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24A V.S.A. § 108-501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108 - Town of Bristol|App § 108-501. Water Department

§ 108-501. Water Department|(a) Upon the effective date of this merger, the geographic area formerly covered by the then abolished Village of Bristol shall constitute a Water Department service area for the purpose of providing water services therein. However, said Water Department shall be responsible for continuing the present specific water services already in existence and being provided beyond said geographic area prior to the effective date of this merger.(b) The water system taken over from the Village of Bristol and any additions thereto or modifications thereof shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Town and no part of the rents and revenues therefrom may be used for any other purpose.(c) Unless otherwise voted by the Town at a Town meeting, all costs of the Water Department shall be paid by the users thereof and the annual water rents or charges shall be at a rate sufficient to cover annual expenditures, temporary indebtedness, the amortizing of bonded indebtedness, and interest and any dedicated (sinking) funds. Prior to the setting of the annual budget and annual water rents or charges, the water commissioners shall each year hold a public hearing for the purpose of receiving input concerning a proposed annual budget and annual water rents or charges for the Water Department. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Bristol and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the Water Department service area.(d) The Selectboard of the Town of Bristol shall be the water commissioners who, in connection with those powers enumerated in the general laws of the State with respect to waterworks and supply, shall have the power to adopt and enforce rules, regulations, or ordinances concerning the control and operation of such water system.(e) The Water Department service area may be enlarged or modified by the water commissioners after holding a public hearing on any such proposed enlargement or modification. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Bristol and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the Water Department service area. (Added 1994, No. M-20, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)
24A V.S.A. § 108-601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108 - Town of Bristol|App § 108-601. Sewer Department

§ 108-601. Sewer Department|(a) Upon the effective date of this merger, the geographic area served by the so-called Bristol core area sewer system of the then abolished Village of Bristol shall constitute a Sewer Department service area of the Town of Bristol for the purpose of providing sewer service therein.(b) The Selectboard of the Town of Bristol shall be the sewer commissioners, alternatively known as the sewage system commissioners or sewage disposal commissioners, who, in connection with those powers enumerated in the general laws of the State with respect to sewage systems or sewage disposal systems, shall have the power to adopt and enforce rules, regulations, or ordinances concerning the control and operation of such sewer system.(c) Unless otherwise voted by the Town at a Town meeting, all costs of the Sewer Department shall be paid by the users thereof, and the annual sewer charges shall be at a rate sufficient to cover annual expenditures, temporary indebtedness, the amortizing of bonded indebtedness and interest, and any dedicated (sinking) funds. The Sewer Department shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Town, and no part of the charges and revenues therefrom may be used for any other purpose. Prior to the setting of the annual budget and annual sewer charges, the sewer commissioners shall each year hold a public hearing on the proposed annual budget and annual sewer charges for the Sewer Department. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Bristol and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the general area served by the Sewer Department.(d) The Sewer Department service area may be enlarged or modified by the sewer commissioners after holding a public hearing on any such proposed enlargement or modification. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be given not less than 15 days prior to the date of the public hearing by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town of Bristol and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the Sewer Department service area. (Added 1994, No. M-20, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)
24A V.S.A. § 108-701
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108 - Town of Bristol|App § 108-701. Police Department

§ 108-701. Police Department|(a) Upon the effective date of the merger, the geographic area formerly covered by the then abolished Village of Bristol shall constitute a Police Department Special Service District for the purpose of providing police protection therein.(b) All costs required to support said Special Service District shall be paid for by the taxpayers receiving said services by a special assessment property tax on the grand list of the property in the area covered by said Special Service District, to be assessed annually by the Selectboard and added to such taxpayers' regular general property taxes and due as a part thereof at the same time and which shall be a lien on such property and shall be collected in the same manner as such regular general property taxes, including fees and interest charges. The Police Department of this Special Service District of the Town of Bristol shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Town, and no part of the revenues therefrom may be used for any other purpose than for the Police Department. The Selectboard shall each year hold a special meeting for the purpose of adoption by the voters residing within said Special Service District of the annual budget of the Police Department Special Service District and the amount thereof to be raised by the special assessment property tax.(c) The Town of Bristol may adopt and enforce rules, regulations, or ordinances concerning the Police Department, including but not limited to provisions providing for tenure of police officers during good behavior with removal only after hearing and for cause, except for reducing the number of officers for reasons of economic necessity.(d) Said Special Service District may be modified with the separate approval of both the voters residing within said District as existing and the voters residing within any area proposed to be enlarged or diminished. Such respective approvals shall be expressed by the affirmative vote of a majority of such voters present and voting at special meetings thereof. However, the voters of the Town of Bristol at an annual or special Town meeting warned for the purpose may vote to abolish said Special Service District in favor of making the Police Department a townwide Police Department whose cost will become a part of the general budget expense of the Town of Bristol.(e) The procedure for warning and holding each of the aforementioned special meetings shall be the same as the warning and holding of a special Town meeting, except that the legal voters shall be only those who are entitled to vote at the particular special meeting. (Added 1994, No. M-20, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)
24A V.S.A. § 108-801
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108 - Town of Bristol|App § 108-801. Separability

