24 V.S.A. § 4307 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4307
§ 4307. Municipal Bylaw Modernization Grants
Status: in_force

(a) There are created Municipal Bylaw Modernization Grants to assist municipalities in updating their land use and development bylaws. Bylaws updated under this section shall increase housing choice, affordability, and opportunity in areas planned for smart growth. The Grants shall be funded by monies allocated from the municipality allocation of the Municipal and Regional Planning Funds established in subdivision 4306(a)(3)(C) of this title and any other monies appropriated for this purpose.

(b) Disbursement to municipalities shall be administered by the Department of Housing and Community Development through a competitive process providing the opportunity for all regions and any eligible municipality to compete regardless of size.

(c) Funds may be disbursed by the Department in installments to ensure the municipal bylaw updates meet the goals of this section.

(d) Funding may be used for the cost of regional planning commission staff or consultant time and any other purpose approved by the Department.

(e) A municipality grantee shall use the funds to prepare amendments to bylaws to increase housing choice, affordability, and opportunity and that support a neighborhood development pattern that is pedestrian oriented in areas planned for smart growth consistent with the smart growth principles established in section 2791 of this title and that prioritize projects in designated areas in accordance with chapter 76A of this title.

(f) To receive the grant, the municipality shall:

(1) identify municipal water and wastewater disposal infrastructure, municipal water and sewer service areas, and the constraints on that infrastructure based on the best available data;

(2) increase allowed housing types and uses, which may include duplexes, to the same extent as single-family homes;

(3) include parking waiver provisions in areas planned for smart growth consistent with smart growth principles as defined in section 2791 of this title and appropriate situations;

(4) review and modify street standards that implement the complete streets principles as described in 19 V.S.A. § 309d and that are oriented to pedestrians;

(5) reduce nonconformities by making the allowed standards principally conform to the existing settlement within any area designated under chapter 76A of this title and increase allowed lot, building, and dwelling unit density by adopting dimensional, use, parking, and other standards that allow compact neighborhood form and support walkable lot and dwelling unit density, which may be achieved with a standard allowing at least four units per acre or allowing the receipt of a State or municipal water and wastewater permit to determine allowable density or by other means established in guidelines issued by the Department;

(6) restrict development of and minimize impact to important natural resources, including new development in flood hazard areas, undeveloped floodplains, and river corridor areas, unless lawfully allowed for infill development in §29-201 of the Vermont Flood Hazard Area and River Corridor Rule;

(7) update the municipal plan's housing element as provided in subdivision 4382(a)(10) of this title related to addressing lower- and moderate-income housing needs, implement that element of the plan including through the bylaw amendments, and demonstrate how those bylaws support the implementation of the housing element; and

(8) comply with State and Federal Fair Housing Act, including the fair housing provisions of Vermont's Planning and Development Act.

(g) On or before September 1, 2022, the Department shall adopt guidelines to assist municipalities applying for grants under this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 278 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 278
App. § 3-278. Adoption of bylaws authorized; meetings
Status: in_force

The Board may adopt such bylaws as they may deem wise for the regulation of the work of the Board. They shall hold regular meetings at such times as they may determine. Special meetings may be called by the Chair or the Clerk.
24 V.S.A. § 5091 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 126 / Section 5091
§ 5091. Funding
Status: repealed

(a) The Secretary of Transportation, within the annual budget setting process, shall meet with the Public Transit Advisory Council and representatives of public transit systems to establish the level of State funds needed by public transit systems in Vermont, and shall consider this level in formulating the Agency of Transportation's proposed Transportation Program.

(b) State funds authorized by the General Assembly as grant assistance for the operation of public transit services shall be eligible for use as a matching source for federal funds.

(c) The same fiscal accountability requirements and regulatory standards shall apply to all grantees of funds as provided by rule of the Secretary of Transportation.

(d) Rideshare, capital, contracted services, and transportation brokerage services are not to be considered as operating funds under this section.

(e) State funds shall be paid to eligible grantees as follows:

(1) the first payment of 50 percent of the estimated annual fiscal year total shall be paid immediately upon execution of the grant;

(2) subsequent payments shall be paid quarterly based on projected need determined by current fiscal year spending and availability of funds;

(3) additional payments, if necessary, shall occur only if actual costs exceed the previous payments and if funds are available.

