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24A V.S.A. § 3-193
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-193. Service and process; fees allowed

§ 3-193. Service and process; fees allowed|All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State and return process in criminal causes returnable within the City; and for such duties there shall be taxed and allowed the fees provided by law for a sheriff, for similar services, which fees shall belong to the City, to be paid into the City Treasury whenever such policeman shall be under pay from the City.
24A V.S.A. § 3-194
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-194. Police to have same powers as constables; jurisdiction limited

§ 3-194. Police to have same powers as constables; jurisdiction limited|The said police officers shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and the ordinances and police regulations of the City, except that the jurisdiction of the limited police officer shall be restricted as set forth in section 192 of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 3-195
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-195. Compensation to be set by Council

§ 3-195. Compensation to be set by Council|The compensation of all police officers, including that of the Chief of Police, shall be fixed by the City Council, and all fees accruing to them under the laws of the State or the provisions of this charter shall belong to said City and shall be paid into the City Treasury.
24A V.S.A. § 3-195a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-195a. Authority of University of Vermont police officers

§ 3-195a. Authority of University of Vermont police officers|University of Vermont police officers are hereby empowered to enforce City of Burlington municipal ordinances and to issue citations for the violation thereof. (Amended 2003, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-196
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-196. Composition

§ 3-196. Composition|(a) The Board of Fire Commissioners shall consist of five legal voters of the City, to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except as herein otherwise provided.(b) The City Council with Mayor presiding shall also at the time of the commission appointments appoint up to five fire wardens. (Amended 2015, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 18, 2015.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-197
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-197. Authority to establish rules and regulations for Fire Department

§ 3-197. Authority to establish rules and regulations for Fire Department|The City Council may make and establish all proper and necessary rules and regulations for the management and guidance of the Fire Department and for the control and regulation of the fire protection of the City.
24A V.S.A. § 3-198
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-198. Fire Department; created; members; appointment

§ 3-198. Fire Department; created; members; appointment|There shall be a paid Fire Department for said City, which shall consist of the following members, to wit: One Chief Engineer, and such subordinate positions as the City Council may authorize from time to time. The members of said Fire Department shall be employed by the Chief Engineer. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 9, eff. May 19, 1999; 2001, No. M-6 , § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-199
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-199. Department to be under supervision of Chief Engineer

§ 3-199. Department to be under supervision of Chief Engineer|Said Department shall be at all times under special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Chief Engineer, subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and the ordinances and orders of the City Council. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-200
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-200. Powers of fire commissioners

§ 3-200. Powers of fire commissioners|The Board of Fire Commissioners may exercise such of the referenced powers relating to the Fire Department as may be delegated from time to time by resolution of the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 3-201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-201. Powers relating to Fire Department

§ 3-201. Powers relating to Fire Department|The City Council shall have full power to try and determine all complaints against any member of said Department, and to remove them, or any of them summarily, or on conviction of insubordination, neglect of duty, incompetency, or violation of the rules, regulations, or ordinances governing said Department. The City Council shall also have the power, upon the recommendation of the Chief Engineer, to make such changes in the positions held by any member of the Department, either to remove him or her or place him or her in a subordinate position, as they may deem for the best interests of the Department.
24A V.S.A. § 3-202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-202. Political activity restricted

§ 3-202. Political activity restricted|No person, while an officer or other member of the Fire Department of the City, shall publicly endorse any candidate for political office, serve as a campaign assistant on behalf of any candidate for political office, or perform any public campaign activity on behalf of any candidate for public office for which Burlington voters are casting ballots. The foregoing shall not prohibit a fire officer from voting in any election; or from expressing his or her views concerning any referendum question being considered; and shall not prevent a collective bargaining unit which represents fire officers from endorsing candidates in elections, provided that no bargaining unit representative announcing such endorsement may do so while wearing a fire uniform. No person shall be appointed to or retained in the Department as a reward for political service rendered, nor in any manner be discriminated against because of his or her failure to render such service.
24A V.S.A. § 3-203
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-203. Commissioners to manage parks; composition of Board

§ 3-203. Commissioners to manage parks; composition of Board|The public parks of the City of Burlington now in existence, and those which may hereafter be established, together with all park property which may be acquired and all public recreational activities hereafter sponsored by the City, shall be under the management, care, and control of the City Council. The Parks and Recreation Department may likewise cosponsor recreational activities with other public and/or private agencies. The City Council may by resolution delegate any of the powers relating to parks and recreation to the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. The Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners shall consist of seven legal voters of said City, to be appointed as hereinbefore provided. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. April 23,. 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2015, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-204
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-204. Records to be kept; annual reports to City Council required

