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24A V.S.A. § 149-33
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-33. Administrative code

§ 149-33. Administrative code|(a) Submission and adoption: On a timetable prescribed by the Board of Selectmen, but not to exceed two years in length, the Town Manager shall assemble an administrative code for review and approval by the Board of Selectmen, which shall consist of the following:  (1) A copy of the Town charter; (2) A properly indexed and codified volume of all Town ordinances; (3) A copy of the Town's personnel rules and regulations, classification, and pay plan; (4) A copy of the Town's financial purchasing and procurement regulations; (5) Any and all collective bargaining agreements and departmental rules and regulations; (6) Enabling legislation, ordinances, and resolutions for all Town boards, commissions, and committees, accompanying an updated list of all elected and appointed officers; (7) A copy of the plan of administrative organization.   (b) Distribution and availability:  (1) Copies of the administrative code shall be considered an official document to which a person may refer for up-to-date information on the Town. (2) The document shall be placed in the Town Hall and Library for free public access and sufficient copies made for sale to citizens at a cost of production fixed by the Board of Selectmen.   (c) Administrative Code update: The Town Clerk shall be responsible for the accurate maintenance and update of the administrative code.
24A V.S.A. § 149-41
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-41. Fiscal year Town government

§ 149-41. Fiscal year Town government|The fiscal year for Town government shall be fixed by the Board of Selectmen, in a manner to maximize efficiency in Town financial matters.
24A V.S.A. § 149-43
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-43. Capital expenditure program

§ 149-43. Capital expenditure program|(a) Preparation and submission: The Manager, after consultation with department heads, shall submit a proposed five-year capital expenditure program to the Board of Selectmen at least three months prior to Town meeting.(b) Contents:  (1) The capital expenditure program shall include:  (A) A clear narrative summary of needs; (B) A list of all capital expenditures to be proposed for the next five years with appropriate supporting data; (C) Actual cost estimates, proposed methods of financing, and necessary time schedules for each improvement; (D) Estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to be constructed or acquired.    (c) Revision and update: The above program shall be revised and extended each year to reflect progress or projects still pending.(d) Inclusion in annual budget: A summary of the capital expenditure program shall be included in the annual budget with special emphasis on the expenditures for the particular year.
24A V.S.A. § 149-44
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-44. Capital reserve funds and equipment funds

§ 149-44. Capital reserve funds and equipment funds|The Board of Selectmen may raise and appropriate money for the establishment of capital reserve or equipment reserve funds for the financing of all or part of:  (1) The construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of a specific capital improvement, or the acquisition of a specific item of equipment; (2) The construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of a type of capital improvement or acquisition of a type of equipment; (3) The size and regulation of capital reserve funds shall be determined by Board of Selectmen action.
24A V.S.A. § 149-45
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-45. Selectmen action on the budget

§ 149-45. Selectmen action on the budget|Board review:  (1) The Board of Selectmen shall schedule public meetings, as it deems appropriate, for the review and discussion of the administration's budget proposal. (2) Upon completion of its review, the Board of Selectmen shall act to finalize its budget proposal. (3) The Board shall then schedule a public hearing prior to Town meeting, warned as such. (4) Following the public hearing, the Board of Selectmen shall act to officially fix the budget to be finalized or proposed at Town meeting. (5) The Selectmen, in fixing the budget, shall place it on the warning as a gross appropriation.
24A V.S.A. § 149-46
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-46. Special appropriations

§ 149-46. Special appropriations|In response to a request, or upon its own initiative, should the Board of Selectmen so judge, the appropriation relative to a special element of Town business may be placed on the warning as a special appropriation by a majority vote of the Board. In taking action, the Board of Selectmen shall maintain the right to reject, alter, or reduce a request.
24A V.S.A. § 149-47
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-47. Citizen input; citizen participation in the budget process

