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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 99. Additional assessment; amount

§ 99. Additional assessment; amount
The City Council, in addition to the taxes required by the general laws of the State, and required or permitted by the provisions of this charter, to be raised upon the property grand list and not included in the tax authorized by this section for City purposes may also annually at the same meeting and immediately after it gives final approval to the annual City budget, assess upon the property grand list for City purposes during the fiscal year, a tax that shall not exceed 52 and 76/100 cents upon the dollar thereof and may assess a larger tax when authorized to do so by the legal voters of said City at a meeting duly warned for that purpose.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 100. Annual assessment for redemption of bonds authorized

§ 100. Annual assessment for redemption of bonds authorized
Said City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of said City, for the fiscal year, a tax of one and 23/100 cents upon the dollar thereof, the proceeds of which tax shall be applied to the redemption of the bonded debt of the City, and shall annually appropriate for that purpose a sum that in the judgment of the City Council would be raised by a tax of the same rate on said property grand list. Such tax shall not be included within the limitation of amount of tax for City purposes prescribed by section 99 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 101. Annual assessment to pay bond interest authorized

§ 101. Annual assessment to pay bond interest authorized
The City Council shall at the same meeting and immediately after it gives final approval to the annual City budget, assess upon the property grand list of said City for the fiscal year a tax that will be sufficient to pay the interest due and to become due in such fiscal year on all outstanding bonds of the City so far as such interest payments are not otherwise provided for, and also sufficient to pay the principal of all such bonds matured and maturing during such fiscal year, so far as such principal payments are not otherwise provided for, including provision therefor by refunding, and shall appropriate in the annual budget for the fiscal year in which such tax is assessed for the payment of such bond interest and principal such sum as may be required for that purpose. Such tax shall not be included within the limitations of amount of tax for City purposes prescribed by section 99 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 102. Annual local education spending

§ 102. Annual local education spending
The City Council and the City Chief Administrative Officer shall comply with the requirements of section 168 of this charter and the Equal Educational Opportunity Act of 1997, including specifically the requirements of 16 V.S.A. § 428, as the same has been and may be amended, with respect to billing property taxpayers following the adoption of a budget for “Local Education Spending” as defined in 16 V.S.A. § 11(a)(29) and the calculation of the equalized yield amount pursuant to such act. (Amended 1999, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 102a. Annual assessment for Fire and Police Departments use authorized

§ 102a. Annual assessment for Fire and Police Departments use authorized
The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to meet the appropriation made for the use of the Police Department a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to meet such appropriation; but the rate of said property tax shall not exceed seven and 42 one-hundredths cents upon the dollar of said property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of said City. The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for the use of the Fire and Police Departments a tax rate not to exceed five cents upon the dollar of the property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of the City of Burlington. Such taxes shall not be included within the limitation of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed by section 99 of this charter. (Amended 2001, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 102b. Annual assessment for streets use authorized

§ 102b. Annual assessment for streets use authorized
The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for the use of the Streets Division of the Public Works Department, a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to assist in meeting such appropriation but the rate shall not exceed three and 87 hundredths cents upon the dollar of said property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of said City. Such tax shall not be included within the limitation of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed in section 99 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 102c. Annual assessment for library use authorized

§ 102c. Annual assessment for library use authorized
The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for the use of purchasing books and other media for the Library Department, a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to assist in meeting such appropriation, but the rate shall not exceed one-half cent upon the dollar of said property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of said City. Such tax shall not be included within the limitations of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed in section 99 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 102d. Local option sales tax authority

§ 102d. Local option sales tax authority
The Burlington City Council is authorized to impose a one percent sales tax upon sales within the City that are subject to the State of Vermont sales tax with the same exemptions as the State sales tax. The City sales tax shall be effective beginning on the next tax quarter following 30 days’ notice in 2006 to the Department of Taxes, or shall be effective on the next tax quarter following 90 days’ notice to the Department of Taxes if notice is given in 2007 or after. Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Vermont Department of Taxes in accordance with State law governing the State sales tax. Seventy percent of the taxes collected shall be paid to the City, and the remaining amount of the taxes collected shall be remitted to the State Treasurer for deposit in the PILOT Special Fund first established in 1997 Acts and Resolves No. 60, Sec. 89. The cost of administration and collection of this tax shall be paid 70 percent by the City and 30 percent by the State from the PILOT Special Fund. The tax to be paid to the City, less its obligation for 70 percent of the costs of administration and collection, shall be paid to the City on a quarterly basis and may be expended by the City for municipal services only and not for education expenditures. (Amended 2005, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2006.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 102e. Annual assessment for park use

