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24A V.S.A. § 107-8.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-8.1. Charter amendments

§ 107-8.1. Charter amendments|This charter may be amended:  (1) In the manner provided by 17 V.S.A. § 2645; or (2) By the Selectboard or the school directors, pursuant to vote by the voters of the Town, by Australian ballot, and subject to approval of the Legislature; or (3) By resolution of the Representative Town Meeting containing the full text of the proposed amendment, followed by at least one public meeting warned for that purpose, and approved by the next annual Representative Town Meeting or a special Representative Town Meeting held not less than 60 days following such public meeting, and subject to approval of the Legislature; or (4) By recommendation of the Charter Revision Commission created pursuant to this charter. Any recommendations approved by the Charter Revision Commission shall be voted upon at a special Representative Town Meeting, with votes subject to the rights of referendum set forth herein. This special Representative Town Meeting shall be preceded by one public meeting warned for that purpose and held at least 60 days prior to the special Representative Town Meeting. Any approved recommendations shall be promptly delivered to the State General Assembly for ratification. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.1. Representative Town Meeting; authorized

§ 107-10.1. Representative Town Meeting; authorized|The Town of Brattleboro is hereby authorized to establish the representative form of Town Meeting as hereinafter set forth. For the purpose of this subchapter, the term Town Meeting shall include meetings of the Town School District of Brattleboro.
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.2. Districts; report of Selectboard; meetings; voting

§ 107-10.2. Districts; report of Selectboard; meetings; voting|(a) The Selectboard shall divide the territory of the Town into four districts and shall define their respective boundaries. The districts shall be so established as to consist of compact and contiguous territory and shall be bounded so far as possible by the center line of streets or by geographical limits. The district boundaries shall be reviewed and, if need be, wholly or partially revised, or the number of districts changed, by the Selectboard, every five years thereafter, and in any year when so directed by vote of the annual Representative Town Meeting held that year.(b) On or before the 15th day of November of any year in which said districts are established, revised, or changed as provided in subsection (a) of this section, the Selectboard shall file a report of their proceedings with the Town Clerk, with maps and descriptions of all of the districts, and shall cause a copy of such maps and descriptions to be posted at the municipal building and in at least one public place in each district. The division of the Town into districts, and any revision of such districts, shall take effect upon the date of the filing of the report thereof by the Selectboard with the Town Clerk.(c) Elections of the Town Meeting members for the several districts shall be held on the first Tuesday in March, at the same hour, and at such places within the Town as the Selectboard shall direct in the warning for such elections. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.4. Nomination of candidates; preparation and delivery of ballots; return of unused ballots

§ 107-10.4. Nomination of candidates; preparation and delivery of ballots; return of unused ballots|(a)(1) Nomination of candidates for Town Meeting members shall be made by:   (A) a certificate of nomination prepared by the Town Clerk which shall:  (i) bear no political designation; and (ii) be signed by not fewer than 10 voters of the district in which the candidate lives; or  (B) a notice of intent prepared by a Town Meeting Member on his or her own behalf.  (2) A certificate of nomination or notice of intent shall be filed with the Town Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Monday preceding the election. (3) No certificate of nomination or notice of intent shall be valid in respect of any candidate whose written acceptance is not endorsed thereon or attached thereto when filed.   (b) In addition to the ballots required by law for the election of Town and Town School District officers, and other questions to be determined by Australian ballot, the Town Clerk shall prepare a separate ballot for each district, which shall contain the names of all candidates for Town Meeting members from that district.(c) The Town Clerk shall cause to be delivered to the presiding officer of each district before the opening of the polls on the day of election the ballots to be used in such district, sealed and marked for such district, and a receipt shall be returned to him or her from the presiding officer thereof, which receipt, with a record of the number of ballots sent and the used and unused ballots, shall be returned to the Town Clerk with the check lists hereinbefore provided, and shall be preserved by the Town Clerk for six months. (Amended 2015, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.5. Resignation or disqualification of members; vacancies; how filled

§ 107-10.5. Resignation or disqualification of members; vacancies; how filled|(a) A Town Meeting member may resign by filing a written resignation with the Town Clerk, and such resignation shall take effect on the date of such filing. A Town Meeting member who removes from the Town shall cease to be a Town Meeting member. A Town Meeting member who removes from the district from which he or she was elected to another district within the Town shall serve only until the next annual election of Town Meeting members.(b) Any vacancy in the full number of Town Meeting members from any district, whether arising from a failure of the voters thereof to elect, or from any other cause, shall be filled until the next annual election by the remaining Town Meeting members of the district by caucus assembled for that purpose. The presiding officer of the district shall certify such action to the Town Clerk.
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.6. Voting; members to receive no compensation; quorum; warning

