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24A V.S.A. § 9-25.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-25.3. Discontinuance of highways

§ 9-25.3. Discontinuance of highways|In case the Board of Highway Commissioners shall decide to discontinue any street or highway in the City, any person owning or interested in the lands abutting said street who is dissatisfied with such decision may within 60 days thereafter institute proceedings which shall have the same effect, be conducted in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions and provisions as if such person were dissatisfied with the laying out, altering, or resurveying of any street or highway in the City.
24A V.S.A. § 9-25.4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-25.4. Altering highways

§ 9-25.4. Altering highways|The said Board of Highway Commissioners shall have the power to raise or lower the surface of any street or highway of the City. The same proceedings shall be had in respect to awarding damages to the abutting owners upon such street or highway which they shall suffer by reason of the raising or lowering of the street or highway as herein provided in laying out or altering streets or highways.
24A V.S.A. § 9-25.5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-25.5. Procedure

§ 9-25.5. Procedure|Whenever under the provisions of this act the Board of Highway Commissioners is required to give notice of the time and place of any examination or hearing before it touching the laying out, altering, or discontinuing any street or public highway in the City, or the award of any damages therefor, a citation shall be issued, signed by the Board and containing the name of all persons to whom notice is to be given.
24A V.S.A. § 9-25.6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-25.6. Notice, citation, service

§ 9-25.6. Notice, citation, service|(a) The citation shall be made at least 21 days prior to the time appointed for such examination or hearing, except when otherwise specially provided for in this act.(b) Service of the citation may be accepted by any or all persons therein named, by endorsing their acceptance in writing thereon.(c) The citation may be served by any sheriff or constable in this State upon any person therein named residing or being in this State, in the same manner as an ordinary writ of summons.
24A V.S.A. § 9-25.7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-25.7. Nonresident service

§ 9-25.7. Nonresident service|(a) The citation may be served by the sheriff or constable upon a person not an inhabitant of this State by leaving a true and attested copy of the citation with his or her return endorsed, with, or at the residence of, his or her known agent or attorney, if he or she has one in this State; and if not, with, or at the residence of the occupant of the land to which such hearing may appertain. If there is no such occupant, then the copy of the citation shall be by the sheriff or constable left at the office of the Clerk of the City for the persons so owning or interested in such land.(b) The City Clerk shall mail to the last known post office address of such person, in a registered package, a true and attested transcript of the copy so left with him or her, which shall be certified by him or her under the Seal of the City. The City Clerk shall certify under the Seal of the City all his or her doings touching the copy so left him or her by the sheriff or constable and shall attach to the certificate all registry receipts pertaining to the copy received by him or her.
24A V.S.A. § 9-25.8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-25.8. Evidence of service

§ 9-25.8. Evidence of service|The return of the sheriff or constable upon the original citation, and the certificate of the Clerk and the receipts, shall be prima facie evidence of the service of the citation as herein provided. The citation and return thereon, with the certificates of the City Clerk and the receipts shall be made part of the record of the proceedings and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk.
24A V.S.A. § 9-25.9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-25.9. Defective notice; remedy

§ 9-25.9. Defective notice; remedy|(a) If at any stage of the proceedings before the Board of Highway Commissioners or in any proceedings subsequent thereto, it shall appear that any person owning or interested in such land shall not have been duly notified, the Board of Highway Commissioners or other tribunal in or before which such proceedings shall be pending, shall cause a citation to be served upon the persons not notified as herein provided, and shall cause the proceedings to be postponed to such time as will permit such citation so issued to be served in the manner provided herein for the service of original citations in such matters. Commissioners appointed by the county court or by a justice of the peace or agreed upon between the parties shall have the same power to issue citations that the Board of Highway Commissioners has, which citation shall be served in the same manner as if issued by the Board of Highway Commissioners.(b) The Board of Highway Commissioners before which such proceedings are pending may cause such further notice to be given by citation, publication, or in any other manner prescribed by it in an order for that purpose. A copy of such order, citation, notice of publication, or other notice, which shall have been delivered to such landowner in person and verified by the affidavit of the person delivering the same, shall be prima facie evidence of such further notice.
24A V.S.A. § 9-25.10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-25.10. Failure of notice

