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24A V.S.A. § 3-441
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-441. Rates; payment by municipal agencies

§ 3-441. Rates; payment by municipal agencies|The City Council or other board or agency of the City operating the electric plant may charge the City and all departments, agencies, instrumentalities, officers, or employers thereof for any electric service furnished to them, at the rate applicable to other customers taking service under similar conditions and the revenues so derived from any such service shall be treated as all other revenues of the electric plant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, special contracts for electric services may be entered into with another department, agency, or instrumentality of the City, provided that the Public Utility Commission first reviews and approves the contract pursuant to the provisions of 30 V.S.A. § 229.
24A V.S.A. § 3-442
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-442. Bonds; proceeds

§ 3-442. Bonds; proceeds|All moneys received from the issue of bonds (other than refunding bonds) shall be used solely to defray the cost of improving the electric plant of the City. The cost of improving the electric plant shall include all cost of acquisition, or improvement, including all preliminary expenses, the cost of acquiring all property, franchises, easements, and rights necessary or convenient therefor, engineering and legal expenses, expenses for estimates of costs and revenues, expenses for plans, specifications, and surveys, other expenses incident or necessary to determining the feasibility or practicability of the enterprise, administrative expense, interest prior to and during the carrying out of any project and for a reasonable period thereafter, such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses as may be required by the ordinance or resolution under which the bonds are issued, and such other expenses as may be incurred in the financing herein authorized, the acquisition or improvement of the electric plant, the placing of such plant in operation, including the creation of a cash working fund, and the performance of the things herein required or permitted in connection therewith.
24A V.S.A. § 3-443
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-443. Energy conservation facilities

§ 3-443. Energy conservation facilities|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.
24A V.S.A. § 3-444
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-444. Construction of article

§ 3-444. Construction of article|The powers conferred by this article shall be in addition and supplemental to the powers conferred by any other law. Bonds may be issued hereunder for the improvement of the electric plant of the City notwithstanding that any other law may provide for the issuance of bonds for like purposes and without regard to the requirements, restrictions, or procedural provisions contained in any other law. Any proceedings heretofore taken by the City relating to the subject matters of this article, whether or not commenced under any other law, may, at the option of the City Council, be discontinued and new proceedings instituted under this article. It shall not be necessary for the City proceeding under this article to obtain a certificate of convenience or necessity, franchise, license, permit, or other authorization or approval from any bureau, board, commission, or other instrumentality of the State of Vermont or the City in order to acquire or improve the electric plant or for the issuance of bonds in connection therewith hereunder.
24A V.S.A. § 3-445
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-445. Same

§ 3-445. Same|This article is remedial in nature and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes hereof, and to this end the City shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes hereof in addition to the powers expressly conferred in this article.
24A V.S.A. § 3-446
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-446. Same; invalidity

§ 3-446. Same; invalidity|It is hereby declared that the sections, clauses, sentences, and parts of this article are severable, are not matters of mutual essential inducement, and any of them shall be exscinded if this article would otherwise be unconstitutional or ineffective; it is the intention to confer upon the City the whole or any part of the powers in this article provided for, and if any one or more sections, clauses, sentences, and parts of this article shall for any reason be questioned in any court, and shall be adjudged unconstitutional or invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remaining provisions thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the specific provision or provisions so held unconstitutional or invalid, and the inapplicability or invalidity of any section, clause, sentence, or part of this article in any one or more instances shall not be taken to affect or prejudice in any way its applicability or validity in any other instance.
24A V.S.A. § 3-447
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-447. Ratification

§ 3-447. Ratification|(a) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this article, and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, no bonds shall be issued under this article unless and until more than 50 percent of the legal voters of the City present and voting thereon at any annual or special City meeting duly warned for that purpose shall have first voted to authorize the project or improvement for which such bonds are to be issued. The warning shall describe in general terms such project or improvement, shall estimate its cost, and shall state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued to finance it.(b) The City may issue bonds under this article without voter approval (1) to pay the costs of (A) the completion of a project or improvement previously authorized by the voters of the City, provided that such costs of completion do not exceed by more than 50 percent the estimated cost of the City's share of the project or improvement as set forth in the warning submitting the question to the voters, and (B) repairs, alterations, or other improvements necessary to maintain the operational status of any facilities of the electric plant, whether necessitated by casualty, regulatory, or licensing requirements, or other cause; or (2) in the case of jointly owned facilities not controlled by the City, to pay the City's share of the costs of improvements which the lead participants are empowered to make; or (3) for refunding as provided in section 436 of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 3-448
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-448. Powers exercised through City Council