§ 107-10.6. Voting; members to receive no compensation; quorum; warning|(a) At any Town Meeting held after the acceptance of this subchapter, the right to vote on all articles in the warning, except for matters voted on by all voters of the Town by Australian ballot, shall be limited to the Town Meeting members.(b) The Town Meeting members as such shall receive no compensation.(c) The Town Meeting members shall be the judges of the election and qualifications of their members.(d) A majority of all the Town Meeting members shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number may organize temporarily and may adjourn from time to time.(e) A majority vote of the Town Meeting members present and voting shall be necessary for the decision of any question, unless otherwise required by law.(f) The warning for any Town Meeting shall be prepared and posted in manner and form provided by law. The warning for the annual meeting shall include the articles to be voted upon by the Representative Town Meeting in meeting assembled on the third Saturday following the first Tuesday in March at a time to be designated by the Selectboard.(g) All Town Meetings shall be public. Any qualified voter of the Town who is not a Town Meeting member may speak at any Representative Town Meeting but shall not vote.(h) In the absence of the duly elected Moderator, the Town Meeting members may designate a Moderator Pro Tem. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.7. Articles in warning; action on

§ 107-10.7. Articles in warning; action on|The articles in the warning for every Town Meeting so far as they relate to the election of officers and to referenda and all matters to be acted upon by Australian ballot shall be so acted upon by the voters of the Town. All other articles in the warning for any Town Meeting shall be acted upon exclusively by Town Meeting members, including questions on municipal bonding issues. The polls at any annual or special Representative Town Meeting shall be opened not later than 10 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be closed 30 minutes following the recess of the Representative Town Meeting. (Amended 2003, No. M-21 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.8. Referendum

§ 107-10.8. Referendum|No article in the warning shall at any Representative Town Meeting be finally disposed of by a vote to pass over, to lay upon the table, to postpone indefinitely, or take no action thereon. No vote passed at any Representative Town Meeting under any article in the warning, except a vote to adjourn, or a vote for the temporary borrowing of money in anticipation of taxes, shall be operative until the expiration of five days, exclusive of Sundays and holidays, from the adjournment of the meeting. If within said five days a petition, signed by not fewer than 250 voters of the Town, including at least 50 from each district, containing their names and addresses as they appear on the check list, or signed by not fewer than 50 Town Meeting members, be filed with the Selectboard requesting that the question or questions involved in such vote be submitted to the voters of the Town at large, then the Selectboard within 14 days after the filing of the petition, shall call a special Town Meeting, which shall be held within 10 days after the issuing of the call for the sole purpose of presenting to the voters at large the question or questions so involved. The polls shall be opened not later than 10 o'clock in the forenoon and shall be closed not earlier than six o'clock in the evening, and all votes upon any questions so submitted shall be taken by ballot, and the check list shall be used in the several district meetings in the same manner as in the election of Town officers. The questions so submitted shall be determined by vote of the same proportion of voters at large voting thereon as would have been required by law of the Town Meeting members had the question been finally determined at a Representative Town Meeting. The question so submitted shall be stated upon the ballot in the same language and form in which it was stated when presented to said Representative Town Meeting by the Moderator as appears from the records of the said meeting. If such petition be not filed within the said period of five days, the vote of the Representative Town Meeting shall become operative upon the expiration of the said period. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.9. Interpretation of Town acts

§ 107-10.9. Interpretation of Town acts|The Town, after the acceptance of this subchapter, shall continue to have the capacity to act through and to be bound by its Town Meeting members, who shall, when convened from time to time, constitute Representative Town Meetings; and the Representative Town Meeting shall exercise exclusively all powers vested in the voters of the Town. Action in conformity with all provisions of law now or hereafter applicable to the transaction of Town affairs in Town Meeting shall, when taken by any Representative Town Meeting in accordance with the provision of this subchapter, have the same force and effect as if such action had been taken in a Town Meeting open to all the voters of the Town as conducted before the establishment of representative Town Meeting government.
24A V.S.A. § 107-10.10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-10.10. Limitation

§ 107-10.10. Limitation|This subchapter shall not be deemed to abridge the right of the inhabitants of the Town to assembly and hold general meetings; nor shall this subchapter confer upon any Representative Town Meeting the power finally to commit the Town to any measure affecting its municipal existence without action thereon by the voters of the Town at large, using the ballot and the check list therefor.
24A V.S.A. § 107-11.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-11.1. Description of officers, officials, boards, commissions, and committees

§ 107-11.1. Description of officers, officials, boards, commissions, and committees|(a) The officers, officials, boards, commissions, and committees described in this addendum are those which were in existence when this charter was written. These descriptions are included for purposes of information. Because the various positions and bodies described here may change from time to time, the reader is advised to seek current information from the Town Manager's office.(b) Unless otherwise stated, all appointments are made by the Selectboard and are for terms commencing July 1 and terminating June 30. (Added 2003, No. M-21 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-11.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-11.2. Bus Service Advisory Committee

