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24A V.S.A. § 1-405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-405. Council policy

§ 1-405. Council policy|The City Manager shall be responsible to the Council for carrying out all policies established by it and for the proper administration of all affairs of the City within the jurisdiction of the Council.
24A V.S.A. § 1-406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-406. Budget

§ 1-406. Budget|The City Manager shall prepare his or her recommended budget for the next fiscal year and present the same to the City Council not later than 45 days prior to the annual meeting date each year. At the same time, the City Manager shall submit his or her request for a specific sum of money under provisions of section 207 of this chapter. (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 6.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-407. Appointments

§ 1-407. Appointments|(a) Any provision of general law conferring the appointing power or other power upon the Mayor, the Mayor and City Council, the City Council, or other executive heads of a municipality shall be construed as meaning the City Manager and the appointments or power exercised by the City Manager, in accordance with such provision, shall be given the same force and effect as if executed by the official named therein, except as herein otherwise provided.(b) There shall be appointed by the City Manager after the annual City election in the manner as hereinafter provided a Superintendent of Streets, Superintendent of Waterworks, Recreation Director, a City Engineer, Building Inspector, an Inspector of Electric Wiring, an Inspector of Plumbing, a Tree Warden, three members of the Board of Health (see Board of Health). All officers shall hold their offices respectively for one year or until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The City Manager may also appoint such other subordinate officers as may be elected or appointed in towns. Members of the various boards shall be appointed in the same manner, who shall hold office as otherwise herein provided or until their successor shall be appointed and qualified. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 5, eff. May 5, 1999; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-408
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-408. Streets

§ 1-408. Streets|It shall be the duty of the City Manager to see that all streets and highways laid out and established in the City are properly constructed and maintained.
24A V.S.A. § 1-409
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-409. Duties

§ 1-409. Duties|(a) The Mayor shall be chief conservator of the peace and safety of the City and, as such, is empowered to control and direct the police force, in case of riot, insurrection, or other emergency, when he or she may take command of the whole police force, including the chief executive thereof, and may, for the occasion, appoint and commission as many special policemen as he or she may deem necessary who shall have all the powers of regular members of the police force. Any emergency as provided for in this section shall not be construed to be the operation of the police force in its routine duty. The Mayor shall have the power to administer oath before the City Council and official oaths to the several officers of the City, when required by law.(b) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council and shall have a voice and vote in its proceedings. He or she shall be recognized as head of the municipal government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law. In the event of his or her inability to act, his or her absence or disability, the Council shall designate one of its members to act as Mayor during his or her absence or disability.
24A V.S.A. § 1-410
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-410. Duties

§ 1-410. Duties|(a) The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties as prescribed by the laws of this State upon town clerks, except insofar as the same are changed or modified by the provisions of this act and shall charge and receive for the benefit of the City the same fees therefor. The Clerk shall be ex-officio Clerk of the City Council and Board of Civil Authority. The Clerk shall have exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the City and all records, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Barre at the time the City of Barre was organized. Such records shall not be taken out of or away from the City Clerk's office except upon the order of process of a court of competent jurisdiction; but said City Council may, by ordinance or bylaw, regulate the removal from said office of all papers and documents belonging to the City and in the custody of the Clerk as aforesaid. The Clerk shall, on being tendered therefor the fees allowed town clerks under the law of this State for similar services, make duly certified copies of said records, documents, and copies so certified shall be legal evidence of the same validity and effect as those of town clerks, in all courts and for all purposes. Compensation for the Clerk shall be fixed by the City Council.(b) All the books of records, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Barre at the time the City of Barre was organized shall continue to be kept and deposited in the office of the City Clerk, copies of which, duly certified by him or her, shall be legal evidence for all purposes for which they would have been evidenced if the City has not been created, and they had been duly certified by the Clerk of the Town of Barre.
24A V.S.A. § 1-411
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-411. Official notices

