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24A V.S.A. § 106-109
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-109. Election of Selectboard

§ 106-109. Election of Selectboard|On November 30, 2004, the Office of Trustees shall cease to exist. The 2004 duly elected Selectboard shall serve as the merged Selectboard until the Town meeting on March 7, 2005, at which time all Selectboard members shall resign. At the 2005 Town meeting, three Selectboard members shall be elected. One member will be elected for one year, one member will be elected for two years, and one member will be elected for three years.
24A V.S.A. § 106-110
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-110. Votes required for effect

§ 106-110. Votes required for effect|All sections of this plan of merger shall take effect if this plan is approved as follows:  (1) By majority vote of the Town of Bradford which includes qualified voters in Town and Village. (2) By majority vote of the Village of Bradford which includes all qualified voters of the Village. (3) Subject to approval by the General Assembly, the merger shall take effect at midnight at the end of November 30, 2004.
24A V.S.A. § 106-201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-201. Applicability of the general law

§ 106-201. Applicability of the general law|(a) All provisions of the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and their officers shall apply to the Town of Bradford.(b) The Town of Bradford shall have all the powers now or hereafter conferred upon towns and villages by the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont.(c) The fiscal year for the Town of Bradford shall coincide with the calendar year, January 1 to December 31.
24A V.S.A. § 106-202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-202. Officers

§ 106-202. Officers|The Town of Bradford shall have the officers as provided for towns by the general laws. (Amended 2007, No. M-3, § 2, eff. March 8, 2007.)
24A V.S.A. § 106-203
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-203. Ordinances

§ 106-203. Ordinances|Any rule, ordinance, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Bradford may apply to a limited area and not to the whole Town, notwithstanding that the ordinance, rule, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw might also have been applied to another area or areas within the Town.
24A V.S.A. § 106-204
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-204. Fire prevention

§ 106-204. Fire prevention|For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Bradford may function with volunteer firefighters. The fire officers shall be an advisory body reporting to the Selectboard.
24A V.S.A. § 106-205
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-205. Existing Water and Sewer Departments

§ 106-205. Existing Water and Sewer Departments|(a) As approved by the majority of the voters of the Village of Bradford, the supervision, management, control, and operation of the Village public water supply system and the Village public sewage system shall be vested in a Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Bradford consisting of five persons, each of whom shall be a ratepayer and resident of the Town of Bradford. The Water and Sewer Commissioners shall be elected as outlined in section 206a of this chapter.(b) The water system of the Village of Bradford taken over by the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Bradford and any additions thereto shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Town, and all rents and revenues therefrom not necessary for current expenditures therefor shall be placed in a special fund, no part of which may be used for any other purpose.(c) The sewage system of the Village of Bradford (not including the separate storm sewer pipelines) taken over by the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners of the Town of Bradford and all extensions thereto shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Town, and all rents and revenues therefrom not necessary for current expenditures therefor shall be placed in a special fund, no part of which may be used for any other purpose.
24A V.S.A. § 106-206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-206. Special districts

§ 106-206. Special districts|(a) The Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as special service districts and may provide the voters therein with special services not common to all the voters of the Town, provided that the majority of the voters residing in the respective designated areas and present and voting at the district meeting on the subject shall have approved of such resolution.(b) Such area shall be reasonable geographically, taking into account the areas and persons actually benefited, the types of services to be provided, and the fact that the efficiency of providing multiple services in a single special service district might outweigh the fact that the areas and voters benefiting from the respective services might not coincide exactly. All costs required to support a given special service shall be paid for by the taxpayers receiving said service, by a tax on the grand list in the special service district involved to be assessed annually by the Selectboard, or in such other manner as the Selectboard determines. If the costs are to be paid by a tax, such tax shall be paid and collected in the same manner as other taxes, and such tax assessed on any part of the grand list shall be a lien thereon.(c) All funds of any special service shall be kept in a special fund, no part of which may be used for any other purpose.(d) The warning for each annual or special Town meeting may contain appropriate articles under which the legal voters residing in any special district may separately vote.(e) The Selectboard shall designate the Village of Bradford as a special district for the purpose of collecting taxes to pay bond No. 1996, series 1, 81-0394-01-5. Taxes paid to the Village special district shall be used to meet the obligations incurred by the Village under bond No. 1996, series 1, 81-0394-01-5 for the repair and maintenance of roads and highways. When the bond is completely paid, the Village special district shall cease to exist. The Village special district shall be defined by the geographic limits of the Village set forth in the Village zoning map recorded in the land records of the Town of Bradford.
24A V.S.A. § 106-206a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-206a. Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners

