reglab/statecodes huggingface dataset:
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 30. General laws applicable; exceptions

§ 30. General laws applicable; exceptions
In all respects not inconsistent with this charter, the provisions of the general statutes respecting freemen’s meetings shall apply to such meetings in said City, except that a voter’s name shall not be required to be checked when his or her ballot is deposited in the ballot box, and except that the number of ballot clerks and assisting clerks to be appointed shall be discretionary with the Board of Civil Authority.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 31. Duties of election inspectors and ward clerks

§ 31. Duties of election inspectors and ward clerks
The inspectors of election and ward clerks in the several wards shall perform all and the same duties in regard to certifying the results of elections in their respective wards for State and county officers, county senators, justices of the peace, representatives to Congress, electors of President and Vice President of the United States, and of the votes cast for any or all of such officers, as now devolve by law upon the presiding officers of freemen’s meetings and town clerks, respectively, in towns; and in addition thereto they shall certify the same to the Clerk/Treasurer, who shall keep a record thereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 31a. Establishment of voting precincts within wards permitted

§ 31a. Establishment of voting precincts within wards permitted
(a) The City Council may, by resolution, establish voting precincts within one or more of the several wards of the City, and from time to time amend or alter the boundaries thereof, which said precincts so established shall be designated by number.
(b)(1) In the event such precincts are so established, the ward officers previously elected shall, from the remainder of their respective terms, be the precinct officers of the first numbered precincts in their ward, whether or not they reside therein, and the City Council shall appoint additional precinct officers for each additional precinct.
(2) At the annual City meeting following the establishment of such precincts, and at each annual City meeting thereafter, precinct officers shall be chosen by the legal voters of each precinct from among the legal votes thereof. (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 36. Administration; vested in Mayor and City Council; selection and terms of same

§ 36. Administration; vested in Mayor and City Council; selection and terms of same
(a) The administration of all the fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City and the government thereof, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be vested in a principal officer to be styled the Mayor and a board of 12 members to be denominated the City Council. The City Council shall elect one of the members President thereof.
(b) The Mayor and City Council sitting in their joint capacity shall be called the City Council with Mayor presiding. (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 38. Regular meetings

§ 38. Regular meetings
Regular meetings of the City Council shall be held based on a schedule adopted by the City Council for the fiscal year and generally on Mondays once or twice each month. The schedule may be amended by action of the Council. (Amended 2017, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 22, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 39. Special meetings

§ 39. Special meetings
Special meetings of the City Council may be called at any time by the Mayor, and shall be called by the Chief Administrative Officer on petition signed by a majority of the City Council then in office and filed with the Chief Administrative Officer. Notice of special meetings shall be provided to the City councilors by any means sufficient to reasonably ensure that all councilors have or should have received notice of the date, time, and purpose of the meeting. Leaving a written notice at the address the Chief Administrative Officer has on file for a councilor or providing notice to the electronic mail address of the councilor or through an electronic scheduling program that sends automatic updates to a councilor shall, among other means, be considered sufficient notice. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2017, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 22, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 40. Quorum; attendance of certain officers may be required

§ 40. Quorum; attendance of certain officers may be required
A majority of the City Council elect shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time, and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner and enforce such penalties for nonattendance as may by ordinance be prescribed. Any other City officer may be required to attend a meeting of the City Council or City Council with Mayor presiding in the same manner as a member of the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 41. Meetings to be public; except

§ 41. Meetings to be public; except
All meetings of the City Council and all meetings of the City Council with Mayor presiding are declared to be public meetings open to the public at all times. Provided, that executive sessions of such bodies shall be permitted in accordance with the provisions of 1 V.S.A. chapter 5, as amended.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 42. Composition; meetings