§ 3-204. Records to be kept; annual reports to City Council required|The Parks and Recreation Department shall keep an accurate record and books of account, and shall annually transmit to the City Council a full and detailed report and statement of all its acts and doings, together with a complete and itemized account of all receipts and disbursements. The books of account and records of the Department shall, at all times, be open to inspection and subject to an annual audit by the proper municipal officer.
24A V.S.A. § 3-205
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-205. Parks and Recreation Department; appointment of Superintendent, and engineer

§ 3-205. Parks and Recreation Department; appointment of Superintendent, and engineer|The Superintendent shall prescribe and assign the respective duties, powers, and authority, and shall, subject to the approval of the City Council, fix and regulate the compensation to be paid to the several persons so employed. The Superintendent shall have the special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Parks and Recreation Department, subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and the orders and ordinances of the City Council. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 10, eff. May 19, 1999.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-206. Establishment and maintenance of athletic activities authorized; charging admission fees permitted

§ 3-206. Establishment and maintenance of athletic activities authorized; charging admission fees permitted|Said Department may establish, manage, and promote athletic and recreational activities in the parks and other appropriate buildings and places; and in the management and promotion thereof, said Department may, subject to the approval of the City Council, charge admission and/or user fees, which fees shall be used by the Department first, in defraying the expenses of such activities, and any excess in the amount of such fee after such expenses are paid shall be used by the Department in the maintenance and improvements of the City Parks and Recreational Program. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 3-207
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-207. Authorization to establish and alter rules for park operation

§ 3-207. Authorization to establish and alter rules for park operation|The City Council shall have power to make and alter from time to time, all needful rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, safety, and decency in said parks and for said Recreational Program and to fix penalties for disobedience thereof; which rules and regulations shall have the force of ordinances of the City of Burlington; provided, that no such rule or regulation shall be of any effect unless it shall have been first published in full in one or more of the daily newspapers published in Burlington, and also printed and made available for inspection at the office of the Superintendent. Any member of the Police Department may arrest, without warrant, in any such park or places, any person who has broken any park or recreational rule or committed any other offense in a park or place of public recreational activity.
24A V.S.A. § 3-208
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-208. Determination of location of sewers, water pipes, wires, etc.

§ 3-208. Determination of location of sewers, water pipes, wires, etc.|The City Council shall have sole power to determine the places in said parks where sewers, gas, and water pipes shall be laid; and no trench, for these purposes, shall be opened until the City Council has designated the location of the same and given permission in writing. No telegraph, telephone, or electric light wires, or other wires, or posts or supports therefor, shall be erected in, upon, through, or over said parks without the consent in writing of the City Council, who shall designate the place and manner of maintaining the same, to be altered at such time and in such manner and under such conditions as the City Council shall deem best.
24A V.S.A. § 3-209
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-209. Regulation of planting and care of trees in parks

§ 3-209. Regulation of planting and care of trees in parks|The City Council shall have authority to direct and regulate the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery in the streets and in the public grounds of said City; and to appoint a City Forester to superintend and regulate the planting and culture of such trees and shrubbery in said streets and public grounds, and to perform such other similar duties as may be prescribed. The City Council is also authorized to enact such rules and regulations as it may deem proper to carry out the purposes of this article. It shall have general care of all shade and ornamental trees and the shrubbery growing in the streets and public grounds of said City, and may direct the removal of any that it may deem detrimental or undesirable. No shade or ornamental trees growing in the streets and public grounds of said City shall be destroyed or removed except by leave in writing, first obtained from the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 3-210
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-210. Direction that trees be planted along public grounds and assess abutting land

§ 3-210. Direction that trees be planted along public grounds and assess abutting land|The City Council may in its discretion, cause suitable shade trees to be planted along and upon any street or any portion thereof, and upon any public grounds in said City; and may cause to be assessed upon the piece or parcel of land abutting upon such street or public grounds, and benefited by such improvement, the cost of purchasing and planting such trees. The sum so assessed shall not be greater than the amount actually expended for the purchase of such trees and the expense of planting, with an additional sum of 20 percent of that amount; and any trees that may die within three years after having been so planted shall be replaced by the City Council without additional assessment. The City Council shall by resolution direct the amount to be assessed against each piece or parcel of land; and such assessment shall be collected and the payment thereof enforced, with, and in like manner as State, county, and other taxes are collected, and the payment thereof enforced, and such assessments when collected by the Chief Administrative Officer shall be placed in the park fund.
24A V.S.A. § 3-211
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-211. Authority to regulate parking

