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24A V.S.A. § 1-205
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-205. Officers elected

§ 1-205. Officers elected|(a)(1) The legal voters shall elect biennially a Mayor, a First Constable, and one person to serve as Clerk and Treasurer.  (2) Annually, the legal voters of each ward shall elect from among the legal voters of their respective wards one councilor for a term of two years. (3) Annually, the legal voters shall elect school commissioners to serve for a term of three years, as follows:  (A) at the 2019 annual City meeting, and each successive three-year cycle after that, three school commissioners; (B) at the 2020 annual City meeting, and each successive three-year cycle after that, two school commissioners; (C) at the 2021 annual City meeting, and each successive three-year cycle after that, two school commissioners.    (b) The legal voters shall elect annually Spaulding Union High School District School Board members in the manner, number, and term limit as is specified in the Barre City/Barre Town Union High School Agreement, dated November 30, 1986, or any such successor document. (Amended 2009, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013; 2015, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-206. Vacancies

§ 1-206. Vacancies|(a) In case of vacancy of any elected municipal City officer, except a councilor or school commissioner, occasioned by death, removal from the City, resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by appointment by the City Council until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any member for the Council.(b) In case of a vacancy of any councilor, occasioned by death, removal from the ward, resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by election at a caucus of the legal voters of the ward in which the vacancy occurs, duly warned, until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any legal voter from the ward in which the vacancy occurs.(c) In case of a vacancy of any school commissioner, occasioned by death, removal from the City, resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the School Board until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any member of the School Board. (Amended 2007, No. M-5, § 3; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-207
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-207. Voting on request of the City Manager

§ 1-207. Voting on request of the City Manager|(a) Annually, on the first Tuesday in March, the legal voters of the City shall meet to vote on the requests of the City Manager.(b) If, at the annual March meeting, the voters disapprove the request of the City Manager, the Mayor, or in his or her absence or disability, the City Clerk shall warn a general meeting of the legal voters to consider the article disapproved by the voters, and to authorize a specific sum of money therefore. The meeting shall be in accordance with 17 V.S.A. §§ 2630-2689 and shall be held at the same location as the previous meeting with the polls open for the same hours as the previous meeting. If the voters continue to disapprove any portion of the request, similar meetings shall be held in the same manner.(c) When the legal voters have authorized a specific sum for the request of the City Manager, the City Council shall set the tax rate necessary to raise the specific sum(s) so voted.(d) [Repealed.]  (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 5; 2007, No. M-5, § 5; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-301. Governing body

§ 1-301. Governing body|The City shall be governed by an elected Council and by an appointed City Manager and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this charter, City ordinances, or general laws of the State of Vermont.  (1) The City Council shall consist of the Mayor and two councilors for each ward who shall serve for a term of two years. (2) Within the limitations of the foregoing, the Council shall have the power to:  (A) Appoint and remove the City Manager and supervise, create, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter. (B) Assign additional duties to offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter, but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, commission, or department duties assigned to a particular office, commission, or department established by this charter. (C) Make, amend, and repeal ordinances. (D) Adopt an official seal of the City.  (3) The Council shall adopt the budget of the City, as provided herein. (4) All City employees, to include full-time and part-time, are prohibited from holding the Office of Councilor or Mayor. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-302. Regular meetings; meetings to be public; executive session

§ 1-302. Regular meetings; meetings to be public; executive session|The City Council shall meet at least twice monthly on Tuesdays, unless the Council approves an alternative day. All meetings of the City Council, whether regular or special meetings, shall be public. Executive sessions may be held in conformance with the provisions of the Vermont Statutes. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 5, 1999; 2007, No. M-5, § 5.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-303. Special meetings; quorum

§ 1-303. Special meetings; quorum|Special meetings of the City Council may be called at any time by the Mayor. They may also be called by the Clerk on a petition signed by a majority of the City Council and filed with the Clerk. Notice of special meetings shall be served on the Mayor and councilors by the Clerk delivering to each member a copy of the call, or leaving it at the place of the member's residence. A majority of the City Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-304. Role of Council in relation to administrative service appointment of committees

§ 1-304. Role of Council in relation to administrative service appointment of committees|It is the intention of this act that the City Council shall act in matters as a body. The Council shall deal with the administrative service solely through the Manager and shall not give orders to any subordinates of the Manager, either publicly or privately. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City Council from appointing committees or commissions of its own members, or of citizens to conduct investigations into the conduct of any officer or department, or any matter relating to the welfare of the City, and delegating to such committee or commissions such powers of inquiry as the City Council may deem necessary.
24A V.S.A. § 1-305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-305. Creation or continuation of departments, boards, offices

§ 1-305. Creation or continuation of departments, boards, offices|The City Council shall continue or create and determine and define the powers and duties of such executive and administrative departments, boards, and offices, in addition to those provided for herein, as it may deem necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of the City. Any department, board, or office so continued or created may at any time be altered or abolished by the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 1-306
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-306. Records of proceedings

