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24A V.S.A. § 9-36.5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-36.5. Board of Commissioners, composition

§ 9-36.5. Board of Commissioners, composition|(a) The administration, management, and supervision of the Authority shall be vested in a Board of Commissioners, except as provided otherwise herein. The Board shall consist of nine members, all of whom shall be residents of the City of Rutland for their respective terms of office. One member of the Board shall be the City Treasurer, and one member will be appointed from the Board of Aldermen for a one year term. The remaining seven members of the Board shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Aldermen pursuant to the charter of the City of Rutland. All members appointed except for members appointed for creation of this Board shall serve for periods of three years. Upon creation, three members shall be appointed for a term to expire on April 1 of the third calendar year after appointment; two members shall be appointed for a term to expire April 1 of the second calendar year after appointment; and two members shall be appointed for a term to expire on April 1 of the first calendar year after appointment. All terms shall thereafter expire on April 1 of the third calendar year following appointment. A person appointed to fill an unexpired term shall serve to the end of that term. At the creation of the Commission, the appointments may only be denied by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen and then thereafter, all appointments will be made pursuant to the charter of the City.(b) Annually the Board shall elect a Chairman, Treasurer, and Clerk whose names shall be certified to the City Clerk.(c) If any commissioner or employee of an Authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any project, he or she immediately shall disclose the same in writing to the Authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Authority, and that person will refrain from any participation in that matter, but will not be precluded from involvement in any other matters.
24A V.S.A. § 9-36.6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-36.6. General law; application

§ 9-36.6. General law; application|Unless provided for to the contrary in this section, the Authority and its Board of Commissioners shall be subject to and have the benefit of all general laws of the State of Vermont relating to municipal corporations, provided, however, that the Authority and its Board of Commissioners shall not have the power to:  (1) Levy general property taxes or sewer benefit assessments. (2) Enact zoning or subdivision ordinances. (3) Pledge the full faith and credit of the City of Rutland. (4) Encumber or pledge any property of the City of Rutland.
24A V.S.A. § 9-36.7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-36.7. Redevelopment plan

§ 9-36.7. Redevelopment plan|Annually, and after notice and public hearing, the Authority shall develop and promulgate redevelopment master plans, standards, and criteria, which may be amended and modified from time to time.
24A V.S.A. § 9-36.8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-36.8. Severability

§ 9-36.8. Severability|If any provisions of this chapter shall be declared invalid, such declaration shall not affect the remaining provisions hereof.
24A V.S.A. § 9-36.9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-36.9. Effective date of charter

§ 9-36.9. Effective date of charter|This act shall be effective upon adoption following approval by the City of Rutland at any annual or special meeting thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 9-37.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-37.1. Interpretation

§ 9-37.1. Interpretation|In the construction of this act the rules provided in 1 V.S.A chapter 3, shall be observed, unless such construction is inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly, or repugnant to the context of this act.
24A V.S.A. § 9-37.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-37.2. General law

§ 9-37.2. General law|Except when changed or modified by the provisions of this act, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City, all provisions of the statutes of the State relating to towns and town officers shall apply to the City and to the several officers thereof corresponding to like officers of towns.
24A V.S.A. § 9-38.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-38.1. Controlling statute

§ 9-38.1. Controlling statute|This charter shall be adopted and amended or repealed in conformity with 17 V.S.A. § 2645 or as amended.
24A V.S.A. § 9-38.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-38.2. Effect of repeal

§ 9-38.2. Effect of repeal|(a) Such repeal shall not affect a penalty or forfeiture incurred under any of the laws repealed before this act takes effect; however, where a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by the provisions of this act, the provisions may be extended to any sentence or judgment pronounced after repeal.(b) Such repeal and enactment hereof shall not affect any ordinance, resolution, or bylaw lawfully enacted, ordained, and established under the provisions of said acts, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, but the same shall be and remain in full force and effect until the same are repealed, altered, or amended as herein provided; and the Mayor and Aldermen of the City, and all City officials holding office therein under the general laws of this State or the act repealed shall hold office until the expiration of their current terms of office, unless such office shall sooner become vacant under the provisions of the Acts repealed.(c) When a limitation or period of time prescribed in the act repealed for acquiring or enforcing a right or barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, has begun to run, and the same or a similar limitation is prescribed in this act, the time of limitation shall continue to run and shall have like effect as if the whole period had begun and ended under the operation thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 9-38.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-38.3. Effective date

§ 9-38.3. Effective date|This act shall take effect in conformity with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645 or as amended.
24A V.S.A. § 11-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-1. General law application

§ 11-1. General law application|Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City of St. Albans, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply to the City of St. Albans. Prior acts or enactments of the City of St. Albans shall not be affected by this charter, except as otherwise provided herein. Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to schools or school districts shall apply to the City of St. Albans School District. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-3. General corporate powers

