if one be requested, and after full consideration, the Board by a majority vote of its members may adopt a final resolution of removal. By the preliminary resolution, the Board may suspend the Manager from duty, but the regular salary of the Manager shall continue to be paid to him or her during the period of suspension.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 58 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 58
App. § 403-58. Severability
Status: in_force

Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of this chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 167 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 167
App. § 3-167. Duties
Status: in_force

Said Board shall have the care and custody of all property belonging to or used for the several public schools of said City and such care shall include authority to make ordinary repairs on school property and finish any unfinished apartments and make such alterations in any school building, as said Board shall deem best; shall employ teachers and fix their compensation; have the management and control of all the public schools of said City; establish and maintain an adequate system of financial disbursement, accounting, control, and reporting procedures that ensures that all payments are lawful and in accordance with a budget adopted or amended by the Board.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 9
App. § 901-9. Organizational meeting
Status: in_force

(a) Annually on the first Wednesday in April, the Board shall hold its organizational meeting at a time and place designated by the Board Chair.

(b) At the organization meeting, the Board 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 director present shall cast one vote, except that no director shall be elected Chair for more than three consecutive terms unless directors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of all possible directors (including vacancies) shall so vote.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 204 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 204
App. § 129-204. Duties of elected officers
Status: repealed

(a) Selectboard. See subchapter 3 of this charter.

(b) Town Clerk.

(1) Town Clerk shall perform all duties prescribed by the Vermont statutes and this charter.

(2) Town Clerk shall appoint one or more assistant clerks who shall perform duties as required by the Vermont statutes and this charter. The assistant clerks shall be under the direction of the Town Clerk, who shall delegate the assistant clerks' duties and responsibilities and said assistants shall be entitled to and adhere to all personnel rules and regulations.

(c) Town Treasurer.

(1) The Town Treasurer shall perform all duties prescribed by the Vermont statutes and this charter.

(2) The Town Treasurer shall appoint one or more assistant Town treasurers who shall perform all duties as prescribed by the Vermont State statutes and this charter. The Assistant Treasurer shall be under the direction of the Town Treasurer, who shall delegate the Assistant Treasurer's duties and responsibilities and said Assistant Treasurer shall be entitled to and adhere to all personnel rules and regulations of the Town of Milton.

(3) The Town Treasurer shall promptly deposit and invest funds coming into the Treasurer's hands in such depositories as may be designated by the Selectboard.

(4) The Town Treasurer shall keep such books and accounts as prescribed by the Vermont statutes and this charter.

(5) The Town Treasurer shall make reports to the Selectboard monthly or at such other times as the Selectboard may require showing the state of the Town's revenues.

(6) The Town Treasurer shall perform such duties with respect to the Town's finances as the Selectboard shall require.

(7) The Town Treasurer shall perform such duties as prescribed in 16 V.S.A. § 426(a)–(c) and shall keep financial records of receipts coming into the office and shall make those records available to the School Board of Trustees when requested to do so.

(d) [Repealed.]

(e) [Repealed.]

(f) [Repealed.]

(g) [Repealed.]

(h) The Library trustees shall perform all duties required by Vermont State statutes and this charter, except the Library Board shall follow the administrative code and policies identified in the preamble of the administrative code. Any changes or additions to policies identified in the preamble shall require an affirmative vote of the Selectboard and the Library Board to be applicable to the Library.

(i) School Board of Trustees. See subchapter 4 of this charter.

(j) Champlain Water District Representative (CWD). Will represent the Town of Milton on the Champlain Water District Board and will keep the Selectboard and the Town Manager advised of significant proceedings by the Champlain Water District Board, which affect quality, quantity, or cost of services.
24 V.S.A. § 5121 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5121
§ 5121. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this subchapter:

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

(2) “Legislative body” means the selectboard in the case of a town, the council or mayor and board of aldermen in the case of a city, and the trustees in the case of an incorporated village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 109
App. § 113-109. Filing
Status: in_force

The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk's office the original signed copy of all ordinances and/or any changes, adopted by the Selectboard. This original file shall be indexed by subject matter and shall note in the record procedural information relating to the enactment of each original or changed ordinance. The Town Manager shall arrange for publishing and updating of codified sets of all ordinances for distribution and use by Town officials.
24 V.S.A. § 3316 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3316
§ 3316. Meetings; vote
Status: in_force

Any action taken by a municipal corporation under the provisions of this chapter or relating to the matters set forth in this chapter shall be by vote of the majority of the legal voters of the municipal corporation at a meeting duly warned and held, unless otherwise provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 502
App. § 5-502. Publishing and posting of articles
Status: in_force

When questions involving authorization of public improvements and the incurring of debt to pay for the same are to be referred to the voters at an annual or special City meeting, the articles of the warning for the meeting shall be posted as provided by State statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 501
App. § 4-501. Adoption of ordinances
Status: in_force

Ordinances shall be adopted in accordance with State law pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §§ 1972–1976, with the additional requirements noted in this subchapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 701 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 701
App. § 129-701. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

(a) A member of any appointed or elected board or commission or appointed or elected person or any person employed by the Town or School District of Milton shall not solicit or receive, directly or indirectly, any gift or compensation for recommending or voting on any finding, ruling, decision, or report or voting to procure any service, thing, or supply purchased with public funds.

(b) Nor shall any such member or employee receive directly or indirectly anything of value by contract or otherwise from the Town or School District unless it is received:

(1) as a result of a contract accepted after a public bid in accordance with law;

(2) in public recognition of service or achievement;

(3) as regular salary or expenses allowed by law for official duties performed as a member of such board or commission;

(4) for employment otherwise authorized by law.

(c) No board or commission member shall vote on any contract or purchase in which he or she has a direct or an indirect interest.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 104
App. § 113-104. Additional powers
Status: in_force

In addition to powers otherwise conferred upon it by law, the Town is authorized:

(1) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to making and installing local improvements including curbs, sidewalks, storm drains, and water and sanitary waste systems; apportioning part of the expense of such improvements against property owners who benefit thereby; providing for the collection of such assessments and penalties for nonpayment; provided however:

(A) That, in absence of an ordinance, no assessment shall be made by the Selectboard until it has received a petition in writing from 50 percent of the owners of property fronting on such local improvements as proposed. Upon receiving such petition, the Selectboard may order the proposed improvements to be made.

(B) That no assessment shall be made in excess of the actual benefit to the land so assessed as determined by the Selectboard after notice to and hearing of the owners of the property assessed.

(C) That the total assessment made on account of any such improvements shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of such improvement and the remaining cost of such improvement shall be borne by the Town.

(2) To adopt and enforce ordinances requiring the installation of curbs, sidewalks, and storm drains in a manner specified by the Town as a condition precedent to the issuance of a building permit.

(3) To adopt and enforce ordinances regulating signs and billboards.

(4) To adopt and enforce police ordinances regulating the parking, operation, and speed of motor vehicles upon Town and State aid streets and highways; to adopt police ordinances regulating the use of firearms, air rifles, and devices having a capacity to inflict personal injury; to adopt and enforce police ordinances prohibiting the use of firearms, air rifles, and devices having a capacity to inflict personal injury in specified areas, but only with approval of the voters.

(5) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to regulation, licensing, or prohibition of the storage and accumulation of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, and waste materials.

(6) To create and maintain a Police Department.

(7) To establish a policy whereby the Selectboard may determine it to be in the public interest to plow those private roads serving two or more year-round residences, which had previous to January 1, 1997, have the Town providing winter road maintenance.
24 V.S.A. § 218 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 218
§ 218. Rents for county property
Status: in_force

The county treasurer shall collect rents due from persons holding county property by lease or otherwise.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 501 / Section 2
App. § 501-2. Purpose
Status: in_force

Milton Fire District No. 1 is a fire district incorporated to design, construct, upgrade, operate, and maintain a water supply and distribution system, including the maintenance and repair of water mains and the provision of a limited water service to the area described in section 1 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 511 / Section 1
App. § 511-1. Creation of Fire District
Status: in_force

Fairfax Fire District No. 1, within the corporate limits presently established, shall continue to be a fire district and municipal corporation by the name of the Fairfax Fire District No. 1.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 15
App. § 11-15. Conflict of interest
Status: in_force

No elective or appointive official or employee of the City shall be beneficially interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the City, regardless of amount, or furnish any material, or perform any labor, except in the discharge of his or her official duties, unless such contract shall have been awarded upon bids advertised for by publication. Such publication shall be in a locally distributed newspaper. No officer or employee of the City shall take part in any decision concerning the business of the City in which he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest, aside from his or her salary as an official or employee, greater than any other citizen or taxpayer in the City. This section shall not apply in the event of an emergency where immediate action shall be deemed more important to the City than the receipt of formal bids.
24 V.S.A. § 309 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 309
§ 309. Bonds of deputies; liability of sheriff; deputy's powers and duties
Status: in_force

A sheriff shall be liable for the official acts and neglects of his or her deputies, and may take bonds of indemnity from them. Such deputies may, and when required, shall perform any official duty which may be required of the sheriff. Returns of their acts and doings shall be signed by them as deputy sheriffs, and their official acts shall be deemed to be the acts of the sheriff.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 44 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 44
App. § 403-44. Public hearings
Status: in_force

Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called by the Board of Supervisors, at least one public hearing shall be held by the Board of Supervisors at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented and comments received. Public hearings shall be warned by the publishing of a notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the District not more than 25 days and at least 15 days prior to the meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 30.03
App. § 9-30.3. Officers
Status: in_force

The school commissioners shall appoint one of their own members President, and shall appoint another of their own members as Clerk to keep a full and complete record of all their proceedings. They shall by general regulations provide for the holding of regular and special meetings. A majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 46 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 46
App. § 213-46. Water pipes
Status: in_force

The Village is empowered to take, in addition to the water rights already owned or acquired by the Village, the water of any fountain, springs, ponds, or streams for the purpose of affording the Village or any of the inhabitants of the Town of Cambridge water for domestic or other purposes, and may acquire the same by purchase or by right of eminent domain and in like manner may take and hold such real estate as may be necessary for preventing the pollution of the water supply of the Village, provided that the Village shall not take water, or a water supply, so as to deprive an owner of water of an amount sufficient for domestic or agricultural uses without the owner's consent. The Village, for the purposes described in this section, 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 on that land dig, place, lay, and construct such pipes, aqueducts, reservoirs, appurtenances, and connections and repair the same from time to time, may lay water pipes, within the limits of the Village, and for that purpose may enter upon the lands of any landowner in the Village, and lay and maintain water pipes through such land, and repair the same when necessary, upon payment or tender of payment of such compensation as damages as the trustees shall award to the landowner, and to any tenant or occupant of the land to the amount that the interests are affected. Any party aggrieved shall be entitled to the same redress as is provided in the case of the taking of land by the selectboard for highway purposes. The Village may borrow sums of money to defray the expenses of the water supply as it may by vote determine and, for that purpose, issue its negotiable notes or bonds on terms and in the manner as the Village may prescribe, the notes or bonds shall on their face state for what purpose they were issued and be signed by the trustees and Treasurer of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 602
App. § 414-602. Admission of new member municipalities
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon terms and conditions that it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District.

(b) The legislative body of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District.

(c)(1) The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if the municipality is admitted and shall either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality.

(2) If the Board grants the authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including but not limited to financial obligations upon which the admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall then comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. § 4863.

(d) If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for that purpose shall vote to approve this charter and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions for admission, the municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors be a member municipality of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 13
App. § 126-13. Repeal of ordinances by referendum
Status: repealed

All Town ordinances, except those specified in section 16 of this charter, may be repealed by vote of the Town if a petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters, specifying the particular ordinance on which the vote is requested, is filed with the Town Clerk. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days after the date the petition is filed to vote on whether the ordinance shall be repealed. The ordinance subject to the vote shall be repealed if at least 15 percent of the Town's registered voters vote on the question to repeal the ordinance and a majority of those voting vote to repeal the ordinance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 308 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 414 / Section 308
App. § 414-308. Records
Status: in_force

All records, books, and accounts of the District shall at all times be open to inspection by persons interested.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 110 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 110
App. § 3-110. Chief Administrative Officer to proceed in manner prescribed by law
Status: in_force

Such Chief Administrative Officer shall proceed in the same manner, perform the same duties, be subject to the same liabilities, have the same power, authority, and privileges touching the collection of all taxes for the collection of which he or she holds a warrant, as prescribed by the general laws of this State in regard to the collection of taxes by constables or collectors of taxes in towns.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1002 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 1002
App. § 251-1002. Petition for appeal of compensation award
Status: in_force

When any person or corporation interested in any property or rights taken under this charter shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said trustees as to the necessity for or extent of such taking, or with the award of damages, the person may petition the Bennington County Court for a rehearing in the premises, and any number of person aggrieved may join therein; but such petition shall not delay said Village or its Board of Trustees in taking possession and control of such waters, lands, or privileges, where such petition relates to the matter of damages only.

Such petition shall be served on the Clerk of the Village within 60 days after the filing of the decision and award of the trustees, as hereinbefore provided, and at least 12 days before the term of Court to which it is made returnable; and such proceedings shall be had in said Court, on said petition, except as herein otherwise provided as are provided by sections 816 and 817 of Vermont Statutes, and the amendments thereof, relating to the taking of land for school purposes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 52 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 52
App. § 15-52. Powers
Status: in_force

The person holding the Office of City Treasurer of the City of Vergennes shall be the Judge of said Court and shall exercise the powers and perform the functions and duties thereof. The Judge of said Court shall act as the Clerk thereof, and keep its files and records, or shall appoint his or her deputy or assistant.
24 V.S.A. § 4707 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4707
§ 4707. Exemption from execution and sale
Status: in_force

All property of the Bank is exempt from levy and sale by virtue of an execution and no execution or other judicial process may issue against it nor may any judgment against the Bank be a charge or lien upon its property, but nothing herein contained shall apply to or limit the rights of the holder of any bonds or notes to pursue any remedy for the enforcement of any pledge or lien given by the Bank on its revenues or other monies.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 404
App. § 407-404. Limitations of appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annual appropriations of any year shall not cease to be operative at the end of the fiscal year for which they were adopted, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Vermont.