§ 108-801. Separability|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. (Added 1994, No. M-20, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)
24A V.S.A. § 108B-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108B - Town of Calais|App § 108B-1. Corporate existence retained

§ 108B-1. Corporate existence retained|(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, there is hereby enacted a charter to govern the organization and operation of local government in the Town of Calais.(b) The inhabitants of the Town of Calais, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Calais. (Added 2017, No. M-11, § 2, eff. May 30, 2017.)
24A V.S.A. § 108B-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108B - Town of Calais|App § 108B-2. General Law; application

§ 108B-2. General Law; application|(a) The Town of Calais shall have all powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this chapter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers therein granted.(b) Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this chapter, all provisions of the statutes of the State applying to towns and municipal corporations shall apply to the Town.(c) In this chapter, any mention of a particular power shall not be construed to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this chapter otherwise provides.(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit in any way the powers and functions conferred on the Town, the Selectboard, or its elected or appointed officers by general or special enactment of State statutes or rules in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this chapter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of the general or special enactment unless this chapter otherwise provides. (Added 2017, No. M-11, § 2, eff. May 30, 2017.)
24A V.S.A. § 108B-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108B - Town of Calais|App § 108B-3. Treasurer

§ 108B-3. Treasurer|The Selectboard shall annually appoint a Town Treasurer who shall perform all the duties of town treasurers as required by State statute and those additional duties specified by the Selectboard. The Town Treasurer shall be the collector of current taxes. The Town Treasurer shall not be Treasurer of the Town School District; the Town School District Treasurer shall be elected by the voters of the Town School District. The Town Treasurer need not be a resident or voter of Calais and shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard. (Added 2017, No. M-11, § 2, eff. May 30, 2017.)
24A V.S.A. § 108B-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108B - Town of Calais|App § 108B-4. Auditor

§ 108B-4. Auditor|The Selectboard shall annually appoint a Town Auditor who shall perform all the duties of Town Auditors as required by State statute and those additional duties specified by the Selectboard. The Town Auditor need not be a resident or voter of Calais and shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard. Not less than every three years, the Selectboard shall contract with a public accountant, licensed in this State, to perform a financial audit of all funds of the Town. (Added 2017, No. M-11, § 2, eff. May 30, 2017.)
24A V.S.A. § 108B-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108B - Town of Calais|App § 108B-5. Severability

§ 108B-5. Severability|If any provision of this chapter is held invalid, the other provisions of the chapter shall not be affected thereby. (Added 2017, No. M-11, § 2, eff. May 30, 2017.)
24A V.S.A. § 109-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-1. Merger of the Village and Town

§ 109-1. Merger of the Village and Town|At midnight at the end of July 9, 1986, the Village of Proctorsville shall merge into the Town of Cavendish, and the Village of Proctorsville shall, except as hereinafter provided, cease to exist as a political entity or body corporate, and the merged shall hereinafter be known as the Town of Cavendish.
24A V.S.A. § 109-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-2. Properties transferred and liabilities assumed

§ 109-2. Properties transferred and liabilities assumed|(a) Upon the merger specified in section one of this charter, all the lands, buildings, easements, funds, uncollected taxes, monies, street lights, and other property of the Village of Proctorsville, of any description, except as hereinafter provided, shall become vested in and become the property of the Town of Cavendish, and all indebtedness, bonded and otherwise, of the Village of Proctorsville shall be assumed by the Town of Cavendish, without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary.(b) Upon the merger specified in section one of this charter, the lands described as Greven Field, five acres, more or less, and the Main Street Fire Hall, so-called in the Village of Proctorsville and no other land, shall be retained and vested in the independent Proctorsville Fire District, to be established simultaneously with this merger by petition pursuant to the dictates of 20 V.S.A. chapter 171.
24A V.S.A. § 109-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-3. Properties held in trust

§ 109-3. Properties held in trust|Any and all properties held in trust by the trustees of the Village of Proctorsville, or any officer thereof, shall become vested in the Selectboard of the Town of Cavendish and their successors, or in the respective officer of the Town and the officer's successor, as the case may be, and shall continue to be held in trust for the same uses as before the merger, all without any further act, deed, or instrument being necessary.
24A V.S.A. § 109-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-4. Settling the affairs of the Village of Proctorsville

§ 109-4. Settling the affairs of the Village of Proctorsville|Prior to the merger, the officers of the Village of Proctorsville shall settle so far as possible their financial affairs and shall except as hereinafter provided, on said date, turn over and deliver to the Clerk of the Town of Cavendish all records, books, and documents of the Village of Proctorsville, and to the proper officers of the Town all property of the Village of Proctorsville, except the heretofore noted property of the independent Proctorsville Fire District.
24A V.S.A. § 109-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-5. Finances

§ 109-5. Finances|With the exception of special service funds as provided in section 29 of this charter, the funds of the Village of Proctorsville shall be added to the General Fund of the Town of Cavendish.
24A V.S.A. § 109-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-6. Water rates

