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24A V.S.A. § 3-107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-107. When Treasurer to issue warrant against delinquent persons

§ 3-107. When Treasurer to issue warrant against delinquent persons|Except when otherwise provided, after the expiration of 10 months and 25 days from the time of the delivery of a tax bill to the Clerk/Treasurer, he or she shall thereupon issue his or her warrant against such delinquent person for the collection from them of the amount so due and determined and said interest thereon, which shall be returnable to such Clerk/Treasurer in 90 days from its date, and shall be addressed and delivered to the First Constable of said City.
24A V.S.A. § 3-108
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-108. Chief Administrative Officer to collect delinquent taxes

§ 3-108. Chief Administrative Officer to collect delinquent taxes|It shall be the duty of the Chief Administrative Officer to collect all legal taxes contained in such tax bill, the amount thereof being determined as hereinbefore provided on or before the time when such warrant is returnable, subject to such abatement of taxes as may be made by the Board for the Abatement of Taxes.
24A V.S.A. § 3-109
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-109. Collection after time warrant returnable permitted

§ 3-109. Collection after time warrant returnable permitted|The Chief Administrative Officer, or any successor to whom such original warrant may, under the provisions of the general laws of the State, be delivered for execution, may collect on such warrant after the expiration of the time in which the same is returnable any such taxes then contained therein and by the same methods and during the same period or periods authorized by the general laws of this State in regard to collection of taxes by constables and collectors of taxes in towns.
24A V.S.A. § 3-110
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-110. Chief Administrative Officer to proceed in manner prescribed by law

§ 3-110. Chief Administrative Officer to proceed in manner prescribed by law|Such Chief Administrative Officer shall proceed in the same manner, perform the same duties, be subject to the same liabilities, have the same power, authority, and privileges touching the collection of all taxes for the collection of which he or she holds a warrant, as prescribed by the general laws of this State in regard to the collection of taxes by constables or collectors of taxes in towns.
24A V.S.A. § 3-111
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-111. Fees for collection of delinquent taxes

§ 3-111. Fees for collection of delinquent taxes|The Chief Administrative Officer shall be entitled to collect from delinquent taxpayers the same fees for collection of all taxes for which a warrant has been issued as are allowed by the laws of this State to collectors of taxes in towns, such fees to be paid over to the City rather than being retained by the Chief Administrative Officer.
24A V.S.A. § 3-112
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-112. Failure of owners to pay assessments; warrant to be issued; Chief Administrative Officer to collect

§ 3-112. Failure of owners to pay assessments; warrant to be issued; Chief Administrative Officer to collect|If the owner or owners of any land or buildings assessed under any provisions of this charter shall neglect or refuse to pay any such assessment or any installment thereof with interest as hereinafter provided, to the Chief Administrative Officer or the holder of assessment certificates hereinafter mentioned, within the time prescribed for such payment, the Chief Administrative Officer shall issue his or her warrant for the collection thereof, and such Chief Administrative Officer shall proceed to collect the same, in the manner hereinafter prescribed for the collection and enforcement of assessments made in laying out or altering streets or highways.
24A V.S.A. § 3-113
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-113. Assessments may be collected by suit

§ 3-113. Assessments may be collected by suit|Such assessments and installments may also be collected by an action at law in the name of the holder of such assessment certificates or in the name of the City of Burlington. A declaration setting forth in substance that the action is brought to recover certain assessments or installments and describing the nature of the same, with the date at which they were made and describing in a general way the premises against which the same are assessed, shall be sufficient.
24A V.S.A. § 3-114
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-114. Council to establish and prescribe nature of connections