(b) Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in subsection 402(a) of this subchapter shall 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 herein. Any balance left or unencumbered in any such budget estimate, or the amount of any deficit at the end of the fiscal year, shall be included in and paid out of the operating budget and appropriations in the next fiscal year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 215 / Section 902
App. § 215-902. Assessing damages
Status: in_force

In the event that the Village and any owner of land over which it may be desirable to pass with the poles and wires of the plants, or of land, water power, or rights-of-way, which it may need for the construction and operation of the plant, cannot agree upon the damages to be paid to the owner for the passage or right-of-way, or for the land or water power, or if the owner be a minor or out of the State, or a person who lacks capacity to protect the person's interests due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or otherwise incapable to sell and convey the real estate or rights in the real estate, the same proceedings shall be had for assessing damages as are provided in section 302 of this charter, for compensating the owners of land taken for the construction and maintenance of a sewer or main drain, for the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 105
App. § 235-105. Appeal of damage award or assessment for benefit
Status: in_force

When any person shall be dissatisfied with the decision of said trustees in the award of damages for laying, making, altering, or repairing any sewer, drain, water pipe, sidewalk, or culvert, or in any assessment for benefits of the same, such persons may petition the Windsor County Court for a reassessment of such damages or benefits. Said petition shall be served on the Clerk of said Village within 60 days next after said award of damages or assessment for benefit shall be filed in said Clerk's office, and at least 12 days before the session of the court to which it shall be addressed, and such petition shall not delay the making or repairing of such sewer or drain, or sidewalk or culvert, or laying said water pipe.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 314 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 314
App. § 1-314. Authority to borrow money, issue bonds, pledge credits
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have the authority to borrow money, issue its bonds or notes, and pledge the credit of the City pursuant to provisions of the Vermont Statutes Annotated as they govern borrowing for towns and municipalities as provided in Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 27 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 27
App. § 101-27. Committee of Five
Status: in_force

Annually, prior to January 31, a committee of five voters shall be appointed to review, with the Selectboard members, the proposed Town budget. Their terms shall expire upon final adoption of the budget. The Selectboard members shall appoint two members and the Clerk, one member; these three shall appoint two additional members.
24 V.S.A. § 3311 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 89 / Section 3311
§ 3311. Rates
Status: in_force

Such municipal corporation may establish rates by meter service or annual rents to be charged and paid at such times, and in such manner as such municipal corporation shall determine for the supply of water to the inhabitants of such municipal corporation and others. From time to time, it may alter, modify, increase, or diminish such rates and extend them to any description of property or use as such municipal corporation may deem proper. Such rates or rents may be ordered to be paid in advance, and all necessary orders and provision may be made and enforced by such municipal corporation, relating to the supply or stoppage of water, as it may deem necessary to insure such advance payments.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 25
App. § 213-25. Auditor
Status: in_force

The Auditor shall at least once each year, and whenever the Auditor sees fit, examine and adjust and state the accounts of all corporation officers and of the corporation and shall report all such accounts and the items thereof and the state of the treasury to the corporation at each annual meeting, and shall cause the Auditor's report to be printed and a copy thereof to be delivered to each taxpayer of the corporation at least five days before the day of the annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 42
App. § 417-42. Capital reserve fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and planned and unplanned major repairs of a facility, in furtherance of the purpose for which the District was created. Any such capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds, and shall be expended for such purposes for which established. The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 501 / Section 6
App. § 501-6. Prudential Committee
Status: in_force

The Prudential Committee shall be the administrative body of the Fire District and shall be responsible for the control and management of the affairs, property, and interests of the Fire District. The Prudential Committee may exercise all powers of the Fire District unless otherwise provided in 20 V.S.A. chapter 171 or this chapter. These powers shall include the execution of contracts, the authority to purchase insurance on behalf of the Fire District, the commencement of actions in the name of the Fire District, defending actions brought against the Fire District, and the settlement of claims on behalf of the Fire District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 301
App. § 409-301. Officers
Status: in_force

The officers of the District shall be the Chairperson and the Vice Chairperson of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the District, and the Treasurer of the District. There may also be an Assistant Clerk, an Assistant Treasurer, a Grand Juror, and an acting Chairperson. No person may hold more than one office at the same time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 212 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 212
App. § 3-212. Authority to declare weeds, underbrush, etc., a nuisance and direct removal
Status: in_force

The City Council shall have the power and authority to declare weeds, underbrush, or any unsightly or detrimental growth on any lot of land adjacent to any park or street in said City, a nuisance. It may notify the owner or owners of such land to remove or abate such nuisance; and if, upon reasonable due notice, such owner or owners fail to remove or abate such nuisance, then the City Council shall have the right and authority by its superintendent and employees to enter upon such land and remove or abate such nuisance; and the City Council shall have authority to assess the cost of so doing upon the owner or owners of said land, and such assessment may be collected and enforced as provided in the section 210 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 817 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 817
App. § 251-817. Prohibition on abatement of water rates
Status: in_force

Neither said Village nor said Board of Water Commissioners shall abate the water rates or rents except overcharges.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 105
App. § 3-105. Chief Administrative Officer to give notice upon receipt of tax bills
Status: in_force

The Chief Administrative Officer, upon the delivery of a tax bill to him or her, shall forthwith give notice thereof, and of the place where and times when and in what proportions such tax is payable to him or her, the time when all unpaid taxes on such tax bill will be placed in the hands of the Constable for collection as herein provided, by publication and by posting such notice in each ward.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 1501
App. § 247-1501. Construction and operation of sewage system
Status: in_force

The corporation may construct, maintain, operate, and repair a sewage system; and take, purchase, and acquire, in the manner hereinafter mentioned, real estate and easements necessary for its purposes; and enter in and upon any land for the purpose of making surveys; and lay pipes and sewers and connect the same as may be necessary to convey sewage and other waters to an outfall or treatment plant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 405 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 405
App. § 1-405. Council policy
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall be responsible to the Council for carrying out all policies established by it and for the proper administration of all affairs of the City within the jurisdiction of the Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11.03 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 11.03
App. § 9-11.3. City budget
Status: in_force

The Mayor shall annually before each November 1 prepare and submit to the Board of Aldermen a proposed budget predicated as necessary to operate all branches of City government. The Board of Aldermen may reduce the proposed budget but may not increase it.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 503
App. § 13-503. Special City and School District meetings
Status: in_force

Special City meetings, and special School District meetings, shall be called in the manner provided by the laws of the State, and the voting on all questions shall be by the Australian ballot system.
24 V.S.A. § 3907 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 111 / Section 3907
§ 3907. Memorial Day and other historic events
Status: in_force

A municipality may appropriate such sums of money as it deems necessary for the proper observance of Memorial Day, for the celebration of historic events, and for the erection and dedication of monuments or tablets to commemorate the same.
24 V.S.A. § 1573 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1573
§ 1573. Assistant treasurer
Status: in_force

A town or city treasurer may appoint an assistant town or city treasurer and may revoke any such appointment at any time. The town or city treasurer shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of any assistant appointed by him or her. If after written request from the selectboard to appoint an assistant treasurer, the town or city treasurer fails for ten days to do so, the selectboard may appoint an assistant treasurer and may revoke such appointment at any time. An assistant treasurer, during the temporary absence or disability of the treasurer, shall perform the duties of treasurer. The appointment and revocation of assistant treasurer shall be recorded in the office of the town or city clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1709 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 269 / Section 1709
App. § 269-1709. Acts amended
Status: in_force

The provisions of this charter shall amend No. 198 of the Acts of 1886, as amended by No. 86 of the Acts of 1890, No. 199 of the Acts of 1898, No. 186 of the Acts of 1900, No. 241 of the Acts of 1904, No. 276 of the Acts of 1908, No. 315 of the Acts of 1910, No. 328 of the Acts of 1912, No. 261 of the Acts of 1919, No. 304 of the Acts of 1921, No. 211 of the Acts of 1923, No. 195 of the Acts of 1933, and No. 339 of the Acts of 1957.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 285 / Section 10
App. § 285-10. Collector of Village Taxes
Status: in_force

The Collector of Village Taxes shall discharge the usual duties of such office and shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for collectors of town taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 503 / Section 13
App. § 503-13. Office
Status: in_force

The St. George Fire District No. 1 office shall be maintained at the residence of the Fire District Clerk. The Fire District may alter its designated office or may maintain offices at other places upon approval of a majority of the members of the Prudential Committee present and voting at a duly warned meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 509 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 411 / Section 509
App. § 411-509. Qualification and registration of voters
Status: in_force

The legal voters of each member municipality shall constitute the legal voters of the District. Prior to each District meeting at which action is to be taken by the legal voters of the District, each member municipality shall cause its checklist to be revised and posted in accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 43.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 291 / Section 4
App. § 291-4. Election of officers; enactment of bylaws
Status: in_force

The Village may elect such officers and enact such bylaws not repugnant of the laws of this State, as the public interests of the Village may require.
24 V.S.A. § 2779 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 75 / Section 2779
§ 2779. Interstate development region; purpose; region; State aid
Status: in_force

(a) It is also the purpose of this act to assist the local communities and regions within the State, and those communities and regions combined with communities or regions of a neighboring state, in carrying out an overall economic development program ensuring the best possible implementation of approved plans for the full development of physical and human resources of the individual communities within the region.

(b) A region is also five or more municipalities within the State or combined with a neighboring state approved by the State Central Planning Office as a logical region to undertake a comprehensive regional planning program in compliance with the overall State comprehensive plan prepared by the Central Planning Office.

(c) In the case of an interstate regional development commission, the financial assistance from the State shall be restricted to 50 per cent of the assessment of annual operating expenses of the cooperating Vermont municipalities. (1967, No. 99, § 3, eff. April 13, 1967.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 30
App. § 417-30. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary. Each committee shall elect a chair by majority vote, at a minimum of annually. The Board of Supervisors may appoint non-Board members to serve on a committee but such non-Board members may not serve as chair of the committee.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 403
App. § 19-403. Emergency ordinances
Status: repealed

To meet a public emergency affecting life, health, property, or the public peace, the Council may adopt one or more emergency ordinances, but such ordinances may not levy taxes, grant, renew, or extend a franchise or regulate the rate charged by any public utility. An emergency ordinance shall be introduced in the form and manner prescribed for ordinances generally, except that it shall be plainly designated as an emergency ordinance and shall contain, after the enacting clause, a declaration stating that an emergency exists and describing it in clear and specific terms. The declaration of an emergency shall be deemed to be conclusive as to its existence. An emergency ordinance may be adopted with or without amendment or rejected at the meeting at which it is introduced, but the affirmative vote of at least three members shall be required for adoption. After its adoption, the ordinance shall be posted and published immediately. It shall become effective upon adoption or at such later time as it may specify. Every emergency ordinance shall expire and be of no further force and effect as of midnight on the 31st day following the date on which it was adopted, but this shall not prevent reenactment of the ordinance in the manner specified in this section if the emergency still exists. An emergency ordinance may also be repealed by adoption of a repealing ordinance in the same manner specified in this section for adoption of emergency ordinances.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 909 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 909
App. § 123-909. Board of Health
Status: in_force

The Selectboard shall act as and constitute the Town Board of Health, the responsibilities and powers of which shall be as established by law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 170 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 170
App. § 3-170. Authority to establish bylaws and regulations
Status: in_force

Said Board may establish such bylaws and regulations for carrying out the powers herein granted as are consistent with the provisions of this charter and the general law of this State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2003 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 2003
App. § 13-2003. Accounts
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall be responsible for the accounting and billing to the Water Department, subject to the supervision and authority of the water commissioners.
24 V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 1 / Section 7
§ 7. Franklin
Status: in_force

The County of Franklin is formed of the towns of Bakersfield, Berkshire, Enosburgh, Fairfax, Fairfield, Fletcher, Franklin, Georgia, Highgate, Montgomery, Richford, St. Albans, Sheldon, Swanton, the City of St. Albans, and that part of Lake Champlain and the islands lying west of the towns in the County adjoining the Lake and not included within the limits of the County of Grand Isle, but including Wood's Island. The City of St. Albans is the shire town.
24 V.S.A. § 3219 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 85 / Section 3219
§ 3219. Exercise of powers in carrying out urban renewal project
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may itself exercise its urban renewal project powers, as herein defined, or may, if the local governing body by resolution determines such action to be in the public interest, elect to have such powers exercised by the urban renewal agency created by section 3220 of this title or by the housing authority, if one exists or is subsequently established in the community. In the event the local governing body makes such determination, the urban renewal agency or the housing authority, as the case may be, shall be vested with all of the urban renewal project powers in the same manner as though all such powers were conferred on such agency or authority instead of the municipality. If the local governing body does not elect to make such determination, the municipality in its discretion may exercise its urban renewal project powers through a board or commissioner or through such officers of the municipality as the local governing body may by resolution determine.

(b) As used in this section, the term “urban renewal project powers” shall include the rights, powers, functions, and duties of a municipality under this chapter, except the following: the power to determine an area to be a slum or blighted area or combination thereof and to designate such area as appropriate for an urban renewal project and to hold any public hearing required with respect thereto; the power to approve urban renewal plans and modifications thereof; the power to approve general neighborhood renewal plans and community-wide plans or programs for urban renewal; the power to acquire, demolish, remove, or dispose of property as provided in subdivision 3209(4)(A); the power to establish as general plan for the locality as a whole; the power to formulate a workable program under section 3205 of this title; the power to make the determinations and findings provided for in sections 3204, 3206, and 3207(d) of this title; the power to issue general obligation bonds under subsection 3217(d); the power to assume the responsibility to bear loss as provided in subdivision 3209(4); and the power to appropriate funds, to levy taxes and assessments, and to exercise other powers provided for in subdivision 3209(9) of this title.
24 V.S.A. § 4498 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4498
§ 4498. Housing budget and investment reports
Status: in_force

The Commissioner of Housing and Community Development shall:

(1) Create a Vermont housing budget designed to assure efficient expenditure of State funds appropriated for housing development, to encourage and enhance cooperation among housing organizations, to eliminate overlap and redundancy in housing development efforts, and to ensure appropriate geographic distribution of housing funds. The Vermont housing budget shall include any State funds of $50,000.00 or more awarded or appropriated for housing. The Vermont housing budget and appropriation recommendations shall be submitted to the General Assembly annually on or before January 15. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the recommendations to be made under this subdivision, and the report shall include the amounts and purposes of funds appropriated for or awarded to the following:

(A) The Vermont Housing and Conservation Trust Fund.

(B) The Agency of Human Services.

(C) The Agency of Commerce and Community Development.

(D) Any other entity that fits the funding criteria.

(2) Annually, develop a Vermont Housing Investment Plan in consultation with the Vermont Housing Council. The Housing Investment Plan shall be consistent with the Vermont consolidated plan for housing, in order to coordinate the investment of State, federal, and other resources, such as State appropriations, tax credits, rental assistance, and mortgage revenue bonds, to increase the availability and improve the quality of Vermont's housing stock. The Housing Investment Plan shall be submitted to the General Assembly, annually on January 15. The provisions of 2 V.S.A. § 20(d) (expiration of required reports) shall not apply to the Plan to be made under this subdivision, and the Plan shall:

(A) target investments at single-family housing, mobile homes, multi-family housing, and housing for homeless persons and people with special needs;

(B) recommend approaches that maximize the use of available State and federal resources;

(C) identify areas of the State that face the greatest housing shortages; and

(D) recommend strategies to improve coordination among State, local, and regional offices in order to remedy identified housing shortages.
24 V.S.A. § 5063 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5063
§ 5063. Investments; interest rate; disbursements
Status: repealed

(a) The members of the Vermont Pension Investment Commission established in 3 V.S.A. chapter 17 shall be the trustees of the Fund created by this chapter, and with respect to them may invest and reinvest the assets of the Fund, and hold, purchase, sell, assign, transfer, and dispose of the securities and investments in which the assets of the Fund have been invested and reinvested. Investments shall be made with judgment and care, under circumstances then prevailing, which persons of prudence, discretion, and intelligence exercise in the management of their own affairs, not for speculation, but for investment, considering the probable safety of capital as well as the probable income to be derived.

