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24A V.S.A. § 123-103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-103. Powers of the Town

§ 123-103. Powers of the Town|(a) The Town of Hardwick shall have all the powers granted to towns, town school districts, and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this charter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The Town of Hardwick may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter, and impose penalties for violation thereof.(b) The Town may acquire real and personal property within or without its corporate limits necessary or convenient for any lawful purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease or condemnation, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State.(c) In this charter, no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers which the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.(d) The Seal of the Town of Hardwick, heretofore adopted, is declared to be the Official Seal of the Town, to be used as required by law and custom.(e) The Town 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 water wells, springs, aqueducts, reservoirs, sewage disposal facilities as it may deem necessary for the benefit of the Town.
24A V.S.A. § 123-105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-105. Reservation of powers to the Town

§ 123-105. Reservation of powers to the Town|Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Hardwick, the selectmen of said Town, or its elected and appointed officials by general or special enactments of State statutes or regulations in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall by this charter be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of such general enactments unless this charter otherwise provides.
24A V.S.A. § 123-106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof

§ 123-106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof|(a) A Town ordinance may provide:  (1) for a fine in an amount no greater than $1,000.00; and (2) that each week a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.   (b) A violation of a Town ordinance shall be classified as misdemeanor or a rule violation in the same manner as it would be classified by statute now or hereafter enacted and prosecuted accordingly. The Town may maintain an action to enjoin the violation of any ordinance or rule, but the election of the Town to proceed with an application for an injunction or to seek any other remedy or redress permitted by law shall not prevent a criminal prosecution for the violation of such ordinance or rule.
24A V.S.A. § 123-107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-107. Ordinances; adoption by selectmen

§ 123-107. Ordinances; adoption by selectmen|(a) If the selectmen desire to adopt an ordinance, they shall cause it to be entered in the official record kept of their proceedings, and thereafter, they shall adopt it subject to final approval after the public hearing as here-after set forth. The ordinance shall then be posted in three public places within the Town and published by title and summary setting forth the subject matter, effective date, and penalty for violation thereof in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town, together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing to consider the ordinance for final passage, such publication and posting to be on a day at least one week and not more than two weeks prior to the hearing.(b) At the public hearing or at any time and place to which the hearing may be adjourned, the ordinance shall be read in full, unless the Board of Selectmen elect to read the ordinance by title. After such a reading all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.(c) After the public hearing, the selectmen may finally adopt the ordinance, with or without amendment. If they amend the ordinance prior to passage, they shall cause the amended ordinance to be entered in the official record of their proceedings, and shall also cause notice of the amended and passed ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town on a day not more than 14 days after adoption.(d) Every ordinance shall become effective 60 days after adoption, unless the selectmen specify a longer period or if the ordinance is conditioned on approval by voters of the Town, then upon such voter approval. If within 30 days of the adoption, a petition for reconsideration and repeal is filed, the ordinance shall not become effective until after the question of reconsideration and repeal is voted.(e) The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk's office and the Town Manager's office a book of ordinances, which shall contain each Town ordinance, together with a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate any Town ordinance lawfully passed or heretofore adopted.
24A V.S.A. § 123-108
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-108. Referendum

§ 123-108. Referendum|(a) All Town ordinances, except as specified in section 110 of this charter, may be repealed 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 a vote on the question of repealing the ordinance. The selectmen shall call a special Town Meeting to be held within 60 days of the date of the filing of the petition, to vote on whether the ordinance shall be repealed.(b) Within 30 days after passage of an ordinance, 15 percent of the registered voters shall constitute sufficient signatures for referendum petition, and any other procedures of section 108(a) of this charter apply.
24A V.S.A. § 123-109
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-109. Ordinances; adoption on petition

§ 123-109. Ordinances; adoption on petition|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 selectmen 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 selectmen 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 selectmen, 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.
24A V.S.A. § 123-110
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-110. Nonapplicability of zoning and subdivision

§ 123-110. Nonapplicability of zoning and subdivision|The provisions of sections 107, 108, and 109 of this charter shall not apply to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any zoning ordinance or bylaw, any land subdivision ordinance or land subdivision bylaw, nor to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any municipal plan, or comprehensive regional plan, the enactment, amendment, or repeal of such ordinances, bylaws, and plans being specifically controlled by 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, or by such other statute regulating zoning, subdivision, and municipal and regional plans as may be enacted from time to time. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of all other ordinances shall be in conformity with sections 107, 108, and 109 of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 123-111
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-111. Applicability of referendum and initiative