§ 3-114. Council to establish and prescribe nature of connections|The City Council shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water supplied by the City water works which shall be called "service rates." Such service rates and the rates for electricity supplied at retail by the electric light plant shall be and hereby are made a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water and electricity and shall be collected and enforced under such regulations and ordinances as the City Council shall prescribe. The City Council may by ordinance prescribe the nature and character of connections between the water mains and lands and buildings to be supplied with water and what lands and buildings shall be so connected and when, under what circumstances, and in what manner, and that the connections and all repairs to the same shall be made by the City at the expense of the owner of the property, and that the cost of all materials and labor for the same may be charged against the owner of the property served, and shall be a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water, and may likewise prescribe the means of collecting and enforcing such lien and payment of all such charges.
24A V.S.A. § 3-115
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-115. Descriptions recorded in Chief Administrative Officer's office sufficient for assessment purposes

§ 3-115. Descriptions recorded in Chief Administrative Officer's office sufficient for assessment purposes|Whenever a description of lands or buildings is required for purposes of making assessments under the provisions of this charter, reference to the conveyance to the owner, giving the name of the person from whom acquired and the volumes and pages of the land records in the Chief Administrative Officer's office in which the same is recorded, shall be sufficient.
24A V.S.A. § 3-116
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-116. Duties generally

§ 3-116. Duties generally|The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City. The Mayor shall use his or her best efforts to see that the laws and City ordinances are enforced and that the duties of all subordinate officers are faithfully performed. The Mayor shall take care that the funds of the City are properly expended, and shall recommend to the consideration of the City Council whatever measures the Mayor may deem necessary for the prudent and efficient management of the affairs of the City. The Mayor shall also be the Chief Conservator of the Peace and Safety of the City and as such is empowered to control and direct the police force, in case of riot, insurrection, or other emergency, when the Mayor may take command of the whole police force, including the Chief Executive thereof, and may for the occasion appoint and commission as many special police officers as the Mayor may deem necessary, who shall have all the powers of regular members of the police force. Any emergency as provided for in this section shall not be construed to be the operation of the police force in its routine duty. The Mayor shall serve as a voting member of the Local Control Commissioners. The Mayor shall have those powers of a justice of the peace in the State of Vermont with respect to the performance of marriage and/or civil unions. The Mayor, commencing on the first Monday in June 2002, shall appoint all City department heads who were heretofore appointed by City commissions, with the exception of the Superintendent of Schools, who shall continue to be appointed by the Board of School Commissioners. Such appointments shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the membership of the City Council. The appointment by the Mayor to the position of City officer or department head shall be on the basis of professional competency and/or meritorious performance relating to the duties of the position. In making department head appointments and in evaluating their performance, the Mayor shall consult with the applicable City commission. At least two applicable commissioners chosen by the chair shall be invited to participate in interviews for department head selection. The full applicable commission shall formally participate in the annual evaluation of a department head; and shall make a formal recommendation to the Mayor concerning the reappointment of a department head. Department heads shall have such administrative, personnel, and managerial authority as shall be delegated to them by the Mayor. (Amended 2009, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 24, 2010; 2019, No. M-6, § 2, eff. May 23, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-117
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-117. Order of succession; Mayor to notify Chief Administrative Officer of his or her intended absence

§ 3-117. Order of succession; Mayor to notify Chief Administrative Officer of his or her intended absence|In case of a temporary absence of the Mayor from the City or the Mayor's temporary inability to serve, the President of the City Council shall act as Mayor. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to give the Chief Administrative Officer due notice of the temporary absence of the Mayor from the City and of his or her return, and said Chief Administrative Officer shall duly notify the President of the City Council thereof. In case of the temporary absence from the City or temporary inability to serve of the President of the City Council, the City Attorney shall act as Mayor.
24A V.S.A. § 3-118
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-118. Mayor to administer oaths

§ 3-118. Mayor to administer oaths|The Mayor shall have power to administer oaths in all cases proper for the administration of an oath before the City Council, and official oaths to the several officers of said City, when such oaths are required by law; and the President of the City Council shall have the like power, in all cases proper for the administration of an oath before the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 3-119
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-119. Remission of fines authorized

§ 3-119. Remission of fines authorized|The Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, shall have power to remit fines and costs, in whole or in part, in cases where the same are payable into the City Treasury, and shall cause the reasons for such remissions to be entered on the City records.
24A V.S.A. § 3-120
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-120. Enumerated