§ 11-3. General corporate powers|The inhabitants of that territory embraced within the boundaries as established by No. 280 of the Acts of 1915 shall continue as a body corporate and politic, under the name of the City of St. Albans; and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court; may have a common seal, and alter it at pleasure; may take, hold, purchase, and convey such property, real and personal, within or without its corporate limits as the purpose of the corporation may require; may borrow on the credit of the City, in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided; may elect representatives to the General Assembly of the State, and the same number of justices of the peace, as a town of equal population; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon or are incident to towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this act. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-4. Form of government

§ 11-4. Form of government|The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as a council-manager form of government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as the City Council, which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations, adopt budgets, determine policies, and appoint the City Manager, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the City. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this charter or prescribed by ordinance. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-5. Wards

§ 11-5. Wards|The City Council is empowered to make such changes from time to time, by resolution or ordinance, in the number and boundaries of the several wards of the City as it may deem proper, having regard so far as practicable and convenient, to an equal division of population among them; provided that after the first change so made, such changes shall not be made more than once in five years. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-6. City meetings

§ 11-6. City meetings|(a) Annually on the first Tuesday of March a meeting of the legal voters of the City, and of the several wards therein, shall be held for the election of officials, the voting of budgets, and any other business included in the warnings for the meeting, which shall be by Australian ballot, and a plurality of votes shall be sufficient to elect. The ballot boxes shall be open for a minimum of nine consecutive hours at times and a location to be determined and warned by the City Council.(b) Notice of such meetings shall be posted in at least three public places within the limits of the City at least 14 days prior to the meeting, and shall also be published prior to the meeting on the same day of two successive calendar weeks in a locally distributed newspaper, which notices shall be signed by the City Clerk, or in case of his or her failure, by the Mayor; provided, however, that if the annual meeting shall fail to be held for want of such notice, or for any other cause, the City and the several wards thereof shall not thereby be prejudiced, and the several officials hereinafter named may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as herein provided.(c) The Clerk of the City shall at any time when directed by the City Council, or when petitioned in writing by at least five percent of the registered voters of the City and filed with the City Clerk no less than 40 days before the day of such meeting, call a special meeting of the legal voters of the City, for any legal purpose, in the same manner as is provided for the annual meeting, except as is hereinafter provided:  (1) Whenever a petition is brought for a meeting to rescind or reconsider the action taken at a previously held City meeting, the number of names required shall be 10 percent of the legal voters, and the petition shall be filed with the City Clerk within 30 days following the date of that meeting. (2) Whenever one such meeting has been held to rescind or reconsider, the City Clerk or the Mayor shall not be required to call another meeting for the same purpose, and further petitions notwithstanding; in case of the failure of the Clerk to call the meeting as aforesaid, that duty shall be performed by the Mayor. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-7. Vacancies

§ 11-7. Vacancies|(a) If a member of the City Council, during his or her term, removes from the ward which he or she represents, his or her office shall become vacant upon removal from the ward.(b) In case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, the remaining members of the City Council shall direct the Clerk to call an election of a Mayor by Australian ballot.(c) In case of a vacancy in the office of a City Council member, the remaining members of the City Council shall direct the Clerk to call an election of a City Council member by Australian ballot by the legal voters of the ward in which such vacancy occurs, to fill such vacancy for an unexpired term. However, if a vacancy occurs in the Office of a City Council member during the last year of the Council member's term and after the annual meeting of the City in that year, an appointment shall be made by the City Council for the balance of the term remaining.(d) In case of a vacancy in the Office of the City Clerk or City Treasurer, the vacancy shall be handled in accordance with subsections 12(b) and 13(b) of this chapter.(e) School board vacancies shall be handled in accordance with 16 V.S.A. § 424. (Amended 2003, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 11, 2004; 2007, No. M-2, § 2; 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 20, 2010..)
24A V.S.A. § 11-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-8. Voting

§ 11-8. Voting|(a) Voting qualifications for the right to vote in any City election or meeting shall be the same as those required by State statutes for municipal meetings.(b) The penalties for illegal voting at any City election shall be the same as those prescribed for illegal voting by State statutes.(c) Checklists of voters for the City and for each of the City's wards shall be compiled and maintained pursuant to Title 17. All persons who are legal voters in City meetings shall be entitled to have their names added to the checklist for the district where they reside, at the time the checklist is compiled and no person shall vote for any City official or other item on the warning unless the person's name is on the checklist.(d) For any general or primary election, the City Council, or the City Clerk as its designee if so chosen by the City Council, may appoint as many additional ballot and assisting clerks as deemed necessary.(e) At the close of the balloting at any City election, the City Clerk and assisting clerks and the City Council shall count the votes cast for all officials and report a list of the candidates for whom votes have been cast, for each office, and the number of votes the candidate has received, which shall be recorded by the City Clerk, and the candidate who has received a plurality of the votes cast for each respective office shall by the Mayor be declared elected to that office. If no candidate shall have received a plurality of all votes for the office for which he or she is candidate, the Mayor shall order a new ballot in the ward or wards as have so failed to elect and a reasonable time shall be allowed for receiving and counting votes as shall be cast at that or any subsequent ballot until all the officials are duly elected.(f) No person, or family member of a person, whose name appears on the ballot as a candidate for any office at an election shall assist in the counting of ballots in the election. No person shall assist in the counting of ballots who is otherwise deemed by the City Clerk to have a conflict of interest due to:  (1) any association with a candidate; (2) financial interests, as provided for in section 15 of this chapter. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-9. Mayor