§ 42. Composition; meetings
The Mayor, City Council, and assessors shall constitute a Board for the Abatement of Taxes and also for the Abatement of Special Assessments, or any part thereof, for sewers and street improvements, whenever the same are illegal or in the judgment of the Board cannot be collected or are manifestly unjust. Meetings of such Board shall be convened in the manner herein prescribed for calling special meetings of the City Council; and notice thereof signed by the Mayor or Chief Administrative Officer, shall be given to all taxpayers by the publication of such notice for two days in all the daily newspapers printed in said City, the first of which publications shall be not more than 10 days, and the last not less than three days prior to said meeting. Whenever any special assessment, or any part thereof, for sewers or street improvements is abated, the Chief Administrative Officer shall make a minute of such abatement on the original assessment on file in his or her office on the margin of the record thereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 43. Composition; Board for Registration of Voters; duties; appointments; offices

§ 43. Composition; Board for Registration of Voters; duties; appointments; offices
(a)(1) The City Council with Mayor presiding shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority for the City, except that all duties with respect to preparing checklists of voters and making additions thereto or alterations or corrections thereon imposed upon the Council by this charter or the provisions of the general statutes relating thereto shall be performed by a board of 12 members, to be known as the Board for Registration of Voters.
(2) Not more than six members of the Board shall at any one time be from the same political party.
(b)(1) All members of the Board shall be legal voters of the City and shall serve a term of five years.
(2) Terms shall be staggered so that in June in each year the City Council with Mayor presiding shall appoint no more than three members of the Board depending upon the expiration of terms to serve for a term of five years from the July first next succeeding or until his or her or their successor(s) is or are duly appointed and qualified.
(3) Vacancies in the Board for any cause shall be filled by appointment by the City Council with Mayor presiding for the balance of the unexpired term.
(c)(1) The records of the Board shall be maintained in an office in the City Hall of the City or another location determined by the Chief Administrative Officer that is open for business during the regular business hours of the City.
(2) The Board shall advise any petitioner whose application to vote has been rejected or whose name has been removed from the checklist of his or her statutory right to seek judicial review of such decision pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2148.
(3) The Board shall also appoint a Clerk, who need not be a member thereof, who shall have such duties as the Board may assign.
(4) Records of the taking of voter’s oaths heretofore kept by the City Clerk shall be transferred to the Clerk of the Board. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015; 2017, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 22, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 44. Authorized

§ 44. Authorized
At all meetings of the Board of Civil Authority, the Board for the Abatement of Taxes, and also of the City Council for the appointment of officers or for the removal of such officers, except for the meeting for the appointment of those officers identified in Article 38 of this charter, and in all proceedings by the City Council for the purpose of taking lands or other property for public purposes, the Mayor shall preside and shall vote as other members thereof. (Amended 2017, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 22, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 45. Mayor not to participate in enactment of ordinances; approval by Mayor of Council actions required

§ 45. Mayor not to participate in enactment of ordinances; approval by Mayor of Council actions required
For the enactment of all ordinances and bylaws and the transaction of any other business by the City Council, except such as is designated in section 44 of this charter, the Mayor shall not preside over or sit with the City Council, and the action of the City Council shall require the approval of the Mayor, except as herein otherwise provided.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 46. Approval or veto of ordinances by Mayor; reconsideration; item veto on appropriations

§ 46. Approval or veto of ordinances by Mayor; reconsideration; item veto on appropriations
If the Mayor shall approve any ordinance, or bylaw, or any resolution or vote of the City Council in respect to the business above referred to, the Mayor shall sign the same. If the Mayor does approve the same, the Mayor shall return it, with his or her objections in writing, to the City Council at the next meeting thereof after it shall have been presented to the Mayor, provided that the Mayor shall have not less than two weeks to consider such ordinance, bylaw, resolution, or vote, as aforesaid. The City Council shall thereupon proceed to reconsider such ordinance, bylaw, resolution, or vote, and if, upon such reconsideration, two-thirds of the whole number of City councilors shall vote in favor of the same, it shall be valid and take effect, notwithstanding the objection of the Mayor. In the event that any ordinance, bylaw, resolution, or vote of the City Council shall contain more than one appropriation, or establish more than one salary, the Mayor shall have the power to veto with respect to each such appropriation or salary, and no item of appropriation or salary so vetoed shall be effective unless adopted by the City Council upon reconsideration by two-thirds vote of the whole number as hereinabove provided.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 47. Ordinances to become valid at expiration of certain period if not returned