§ 123-111. Applicability of referendum and initiative|The right of referendum and initiative contained in sections 108 and 109 of this charter shall apply to the amendment or repeal of an ordinance as well as to its enactment.
24A V.S.A. § 123-112
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-112. Authority of police officers

§ 123-112. Authority of police officers|The police officers of the Town shall have those powers conferred upon them by 24 V.S.A. chapter 55 and by all other laws applicable to municipal police officers.
24A V.S.A. § 123-113
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-113. Open meetings

§ 123-113. Open meetings|Meetings of all Town boards and commissions shall be open and held in accordance with the general law of this State relating to public meetings. The record of all official proceedings shall be available for public inspection and copying as provided by the general law of this State.
24A V.S.A. § 123-114
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-114. Form of government

§ 123-114. Form of government|The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as the council anager form of government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the Vermont Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the Town shall be vested in an elective Council, which shall be known as the Board of Selectmen, which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations, propose budgets, determine policies, and appoint the Town Manager, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the Town. All powers of the Town shall be exercised in the manners prescribed by this charter or prescribed by ordinance.
24A V.S.A. § 123-115
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-115. Change of form of government

§ 123-115. Change of form of government|Upon petition of a number of legal voters equal to at least 15 percent of the total registered voters of the Town may, at any annual meeting or special meeting duly warned and held for that purpose, vote to change the council-manager form of government to any other legal form. A majority of the legal votes cast shall be needed to effect a change of government.
24A V.S.A. § 123-116
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-116. Intergovernmental relations

§ 123-116. Intergovernmental relations|The Town through its Board of Selectmen or Board of School Directors, or both, may enter into any agreement with the United States of America or in the State of Vermont, or both, or with any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both to make public improvements within said Town, or upon property or rights of said Town outside its corporate limits, whether owned by said Town as sole owner or owned by said Town in common with another municipality or other municipalities, and may make appropriations consistent with this charter to accomplish such purpose.
24A V.S.A. § 123-117
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-117. Town School District: establishment

§ 123-117. Town School District: establishment|The Town of Hardwick, as established in section 101 of this charter, shall constitute the Hardwick Town School District.
24A V.S.A. § 123-118
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-118. Special service district

§ 123-118. Special service district|(a) By ordinance, enacted as herein provided, the Town of Hardwick may designate, establish, enlarge, and modify the boundaries of certain special service districts, in which are provided municipal services not available elsewhere in the Town. For the cost of providing such municipal services, including the cost of financing capital improvements relating to such services, the Town may assess, levy, and collect annually a special benefit tax upon all property within such special service district.(b) No such special service district may be designated, established, enlarged, or modified without the approval of the residents in said District as existing or proposed, expressed by the affirmative vote of a majority of those residents within said District present and voting at a special meeting thereof.(c) Regular water and sewer charges, fees, and rates shall not be considered a special benefit tax within the meaning of this section, and shall be assessed and collected as provided by general law.
24A V.S.A. § 123-301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-301. Generally

§ 123-301. Generally|The officers of the Town of Hardwick shall be those provided by law for towns, except as otherwise provided by this charter. Such officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law.
24A V.S.A. § 123-302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-302. Elective officers

§ 123-302. Elective officers|(a) The officers elected and their compensation fixed by the Town at its annual meeting shall be:  (1) Five selectmen (2) Town Meeting Moderator (3) Three trustees of public funds (4) Three auditors (5) Town Clerk (6) Town Treasurer (7) Listers (8) Cemetery trustees (9) Library trustees (10) Fire Department officers (11) A First Constable, and a Second Constable, if needed. (12) [Repealed.] (13) A Tree Warden (14) One or more fence viewers (15) One or more grand jurors   (b) All elected officers shall be chosen from the legally qualified voters of the Town and shall hold office for the terms hereafter specified and until their successors are elected and qualified.(c) All selectmen shall be elected by Australian ballot.(d) When an elected officer specified in section 302(a) of this charter resigns, makes another Town his or her residence, dies, or becomes incapacitated, the office shall become vacant and the selectmen shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting. The person elected shall at the annual meeting serve until the predecessor's term expires. Incapacity shall include the failure of a selectman to attend 50 percent of the meetings of the Board in any calendar year. (Amended 2019, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
24A V.S.A. § 123-303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-303. Terms of office; selectmen

