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24A V.S.A. § 101-32
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-32. Tax rate

§ 101-32. Tax rate|(a) If the municipal and school budgets have been adopted by July 1, then as soon as practicable after the final adoption of the last budget and the filing by the listers of the grand list, the Selectboard shall annually vote a uniform rate of tax sufficient to raise the amount of revenue voted by the Town and Town School District for the support of the Town and Town School District government for the ensuing fiscal year. In setting the rate, the Board shall consider all other sources of revenue available to the Town and Town School District, including any surplus carried over from the previous year, and shall also make such allowance for delinquent taxes as they may think proper.(b) If the final municipal and school budgets have not been adopted by July 1, then as soon as practicable thereafter the Selectboard shall set an interim rate of tax. The interim tax rate shall be sufficient to raise the amount of tax revenue in any budget which has been adopted, plus an amount sufficient to raise 100 percent of the last adopted budget of the same type as that budget which has not yet been adopted. Once the final budgets have been adopted, the Selectboard shall proceed to set a rate of tax as set forth in subsection (a) of this section.
24A V.S.A. § 101-33
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-33. Collection of taxes

§ 101-33. Collection of taxes|(a) Real and personal property taxes and other taxes, assessments, charges, or levies by the Town shall be due either in one payment or in not more than four installments, as equal as possible, on dates specified by the voters at the annual Town election. If an interim tax rate has been set, the installments shall be calculated as though it were not an interim rate. However, once the budgets have passed, revised tax bills shall be sent to the taxpayers and the remaining installments shall be calculated to offset equally, or as equal as possible, the over-or-underpayment caused by the interim rate. Any installment not paid when due shall be delinquent and there shall immediately be added to the amount due a charge for late payment equivalent to five (5) percent of the delinquent installment. For a period of 30 days immediately following the due date, delinquent accounts shall be retained by the Treasurer and shall be payable to his or her office.(b) As soon as practicable after the expiration of 30 days from the due date of each installment, the Treasurer shall forward all accounts then remaining unpaid to the Tax Collector, together with a warrant for the collection of such accounts, in the form prescribed by law. Thereafter, all such accounts shall be payable only to the Tax Collector. Accounts forwarded to the Tax Collector shall bear simple interest at the rate of one percent per month, which is an annual rate of 12 percent, on the original amount of the tax due. In addition, a collection fee of eight percent of the original tax due shall be charged together with any reasonable attorney fees and court costs incurred in the collection of any delinquent account. All such charges, fees, interest, and other added amounts shall be cumulative and shall accrue at the times and in the manner herein specified.(c) The Tax Collector shall have all the powers which tax collectors of towns have under the general law of the State, including the power to levy on personal property, bring actions at law, conduct tax sales, and bring petitions for foreclosure of tax liens. Such acts shall be done in the name of the Town of Barre and in the manner provided by such general law, except as modified by any provision of this charter. (Amended 2015, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 25, 2015.)
24A V.S.A. § 101-34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-34. Board of Abatement

§ 101-34. Board of Abatement|(a) The Board of Civil Authority, together with the Treasurer and the Assessor, shall constitute the Board of Abatement. The Chair and Clerk of the Board of Civil Authority shall serve as the Chair and Clerk, respectively, of the Board of Abatement.(b) The Board shall meet at least one time each year, at the call of the Clerk, to consider all requests for abatement of any tax, assessment, charge, or other levy made by the Town, or of any penalties, interest, and other delinquent charges.(c) Public notice of every meeting of the Board of Abatement shall be given by posting at the municipal building, on the official Town website, and at least three other public places within the Town, as designated by the Selectboard, and by publishing the notice two times in a newspaper having general circulation within the Town within at least two and not more than 10 days prior to the meeting.(d) Any taxpayer may request abatement of any tax, assessment, charge, or other levy, or any other penalties, interest, and other delinquent charges for which that individual is or may become liable. The Tax Collector may also submit to the Board for its consideration such taxes, assessment charges, or other levies, or penalties, interest, and other delinquent charges as the Tax Collector may see fit and may also offer recommendations to the Board. If the Board finds:  (1) that there is no reasonable probability of collection; or (2) that the tax, assessment, charge, or other levy was not properly assessed; or (3) that all persons liable for tax, assessment, charge, or other levy have died or removed from the State; or (4) that the persons liable for the tax, assessment, charge, or other levy are financially unable to pay same; or (5) that collection of the tax, assessment, charge, or other levy would work an injustice; or (6) that collection of the tax, assessment, charge, or other levy would create an undue expense for the Town, then the Board may abate the tax, assessment, charge, or other levy, or the accrued penalties, interest, and other delinquent charges in whole or in part. If wholly abated, all accrued penalties, interests, and other delinquent charges shall also abate in full. If partly abated, such penalties, interests, and charges shall abate pro rata. (Amended 2015, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 25, 2015; 2021, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 13, 2021.)
24A V.S.A. § 101-35
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-35. Bonded indebtedness