§ 149-47. Citizen input; citizen participation in the budget process|Citizen participation plan; public notice:  (1) Timetable: Before the sixth month of a fiscal year, the Board of Selectmen shall draft and adopt a citizen participation plan, which shall provide for a committee of not more than 18 citizens, for the upcoming budget cycle. (2) Contents:  (A) The citizen participation plan shall outline, in specific terms, the manner by which the Board of Selectmen intends to provide for citizen input and public notice of the budget and its contents. (B) The citizen participation plan must provide for, but shall not be limited to formal budget workshops before Town meeting; along with the publication of a budget summary in the Town report indicating budgeted and actual expenditures for the current year and proposed expenditures for the coming year. (C) The citizen participation plan shall make proper allowances for review of all special appropriations.
24A V.S.A. § 149-50
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-50. Trust funds

§ 149-50. Trust funds|(a) Trust funds of the Town of Springfield shall continue to be kept separate and apart from other Town funds.(b) Trust funds shall be in the hands of the trustees of public funds in accordance with this charter and State law.
24A V.S.A. § 149-52
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield|App § 149-52. Debt; bonded debt for Town and school improvements

§ 149-52. Debt; bonded debt for Town and school improvements|(a) Authorization for any long-term bonded debt shall be granted by the voters at an annual or special Town meeting duly authorized for that purpose.(b) An article requesting authorization to incur long-term debt can only be placed on the warning by a vote of four selectmen, which indicates that the cost of the improvement will be too great to be paid out of the annual income or revenues of the Town.(c) Any vote authorizing long-term debt shall only be valid if voted at a Town meeting at which the total number of votes casting ballots exceeds 10 percent of the total number of names on the checklist on the date of the last annual Town meeting.(d) Articles requesting authorization for long-term debt shall be warned in accordance with section 22(b)(3) of this charter related to Town warnings generally.(e) The Town Treasurer shall be authorized, subject to the approval of the Board of Selectmen, to incur short-term debt in anticipation of taxes for Town and school funding.
24A V.S.A. § 150-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans|App § 150-1. Corporate existence retained

§ 150-1. Corporate existence retained|The inhabitants of the Town of St. Albans, within the corporate limits now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of St. Albans. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 150-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans|App § 150-2. General law; application

§ 150-2. General law; application|The Town of St. Albans shall have all the powers granted to towns 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 therein granted. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 150-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans|App § 150-3. Local option tax

§ 150-3. Local option tax|(a) If the Selectboard of the Town of St. Albans by a majority vote recommends, the voters of the Town may, at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, by a majority vote of those present and voting, assess any or all of the following:  (1) a one-percent sales tax; (2) a one-percent meals and alcoholic beverages tax; (3) a one-percent rooms tax.   (b) Any local option tax assessed under subsection (a) of this section shall be collected and administered and may be rescinded as provided by the general laws of this State. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 150-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans|App § 150-4. Planning Commission members; appointment

§ 150-4. Planning Commission members; appointment|(a) Members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed and any vacancy filled by the Selectboard in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 4323(a).(b) The length of term of the Planning Commission members shall be determined by the Selectboard.(c) Any Planning Commission member may be removed at any time by unanimous vote of the Selectboard.(d) Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 150-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans|App § 150-5. Recall

§ 150-5. Recall|Any elected officer of the Town may be recalled from office as follows:  (1) A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Selectboard requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office. (2) The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed. (3) The vote shall be by Australian ballot. (4) The official 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 that number vote for removal. (5) If the Town votes for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become vacant and the Selectboard 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. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 151-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-1. Merger of Village and Town

§ 151-1. Merger of Village and Town|The Village of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury are hereby consolidated and merged, and the Village of St. Johnsbury shall, except as hereinafter provided, cease to exist as a political entity or body corporate.
24A V.S.A. § 151-2a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-2a. Taxation for bonds and notes

§ 151-2a. Taxation for bonds and notes|Notwithstanding subsection 2(b) of this charter, all taxable property in the Town of St. Johnsbury shall be subject to the levy of unlimited ad valorem taxes to pay bonds and notes authorized by the voters of the Town for water purposes.
24A V.S.A. § 151-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-3. Settlement of Village affairs