§ 102e. Annual assessment for park use
The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for the use of the capital improvement needs of City parks and community gardens a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to assist in meeting the appropriation, but the rate shall not exceed one cent upon the dollar of the property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of the City. The tax shall not be included within the limitations of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed in section 99 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 102f. Annual assessment for Housing Trust Fund use authorized

§ 102f. Annual assessment for Housing Trust Fund use authorized
The City Council shall annually assess upon the property grand list of the City to assist in meeting the appropriation made for distributions and uses of the Housing Trust Fund as set forth in Article 18-404 of the Code of Ordinances a tax that will, in the judgment of the City Council, be sufficient to assist in meeting the appropriation, but the rate shall not exceed one cent upon the dollar of the property grand list, except when a larger rate shall be authorized by the legal voters of the City. The tax shall not be included within the limitations of the amount of tax for City purposes prescribed in section 99 of this charter. (Added 2019, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 8, 2020.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 104. Taxes to be paid in installments

§ 104. Taxes to be paid in installments
Except when otherwise provided, whenever any tax shall be assessed on the property grand list by the City Council, the tax bill shall be delivered to the Chief Administrative Officer, to whom the taxes so assessed shall be paid, one-quarter of such tax shall be paid to said Chief Administrative Officer within 15 days from the time the tax bill for the same is delivered to him or her; one-quarter of such tax shall be paid to said Treasurer within three months and 15 days from the date when said tax bill is delivered to him or her; and one-quarter of such tax shall be paid to the Chief Administrative Officer within seven months and 15 days from the date when said tax bill is delivered to him or her; and one-quarter of such tax shall be paid to the Chief Administrative Officer within 10 months and 15 days from the date when said tax bill is delivered to said Chief Administrative Officer. All installments of said taxes as received by said Chief Administrative Officer shall be applied by him or her first to payment of any personal property tax and next to payment of any real estate tax. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board of Finance may establish and amend from time to time a discount that shall be available to a taxpayer who pays the entirety of the real estate taxes due on a particular piece of property on or before the payment due date for the first installment of such real estate taxes; provided, however, that any such discount shall not affect the City’s liability to the State for education property taxes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 105. Chief Administrative Officer to give notice upon receipt of tax bills

§ 105. Chief Administrative Officer to give notice upon receipt of tax bills
The Chief Administrative Officer, upon the delivery of a tax bill to him or her, shall forthwith give notice thereof, and of the place where and times when and in what proportions such tax is payable to him or her, the time when all unpaid taxes on such tax bill will be placed in the hands of the Constable for collection as herein provided, by publication and by posting such notice in each ward.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 106. Delinquency assessments

§ 106. Delinquency assessments
Except when otherwise provided, if at the expiration of the time within which any installment of such tax is to be paid to the Chief Administrative Officer under the preceding section, any person against whom such tax has been so assessed shall be delinquent in the payment of such installment thereof, the amount due from him or her on such installment shall thereafter be deemed to be the amount of such installment increased by a penalty of one percent for a period of seven days and thereafter by a penalty of five percent thereon. If such installment increased by five percent is not paid by the 12th day of the month after the date upon which it became delinquent, the Chief Administrative Officer shall increase the amount due by an additional one percent of the original installment. On the 12th day of every month thereafter that the tax or any part thereof remains due, the Chief Administrative Officer shall add to the total amount due an additional amount equal to one percent of the original installment, or any portion thereof, remaining unpaid. The Chief Administrative Officer shall apply such penalty to each installment that is delinquent. If at the expiration of 10 months and 25 days from the time said tax bill shall be delivered to said Chief Administrative Officer, any person against whom a tax has been so assessed shall then be delinquent in the payment of any installment or portion thereof, the amount due from him or her on such installment or portion on which he or she is so delinquent shall thereafter be deemed to be the amount of such installment or delinquent portion of such original tax increased by all penalties and interest accruing thereon to date and one dollar for the insertion of his or her name in the warrant hereinafter mentioned, and also 12 percent interest, compounded annually on all of such delinquent tax and any penalties and interest added thereto, from the date of such warrant.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 107. When Treasurer to issue warrant against delinquent persons