§ 1-411. Official notices|Whenever any notice signed by the Mayor, City Council, or any City officer or officers, or any advertisement, ordinance, resolution, or bylaw has been published in some newspaper or newspapers or publicly posted under the provisions of the general law, this charter, or the ordinances, thereby authorized, the City Clerk shall examine and ascertain whether such notice, advertisement, or ordinance has been duly published or posted; and if such be the fact, shall so certify upon the proper City record, and such record or duly certified copy thereof shall be treated as prima facie evidence of the facts so certified.
24A V.S.A. § 1-412
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-412. Duties of Treasurer

§ 1-412. Duties of Treasurer|Except as otherwise provided, the City Treasurer shall have the same duties, powers, and liabilities prescribed by law for town treasurer. The Treasurer's compensation shall be fixed by the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 1-413
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-413. School Districts

§ 1-413. School Districts|The City Treasurer shall be Treasurer of the City of Barre School District and shall have the same duties, powers, and liabilities of a treasurer of a town school district, except as otherwise provided.
24A V.S.A. § 1-414
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-414. Duties and responsibilities

§ 1-414. Duties and responsibilities|The City Attorney shall be corporation counsel for the City. He or she may prosecute and defend in behalf of the City all suits in which the City is interested. He or she is authorized to file information and complaints in criminal causes involving violation of an ordinance of the City, and shall prosecute the same. A copy of all his or her written opinions shall be filed by him or her in the office of the City Clerk.
24A V.S.A. § 1-416
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-416. Appointment

§ 1-416. Appointment|The City Council shall annually appoint from among the legally qualified voters of the City a Collector of Taxes and fix his or her compensation; and for cause, incapacity, negligence, or misconduct, they may remove such officer and fill any vacancy in such office by the appointment of a successor collector of taxes from among the legally qualified voters of the City arising from any cause. The successor collector of taxes shall hold the office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office.
24A V.S.A. § 1-417
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-417. Duties

§ 1-417. Duties|The Collector of Taxes shall have the same powers and be under the same duties and liabilities as are prescribed for collectors of taxes by the statutes of this State, except where such statutes are in conflict with this Charter and then the provisions of this Charter shall control.
24A V.S.A. § 1-418
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-418. Duties

§ 1-418. Duties|The City Constable shall have the same powers and be under the same duties and liabilities as are prescribed by State statutes for constables of towns.
24A V.S.A. § 1-419
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-419. Duties

§ 1-419. Duties|The City Engineer shall make all public surveys of the streets and public grounds of the City and shall perform such other services as he or she may be required by the City Manager.
24A V.S.A. § 1-420
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-420. Duties

§ 1-420. Duties|The Superintendent of the City Waterworks shall have the care and management of the City waterworks and shall, at all times, be subject in respect thereto to the orders of the City Manager.
24A V.S.A. § 1-421
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-421. Duties

§ 1-421. Duties|The Superintendent of Streets, subject to the order of the City Manager, shall have immediate care and supervision of the public streets, highways, and sewers of the City. He or she shall be under the general direction and control of the City Manager.
24A V.S.A. § 1-501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-501. Creation and organization

§ 1-501. Creation and organization|For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the inspection services and allied services of the City, and to provide proper and effective administration of building, electrical, plumbing, fire prevention, housing, and zoning laws of the City and State within the City, the City Council shall, by ordinance, create a department to be designated the Department of Buildings and Housing, and prescribe its powers, duties, and functions. Within the Department shall be:  (a) The Building Inspector who shall be the administrative head of the Department subject, at all times, to the control and direction of the City Manager; (b) The Inspector of Electrical Wiring; (c) The Plumbing Inspector; (d) Any other inspector or officer of the City designated by the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 1-502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-502. Creation and organization

§ 1-502. Creation and organization|For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the management and control of all City parks and cemeteries and all other lands as may from time to time be turned over to the City for park or cemetery purposes, the City shall, by ordinance, create a department to be designated the Department of Cemeteries and Parks, and prescribe its powers, duties, and functions. (Amended 2011, No. M-8, § 2, eff. June 1, 2011.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-505. Established

