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24A V.S.A. § 3-259
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-259. Proceedings to be postponed until all interested parties notified

§ 3-259. Proceedings to be postponed until all interested parties notified|If at any stage of the proceedings before the City Council, or in any proceedings subsequent thereto, it shall appear that any person owning or interested in such lands shall not have been duly notified, the City Council shall cause a citation to be served upon said persons not notified as herein provided, and shall cause said proceedings to be postponed to such time as will permit such citation so issued to be served in the manner provided herein for the service of original citations in such matters. Commissioners appointed by the county court or by a justice of the peace or agreed upon between the parties shall have the same power to issue citations that the City Council has, which citation shall be served in the same manner as reissued by the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 3-260
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-260. Manner of giving notice to additional interested parties

§ 3-260. Manner of giving notice to additional interested parties|Said City Council or tribunal before which such proceedings are pending may cause such further notice to be given by citation, publication, or in any other manner prescribed by it in an order for that purpose. A copy of such order, citation, notice of publication, or other notice which shall have been delivered to such landowner in person and verified by the affidavit of the person delivering the same, shall be prima facie evidence of such further notice.
24A V.S.A. § 3-261
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-261. Proceedings not to be voided for failure to give notice

§ 3-261. Proceedings not to be voided for failure to give notice|No proceedings instituted by the City Council under said citation, nor any proceedings subsequent and pertaining thereto, shall be void on account of any failure to give notice to any person or persons interested therein or shall for that reason be dismissed, but such proceedings shall be suspended till such person or persons are duly notified; whereupon the same proceedings shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if such person had been duly notified by the original citation. If the person so notified shall appear, he or she may be heard upon all matters therein pending in which he or she is interested.
24A V.S.A. § 3-262
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-262. City Council may order improvements upon petition of owners

§ 3-262. City Council may order improvements upon petition of owners|Whenever the owners of the greater part of the lands or buildings abutting upon any street, lane, or alley, or part thereof in said City, shall present their petition in writing to the City Council, praying that such street, land, or alley, or part thereof as specified be graded, paved, or macadamized, curbed and guttered, and that a sidewalk or the sidewalks thereof be constructed or repaired, or paved or laid with flagging or such other material as may be ordered by the City Council, or that either one or more of such improvements be made, the City Council may order and direct that such improvements be made.
24A V.S.A. § 3-263
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-263. Authorization to make improvements without petition; assessment of costs

§ 3-263. Authorization to make improvements without petition; assessment of costs|The City Council shall have power, without such petition, to make one or more of the improvements above specified, and to assess against the owner or owners of the lands or buildings abutting upon such street, lane, or alley, and adjoining the part where such improvements shall be made, whether made upon petition or otherwise, so much of the cost and expense of making such improvements as it shall judge such lands or buildings to be benefited thereby; but in no case shall the cost and expense of making such improvements be assessed against the abutting owner on either side of any such street or portion thereof in excess of one-half of such cost and expense in the construction of sidewalks, or in excess of one-fourth of such cost and expense in the making of any of the other improvements specified in the preceding section and the City shall pay one-half of the cost and expense of all improvements therein mentioned; provided that all assessments for street improvements heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
24A V.S.A. § 3-264
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-264. Notice of hearing

§ 3-264. Notice of hearing|Said assessments shall be made upon giving to the parties interested 12 days' notice of the time and place of hearing, in the manner herein provided in respect to laying out or altering highways.
24A V.S.A. § 3-265
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-265. Statement to be made

§ 3-265. Statement to be made|The City Council shall make a statement of all assessments, describing the lands or buildings assessed and forthwith cause the same to be recorded in the Chief Administrative Officer's office, and when so recorded such assessments shall be and remain a lien in the nature of a tax upon the lands or buildings so assessed until the same shall be paid, and shall have precedence over all other liens except ordinary taxes.
24A V.S.A. § 3-266
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-266. Chief Administrative Officer to record assessments; notification of owners