(f) [Repealed.]

(g) Monies which are in excess of the grantee's net project cost shall be returned to the Agency of Transportation within 30 days of the Agency's acceptance of the post-project audit.

(h) Applicants for State funding shall meet the requirements of federal laws and regulations relating to fiscal accountability and accessibility by persons with a disability.

(i) The Agency of Transportation shall distribute State and federal funds to public transit systems through an annual competitive program that implements the public transportation policy goals set forth in section 5083 of this title and 19 V.S.A. § 10f.

(j) Notwithstanding subsection (i) of this section, and to the extent that appropriated funds are available, no provider who is otherwise eligible shall receive a lesser amount of operating funds than it expended on eligible operating expenses in State fiscal year 2001 for services that remain ongoing, and provided that the amount shall be evaluated as necessary to address changes in the cost of providing the services. In the event that a provider merges with or is otherwise succeeded by another provider, the successor provider shall be entitled to the same protection under this subsection that would have been available to the superseded provider.

(k) Eligibility for an intercity bus carrier is limited to capital and operating assistance for routes which have not demonstrated economic viability. The Agency of Transportation is directed to develop procedures and criteria by December 31, 2001 to administer this subsection. Funding shall be appropriated and distributed outside the funding formula of subsection (i) of this section.

(l) State operating assistance appropriated for projects coming off new public transit service funding in fiscal year 2002 shall not be distributed pursuant to the formula in subsection (i) of this section, but shall be added to the eligible grantees' funding under subsection (j) of this section to the extent that they meet criteria for successful evaluation at the end of 2002.

(m) Any new State operating assistance appropriated to replace new public transit service funds for routes that have successfully met the evaluation criteria after State fiscal year 2002 shall not be distributed pursuant to the formula in subsection (i) of this section, but shall be added to the eligible grantees' funding under subsection (j) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 813 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 251 / Section 813
App. § 251-813. Board of Water Commissioners
Status: in_force

The entire management and control of the said water system and property shall be vested in the Village of North Bennington acting through a Board of Water Commissioners, five in number, at least four of whom shall be residents of the Village of North Bennington. Vacancies in their number caused by death, resignation, completion of term, removal, or any other cause shall be filled by the Trustees of said Village. If a majority of the remaining Commissioners proposes to Trustees, in writing, within 15 days of the occurrence of any vacancy, at least two qualified candidates for each such vacancy, the Trustees shall appoint one of the two qualified candidates. If such nominations are not made within 15 days, or if the Trustees in their sole discretion conclude that not all of the candidates are qualified, then the Trustees may appoint a new commissioner of their sole choice. Commissioners may be recalled without cause by vote of a majority of Commissioners and of at least 75 percent of the Trustees. The Commissioners shall serve a term of five years. The Commissioners shall elect a Chair annually, who shall serve for no more than three consecutive one-year terms as Chair. The Commissioners may vote to create other officers in their discretion. The Board shall meet at least monthly. Water Commissioners may be paid an annual stipend in an amount determined by the Trustees.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 31 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 141 / Section 31
App. § 141-31. General powers
Status: in_force

Said Town shall have the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs conferred and granted by law, including those implied powers necessary to effectuate and execute granted powers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1001 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 153 / Section 1001
App. § 153-1001. Appointment and removal
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to the provisions of this charter, all employees other than elected officials and appointees of the Selectboard shall be appointed, suspended, or removed by the Town Manager without interference by the Selectboard. The Town and its employees shall comply with Vermont's Fair Employment Practices Act and shall not discriminate in their employment practices on account of political opinions or affiliations. Appointments, layoffs, promotions, and discipline, including suspensions, demotions, and removals, shall be determined on the basis of training, experience, fitness, and performance of the individual and be undertaken to ensure that the responsible administrative officer will secure efficient and competent service.

(b) Employees of the Town whose terms and conditions of employment are not governed by the provisions of a collectively bargained labor agreement shall be hired, disciplined, suspended, demoted, removed, or laid off in accordance with the personnel rules and policies adopted by the Selectboard.