§ 151-3. Settlement of Village affairs|The officers of the Village of St. Johnsbury shall, prior to the date when Act No. 345 of the Acts of 1957, as amended, goes into effect, settle, so far as possible, the pecuniary affairs of the Village of St. Johnsbury, and shall, except as hereinafter provided, on said date turn over and deliver to the Clerk of the Town of St. Johnsbury, all the records, books, and documents of the Village of St. Johnsbury, and to the proper officers of the said Town all other property of the said Village.
24A V.S.A. § 151-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-4. Authority; annual meeting

§ 151-4. Authority; annual meeting|(a) Said Town shall have and is hereby granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and no enumeration of powers in this charter shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority hereby conferred; but this grant of authority shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal this charter; or to limit the right to hereafter pass general laws applicable alike to this and all other municipal corporations of the State; nor shall this grant of authority be deemed to limit the patronage or control of the State with respect to said Town.(b) The Town shall start its annual meeting at 7:30 o'clock in the afternoon of the day before the first Tuesday of March and may transact at that time any business not involving voting by Australian ballot or voting required by law to be by ballot and to be held on the first Tuesday of March. Discussion shall be permitted at such meetings on all articles contained in the warning for the annual meeting. A meeting so started shall be adjourned until the following day.
24A V.S.A. § 151-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-6. Fire District; process for abolition

§ 151-6. Fire District; process for abolition|The St. Johnsbury Center Fire District No. 1 is abolished when a majority of the legal voters of said Fire District present and voting on the question at a regular or special meeting of said Fire District warned for said purpose so vote and shall thereupon cease to exist as a political entity and body corporate. All the property and funds of said Fire District shall on such date be vested in the Town of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury shall thereupon assume all indebtedness and obligations of said Fire District unless said liabilities and obligations exceed said assets in which case said Fire District shall continue to exist until such excess is paid unless the Town of St. Johnsbury votes otherwise at a regular or special meeting warned for said purpose.
24A V.S.A. § 151-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-7. Bylaws

§ 151-7. Bylaws|In meetings duly warned for the purpose, the Town of St. Johnsbury shall have power to make, alter, repeal, or amend bylaws, which together with the ordinances and regulations adopted by the selectmen shall regulate its affairs, and shall carry into effect the provisions and intent of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 151-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-9. Publication of bylaws and ordinances

§ 151-9. Publication of bylaws and ordinances|The bylaw adopted by the Town and the ordinances and regulations passed by the selectmen, whether enacted under the authority of general or special law, shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in said Town at least 20 days before the effective date thereof, and all such enactments shall thereupon be recorded at length by the Town Clerk in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the Town Clerk, and the Town Clerk's certificate that such bylaws, ordinances, and regulations were duly adopted and passed at an annual meeting of said Town or at a special meeting thereof lawfully called for that purpose or were duly enacted and adopted by the selectmen of the Town under authority of law or under authority of a vote of the Town shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State; and certified copies of said bylaws, ordinances, and regulations and the Clerk's certificates shall be received as evidence in all the courts of the State.
24A V.S.A. § 151-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-10. Penalties

§ 151-10. Penalties|(a) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures up to and including two hundred dollars, for each breach of an ordinance or bylaw, may be established by the selectmen, or by a properly warned Town meeting. These fines, penalties, and forfeitures may be recovered in an action of tort brought in the name of the Town, and in any such action a general complaint relying on the ordinance or the bylaw shall be sufficient. The process may issue either against the body or the property of the defendant, and if the defendant is found guilty, and if it is found by the court that the cause of action arose from his or her willful or malicious act or neglect, it shall so adjudge, and may further adjudge that he or she be confined in close jail, and may issue execution against his or her body with a certificate of such findings endorsed thereon; and such execution with such certificate thereon shall have the same effect as an execution issued on a judgment founded upon tort having a like certificate endorsed thereon.(b) Any person refusing to comply with any Town ordinance or bylaw, relating to his or her business may be enjoined by a proper action in chancery brought in the name of the Town, from continuing such business in violation of such ordinance or bylaw, and in any such action a bill relying on the ordinance or bylaw shall be sufficient.(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Town from having and exercising such other powers as may be proper to enforce obedience to its ordinances and bylaws and to punish violations thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 151-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-11. Prosecution of violations