§ 3-266. Chief Administrative Officer to record assessments; notification of owners|It shall be the duty of the Chief Administrative Officer to collect such assessments, as soon as may be after he or she shall have recorded the same. The Chief Administrative Officer shall thereupon forthwith notify in writing the owner or owners of lands or buildings so assessed, their agents, or attorneys, stating therein the amount of such assessments.
24A V.S.A. § 3-267
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-267. Deadline for paying

§ 3-267. Deadline for paying|All such assessments shall be paid to the Chief Administrative Officer within 90 days after the same shall have been filed for record in the Chief Administrative Officer's office.
24A V.S.A. § 3-276
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-276. Composition; terms; powers; airport management

§ 3-276. Composition; terms; powers; airport management|(a)(1)(A) The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Burlington shall consist of four legal voters of said City to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified.   (B) In addition, so long as the public aviation field and municipal airport is located within the limits of the City of South Burlington, the Board of Airport Commissioners shall likewise consist of one legal voter of said City of South Burlington to be appointed by the governing body thereof to serve for three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified.  (2) The City Council shall have the exclusive general management and control of all lands owned or leased and used by the City for the purpose of a municipal airport, and of all buildings, property, and equipment of the City thereon, and shall see that the same are kept in good condition and repair. (3) The City Council may by resolution delegate any of its powers relating to the airport to the Board of Airport Commissioners.   (b) The City Council shall have power to make and alter from time to time all needful rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, safety, and decency within the boundaries of said airport and to fix penalties for disobedience thereof; which rules and regulations shall have the force of ordinances of the City of Burlington; provided, that no such rule or regulation shall be of any effect unless it shall have been published in full in one or more of the daily newspapers published in Burlington, and also printed and posted in conspicuous places within the limits of the property to which such regulation is intended to apply.(c) The Director of Aviation shall have special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Airport Department subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and to the orders and ordinances of the City. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 12, eff. May 19, 1999; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2015, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 18, 2015; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 161.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-277
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-277. Composition

§ 3-277. Composition|The Board of Health shall consist of five legal voters of the City, one of whom shall be a health practitioner who is either a physician, a physician assistant, or a registered nurse.
24A V.S.A. § 3-278
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-278. Adoption of by-laws authorized; meetings

§ 3-278. Adoption of by-laws authorized; meetings|The Board may adopt such by-laws 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 Chairman or the Clerk.
24A V.S.A. § 3-279
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-279. Local Board to be in lieu of statutory Board; general powers

§ 3-279. Local Board to be in lieu of statutory Board; general powers|The Board of Health created in section 277 of this chapter shall be for the City in lieu of the local Board of Health provided for by the general laws of this State, and shall have the powers conferred by those laws, subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 3-280
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-280. Designated

§ 3-280. Designated|The Board of Health shall, between the 25th day of June and the first day of July 1949, and annually thereafter, with the approval of the City Council, appoint a Milk and Food Inspector and an Inspector of Meat, whose terms of office shall begin on the first day of July and continue one year and until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
24A V.S.A. § 3-281
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-281. Board of Health authorized to make rules and regulations

§ 3-281. Board of Health authorized to make rules and regulations|The Board shall make rules and regulations for the conduct of each of the above officers, and may prescribe rules and regulations for the sale of milk and cream, food, and meat and for the installation and maintenance of plumbing equipment within the limits of said City, not inconsistent with law, and all such rules and regulations of said Board, when the same are approved by the City Council and duly published as herein prescribed for ordinances, shall have all the force and effect of ordinances of said City, with penalties for violation thereof as is hereinbefore provided.
24A V.S.A. § 3-282
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-282. Powers and duties of Health Officer

§ 3-282. Powers and duties of Health Officer|The Health Officer shall have all the powers and perform all the duties conferred or imposed upon health officers under the general laws of this State, and such other powers and duties as may be presented by said Board of Health or by any ordinance or by-laws of said City.
24A V.S.A. § 3-283
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-283. Generally