(c) The Town Manager may remove a department head from his or her position, provided notification that the Town Manager intends to remove a department head is given in advance to the Selectboard.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 6 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 11 / Section 6
App. § 11-6. City meetings
Status: in_force

(a) Annually on the first Tuesday of March, a meeting of the legal voters of the City, and of the several wards therein, shall be held for the election of officials, the voting of budgets, and any other business included in the warnings for the meeting, which shall be by Australian ballot, and a plurality of votes shall be sufficient to elect. The ballot boxes shall be open for a minimum of nine consecutive hours at times and a location to be determined and warned by the City Council.

(b) Notice of such meetings shall be posted in at least three public places within the limits of the City at least 14 days prior to the meeting, and shall also be published prior to the meeting on the same day of two successive calendar weeks in a locally distributed newspaper, which notices shall be signed by the City Clerk, or in case of his or her failure, by the Mayor; provided, however, that if the annual meeting shall fail to be held for want of such notice, or for any other cause, the City and the several wards thereof shall not thereby be prejudiced, and the several officials hereinafter named may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as herein provided.

(c) The Clerk of the City shall at any time when directed by the City Council, or when petitioned in writing by at least five percent of the registered voters of the City and filed with the City Clerk no less than 40 days before the day of such meeting, call a special meeting of the legal voters of the City, for any legal purpose, in the same manner as is provided for the annual meeting, except as is hereinafter provided:

(1) Whenever a petition is brought for a meeting to rescind or reconsider the action taken at a previously held City meeting, the number of names required shall be 10 percent of the legal voters, and the petition shall be filed with the City Clerk within 30 days following the date of that meeting.

(2) Whenever one such meeting has been held to rescind or reconsider, the City Clerk or the Mayor shall not be required to call another meeting for the same purpose, and further petitions notwithstanding; in case of the failure of the Clerk to call the meeting as aforesaid, that duty shall be performed by the Mayor.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 9 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 114E / Section 9
App. § 114E-9. Separability
Status: in_force

If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of this charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 302 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 302
App. § 133-302. Special elective officers
Status: in_force

In addition to those elective officers provided for by law, the officers elected at the annual Town meeting shall be:

(1) one library trustee necessary to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term established in subsection 304(c) of this charter; and

(2) water and sewer commissioners (in the event the Selectboard so directs).
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 307 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 133 / Section 307
App. § 133-307. Oath of office
Status: in_force

All elected and appointed officials and all police officers of the Town shall before assuming office take, subscribe, and file with the Town Clerk the following oath: “I ________ solemnly swear (or affirm) that I shall faithfully execute the Office of ______ of the Town of Poultney to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God (or I so affirm).”
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 109 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 123 / Section 109
App. § 123-109. Ordinances; adoption on petition
Status: in_force

Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting enactment of the ordinance and accompanied by the text thereof. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the date the petition is filed unless, prior to such meeting, the Selectboard shall have enacted the ordinance. The warning for the meeting shall include a summary of the text of the proposed ordinance, its effective date and penalty provision for violation thereof, and shall be posted and published as the law of this State requires for special meeting generally. The warning shall provide for a “yes” and “no” vote by ballot as to its enactment. Copies of the proposed ordinance shall be posted in its entirety in at least five locations in Town for at least 30 consecutive days to the date of said special Town meeting. In the discretion of the Selectboard, the enactment of such ordinance may be proposed as an article in the warning for the next ensuing annual Town meeting, providing that such annual meeting shall be held within 120 days of the filing of such petition for enactment.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 29 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 207 / Section 29
App. § 207-29. Electric utility authorization
Status: in_force

The Village is authorized and empowered by and with the consent of a majority of the legal voters of the Village, at a meeting legally warned and held for that purpose, to purchase or establish an electric light plant, and for that purpose may purchase, have, hold, and convey personal and real estate inside or outside the limits of the Village corporation for the purpose of lighting the highways and streets of the Village, and furnishing electric lights, electric heat, and electric motive power to persons and parties within the corporate limits of the Village, on terms and subject to rules and regulations that may be agreed upon between the Village and the persons and parties, and for the purposes described in this section, may run electric lines along, over, or under highways, streets, or public grounds, inside or outside the corporate limits, provided public travel shall not be unnecessarily affected or impeded, and subject to all lawful ordinances and regulations as to the use of highways and streets; and the Village corporation shall have authority to hire and appropriate money, raise taxes, and issue its corporate bonds for the purchasing, establishing, constructing, extending, enlarging, and maintaining of its electric light plant.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 305 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 305
App. § 13-305. Meetings
Status: in_force

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

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

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

(d) All meetings of the Council shall be open to the public unless by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present the Council shall vote that any particular session shall be an executive session in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 313.