§ 1-306. Records of proceedings|(a) It shall be the duty of the City Council to keep an official record of its proceedings which shall be open for public inspection. The agenda for the regular Council meeting shall be published in a local newspaper no later than three days preceding the meeting. The latest edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern the deliberations of the Council except when in conflict with the laws.(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Council at its next meeting and the official copy authenticated by the signature of the Clerk.
24A V.S.A. § 1-307
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-307. Powers of City; policy matters; appointment of certain officers

§ 1-307. Powers of City; policy matters; appointment of certain officers|All powers of the City and the determination of all matters of policy shall be vested in the City Council except as otherwise provided by this act or by general law. The City Council shall annually appoint a City Attorney, a City Grand Juror, a Library Liaison, and may provide for any Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Recreation Board, or Personnel Board, and may create commissions or other bodies with advisory powers and may appoint personnel to serve on said boards or commissions. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 3, eff. May 5, 1999.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-309. Source of appropriations, expenditures

§ 1-309. Source of appropriations, expenditures|The money raised from taxation, assessments, fines, and other lawful sources shall constitute the sum from which appropriations, expenditures, and payments are to be made by the authority of the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 1-311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-311. Business or contracts between City and City officials or employees

§ 1-311. Business or contracts between City and City officials or employees|No City official or employee shall be interested in any contract with the City, furnish any material, or perform any labor, except in the discharge of the official's or employee's official duties or as allowed for in the Procurement Policy or Conflict of Interest Policy as adopted by the Council. (Amended 2019, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Oct. 8, 2020.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-312
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-312. Audits

§ 1-312. Audits|(a) The City Council shall prior to the close of each financial year employ by contract a public accountant to examine the financial statements of the funds of the City.(b) Annual examination of the financial statements shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the financial and compliance standards for audit of governmental organizations, programs, activities, and functions. For the purpose of examination and audit authorized by the City, all records, account books, papers, reports, and returns of all departments, including the trustees and custodians of trust funds and all officers and employees who receive or disburse funds for the benefit of the City, shall be made available for audit. It shall also be the duty of each City officer or employee to provide oral explanatory information when required by the public accountant.(c) As a matter of policy, the City Council shall solicit public bids from public accountants at least once in every three-year period.
24A V.S.A. § 1-313
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-313. Sale or lease of City property

§ 1-313. Sale or lease of City property|The City Council may authorize the sale or lease of any real or personal estate belonging to the City, and all conveyances, grants, or leases of such real estate shall be signed by the Mayor.
24A V.S.A. § 1-314
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-314. Authority to borrow money, issue bonds, pledge credits

§ 1-314. Authority to borrow money, issue bonds, pledge credits|The City Council shall have the authority to borrow money, issue its bonds or notes, and pledge the credit of the City pursuant to provisions of the Vermont Statutes as they govern borrowing for towns and municipalities as provided in Title 24, V.S.A.
24A V.S.A. § 1-315
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-315. Compensation of City officials

§ 1-315. Compensation of City officials|Compensation of Mayor, councilors, and other appointees and City officers:  (a) The Mayor and councilors shall receive compensation in an amount as may be voted by the voters of the City at a meeting duly warned for said purpose. (b) The City Council shall fix the compensation of all other appointees and employees, except as otherwise provided in this charter. (c) When the legal voters have authorized an annual City and school budget, the City Council, School Board, and/or the City Manager shall not authorize appropriations, expenditures, or payment in excess of the amount voted. Deficit spending shall be prohibited by the City of Barre and the City of Barre Schools. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-316
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-316. Expenditures

§ 1-316. Expenditures|No money shall be paid except on warrant, by the Treasurer or a designated deputy, and authorized by the City Council. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 4, eff. May 5, 1999.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-317
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-317. Special assessments

§ 1-317. Special assessments|The City Council may make special assessments for the purchase, construction, repair, reconstruction, or extension of a water system, sewage system, sidewalk, or any other public improvement which is to benefit a limited area of a municipality to be served by the improvement.
24A V.S.A. § 1-318
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-318. Sidewalks

§ 1-318. Sidewalks|(a) Whenever a petition in writing shall be presented to the City Council, signed by the owner or owners of two-thirds of the frontage on any street, lane, or alley, or any portion thereof in the City asking that such street, lane, alley, or portion thereof be curbed or guttered, or that a sidewalk or the sidewalks thereof be constructed or repaired or paved, the City Council may order or direct that such improvements be made.(b) The City Council without petition may make any or all of the improvements described in the preceding section and shall assess against the owner or owners of the lands or buildings abutting upon such street, lane, or alley and adjoining the part where such improvement may be made, whether made upon petition or otherwise, so much of the cost and expense of making such improvements as it shall judge such land and 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 such street or portion thereof in excess of one-half of such cost and expense in making any of the other improvements specified in the preceding section, and the City shall pay the remaining cost and expense of all improvements therein mentioned; provided that all assessments heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
24A V.S.A. § 1-319
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-319. Sewers