§ 47. Ordinances to become valid at expiration of certain period if not returned
If any such ordinance, bylaw, resolution, or vote shall not be returned by the Mayor of the City Council at the next meeting of said City Council after the expiration of two weeks from the time the Mayor received it, the same shall be valid and take effect without the Mayor’s approval.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 49. Authority to enact

§ 49. Authority to enact
The City Council may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws, regulations, and ordinances that it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers or for the well-being of said City, and which shall not be repugnant to the Constitution or the laws of the State; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof; all of which bylaws, regulations, and ordinances shall be duly published in one or more newspapers in said City to be prescribed by the City Council, at least 20 days before they shall take effect. In the event the City Council shall pass a comprehensive revision to any chapter or chapters of its Code of Ordinances, it shall be sufficient if a concise summary of the principal provisions of such revision is published as aforesaid rather than the entire text thereof. Copies of the entire text of such revisions shall be made available upon request at the office of the Chief Administrative Officer. The City of Burlington is hereby authorized and empowered to maintain actions in Chittenden Superior Court to restrain actual or threatened violations of any ordinance of said City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 50. City Council to establish penalty

§ 50. City Council to establish penalty
The City Council may provide a penalty for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw not to exceed $500.00. Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. If no penalty shall be fixed for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw, the court before which such action is heard shall impose a fine not to exceed $500.00 for each offense.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 51. Ordinance enforcement

§ 51. Ordinance enforcement
(a) The violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw adopted by the City, including zoning and subdivision bylaws adopted pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, as the same may be amended from time to time, may be prosecuted as a criminal or civil action.
(b) All penalties collected for the violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw shall be paid over to the City except for a surcharge that shall be set and retained by the court.
(c) A Superior or District Court judge shall have the jurisdiction to enjoin the violation of an ordinance or rule but the election of the City to proceed under this subsection shall not prevent its proceeding under subsection (a) of this section. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 3, eff. May 19, 1999.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 52. Court authorized to order abatement

§ 52. Court authorized to order abatement
In any prosecution for a nuisance arising under this charter or under any lawful ordinance, regulation, or bylaw resulting in a judgment or conviction, the court before which said judgment or conviction shall be had shall order the nuisance or offense complained of to be removed or abated, and shall determine the expense of removing or abating the same and tax such expense as part of the costs of prosecution.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 54. Offenders may be liable in damages

§ 54. Offenders may be liable in damages
A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of said City shall be liable in damages to said City or to the person who shall sustain damage as the direct result of said violation; such damages may be recovered in an action declaring upon such ordinance, regulation, or bylaw.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 55. City Council may authorize sale or lease

§ 55. City Council may authorize sale or lease
The City Council shall have the exclusive power to authorize sale or lease of any real or personal estate belonging to said City, and all conveyances, grants, or leases of any such real estate shall be signed by the Mayor and sealed with the City seal.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 56. Council to have powers conferred by statute regarding public burial grounds

§ 56. Council to have powers conferred by statute regarding public burial grounds
In establishing or enlarging public burial grounds within said City, the City Council shall have the same power as is conferred by the general laws of the State upon selectboards, and shall proceed in the same manner, subject to the same right of appeal from its decision.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 57. Manner of taking land for reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, etc

§ 57. Manner of taking land for reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, etc
In taking lands for the purpose of establishing and maintaining reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, hydrants, or any other apparatus necessary for such purposes, the City Council shall proceed in the same manner in which selectboards of towns are authorized to proceed in the taking of lands for highways, and in performing all acts and doing all business in taking such lands, the Mayor shall preside over said City Council and shall vote as other members thereof. Any person owning or interested in such lands who is dissatisfied with the decision of the City Council taking such lands or in awarding him or her damages therefor may have the same proceedings in respect thereto that shall be conducted in the same manner and have the same effect, as if such lands were taken by a selectboard in any town in the State for the purpose of laying out, altering, or resurveying a highway in said town; but if such proceedings are instituted only in respect to the appraisal of damages for land so taken by the City Council, such proceedings shall not prevent said City from establishing and maintaining reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, hydrants, and other apparatus necessary for such purposes upon the lands so taken, as if no such proceedings had been instituted.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 58. Council to issue citation that land is to be taken; service