(e) As appropriate, the City Council shall strive to meet twice a year in each elementary school within the School District.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 225 / Section 2
App. § 225-2. Village meetings
Status: in_force

(a) An annual Village meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Village business shall be held on the first Tuesday of May according to State law except as hereinafter provided.

(b) A special Village meeting:

(1) may be called by a majority of the Village trustees; or

(2) shall be called by the Village trustees upon receipt of a petition signed by at least five percent of the voters, specifying the business to be transacted at the meeting. The meeting shall be held pursuant to Title 17 of Vermont Statutes Annotated.

(c) Whenever an issue or election is to be decided by Australian ballot, the ballot boxes shall be opened no earlier than 6:00 a.m. but no later than 10:00 a.m., as determined by the trustees, and shall close at 7:00 p.m.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 413 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 19 / Section 413
App. § 19-413. Procedure after filing
Status: in_force

(a) Certificate of Clerk; amendment. Within 20 days after the petition is filed, the City Clerk shall complete a certificate as to its sufficiency, specifying, if it is insufficient, the particulars wherein it is defective and shall promptly send a copy of the certificate to the petitioner by registered mail. A petition certified insufficient for lack of the required number of valid signatures may be amended once if the petitioner files a notice of intention to amend it with the Clerk within two days after receiving the copy of such certificate. Such supplementary petition shall comply with the requirements of subsections 412(b) and (c) of this charter, and within five days after it is filed, the Clerk shall complete a certificate as to the sufficiency of the petition as amended and promptly send a copy of such certificate to the petitioner by registered mail as in the case of an original petition. If a petition or amended petition is certified sufficient, or if a petition or amended petition is certified insufficient and the petitioner does not elect to amend or request Council review under subsection (b) of this section within the time required, the Clerk shall promptly present the certificates to the Council and the certificates shall then be a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.

(b) Council review. If a petition has been certified insufficient and the petitioner does not file notice of intention to amend it or if an amended petition has been certified insufficient, the petitioner may, within two days after receiving the copy of such certificate, file a request that it be reviewed by the Council. The Council shall review the certificate within five days following the filing of such request and approve or disapprove it, and the Council's determination shall then be a final determination as to the sufficiency of the petition.

(c) Court review; new petition. A final determination as to the sufficiency of a petition shall be subject to court review. A final determination of insufficiency, even if sustained upon court review, shall not prejudice the filing of a new petition for the same purpose.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 24 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 401 / Section 24
App. § 401-24. 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 section 44 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 the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 904 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 904
App. § 217-904. Membership on Board not disqualification to serve as law enforcement or judicial officer
Status: in_force

A member of said corporation shall not be deprived, by reason of such membership, to act as judge, juror, sheriff, constable, or justice of the peace in any cause or proceeding in which such corporation is interested.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 53 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 213 / Section 53
App. § 213-53. Voters
Status: in_force

Every person who resides within the limits of the Village and is a legal voter in Town meeting of the Town of Cambridge shall be entitled to vote at any Village meeting.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 203 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 103 / Section 203
App. § 103-203. Compensation
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) The Town Manager, under policies approved by the Select Board, shall fix the compensation of all other officers and employees whose compensation is not fixed by the Select Board pursuant to subsection (b) of this section.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 15.09 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 15.09
App. § 9-15.9. Compensation
Status: in_force

The Board of Aldermen shall fix the annual compensation for all City officers except as otherwise provided.
24 V.S.A. § 5054a — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 125 / Section 5054a
§ 5054a. Elective credits
Status: in_force

(a) Any member may elect to have included in the member's creditable service, years of service as an employee of another municipality, as a State employee, or as a teacher in a public or private school, as defined by the Board, and years of service in the defined contribution plan authorized under section 5070 of this title when the employee elects to transfer back to the defined benefit plan as a result of his or her employer offering a higher group plan. Any member who so elects shall deposit in the Fund by a single contribution the amount or amounts determined by the System's actuary to be cost neutral to the System. No application for credit under this subsection shall be granted if at the time of application, the member has a vested right to retirement benefits in another defined benefit retirement system based upon that service.