§ 9-25.10. Failure of notice|No proceedings instituted by the Board of Highway Commissioners under the citation, nor any proceedings subsequent and pertaining thereto, shall be void on account of any failure to give notice to any person or persons interested therein or shall for that reason be dismissed, but such proceedings shall be suspended till such person or persons are duly notified; whereupon the same proceedings shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if such person had been duly notified by the original citation. If the person so notified shall appear he or she may be heard upon all matters therein pending in which he or she is interested.
24A V.S.A. § 9-26.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-26.1. Curbs and sidewalks assessment

§ 9-26.1. Curbs and sidewalks assessment|Whenever the owners of the greater part of the lands or buildings abutting upon any accepted street, or part thereof in said City, shall present their petition in writing to the Board of Aldermen, praying that such street, or part thereof as specified be curbed, or that a sidewalk be constructed, the Board of Aldermen may order the Commissioner of Public Works to cause such improvements to be made. The Board of Aldermen shall have the power, without such petition, to order the Commissioner of Public Works to install curbs or sidewalks as they may deem necessary.
24A V.S.A. § 9-26.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-26.2. Notice of hearing

§ 9-26.2. Notice of hearing|Assessments for public improvements other than those made in response to petition, shall be made only following a public hearing, after giving 21 days notice to interested parties in the same manner as herein provided in respect to laying out or altering highways. The proposed rate of assessments for the public improvement shall be stated in the notice served upon each interested party.
24A V.S.A. § 9-26.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-26.3. Assessment of property liens

§ 9-26.3. Assessment of property liens|After said hearing, the Commissioner of Public Works shall make up a statement of all assessments, describing the lands or buildings assessed, and forthwith cause the same to be recorded in the City Clerk's office and when so recorded such assessments shall be and remain a lien, in the nature of a tax, upon the lands or buildings so assessed until the same shall be paid.
24A V.S.A. § 9-26.4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-26.4. Collection of assessment

§ 9-26.4. Collection of assessment|(a) It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to place said list of assessments in the hands of the City Treasurer for collection, as soon as he or she has recorded the same. The City Treasurer shall thereupon forthwith notify in writing the owner or owners of lands or buildings so assessed, or their agents or attorneys, stating therein the amount of such assessments.(b) All such assessments shall be paid to the City Treasurer within 60 days after work is completed. In all cases the assessments shall be and remain a lien upon the lands and buildings assessed until the same are fully paid and shall have precedence over all other liens excepting ordinary taxes.
24A V.S.A. § 9-27.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-27.1. Duties

§ 9-27.1. Duties|There shall be three cemetery commissioners, who shall have the management and control of the public cemeteries of the City, and have the same powers as are provided by the general laws of the State respecting cemetery commissioners, subject to the orders and ordinances of the Board of Aldermen. The cemetery commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor in the month of March, subject to the confirmation or rejection by the Board of Aldermen, as in the case of other appointive officers, and shall hold office for three years from the first day of April following their appointment.
24A V.S.A. § 9-28.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-28.1. Duties

§ 9-28.1. Duties|The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Rutland shall consist of three legal voters of said City to be appointed to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Board shall have the exclusive general management and control of all lands owned or leased and used by the City for the purpose of a municipal airport and of all buildings, property, and equipment of the City thereon, and shall see that the same are kept in good condition and repair, but shall be subject in all respects to any limitations or restrictions contained in the ordinances, resolutions, and orders of the Board of Aldermen; but shall have no power to expend any money or incur any debt beyond the amount of the appropriations made by the Board of Aldermen. The Mayor shall, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen, appoint one airport commissioner for a term of three years and one each year thereafter, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen, for a term of three years, as their respective terms expire.
24A V.S.A. § 9-29.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-29.1. Duties

§ 9-29.1. Duties|(a) The Board of Health shall consist of the Health Officer appointed for a term of three years by the State Board of Health as provided by law, and of three persons appointed by the Mayor. One member shall be appointed annually for a term of three years. The Board shall hold their meetings as necessary and keep full and accurate records of all meetings and all business transacted. A detailed account of all expenditures shall be kept by said Board, which shall show at all times the amount of all indebtedness incurred under the authority of each appropriation for the use of said Board.(b) It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to see to the enforcement of all laws and ordinances relating to the preservation of the public health. The Board of Health shall report its doings to the Mayor in the month of July in each year. The written orders of the Health Officers shall be enforced, and a refusal or neglect to comply therewith shall be prosecuted as provided by law.
24A V.S.A. § 9-30.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-30.1. Composition of Board