§ 58. Council to issue citation that land is to be taken; service
In giving notice to all persons owning or interested in any lands to be taken for such purposes, the City Council shall issue its citation, signed by the Mayor or its Chief Administrative Officer; said citation shall be served in the same manner, and the several officers shall perform the same duties in respect thereto, as provided in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 59. Refunding bonds; Council may authorize issuance of bonds

§ 59. Refunding bonds; Council may authorize issuance of bonds
The City Council may authorize the issuance by said City of refunding bonds for the purpose of paying any of its bonds issued hereunder at maturity or upon acceleration or redemption.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 60. Same-issuance prior to maturity or redemption; amounts; issuance, maturities, security, rights of owners, and rights, duties, and obligations of City; general laws relating to refunding of municipal bonds and indebtedness inapplicable

§ 60. Same-issuance prior to maturity or redemption; amounts; issuance, maturities, security, rights of owners, and rights, duties, and obligations of City; general laws relating to refunding of municipal bonds and indebtedness inapplicable
Any refunding bonds or notes may be issued at such time prior to the maturity or redemption of the refunded bonds or notes as the City Council deems to be in the public interest. The refunding bonds or notes may be issued in sufficient amounts to pay or provide the principal of the bonds or notes being refunded, together with any redemption premium thereon, any interest accrued or to accrue to the date of payment of such bonds or notes, the expenses if issue of the refunding bonds or notes, the expenses of redeeming the bonds or notes being refunded, and such reserves for debt service or other capital or current expenses from the proceeds of such refunding bonds or notes as may be required by a resolution under which bonds are issued. The issue of refunding bonds or notes, the maturities and other details thereof, the security therefor, the rights of the owners thereof and the rights, duties, and obligations of the City with respect thereto shall be governed by the provisions of this City charter relating to the issue of bonds other than refunding bonds insofar as the same may be applicable. None of the provisions of the general laws relating to the refunding of municipal bonds and indebtedness shall apply to such refunding bonds or notes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 61. Bonds to be signed and contain statement that they conform to applicable provisions

§ 61. Bonds to be signed and contain statement that they conform to applicable provisions
Such notes or bonds so authorized shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Treasurer of said City, and if interest coupons are attached thereto, they shall be signed by the Treasurer; and such bonds or notes shall contain a statement that they were issued for the purposes mentioned, and in conformity to the provisions of this charter; and such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the same and of the liability of the City to pay any such notes or bonds, in an action by a person who in good faith holds any such notes or bonds.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 64. State law not applicable to section 63

§ 64. State law not applicable to section 63
None of the provisions, restrictions, or limitations of chapter 167 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, or of amendments and additions thereto, or of the general laws of the State, except the bonding limit prescribed by law, shall in any respect affect or apply to bonds issued under section 63 of this charter. Such bonds shall be signed by the Mayor and countersigned by the Treasurer of said City; and if interest coupons are attached thereto they shall bear the facsimile signature of the Treasurer; and such bonds, orders, notes, or warrants shall contain a statement that they are issued in conformity to the provisions of this charter and shall specify the purpose for which they are issued; such statements shall have the same effect as provided in the case of bonds or notes issued to refund outstanding bonds or notes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 64a. Council authorized to erect sewage disposal plant and issue bonds therefore

§ 64a. Council authorized to erect sewage disposal plant and issue bonds therefore
The City Council may authorize the erection of a sewage disposal plant for the treatment of sewage emptying directly into Lake Champlain, including buildings and equipment, laboratory equipment and furniture, necessary interceptor sewers, force mains, and pumping station, acquisition of land necessary therefor, and clearing of site, and may authorize the issuance by said City of its bonds to the amount of $741,000.00 bearing interest at not to exceed three percent, for the purpose of paying therefor, which bonds shall not be considered as part of the indebtedness of the City for the purposes of section 3696 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947. In connection with the erection and operation of said plant, said City Council may also exercise all the powers enumerated by Chapter 180 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, as amended by 1949 Acts and Resolves No. 86, without further vote of the legal voters of said City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 66. Annual school appropriations