(b) Any member who has rendered 15 years of creditable service and who has, prior to becoming a member of the System, served a minimum of one full year of full-time service in the military or one full year of full-time service as a member of the Cadet Nurse Corps in World War II, the Peace Corps, VISTA, or AmeriCorps for which the member has derived no military pension benefits, may elect to have included in the member's creditable service all or any part of the member's military, Cadet Nurse Corps, Peace Corps, VISTA, or AmeriCorps service not exceeding five years. Any member who so elects shall deposit in the Fund by a single contribution the amount or amounts determined by the System's actuary to be cost-neutral to the System. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a conflict between the provisions of this subsection and the provisions of 10 U.S.C. § 12736 concerning the counting of the same full-time military service toward both military and State pensions, the provisions of the U.S. Code shall control.

(c) Any time a member is required to make a single contribution in connection with an election under this section, a member may contribute over a maximum of five years in installments of equal value. Those contributions shall become a part of the member's accumulated contributions. Any member who retires before completing payment for the purchase of service under this section shall receive pro rata credit for service purchased before the date of retirement, but if the member so elects at the time of retirement, the member may pay as much in a single sum as is necessary to provide full credit at that time.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 1902 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 13 / Section 1902
App. § 13-1902. Powers and duties
Status: in_force

The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the Board Of Listers under the law of this State, except as herein otherwise provided. The elective Office of Lister shall be abolished.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 22.13 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 9 / Section 22.13
App. § 9-22.13. Political activities
Status: in_force

No member of the Police Department of the City of Rutland shall act as an officer of any political party, attend any political convention as a delegate, participate in any manner whatever in any canvass in behalf of or against any candidate for any City, county, State, or national office, campaign, or take any part whatever in political matters other than to vote, nor be a candidate for any public office or hold any public office.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10.08 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 107 / Section 10.08
App. § 107-10.8. Referendum
Status: in_force

No article in the warning shall at any Representative Town Meeting be finally disposed of by a vote to pass over, to lay upon the table, to postpone indefinitely, or take no action thereon. No vote passed at any Representative Town Meeting under any article in the warning, except a vote to adjourn, or a vote for the temporary borrowing of money in anticipation of taxes, shall be operative until the expiration of five days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, from the adjournment of the meeting. If within said five days a petition, signed by not fewer than 250 voters of the Town, including at least 50 from each district, containing their names and addresses as they appear on the check list, or signed by not fewer than 50 Town Meeting members, be filed with the Selectboard requesting that the question or questions involved in such vote be submitted to the voters of the Town at large, then the Selectboard, within 14 days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special Town Meeting, which shall be held within 10 days after the issuing of the call for the sole purpose of presenting to the voters at large the question or questions so involved. The polls shall be opened not later than 10 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be closed not earlier than six o'clock in the evening, and all votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several district meetings in the same manner as in the election of Town officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined by vote of the same proportion of voters at large voting thereon as would have been required by law of the Town Meeting members had the question been finally determined at a Representative Town Meeting. The question so submitted shall be stated upon the ballot in the same language and form in which it was stated when presented to said Representative Town Meeting by the Moderator as appears from the records of the said meeting. If such petition be not filed within the said period of five days, the vote of the Representative Town Meeting shall become operative upon the expiration of the said period.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 209 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 407 / Section 209
App. § 407-209. Term
Status: in_force

Except as provided in section 203 of this subchapter, representatives and alternates to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for two years and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative and alternate may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 126 / Section 11
App. § 126-11. Adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances by the Selectboard
Status: in_force

The Selectboard may adopt, amend, or repeal an ordinance as provided in and consistent with the procedures of 24 V.S.A. chapter 59.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 414 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 1 / Section 414
App. § 1-414. Duties and responsibilities
Status: in_force

The City Attorney shall be corporation counsel for the City. He or she may prosecute and defend in behalf of the City all suits in which the City is interested. He or she is authorized to file information and complaints in criminal causes involving violation of an ordinance of the City, and shall prosecute the same. A copy of all his or her written opinions shall be filed by him or her in the office of the City Clerk.
24 V.S.A. § 4346 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 117 / Section 4346
§ 4346. Appropriations
Status: in_force

Regional planning commissions may apply for, receive, and expend monies from any source, public or private, including grants, loans, and funds made available by the participating municipalities, and by an agency or department of the State of Vermont, out of State funds appropriated to that agency or department for this purpose. Notwithstanding the provisions of any municipal charter, any municipality may appropriate and expend funds to and for regional planning commissions either by the authorization of its voters or by incorporating such amount as a line item in their administrative budget.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 317 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 5 / Section 317
App. § 5-317. Council appointments
Status: in_force

(a)(1) The City Council shall appoint the following officers:

(A) City Manager;

(B) City Treasurer; and

(C) City attorneys.