(b) From time to time, the Retirement Board shall set the rate or rates of regular interest at such percent rate compounded annually as shall be determined by the Board, such rate to be limited to a minimum of three percent and a maximum of five percent.

(c) The State Treasurer shall be the custodian of the assets of the Fund of the Retirement System. All payments from the Fund shall be made by the Treasurer or by the Deputy Treasurer, with approval of the Retirement Board. A duly attested copy of a resolution of the Retirement Board designating such persons and bearing on its face specimen signatures of such persons shall be filed with the State Treasurer as his or her authority for making payments upon such vouchers.

(d) [Repealed.]

(e) Except as otherwise herein provided, no trustee and no employee of the Retirement Board or Vermont Pension Investment Commission shall have any direct interest in the gains or profits of any investment made by the Commission, nor shall any trustee, member of the Commission, or employee of the Board or Commission, directly or indirectly, for himself or herself or as an agent, in any manner use the same except to make such current and necessary payments as are authorized by the Board or Commission; nor shall any trustee or employee of the Board or Commission become an endorser or surety, or in any manner an obligor, for monies loaned to or borrowed from the Board.
24 V.S.A. § 1421 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 45 / Section 1421
§ 1421. Appointment of committee
Status: in_force

The selectboard of any town may appoint a committee to study the feasibility and desirability of the consolidation of such town, or parts of such town, with another town, or towns, or parts thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 208 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 208
App. § 113-208. Appointments
Status: in_force

(a) The Selectboard shall appoint the members of the following permanent commissions of the Town of Colchester:

(1) Development Review Board;

(2) Planning Commission;

(3) Cemetery Advisory Committee.

(b) The Selectboard may appoint such additional commissions or committees as it feels to be in best interest of the Town.

(c) The Selectboard shall appoint legal counsel and a Tree Warden if needed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 98 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 98
App. § 235-98. Electric Department finances
Status: in_force

It shall be the duty of the Treasurer of said Village to keep separate accounts of all monies received from the Electric Light Department and the rates and receipts of said Village for the use of electric light power shall be applied first to pay the interest as it becomes due upon the bonded or other indebtedness of said Village in connection with said electric light plant, and the excess, if any, shall be expended in the necessary repairs, management, and additions to said electric light plant. And, if there remains unexpended a balance of the said electric light fund, such balance shall be applied to pay the principal of the debt incurred on account of the said electric light plant if due and payable, or shall be set apart as a sinking fund, and shall be invested by the Treasurer of said Village with the approval of the electric light commissioners to be applied in payment of such electric light plant indebtedness when the same shall become due.
24 V.S.A. § 4783 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4783
§ 4783. Qualifications for eligibility; certification
Status: in_force

No loan to an applicant shall be made under this subchapter until:

(1) The applicant has certified all of the following to VEDA:

(A) all State and federal permits and licenses necessary to undertake the project for which financing has been sought will be obtained prior to the expenditure of construction funds under the loan;

(B) the applicant has sufficient means to pay the principal and interest on the loans and to pay any anticipated costs of operating and maintaining the financed project;

(C) if the applicant is subject to the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission under 30 V.S.A §§ 102 and 203(6), the applicant has obtained the following approvals, if such approvals are necessary for the project, and has provided VEDA with copies of those approvals:

(i) the certificate of public good issued by the Public Utility Commission pursuant to 30 V.S.A. §§ 231 (public good) and 108 (approving the loan); and

(ii) the decision and order of the Public Utility Commission approving rates that are to be charged by the applicant.

(D) the municipality or municipalities in which the clean water project is located have provided a letter of support for the project.

(2) The Secretary has certified to VEDA that the applicant and the project qualify for financing or assistance under section 4784 of this title and that the project has priority for receipt of financial assistance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 240 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 240
App. § 3-240. Estimation of probable expenses authorized
Status: in_force

If the street or highway shall not have been at the time of making such assessment actually opened, made, or altered, as the case may be, the City Council shall estimate the probable expense of such opening, making, or altering, and make the aforesaid assessment upon such estimate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 14
App. § 601-14. Term
Status: in_force

All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit. Any member may be removed at any time by a majority vote of the legislative body of the municipality that appointed that representative.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1123 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 1123
App. § 5-1123. Powers of the City not limited
Status: in_force

The powers granted in this subchapter shall not be construed in limitation, diminution, or in substitution for, but in addition to, power provided by law for municipalities generally in authorizing and incurring indebtedness for public improvements or otherwise, all of which general powers shall inure to and be exercisable by the City.
24 V.S.A. § 217 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 5 / Section 217
§ 217. Disposal of rents of lands in unorganized towns and gores
Status: in_force

When paid into the county treasury, the rents described in section 216 of this subchapter shall be disposed of as other funds in the treasury.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 501
App. § 1-501. Creation and organization
Status: repealed

For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the inspection services and allied services of the City, and to provide proper and effective administration of building, electrical, fire prevention, housing, and zoning laws of the City and State within the City, the City Council shall, by ordinance, create a department to be designated the Department of Buildings and Housing and prescribe its powers, duties, and functions. Within the Department shall be:

(1) the Building Inspector, who shall be the administrative head of the Department subject, at all times, to the control and direction of the City Manager;

(2) the Inspector of Electrical Wiring; and

(3) [Repealed.]

(4) any other inspector or officer of the City designated by the City Council.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 6
App. § 601-6. Authority
Status: in_force

The legislative power and authority of the Rutland County Recreation District and the administration and general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs of the District shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter.
24 V.S.A. § 1429 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 45 / Section 1429
§ 1429. State Treasurer; duties
Status: in_force

The State Treasurer shall act as fiduciary for any towns consolidated under the provisions of this chapter. He or she shall determine the bonds of the consolidating towns outstanding, shall give written notice to the consolidated town not less than 30 days before each due date of interest and principal due to be paid by such consolidated town, and shall bill and collect each amount so notified. Funds so collected shall be held by him or her and applied only to the payment of such bonds or of bonds of the consolidated town issued in exchange therefor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1304
App. § 13-1304. Amount to be raised by taxation
Status: in_force

(a) Budgets for the City and the South Burlington School District shall be adopted when approved by the voters. Upon adoption of the budgets for the City and the South Burlington School District, the amounts stated therein as the amount of the budget for the City to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the City in the corresponding tax year, and the Council shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the Assessor for the corresponding tax year. The amounts stated therein as the amount of the budget for the South Burlington School District shall be used to determine the education property tax rates in accordance with 32 V.S.A. § 5402.

(b) If the budget of the City or School District is not approved by the voters at the annual meeting, the City Council or School Board may submit the budget, with or without change, to the voters at a special meeting that shall be held within 30 days of the annual meeting. This special meeting shall be warned in the same manner as that for the annual meeting with the exception that the warning for this meeting shall be filed with the City Clerk and posted not fewer than 15 days before the meeting.

(c) If the budget for the City or School District is not approved by the voters at the special meeting provided for in subsection (b) of this section, the City Council or School Board shall diligently pursue voter approval of its budget. Pending voter approval of a City or School District budget, the City and School District shall be authorized to borrow funds and make expenditures that do not exceed the amount of the budget approved by the voters for the preceding year.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 707 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 707
App. § 117-707. Transfers of appropriations
Status: in_force

(a) The Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, or agency.

(b) At the request of the Manager, the Selectboard may, by resolution, transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof within the Selectboard's budget from one department, office, or agency to another. Notwithstanding the above, no unexpended balance in any appropriation not included in the Selectboard's budget shall be transferred or used for any other purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 310 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 310
App. § 407-310. Committees
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary, the powers of which shall not be in derogation of the powers, authority, or responsibility of the Board of Supervisors.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 906 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 906
App. § 19-906. Continuation in office
Status: in_force

The Mayor and Council members of the City, and all City officials holding office therein by virtue of the general laws of this State or the acts hereby amended, shall hold office until expiration of their current terms of office, unless such office shall sooner become vacant under the provisions of the general laws of this State, or the provisions of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 42 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 42
App. § 141-42. Public lighting costs
Status: in_force

The cost for power for public street lighting shall be paid from the General Fund of the consolidated Town of Readsboro.
24 V.S.A. § 4483 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4483
§ 4483. Construction; limitation
Status: repealed

(a) In reviewing the procedures used in the adoption, amendment, or repeal of any plan or bylaw, no court shall invalidate the plan or bylaw or its amendment or repeal because of a failure to adhere to strict and literal requirements of this chapter concerning minor or nonessential particulars. The court shall uphold the plan, bylaw, or action if there has been substantial compliance with the procedural requirements of this chapter.

(b) No person shall challenge for purported procedural defects the validity of any plan or bylaw as adopted, amended, or repealed under this chapter after two years following the day on which it would have taken effect if no defect had occurred.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 505 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 505
App. § 407-505. Signing of warning
Status: in_force

The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by a number of the Board of Supervisors equal to a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 105
App. § 1-105. Ordinances-Subject matter
Status: in_force

(a) The general grant of ordinance promulgating authority in section 104 shall include the authority:

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

(2) To adopt and enforce ordinances establishing systems or regulations for signs and billboards, but such ordinances shall not permit the violation of the laws of this State or any City zoning ordinance or regulation.

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

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

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

(6) To adopt and enforce ordinances for the purpose of regulating and licensing the following activities, or other activities, that the City has the power to regulate or license, by virtue of the law of this State or of this charter, and to fix reasonable and necessary fees therefor: places of public resort or public amusement, whether indoor or outdoor; places dispensing food and drink to the public, such as restaurants, bars, or inns; and public dances.

(7) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of general law, to adopt and enforce ordinances establishing a speed limit of less than 25 miles per hour on specified City streets, or sections thereof, within City boundaries as may be required for the safety and general welfare of the City.

(b) The specification of powers herein shall not be deemed to limit the general grant of ordinances promulgating authority conferred by section 104, or the ordinances adopted by the City prior to enactment of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 3631 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 102 / Section 3631
§ 3631. Definition
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Sewage system” means an on-site sewage disposal system.

(2) “Proper performance” means a sewage system which operates so as to:

(A) prevent surfacing of sewage and the creation of a health hazard; and

(B) prevent the pollution and contamination of drinking water supplies, groundwater, and surface water; and

(C) maintain sanitary and healthful conditions during operation.
24 V.S.A. § 1972 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 59 / Section 1972
§ 1972. Procedure
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The legislative body of a municipality desiring to adopt an ordinance or rule may adopt it subject to the petition set forth in section 1973 of this title and shall cause it to be entered in the minutes of the municipality and posted in at least five conspicuous places within the municipality. The legislative body shall arrange for one formal publication of the ordinance or rule or a concise summary thereof in a newspaper circulating in the municipality on a day not more than 14 days following the date when the proposed provision is so adopted. Information included in the publication shall be the name of the municipality; the name of the municipality's website, if the municipality actively updates its website on a regular basis; the title or subject of the ordinance or rule; the name, telephone number, and mailing address of a municipal official designated to answer questions and receive comments on the proposal; and where the full text may be examined. The same notice shall explain citizens' rights to petition for a vote on the ordinance or rule at an annual or special meeting as provided in section 1973 of this title.

(2) Unless a petition is filed in accordance with section 1973 of this title, the ordinance or rule shall become effective 60 days after the date of its adoption, or at such time following the expiration of 60 days from the date of its adoption as is determined by the legislative body. If a petition is filed in accordance with section 1973 of this title, the taking effect of the ordinance or rule shall be governed by subsection 1973(e) of this title.

(b) All ordinances and rules adopted by a municipality shall be recorded in the records of the municipality.

(c) The procedure herein provided shall apply to the adoption of any ordinance or rule by a municipality unless another procedure is provided by charter, special law, or particular statute.
24 V.S.A. § 3116 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3116
§ 3116. Building taken down; penalty
Status: in_force

When such report declares such structure to be unsafe, and when the owner, agent, or person interested continues such refusal or neglect, the inspector shall cause it to be taken down or otherwise made safe. The costs and charges incurred shall constitute a lien upon the land upon which such building is situated, and shall be enforced within the time and in the manner provided for the collection of taxes on land. For every day's continuance of such refusal or neglect, the owner or person interested shall forfeit to the city, town, or incorporated village in which such structure is situated not more than $50.00 nor less than $10.00, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 205 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 205
App. § 153-205. Reservation of powers to the Town
Status: in_force

Nothing in this subchapter shall be so construed as in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the Town of Stowe and the Selectboard of the Town by general or special enactments in force or effect or hereafter enacted by the General Assembly, 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. § 4 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 124 / Section 4
App. § 124-4. Additional Selectboard members
Status: in_force

The Town of Jericho may vote by Australian ballot to elect not more than two additional members of the Selectboard, as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2650; provided, however, that a vote to authorize the election of additional members or to reduce the number of members to no less than three shall be called only upon receipt by the Selectboard of a petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the Town.
24 V.S.A. § 1683 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 51 / Section 1683
§ 1683. Contents of report; municipal fiscal years
Status: repealed

(a) The report shall show a detailed statement of the financial condition of such town for its fiscal year, a classified summary of receipts and expenditures, a list of all outstanding orders and payables more than 30 days past due, and show deficit, if any, pursuant to section 1523 of this title and such other information as the municipality shall direct. Individuals who are exempt from penalty, fees, and interest by virtue of 32 V.S.A. § 4609 shall not be listed or identified in any such report, provided that they notify or cause to be notified in writing the municipal or district treasurer that they should not be so listed or identified.

(b) The fiscal year of all school districts, charter provisions notwithstanding, shall end on June 30.

(c) The fiscal year of other municipalities shall end on December 31, unless the municipality votes at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose to have a different fiscal year, in which case the fiscal year so voted shall remain in effect until amended.

(d) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 803 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 803
App. § 117-803. Board of Abatement
Status: in_force

The Board of Civil Authority shall constitute a Board of Abatement as provided by law. The Board of Abatement shall meet and discharge its duties as required by the applicable statutory provisions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1108
App. § 131-1108. Penalties; forfeitures of suits not affected
Status: in_force

[Transitional provisions related to pending forfeitures and suits.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 38 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 173 / Section 38
App. § 173-38. Construction
Status: in_force

The provisions of this charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the Town and in such manner that the effect of this charter will be to make government more efficient and more responsive to the citizens of the Town. In such liberal construction of the charter in favor of the Town, it shall be used consistently and uniformly toward all individuals and groups compris- ing the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1104 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1104
App. § 127-1104. Minutes
Status: in_force

(a) Copies of the minutes of the Zoning Board of Adjustment or the Middlebury Planning Commission, or portions thereof, shall be made available to any member of the public upon request to the Town Manager and at cost.