§ 66. Annual school appropriations
The City Council shall annually appropriate for the use of schools such sum as shall be recommended by the Board of School Commissioners within the limitations of section 102 of this charter. In addition, the City Council shall also annually appropriate for the use of schools one-half of the cash payments to be received by the City in lieu of taxes from the Electric Light and Water Resources Departments and from any other source. In computing the schools’ entitlement under the preceding sentence, only cash payments shall be considered, and any contributions to the City in the form of free services or municipal rate benefits shall not be deducted from the City’s one-half share of the cash payments to be received. The school commissioners shall be responsible for allocating annually sufficient funds for the payment of any principal and interest due or coming due on City bonds issued for school purposes. The City may reduce the schools’ share of such cash payments in lieu of taxes to the extent necessary to meet payments on bonds issued for school purposes not otherwise provided for by the school commissioners.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 67. Appropriations for park and recreation purposes

§ 67. Appropriations for park and recreation purposes
The City Council shall annually appropriate a reasonable amount of money, not less than two cents on each dollar of the grand list, to be expended for the purpose of providing necessary funds for the care and improvement of park property and for the City Recreational Program, and meeting the expenses of the Park and Recreation Department.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 68. Authorized expenditures

§ 68. Authorized expenditures
No money shall be paid out of the City Treasury unless an approved budgetary authorization for such expenditure exists, sufficient unexpended funds remain in such budgetary line item, and a properly executed voucher requesting such expenditure is in the possession of the Chief Administrative Officer’s Office for the proper spending authority. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 69. Fiscal year; reports required

§ 69. Fiscal year; reports required
(a)(1) The fiscal year of the City shall begin on the first day of July in one year and end on the 30th day of June in the next year. A full record of the revenues and expenditures of all City departments shall be kept; and a clear statement of the affairs of the City generally, including all receipts and disbursements of City monies shall be published online and be available for inspection upon request.
(2) The name and amount of salary paid to every City employee shall be published in the City’s annual report. The name and amount of compensation paid to any other individual to the extent required to be reported to the Internal Revenue Service on a 1099 form or otherwise shall be published online and available for inspection upon request prior to the annual meeting.
(3) The annual audit of the City’s financial records shall be finalized at least 30 days before the annual meeting or as the City Council may by resolution prescribe. The annual report of the City shall include a summary of the audit and a copy of the management letter, and full copies of each annual audit shall be published online and available upon request.
(b) Each City Department that has a commission shall consult with and seek the recommendation of its commission prior to submission of its annual budget to the Mayor. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 1999, No. M-7, § 5, eff. May 19, 1999; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2015, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 70. Excess expenditures prohibited; assessments for street improvements credited to Streets Division of the Public Works Department

§ 70. Excess expenditures prohibited; assessments for street improvements credited to Streets Division of the Public Works Department
(a) No superintendent, board, or commission member or corresponding executive officer of any City department, with the exception of the Health, Police, and Fire Departments, and then only in case of an emergency, shall expend any money or incur any obligation, unless there is an available appropriation from which the same may be paid and to which it may be charged, and shall not at any time expend any money or incur any obligation in excess of such appropriation. In case any such superintendent, board, or commission member or corresponding executive officer of any City department violates this provision, the City Chief Administrative Officer shall report such occurrence to the Mayor and to the City Council. The Mayor shall advise the City Council as to whether there was appropriate justification for such violation and if the Mayor and City Council agree that such violation was unjustified, the Mayor may recommend and the City Council may determine that the office shall thereupon become vacant and shall be forthwith filled for the unexpired term by the officials authorized to make the original appointment in such case. Nothing in this section shall be construed to authorize the City Council to remove a duly-elected school commissioner or the Superintendent of Schools.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by resolution of the City Council, all assessments for street improvements shall be credited to the Streets Division of the Public Works Department and be available to said Division as an appropriation for its use only when and as collected and paid to the Chief Administrative Officer. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 6, eff. May 19, 1999.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 81. Tax classification; repeal of inventory tax