§ 107-11.2. Bus Service Advisory Committee|Bus Service Advisory Committee. "Five" unlimited terms. The Committee oversees the operation of the Town-subsidized bus service and makes recommendations to the Selectboard regarding Town bus service. It meets monthly. (Added 2003, No. M-21 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
24A V.S.A. § 107A-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107A - Town of Bridport|App § 107A-1. Corporate existence retained

§ 107A-1. Corporate existence retained|(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, there is hereby enacted a charter to govern the organization and operation of local government in the Town of Bridport.(b) The inhabitants of the Town of Bridport, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Bridport. (Added 2015, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 107A-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107A - Town of Bridport|App § 107A-2. General provisions

§ 107A-2. General provisions|(a) Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this chapter, all provisions of the statutes of the State relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town.(b) The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of the State and this chapter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The Town may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State or this chapter, and impose penalties for violation thereof.(c) In this chapter, any mention of a particular power shall not be construed to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this chapter otherwise provides.(d) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town, the Selectboard, or its elected or appointed officers by general or special enactment of State statutes or rules in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this chapter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of the general or special enactment unless this chapter otherwise provides. (Added 2015, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 107A-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107A - Town of Bridport|App § 107A-3. Appointed officers

§ 107A-3. Appointed officers|(a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by the Selectboard pursuant to State law or this chapter, the Selectboard shall appoint the following Town officers, who shall serve for such terms as the Selectboard may establish in its act of appointment or until the office otherwise becomes vacant:  (1) A Town Treasurer who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government. The Town Treasurer shall:  (A) be open to the public at hours adopted by the Selectboard; (B) be responsible for the collection of current taxes; (C) perform duties as specified in the accounting and financial policies adopted by the Selectboard and required by State law; and (D) make monthly reports to the Selectboard of the financial activities of the Town. These reports shall include:  (i) a listing of all expenditures during the preceding month; (ii) a listing of all revenue received during the preceding month, including the source of these revenues; (iii) an accounting of all reserve funds of the Town; and (iv) a statement showing the balance in the general, highway, and all special funds at the end of the preceding month.   (2) A Town Clerk who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government. The Town Clerk shall:  (A) be open to the public at hours adopted by the Selectboard; and (B) perform those duties adopted by the Selectboard and required by State law.    (b) The Selectboard shall adopt and revise, from time to time, a general statement of the qualifications necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of each of these appointed Town offices and a job description of those offices. These appointed officers shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter as well as those provided by State law generally.(c) These appointed officers shall be employees of the Town, subject to all personnel and employment rules, regulations, and policies of the Town. An officer appointed hereunder shall be eligible to apply for reappointment at the expiration of his or her term of office, but failure by the Selectboard to make such reappointment shall not be construed as discharge from employment.(d) A person appointed to the position of Town Treasurer or Town Clerk need not be a resident or voter of the Town. (Added 2015, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 107A-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107A - Town of Bridport|App § 107A-4. Separability

§ 107A-4. Separability|If any provision of this chapter is held invalid, the other provisions of the chapter shall not be affected thereby. (Added 2015, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 108-201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108 - Town of Bristol|App § 108-201. Applicability of the general law

§ 108-201. Applicability of the general law|Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by these charter provisions, the Town of Bristol shall have all the powers granted to towns by the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted to the Town of Bristol. (Added 1994, No. M-20, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)
24A V.S.A. § 108-301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108 - Town of Bristol|App § 108-301. Officers

§ 108-301. Officers|The Town of Bristol shall continue to have the officers as provided for towns by the general laws of the State. However, there shall be added to the existing three members of the Selectboard an additional two members for a total of five. The two additional members shall be first elected at the 1995 Bristol annual Town meeting. The two additional members shall serve for two-year terms except that one of them elected at said 1995 annual Town meeting shall only be elected for an initial one-year term. The Town may vote to discontinue the positions of the two additional members at an annual or special Town meeting warned for that purpose. From the effective date of this merger until the 1995 Bristol annual Town meeting, the two additional members' positions shall be filled by two of the persons in office as trustees of the Village of Bristol on the day before said effective merger date as designated by the incumbent Board of Trustees of the Village of Bristol. (Added 1994, No. M-20, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)
24A V.S.A. § 108-401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 108 - Town of Bristol|App § 108-401. Ordinances, etc.

§ 108-401. Ordinances, etc.|(a) The Town of Bristol may adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce any rule, regulation, bylaw, or ordinance to carry into execution all the powers granted to the Town of Bristol.(b) Any rule, regulation, bylaw, or ordinance of the Town of Bristol may apply to one or more limited areas and not to the whole Town. This may include the providing of a particular service, such as collection of garbage, to one or more limited areas of the Town and the charging of fees to be paid by the users thereof for the costs of such a service. (Added 1994, No. M-20, § 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1995.)