(b) Copies of the minutes of the Zoning Board of Adjustment and the Planning Commission shall be filed and kept in the Town Clerk's office in separate books provided for that purpose, and copies shall be filed in the public library in East Middlebury and the Ilsley Library.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 12
App. § 239-12. Trustee meetings
Status: in_force

The trustees shall meet regularly at suitable times to enact ordinances and to transact any and all other proper business, and at those meetings shall give audience to all complaints and protests.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 304
App. § 13-304. Vacancies
Status: in_force

When a vacancy occurs on the City Council, the remaining members may fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting when the City shall fill the vacancy.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 904 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 904
App. § 127-904. Polling places
Status: in_force

In any annual or special Town or Town School District meeting for the purpose of the election of officers and the voting on all questions to be decided by Australian ballot, such polling places as needed shall be established by the Board of Civil Authority.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 105 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 105
App. § 413-105. Powers
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following powers:

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

(2) To engage in public education aimed at recycling and reducing the volume of solid waste. Such education may include cooperation with school districts in the formation of appropriate curriculum.

(3) To engage in or sponsor, or both, innovative projects for the purpose of disposing of solid waste in an environmentally sound manner.

(4) To purchase, sell, lease, own, acquire, convey, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in connection with the purpose of the District.

(5) To hire and fix the compensation of employees.

(6) To sue and be sued.

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

(8) To contract with architects, engineers, financial and legal consultants, and other experts for services.

(9) To contract with individuals, corporations, associations, authorities, and agencies for services.

(10) To provide solid waste disposal services for the member municipalities, the inhabitants thereof, and the businesses therein, and for such others as its facilities and obligations may allow.

(11) To contract to pay for solid waste disposal services on the basis of guaranteed amounts, whether delivered for disposal and accepted for disposal or not, of solid waste, with payments based on such guaranteed amounts, whether actually disposed of or not, which payments may be variable and may be determined by formulae expressed in such contracts.

(12) To contract with the State of Vermont, the United States of America, or any subdivision or agency thereof for services.

(13) To contract with any member municipality for the services of any officers or employees of that municipality useful to it.

(14) To promote cooperative arrangements and coordinated action among its member municipalities.

(15) To make recommendations for review and action to its member municipalities and other public agencies that perform functions within the region in which its member municipalities are located.

(16) To exercise any other powers that are necessary or desirable for dealing with solid waste problems of mutual concern and that are exercised or are capable of exercise by any of its member municipalities.

(17) To exercise the power of eminent domain.

(18) To borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other provisions of law authorizing general obligations or revenue debt, including 10 V.S.A. chapter 12 and 24 V.S.A. chapter 119.

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

(20) To appropriate and expend monies.

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

(22) To establish capital reserve funds for public improvements in furtherance of its purpose.

(23) To regulate the collection, transportation, resource recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid waste within the District and may require that acceptable solid wastes generated within the District and any member municipality therein shall be disposed of only in and upon facilities operated by or on behalf of the District.

(24) To enact and enforce any and all necessary or desirable regulations for the orderly conduct of the government and for carrying out the purpose of the District.

(25) To accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust or otherwise for the purpose of the District.

(26) To exercise all powers incident to a public corporation.
24 V.S.A. § 4020 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4020
§ 4020. Taxation
Status: in_force

The property of an authority is declared to be public property used for essential public and governmental purposes and such property and an authority shall be exempt from all taxes and special assessments of the State or any State public body thereof; provided however, that in lieu of such taxes or special assessments, the authority may agree to make payments to the State public body for improvements, services, and facilities furnished by such State public body for the benefit of the housing project, but in no event shall the payments exceed the estimated cost to such State public body of the improvements, services, or facilities to be so furnished. (1961, No. 212, § 20, eff. July 11, 1961.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 12 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 7 / Section 12
App. § 7-12. Board of Civil Authority and Board of Abatement
Status: in_force

The City Council, City Clerk, and the justices of the peace residing in the City shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority for the City, and, in conjunction with the listers, shall constitute a Board for the Abatement of Taxes, and shall be governed by the general laws of the State in respect to the abatement of taxes. The Board of Civil Authority shall perform all the duties imposed by law upon the board of civil authority of towns, except as hereinbefore provided. All meetings of the Board of Civil Authority shall, on application, be appointed and notified by the Mayor in the manner provided by law for appointing and notifying the meetings of the board of civil authority in towns. The compensation of all officers, servants, and employees of the City shall be fixed by the City Council, except as herein otherwise provided.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 30 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 30
App. § 11-30. Bonding; School District; City
Status: in_force

(a) The City of St. Albans or the St. Albans City School District at any annual or special meeting when an article for that purpose shall have been inserted in the warning therefor may authorize the issue of notes or bonds for the purpose of paying or refunding any fixed or floating outstanding liabilities of the City or City School District and may stipulate in such vote the amount of such bonds; the maximum rate of interest such notes and bonds shall bear; the term in which they shall be payable, which shall in no case exceed 25 years; the kind and denomination; and the place where the bonds shall be payable.

(b) Such notes and bonds shall be signed by the Mayor for the City and the school commissioners for the City School District and countersigned by the Treasurer of the City, and if interest coupons are attached, they shall be signed by the Treasurer or bear his or her facsimile signature; and the bonds or notes shall contain a statement that they were issued for the purposes mentioned in conformity with this section, and such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the same and of the liability of the City or City School District to pay any such note or bond to any person who is a bona fide holder thereof.

(c) The City Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this section, therein stating the number and denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom issued, and the rate of interest thereon and also shall keep a record of payments, interest, and principal.

(d) When old notes or bonds are taken up by exchange or by sale of the new notes or bonds, the Treasurer shall keep a record of the same and such old notes or bonds shall be canceled.
24 V.S.A. § 1355 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 41 / Section 1355
§ 1355. Appraisers
Status: in_force

Subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review, the supervisor shall appoint for the year 1973: one appraiser for a term of three years; one appraiser for a term of two years; and one appraiser for a term of one year. For each year thereafter, the Board of Governors shall annually appoint one appraiser for a term of three years. The Board of Governors may revoke any appointment made under this section and shall, subject to the approval of the Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review, fill any vacancy in the Board of Appraisers.
24 V.S.A. § 3107 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3107
§ 3107. Certificate of permit; filing
Status: in_force

(a) Before the construction or alteration of a building, the owner, builder, or architect shall submit to the building inspector a comprehensive statement in writing of the material to be used and the mode of construction of the proposed building or alteration, with plans and specifications, if there are any. Work thereon shall not be begun until the owner has received from the inspector a certificate of permission specifying the material of which the outer walls and other covering of the roof of such building are to be composed, the street upon which, and the distance therefrom at which such building is to be placed. A copy of such certificate shall be filed in the office of the inspector under the date of its issue.

(b) Such certificate shall not be granted until the inspector is satisfied that such structure when completed will be properly built, and insofar as practicable of a fireproof construction; provided, however, that in those municipalities that have adopted the provisions of chapter 81 of this title, relating to municipal zoning, the building inspector, before issuing said building certificate, shall be satisfied that by the issuance of such certificate the zoning ordinance of said municipality will not be violated.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 39 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 39
App. § 403-39. Sinking fund
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however denominated, for the retirement of bond issue or other debt, or to provide security for its payment. When so established, it may be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of the District, and may be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring or securing such obligations. The cost of payments to any sinking fund may be included in the annual budget of the District.
24 V.S.A. § 4460 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4460
§ 4460. Appropriate municipal panels
Status: in_force

(a) If a municipality establishes a development review board and appoints members to that board, the development review board in that municipality, until its existence is terminated by act of the legislative body, shall exercise all of the functions otherwise exercised under this chapter by the board of adjustment. It also shall exercise the specified development review functions otherwise exercised under this chapter by the planning commission. In municipalities that have created development review boards, the planning commission shall continue to exercise its planning and bylaw development functions and other duties established under this chapter. In situations where this chapter refers to functions that may be performed by a development review board or a planning commission or functions that may be performed by a development review board or a board of adjustment, it is intended that the function in question shall be performed by the development review board if one exists and by the other specified body if a development review board does not exist.

(b) The board of adjustment or the development review board for a rural town or an urban municipality may consist of the members of the planning commission of that town or may include one or more members of the planning commission. The board of adjustment for a rural town or an urban municipality shall consist of not fewer than three nor more than nine persons, as the legislative body of the municipality determines, appointed by the legislative body of the municipality promptly after the first adoption of a bylaw by the municipality. If the legislative body of a municipality creates a development review board to perform all development review functions under this chapter, that board shall consist of not fewer than five nor more than nine persons, as the legislative body of the municipality determines, appointed by the legislative body of the municipality. A municipality may not have a board of adjustment and a development review board at the same time. Upon creation of a development review board, the existence of any board of adjustment shall terminate.

(c) In the case of an urban municipality or of a rural town where the planning commission does not serve as the board of adjustment or the development review board, members of the board of adjustment or the development review board shall be appointed by the legislative body, the number and terms of office of which shall be determined by the legislative body subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section. The municipal legislative body may appoint alternates to a planning commission, a board of adjustment, or a development review board for a term to be determined by the legislative body. Alternates may be assigned by the legislative body to serve on the planning commission, the board of adjustment, or the development review board in situations when one or more members of the board are disqualified or are otherwise unable to serve. Vacancies shall be filled by the legislative body for the unexpired terms and upon the expiration of such terms. Each member of a board of adjustment or a development review board may be removed for cause by the legislative body upon written charges and after public hearing. If a development review board is created, provisions of this subsection regarding removal of members of the board of adjustment shall not apply.

(d) A joint board of adjustment or development review board may be created upon the act of each legislative body of those municipalities having joint planning commissions as provided in section 4327 of this title. The joint board of adjustment or development review board for these participating municipalities shall consist of persons who would have been the members of the board of adjustment or development review board of each of those municipalities. Joint entities created under this subsection may include a board of adjustment and a development review board, if those different entities exist in the participating municipalities.

(e) The following review functions shall be performed by the appropriate municipal panel authorized by a municipality as specified in the municipal bylaws and in accordance with this chapter, whether a zoning board of adjustment, planning commission, or development review board. Unless the matter is an appeal from the decision of the administrative officer, the matter shall come before the panel by referral from the administrative officer. Any such referral decision shall be appealable as a decision of the administrative officer.

(1) review of right-of-way or easement for land development without frontage as authorized in subdivision 4412(3) of this title;

(2) review of land development or use within an historic district or with respect to historic landmarks as authorized in subdivision 4414(1)(F) of this title;

(3) review of land development or use within a design control district as authorized in subdivision 4414(1)(E) of this title;

(4) review of proposed conditional uses as authorized in subdivision 4414(3) of this title;

(5) review of planned unit developments as authorized in section 4417 of this title;

(6) review of requests for waivers as authorized in subdivision 4414(9) of this title;

(7) site plan review as authorized in section 4416 of this title;

(8) review of proposed subdivisions as authorized in section 4418 of this title;

(9) review of wireless telecommunications facilities as authorized in subdivision 4414(12) of this title;

(10) appeals from a decision of the administrative officer pursuant to section 4465 of this title;

(11) review of requests for variances pursuant to section 4469 of this title;

(12) any other reviews required by the bylaws.

(f) Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a municipality may vote at an annual or special meeting to change the number of members that may be appointed to a board of adjustment or development review board.

(1) The proposal to change the number of members serving on a board may be brought by the legislative body or by petition of five percent of the voters of the municipality.

(2) If the number of members on a board is reduced, the members with the nearest expiration of their term of office shall serve until the expiration of that term and then the office shall terminate.

(g)(1) This subsection shall apply to a subdivision or development that:

(A) was previously permitted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 151;

(B) is located in a Tier 1A area pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6034; and

(C) has applied for a permit or permit amendment required by zoning regulations or bylaws adopted pursuant to this subchapter.

(2) The appropriate municipal panel reviewing a municipal permit or permit amendment pursuant to this subsection shall include conditions contained within a permit previously issued pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 151 unless the panel determines that the permit condition pertains to any of the following:

(A) the construction phase of the project that has already been constructed;

(B) compliance with another State permit that has independent jurisdiction;

(C) federal or State law that is no longer in effect or applicable;

(D) an issue that is addressed by municipal regulation and the project will meet the municipal standards; or

(E) a physical or use condition that is no longer in effect or applicable or that will no longer be in effect or applicable once the new project is approved.

(3) After issuing or amending a permit containing conditions pursuant to this subsection, the appropriate municipal panel shall provide notice and a copy of the permit to the Land Use Review Board.

(4) The appropriate municipal panel shall comply with the notice and hearing requirements provided in subdivision 4464(a)(1) of this title. In addition, notice shall be provided to those persons requiring notice under 10 V.S.A. § 6084(b) and shall explicitly reference the existing Act 250 permit.

(5) The appropriate municipal panel's decision shall be issued in accordance with subsection 4464(b) of this title and shall include specific findings with respect to its determinations pursuant to subdivision (2) of this subsection.

(6) Any final action by the appropriate municipal panel affecting a condition of a permit previously issued pursuant to 10 V.S.A. chapter 151 shall be recorded in the municipal land records.

(h) Within a Tier 1A area, the appropriate municipal panel shall enforce any existing permits issued under 10 V.S.A. chapter 151 that has not had its permit conditions transferred to a municipal permit pursuant to subsection (g) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 802 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 802
App. § 5-802. Parks Commission
Status: in_force

(a) The Parks Commission shall consist of five members, one of whom shall be elected at each annual meeting for a five-year term.

(b) Vacancies in the Commission shall be filled by the remaining commissioners until the next annual meeting of the City.

(c) The Commission shall have charge of the construction, maintenance, and control of all public parks within the City. The term “public parks” shall not be construed to include recreational fields and playgrounds.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 602
App. § 407-602. Withdrawal of member municipality
Status: in_force

A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon the terms and conditions specified below:

(1) Withdrawal prior to the District incurring bonded indebtedness or entering long-term contracts.

(A) The Board of Supervisors shall not enter into any long-term contract, or call a special meeting on incurring long-term debt for a minimum of 12 months from the date of establishment of the District, and until the District shall have prepared and adopted a solid waste management plan in accordance with 1987 Acts and Resolves No. 78 and the State solid waste management plan.

(B) No member municipality may withdraw from the District for a period of one year from the date of establishment of the District.

(C) After the expiration of one year from the date of the establishment of the District or prior to the District incurring bonded indebtedness or entering into a long-term contract, a member municipality may vote to withdraw in the same manner as the vote for adoption of the agreement by such member municipality. If a majority of the voters of a member municipality present and voting at a meeting duly warned for such purpose shall vote to withdraw from the District, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality and presented to the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, the Board shall give notice to the remaining member municipalities of the vote to withdraw and shall hold a meeting to determine if it is in the best interests of the District to continue to exist. Representatives of the member municipalities shall be given an opportunity to be heard at such meeting together with any other interested persons. After such a meeting, the Board of Supervisors may declare the District dissolved immediately or as soon thereafter as the financial obligations of the District and of each member municipality on account thereof have been satisfied, or it may declare that the District shall continue to exist despite the withdrawal of such member municipality. The membership of the withdrawing municipality shall terminate as soon after such vote to withdraw as the financial obligations of said withdrawing municipality have been paid to the District.