(2) The City Council may remove any appointee set forth in subdivision (1) of this subsection and appoint another.

(b) The City Council shall also appoint and remove members of boards and commissions created by the Council and other officers approved by the Council or required by law.

(c) Any appointment made by the City Council to fill a vacancy shall be only for the balance of the unexpired term in which the vacancy occurred.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 10 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 10
App. § 227-10. Designation of real estate in Village by listers
Status: in_force

It shall hereafter be the duty of the listers of the Town of Whitingham in making the lists of the Town to designate therein such of the ratable estate real and personal as shall belong within the limits of the Village, and the same shall constitute the grand list of the Village.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 247 / Section 501
App. § 247-501. Powers and duties of the Board
Status: in_force

The members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute the legislative body of the Village of Newbury for all purposes required by statute and, except as otherwise specifically provided, shall have all powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of incorporated villages or boards of trustees under the laws of the State of Vermont.

The Board of Trustees shall have the general care and management of the prudential interests and affairs of said corporation, shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to said corporation, draw orders upon the Treasurer, and generally perform all the duties legally enjoined upon them by said corporation, and shall submit their accounts and vouchers to the Auditor at least 20 days before the annual meeting.

Trustees shall prepare a budget for the oncoming year and hold a public hearing on it at least 10 days before the annual meeting. Notice of such hearing shall be posted in four public places not less than five days before the date set for the hearing.

The trustees shall have power to abate taxes laid and assessed by virtue of this charter for the same causes and subject to the same limitation as boards of civil authority have in the matter of town taxes.

The trustees may by resolution create, change, and abolish boards and commissions as in their judgment are required or necessary and convenient to, or as are now or hereinafter provided by law, and may grant to them such power and duties as are consistent with the provisions of this charter. The trustees shall be ex officio members of all boards and commissions.

All powers vested in said trustees shall be exercised by a majority of them.

Forthwith after an election and qualification, the trustees shall organize and elect a Chair and shall file a certificate of such election for record in the office of the Village Clerk.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 11 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 227 / Section 11
App. § 227-11. Tax assessment
Status: in_force

The Village may, at its annual meeting called for that purpose, assess a tax on the grand list of the Village for any of the purposes mentioned in this charter, and shall have all the powers and may collect the tax in such manner as is provided by law for the collection of town taxes in towns, and the trustees of the Village are to have the powers, and perform the duties herein required, of the selectboard in towns, and the Collector the same powers as the collector and constable in collecting taxes so assessed.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 108 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 108
App. § 409-108. Definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter:

(1) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District.

(2) “District” means the Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District.

(3) “Members” means those municipalities who comprise the District.

(4) “Solid Waste” means any discarded garbage, refuse, or any other solid, liquid, or contained gaseous material as well as septage or sludge from a waste or water supply treatment facility, but does not include hazardous.

(5) “Hazardous Waste” means any solid, liquid, or contained gaseous waste, or any combination of these wastes, that because of its quantity, concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics has ever been at any time in the past, is presently, or may in the future be classified as hazardous under applicable laws and regulations of the United States, the State of Vermont, or any subdivision thereof, or by regulation of the District.

(6) “Transport” or “transportation” means the movement of waste by air, rail, highway, or water.

(7) “Treatment” means any method, technique, or process, including neutralization designed to change the physical, chemical, or biological character or composition of any solid waste so as to neutralize such waste, or so as to recover energy or material resources from the waste or so as to render such waste safer for transport, amendable for recovery, amendable for storage, or reduced in volume.

(8) “Facility” means all contiguous land, structures, other appurtenances, and improvements on the land, used for treating, recycling, storing, or disposing of waste. A facility may consist of several treatment, storage, or disposal operational units.