§ 81. Tax classification; repeal of inventory tax
(a) Except for the property of utilities subject to the provisions of 30 V.S.A. chapter 3, all personal and real property set out in the grand list that is not used as residential property, farmland, and vacant land zoned “recreation, conservation and open space (RCO)”, shall be classified as nonresidential property and shall be assessed at 120 percent of fair market value; and further provided that inventories and personal property belonging to an owner whose total personal property does not exceed the fair market value of $45,000.00 shall no longer be set out in the grand list of the City as taxable personal estate. Additionally, every owner whose total personal property does exceed the fair market value of $45,000.00 shall be taxed only on the amount of that property that exceeds $45,000.00. The amount of the exemption may be increased by the City Council prior to approval of the next fiscal year’s budget. Properties upon which in-lieu-of-tax payments are made shall be likewise classified and assessed for the purposes of such payments. The tax on nonresidential personal property shall be eliminated effective July 1, 2026, or sooner by resolution of the City Council.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “residential property” is hereby defined to include all property used for dwelling purposes including accessory property that is subordinate to or customarily incidental to the main residential use such as garages and outbuildings. Where a property is used for both residential and nonresidential purposes, then it shall be apportioned according to such uses and then classified and assessed as herein provided. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for the sole purpose of calculating the educational grand list and for the assessment of property taxes for education purposes under Act 60, so-called, as the same may be amended from time to time, all nonresidential properties as above defined shall be assessed at 100 percent of fair market value. (Amended 1999, No. M-9, § 2, eff. June 1, 1999; 2011, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 3, 2012; 2019, No. M-6, § 2, eff. May 23, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 84. Composition of books

§ 84. Composition of books
The books provided for such property grand list shall contain, in addition to the columns necessary to contain the particulars mentioned in the preceding section, two other columns, which shall be designated in said books by the words “Corrected Valuation” at the head thereof. One of said columns marked “Corrected Valuation” shall follow the column in which the value of each separate piece or parcel of real estate not exempt from taxation shall appear in said grand list; the second of said columns so designated shall follow the column in which the valuation of all taxable personal estate shall appear in said grand list. No columns other than those required by this and the preceding section shall be required in such books.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 85. Arrangement of information in books

§ 85. Arrangement of information in books
The assessors shall arrange in alphabetical order in the books provided and to be used for such property grand list and containing the two columns marked “Corrected Valuation” as hereinbefore provided, the names of all taxpayers of said City; the street and residence number or business address of each taxpayer, if known; a description and the appraisal of each separate piece or parcel of real estate not exempt and the taxable value of the taxable personal estate in said City of each person, partnership, and corporation. The appraisal of each of the above named classes of property shall first be set in the columns marked “Valuation,” and if corrected, shall then be set in the columns marked “Corrected Valuation.”
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 86. Summary of assessed valuations to be made and constitute an abstract

§ 86. Summary of assessed valuations to be made and constitute an abstract
The assessors shall endorse on each individual list, a summary of the assessed valuation of the real estate and of the assessed valuation of the personal property specified in the list, after appraising all additions to such list and making all deductions therefrom required by law, and a statement of the total amount at which all of such property, after appraising all additions and making all deductions, will be placed in the property grand list. Such summary and real estate valuation record shall constitute and serve as an abstract of that list and no other or further abstract or abstracts of individual lists shall be required. Upon the completion of all such abstracts, said assessors shall make and sign and place on file, in their office, a certificate that according to their best information and belief, all real estate situate in said City and not exempt from taxation has been set down in the individual lists of taxpayers; that they have appraised all additions thereto and made all deductions therefrom required by law; that according to their best information and belief, the amount of all taxable personal estate of each person, partnership, or corporation named in the individual lists has been set down therein and that said assessors have completed the abstracts of individual lists and filed the same in their office.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 87. Notice that abstract completed to be given; meetings of assessors