(2) Withdrawal after 12 months from the date of establishment of the District. After the expiration of 12 months from the date of establishment of the District or after the District has incurred bonded indebtedness or entered into a long-term contract, a member municipality may vote to withdraw in the same manner as the vote for adoption of the agreement by such member municipality. It shall be a condition that the withdrawing municipality shall enter into a written agreement with the District whereby such withdrawing municipality shall be obligated to continue to pay its share of the debt incurred by the District for the remaining bonding or contract term. In addition, the withdrawing municipality shall obligate itself to pay the cost of redesigning and rebuilding any facility of the District occasioned because of the reduced volume of solid waste. The cost shall be determined by an independent engineering firm hired by the Board of Supervisors. These additional costs shall be paid either in a lump sum or in installments at such times and in such amounts as required by the Board of Supervisors. In addition, if the District shall have entered into long, term contractual commitments, no withdrawal of a town or city shall be permitted during the period of such commitment if such withdrawal would adversely affect the obligations of the District thereunder or its ability or rights to procure the means for payment, continuation, and discharge thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 504 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 504
App. § 409-504. Warnings required
Status: in_force

The Board of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the Clerk of each member and by posting or causing to be posted a notice in at least three public places in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. The warning shall be published in one or more newspapers 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. § 20 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 20
App. § 245-20. Energy conservation and management facilities
Status: in_force

The Village is authorized and empowered to provide or finance energy conservation and management facilities within the customer service territory of its electric plant. The term “energy conservation and management facilities” includes facilities or improvements to facilities (whether owned by the Village or by others) for load management, load displacement (including customer-specific generation or co-generation), or the conservation or storage, in any form of electric or other energy. Such facilities or improvements may be owned or operated by the Village as part of its electric plant or may be owned or operated by others, and may be leased or licensed by the Village to others or may be financed by loans by the Village to others. Such facilities or improvements may be treated as part of the electric plant, and financed under this article or other enabling law. Loans to others for the purposes of this section may also be financed under this article in the same manner as improvements to the electric plant, and receipts from such loans may be pledged under this article as revenues. A lending program initiated under the authority of this section shall be managed in accordance with the provisions of this charter relating to the management of the electric plant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 304
App. § 127-304. Other elective officers
Status: in_force

(a) The Board of Listers.

(1) The Board of Listers shall consist of three members, to be elected as follows: the first year, one shall be elected for a three-year term; the two incumbent officers shall complete their elected terms. Thereafter, one shall be elected every year for a three-year term.

(2) The Board of Listers shall perform duties established by State law and shall appoint an appraiser who shall be of competent professional background. Such appointment shall be approved by the Selectboard.

(b) The three auditors shall be elected in the same manner as described for the Board of Listers, in subdivision (a)(1) of this section, unless the Town has voted to eliminate the Office of Auditor pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2651b.

(1) The elected auditors shall be responsible for establishing and approving an independent municipal audit by a registered or certified public accountant. Such independent audit shall be required at least once a year.

(2) The auditors' duties shall otherwise be as established in 24 V.S.A. §§ 1681-1691.

(3) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in 17 V.S.A. § 2651b(c), the Town may vote by ballot at an annual meeting, pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2651b(a), to eliminate the Office of Town Auditor. If the Town votes to eliminate the Office of Auditor, the duties formerly carried out by the auditors shall be carried out in accordance with 17 V.S.A. § 2651b(a) and any other applicable statutes.

(c) The Town Meeting Moderator shall be elected annually and shall perform those duties prescribed by the State law.

(d) The Town Clerk shall be elected for a three-year term and shall carry out the duties of town clerk as specified by statute and by this charter.

(e) The trustees of the Ilsley Library shall be elected and shall have such powers as are stated in 22 V.S.A. § 143. The Ilsley Library shall be operated by the trustees in accordance with 22 V.S.A. §§ 141 through 146.

(f) The number of Prudential Committee and School Board members, their terms of office, and the occurrence and filling of vacancies shall be as provided under State statutes or the Charter of Incorporated School District No. 4, whichever is applicable. Each school officer elected at the Town's annual meeting shall take office at 12:01 a.m. on the day following the annual meeting of the Union School District No. 3 or Incorporated School District No. 4, whichever is applicable.
24 V.S.A. § 2201 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 61 / Section 2201
§ 2201. Throwing, depositing, burning, and dumping refuse; penalty; summons and complaint
Status: repealed

(a)(1) Prohibition. Every person shall be responsible for proper disposal of his or her own solid waste. A person shall not throw, dump, deposit, or cause or permit to be thrown, dumped, or deposited any solid waste as defined in 10 V.S.A. § 6602, refuse of whatever nature, or any noxious thing in or on lands or waters of the State outside a solid waste management facility certified by the Agency of Natural Resources.

(2) There shall be a rebuttable presumption that a person who is identifiable from an examination of illegally disposed solid waste is the person who violated a provision of this section.

(3) No person shall burn or cause to be burned in the open or incinerate in any container, furnace, or other device any solid waste without:

(A) first having obtained all necessary permits from the Agency of Natural Resources, the District Environmental Commission, and the municipality where the burning is to take place; and

(B) complying with all relevant State and local regulations and ordinances.

(b) Prosecution of violations. A person who violates a provision of this section commits a civil violation and shall be subject to a civil penalty of not more than $800.00.

(1) This violation shall be enforceable in the Judicial Bureau pursuant to the provisions of 4 V.S.A. chapter 29 in an action that may be brought by a municipal attorney, a solid waste management district attorney, an environmental enforcement officer employed by the Agency of Natural Resources, a designee of the legislative body of the municipality, or any duly authorized law enforcement officer.

(2) If the throwing, placing, or depositing was done from a snowmobile, vessel, or motor vehicle, except a motor bus, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that the throwing, placing, or depositing was done by the operator of the snowmobile, vessel, or motor vehicle.

(3) Nothing in this section shall be construed as affecting the operation of an automobile graveyard or salvage yard as defined in section 2241 of this title, nor shall anything in this section be construed as prohibiting the installation and use of appropriate receptacles for solid waste provided by the State or towns.

(c) Roadside cleanup. A person found in violation of this section may be assigned to spend up to 80 hours collecting trash or litter from a specified segment of roadside or from a specified area of public property.

(d) [Repealed.]

(e) Revocation of hunting, fishing, or trapping license. The Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife shall revoke the privilege of a person found in violation of this section from holding a hunting, fishing, or trapping license for a period of one year from the date of the conviction, if the person fails to pay the penalty set forth in subsection (b) of this section. The Bureau shall immediately notify the Commissioner of Fish and Wildlife of the entry of judgment.

(f) [Repealed.]

(g) Amendment of complaint. A person authorized to enforce this section may amend or dismiss a complaint issued by that person by marking the complaint and returning it to the Judicial Bureau. At the hearing, a person authorized to enforce this section may amend or dismiss a complaint issued by that person, subject to the approval of the hearing judge.

(h) [Repealed.]

(i) Applicability. Enforcement actions taken under this section shall in no way preclude the Agency of Natural Resources, the Attorney General, or an appropriate State prosecutor from initiating other or further enforcement actions under the civil, administrative, or criminal enforcement provisions of 10 V.S.A. chapter 23, 47, 159, 201, or 211. To the extent that enforcement under this section is by an environmental enforcement officer employed by the Agency of Natural Resources, enforcement under this section shall preclude other enforcement by the Agency for the same offence.

(j) Definitions. As used in this section:

(1) “Motor vehicle” shall have the same meaning as in 23 V.S.A. § 4(21).

(2) “Snowmobile” shall have the same meaning as in 23 V.S.A. § 3801.

(3) “Vessel” means motor boats, boats, kayaks, canoes, sailboats, and all other types of watercraft.

(4) “Waters” shall have the same meaning as in 10 V.S.A. § 1251(13).
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9.02 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 147 / Section 9.02
App. § 147-9.2. Penalty and interest
Status: in_force

Interest will be added to any tax not paid on or before its due date for each month or a fraction thereof after the date on which the tax payment was due. Prior to a commencement of a new fiscal year (July 1st), the Selectboard shall determine by resolution the interest rate for that fiscal year, which in no case shall exceed one and one-half percent per month. In addition, a late charge of five percent will be added to any tax not paid on or before its due date. The Selectboard shall have the power to waive such penalty for just cause shown for any tax paid within seven days after said due date. If the taxpayer and the Town enter into an agreement to bring a delinquent account current, payments may be applied to the current tax due and past principal. All tax payments paid by taxpayers who do not have a current agreement shall first be applied to the most outstanding delinquent accounts.
24 V.S.A. § 4862 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 121 / Section 4862
§ 4862. Contents of agreement
Status: in_force

Any agreement for the creation of a union municipal district shall specify the following:

(1) Its duration, if it is to be limited in time.

(2) The precise organization, composition, and nature of any separate legal or administrative entity created thereby, with the powers delegated thereto.

(3) Its purposes.

(4) The manner of election or designation of officers of the district, and the powers and duties thereof.

(5) The means of establishing a budget and financing the union municipal district, and the method, if so provided, for assessing the member municipalities or the taxpayers thereof for the expenses of the district.

(6) The permissible method or methods to be employed in accomplishing the partial or complete termination of the agreement and for disposing of property thereon.

(7) The manner in which the agreement may be amended or renewed, where applicable.

(8) The conditions and procedure under which a municipality may withdraw from a union municipal district or join a district already in operation.

(9) Any other necessary and proper matters.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 501
App. § 3-501. City of Burlington utility facilities; taxation of
Status: in_force

32 V.S.A. § 3659 shall not apply to land, buildings, and other facilities of the City of Burlington used for the generation of electric energy. Such land, buildings, and facilities owned by the City of Burlington and situated outside of its territorial limits shall be taxed by the municipality in which it is located either in the manner provided for privately owned property, or pursuant to a contract entered into by the municipalities providing for any mutually agreeable methods and amounts of taxation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 902
App. § 153-902. Interest
Status: in_force

An additional charge of two percent of the unpaid tax shall be imposed per month for each month or fraction of the month as interest on any tax not paid on or before the dates specified in section 901 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 53 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 901 / Section 53
App. § 901-53. Severability
Status: in_force

Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 403 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 403
App. § 153-403. Organization of Selectboard
Status: in_force

(a) Forthwith after their election and qualification, the Selectboard shall organize and elect a Chair, Vice Chair, and Clerk by a majority vote of the entire Selectboard, and shall file a certificate of such election for record in the office of the Town Clerk. The Clerk shall not be a member of the Selectboard.

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

(c) In the event of death, resignation, change of residence to a location outside the Town, or incapacity of any Selectboard member, the remaining members of the Selectboard may appoint a person eligible to fill that position until the next annual or special Town meeting. Incapacity shall include the failure by any member of the Selectboard to attend at least 70 percent of the meetings of the Selectboard in any calendar year. In the event the Selectboard is unable to agree upon an interim replacement until the next annual Town meeting, a special election shall be held forthwith to fill the position. In the event of a second vacancy, an election shall be held forthwith to fill both positions.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 202 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 202
App. § 251-202. Warning of annual and special meetings
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The annual meeting of the legal voters of the Village shall be held therein on the third Tuesday of March of each year at seven-thirty o'clock in the afternoon at the Village hall or at such place as the Board of Trustees shall hereafter appoint.

(2) The meeting shall be warned by posting in three public places in the Village, at least 12 days prior to the meeting, a notice calling the meeting and containing a statement of business to be transacted thereat. The notice shall be signed by the Clerk of the Village, or in case of his or her failure or neglect, by the Trustees.

(3) If the annual meeting is not held, for want of the notice set forth in subdivision (2) of this subsection, or for any other cause, the Village shall not thereby be prejudiced.

(b) In addition, whenever 10 legal voters of the Village shall so petition in writing, the Clerk, or upon the Clerk's neglect or refusal, the Trustees, shall call a special meeting of the Village and give notice of the same as provided for annual meetings.

(c) Any business may be transacted at an adjourned meeting, which under the warning might have been transacted at the original meeting.

(d) In all meetings of the Village, none but the residents thereof qualified by law to vote in Village meetings shall be entitled to vote.
24 V.S.A. § 3109 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3109
§ 3109. Appeals from orders
Status: in_force

When a person is aggrieved by an order of a building inspector, that person or the person's architect or builder may appeal to a board of arbitrators appointed as provided in section 3110 of this title, or to the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, at his or her election. The board of arbitrators or the court shall have the power to annul, amend, modify, or affirm the order of the building inspector. The appeal shall be taken within five days after the receipt of the inspector's notice and order by the aggrieved party or his or her architect or builder. In case of an election to appeal to a board of arbitrators, it shall be deemed perfected by a written notice of appeal left with the building inspector personally, or at his or her office. In case of an election to appeal to the Criminal Division of the Superior Court, the appeal shall be deemed perfected by the filing with the court of a complaint. The taking of the appeal shall operate as a stay.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 417 / Section 9
App. § 417-9. Composition
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one primary representative and one alternate from each member municipality.
24 V.S.A. § 3613 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 101 / Section 3613
§ 3613. Contract for sewage disposal
Status: in_force

(a) A municipal corporation may contract with the State, the federal government, or any appropriate agency of the State or federal government; any town, city, or village; any corporation; and any individuals to make disposal of sewage or stormwater for the other town, city, village, corporation, or individuals. When consistent with State or federal law, the municipal corporation may make sale of sludge or fertilizer byproducts incident to sewage disposal, and the proceeds from the sale shall be turned over to the treasury of the sewage system and credited as is other income derived under the authority of this chapter.

(b) A municipal corporation is authorized to enter into, with any contracting party or parties, contracts, leases, or lease-purchase agreements with respect to the construction, operation, and maintenance of sewage disposal plants. These contracts may be entered into for terms not to exceed 40 years or the useful life of the plant, whichever is less.
24 V.S.A. § 5129 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 127 / Section 5129
§ 5129. Liability of district
Status: in_force

(a) Members of the regional transit district board shall not be held personally liable for any actions taken in their capacity as members of the board.

(b) No tort liability shall attach to individual municipal members of regional transit districts.

(c) Tort liability of the regional transit district shall be limited to $1,000,000.00 for each accident.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 239 / Section 5
App. § 239-5. Village meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The annual meetings of the Village shall be on the second Monday of July in each year at the place within the Village and at the hour as may be named in the warning therefor for the purpose of electing the officers hereinafter named, and for the purpose of transacting business specified in the warning, which warning shall be signed by the Clerk, or, in the absence of the Clerk, by one of the trustees, and shall be posted in at least three public places within the limits of the Village, not less than six nor more than 20 days before the time of holding the meeting.

(b) Special Village meetings may be called at any time by the Clerk under the direction of the trustees or a majority of them, to fill vacancies which may occur in any of the offices, by death, resignation, or otherwise, and for the transaction of any business proper to be considered at a special meeting of the corporation.