§ 3-283. Generally|(a) The Board of Health is hereby authorized to regulate and grant licenses for the selling or supplying of milk and cream within the City of Burlington, and no person shall sell or supply milk or cream within said City to be used by the inhabitants thereof unless he or she shall first have procured a license therefor from said Board of Health.(b) Before granting such license, said Board of Health shall make or cause to be made proper inspection of the cows producing said milk or cream, and of the barns and premises used in connection therewith, and of the places where said milk or cream is stored or kept for sale.(c) Each license shall state the dairies from which the licensee is authorized to sell or supply milk or cream under this section, and no licensee shall sell or supply milk or cream within the City of Burlington produced from any other dairy not specified in his or her license.(d) The Board of Health may issue from time to time to any licensee an additional license to sell or supply milk or cream from any dairy not specified in his or her license upon the terms and conditions hereinbefore prescribed.(e) No license tax shall be required of a person selling or supplying milk or cream in said City to licensed milk dealers who sell the same at retail.(f) A person who violates any provision of this section shall be subject to the penalties hereinbefore prescribed for a violation of a City ordinance.
24A V.S.A. § 3-284
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-284. Maintenance of Retirement Fund; Retiring Board; sources of Retirement Fund

§ 3-284. Maintenance of Retirement Fund; Retiring Board; sources of Retirement Fund|(a) The Retirement Fund heretofore established shall hold the assets of the retirement system. From the same there shall be available pensions to employees, appointive officers, and the Mayor of the City, upon the terms and conditions prescribed in the ordinance. The City Council is hereby given authority and power to provide in the annual budget an appropriation to the Fund, as may be necessary to meet the required demands thereunder. The Retirement Board shall consist of two members appointed by the City Council, one class A member of the system elected by the class A membership, one class B member of the system elected by the class B membership, and the Chief Administrative Officer as an ex officio member.(b) This Fund shall be created from the following sources:  (1) The accumulated contributions deducted from the compensation of class A members as well as those contributions deducted from the compensation of class B members when class B membership contributions were required. (2) The contributions of the City for benefits under the retirement system shall consist of a percentage of the earned compensation of members to be known as the "normal contribution" and an additional dollar amount to be known as the "accrued liability contribution." (3) All interest and dividends earned on the Fund.
24A V.S.A. § 3-285
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-285. Trustees of Fund designated; powers; officers

§ 3-285. Trustees of Fund designated; powers; officers|(a) The members of the Retirement Board shall be the trustees of the Fund, and may invest and reinvest the same in such securities and upon such terms and conditions as said Board shall determine.(b) The Retirement Board shall annually elect a Chair from its members. All warrants on said Fund shall be approved by said Board, or a majority thereof, and signed by the Chair and Secretary of the Retirement Board.
24A V.S.A. § 3-286
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-286. Board of Medical Examiners- Created; duties; composition; terms; compensation

§ 3-286. Board of Medical Examiners- Created; duties; composition; terms; compensation|(a) There shall be maintained in said City a Board of Medical Examiners of three members who shall perform such duties as may be required of them by the City Council and Retirement Board.(b) The City Council shall appoint the members of the Board of Medical Examiners. The services and expenses of said medical examiners shall be paid as directed by the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 3-287
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-287. Retirement generally

§ 3-287. Retirement generally|(a) The Retirement Board may permanently retire any employee, appointive officer, and the Mayor who has reached age 55 with at least three years of service or who has become disabled. In the Police and Fire Departments, the requisite age for retirement shall be 45 with at least three years of service.(b) Upon the retirement of any person, he or she shall be entitled to receive from the Retirement Fund an amount based upon the provisions found in the retirement ordinance. Any such pension may be increased by cost of living increases as provided for by the ordinance.
24A V.S.A. § 3-288
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-288. Reexamination of person on retired list; reappointment, etc.

