A Clerk of Court in Vermont cannot determine what is an appealable final order, nor should they be required to do so. A Clerk of Court's duty is primarily ministerial in nature. Perhaps we can say this another way. A judgment is the final determination of an action. It is an act of the Court.
Judges make judgments.
The ministerial notation comes from the requirements of V.R.Civ. The determination of when an order is final is discretionary in nature, although there are no legal bright lines which assist the discretion. Certification is a ministerial act. People ex rel. The statute does not explicitly tell us, but rather, the nature of a certificate does.