(c) The trustees shall, upon written application by ten legal voters of the Village, stating the purpose for which they wish it called, direct that a special meeting be called. All special meetings shall be called by warnings in the same manner as annual meetings. At all meetings, persons residing in the Village, who are legal voters in Town meeting in the Town of Manchester, shall be qualified to vote, provided they have resided in the Village for three months next prior to the meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 4681 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4681
§ 4681. Revenue Bond Reserve Fund
Status: in_force

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

(1) all monies appropriated by the State for the purpose of such Fund;

(2) all proceeds of bonds required to be deposited therein by terms of any contract between the Bank and its bondholders or any resolution of the Bank with respect to the proceeds of bonds; and

(3) any other moneys or funds of the Bank which it determines to deposit therein; provided, however, that no such deposit shall be made if such action would impair in any way any contracts between the Bank and its bondholders or noteholders.

(b) Monies in the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund shall be held and applied solely to the payment of the interest on and principal of bonds of the Bank as provided by resolution of the Bank as they become due and payable and for the retirement of bonds. Money may not be withdrawn from the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund if it reduces the amount in the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund to an amount less than the “required debt service reserve,” as defined in this subsection, except for payment of interest then due and payable on bonds and the principal of bonds then maturing and payable and for retirement of bonds in accordance with the terms of any contract between the Bank and its bondholders and for which payments other monies of the Bank are not then available. As used in this subsection “required debt service reserve” means, as of any date of computation, the amount or amounts required to be on deposit in the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund as provided by resolution of the Bank. Required debt service reserve shall not be required by resolution of the Bank to exceed “maximum debt service reserve.” As used in this subsection “maximum debt service reserve” means, as of any date of computation, the largest amount of money required by the terms of all contracts between the Bank and its bondholders to be raised in any succeeding calendar year for the payment of interest on and maturing principal of outstanding bonds and payments required by the terms of any contracts to sinking funds established for the payment or redemption of bonds, all calculated on the assumption that the bonds will cease to be outstanding after date of the computation by reason of the payment of the bonds at their respective maturities and the payments of the required monies to sinking funds and the application thereof in accordance with the terms of all contracts to the retirement of bonds.

(c) Nothing contained in this section shall require the deposit of monies or funds in the Revenue Bond Reserve Fund which are required to be deposited in the Reserve Fund established pursuant to section 4671 of this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 404 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 151 / Section 404
App. § 151-404. Duties for Manager
Status: in_force

(a) The Town Manager shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Town and shall:

(1) Carry out the policies established by the Select Board, to whom the Town Manager shall be accountable.

(2) Attend all meetings of the Select Board, except when the Manager's compensation or removal is being considered; keep the Select Board informed of the financial condition and future needs of the Town; and make any other reports that may be required by law, requested by the Select Board, or deemed by the Manager to be advisable.

(3) Perform all other duties prescribed by this charter or required by law or by resolution of the Select Board.

(4) Be an ex-officio member of all standing committees except the Development Review Board and shall not vote.

(5) Prepare an annual budget, submit it to the Select Board, and be responsible for its administration after adoption.

(6) 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) Provide to the Select Board a monthly financial statement, with a copy to the Town Treasurer.

(8) Perform all duties now conferred by law on the Road Commissioner within all areas of the Town, except within villages that vote not to surrender their charters under this charter, notwithstanding the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 1236(5).

(9) Perform all duties now conferred by law on the Collector of Delinquent Taxes.

(10) Under policies approved by the Select Board, be the General Purchasing Agent of the Town and purchase all equipment and supplies and contract for services for every department pursuant to the purchasing and bid policies approved by the Select Board.

(11) Be responsible for the system of accounts.

(12) Be responsible for the operation of all departments, including the Police and Fire Departments.

(13) Under policies approved by the Select Board, have exclusive authority to appoint, fix the salaries of, suspend, and remove all officers and employees except those who are elected or who are appointed by the Select Board. When the Town Manager position is vacant, this authority shall be exercised by the Select Board.

(b) The Town Manager may, when advisable or proper, delegate to subordinate officers and employees of the Town any duties conferred upon the Manager.
24 V.S.A. § 1766 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1766
§ 1766. Bonds; by whom signed
Status: in_force

Such bonds shall be signed by the mayor and treasurer of an incorporated city, by the treasurer and selectboard or trustees, as the case may be, of a town or village, by the treasurer and trustees or prudential committee, as the case may be, of an incorporated school district, lighting or fire district, and by the treasurer and board of school directors of a town school district. The coupons to such bonds shall be signed by or bear the facsimile signature of the treasurer. When such municipal corporation has a corporate seal, such seal shall be affixed to such bonds, otherwise such bonds need not be sealed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 306 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 306
App. § 413-306. Clerk
Status: in_force

The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the District and the Seal of the District. The Clerk shall record all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Supervisors, and shall cause to be posted and published all warnings of meetings of the District. The Clerk shall prepare all warnings of meetings of the District as required by subchapter 5 of this chapter. Following approval by the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk shall cause the annual report to be distributed to the legislative branches of its member municipalities. The Clerk shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by laws of the State of Vermont and resolutions or regulations of the Board of Supervisors. The Clerk shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 602
App. § 247-602. Auditor
Status: in_force

The elected auditors shall compile and prepare a report of their examination of the accounts and vouchers of the officers of the corporation, which report shall be printed each year in the annual report of the Village of Newbury.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 49 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 49
App. § 3-49. Authority to enact
Status: in_force

The City Council may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws, regulations, and ordinances that it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers or for the well-being of said City, and which shall not be repugnant to the Constitution or the laws of the State; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof; all of which bylaws, regulations, and ordinances shall be duly published in one or more newspapers in said City to be prescribed by the City Council, at least 20 days before they shall take effect. In the event the City Council shall pass a comprehensive revision to any chapter or chapters of its Code of Ordinances, it shall be sufficient if a concise summary of the principal provisions of such revision is published as aforesaid rather than the entire text thereof. Copies of the entire text of such revisions shall be made available upon request at the office of the Chief Administrative Officer. The City of Burlington is hereby authorized and empowered to maintain actions in Chittenden Superior Court to restrain actual or threatened violations of any ordinance of said City.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 2.05
App. § 9-2.5. Warnings
Status: in_force

(a) All warnings for all meetings for the elections of City or ward officers, and for special meetings of all the legal voters of said City, for any purpose, shall be issued by the Mayor and published in the manner and for the length of time designated by law.

(b) Warnings for all City elections or special meetings of a municipality shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted. The warning shall also contain any article or articles requested by a petition signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the municipality and filed with the legislative branch not less than 40 days before the day of such meeting. The warnings shall also contain any question requested by a signed petition of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Aldermen or Board of School Commissioners, present and voting at a regular meeting. Questions shall be stated as written in said petition.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 101 / Section 24
App. § 101-24. Compensation of the Town Manager
Status: in_force

The compensation of the Town Manager shall be set by resolution of the Selectboard, within any budgetary limitations set by the voters at Town meeting. As used in this section, the term “compensation” includes salary, additional benefits, time for sick leave and vacation, and expense allowance.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1503 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 1503
App. § 123-1503. Saving clause
Status: in_force

Failure to perform any of the duties specified in section 1502 of this charter, or failure to perform any of such duties within the time limits above specified, shall not invalidate any action taken at a duly warned annual meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 155 / Section 2
App. § 155-2. General law; application
Status: in_force

Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Underhill.
24 V.S.A. § 2655 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 71 / Section 2655
§ 2655. Meetings of directors; election of officers
Status: in_force

(a) The board of directors shall hold an annual meeting on or before May 1 in each year, at which a chair, a clerk, and a treasurer shall be elected by the board to serve until the next annual meeting. A vice chair may be elected if the directors so vote. The chair and any vice chair shall be elected from members of the board, but the clerk and treasurer may be elected by the board from the general membership of the emergency medical services district, in which case they shall not be entitled to vote as directors. The directors shall also meet at such other times as they deem advisable.

(b) Each district clerk shall cause to be recorded in the office of the Secretary of State the names of the elected district officers.

(c) Meetings shall be called by the clerk on request of the chair or any two directors. However, in the event that no annual meeting is held on or before March 1 in any year, such a meeting may be called by any director. Five days' written notice of all meetings shall be given to each director, unless waived in writing.

(d) A majority of the directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 14 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 405 / Section 14
App. § 405-14. Voting
Status: in_force

Each member of the Board of Commissioners shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 5,000 population, or portion thereof, in the municipality that he or she represents. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a majority of the votes cast shall be required to approve any action. A member of the Board may not split the votes allocated to his or her municipality. The determination of population shall be based on the latest population estimates available from the Department of Health or other source agreed on by the Board of Commissioners.
24 V.S.A. § 5202 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 131 / Section 5202
§ 5202. Authorization
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may levy an impact fee in accordance with this chapter.

(b) A municipality may accept offsite mitigation in lieu of an impact fee or as compensation for damage to important land such as prime agricultural land or important wildlife habitat.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 703 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 129 / Section 703
App. § 129-703. Code of ethics
Status: in_force

(a) No elected or appointed board or commission member has any legal powers or authority unless acting at a duly warned board meeting or acting for the board after it formally grants power to act on its behalf.

(b) Any board or commission member shall attend all regularly scheduled meetings in so far as possible and review study materials about the issues to be considered on each agenda.

(c) Any board or commission member shall maintain confidentiality of discussion conducted in executive session and of other privileged information.

(d) Any board or commission member shall abide by board decisions regardless of how individuals voted.

(e) Any board or commission member shall listen to legal counsel and constructive criticism to protect the Town and School District from liability.

(f) Any board or commission member shall refer complaints, requests, and concerns to the Town Manager or School Superintendent or other appropriate staff member.

(g) Any board or commission member or elected or appointed official shall use the chain of command and avoid making commitments or promises that compromise the Town and School District.

(h) Any board or commission member or elected or appointed official shall listen to the recommendations of other board or commission members or elected or appointed officials and staff before making decisions and provide advice and counsel to improve the Town and School District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 307
App. § 409-307. Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board. The Treasurer, with the approval of the Board, may appoint an Assistant Treasurer. Neither the Treasurer nor the Assistant Treasurer may be a supervisor. The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing officer of the District. When authorized by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer shall sign, make, or endorse in the name of the District all checks and orders for the payment of monies and pay out and disburse the same.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 158 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 158
App. § 3-158. Sinking Fund abolished
Status: in_force

The General Sinking Fund of the City, so-called, is hereby abolished and all monies or funds currently deposited in such Sinking Fund shall be appropriated in accordance with the requirements of sections 65 and 157 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 163 / Section 2
App. § 163-2. Elected officers
Status: in_force

(a) Except as otherwise provided by this charter, the elected officers of the Town of Westford shall be those required for towns by State law and they shall be elected by Australian ballot.

(b) Elected officers shall perform all duties and responsibilities necessary or required to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally.

(c) The Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of the Town of Westford for all purposes required by statute except as otherwise herein specifically provided, and shall have all the powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of, town legislative bodies under the laws of the State of Vermont.

(1) Organization of the Selectboard shall be done in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 871.

(2) The Selectboard shall elect a Vice Chair at its organizational meeting.

(3) The Chair of the Selectboard shall preside at all meetings of the Selectboard. If the Chair is not present, the Vice Chair of the Selectboard shall serve as acting chair.

(4) If any member of the Selectboard fails to attend at least 70 percent of the meetings in any 12-month period or misses three consecutive meetings without the consent of the Selectboard, the Selectboard may declare the position vacant and fill it in accordance with State law.

(5) The Selectboard shall determine its own rules and orders of business not addressed by this charter and State statute.

(6) The Selectboard may appoint or dissolve any authorities, boards, commissions, or committees created by it and under its purview as authorized by this charter or State statute.
24 V.S.A. § 4763d — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4763d
§ 4763d. Municipal match of federal revolving funds
Status: in_force

(a) A municipality may choose to provide the State money necessary to match federal monies available to the Vermont EPA Drinking Water State Revolving Fund established by subdivision 4753(a)(3) of this title, and thereby become eligible to receive a loan from the Revolving Fund in the amount of the total cost of a water facility project approved under this section. Such a loan from the Revolving Fund, for up to the total project cost, shall be approved by municipal voters and secured by the full faith and credit of the municipality or anticipated revenues from municipal water charges.

(b) The amount of such a municipal match of federal funds shall be equal to one-sixth of the total project cost, which shall constitute a sum in addition to the amount of a loan for the total project cost to be received by the municipality from the Revolving Fund. A municipality is authorized to borrow monies needed for the match amount, from sources other than the Revolving Fund, which shall be approved by municipal voters and secured by the full faith and credit of the municipality or anticipated revenues from municipal water charges, or a municipality may use other funds or tax revenues available to it for this purpose.

(c) Upon request of the owner of a privately owned public water system, a municipality may apply for and support an application for a community development block grant to receive use of State and federal funds, provided:

(1) the private water system owner agrees to pay all administrative and legal costs incurred by the municipality in pursuit of the grant;

(2) the municipality finds that the project to be supported by the grant is consistent with applicable local and regional plans, and local ordinances or other local enactments;

(3) the private water system owner, to the extent practicable, undertakes the administration of logistical and legal work necessary to prepare the application materials; and

(4) the private water system owner agrees to hold the municipality harmless from any claims of liability arising from the grant application or project.

(d) The Secretary may use federal funds to award grants to municipalities to complete studies, or for start-up costs associated with the physical and operational consolidation of public water systems or the interconnection of public water systems. The Secretary shall establish amounts, eligibility, priorities, policies, and procedures in the annual State Intended Use Plan (IUP), as required by the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 3 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 701 / Section 3
App. § 701-3. Powers
Status: in_force

The Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall have all powers granted to a municipal water supply corporation pursuant to 24 V.SA. chapter 89, and the water supply municipal corporation shall have the authority among other things consistent with statutory authority granted to:

(1) construct, install, maintain, and repair all facilities and equipment necessary for the provision of water supply and distribution services to the members of the District;

(2) bill all users of water services provided by the District for their pro rata share of the expense of providing, operating, and maintaining the water supply;

(3) purchase, own, grant, convey, sell, or take by eminent domain real property, easements, and personal property in the name of Morristown Corners Water Corporation.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 17 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123B / Section 17
App. § 123B-17. Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer
Status: in_force

If a question of a member's disqualification under this charter is brought to the attention of any board, commission, or committee by any party or person or by another board, commission, or committee member and the member does not disqualify himself or herself, the board, commission, or committee shall consider the factual basis for the question and shall decide the matter by majority vote, the challenged member abstaining, before any other business is conducted. A formal vote shall be taken on every question of a conflict. Once the vote is taken, the board, commission, or committee shall return to the business before it, and no further time shall be devoted to the issue of that conflict. A full report of the issue and discussion shall be made in the minutes of the meeting.
24 V.S.A. § 4758 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 120 / Section 4758
§ 4758. Loan priorities
Status: repealed

(a) Periodically, and at least annually, the Secretary shall prepare and certify to the Bond Bank a project priority list of those municipalities whose publicly or privately owned clean water projects are eligible for financing or assistance under this chapter. In determining financing availability for clean water projects under this subchapter, the Secretary shall apply the criteria adopted pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 1628.