§ 106-206a. Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners|(a) The supervision, management, control, and operation of the Village public water supply system, the Village public sewage system, and the Town water and sewage systems shall be vested in the Water and Sewer Department of the Town of Bradford, which shall be governed by a Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners consisting of five persons, each of whom shall be a ratepayer and a resident of the Town of Bradford.(b) The initial Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall be the incumbent Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners in office upon the date of approval of this chapter by the General Assembly, each to serve the remainder of the respective term. Upon the expiration of the respective term of each initial Water and Sewer commissioner, successor commissioners shall be elected by Bradford resident ratepayers at the annual Town meeting for a term of five years each. Any vacancy among the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall be filled by appointment of the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners until the next annual Town meeting.(c) To the fullest extent provided by law, the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall have authority over and responsibility for the public water supply system and the public sewer system, including the power to establish and impose rates and charges, to adopt rules and regulations regarding the operation and protection of such systems, and to allocate water and sewage treatment and disposal capacity.(d) The Water and Sewer Department and the Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners shall have the authority to collect taxes or impose fees in order to pay bond No. 1996, series 1, 81-0394-01-5. Taxes or fees paid to the Water and Sewer Department shall be used to meet the obligations incurred by the Village of Bradford under bond No. 1996, series 1, 81-0394-01-5 for the construction, repair, and upkeep of the public water system and public sewage system of the Village of Bradford.
24A V.S.A. § 106-207
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-207. Voting procedures for water and sewer expenses and extensions

§ 106-207. Voting procedures for water and sewer expenses and extensions|(a) Voting for new capital improvements for water or sewer service within the areas being served by the water and sewer systems shall be by the voters using these services, and all votes shall be approved by a majority of the voters residing in the respective designated areas and present and voting at the district meeting on the subject.(b) In case of future extension of water or sewer lines into currently unserved areas where bonding or temporary costs are to be assumed by the Town, all legal Town voters shall be eligible to vote on the project.(c) In all cases where bonding is required, all legal voters of the Town may vote on the bond issue. Capital expenditures or projects requiring bonding shall first be approved by a majority vote of the water or sewer users who are legal voters of the Town present and voting at a meeting called for that purpose.
24A V.S.A. § 106-208
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-208. Special funds

§ 106-208. Special funds|(a) The Town Treasurer shall keep all money in a special fund in an account or accounts separate from those of any other special funds and from those of other Town funds, and shall honor no warrant upon it except for the purpose thereof as heretofore enumerated.(b) Any person who shall pay or cause to be paid any portion of any special fund for any purpose other than as herein specified shall forfeit to the Town for the benefit of such special fund twice the amount so paid to be recovered in a civil action on this section of this chapter. It shall be the duty of the Town Agent to defend and prosecute suits to bring such action to collect such forfeiture. In case such person is bonded, the issuer of the bond shall be joined with him or her in such action, provided the issuer of the bond is within the jurisdiction of the State of Vermont.
24A V.S.A. § 106-209
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106 - Town of Bradford|App § 106-209. Severability

§ 106-209. Severability|If any provision of this chapter shall for any reason be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions. To this end, the provisions of this chapter are severable.
24A V.S.A. § 106B
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106B - Town of Brandon|App § 106B. General law; application