§ 3-120. Enumerated|There shall be maintained in said City a Board of Assessors consisting of the City Assessor and two legal voters of said City; a Board of Tax Appeals normally consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Public Works Commissioners consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Cemetery Commissioners, a Board of Light Commissioners, a Board of Fire Commissioners, and a Board of Health, each consisting of five legal voters of said City; a Board of Airport Commissioners consisting of four legal voters of the City of Burlington and one legal voter of the City of South Burlington; a Board of Police Commissioners, consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners, consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Library Commissioners consisting of 10 members; a Board of Planning Commissioners, the members of such boards to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding; a Board of School Commissioners consisting of 12 legal voters of said City and of the respective wards in which they are elected; and a Board of Finance to be constituted as hereinafter provided. (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015; 2015, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-120a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-120a. Merger of boards

§ 3-120a. Merger of boards|Notwithstanding section 120 of this charter, the Mayor shall have power and authority, when authorized by resolution of the City Council, to effect a merger of any one or more of the boards of commissioners enumerated in section 120, or of any other City board or department now existing or hereafter created, except the Board of School Commissioners, when, in the judgement of such Mayor and City Council more efficient and effective delivery of municipal services would result therefrom. The name of any department created by merger, the size of its board of commissioners, and then the scope of its jurisdiction shall be set forth in the resolution approving such merger.
24A V.S.A. § 3-122
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-122. Enumerated

§ 3-122. Enumerated|(a) On the first Monday in June 1998, the Mayor shall appoint a City Assessor and a Director of the Human Resources Department for a one-year term commencing July 1, 1998. Commencing on the first Monday in June 1999, and biannually thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint such City Assessor and Human Resources Director for a term of two years commencing on the first day of July following the appointment, and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The Mayor shall appoint on the first Monday of June, 1998 and annually thereafter, and whenever a vacancy occurs, a Chief Administrative Officer, a City Attorney and one or more assistant City attorneys, a City Constable and a Second, Third, and Fourth Constable, a City Engineer and Surveyor, a City Grand Juror and Assistant City Grand Juror, a Harbor Master, a Poundkeeper or a firm or corporation to provide the services of such, a Director of the Community and Economic Development Office, a Director of Burlington City Arts, and Civil Defense Director. All of the above-referenced appointments shall require the approval of a majority of the City Council. Additionally, commencing on the first Monday in June 2002, and whenever a vacancy occurs, the Mayor shall appoint a Director of Aviation, a Cemetery Superintendent, an Executive Director of the Church Street Marketplace District, a General Manager/Superintendent of the Electric Department, a Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, a librarian(s) of the Fletcher Free Library, a Superintendent of the Parks and Recreation Department, a Police Chief, and a Superintendent/Director of the Public Works Department. The Mayor shall also appoint a Director of Permitting and Inspections, a Zoning Administrative Officer, and a Director of Planning. The first two appointments of an individual to serve in any such position shall be for one-year terms. After an individual has served in a position for two successive years, the Mayor may thereafter appoint such person to serve terms of not more than three years, except that in no case shall an appointment be valid for more than 15 months following the election of a new Mayor. In all cases, such appointments shall continue until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The Mayor shall also have the authority to appoint the superintendent/director of any City department that may hereafter be created by the City Council.(b) The appointments described in subsection (a) of this section shall require the approval of a majority of the whole number of the City Council. In cases where the Mayor appoints an individual for a term longer than one year, the City Council must also approve the duration of such term. (Amended 2019, No. M-6, § 2, eff. May 23, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-124
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-124. Chairman; clerk, records

§ 3-124. Chairman; clerk, records|Each of the boards and commissions named in section 120 of this charter shall organize by the election of a chair and by the appointment of a clerk and, with the exception of the Board of Assessors and the Board of Tax Appeals, the clerk shall keep a written record of the proceedings of his or her respective board, such records to be the property of the City. The clerk need not be a member of the board or commission.
24A V.S.A. § 3-125
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-125. Mayor and City Councilors

