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24A V.S.A. § 7-39
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 7 - City of Newport|App § 7-39. Public schools and school property

§ 7-39. Public schools and school property|The exclusive management and control of the public schools and all school property is vested in a board of five school trustees. Said trustees shall be bona fide residents of the City and qualified voters for school officers. The three incumbents constituting the present Board shall continue in office until their respective terms expire. At the annual meeting each year thereafter, one trustee shall be elected for a term of three years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The remaining two members of the Board shall be appointed in the first instance by the City Council, one for a term of one year, and one for a term of two years; and thereafter the successor of each shall be elected and hold office for a term of three years and until his or her successor is elected and qualified. The Board of School Trustees shall make an annual report of their doing and expenditures to the City Council on or before the first day of February in each year for the last preceding fiscal school year, and in this report they shall make estimates of the necessary expenditures for the support of schools for the ensuing fiscal year, the amount of school income to be derived from sources other than taxation and the amount of money to be raised by taxation for the support of said schools, which report shall be published with the report of the City officials, as herein provided. Said Board of School Trustees shall annually recommend to the City Council, on or before the first day of April, the amount of money which they require for school purposes, to be raised by taxation, and the City Council shall include such tax in their annual rate bill. On or before the first day of each July hereafter the City Council shall appropriate for the use of schools such sum as will be raised by taxation in that year for the support of schools, and shall also then appropriate the amount of school income to be derived from sources other than taxation in such year, all of which shall constitute the school fund of said City which the City Treasurer shall pay out from time to time on warrants signed by a majority of the Board of School Trustees which said warrant shall not require the approval of the City Council. All money and property formerly owned by the Newport Academy and Graded School District shall belong to said City and all debts and liabilities of said District shall be paid and discharged by said City, and all lawful contracts of said District on March 1, 1918, shall be carried out by said City. The act incorporating the Newport Academy and Graded School District, and all acts, amendatory thereof, are hereby repealed. The school trustees shall give such bond to the City, at the expense of the City, as the City Council shall demand and approve for the faithful discharge of their duties.
24A V.S.A. § 7-40
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 7 - City of Newport|App § 7-40. City Manager

§ 7-40. City Manager|The Council may, when the City so votes at any annual meeting, appoint a City Manager who shall be the administrative head of the municipal government under the direction and supervision of the Council, and who shall hold office at the pleasure of the Council. The duties of the City Manager shall be: (a) to see that the laws and ordinances are faithfully executed; (b) to attend all meetings of the Council at which his or her attendance may be required by that body; (c) to recommend for adoption to the Council such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient; (d) to appoint, excepting as otherwise provided for by this act, all officers and employees of the municipality, and to perform the duties of such officers and employees as the Council may designate; (e) to prepare and submit to the Council such reports as may be required by that body, or as he or she may deem advisable to submit; (f) to keep the Council fully advised of the financial condition of the municipality and its future needs; (g) to prepare and submit to the Council a tentative budget for the next fiscal year; (h) and to perform such other duties as the Council may determine by ordinance or resolution. The City Manager shall receive such salary as may be fixed by the Council. Before entering upon the duties of his or her office, he or she shall take the official oath required of other officers by this act and shall execute a bond in favor of the municipality for the faithful performance of his or her duties in such sum as may be fixed by the Council. The City Manager need not be a voter in or a resident of the City.
24A V.S.A. § 7-41
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 7 - City of Newport|App § 7-41. City Council election of City officers

§ 7-41. City Council election of City officers|The Council shall, when the City so votes at any annual meeting, elect the Clerk, Treasurer, Constable, listers, auditors, City grand jurors provided for in section 6 of this act, which election by said Council shall be in lieu of the method provided for in said section 6. The term of office of each person so elected by said Council shall be that provided for by said section.
24A V.S.A. § 9-1.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-1.1. Legislative authority

§ 9-1.1. Legislative authority|The City of Rutland is incorporated and granted the following charter.
24A V.S.A. § 9-1.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-1.3. Wards