§ 106B. General law; application|The Town of Brandon shall have all of the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this chapter, together with all of the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers therein granted. (Added 2015, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 106B
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 106B - Town of Brandon|App § 106B. Local option tax

§ 106B. Local option tax|(a) Upon resolution of the Selectboard, or upon receipt of a petition signed by five percent of the registered voters of the Town, at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, the voters of the Town may vote, by a majority of those present and voting, to assess any or all of the following:  (1) a one percent sales tax; (2) a one percent rooms tax; (3) a one percent meals and alcoholic beverage tax.   (b) A tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered and may be rescinded as provided by the general laws of the State.(c) Revenues received through the imposition of a tax imposed under this section shall be used for capital projects within the Town. (Added 2015, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.1. Definitions

§ 107-2.1. Definitions|(a) "General Town Meeting" shall mean a meeting of the voters of the Town of Brattleboro, the Town School District, or both, to act on matters of election of all officers, referenda, and matters to be acted upon by Australian ballot.(b) "Representative Town Meeting" shall mean the meeting of Town meeting members as defined in section 2.4 of this chapter and who are elected pursuant to section 2.3 of this chapter to act on all articles, including municipal bonding articles, except those which relate to the election of officers, referenda, and other matters to be voted upon by Australian ballot and any other articles or subjects reserved to a General Town Meeting. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.2. Elected officers

§ 107-2.2. Elected officers|On the first Tuesday in March the voters of the Town shall elect by Australian ballot the following:  (1) Representative Town Meeting members, by district, in accordance with section 4, No. 302, Acts of 1959. The size of the Representative Town Meeting body shall not exceed 140 members excluding ex officio members. (2) A Selectboard of five members, elected at large, of whom two shall serve for one year and three shall serve for three years. (3) A Board of five school directors, elected at large, of whom two shall serve for one year and three shall serve for three years. (4) Union High School directors, who shall be elected for terms and in numbers as required by State law. (5) A Board of three listers, elected at large, of whom one shall be elected each year to serve for three years. (6) Three trustees of public funds, elected at large, of whom one shall be elected each year to serve for three years. (7) Other officers elected for one-year terms shall include a Moderator, a First Constable, and a Second Constable. (Amended 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.3. Manner of election

§ 107-2.3. Manner of election|(a) Representative Town Meeting members: Representative Town Meeting members shall be elected by Australian ballot on the first Tuesday in March of each year. Voters in each district shall elect, for staggered terms, three members for every 180 voters or major fraction thereof. Members shall serve for three years, except that a member elected to fill a vacancy shall serve for the remainder of the term. The manner of elections is fully prescribed in No. 302 of the Acts of 1959.(b) Other officers: Other officers shall be elected at large by Australian ballot on the first Tuesday in March.(c) The Australian ballot system for election of officers shall require the use of printed ballots. Such ballots shall be retained to ensure that a verifiable record of all votes taken is preserved and available in the event of a challenge or recount.(d) Candidacy for Town officers and Representative Town Meeting members, with the exception of write-in candidates, shall conform with State statute or No. 302 of the Acts of 1959. A candidate who intends to be a write-in candidate for a Town office or a Representative Town Meeting member shall notify the Town Clerk prior to the close of the polls on election day. Only votes for declared candidates shall be counted. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.3a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.3a. Early voting