§ 101-35. Bonded indebtedness|The limits of bonded indebtedness of the Town and the procedures for incurring a debt shall be governed by the general laws of the State of Vermont.
24A V.S.A. § 101-35a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-35a. Bonding; Aldrich Public Library

§ 101-35a. Bonding; Aldrich Public Library|By a majority vote of those present and voting at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, the Town may issue municipal bonds for the cost of capital improvements to the Aldrich Public Library, which is located in the City of Barre, and used by the residents of both the City and Town; and such improvements shall be considered "improvements" for the purposes of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53.
24A V.S.A. § 101-36
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-36. Meetings; open government

§ 101-36. Meetings; open government|It shall be the policy of the Town of Barre to afford to all of its citizens the opportunity to participate in the government of their Town as fully and completely as may be possible. To this end, all meetings of agencies, boards, citizen committees, and any other group acting under authority or color of authority of the Town of Barre, shall be conducted openly and in accordance with the policy of the laws of the State of Vermont relative to meetings of governmental bodies, and no executive session shall be held except in accordance with the terms of the law; provided, however, that the penalties set forth in the general law shall not extend to any person solely by reason of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 101-38
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-38. Appointed officers

§ 101-38. Appointed officers|(a) The Selectboard, by majority vote, shall appoint the following Town officers for the terms indicated:  (1) A Town Attorney for a term of one year, to fulfill the duties prescribed by law for the grand juror and town agent of a town, and to perform other professional duties as may be requested by the members of the Selectboard, or by any other officer or agency of Town government, with the approval of the Selectboard. (2) A Tax Collector, for a term of one year. (3) Five cemetery commissioners, each for a term of five years, with one term beginning each year. (4) Other officers as the laws of the State of Vermont or the ordinances of the Town of Barre shall direct the Selectboard to appoint. The appointments shall be for the term indicated in the governing law, provided that any office abolished by this charter shall not be deemed reestablished by this section. (5) An Assessor, who may be hired or contracted upon such terms as the Selectboard shall deem reasonable. (6) A Treasurer and any Assistant Treasurers as shall be deemed necessary. The Treasurer shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of his or her duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with a surety as prescribed and approved by the Selectboard, and the premium for the bond shall be paid by the Town. In addition, the Treasurer shall:  (A) Keep account of monies, bonds, notes, and evidences of debt paid or delivered to him or her and of monies paid out by him or her for the Town. (B) Record the amount voted for support of highways, special departments, and for general Town purposes. (C) Collect taxes, assessments, charges, and levies, including delinquencies in the hands of the Tax Collector, and maintain a record of monies collected and uncollected. (D) Receive fees for filing copies of records and other instruments. (E) Pay orders drawn on him or her by officials authorized to draw orders. (F) Provide detailed financial statements and reports as may be required by the Selectboard.    (b) A vacancy in any appointive Town office may be filled for the duration of the unexpired term by the person, Selectboard, or other board having the authority to appoint the officeholder for the usual term of office.(c) When it becomes necessary to make appointments to any office or position created by this charter, ordinance, or law, the Board shall give notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the Town specifying positions open and for which appointment will be made so that interested persons may apply. (Amended 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019; 2021, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 13, 2021.)
24A V.S.A. § 101-39
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-39. Compensation and fees