§ 9-30.1. Composition of Board|The Board of School Commissioners of the City shall be composed of 11 school commissioners, who shall be elected as hereinbefore provided.
24A V.S.A. § 9-30.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-30.2. Vacancy

§ 9-30.2. Vacancy|Any vacancy of the Board of School Commissioners occasioned by death, resignation, removal from the City, or other disability shall be filled until the next annual election, upon nomination by the Mayor. The Mayor shall make such nomination to the Board of School Commissioners within 14 days of any vacancy. The Board of School Commissioners shall receive the Mayor's nomination for a replacement commissioner at a scheduled Board meeting. The commissioners shall vote on the Mayor's nomination at the next scheduled meeting of the School Board. The Board of School Commissioners shall have the power to reject said appointment by a vote of seven members of the Board of School Commissioners and if they do not reject said appointment, it shall be confirmed. If the person so appointed is rejected, the Mayor shall appoint another person for such office and submit the same to the Board of School Commissioners within one month and in case he or she fails to do so within said period, the Board of School Commissioners may proceed to make such appointment, which appointment shall be valid without the consent of the Mayor.
24A V.S.A. § 9-30.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-30.3. Officers

§ 9-30.3. Officers|The school commissioners shall appoint one of their own members President, and shall appoint another of their own members as Clerk to keep a full and complete record of all their proceedings. They shall by general regulations provide for the holding of regular and special meetings. A majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
24A V.S.A. § 9-30.4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-30.4. Duties

§ 9-30.4. Duties|(a) Said Board shall have in general all the powers and authority, and perform all the duties, pertaining to school officers in towns of this State, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act.(b) The Board shall have the care and custody of all property belonging to or used for the several schools of said City; shall employ teachers, janitors and such other employees as they deem necessary and fix their compensation; have the management and control of all the public schools of said City; examine and allow all claims arising therefrom, and draw warrants for the payment of such claims upon the City Treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of this act. All warrants for the payment of money drawn by the Board shall be signed by the President of the Board or his/her designee as stipulated by School Board policy.(c) The Board may establish such bylaws and regulations for carrying out the powers herein granted, as are consistent with the provisions of this act and the general law of this State.
24A V.S.A. § 9-31.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-31.1. Appointment

§ 9-31.1. Appointment|(a) The Board of School Commissioners shall appoint a Superintendent of Schools who shall not be a member of the Board. The appointment shall be consistent with and pursuant to the written Board of School Commissioners' policy. The Board may contract with said Superintendent for a period of appointment and on such terms and conditions which are at that time current and consistent with State statutes.(b) The Board of School Commissioners may remove such Superintendent if it is established that he/she has been negligent or derelict in his/her official duty or is guilty of any misconduct which affects his/her capacity to perform his/her duties as Superintendent.
24A V.S.A. § 9-31.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-31.2. Duties

§ 9-31.2. Duties|(a) The Superintendent of Schools shall be the Purchasing Agent for the School Department and shall perform such other duties in connection with the public schools as shall be assigned him or her by the Board of School Commissioners.(b) As Purchasing Agent for the School Department, the Superintendent, or his/her designated representative, shall work in a cooperative and coordinative purchasing effort with the Rutland City Purchasing Agent when such effort will result in a benefit to the City of Rutland. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
24A V.S.A. § 9-32.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-32.1. Duties

§ 9-32.1. Duties|Said Board shall annually appoint such truant officers as in its judgment may be required, who shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as prescribed by the general law of this State for truant officers in towns and cities, and shall have such further powers and perform such further duties as shall be prescribed by any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of said City.
24A V.S.A. § 9-33.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-33.1. Location and management