§ 107-2.3a. Early voting|(a)(1) A voter choosing to vote early by Australian ballot in the Town Clerk's office shall vote in the same manner as those voting on election day provided that the voter completes a "Request for Early Voter Absentee Ballot and Certification" form stating the following:   (A) that the person is a legal voter on the voter checklist for Brattleboro; (B) that the person is a U.S. citizen and will be at least 18 years of age by the date of a general election; (C) that the person is not registering, requesting a ballot, or voting in any other jurisdiction except Brattleboro; and (D) that the information provided is true, accurate, and complete to the best of the voter's knowledge.  (2) The certificate shall be signed and dated by the voter. (3) The voter shall mark the early voter absentee ballot and deposit it into a vote tabulator.   (b)(1) During business hours in the Town Clerk's office, the vote tabulator and ballot bin shall be in a secured area accessible only to election officials and voters. The vote tabulator unit shall be secured with an identifiable seal and the ballot box containing voted ballots shall remain locked at all times and secured with an identifiable seal. Neither seal shall be broken prior to the time of closing the polls on election day. Ballots shall be comingled with those voted at the polls on election day prior to being examined for the purpose of identifying write-in votes.  (2) When an election official is not present or at times other than business hours, the sealed vote tabulator and ballot box shall be secured in the Town Clerk's office vault. The sealed vote tabulator and sealed ballot boxes shall be transferred to the polling place on election day by two election officials and shall not be opened until the polls have closed on election day. (3) Once early voting has commenced in the Town Clerk's office, the Clerk or designee shall certify each day in a record prepared for this purpose that the seals on the vote tabulator and ballot box are intact.   (c) The Town Clerk shall maintain a record of those voting early voter absentee ballots in person. Prior to opening the polls on election day, the number of early voters who vote in person shall match the number of voted ballots displayed on the vote tabulator.(d) All provisions regarding early voting, including other methods of early voting and those not addressed in this section, shall be prescribed by 17 V.S.A. §§ 2531-2547. (Added 2015, No. M-22 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.5
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.5. Selectboard

§ 107-2.5. Selectboard|The Selectboard is a legislative body of five persons elected at large by the voters of the Town. The Selectboard directs the affairs of the Town within areas specified in subchapter 4 of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.6. Board of School Directors

§ 107-2.6. Board of School Directors|The Board of School Directors is a body of five persons elected at large by the voters of the Town School District. The school directors direct the affairs of the School District within areas specified in subchapter 6 of this charter. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.7. Board of Library Trustees

§ 107-2.7. Board of Library Trustees|(a) The library of the Town of Brattleboro, the Brooks Memorial Library, is incorporated under 22 V.S.A. chapter 3. It is also a Town department.(b) The Board of Library Trustees is a body of nine persons serving three-year terms. Three trustees shall be elected each year by the Representative Town Meeting from among persons nominated by the Selectboard and the Board of Library Trustees and from the floor of the annual Representative Town Meeting.(c) The Board of Library Trustees shall establish the operating procedures and policies of the Brooks Memorial Library and its branches, approve the library budget request to be forwarded to the Selectboard, and employ a Library Director who shall be responsible for executing the same through a library staff.(d) Vacancies on the Board of Library Trustees shall be filled by the Selectboard upon recommendation of the library trustees until the next annual Representative Town Meeting, at which time a trustee shall be elected to serve for the remainder of the vacated term. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.8. Consolidation of services

§ 107-2.8. Consolidation of services|The Selectboard and the school directors may negotiate for the establishment of regional departments of public service, schools, or like regional organizations. No regional affiliation shall be established, however, without the consent of the Representative Town Meeting. The Town or Town School District may, by vote of Representative Town Meeting, also withdraw from any regional affiliation or organization. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.9. Conflict of interest

§ 107-2.9. Conflict of interest|No member of any Town or Town School District board, commission, or committee shall vote on any matter where there is a direct or indirect financial or personal interest. It is expected that any member of any Town or Town School District board, commission, or committee with a conflict of interest will fully disclose the nature of his or her conflict and will recuse himself or herself from a vote on the issue at hand. The member with a conflict of interest may participate in the discussion of the issue at hand with the consent of the majority of the remaining board, commission, or committee members. Any interested person may publicly request that a member recuse himself of herself due to a conflict of interest. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 107-2.10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro|App § 107-2.10. Limits on terms of office

§ 107-2.10. Limits on terms of office|A member of any appointed commission or committee shall not serve for more than nine consecutive years or two consecutive terms, whichever is longer, and shall thereafter be ineligible for one year to serve in such office. This section does not apply to Representative Town Meeting members or to appointed Town officials. (Amended 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)