§ 101-39. Compensation and fees|(a) The Town election shall annually vote the compensation to be paid to the following officers:  (1) Selectboard members. (2) Auditors. (3) Moderator.   (b) The Selectboard shall annually consider and from time to time shall set the compensation of the following officers:  (1) Town Clerk. (2) Constable. (3) Town Attorney. (4) Tax Collector. (5) Town Manager. (6) Board of Civil Authority. (7) Board of Abatement. (8) Treasurer.   (c) The Town Manager, with approval of the Selectboard, shall set the compensation for all other Town officers and employees.(d) All fees prescribed by State law, charter, ordinance, or otherwise shall be collected for the benefit of the Town and paid to the Town Treasurer. No fees shall be used directly by any receiving officer or enure directly to the officer. (Amended 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019; 2021, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 13, 2021.)
24A V.S.A. § 101-40
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-40. Conflict of interest

§ 101-40. Conflict of interest|No elective or appointive officer or employee of the Town shall be beneficially interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the Town, 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 at least two times in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town; the second publication shall be at least seven days prior to the opening of such bids. No officer or employee of the Town shall take part in any decision concerning the business of the Town in which he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest, aside from his or her salary as an officer or employee, greater than any other citizen or taxpayer in the Town.
24A V.S.A. § 101-41
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-41. Public lands

§ 101-41. Public lands|With the approval of the voters given at any duly warned meeting, the Selectboard may sell any portion of real estate owned by the Town and not needed for Town purposes or change the use of any real property owned by the Town. The authorization may be given in blanket form by the voters at the annual Town meeting, and when so given, shall remain effective until the next annual Town meeting. However, the Selectboard shall not sell or substantially change the use of the real estate without first holding a public hearing giving notice by posting in at least five conspicuous public places within the Town and by publication in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town. The notice shall be published not less than seven nor more than 21 days prior to the date of the hearing and shall also identify specifically the real estate involved. At the hearing, all citizens of the Town shall have an opportunity to be heard, to express their views, and to inquire as to the reasons, method, time, and terms of the proposed sale or change of use. After all proper persons have had an opportunity to be heard, the Selectboard shall vote upon the question and, if a majority of the full Board shall vote in favor of the proposed action, the question shall be approved. If voter approval has previously been given to the action, the Selectboard may then take the action the voters have approved; otherwise, they shall submit the question to the voters at a Town meeting and upon approval by a majority of those voting upon the question, the Selectboard may proceed to sell or change the use of the real estate in question, as the case may be. (Amended 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 101-42
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-42. Mergers and consolidation of municipalities

§ 101-42. Mergers and consolidation of municipalities|The procedures for mergers or consolidation of municipalities shall be as provided for in the general laws of the State of Vermont.
24A V.S.A. § 101-43
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-43. Application of general law

§ 101-43. Application of general law|Except as altered, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter or by any lawful ordinance or regulation of the Town of Barre, all provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and town officers shall apply to the Town of Barre and its officers.
24A V.S.A. § 101-44
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-44. Definitions

§ 101-44. Definitions|As used in this charter, except where the context or express terms require a contrary interpretation:  (1) "Board" shall mean the duly elected Selectboard of the Town, acting as a group and in their official capacity. (2) "Day" shall mean a calendar day. (3) A "vacancy" in any office shall be deemed to exist if the holder of the office resigns, dies, is removed from office, moves from the Town, is convicted of a felony, or is judicially declared to be mentally incompetent. (4) "Voters" shall mean the names included, at any given point in time, on the checklist most recently revised by the Board of Civil Authority for use in a Town meeting or election. (5) Terms of the masculine gender are intended in a generic sense and are used solely for clarity of expression. Such terms are intended to include the feminine counterpart and to carry no substantive meaning with respect to the sex of any person. (6) The terms "Town Clerk" or "Town Treasurer" as used in this charter, any existing ordinance, or any ordinance enacted after adoption of this charter shall be understood as referring to the Clerk-Treasurer. (Amended 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 101-45
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-45. Offices abolished

§ 101-45. Offices abolished|The Offices of Road Commissioner, tree warden, fence viewer, grand juror, inspector of lumber-wood-shingles, second constable, Town agent, and weigher of coal are all hereby abolished. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, 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.
24A V.S.A. § 101-46
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-46. Separability

§ 101-46. Separability|The sections of this charter and the parts thereof are separable. If any portion of this charter or its application to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder thereof or the application of such invalid portions to other persons or circumstances, shall not thereby be affected.
24A V.S.A. § 101-47
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-47. Construction

§ 101-47. Construction|The provisions of this charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the Town and in such manner as to give effect to the intent of this charter to make government more efficient and more responsive to the citizens of the Town.
24A V.S.A. § 101-49
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 101 - Town of Barre|App § 101-49. Amendment or repeal