§ 109-6. Water rates|(a) All water rates of the Village of Proctorsville in effect at the time of merger shall continue in effect until changed by the Selectboard of the Town of Cavendish. All costs of the Water Department shall be paid by the users.(b) Annual water charges shall be at a rate sufficient to cover annual expenditures, adequate reserves, temporary indebtedness, and the amortizing of bonded indebtedness and interest.
24A V.S.A. § 109-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-7. Existing ordinances; municipal maps; regulations

§ 109-7. Existing ordinances; municipal maps; regulations|(a) The Town Plan, zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, and official maps of the Town of Cavendish and the Village of Proctorsville, as they exist or may exist, all as contemplated by the Vermont Planning and Development Act, shall become and be the Town Plan, zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, and official maps of the Town of Cavendish, as merged.(b) All rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws for the Village of Proctorsville, if any, in effect on the day before the merger shall become and continue in full force and effect as rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Town of Cavendish, for the respective area presently involved, unless in conflict with rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Town of Cavendish already existing, until lawfully amended or repealed.(c) Whenever a power is granted by any such rule, ordinance, regulation, or bylaw to an officer of the Village of Proctorsville, such power is conferred hereby upon the appropriate officer of the Town of Cavendish.
24A V.S.A. § 109-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-8. Election of Selectboard

§ 109-8. Election of Selectboard|Town Selectboard members in office at the date of adoption of the merger shall continue in office until the end of their respective terms. Village trustees in office at the date of adoption of the merger shall cease to serve as trustees. No further trustees shall be elected.
24A V.S.A. § 109-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-9. Votes required for effect

§ 109-9. Votes required for effect|All sections of this plan of merger shall take effect if this plan is approved as follows:  (1) by majority vote of the Town of Cavendish, which includes all qualified voters of the Town; and (2) by majority vote of the Village of Proctorsville, which includes all qualified voters of the Village; and (3) by compliance with the terms of 24 V.S.A. chapter 49.
24A V.S.A. § 109-21
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-21. Applicability of general law

§ 109-21. Applicability of general law|(a) All provisions of the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and their officers shall apply to the Town of Cavendish.(b) The Town of Cavendish shall have all the powers now or hereafter conferred upon towns and villages by the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont.(c) The form, function, powers, and administration of the Town government of the Town of Cavendish shall not and will not be altered, changed, or amended under the terms of this plan of merger.
24A V.S.A. § 109-22
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-22. Officers

§ 109-22. Officers|(a) The Town of Cavendish shall have the officers as provided for towns by general laws except as provided by this section. Such officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this merger as well as those provided by law.(b) Those Town officers that are elected in the Town of Cavendish shall continue to be elected and no provision of this merger will alter or amend their status, standing, or term of office.(c) The Town of Cavendish shall continue to have five Selectboard members who shall be elected for the following terms:  three for three years and two for one year terms. Such Selectboard members shall have all the power and authority given to and perform all duties required of Town legislative bodies or Selectboards under the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont. The Selectboard members as presently constituted in the Town of Cavendish will continue in office for their respective terms as the Selectboard under the provisions of this merger.(d) The Selectboard shall determine its own rules and procedures but in compliance with pertinent laws of the State of Vermont. The Selectboard may elect its own Chair.(e) Without limiting any of its duly vested powers and authority, the Selectboard shall continue to have those powers and duties as conferred by law.
24A V.S.A. § 109-23
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-23. Town Manager system

§ 109-23. Town Manager system|Until and unless the Town of Cavendish shall reject the same by a majority vote of the legal voters, present and voting at an annual meeting, the Town of Cavendish shall take advantage of the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, and the Selectboard shall continue with the appointed Town Manager system of government.
24A V.S.A. § 109-24
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-24. Powers and functions

§ 109-24. Powers and functions|(a) The 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.(b) Without limiting any of its duly vested powers and authority, the Town of Cavendish may exercise those powers conferred by law.
24A V.S.A. § 109-25
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-25. Ordinances

§ 109-25. Ordinances|Any rule, ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Cavendish may apply to a limited area and not the whole Town, notwithstanding that the ordinance, rule, or regulation might also have been applied to another area or areas within the Town.
24A V.S.A. § 109-26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-26. Fire prevention

§ 109-26. Fire prevention|For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Cavendish may function with volunteer firefighter districts. At present there are two:  one in the Proctorsville Village area, to be established by petition as an independent fire district as prescribed by 20 V.S.A. chapter 171, and one in Cavendish known as Fire District No. 2. Each group shall choose its own Chief and other officers and hold its own meetings, as well as service its own geographic district. Each district shall propose and ratify its own budget and duly administer and collect the same through a fire district tax pursuant to statute.
24A V.S.A. § 109-27
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-27. Water and Sewer Departments

§ 109-27. Water and Sewer Departments|Control and management of the Village water system and Town water and sewer systems shall be vested in the Town, subject to all indebtedness and liabilities relating thereto; provided, however, that administration of the systems and payment of existing liabilities relating thereto shall be as specifically provided for in this merger.
24A V.S.A. § 109-28
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 109 - Town of Cavendish|App § 109-28. Street lights

§ 109-28. Street lights|The cost for power for all public street lighting shall be paid from the General Fund of the Town of Cavendish.