§ 9-1.3. Wards|(a) The City of Rutland may be divided into wards by ordinance.(b) The Board of Aldermen is empowered to make such changes in the number and boundaries of the several wards of the City as they may deem proper, having regard, so far as practicable and convenient, to an equal division of population among them.
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.1. City election

§ 9-2.1. City election|(a) On the first Tuesday in March of odd numbered years, the legal voters of the City shall elect, from among their number, a Mayor, a City Treasurer, a City Assessor, and six aldermen at large, each for a term of two years.(b) On the first Tuesday in March of even numbered years, the legal voters of the City, shall elect from among their number, five aldermen at large and such ward officers as are provided for hereinafter, each for a term of two years.(c) On the first Tuesday in March 1988, the legal voters of the City shall elect from among their number four school commissioners who shall hold office for three years; and on the first Tuesday in March 1989, they shall elect from among their number, three school commissioners who shall hold office for three years; and on the first Tuesday in March 1990, they shall elect from their number four school commissioners who shall hold office for three years; and annually thereafter school commissioners shall be elected at the annual City election by the legal voters of said City as their respective terms expire, to hold office for three years, and until their successors are elected and have qualified.(d) All officers of said City of Rutland, who have been duly elected or appointed and have qualified under the provisions of the charter in force before the passing of this act, and all such officers who shall be hereafter duly elected or appointed and shall qualify under the provisions of this act, shall continue to hold office until their successors have been duly elected or appointed and have qualified in accordance with the provisions of this act.(e) The election of all City and ward officers to be elected under the provisions of this act, shall be by ballot, and the person or persons receiving a plurality of all votes cast for any office aforesaid, shall be declared elected thereto.(f) In the election of ward officers, if no candidate receives a plurality of the votes cast, the Mayor shall appoint a legal voter of the ward to fill such office until the next election. In the election of all other elected officers, if no candidate receives a plurality of the votes cast, another election shall be called by the Mayor to be held within 60 days, said election shall be conducted under the same proceedings and methods as the inconclusive election.
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.2. Special City meetings

§ 9-2.2. Special City meetings|(a) The Mayor shall call a special meeting of all the legal voters of the City, when petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the municipality, but only for any legal purpose beyond the jurisdiction of the Board of Aldermen.(b) The Mayor shall call a special City meeting for any purpose upon being petitioned to do so by two-thirds of the members of the Board of Aldermen voting and present at a regular meeting, or by two-thirds of the members of the Board of School Commissioners, voting and present at a regular meeting.(c) Also, the Mayor may, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, call a special meeting for any purpose when he or she feels such a meeting is necessary for the public good.(d) At such special meetings those persons whose names are on the checklist used for the last City election shall be entitled to vote; and also such persons as were or have become entitled by law to have their names on the checklist and whose names have been added thereto, by the Board of Civil Authority since said City election.(e) The questions at any such special meeting shall be decided by ballot. There shall be separate polling places in each ward, for every such special meeting and the ward officers hereinbefore named shall act at such meeting in the same manner and have the same powers as at City or ward elections. For all such meetings it shall be the duty of the City Clerk to prepare and distribute suitable ballots in the same manner provided for city and ward elections. (Amended 1997, No. M-17(Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.3. General and primary elections

§ 9-2.3. General and primary elections|General and primary elections shall be conducted in the wards of the City pursuant to the provisions of Vermont Statutes Annotated. Ward officials shall perform all and the same duties in regard to certifying the results of elections in their respective wards as now devolve by law upon the presiding officers of elections and town clerks; in addition thereto they shall certify the same to the City Clerk, who shall keep a record thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.4. Method of conducting elections

§ 9-2.4. Method of conducting elections|All annual and special City elections, and all special meetings, shall be held in the several wards at times designated by the Board of Aldermen as directed by State statutes.
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.5. Warnings

§ 9-2.5. Warnings|(a) All warnings for all meetings for the elections of City or ward officers, and for special meetings of all the legal voters of said City, for any purpose, shall be issued by the Mayor and published in the manner and for the length of time designated by law.(b) Warnings for all City elections or special meetings of a municipality shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted. The warning shall also contain any article or articles requested by a petition signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the municipality and filed with the legislative branch not less than 40 days before the day of such meeting. The warnings shall also contain any question requested by a signed petition of at least two-thirds of the members of the Board of Aldermen or Board of School Commissioners, present and voting at a regular meeting. Questions shall be stated as written in said petition.
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.6. Checklists