(9) “Disposal” means the discharge, deposit, injection, dumping, spilling, leaking, or placing of any solid waste into or on any land or water such that solid waste or any constituent thereof may enter the environment or be emitted into the air or discharged into any ground or surface waters.

(10) “Person” means any individual, partnership, company, corporation, association, unincorporated association, joint venture, trust, municipality, the State of Vermont or any agency, department, or subdivision of the State, federal agency, or any other legal or commercial entity.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 501 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 217 / Section 501
App. § 217-501. Sewer system; establishment; fee assessment and collection
Status: in_force

When the public health or convenience shall require the construction of a common sewer or main drain in the Village of Derby Line and through the principal streets of the Village, the trustees of the Village, upon application in writing of 20 or more freeholders and legal voters of the Village, are authorized and empowered to lay, make, and maintain any common sewer or main drain and repair the same when necessary, from time to time, and for that purpose may take the lands of any individuals or corporations; and the Trustees shall proceed in the same manner as is prescribed by law for selectboards in taking lands for highways and in awarding damages; and the Trustees shall make a return of their doings to the office of the Clerk of the Village, who shall record the same in the records of the Village. Each person or corporation whose particular drain shall enter into a main drain or sewer or who in the opinion of the Trustees shall receive a benefit for draining the premises of the person or corporation shall be liable to contribute a just share toward the expense of laying and constructing and maintaining of the sewer or drain and shall be assessed by the Trustees a share; and at least 10 days' notice of the time and place of the assessment for the contribution shall be given to the person or corporation, its agent, tenant, or lessee, and a certificate of the assessment shall be left with the Clerk of the Village, and recorded by the Clerk, and when so recorded the amount so assessed shall be and remain a lien, in the nature of a tax upon the lands and premises so assessed until the same shall be paid; and if the owner of the lands and premises shall neglect, for the space of six months after the final decision of the Trustees, or in case of appeal to the County Court, to pay the Village Treasurer the amount of the assessment, the trustees shall issue their warrant for the collection of the same, directed to the Village Tax Collector, who shall have authority to sell at public auction so much of the lands and premises as will satisfy the assessment and all legal fees, and who shall proceed in the same manner as collectors of town taxes are required by law to proceed in selling real estate at auction for the collection of town taxes.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 443 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 3 / Section 443
App. § 3-443. Energy conservation facilities
Status: in_force

The City is hereby authorized and empowered to provide or finance energy conservation facilities within the customer service area of its electric plant. The term “energy conservation facilities” includes facilities or improvements to facilities (whether owned by the City or by others) for load management or the conservation of electric or other energy. Such facilities or improvements may be owned or operated by the City as part of its electric plant or may be owned or operated by others, and may be leased or licensed by the City to others or may be financed by loans by the City 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 section 228 of this charter relating to the electric plant.
24 V.S.A. § 4015 — VT Code / Title 24 / Chapter 113 / Section 4015
§ 4015. Bonds authorized; conversion privileges
Status: in_force

(a) Bonds of an authority shall be authorized by its resolution and may be issued in one or more series and shall bear such date or dates, mature at such time or times, bear interest at such rate or rates, be in such denomination or denominations, be in such form, either coupon or registered, carry such conversion or registration privileges, have such rank or priority, be executed in such manner, be payable in such medium of payment at such place or places, and be subject to such terms of redemption, with or without premium as such resolution, its trust indenture, or mortgage may provide.

(b) The bonds may be sold at not less than par at public sale held after notice published once at least five days prior to such sale in a newspaper having a general circulation in the municipality and in a financial newspaper published in the city of Boston, Massachusetts or in the city of New York, New York, except that in the case of bonds of the State Authority, such notice shall be published only in a financial newspaper as described in this subsection. All bonds may be sold at not less than par to the federal government at private sale without any public advertisement.

(c) In case any of the commissioners or officers of the authority whose signatures appear on the bonds or coupons shall cease to be such commissioners or officers before the delivery of such bonds such signature shall, nevertheless, be valid and sufficient for all purposes, the same as if they had remained in office until such delivery. Any provision of any law to the contrary notwithstanding, any bonds issued pursuant to this chapter shall be fully negotiable.