§ 1-505. Established|The City Council may establish a Police Department for the City subject to control and supervision of the City Manager and may, by ordinance, determine of what officers and members of the Department may consist, prescribe the time and modes of their appointment and removal, define their powers, duties, and periods of service, fix their compensation, and make such other regulations regarding their conduct and government as the City Council may deem expedient. All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State and return processes in criminal causes returnable within the State, and for such duties shall be allowed the fees provided by law to sheriffs for similar services, which fees shall belong to the City and be paid into the City Treasury, whenever such police officers shall be under pay from the City. The police officers shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and the police regulations of the City. Such officers shall not serve civil process. (Amended 2007, No. M-5, § 6, eff. April 13, 2007.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-507. Creation

§ 1-507. Creation|The City of Barre is authorized and empowered to provide a suitable supply of water for the City, and the inhabitants that may live along or near its line of pipes in other municipalities, against fire and for sanitary, domestic, and general industrial uses, beneficial to the public; to establish water rates and the compensation for the use of water, and regulate the use of the same; to acquire by gift or purchase and to take, as the convenience and necessity of the inhabitants require, the lands, water, water privileges, rights, and property of any person, company, or corporation within the limits of the City and any other municipality in the State, except such waters as are in actual use by other municipalities and fire districts for fire, domestic, sanitary, or other purposes at the time of the passage of this act, also excepting the Brush Brook watershed in the Town of Williamstown, and to establish and maintain reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, hydrants, or any other apparatus or buildings necessary for such purposes upon, in and through the lands of any person, company, or corporation, on making compensation therefor, and to lay and establish its pipes, mains, aqueducts in and on the public highways in the City and municipalities, and also to purchase or take lands or other property that may be necessary and convenient to protect said water supply against contamination. The general care and supervision of the City water system, its extension and maintenance shall be vested in the City Manager and shall be subject to the ordinances and resolutions of the City Council.
24A V.S.A. § 1-508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-508. Condemnation

§ 1-508. Condemnation|The taking of lands for use pursuant to this article shall be in accordance with the State statutes.
24A V.S.A. § 1-509
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-509. Borrowing

§ 1-509. Borrowing|The Water Department and Sewer Department may borrow such money from time to time, as may be necessary to enable the Department to carry on the work of adequately supplying the City with water and sewer facilities. Any amount borrowed shall be considered to be in anticipation of revenues, and shall be subject to the approval of the Council, without the need of authorization by the voters.
24A V.S.A. § 1-510
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-510. Established

§ 1-510. Established|The City Council may establish and operate a Fire/Ambulance Department for the City, subject to the control and supervision of the City Manager and may, by ordinance, determine of what offices and members this Department may consist, prescribe the time and mode of their appointment and removal, define their powers, duties, and periods of service, fix their compensation, and make such other regulations regarding their conduct and government as they deem expedient. The City may procedure and hold such land, buildings, furniture, engines, ambulances, and other apparatus as may be necessary for the purpose of the Fire and Ambulance Department, and the City Council may, by ordinance, make regulations regarding the use, control, and preservation thereof. The City Council may contract with surrounding and nearby towns, villages, and fire and or ambulance districts, for the use of part or parts of the facilities and equipment of the Fire/Ambulance Department to assist such towns and villages in case of emergency; provided, however, that no assistance shall be rendered to any town or village that does not satisfy within 60 days any obligation to the City for any such past service rendered. (Amended 2007, No. M-5, § 7, eff. April 3, 2007.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-512
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-512. Formation; duties

§ 1-512. Formation; duties|The Board of Health shall consist of the Health Officer and three legal voters of the City. The Health Officer shall be the Secretary and Executive Officer of the Board, and shall hold office for three years, and until a successor is appointed. The Board of Health created as herein provided shall be for the City in lieu of the local board of health provided for by the Vermont statutes and shall have all the powers vested in local boards of health for the preservation of health and abatement of nuisances and the removal of other causes injuriously affecting health, and shall have powers to adopt such rules and regulations as they deem wise for the regulation of the work of the Board and concerning health in the City. Said Board shall be subject, at all times, to the direction of the City Manager. All rules and regulations of said Board, when the same are approved by the City Manager and duly published as herein prescribed for ordinances, shall have the force and effect of ordinances of the City. Any person who shall refuse to obey a lawful order of such Board or the Health Officer shall be punished not more than $500.00. Said Board shall make in duplicate a record of all its doings and reports and a copy of such shall be placed on file with the City Clerk.
24A V.S.A. § 1-515
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-515. Formation