§ 9-33.1. Location and management|It shall be the duty of the City, acting through the Board of School Commissioners, to provide and maintain suitable school facilities for the accommodation of all the public schools of the City. The location and construction of school facilities, and the management, sale, and purchase of school property shall be under the control of the school commissioners, subject to the limitations upon their power of incurring liabilities on behalf of the City.
24A V.S.A. § 9-33.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-33.2. Purchase

§ 9-33.2. Purchase|The Board of School Commissioners shall provide the money for the purchase of land for school purposes or for the construction of school buildings or both pursuant to the general laws of the State of Vermont. (Amended 2007, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
24A V.S.A. § 9-34.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-34.1. Appropriations and expenditures

§ 9-34.1. Appropriations and expenditures|The voters of the City shall annually approve a budget for the use of the schools pursuant to the general laws of the State of Vermont. The Board of School Commissioners shall not expend any money or incur any debt for any purpose by contract or otherwise beyond the amount approved in the budget, the provisions of section 17.4 of this chapter shall apply to the Board of School Commissioners and any committee or member thereof. Accounts relating to federal and State funds shall be maintained as directed and regulated by State and federal authorized guidelines and shall be subject to audit by the City Treasurer. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 2007, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 3a, eff. May 14, 2008.)
24A V.S.A. § 9-34.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-34.2. School financing

§ 9-34.2. School financing|(a) The voters of the City shall annually approve a budget for the use of Rutland City schools pursuant to the general laws of the State of Vermont.(b) Any bonded indebtedness approved by the voters after January 1, 2004, shall not be considered as part of the annual General Fund budget. (Added 2003, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2007, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 14, 2008.)
24A V.S.A. § 9-35.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-35.1. Establishment

§ 9-35.1. Establishment|A Traffic Court is hereby created and established for the City of Rutland with the jurisdiction of conducting an administrative type hearing when so requested by any person charged with violation of any parking related ordinance, for the purpose of determining whether said charged violation is well founded.
24A V.S.A. § 9-35.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-35.2. Judge

§ 9-35.2. Judge|The person holding the Office of City Attorney, or acting as such, shall be the Traffic Court Judge and shall have the authority and power to conduct hearings when requested by a charged violator who requests said hearing and said Judge shall determine whether the charged violation is well founded or should be discharged.
24A V.S.A. § 9-35.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-35.3. Collection of fines

§ 9-35.3. Collection of fines|Violators who do not request a hearing as provided in this chapter within seven days are deemed to have waived such hearing and are obligated to pay to the City Treasurer all fines and penalties as established by ordinance in the City of Rutland for the charged parking related violation. The City Treasurer is authorized to utilize all legal means at the City's disposal to collect such fines due and may treat same as any general bill owned to the City of Rutland.
24A V.S.A. § 9-36.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-36.1. Declaration of necessity

§ 9-36.1. Declaration of necessity|We hereby find and declare that there currently exists within the City of Rutland an urgent need to reduce the property tax burden on residential homeowners; to redevelop dilapidated and blighted structures, to revitalize the commercial and industrial sectors of our economy, and to promote economic opportunity for all citizens, particularly those who are aged or of lower income.
24A V.S.A. § 9-36.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-36.2. Creation of Redevelopment Authority

§ 9-36.2. Creation of Redevelopment Authority|There is hereby created an independent agency, a body corporate and political, to be known as the Rutland Redevelopment Authority, whose purposes and powers shall be as set forth in this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 9-36.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 9 - City of Rutland|App § 9-36.3. Purposes

§ 9-36.3. Purposes|The Authority, in the exercise of the powers created and granted under section 3 of this charter, shall foster and carry out the following purposes:  (1) To enhance and promote economic opportunity within the City of Rutland. (2) To plan for public and private improvements and development within the City of Rutland, dedicated to the promotions of industrial and commercial benefit. (3) To create employment opportunities. (4) To enhance the acquisitions, development, and improvement of taxable real and personal property within the City of Rutland. (5) To promote the development, improvement, acquisition, and rehabilitations of industrial and commercial property within the City of Rutland. (6) To foster commercial and industrial growth within the City of Rutland. (7) To promote and support investments and improvements which will result in the elimination of slum and blight. (8) To support and promote the development of those recreational, social, and public facilities which directly, or indirectly, create or enhance commercial or industrial activity within the City.