§ 3-288. Reexamination of person on retired list; reappointment, etc.|(a) Once each year during the first seven years following disability retirement the Retirement Board may require any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained normal retirement age to undergo a medical examination by the Board of Medical Examiners. Based upon the health status, training, education, background, and job availability, the Retirement Board may reduce the disability benefit or stop it entirely.(b) No disability pension shall be granted hereunder, in any case, without a report from the Board of Medical Examiners.
24A V.S.A. § 3-289
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-289. Record of proceedings to be kept; report to City Council required

§ 3-289. Record of proceedings to be kept; report to City Council required|The Secretary to the Retirement Board shall record the minutes of all Retirement Board meetings and furnish copies of these minutes to the City Council. The financial information on the Fund shall be published in the annual City report.
24A V.S.A. § 3-299
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-299. Rights, duties, and liabilities of City to remain as existing at time of organization

§ 3-299. Rights, duties, and liabilities of City to remain as existing at time of organization|The rights, duties, and liabilities of the City of Burlington and of the Town of South Burlington, by reason of the conversion of the Town of Burlington into said two municipalities, shall remain as provided by section 31 of this charter entitled "An act to incorporate the City of Burlington," approved November 22, 1864, and the agreement said City and Town made by virtue of such section on the 15th day of March, 1865. All the books of record, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Burlington at the time the City of Burlington was organized shall continue to be deposited and kept in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer of said City, copies of which, duly certified by said Chief Administrative Officer, shall be legal evidence for all purposes for which they would have been evidence if said City had not been created, and they had been duly certified by the Clerk of the Town of Burlington.
24A V.S.A. § 3-300
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-300. Copy of charter to be kept in office of Chief Administrative Officer

§ 3-300. Copy of charter to be kept in office of Chief Administrative Officer|A copy of this charter shall be kept in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Burlington to which shall be affixed a certificate under the hand of the Secretary of State and the Seal of the State of Vermont, that the laws therein contained are statute laws of the State of Vermont, and such certified copy shall be an authentic record of such laws.
24A V.S.A. § 3-301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-301. Designation of chapter

§ 3-301. Designation of chapter|This chapter shall be designated as the charter of the City of Burlington.
24A V.S.A. § 3-303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-303. Alteration, amendment, or repeal of charter

§ 3-303. Alteration, amendment, or repeal of charter|This charter may be altered, amended, or repealed by the General Assembly whenever the public good shall require.
24A V.S.A. § 3-304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-304. Approval of section 102 by vote required

§ 3-304. Approval of section 102 by vote required|The maximum school tax rate of 120 cents upon the dollar of the property grand list of the City, as provided for in section 102 of this charter, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 102, be 100 cents upon the dollar of said list, unless a majority of the legal voters of said City, present and voting thereon at the annual City meeting to be held on the first Tuesday in March 1950, shall vote favorably upon the following question to be voted upon by ballot: "Shall the provisions of section 102 of the City charter providing for a maximum school tax of 120 cents upon the dollar of the property grand list of the City be approved?"
24A V.S.A. § 3-305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-305. Approval of section 99 by vote required

§ 3-305. Approval of section 99 by vote required|The limitation upon the tax provided by section 99 of this charter for City purposes shall be 200 cents upon the dollar of the property grand list, in the event that a majority of the legal voters of the City of Burlington present and voting thereon at the annual City meeting to be held on the first Tuesday in March 1950, shall vote favorably upon the following question: "Shall the City Council be authorized to assess annually upon the property grand list for City purposes a tax which shall not exceed 200 cents upon the dollar thereof?"
24A V.S.A. § 3-306
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-306. Reserve Fund of Light Department not to be increased without vote

§ 3-306. Reserve Fund of Light Department not to be increased without vote|Notwithstanding the provisions of section 65 of this Charter, the Special Reserve Fund of the Light Department therein provided for shall not be increased in any one year by more than 10 percent of the net earnings of said Department for the previous year, unless a majority of the legal voters of the City present and voting thereon at the annual City meeting to be held on the first Tuesday in March, 1950, shall vote favorably upon the following question, to be voted upon by ballot: "Shall the City Council, with the approval of the Board of Light Commissioners, be authorized to increase the Reserve Fund of the Light Department by such part of the Department earnings as it may deem advisable?"