§ 11-9. Mayor|(a) The legal voters of the City shall elect a Mayor who shall be a legal voter in the City. The Mayor shall hold office for a term of two years.(b) 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 officials are faithfully performed; and shall bring before the City Council whatever he or she may deem worthy of its attention, for prudentially and efficiently carrying on the affairs of the City. In the Mayor's absence, the President of the City Council shall act as Mayor in his or her stead.(c) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council, with the power of moderator in City meetings and at all meetings of the City Council, and shall have a voice and vote in its proceedings. (Amended 2003, No. M-1 § 2; 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-10. The City Council

§ 11-10. The City Council|(a) There shall be elected six members of the City Council, one from each ward, who shall be a legal voter in, and elected by the voters of the ward he or she represents. At each annual meeting, two members of City Council shall be elected for three years to succeed those whose term shall expire in the year in which the election is held. All of the members of the City Council shall hold office until their successors are duly elected.(b) The Mayor and members of City Council sitting in their joint capacity shall be called the City Council.(c) The administration of all fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City, except as otherwise delegated herein, and the government thereof, shall be vested in the City Council. The City Council shall be composed of a Council member for each ward as aforesaid and the Mayor. The City Council shall elect one of their number President of the City Council. The City Council shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties respectively.(d) The City Council shall have all the powers of selectboard members. The City Council shall hold a meeting on the second Monday of each month, and more often at the call of the Mayor or at the call of the majority of the City Council; the presence of a majority of the City Council shall be necessary to transact business at any meeting, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in a manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.(e) The City Council shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water and wastewater services supplied by the City Water and Wastewater Departments, which shall be called service rates, and shall be collected by the City Treasurer; the city water and wastewater services may, at the option of the City Council, be furnished outside the limits of the City of St. Albans. (Amended 2003, No. M-1 § 3; 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-12. City Clerk

§ 11-12. City Clerk|(a) The legal voters of the City shall elect a City Clerk who shall be a legal voter in the City. The Clerk shall hold office for a term of two years. The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties devolving by law upon town clerks, except as far as the same are rendered unnecessary by this charter, and shall collect the same fees therefor to be paid into the City Treasury for the use of the City.(b) In case of a vacancy in the Office of the City Clerk, the vacancy shall be filled by the City Council until the next annual meeting of the City.(c) The City Clerk and Treasurer may be one and the same person. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-13. City Treasurer

§ 11-13. City Treasurer|(a) The legal voters of the City shall elect a City Treasurer who shall be a legal voter in the City. The Treasurer shall hold office for a term of two years. The City Treasurer shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers.(b) In case of a vacancy in the Office of the City Treasurer, the vacancy shall be filled by the City Council until the next annual meeting of the City.(c) The City Clerk and Treasurer may be one and the same person. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-14. Assessor

§ 11-14. Assessor|The Assessor shall be a professionally qualified real estate appraiser or appraisal firm and shall have the same power and proceed in the discharge of the duties in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the board of listers under the laws of this State, except as herein otherwise provided, in assessing the property within the City and making the grand list thereof, and shall return such list to the City Clerk within the time required for lists to be returned to town clerks. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-15. Conflict of interest

§ 11-15. Conflict of interest|No elective or appointive official or employee of the City shall be beneficially interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the City, regardless of amount; or furnish any material, or perform any labor, except in the discharge of his or her official duties, unless such contract shall have been awarded upon bids advertised for by publication. Such publication shall be in a locally distributed newspaper. No officer or employee of the City shall take part in any decision concerning the business of the City in which he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest, aside from his or her salary as an official or employee, greater than any other citizen or taxpayer in the City. This section shall not apply in the event of an emergency where immediate action shall be deemed more important to the City than the receipt of formal bids. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. May 20, 2010.)
24A V.S.A. § 11-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans|App § 11-16. Ordinances; authority to enact

§ 11-16. Ordinances; authority to enact|(a) The City Council may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws, regulations, and ordinances which it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers or for the well-being of the City, and which shall not be repugnant to the Constitution or the laws of the State; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof. The City of St. Albans is hereby authorized and empowered to maintain actions in the Judicial Bureau, the Vermont Environmental Court, the Franklin Superior Court, or in any appropriate forum, as specified by ordinance, to restrain actual or threatened violations of any ordinance of the City.(b) The record of motions of the City Council shall include the names of the members voting for and against any motion or resolution acted upon, unless such motion or resolution is unanimously adopted or rejected, or unless there is no conflict in the votes given. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. May 20, 2010.)