(b) [Repealed.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 39 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 39
App. § 601-39. Fees
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a fee structure for the purpose of generating revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalities, particularly concerning the operation and maintenance of any facility.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 103
App. § 3-103. Taxes to be paid in money
Status: in_force

All taxes assessed upon the grand list of said City shall be paid in money.
24 V.S.A. § 3101 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 83 / Section 3101
§ 3101. Bylaws and ordinances; penalties
Status: repealed

(a) The mayor and board of aldermen of a city, the selectboard of a town, or the trustees of an incorporated village, may, in accordance with this chapter, establish codes and regulations for the construction, maintenance, repair, and alteration of buildings and other structures within the municipality. Such codes and regulations may include provisions relating to building materials, structural design, passageways, stairways and exits, heating systems, fire protection procedures, and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the public, but excluding electrical installations subject to regulation under 26 V.S.A. chapter 15.

(b) Any code or regulation under subsection (a) of this section shall be adopted, amended, or repealed and enforced pursuant to the provisions of chapter 59 of this title.

(c) When any municipality adopts or amends a building code, it shall impose requirements consistent with the current rules and standards adopted by the Commissioner of Public Safety under 20 V.S.A. chapter 173, subchapter 2.

(d) Upon the adoption or amendment of any code or regulation, at least one copy shall be filed in the office of the building inspector, and the office of the municipal clerk.

(e) The General Assembly may incorporate amendments to the code into the ordinance of all municipalities which have adopted the code, or designate allowable exceptions to the code.

(f) On or before January 1, 1984, each municipality which has in effect a building code which is not consistent with the rules and standards adopted by the Commissioner of Labor, shall substitute for such code a code which is consistent.
24 V.S.A. § 1910f — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1910f
§ 1910f. Rulemaking; guidance
Status: in_force

(a) Authority to adopt rules and guidance.

(1) The Vermont Economic Progress Council may adopt rules that are reasonably necessary to implement this subchapter.

(2) The Vermont Economic Progress Council shall issue guidance to implement this subchapter on or before November 15, 2025. Upon issuance, the Vermont Economic Progress Council shall publicly post and submit to the Senate Committees on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs and on Finance and the House Committees on Commerce and Economic Development, on General and Housing, and on Ways and Means any guidance documents.

(b) Authority to issue decisions.

(1) The Secretary of Commerce and Community Development, after reasonable notice to a municipality and an opportunity for a hearing, may issue decisions to a municipality on questions and inquiries concerning the administration of housing infrastructure projects, statutes, rules, noncompliance with this subchapter, and any instances of noncompliance identified in audit reports conducted pursuant to section 1910e of this subchapter.

(2) The Vermont Economic Progress Council shall prepare recommendations for the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development prior to any decision issued pursuant to this subsection. The Council may prepare recommendations in consultation with the Commissioner of Taxes, the Attorney General, and the State Treasurer. In preparing recommendations, the Council shall provide a municipality with a reasonable opportunity to submit written information in support of its position.

(3) The Secretary of Commerce and Community Development shall review the recommendations of the Council and issue a final written decision on each matter within 60 days following receipt of the recommendations. The Secretary may permit an appeal to be taken by any party to a Superior Court for determination of questions of law in the same manner as the Supreme Court may by rule provide for appeals before final judgment from a Superior Court before issuing a final decision.

(c) Remedy for noncompliance. If the Secretary issues a decision under subsection (b) of this section that includes a finding of noncompliance and that noncompliance has resulted in the improper reduction in the amount due the Education Fund, the Secretary, unless and until the Secretary is satisfied that there is no longer any such failure to comply, shall request that the State Treasurer bill the municipality for the total identified underpayment. The amount of the underpayment shall be due from the municipality upon receipt of the bill. If the municipality does not pay the underpayment amount within 60 days, the amount may be withheld from any funds otherwise payable by the State to the municipality or a school district in the municipality or of which the municipality is a member.

(d) Referral; Attorney General. In lieu of or in addition to any action authorized in subsection (c) of this section, the Secretary of Commerce and Community Development or the State Treasurer may refer the matter to the Office of the Attorney General with a recommendation that an appropriate civil action be initiated.

(e) Appeal; hearing officer. A hearing that is held pursuant to this section shall be subject to the provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25 relating to contested cases. The hearing shall be conducted by the Secretary or by a hearing officer appointed by the Secretary. If a hearing is conducted by a hearing officer, the hearing officer shall have all authority to conduct the hearing that is provided for in the applicable contested case provisions of 3 V.S.A. chapter 25, including issuing findings of fact, hearing evidence, and compelling, by subpoena, the attendance and testimony of witnesses.
24 V.S.A. § 1762 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1762
§ 1762. Limits
Status: in_force

(a) A municipal corporation shall not incur an indebtedness for public improvements which, with its previously contracted indebtedness, shall, in the aggregate, exceed ten times the amount of the last grand list of such municipal corporation. Bonds or obligations given or created in excess of the limit authorized by this subchapter and contrary to its provisions shall be void.

(b) However, the provisions of this subchapter as to the debt limit shall not apply to bonds issued under section 1752 or 1754 of this title, relating to the ordinary expenses of a municipality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1102
App. § 127-1102. Ratification of present zoning ordinance
Status: in_force

Except as hereinafter provided, the zoning ordinance of the Town of Middlebury adopted 5 March 1968, as amended, is hereby ratified and approved, subject to provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 91.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 111 / Section 305
App. § 111-305. Parking ordinances
Status: in_force

(a) Any person who has violated any ordinance that regulates, restricts, or defines the time or place of parking vehicles in the Town of Chester and who has not been convicted of any such offense more than once prior thereto in the same calendar year may, within three days from date of such violation, by a statement signed by the person, admit such violation and may waive the issuing of any process and a trial by jury or hearing, and may voluntarily pay to the Windsor Municipal Court, or a justice of the peace, the penalty herein prescribed; provided, however, that whenever, in the opinion of the court, or such justice, the gravity of the offense requires a fine in excess of the above penalty, such court, or justice, may refuse to accept such signed statement and penalty, and may order that the offender be proceeded against in the manner prescribed by law. In such event, the penalty shall be returned to the offender and the signed statement shall not be considered as an admission or used as evidence in any trial in any court in this State.

(b) The said court, or such justice, shall treat such signed statement, if accompanied by the penalty herein prescribed as a plea of guilty, and shall make such entry in its records. No costs, fees, or further charges shall be assessed against any person so admitting a violation of said parking ordinances or shall be allowed or paid to any officer or person because of such violations, but such penalty shall be accepted by said court, or such justice, in full discharge of the criminal liability of such person caused by such violation.

(c) Such court, or such justice, shall retain the above signed statements for a period of two years from the date thereof, and shall keep a separate record, available to the public at any reasonable time, of all money collected and all other official acts done in connection herewith.

(d) The penalty that may be so voluntarily paid by any person so violating any ordinance regulating, restricting, or defining the time or place of parking vehicles in the Town of Chester, shall be $1.00 for the first violation in any calendar year and $2.00 for the second violation in any calendar year. Other violations of Town ordinances shall be punished in the manner prescribed by law.

(e) All money so collected by the said court, or by such justice, shall be turned over to the Treasurer of the Town of Chester, at the time when fines and costs collected for violations of other Town ordinances are paid to such Treasurer.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 803 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 113 / Section 803
App. § 113-803. Prohibitions
Status: in_force

No person in the service of the Town may either directly or indirectly give, render, pay, or receive any service or other valuable thing for or on account of or in connection with any appointment, proposed appointment, promotion, or proposed promotion.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 448 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 448
App. § 3-448. Powers exercised through City Council
Status: in_force

The powers granted to the City hereunder shall be exercised by its City Council, notwithstanding the provisions of section 228 of this charter. No provisions hereof or of said section 228 of this charter shall be deemed to permit the exercise of any power in violation of the rights of bond or note holders.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 304 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 304
App. § 409-304. Vice Chairperson
Status: in_force

The Vice Chairperson shall preside during the absence of the Chairperson or in the event the Chairperson elects not to preside. In either case, the Vice Chairperson shall have the same duties and authority as the Chairperson.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 173 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 173
App. § 225-173. Officers; appointive
Status: in_force

All offices in the Village of Hyde Park not required by Vermont statute to be filled by election or according to specific provision of this charter shall be deemed appointive offices to be filled by a majority vote of the trustees. The terms of such appointive offices shall be for a definite time, normally one year, but in no case exceeding the maximum term of office of a member of the trustees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 24
App. § 601-24. Vacancy
Status: in_force

During the absence or inability of either the Chair or Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Chair or Vice Chair who shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given to or imposed upon the Chair or Vice Chair.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 16
App. § 601-16. Rules of procedure
Status: in_force

The Board of Supervisors may adopt rules that shall govern at all meetings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 25 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 245 / Section 25
App. § 245-25. Indebtedness
Status: in_force

(a) The Village shall not incur an indebtedness for public improvements that, together with previously contracted indebtedness, shall, in the aggregate, exceed the amounts authorized by the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 or any amendments thereto, except that indebtedness in the form of bonds for public utility purposes that are backed solely by the net revenues of a public utility system or project, in accord with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, shall be subject in limitation only as provided in that subchapter.

(b) Debt may be incurred and bonds issued pursuant to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 or any amendments thereto, for any improvements to the water, electric, or sewer systems, or communications plant, but no bonds shall be issued for the purpose of providing funds for ordinary expenses of the Village, except as otherwise provided by this charter or the laws applicable to municipal corporations.

(c) An improvement shall include, apart from its ordinary meaning, the acquisition of land for municipal purposes, the construction of, extension of, additions to, or remodeling of buildings or other improvement thereto, including furnishings, equipment, or apparatus to be used for or in connection with any existing or new improvements, work, department, or other corporate purpose.

(d) When the trustees, at a regular or special meeting called for that purpose, shall, by resolution passed by a vote of a majority of the entire Board of Trustees, determine that the public interest or necessity demands such improvements and that the cost of the same will be too great to be paid out of the ordinary income and revenue available to the Village from the operation of municipal electric, water, communications, and sewer plants and facilities, they may order the submission of the proposition of making such public improvements and of incurring a bonded debt to pay for the same to the qualified voters of such Village at a meeting to be held for that purpose. The warning calling such meeting shall state the object and purpose for which the indebtedness is proposed to be incurred, the estimated cost of the improvements, the amount of bonds proposed to be issued therefor and the maximum rate of interest to be paid, and shall fix the time and place when and where the meeting shall be held and the hours of opening and closing the polls.

(e) The notice of such meeting and the approval of such bond issuance shall be in accord with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 or any amendments thereto.

(f) Temporary loans may be made and temporary notes issued in anticipation of money to be derived from the sale of bonds pursuant to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 or any amendments thereto or, in the case of bonds for public utility purposes that are backed by the net revenues of a public utility system or project, in accord with the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2.

(g) The Village may, by action of the Board of Trustees, in lieu of the issuance of bonds or levy of taxes, and in addition to any other lawful means or methods of providing for the payment of indebtedness, have the power by and through the Board of Trustees to provide for and secure the payment of all or a part of the cost of any public utility pursuant to the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2 or any amendments thereto.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 178 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 178
App. § 225-178. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Trustees” means the duly elected members of the trustees of the Village acting as a group and in their official capacity.

(2) A “vacancy” in any office is deemed to exist if the holder of the office resigns, dies, moves from the Village (except the President), or is judicially declared to be mentally incompetent.

(3) “Day” means a calendar day.

(4) “Voters” means the names included, at any given point in time, on the checklist most recently revised by the Board of Civil Authority for use in a Village meeting or election.

(5) “From time to time” means as the need may become realized or apparent.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 101 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 101
App. § 4-101. Corporate existence retained
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding the provisions of any other municipal charter, the inhabitants of the Village of Essex Junction, within its corporate limits, shall be a municipal corporation by the name of the City of Essex Junction.
24 V.S.A. § 3415 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 95 / Section 3415
§ 3415. Taking land; proceedings
Status: in_force

The selectboard shall have the same powers in the taking of land for the construction of such sewer, in the assessment of damages therefor, in the assessment for benefits conferred and in all proceedings necessary for carrying out the provisions of this section and sections 3413 and 3414 of this title, as are conferred upon the selectboard by this chapter. The same right of appeal is hereby given to persons dissatisfied with the decision of the selectboard upon the question of the public necessity for taking land, the assessment of damages therefor, or the assessment of contribution for the construction of such sewer, as is given to such persons by this chapter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 401
App. § 153-401. Officers generally; elected officers; recall
Status: in_force

(a) The elected officers of the Town of Stowe shall be: Selectboard members, Moderator, and listers. These officers shall have all the powers and authority necessary to carry out their duties and responsibilities under this charter and the laws of the State of Vermont.

(b) Elected Town officers may be removed from office as follows:

(1) A petition signed by not less than 30 percent of the registered voters of the Town shall be filed with the Selectboard requesting a vote on whether one or more elected officer shall be removed from office before the expiration of the officer's term. The date of signing by each voter shall be indicated in the petition, and the date shall not be earlier than 30 days prior to the filing of the petition.

(2) If the petition, as filed, meets the requirements of subdivision (1) of this subsection, the Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days of the filing of the petition, to vote on whether the named elected Town officer shall be removed.

(3) The named elected Town officer shall be removed only if at least as many registered voters of the Town vote as voted in the election at which the officer was elected, or at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, whichever is greater, and a majority of the number of votes is cast for removal.

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a vote on a recall petition shall be by Australian ballot.

(c) A vacancy resulting from the recall of an elected Town officer shall be filled in the manner prescribed by law.

(d) A recall petition shall not be brought against a particular named individual more than once within any 12-month period.
24 V.S.A. § 4461 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4461
§ 4461. Development review procedures
Status: in_force

(a) Meetings. An appropriate municipal panel shall elect its own officers and adopt rules of procedure, subject to this section and other applicable State statutes, and shall adopt rules of ethics with respect to conflicts of interest. Meetings of any appropriate municipal panel shall be held at the call of the chairperson and at such times as the panel may determine. The officers of the panel may administer oaths and compel the attendance of witnesses and the production of material germane to any issue under review. All meetings of the panel, except for deliberative and executive sessions, shall be open to the public. The panel shall keep minutes of its proceedings, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating this, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be filed immediately in the office of the clerk of the municipality as a public record. For the conduct of any hearing and the taking of any action, a quorum shall be not less than a majority of the members of the panel, and any action of the panel shall be taken by the concurrence of a majority of the panel.

(b) Information gathering and record of participation by interested persons. An appropriate municipal panel in connection with any proceeding under this chapter may examine or cause to be examined any property, maps, books, or records bearing upon the matters concerned in that proceeding, may require the attendance of any person having knowledge in the premises, may take testimony and require proof material for its information, and may administer oaths or take acknowledgment in respect of those matters. Any of the powers granted to an appropriate municipal panel by this subsection may be delegated by it to a specifically authorized agent or representative, except in situations where the Municipal Administrative Procedure Act applies. In any hearing, there shall be an opportunity for each person wishing to achieve status as an interested person under subsection 4465(b) of this title to demonstrate that the criteria set forth in that subsection are met, and the panel shall keep a written record of the name, address, and participation of each of these persons.