§ 3-448. Powers exercised through City Council|The powers granted to the City hereunder shall be exercised by its City Council, notwithstanding the provisions of section 228 of this charter. No provisions hereof or of said section 228 of this charter shall be deemed to permit the exercise of any power in violation of the rights of bond or note holders.
24A V.S.A. § 3-449
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-449. Authority for joint venture for telecommunications

§ 3-449. Authority for joint venture for telecommunications|In addition to the authority granted under otherwise applicable law, the City has the power and is authorized to establish a joint venture or any other business relationship with one or more third parties to provide telecommunications or cable television services within or without the corporate limits of the City; provided that before such joint venture or business relationship may sell telecommunications or cable television services, it shall obtain whatever regulatory approvals are necessary, and shall pay all taxes, franchise fees, and similar charges assessed by the City on an incumbent. (Amended 1999, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 5d.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-501. City of Burlington utility facilities; taxation of

§ 3-501. City of Burlington utility facilities; taxation of|32 V.S.A. § 3659 shall not apply to land, buildings, and other facilities of the City of Burlington used for the generation of electric energy. Such land, buildings, and facilities owned by the City of Burlington and situated outside of its territorial limits shall be taxed by the municipality in which it is located either in the manner provided for privately owned property, or pursuant to a contract entered into by the municipalities providing for any mutually agreeable methods and amounts of taxation.
24A V.S.A. § 3-506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-506. Definitions

§ 3-506. Definitions|The following terms when used in this article shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings:  (1) "Bonds" means any bonds, notes, or other obligations of the City issued pursuant to this article. (2) "City" means the City of Burlington. (3) "Improvement" means any improvement, extension, betterment, addition, alteration, reconstruction, extraordinary repair, equipping, or reequipping of the waterworks or wastewater system of the City. (4) "Revenues" means all rates, fees, charges, and other receipts derived from the ownership or operation of the City's waterworks or wastewater system and may include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, investment earnings and the proceeds of insurance, condemnation, sale, or other disposition of system assets and proceeds of borrowing hereunder. (5) "System" means the waterworks system or the wastewater system. (6) "Wastewater system" means the complete wastewater treatment and collection system now owned by the City, including all treatment plants and sanitary sewer lines, together with any improvements thereto hereafter constructed or acquired. (7) "Waterworks system" means the complete water supply, treatment, and distribution system now owned by the City, together with any improvements thereto hereafter constructed or acquired.
24A V.S.A. § 3-507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-507. Bonds; issuance of

§ 3-507. Bonds; issuance of|The City is hereby authorized and empowered to issue bonds, from time to time, for the purpose of financing the cost of any improvement to the waterworks or wastewater system. The bonds and the interest thereon shall be payable solely and exclusively from the revenues of the waterworks or wastewater system as the case may be and shall not constitute general indebtedness of the City nor be an obligation or liability upon the City to pay the same from any funds of the City other than the revenues of the system. No holder or holders of any bonds issued under this article shall ever have the right to compel any exercise of the taxing power of the City to pay the bonds or the interest thereon. The bonds shall not constitute an indebtedness within the meaning of any debt limitation or restriction and shall not be within any statutory limitation upon the power of the City to issue bonds. It shall be plainly stated on the face of each bond that it does not constitute an indebtedness of the City but is payable solely from the revenues of its waterworks or wastewater system. The bonds may be authorized by resolutions of the Board of Public Works Commissioners. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, no bonds other than refunding bonds shall be authorized or issued under this article unless and until more than 50 percent of the legal voters of the City present and voting thereon at any annual or special City meeting duly warned for that purpose shall have first voted to authorize the project or improvement for which the bonds are to be issued. The warning shall describe in general terms the project or improvement, shall estimate its costs, and shall state the amount of bonds proposed to be issued to finance it. Except for purposes of refunding pursuant to section 508 of this charter, the City shall not issue bonds in excess of the amount set forth in the warning as aforesaid unless and until more than 50 percent of the legal voters of the City present and voting at any annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose shall have first voted to authorize the issuance of additional bonds for any previously authorized project or improvement.
24A V.S.A. § 3-508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-508. Refunding

§ 3-508. Refunding|The City, upon the approval of the Board of Public Works Commissioners and the City Council, may issue refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds issued hereunder at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption. No affirmative vote of the registered voters shall be necessary to authorize the issuance of refunding bonds. The refunding bonds may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds as the City deems to be in the public interest. The refunding bonds may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of the bonds, the expenses of issue of the refunding bonds, the expenses of redeeming the bonds being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of the refunding bonds, as may be required by the resolutions under which bonds are issued. Except as herein specified, the issue of refunding bonds, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the holders thereof, and the rights, duties, and obligations of the City with respect thereto shall be governed by the provisions of the Burlington City charter and the Vermont statutes relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable. In the event of any conflict between the City charter and the Vermont statutes in this regard, the City is hereby authorized to act pursuant to the more extensive grant of authority.
24A V.S.A. § 5-101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-101. City of Montpelier