§ 151-11. Prosecution of violations|All violations of ordinances or bylaws may be prosecuted in behalf of the Town by its attorney, or police officers, or by any other duly authorized prosecuting officer, before the Caledonia Municipal Court; and all fines, penalties, or forfeitures recovered by the said Town for violations of such ordinances or bylaws shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
24A V.S.A. § 151-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-12. Officers

§ 151-12. Officers|The elective officers of the Town shall be those authorized by the general laws of this State, except that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3509 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, the listers shall be appointed annually by the selectmen, unless the Town at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote otherwise.
24A V.S.A. § 151-12a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-12a. Compensation and fees

§ 151-12a. Compensation and fees|(a) The Selectboard shall annually consider, and from time to time set, the compensation of the following officers:  (1) Town Manager; (2) Constable; (3) members of the Board of Assessment.   (b) The Town Clerk and the Selectboard shall jointly set the compensation of the Town Clerk each year. The Town Treasurer and the Selectboard shall jointly set the compensation of the Town Treasurer each year. If the Selectboard and the Town Clerk or Town Treasurer are unable to agree on the amount of either officer's compensation, that officer's compensation shall be set by vote of the Town and the Selectboard shall include an article or articles in the annual meeting warning to that effect. The article or articles shall be adopted or modified by the vote of the majority of those eligible to vote who are present at the meeting. The article or articles shall not be voted on by Australian ballot.(c) The Town Manager, with the approval of the Selectboard, shall set the compensation of all other town officers and employees. (Added 2005, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 151-12b
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-12b. Offices abolished

§ 151-12b. Offices abolished|The Office of Fence Viewer, Inspector of Lumber, Shingles, and Wood, Second Constable, and Weigher of Coal are all hereby abolished. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Town Manager or his or her designee shall exercise the powers, duties, and responsibilities of any of the offices abolished by this section in the event that the need should arise. (Added 2005, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24A V.S.A. § 151-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-13. Expiration of terms of selectmen upon merger

§ 151-13. Expiration of terms of selectmen upon merger|Upon such effective date of the merger of the Village of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury the selectmen shall continue in office for the remainder of their respective terms and the other officers of the Town of St. Johnsbury shall continue in office until the first Tuesday in March next following, and their successors shall have been elected or appointed; and the ordinances of the Village of St. Johnsbury then in force shall remain of full force and effect, following the effective date of this act for a period of one year only, so far as such ordinances shall continue to be applicable and appropriate, except as repealed, amended, altered, or modified by the selectmen of the Town of St. Johnsbury, and as respects only that part of the Town of St. Johnsbury comprised within the limits of the Village of St. Johnsbury, as defined by No. 179 of the Acts of 1927.
24A V.S.A. § 151-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-14. Authority to merge; expiration

§ 151-14. Authority to merge; expiration|The authority granted by this act to the Village of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury to merge shall expire 20 years from the date of the passage and adoption of this act unless all of the municipalities mentioned herein shall have voted to adopt the provisions hereof within such period.
24A V.S.A. § 151-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-15. Severability

§ 151-15. Severability|If any provision of this act is for any reason held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions which can be given effect without the invalid provision. To this end, the provisions of this charter are declared to be severable.
24A V.S.A. § 151-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury|App § 151-16. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot

§ 151-16. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot|(a) The Selectboard shall prepare an annual budget for the Town, including a Town annual budget and a former Village District special services budget. The School Director shall prepare an annual School District budget. The annual budgets, other articles providing for the appropriation of funds, and public questions shall be voted by Australian ballot.(b) On any question wherein the vote is not specifically required to be by ballot, a ballot may be demanded by three voters at any meeting. (Amended 2009, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 8, 2009.)