(c) Expenditures for service. An appropriate municipal panel may employ or contract for secretaries, clerks, legal counsel, consultants, and other technical and clerical services. All members of an appropriate municipal panel may be compensated for the performance of their duties and may be reimbursed by their municipality for necessary and reasonable expenses.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 21 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 21
App. § 279-21. Ordinances
Status: repealed

(a) All rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Village of Swanton in effect on the day before this chapter becomes effective shall become rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Village of Swanton until lawfully amended or repealed.

(b) Village ordinances shall be adopted, amended, and repealed in the manner provided by general law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 302
App. § 409-302. Bond
Status: in_force

Within 30 days of their election or appointment, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall be determined by the Board. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 16 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 279 / Section 16
App. § 279-16. Police Department authorization
Status: in_force

The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage a Police Department under the direction of a Chief of Police appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Chief of Police and all police officers shall have those powers and authority that are conferred generally by the general law.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6.05 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 6.05
App. § 107-6.5. Appointments
Status: in_force

Forthwith after their election and qualification, the School Directors shall elect a Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 413 / Section 307
App. § 413-307. Treasurer
Status: in_force

The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Treasurer shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing officer of the District. When authorized by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer may sign, make, or endorse in the name of the District all checks and orders for the payment of money and pay out and disburse the same and receipt therefor. The Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued by the District and of every payment thereon of principal and interest and, if coupons are taken up, shall cancel and preserve them. The Treasurer shall keep correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the District and such other books and accounts as the Board of Supervisors may require. The Treasurer shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the District at each regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors and at such other times as shall be required of the Treasurer. The Treasurer shall prepare the annual financial statement and the budget of the District for distribution, upon approval of the Board of Supervisors, to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The Treasurer shall do and perform all of the duties appertaining to the office of treasurer of a body politic and corporate. The Treasurer shall settle with the auditors within 60 days of the end of the fiscal year, at such other times as the Board of Supervisors may require, and upon retirement from office. Upon retirement from office, the Treasurer shall immediately pay over to his or her successor all of the funds belonging to the District and at the same time deliver to his or her successor all official books and papers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1301 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 1301
App. § 251-1301. Amendment and repeal
Status: in_force

This charter shall be subject to future legislation to alter, amend, or repeal.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1113 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 1113
App. § 131-1113. Village taxes; assignment
Status: in_force

[Transitional provisions related to taxation and municipal assignments of the Village of Plainfield.]
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 714 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 714
App. § 19-714. Credit of the City for current expenses
Status: in_force

The money raised by taxation and from fines and other lawful sources, including tax increments in excess of sums necessary to pay and secure the City's tax increment obligations and the costs of managing the City's tax increment financing district, shall constitute the entire sum from which appropriations and payments are to be made, according to law, by or under the authority of the City Council. The credit of the City may be pledged by the City Council for the purpose of raising funds to meet the current expenses of the City. Such loans shall be paid on or before one year from date thereof.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 102 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 102
App. § 4-102. General powers; law
Status: in_force

Except as modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any lawful regulation or ordinance of the City of Essex Junction, all provisions of the statutes of this State applicable to municipal corporations shall apply to the City of Essex Junction.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 406 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 406
App. § 1-406. Budget
Status: in_force

The City Manager shall prepare his or her recommended budget for the next fiscal year and present the same to the City Council not later than 45 days prior to the annual meeting date each year. At the same time, the City Manager shall submit his or her request for a specific sum of money under provisions of section 207 of this charter.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 85 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 235 / Section 85
App. § 235-85. Additional meetings and votes
Status: in_force

In case any of the terms and conditions of the above act should fail to be complied with and said vote should thereby become void and of no effect, then upon application as herein specified other meetings may be called and votes taken in accordance with the provisions of this charter.
24 V.S.A. § 1767 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 53 / Section 1767
§ 1767. Computation of amount
Status: in_force

(a)(1) In determining the amount of municipal indebtedness permitted by this subchapter, obligations created for current expenses, for a water supply or for electric lights, and temporary loans created in anticipation of the collection of taxes and necessary for meeting current expenses shall not be taken into account.

(2) Sinking funds and other monies set aside for the sole purpose of paying outstanding bonds shall be deducted.

(b) The provisions of this section and of section 1762 of this title shall not apply when the charter of a municipal corporation or special act otherwise limits its indebtedness.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1103 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 127 / Section 1103
App. § 127-1103. Ratification of subdivision regulations
Status: in_force

The subdivision regulations of the Town of Middlebury adopted on 14 June 1966, as amended, are hereby ratified and approved, subject to provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 91.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 59 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 59
App. § 3-59. Refunding bonds; Council may authorize issuance of bonds
Status: in_force

The City Council may authorize the issuance by said City of refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds issued hereunder at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 312 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 312
App. § 407-312. Recall of officers
Status: in_force

An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in their 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. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 117 / Section 402
App. § 117-402. Officials appointed by Manager
Status: in_force

The Town Manager shall appoint with the approval of the Selectboard Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Assistant Town Clerk, constables, Grand Juror, Director of Public Works, Police Chief, a Town Agent if the Town Attorney is not a resident of the Town of Essex, cemetery commissioners, Health Officer, fire wardens, Zoning Administrator, and, if needed, the Town Manager may appoint fence viewers, Inspector of Lumber and Shingles, and any other officer that the Selectboard of a Town is authorized to appoint if the Selectboard has not filled the office. The terms of the appointed officials shall commence on the first day of April following appointment. Appointments to fill a vacancy in an office shall be effective at the time of appointment and shall run for the unexpired period of the term.
24 V.S.A. § 1428 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 45 / Section 1428
§ 1428. Consolidated town; first meeting
Status: in_force

If a new consolidated town shall be established by the General Assembly, the county clerk of the county in which such consolidated town is located shall call a meeting of the qualified voters of such town, who shall be the residents of the consolidated areas who were qualified to vote at the last town meeting of their former respective towns, who shall proceed to elect a slate of town officers to serve until the next annual town meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 5 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 601 / Section 5
App. § 601-5. Powers
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided or limited by this chapter, the District shall have the following powers:

(1) to operate, cause to be operated, or contract for the operation of any and all facilities to fulfill the purposes set forth in Article 1, section 2 of this chapter;

(2) to purchase, sell, lease, own, acquire, convey, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in connection with the purposes of the District;

(3) to hire and fix compensation of employees;

(4) to sue and be sued;

(5) to enter into contracts for any term or duration;

(6) to contract with architects, engineers, financial and legal consultants, and other experts for services;

(7) to contract with individuals, corporations, associations, authorities, and agencies for services, including contracts to operate all or a portion of facilities;

(8) to contract with the State of Vermont or the United States of America, or any agency, department, or subdivision thereof for services;

(9) to contract with any member or municipality for the services of any officer or employee of that municipality useful to it;

(10) to promote cooperative arrangements and coordinated action among its member municipalities;

(11) to make recommendations for review and action by its member municipalities and other public agencies that perform functions within the municipalities or where their facilities exist;

(12) to exercise any other powers that are exercised or are capable of exercise by any of its member municipalities and that are necessary or desirable;

(13) to exercise the power of eminent domain;

(14) to borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other provisions of law authorizing general obligations or revenue debt;

(15) to establish a budget and assess member municipalities for the expenses of the District;

(16) to appropriate and expend money;

(17) to establish sinking funds for the retirement of bonded or other indebtedness;

(18) to establish capital reserve funds for public improvements in furtherance of its purpose;

(19) to enact and enforce any and all necessary or desirable regulations for the orderly conduct of the District and for carrying out the purposes of the District;

(20) to accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust or otherwise for the purpose of the District;

(21) to exercise all powers incident to a public corporation;

(22) to develop a clear operational philosophy and a definite policy of priority for the use of the facilities;

(23) to prepare, evaluate, and change, as need and time require:

(A) business plans or other operational plans for the operation of the facilities; and

(B) accurate estimates and measurements of cost for providing services and fee structures that relate to actual program cost;

(24) to address service delivery and methods for the timely correction of service quality.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 7 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 15 / Section 7
App. § 15-7. Duties of the Clerk, etc
Status: in_force

The Clerk of said City shall be, ex officio, Clerk of the City Council and, as such, shall have the custody of all books, papers, and records of said City; keep a record of the proceedings of the Board; certify copies thereof; and, except as otherwise provided, shall perform the usual duties of a town clerk. The other officers elected at the annual meetings of said City shall have the same powers and duties and be subject to the same restrictions and liabilities as are now provided by law for the various town officers. All officers of the City shall be sworn for the faithful performance of their duties.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 15
App. § 227-15. Bylaws
Status: in_force

The Village, at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, may make, alter, and repeal bylaws of the following subject matter, viz.:

(1) Relating to their streets, sidewalks, alleys, public highways, commons, parks, and public grounds, the cleaning, repairing, and improving the same; to prevent the encumbering the same with fire wood, coal, ashes, lumber, carriages, boxes, and other things, and to compel persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by them snow, dirt, and garbage and to keep the sidewalks and gutters clean.

(2) Relating to policing and lighting the streets.

(3) Relating to nuisances generally and to compel the owner or occupants of an unwholesome, dangerous, or offensive house or place to remove or cleanse the same from time to time, as may be necessary for the health, comfort, and protection of the inhabitants of the Village.

(4) Relating to sewers.

(5) Relating to water supply for the protection of the Village and the inhabitants thereof, and for other purposes, and to regulate the use of the same.

(6) To restrain animals from running at large in the Village.

(7) To suppress disorderly and gambling houses and all descriptions of gaming, and for the destruction of instruments used for that purpose.

(8) To prevent immoderate driving in the streets and cruelty to animals.

(9) To regulate the manufacture or keeping of gunpowder and all combustibles or dangerous materials.

(10) To regulate the making, altering, and repairing of stovepipes, furnaces, fire places, depositories for ashes, and other things from which loss or damage from fire may be apprehended, and in general to provide for the preservation of buildings from fire, precautionary measures and inspections.

(11) To establish and regulate a fire department and fire hose and hook and ladder companies.

(12) To regulate and restrain the sale and use of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, toy pistols, or other fireworks within the Village; also guns, cannons, and explosives.

(13) To license inn-keeping and victualing, peddlers, itinerant vendors, and auctioneers; to license and suppress billiard and pool tables, bowling alleys, skating rinks, and other places of amusement.

(14) To regulate the length, width, and grade of streets and sidewalks, and the construction of and protect the same.

(15) To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespass or willful injury to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property within the Village, and the corporation may establish other or repeal other bylaws and ordinances that it may deem necessary for the well-being of the Village, and for the proper regulation of the officers thereof, not repugnant to the laws of the State.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 712 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 712
App. § 19-712. Warrants for payment
Status: in_force

Money shall not be paid out of the City Treasury except on a warrant signed by at least three members of the Council and approved by the City Council, and such approval shall be authenticated by the City Clerk. A full record of all expenditures for all City funds, by departments, 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 published annually in the City report under the direction of the City Council. The City Treasurer shall establish and maintain charts of account detailing all receipts, revenues, expenditures, and disbursements and shall report all such activity to the Manager and the Council no less frequently than quarterly.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 60 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 403 / Section 60
App. § 403-60. Consistency with State law
Status: in_force

By ratifying this chapter, the General Assembly does not intend to ratify or authorize actions or procedures that otherwise would be inconsistent with State law, as State law may be amended from time to time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 702
App. § 13-702. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) The Planning Commission shall exercise all powers and duties as provided for Planning Commissions by the laws of the State for a municipality that has established a development review board under 24 V.S.A. chapter 117. The Commission may appoint subcommittees composed of its own members or other persons and may employ consultants, when necessary for the performance of its duties, subject to the limitation of its budget and the approval of the expenditure by the Council.

(b) The Commission shall be responsible to the Council and shall assume all duties imposed upon it by said Council in addition to those duties referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
24 V.S.A. § 3702 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 107 / Section 3702
§ 3702. Ownership of property
Status: in_force

A municipality may acquire and hold for the purposes of section 3701 of this title, real and personal estate to the extent reasonably necessary to operate, equip, and maintain the business covered by said section.
24 V.S.A. § 4653 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 119 / Section 4653
§ 4653. Bond anticipation notes
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any law applicable to any governmental unit as to the period for temporary financing of any public improvement or purpose by issuance of its notes in anticipation of the issuance of permanent bonds or as to the renewal of bond anticipation notes, the Bank may purchase and the governmental unit may issue bond anticipation notes and may renew them from time to time provided that the bond anticipation notes, including renewals thereof, mature in such amounts and in such years not exceeding five years from the date of the original issuance as is agreed between the Bank and the governmental unit. In connection with the transaction and purchase of bond anticipation notes, the Bank may by agreement with the governmental unit impose any terms, conditions, and limitations as in its opinion are proper and for the purposes and security of the Bank and the holders of its bonds or notes. The failure of any governmental unit to comply with that agreement constitutes a failure of the governmental unit to pay principal of and interest on the bond anticipation notes under section 4652 of this title, and the Bank shall thereupon enforce all such rights, remedies, and provisions of law as it has under this section or are elsewhere provided.
24 V.S.A. § 1147 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 33 / Section 1147
§ 1147. Advisory budget committee creation; duties
Status: in_force

If a municipality creates an advisory budget committee as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2646, the committee shall evaluate the municipality's budget and make recommendations to the selectboard for the budget based on its findings.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 502 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 4 / Section 502
App. § 4-502. Public hearing
Status: in_force

(a) The Council shall hold a minimum of one public hearing prior to the adoption of any ordinance.

(b) At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which the hearing may from time to time be adjourned, the ordinance shall be introduced, and thereafter, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.

(c) After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Council makes an amendment, it shall cause the amended ordinance to be published, pursuant to subsections (a) and (b) of this section with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing at which the amended ordinance will be further considered, which publication shall be at least three days prior to the public hearing. The Council may finally pass the amended ordinance or again amend it subject to the same procedures as outlined herein.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 401 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 401
App. § 217-401. Highway district
Status: in_force

All the territory embraced within the limits of the Village is hereby constituted a highway district of the Town of Derby, and three-fourths of all highway taxes assessed upon the ratable estate in the highway district shall be paid in money by the Selectboard of the Town of Derby to the Treasurer of the Village to be used and applied by the Trustees in building, repairing, and sustaining the highways, streets, walks, alleys, sidewalks, and lanes; and if any portion of the tax so paid into the treasury of the Village in the judgment of the Trustees shall not be needed for the purposes specified in this section, the same may, in the discretion of the Trustees, be expended in improving, beautifying, or lighting the streets or commons of the Village, and no highway surveyor shall be required or chosen by the Town for said Village. The tax shall be paid over by the Selectboard on or before the first day of July in each year.