§ 9-2.6. Checklists|Checklists of voters for the City and for each of the City's wards shall be compiled and maintained pursuant to Title 17 Vermont Statutes Annotated. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.7. Qualifications of voters- penalties

§ 9-2.7. Qualifications of voters- penalties|(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.
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.8. Ward officers

§ 9-2.8. Ward officers|(a) The ward officers shall be a Clerk and a First, Second, and Third Inspector of Elections, and any other officers required by law of the State for each polling place at an election. One of said Inspectors shall be a member of the minority party casting the largest vote at the general election next preceding. Said officers shall be subject to rules and regulations of the Board of Civil Authority, not in conflict with State statutes.(b) The ward officers shall be sworn to the faithful discharge of their respective duties and shall hold their offices until their successors are chosen and have qualified. They shall be paid such compensation as shall be voted by the Board of Civil Authority.(c) In case there is no representative of the minority party herein provided for on the Board of Inspectors of Elections of any ward, the Mayor shall, before any election is held in such ward, declare a vacancy in the Third Inspector's place in such ward, and shall thereupon fill such vacancy by appointing a legal voter residing in such ward and belonging to such minority party.(d) In case of a vacancy in any ward office occasioned by death, removal from the ward or City, resignation, inability to serve, failure to elect, or other cause, the same shall be filled by the Mayor.
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.9. Duties of ward officers

§ 9-2.9. Duties of ward officers|(a) It shall be the duty of the clerk of each ward to preside at the polling place of the ward, to keep a record of all elections held therein, and immediately after any election in such ward, to return to the City Clerk a statement of the votes cast in such ward signed by two ward officials, which statement shall be recorded in the City record.(b) It shall be the duty of the inspectors of elections to be present, and preserve order at all elections in their respective wards, to decide all questions relative to the right of any person to vote at the election, and with the ballot clerks, to sort and count the ballots, and to inform the City Clerk immediately after such count is completed of the results of the election.(c) For all City or ward elections, and all City meetings, the City Clerk shall prepare all official ballots in the same manner and subject to all the provisions of the laws of this State providing for and regulating the preparation and distribution of official ballots in towns and cities.
24A V.S.A. § 9-2.10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-2.10. Qualifications of candidates for municipal and/or ward office

§ 9-2.10. Qualifications of candidates for municipal and/or ward office|Any registered voter from the City of Rutland qualified to vote for a candidate for municipal or ward office may be nominated as a candidate for any municipal or ward office except as hereinafter limited or as limited by the laws of the State of Vermont. The name of such candidate shall be printed on the official ballot to be used at the City election, if nomination papers issued by the City Clerk, signed in person by at least 35 registered voters of the City for an office to be filled by the voters of the entire City, or at least five of the registered voters of any ward for an office to be filled by the voters of such ward, are filed with the City Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Monday preceding the day of the election which shall be the filing deadline. Each voter signing such nomination papers shall indicate that he or she is a voter in the City and in the ward for which the nomination is made, and that he or she has not subscribed to more nominations of candidates for this office as there are persons to be elected thereto. Such nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form:           STATE OF VERMONT                                                      CITY OF RUTLAND                                              NOMINATION PAPER The undersigned, registered voters of the City of Rutland qualified to vote for a candidate for the office named below, in accordance with law, make the following nomination of a candidate to be voted for at the election to be held in the City of Rutland on ______________, 20____. We are voters in the political division for which the nomination is made, and we have not subscribed to more nominations of candidates for this Office than there are persons to be elected thereto. Name of                                           Office for                                                Residence Candidate                                  Which Nominated                         (Street and Number) Signatures and Residences of NominatorsSignature of Nominator                                                                                       Residence to be Made in Person                                                                   (Street and Number, if any) Acceptance of Nomination I accept the above nomination. (Signature of Nominee)
24A V.S.A. § 9-4.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-4.1. Administrative powers