§ 87. Notice that abstract completed to be given; meetings of assessors
Said assessors shall, at the same time, sign and file in their office, a notice that the abstracts of individual lists are completed and filed in their office and that the property grand list of said City and of each person, partnership, and corporation named in the individual lists on file in their office, will be made from said individual lists and said abstracts will become final, unless cause to the contrary is shown to said assessors on or before the 25th day of May in said year and that said assessors will meet at their office in said City from day to day from the 20th day of May to the 25th day of May, inclusive, to hear all grievances and make corrections in said lists and abstracts and that no hearing will be had before them later than said 25th day of May.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 89. Notice of changes and that abstracts and lists are open for inspection to be filed

§ 89. Notice of changes and that abstracts and lists are open for inspection to be filed
Notice signed by said assessors shall be posted in one public place in each ward in said City on or before the fifth day of May in each year and published three times in one or more daily newspapers in said City, stating that said abstracts shall be open for inspection by any taxpayer in said assessors’ office from the 20th day to the 25th day of May, inclusive, and that during that time said assessors will hear all persons aggrieved who desire to be heard by them and make all necessary changes in said abstracts. Additionally, personal notice meeting the requirements of 32 V.S.A. § 4111(e) as the same may be amended from time to time shall be mailed to all persons listed as property owners in the grand list book of any change in the appraised value of such property. It shall be presumed, in the case of any controversy, that the personal notices were mailed as required without using registered or certified mail or obtaining an official certificate of mailing from the post office, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in 32 V.S.A. § 4111(e). The notice shall also inform such persons of the amount of such change and of the time and place fixed for hearing persons aggrieved.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 90. Aggrieved persons permitted to appear before assessors; preliminary review

§ 90. Aggrieved persons permitted to appear before assessors; preliminary review
Any person who feels aggrieved by the action of said assessors, and that desires to be heard by them shall appear before them within the time hereinbefore prescribed for said hearing. The assessors shall give written notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, to all aggrieved taxpayers concerning the results of their grievance hearing. The notice shall also inform the taxpayer that he or she may appeal from this decision to the Board of Tax Appeals by lodging a written appeal with the Chief Administrative Officer. The City Assessor shall also be authorized to conduct preliminary review meetings with taxpayers to discuss the valuation of their property. The meeting shall be conducted in an informal manner and no taxpayer shall be obligated to attend such a preliminary review meeting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 91. Appeal of assessors decision

§ 91. Appeal of assessors decision
A person aggrieved by the decision of the assessors may appeal to the Board of Tax Appeals on or before the 19th day of June or within 14 days after the date of mailing of notice, under section 90 of this charter, by filing with the Chief Administrative Officer of said City a written notice of appeal. The grounds upon which such appeal is based shall therein be briefly set forth; such person shall also notify said assessors in writing of the appeal. The Board of Tax Appeals shall consist of seven residents of the City of Burlington, two of whom shall be real estate professionals and five of whom shall not be required to be real estate professionals. The City Council shall also appoint three of its members to serve as additional members of the Board of Tax Appeals for the purpose of hearing and deciding appeals that arise immediately following implementation of a citywide reappraisal.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 92. Board of Tax Appeals to hear appeals; deadline for hearings; manner of conducting; possible Board of Civil Authority review

§ 92. Board of Tax Appeals to hear appeals; deadline for hearings; manner of conducting; possible Board of Civil Authority review
(a) The Board of Tax Appeals shall meet, hear, and determine all appeals in the manner set forth in this section, notwithstanding 32 V.S.A. § 4404. All such appeals shall be heard and determined no later than December 31 of that year. Hearings and inspections of the property shall be conducted by the entire panel as described in this section.
(b)(1) The City Assessor shall have the right to request and the Board shall have the right to issue a subpoena for all records of the taxpayer that are material to a determination of the appeal.
(2) Such records shall be regarded as confidential, shall not be further distributed, and shall be utilized only for the purpose of deciding the appeal; provided that no subpoena shall issue unless and until a taxpayer has appealed to the Board of Tax Appeals.
(3) If the taxpayer fails to provide requested records in response to a subpoena properly issued hereunder or refuses to allow an inspection of his or her property, the appeal shall be deemed withdrawn or dismissed and no further appeal shall be available to such taxpayer.
(c) The Board shall hear and decide appeals by three member hearing panels, the membership of such panels to be rotated on a periodic basis. All three members must be present and voting, and at least two of the three members of the hearing panel must join in the decision in order for it to be valid.
(d) Either a taxpayer or the City Assessor aggrieved by the decision of the Board of Tax Appeals may file an appeal of a decision of the Board of Tax Appeals directly with the Director of the Division of Property Valuation and Review of the Vermont Department of Taxes or the Superior Court pursuant to 32 V.S.A. § 4461 within 30 days of the mailing of the Board of Tax Appeals’ decision to the taxpayer.
(e) The decision of the Board of Tax Appeals, if not further appealed, shall become the basis for the grand list of the taxpayer for the year in question plus the next two years unless new information of a material nature about the property is discovered, the property is materially changed, or the City undertakes a rolling or complete reevaluation of real estate that includes the property in question. (Amended 2007, No. M-7, § 2, eff. April 17, 2007; 2017, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 22, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 93. Alterations in valuation to be entered in “corrected valuation” column