§ 101-49. Amendment or repeal|No section or provision of this charter may be repealed or amended unless the act making the repeal or amendment refers specifically to this charter and to the sections or provisions so repealed. Any amendment to this charter must be submitted to the voters for their approval and, upon approval, submitted as provided by statutes. Amendments may be placed on the ballot by the Selectboard, a duly authorized Charter Review Commission appointed by the Selectboard, or upon petition filed with the Town Clerk by 10 percent of the voters. The petition must clearly state the amendment and must be filed at least 45 days before any annual or special Town election, but the Town shall not be required to hold a special Town election solely for the purpose of considering a proposed charter amendment. (Amended 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 103-101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 103 - "|App § 103-101. General law applies

§ 103-101. General law applies|(a) All provisions of the Constitution and laws of the State relating to towns and villages shall apply to the Town of Bennington, except as modified by this charter.(b) The Town of Bennington shall have all the powers and functions conferred upon towns and villages by the Constitution and laws of the State and shall also have all implied powers necessary to implement such powers and functions.(c) The powers and functions conferred upon the Town of Bennington by this charter shall be in addition to the powers and functions conferred upon the Town by the laws of the State. Nothing in this charter shall be construed as a limitation upon such powers and functions. (Amended 2019, No. M-8, § 1, eff. June 10, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 103-102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 103 - "|App § 103-102. Additional Town powers

§ 103-102. Additional Town powers|In addition to powers otherwise conferred by law, the Town of Bennington is authorized to adopt, amend, repeal, and enforce ordinances:  (a) relating to collection and removal of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, waste, and scrap by the Town and establishment of rates to be paid to the Town for such service; (b) relating to construction and alteration of public and private buildings and the use thereof, including establishment of minimum standards for plumbing, heating, and wiring, so as to prevent hazardous and dangerous conditions, fires, and explosions by precautionary regulations and inspection; (c) relating to the use of firearms in settled areas; (d) relating to the packaging, marketing, and handling of produce and other foodstuffs; (e) relating to the prevention of pollution of streams, ponds, and other waterways within the Town.
24A V.S.A. § 103-103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 103 - "|App § 103-103. Initiative: advisory votes

§ 103-103. Initiative: advisory votes|The voters of the Town have the power to petition for a nonbinding advisory vote to reflect public sentiment. Such petition shall be signed by at least five percent of the voters of the Town and shall state that it is advisory only. The Select Board, upon receipt of such a petition, shall place the article on the warning for the next Town meeting or any other Town election.
24A V.S.A. § 103-104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 103 - "|App § 103-104. Recall

§ 103-104. Recall|(a) The voters of the Town may recall any of the elected Town officers listed in subchapter 2 of this charter.(b) A recall petition, clearly stating cause, signed by at least 30 percent of the legal voters of the Town, and bearing their addresses, shall be filed with the Select Board within 15 calendar days of its issue. The Select Board upon receipt of a valid petition shall, after 60 calendar days, hold a special election, with voting by Australian Ballot, to consider the recall of an elected Town officer. When such a petition is approved by a majority of two-thirds of the ballots cast at such special election, the officer named in the petition shall thereupon cease to hold his/her office, and the office shall be considered vacant until filled by a special election to be held within 60 days.(c) A recall petition shall not be brought against an individual more than once during his/her term of office.
24A V.S.A. § 103-201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 103 - "|App § 103-201. Elective officers

§ 103-201. Elective officers|(a) The elective officers of the Town shall be seven Select Board members elected from the Town at large at a duly warned annual town meeting; a Town Clerk; a Treasurer; and a Moderator.(b) All elective officers shall hold office for a three-year term. The term shall expire the first day of April following the annual Town meeting. (Amended 2003, No. M-7, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 103-202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 103 - "|App § 103-202. Appointive officers

§ 103-202. Appointive officers|(a) The Select Board members shall annually appoint a Constable and other officers required by law or this charter, including a Board of not less than three nor more than five listers to serve for such terms as the Select Board members decide, but not less than one nor more than five years, such appointments to be made as vacancies occur in the elected Board of Listers.(b) The Select Board members may create such appointive officers not provided for by this charter or required by law as they deem to be in the best interest of the Town.