§ 3-125. Mayor and City Councilors|(a) Term of Mayor. On the first Tuesday in March 2003 and triennially thereafter, the legal voters of the City shall, from among the legal voters thereof, elect a Mayor who shall hold office for the term of three years from the first Monday in April next following such election.(b) Term of City Councilors.  (1) On the first Tuesday in March 2015 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each of the South, Central, East, and North City Districts shall, from among the legal voters of their respective district, elect a City Councilor for a two-year term. (2)(A) On the first Tuesday in March 2015, the legal voters of each of Wards One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Eight shall, from among the legal voters of their respective ward, elect a City Councilor for a three-year term.  (B) On the first Tuesday in March 2018 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each ward shall elect a City Councilor for a two-year term.  (3) The term of each City Councilor shall begin on the first Monday in April following his or her election. (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-126
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-126. Commissioners and Board of Tax Appeals

§ 3-126. Commissioners and Board of Tax Appeals|(a) Except as specified in section 179 of this chapter with respect to the library commissioner elected from the library staff, each public works commissioner, cemetery commissioner, police commissioner, fire commissioner, light commissioner, park and recreation commissioner, airport commissioner, planning commissioner, library commissioner, member of the Board of Health, and member of the Board of Tax Appeals shall hold office for the term of three years, from the first day of July following his or her appointment or until their successors are appointed and qualified.(b) Each assessor, except the City Assessor, shall hold office for the term of three years from the first day of April following the appointment and until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified. (Amended 2015, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 18, 2015.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-127
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-127. Department heads and other officers

§ 3-127. Department heads and other officers|All officers whose terms of office are not herein or by general law otherwise specified, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, hold their offices for the specified terms from the first day of July following their appointment, and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 7, eff. May 19, 1999; 2009, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. April 24, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-128
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-128. Manner of filling

§ 3-128. Manner of filling|(a) In case of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor, occasioned by death, resignation, removal from said City, permanent inability to serve, failure to elect, or disqualification of the person chosen, the President of the City Council shall act as Mayor until such successor is elected and has qualified.(b)(1) In case of any vacancy in the City Council from any of the causes described in subsection (a) of this section, the same shall be filled by a new election in the proper ward or City district.  (2) If any City Councilor shall remove out of the ward or City district for which he or she may have been elected or no longer reside in such ward or City district as a result of reapportionment, his or her office shall thereupon become vacant and the same shall be filled by a new election in the proper ward or City district.   (c)(1) In case there shall arise an occasion for any such new election, as a result of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor or City Councilor for any of the causes described in this section, the same shall be held within 90 days of the date of such vacancy, provided such vacancy shall occur before the first day in October in any year, unless a citywide election has been prescheduled to occur between the 90th and the 120th day of the date of such vacancy, in which case the same shall be held on such prescheduled election date; otherwise it shall be filled at the next annual City election.  (2) In every case, the person so elected shall serve for the remainder of the official term. (3) In the case of reapportionment, such election shall be held at the next ensuing annual City meeting and the term of the City councilor who no longer resides in the ward or City district as a result of reapportionment shall continue until the newly elected City councilor assumes office on the first Monday in April. (Amended 2003, No. M-14, (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-129
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-129. Appointing body or person has power to remove

§ 3-129. Appointing body or person has power to remove|The City Council with Mayor presiding shall have power, for such causes of incapacity, negligence, or bad conduct as to it shall seem sufficient, to suspend or remove from any office any City officer who may be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding and to fill all vacancies in any such office from whatever cause arising. The Mayor and each board shall have like power of removal in respect to any officers who may be appointed by them, except as herein otherwise provided, and provided that in case the appointment of such officer is made subject to the approval of the City Council or City Council with Mayor presiding, the removal of such officer shall likewise be made subject to the approval of the City Council or City Council with Mayor presiding, as such appointment was made. Additionally, the City Council may, on the initiative of the Mayor, by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of its entire number, remove at any time at its pleasure any City officer or department head it should determine is no longer effectively serving the City, and all City officers and department heads shall take and hold office subject to this authority. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)