§ 9-4.1. Administrative powers|The administration of all fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City and the government thereof shall be vested in the Board of Aldermen, except as otherwise provided by this charter or by law, and except where the powers are specifically delegated to the Mayor, or other boards or officers herein created.
24A V.S.A. § 9-4.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-4.2. Organization and meetings

§ 9-4.2. Organization and meetings|(a) The Board of Aldermen elected as hereinbefore provided, shall elect one of their number President of such Board. In the event a vacancy is created on the Board of Aldermen, it shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor and confirmation by the Board of Aldermen in the same manner as other officers are appointed.(b) Regular meetings of the Board of aldermen shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each month. A majority of all the Aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A smaller number may adjourn to another date. The Board may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
24A V.S.A. § 9-4.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-4.3. Special meetings

§ 9-4.3. Special meetings|(a) A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen may be called at any time by the Mayor. Further, a special meeting shall be called by the Mayor on petition by a majority of the Board of Aldermen.(b) At least 24 hours notice shall be given of each special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, except in cases of public emergency declared by the Mayor.(c) Notice of special meetings shall be served on the aldermen by some person appointed for such purpose by (a) delivering to each aldermen, a true and attested copy of such call, (b) by leaving such copy at the place of his or her usual abode, or (c) by personal notice from the Mayor in case of declared public emergency.(d) The Board shall first consider at the special meeting, the matter or purpose set forth in the notice for such meeting, and then any other business which may properly come before the Board of Aldermen.
24A V.S.A. § 9-4.4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-4.4. Executive sessions

§ 9-4.4. Executive sessions|All meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be public except when assembled for executive business as authorized by 1 V.S.A. §§ 313-314 as amended. An executive session may be held at any regular, special, or committee meeting of the Board of Aldermen, but such sessions shall not exclude any member of the Board of Aldermen.
24A V.S.A. § 9-4.5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-4.5. Acts of the Board of Aldermen

§ 9-4.5. Acts of the Board of Aldermen|The Board of Aldermen shall exercise its authority in the following manner; by the enactment of ordinances and by/laws, or by resolution or vote of the Board of Aldermen, subject to the approval of the Mayor set forth in section 4.6.
24A V.S.A. § 9-4.6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-4.6. Veto powers

§ 9-4.6. Veto powers|(a) If the Mayor approves any vote of the Board of Aldermen the Mayor shall sign the same. If the Mayor does not approve the vote, he or she shall within 10 days veto and return the vote for a revote with his or her objections in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen. If seven aldermen vote in favor of the same, it shall be valid and take effect notwithstanding the objections of the Mayor.(b) If it is not returned for a revote within 10 days by the Mayor to the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, then the same shall be valid and take effect without the Mayor's approval.
24A V.S.A. § 9-4.7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-4.7. Board of Civil Authority

§ 9-4.7. Board of Civil Authority|(a) The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority for the City except as herein provided. The Mayor shall preside and vote at all meetings of the Board of Civil Authority except as otherwise provided herein.(b) The Board shall be empowered to act in all proceedings for the taking of land or other property for public purposes, in actions for the removal or suspension of City employees provided herein, and when authorized by law. Notwithstanding the above, the composition of the Board of Civil Authority, when considering tax appeals pursuant to State law and apportionment matters pursuant to Title 17 V.S.A. shall conform to 24 V.S.A. § 801.(c) The Board of Civil Authority shall adopt its own procedures regarding the taking of evidence, deliberations, conclusions, and other business of the Board. An outline of such procedures shall be filed in the City Clerk's office.
24A V.S.A. § 9-5.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-5.1. Enactment of ordinances

§ 9-5.1. Enactment of ordinances|The Board of Aldermen may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws, regulations, and ordinances which it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into effect any of the powers conferred upon said City by this act or for the well being of said City, and which shall not be inconsistent with this act or with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof. Any new ordinance adopted, or alteration, amendment, or repeal of an existing ordinance, shall be published in one or more newspapers in the City, to be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen at least 20 days before they shall take effect.