(d) In any suit, action, or proceedings involving the validity or enforceability of any bond of an authority or the security thereof, any such bond reciting in substance that it has been issued by the authority to aid in financing a housing project to provide dwelling accommodations for persons of low income shall be conclusively deemed to have been issued for a housing project of such character and said project shall be conclusively deemed to be planned, located, and constructed in accordance with the provisions and purposes of this chapter. (1961, No. 212, § 15, eff. July 11, 1961; amended 1967, No. 332 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. March 23, 1968; 1969, No. 285 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. April 9, 1970.)
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 602 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 602
App. § 409-602. Admission of additional municipalities
Status: in_force

The Board, by the affirmative vote of supervisors 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 supervisors (including vacancies), may authorize the inclusion of additional municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District. The petitioning municipality shall comply thereafter with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121 (intermunicipal cooperation and services). If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve the agreement and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Clerk of the District, and the municipality shall be a member.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 801 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 108 / Section 801
App. § 108-801. Separability
Status: in_force

If all or any portion of any provision of these charter provisions is held invalid, the rest of these charter provisions shall not be affected thereby. If the application of any of these charter provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application thereof to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 702 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 131 / Section 702
App. § 131-702. Water and sewer commissioners
Status: in_force

(a) Upon the effective date of this charter, the Selectboard shall appoint three water and sewer commissioners whose duties, powers, and authority with respect to the municipal water and sewer system shall be as established by the law of this State and as specifically provided for in this charter. One commissioner shall serve for a term of three years, one shall serve for a term of two years, and one shall serve for a term of one year. Thereafter, at the first meeting of the Selectboard following each annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall appoint one commissioner for a term of three years. The Selectboard shall appoint residents of that part of the Town served by municipal water and sewer systems as water and sewer commissioners.

(b) In addition to those powers, duties, and responsibilities imposed by law, water and sewer commissioners shall:

(1) establish, regulate, control, and determine assessments for the benefit of property located within and without the Town that is provided street lighting;

(2) exercise control over, administer, manage, and operate the municipal water and sewage disposal systems of the Town as presently constituted or as may be enlarged hereafter; and

(3) establish rates and charges for water and sewage disposal services provided by the Town.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 2 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 119 / Section 2
App. § 119-2. General provisions
Status: in_force

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

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

(c) Unless otherwise provided in this charter:

(1) the particular powers in this charter shall not be exclusive or restrict the scope of powers that the Town would otherwise have under State statutes or rules; and

(2) this charter shall not limit powers conferred by general or special enactment of State statutes or rules, including those conferred upon the Selectboard or other Town officers.
24APPENDIX V.S.A. § 402 — VT Code / Title 24APPENDIX / Chapter 409 / Section 402
App. § 409-402. Budget appropriation and assessment
Status: in_force

(a) Proposed budget. Annually on or before November 1, the Board shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative body of each member municipality for review and comment an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement, and a proposed budget of the District for the next fiscal year. The Board shall hold a public hearing on or before December 1 of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of the members and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget. Additional public hearings may be held if the Board deems it appropriate to do so. Notice of such hearing(s) shall be the same as that specified under section 503 of subchapter 5 of this chapter, except that for additional public hearings, the time requirements of that section shall be reduced by 15 days, and notice(s) need only be published once. The Board shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable.

(b) Budget adoption, appropriations, and assessment. Annually on or before January 1, the Board shall adopt the budget, appropriate the sums that it deems necessary to operate and carry out the District's functions for the next ensuing fiscal year, assess each member for its proportionate share of the sums so appropriated, less revenues anticipated from the member through tipping fees, and adopt a schedule designating when such assessments are due and payable by the members.

(c) Apportionment of assessments. Assessments shall be apportioned among the members on the basis of relative tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by or within each of the members. Each member shall be assessed a percentage of the sum appropriated equal to the ratio that the solid waste generated by or within the member in the prior year bears to the total solid waste generated by or within the District. If the Board determines in any year that the assessments for the previous year were substantially inequitable, it shall retroactively adjust the prior year's assessment such that any overcharged member is given a proportionate credit against future assessments, and any undercharged member is assessed a proportionate surcharge payable over a period that the Board determines will be reasonable. The foregoing notwithstanding, the Board may levy special assessments for waste that require special or disproportionately expensive treatment not reflected by tonnage or volume.