§ 5-101. City of Montpelier|The inhabitants of the territory formerly the Town of Montpelier, and that portion of the Town of Berlin annexed to the City of Montpelier, by an act entitled, "An act to annex an adjacent portion of the Town of Berlin to the City of Montpelier," which act was approved November 29, 1898, are hereby incorporated as a municipal corporation under the name of the City of Montpelier (hereafter the City); and under that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court; may have a common seal and alter it at pleasure; may borrow money on the credit of the City, in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided; may elect representatives to the General Assembly of the State, and the number of justices of the peace as provided in Chapter II of the Vermont Constitution for a town of equal population; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon, or are incident to, towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-102. General powers

§ 5-102. General powers|The City shall have all the powers given to towns by the general law; and may purchase, hold, and convey any real estate and erect and keep in repair any buildings necessary or convenient for its purposes; and may acquire, construct, and maintain such infrastructure as it may deem necessary for the benefit of the City. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014; 2017, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 21, 2018.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-103. Form of government

§ 5-103. Form of government|(a) The municipal government provided by this chapter shall be known as council-manager form of government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this chapter, all powers of the City shall be vested in an elective City Council which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations; adopt budgets; determine policies; and appoint the City Manager, who shall enforce the laws and ordinances and administer the government of the City. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this chapter or prescribed by ordinance.(b) The Mayor and Council members shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their respective duties. The Mayor and Council members in their joint capacity shall constitute the City Council. The City Council shall have all the powers of selectboards, as well as additional powers granted by this chapter. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-105. Intergovernmental relations

§ 5-105. Intergovernmental relations|The City, through its City Council, may enter into agreements with the United States of America or the State of Vermont to accept grants, loans, and assistance to make public improvements, and the City may make appropriations consistent with this chapter to accomplish such purposes. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014; 2017, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 21, 2018.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-201. City voting districts

§ 5-201. City voting districts|There shall be three voting districts for the City, which shall be defined and filed with the City Clerk. The City Council may make changes from time to time to the boundaries of the districts in order to provide an equal division of population among them in accordance with U.S. Census data. Voting district changes shall not be made more frequently than once in five years. Such changes shall be approved by the voters at an annual or special meeting of the City and shall become effective immediately upon approval unless a later date is established therein. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-302. City Council composition and term of office

§ 5-302. City Council composition and term of office|The City Council shall consist of the Mayor and two Council members from each voting district. Members shall be elected by the voters of each respective district. Council members shall serve for a term of two years, and one Council member shall be elected per year for each district. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-303. Vacancy in office of Council member

§ 5-303. Vacancy in office of Council member|A vacancy on the City Council shall occur upon the death, removal from the district, inability to serve, or resignation of a Council member. A vacancy in the office of Council member with more than 90 days of unexpired term remaining shall be filled by the remaining members of the City Council. At the next annual meeting of the City, the unexpired term of the office shall be filled by election for the balance of the unexpired term. The Council may remove a Council member who has unexcused absences at four or more consecutive Council meetings upon approval of two-thirds of the Council. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-304. Election of President, Vice President, and Parliamentarian

§ 5-304. Election of President, Vice President, and Parliamentarian|(a) Following the annual meeting, the City Council shall elect from its members a President, Vice President, and Parliamentarian.(b) The President shall assume all the duties of the Mayor, in the event of a vacancy in that office. The Vice President shall assume powers and duties of the Mayor in the event of a vacancy in the offices of Mayor and President. The Parliamentarian shall advise the Council on rules of procedure. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-305. Vacancy in the office of the President, Vice President, or Parliamentarian

§ 5-305. Vacancy in the office of the President, Vice President, or Parliamentarian|In the event of the death, resignation, or disqualification of the President, Vice President, or Parliamentarian, the remaining City Council members shall elect a successor to serve until the next annual meeting. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-307
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-307. Council meetings

§ 5-307. Council meetings|The City Council shall hold meetings monthly on a regular schedule, and more often at the call of the Mayor. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-308. Special Council meetings

§ 5-308. Special Council meetings|(a) The Mayor may call special meetings of the City Council at any time. Special meetings may also be called by the Clerk on a petition signed by a majority of the City Council and filed with the Clerk.(b) Public notice and notice to the Council shall be given in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 312, as may be amended from time to time. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
24A V.S.A. § 5-309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 5 - City of Montpelier|App § 5-309. Council agenda

§ 5-309. Council agenda|The City Manager shall prepare a written agenda for each meeting of the Council. The City Manager shall add to the agenda any items requested by a Council member or by written request of any other person. The agenda shall be posted in accordance with State law. (Amended 2013, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)