§ 3-211. Authority to regulate parking|The City Council shall have control of the parkings upon each street of said City, including the right to permit, regulate, or prohibit the placing of signs within and upon said parkings. Said parkings shall be understood and held to be the space between the curb or gutter and the street line on each side of the street, except so much thereof as may be occupied by publicly owned and maintained sidewalks. The City Council shall also have control of these areas in the center of streets not used for traffic. In case said parkings are not properly cared for by the owners of the property abutting thereon, the City Council may, in its discretion, and shall, upon petition of the majority owners of the abutting property on such street or any block or blocks upon such street, cause such parkings to be properly cared for, the grass cut, weeds destroyed, and such work done as they deem necessary; and the cost of doing such work shall be assessed upon abutting property as provided in the preceding section. Provided, however, that nothing in this section shall interfere with the necessary work of the City in its work on the streets, curbing, sidewalks, or in making sewer connections in any such streets, or of the City in making or repairing water connections.
24A V.S.A. § 3-212
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-212. Authority to declare weeds, underbrush, etc., a nuisance and direct removal

§ 3-212. Authority to declare weeds, underbrush, etc., a nuisance and direct removal|The City Council shall have the power and authority to declare weeds, underbrush, or any unsightly or detrimental growth on any lot of land adjacent to any park or street in said City, a nuisance. It may notify the owner or owners of such land to remove or abate such nuisance; and if, upon reasonable due notice, such owner or owners fail to remove or abate such nuisance, then the City Council shall have the right and authority by its superintendent and employees to enter upon such land and remove or abate such nuisance; and the City Council shall have authority to assess the cost of so doing upon the owner or owners of said land, and such assessment may be collected and enforced as provided in the second preceding section of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 3-213
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-213. Issuance of bonds to provide funds for parks authorized

§ 3-213. Issuance of bonds to provide funds for parks authorized|For the purpose of providing necessary funds for the purchase or improvement of lands for park and recreational property, the City of Burlington is hereby authorized and empowered to issue its bonds in such manner and form as shall be determined by the City Council of said City. On request of the Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners, duly made in writing, the Mayor of said City shall call a meeting of the qualified voters of the City and submit to them the proposition to issue bonds of the City, the proceeds of the sale of which shall be exclusively applied, under the direction and at the discretion of the Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners, to the acquisition and improvement of land and facilities for public Parks and Recreational Programs, but the said Board shall make no contract of expenditure thereof involving liability to the City of Burlington exceeding the amount of the bonds thus issued. Such meeting shall be conducted, and the result determined, as in other City meetings.
24A V.S.A. § 3-214
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-214. Bills and expenses to be approved

§ 3-214. Bills and expenses to be approved|All bills and expenses for parks and recreation purposes shall be approved by the City Council and the Mayor's warrant drawn upon the Chief Administrative Officer for the payment of the same.
24A V.S.A. § 3-215
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-215. Definition of "park property"

§ 3-215. Definition of "park property"|The term "park property" includes all parks, squares, and areas of land within the management of said Board; and all buildings, improvements, walks, drives, trees, plants, flowers, and other things thereon, and enclosures of the same; and all shade trees, shrubs, or plants on streets or thoroughfares; resting places, public grounds, or the like; and all birds, animals, or curiosities, or objects of interest or instruction; all tools or implements placed in or on any such enclosure.
24A V.S.A. § 3-217
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-217. Condemnation of land for park and/or recreational purposes authorized

§ 3-217. Condemnation of land for park and/or recreational purposes authorized|The City Council, on behalf of the City of Burlington, shall have power to take by condemnation land for park and/or recreational purposes; and if the City Council cannot for any cause agree with the owner or owners of any land, which it shall decide to take for public park and/or recreational purposes, as to the necessity of taking such land, the damages sustained by the owner, or the compensation to be paid therefor, the same proceeding shall be taken as required by law for establishing highways.
24A V.S.A. § 3-218
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-218. Composition; appointment; terms

§ 3-218. Composition; appointment; terms|The Board of Cemetery Commissioners shall consist of five legal voters of said City, who shall be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for the term of three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except as herein otherwise provided.
24A V.S.A. § 3-219
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-219. Duties

§ 3-219. Duties|The City Council shall have such authority and responsibility relating to the management of the Cemetery Department, its services, and facilities, as provided by the general law of this State respecting cemeteries. The City Council may by resolution delegate all or a portion of such authority and responsibility to the Board of Cemetery Commissioners. The Superintendent of the Cemetery Department shall have the practical care and immediate supervision of the Cemetery Department, but shall be subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and to the orders and ordinances of the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 3-220
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-220. By-laws and regulations of Board to have force of ordinances

§ 3-220. By-laws and regulations of Board to have force of ordinances|The by-laws and regulations made by said Board as provided by law shall, when approved by the City Council, and published as herein provided for ordinances, have the force of ordinances of said City.
24A V.S.A. § 3-222
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 3 - City of Burlington|App § 3-222. Duties

§ 3-222. Duties|The Director of Public Works shall have general management and control of the City water works, water pollution control plants, and solid waste disposal facilities as assigned by the Mayor or by resolution of the City Council, subject to any limitation and restriction contained in this charter.