§ 93. Alterations in valuation to be entered in “corrected valuation” column
No alteration shall be made by the assessors, Board of Tax Appeals, or Board of Civil Authority in the figures opposite each taxpayer’s name in the columns marked “Valuation” except by inserting in the proper columns marked “Corrected Valuation” the valuations finally determined upon in all cases where the first valuation is changed.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 95. Abstracts sufficient for returns to Secretary of State

§ 95. Abstracts sufficient for returns to Secretary of State
In making returns of the abstract of said grand list to the Secretary of State, no further abstract of the individual lists of the taxpayers in said City than that hereinbefore provided for shall be required.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 96. Board of Tax Appeals and Board of Civil Authority to transmit certified copy of appeal proceedings to assessors

§ 96. Board of Tax Appeals and Board of Civil Authority to transmit certified copy of appeal proceedings to assessors
Said Board of Tax Appeals and Board of Civil Authority shall transmit to said Board of Assessors a certified copy of their proceedings in such appeal, and said copy shall be recorded at length in the book containing said grand list, and the valuations and lists shall be made in compliance with such copy of proceedings.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 97. Forms for books may be altered as directed by State Tax Commissioner; extension of time

§ 97. Forms for books may be altered as directed by State Tax Commissioner; extension of time
The forms hereinbefore provided for the books for the property grand list shall be altered or changed by the Board of Assessors in accordance with any direction that may be given therefor by the Commissioner of Taxes of the State. Extensions of time under the provision of 32 V.S.A. §§ 4341 and 4342, as the same may be amended from time to time, may be granted upon written application therefor made by the Assessors.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 98. Council to assess

§ 98. Council to assess
(a) The City Council, at the same meeting and immediately after it gives final approval to the annual City budget, shall assess on the property grand list of said City a tax or taxes that will be sufficient to pay all State and county and other taxes required by laws of the State and the provisions of this charter and for such other purposes as are herein provided.
(b) The City Council shall appropriate in the annual budget for each fiscal year to the payment of State and county taxes, and for the several purposes of other taxes required by law to be assessed upon the property grand list such sum as will be raised by the required tax on the property grand list of which such tax is assessable.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 98a. A tax ceiling reduction after reappraisal

§ 98a. A tax ceiling reduction after reappraisal
(a) Whenever the City conducts a general reappraisal that results in an increase in the valuation of the taxable grand list, the property tax rate limits as specified for the City tax in section 99 of this charter, the school tax in section 102 of this charter, the police tax in section 102a of this charter, and the street tax in section 102b of this charter shall each be automatically reduced in a proportion corresponding to the increase in the valuation of the taxable grand list due to said reappraisal. When calculating this proportional reduction the valuation of the grand list after reappraisal shall be discounted to account for real growth in the taxable grand list by dividing the reappraised valuation of the taxable grand list by the sum of 100 percent plus the annual rate of real growth in the taxable grand list for the year:
Discounted Grand List = Reappraised Taxable Grand List
Divided by
100% plus the annual percent real growth rate in the taxable
grand list for the year.
(b) The respective tax rate limits shall thereafter be permanently increased only when authorized by the voters at an annual or special City meeting duly warned for such purpose.