§ 1-319. Sewers|The City Council is authorized subject to ordinances of the City Council to establish, construct, or maintain public sewers in the City; and it may assess according to frontage of the owners of land or buildings adjoining or abutting said streets or any portion thereof, in which such sewers may be established, so much of the expense of constructing such sewers as the City Council shall adjudge such land or buildings to be specifically benefited thereby; but in no case shall the expense of construction of any sewer be assessed against the abutting owner on either side of any street or any portion thereof in excess of one-half of such expense; provided that all sewer assessments heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
24A V.S.A. § 1-320
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-320. Authority to take land

§ 1-320. Authority to take land|The City Council is also authorized and empowered to establish, construct, and maintain public sewers in and through the lands of individuals and corporations, on making compensation for lands taken therefor, in the same manner as provided by law in the laying out and establishing of highways.
24A V.S.A. § 1-321
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-321. Collection of assessments; liens

§ 1-321. Collection of assessments; liens|Special assessments shall constitute a lien on the property against which the assessment is made in the same manner and to the same extent as taxes assessed on the grand list of a municipality, and all procedures and remedies for the collection of taxes shall apply to special assessments.
24A V.S.A. § 1-322
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-322. Tax stabilization contract

§ 1-322. Tax stabilization contract|(a) The City Council shall have the authority to enter into a contract with owners, lessees, bailees, or operators of agricultural, industrial, residential, or commercial real property for the purpose of:  (1) Fixing and maintaining the valuation of such property on the grand list; (2) Fixing and maintaining the rate or rates of tax applicable to such property; (3) Fixing the amount in money which shall be paid as an annual tax upon such property; or (4) Fixing the tax applicable to such property at a percentage of the annual tax.   (b) The authority to enter into such contract shall be by vote of two-thirds of those present and voting at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose for a contract relating to agricultural, commercial, residential, or industrial real property.(c) The voters may provide general authority to the City Council to enter into such contracts as application is made, or provide limited authority to the City Council to negotiate contracts which shall be effective upon ratification by a majority of those present and voting at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose.(d) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section:  (1) Shall be for a period not in excess of 10 years; (2) Shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be available for public inspection; (3) May be with existing or new owners, lessees, bailees, or operators of such property or with persons who intend to become owners, lessees, bailees, or operators of such property; and (4) May be applicable to existing agricultural property, renovations of or additions to existing agricultural, commercial, residential, or industrial real property, or to new agricultural, commercial, residential, or industrial real property. (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 3.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-401. Appointment and qualifications

§ 1-401. Appointment and qualifications|The City Manager shall be appointed annually on the first day of July by the Council solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his or her actual experience, in, or knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to the duties of his or her office, as hereinafter set forth. At the time of his or her appointment, he or she need not be a resident of the City or State, but during his or her tenure of office he or she may reside outside the City only with the approval of the Council. The City Manager shall hold office at the will of the Council.
24A V.S.A. § 1-402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-402. Removal

§ 1-402. Removal|On 90 days' notice, the Manager may be removed without cause by a majority of the Council so voting. He or she may be suspended during this period, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal.Notwithstanding the above, the Council may adopt a resolution stating its intention to remove the Manager and the reasons therefore, a copy of which shall be served forthwith on the Manager who may, within 10 days, demand a public hearing. Upon or after passage of such resolution, the Council may suspend him or her from duty, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal. If no appeal is filed, the Council may dismiss him or her. In the event of an appeal, the Council shall hold a public hearing not less than 10 days or more than 20 days from the date of appeal, after which they may dismiss him or her.
24A V.S.A. § 1-403
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-403. Manager's absence

§ 1-403. Manager's absence|The City Manager may designate a qualified administrative officer of the municipality to perform his or her duties during his or her temporary absence or disability. In the event of his or her failure to make such designation, the Council may, by resolution, appoint an officer of the City to perform the duties of the Manager during such absence or disability, until he or she shall return or his or her disability shall cease.
24A V.S.A. § 1-404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-404. Duties and responsibilities

§ 1-404. Duties and responsibilities|The City Manager shall:  (a) Be the chief administrative official of the City; (b) Enforce all laws and ordinances of the City; (c) Appoint and remove all department heads and all other officers, subordinates, and assistants and fix their salary or compensation, for whose selection or removal no other method is provided in this act, except that he or she may authorize the head of a department to appoint and remove subordinates in such department, supervise and control his or her appointees, and report the appointment or removal at the next meeting thereafter of the City Council; (d) Negotiate contracts for the City; provided, however, that all contracts must conform with the Barre City Procurement Policy, as adopted by the City Council; make recommendations concerning the nature and location of municipal improvements and execute municipal improvements as determined by the City Council; (e) See that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the municipality or its inhabitants by any statute, public utility, franchise, or other contract are faithfully kept and performed and, upon knowledge of any violation, call the same to the attention of the City Council; (f) Attend meetings of the City Council with the right to take part in the discussion, but without the right to vote; (g) Recommend to the City Council for adoption such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient, keep the Council advised of the financial condition of the City, make reports to the Council, as requested by it, and at least once a year make an annual report of his or her work for the benefit of the Council and the public; (h) Investigate at any time the affairs of any officer or department; (i) Perform such other duties as may be required of the City Manager by ordinance or resolution of the City Council. (Amended 2017, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 21, 2018.)