§ 1-515. Formation|The City Council and the justices of the peace elected, qualified, and residing in the City, shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority. The Board of Civil Authority and the Assessor, the latter of whom shall have no vote, shall be the Board for the Abatement of Taxes of the City. The City Clerk shall be the Clerk of said Boards. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 7, eff. May 5, 1999.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-516
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-516. Powers and duties

§ 1-516. Powers and duties|(a) Except as otherwise provided, the school commissioners, elected as herein before provided, shall have the same duties, powers, and liabilities prescribed for school directors of town school districts. They shall compose the Board of School Commissioners of the City of Barre School District, with the same duties, powers, and liabilities of the board of school directors of a town school district. The Board of School Commissioners shall consist of seven members, each serving a term of three years.(b) The Board of School Commissioners shall have the care and custody of all the property belonging to, or used for, the public schools located in the City. Payments due or to become due on bonds and interest thereon, used by the City of Barre for school purposes, shall be paid by the City of Barre School District.(c) No later than 45 days prior to the annual meeting date each year, the Board of School Commissioners shall present to the City Council its budget requests for the next fiscal year.(d) The Board shall appoint from among its members, a Clerk who shall have the same duties and responsibilities as prescribed by statute. (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 7; 2009, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2015, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
24A V.S.A. § 1-517
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-517. Appointment of Superintendent and principal; compensation; term

§ 1-517. Appointment of Superintendent and principal; compensation; term|The school commissioners shall annually appoint a Superintendent of schools and a principal of high schools and shall fix their compensation which shall be paid by the school commissioners in the same manner as other expense for the support of schools; and for such cause of incapacity, negligence, or misconduct, they may remove such officers and shall by appointment fill any vacancy in such office arising from any cause. The Superintendent shall perform all such duties in connection with the public schools of the City as shall be assigned him or her by the Board of School Commissioners and as may be prescribed by law. He or she shall annually report to the City Council such statistics as are required by law and such other information as the school commissioners shall direct.
24A V.S.A. § 1-518
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-518. Creation

§ 1-518. Creation|There shall be a Department of Assessment, which shall consist of a Chief Assessor and such assistants as are deemed to be necessary by the City Manager with the approval of the Council. The Chief Assessor and assistant shall be appointed and may be removed by the City Manager subject to approval of the Council.
24A V.S.A. § 1-519
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-519. Powers and duties

§ 1-519. Powers and duties|The Department of Assessment, shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the board of listers under the laws of this State, except as herein otherwise provided.
24A V.S.A. § 1-520
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-520. Reappraisal

§ 1-520. Reappraisal|At least every five years the Department shall review, or cause to be reviewed, their appraisals of all real property in the City which is subject to taxation and conduct a reappraisal of all such properties when necessary to conform their appraisals to the standards for appraising established by the laws of this State.
24A V.S.A. § 1-601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 1 - City of Barre|App § 1-601. Payment of taxes

§ 1-601. Payment of taxes|(a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in four equal payments, with one-fourth of the annual tax bill for each taxpayer due and payable on August 15, November 15, February 15, and May 15 of each year to the City Treasurer, unless otherwise changed by the City Council.(b) At the close of the fiscal year, any unexpended funds remaining from the City budget may be retained if approved by vote of the City Council, as an undesignated fund balance for future use. Any funds retained pursuant to this provision shall be limited to an amount not greater than five percent of the City budget. Any amount remaining in excess of five percent in the City budget must be used in the subsequent budget to cut the tax rate. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)