§ 123-303. Terms of office; selectmen|(a) Three selectmen shall be elected for a three-year term and two selectmen for a one-year term.(b) All selectmen shall be elected at large. The persons with the largest number of votes for office of equal terms shall be elected to those offices. If there are selectmen's offices with different terms, each candidate shall specify the term for which he or she seeks election. No person shall seek election to concurrent terms for the office of selectmen.
24A V.S.A. § 123-304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-304. Other elective offices

§ 123-304. Other elective offices|(a) The three auditors shall be elected. The auditors' duties shall otherwise be as established by the general law of the State.(b) The Town Meeting Moderator shall be elected and shall perform those duties prescribed by the general law of this State.(c) The Town Clerk shall be elected for a three-year term and shall carry out the duties of the town clerk as specified by statute and by this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 123-305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-305. Treasurer

§ 123-305. Treasurer|(a) The Treasurer shall be elected at the Annual Meeting and shall serve for a three-year term. An Assistant Treasurer may be appointed by the Treasurer as provided by Vermont State Statutes.(b) The Treasurer shall perform the duties required by statute or provided by this charter and shall:  (1) Promptly deposit funds in such depositories as may be designated by the selectmen. (2) Invest Town funds in the manner designated by statute. (3) Keep such books and accounts as may be required by the selectmen or the Town Manager in addition to those required by law. (4) Make reports to the selectmen or the Town Manager monthly or at such other times as they may require showing the condition of the Town's finances. (5) Perform such other duties with respect to the Town's finances as the selectmen may request.
24A V.S.A. § 123-306
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-306. Appointed officers

§ 123-306. Appointed officers|(a) The Board of Selectmen may appoint any officers required by the Town's personnel regulations or this charter.(b) The Town Manager shall function as the personnel officer of the Town.(c) The Town Manager shall function as the personnel officer of the Town.  (1) A Zoning Administrator whose powers and duties shall be established by law and by ordinance of the Town. (2) A Civil Defense Director whose powers and duties shall be established by law. (3) A Town Service Officer whose powers and duties shall be as established by law. (4) A Town Recreation Committee. (5) Planning commissioners/Zoning Board of Adjustment whose powers and duties shall be those established by law. (6) Representative to the Regional Planning Commission whose powers and duties shall be as those established by law. (7) Town Energy Coordinator. (8) Dog Warden. (9) Pound Keeper. (10) Health Officer.
24A V.S.A. § 123-307
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-307. Vacancies and appointments

§ 123-307. Vacancies and appointments|(a) When the term of any member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Planning Commission, or any other Town board or commission expires, or when the term of any officer appointed by the selectmen or the Town Manager expires, or when there is a vacancy in any such board, commission, or office, the Town Manager may cause to be published, in a newspaper of general local circulation, a notice of the vacancy or the expiration of the term.(b) Any qualified voter of the Town may, within 10 days of the publication, submit his or her name to the Town Manager as an applicant for the vacant or expired office. At the expiration or 10 days from the date of publication, the names of all persons being considered shall be entered in the selectmen's minutes. The selectmen shall not fill the vacancy or expired term until after at least seven days from the date the names of the applicants are entered in the minutes.
24A V.S.A. § 123-308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-308. Bonding of officers

§ 123-308. Bonding of officers|All officers of the Town required to be bonded by the State law shall be so bonded.
24A V.S.A. § 123-309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-309. Oath of office

§ 123-309. Oath of office|All elective 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 will faithfully execute the Office of ______ of the Town of Hardwick to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God (or I so affirm)."
24A V.S.A. § 123-310
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-310. Town Clerk and Treasurer

§ 123-310. Town Clerk and Treasurer|The Clerk, auditors, and Treasurer of the Town shall perform those duties imposed upon them by the general law of this State.
24A V.S.A. § 123-311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick|App § 123-311. Recall of elected officials

§ 123-311. Recall of elected officials|(a) Any elected Town officer may be removed from office as follows:A petition signed by not less than 25 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the selectmen, requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office. The date of signing by each voter shall be indicated in the petition and such date shall not be earlier than 30 days prior to the filing of the petition. The selectmen shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition, to vote on whether the elected town officer shall be removed. The officer shall be removed only if at least as many registered voters of the Town vote as voted in the election wherein the officer was elected, or at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, whichever is greater, and a majority of the number of votes is cast for removal. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or of this charter to the contrary, any vote on a recall petition shall be by the Australian ballot system.(b) If the Town votes for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become vacant, and the selectmen shall call a special meeting, to be held within 45 days of the vote for removal, to fill the vacancy until the term of the officer so removed expires. The office shall remain vacant until the next annual Town meeting if such special meeting would fall within 75 days prior to the annual Town meeting.