§ 107. When Treasurer to issue warrant against delinquent persons
Except when otherwise provided, after the expiration of 10 months and 25 days from the time of the delivery of a tax bill to the Clerk/Treasurer, he or she shall thereupon issue his or her warrant against such delinquent person for the collection from them of the amount so due and determined and said interest thereon, which shall be returnable to such Clerk/Treasurer in 90 days from its date, and shall be addressed and delivered to the First Constable of said City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 108. Chief Administrative Officer to collect delinquent taxes

§ 108. Chief Administrative Officer to collect delinquent taxes
It shall be the duty of the Chief Administrative Officer to collect all legal taxes contained in such tax bill, the amount thereof being determined as hereinbefore provided on or before the time when such warrant is returnable, subject to such abatement of taxes as may be made by the Board for the Abatement of Taxes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 109. Collection after time warrant returnable permitted

§ 109. Collection after time warrant returnable permitted
The Chief Administrative Officer, or any successor to whom such original warrant may, under the provisions of the general laws of the State, be delivered for execution, may collect on such warrant after the expiration of the time in which the same is returnable any such taxes then contained therein and by the same methods and during the same period or periods authorized by the general laws of this State in regard to collection of taxes by constables and collectors of taxes in towns.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 110. Chief Administrative Officer to proceed in manner prescribed by law

§ 110. Chief Administrative Officer to proceed in manner prescribed by law
Such Chief Administrative Officer shall proceed in the same manner, perform the same duties, be subject to the same liabilities, have the same power, authority, and privileges touching the collection of all taxes for the collection of which he or she holds a warrant, as prescribed by the general laws of this State in regard to the collection of taxes by constables or collectors of taxes in towns.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 111. Fees for collection of delinquent taxes

§ 111. Fees for collection of delinquent taxes
The Chief Administrative Officer shall be entitled to collect from delinquent taxpayers the same fees for collection of all taxes for which a warrant has been issued as are allowed by the laws of this State to collectors of taxes in towns, such fees to be paid over to the City rather than being retained by the Chief Administrative Officer.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 112. Failure of owners to pay assessments; warrant to be issued; Chief Administrative Officer to collect

§ 112. Failure of owners to pay assessments; warrant to be issued; Chief Administrative Officer to collect
If the owner or owners of any land or buildings assessed under any provisions of this charter shall neglect or refuse to pay any such assessment or any installment thereof with interest as hereinafter provided, to the Chief Administrative Officer or the holder of assessment certificates hereinafter mentioned, within the time prescribed for such payment, the Chief Administrative Officer shall issue his or her warrant for the collection thereof, and such Chief Administrative Officer shall proceed to collect the same, in the manner hereinafter prescribed for the collection and enforcement of assessments made in laying out or altering streets or highways.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 113. Assessments may be collected by suit

§ 113. Assessments may be collected by suit
Such assessments and installments may also be collected by an action at law in the name of the holder of such assessment certificates or in the name of the City of Burlington. A declaration setting forth in substance that the action is brought to recover certain assessments or installments and describing the nature of the same, with the date at which they were made and describing in a general way the premises against which the same are assessed, shall be sufficient.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 114. Council to establish and prescribe nature of connections

§ 114. Council to establish and prescribe nature of connections
The City Council shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water supplied by the City water works that shall be called “service rates.” Such service rates and the rates for electricity supplied at retail by the electric light plant shall be and hereby are made a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water and electricity and shall be collected and enforced under such regulations and ordinances as the City Council shall prescribe. The City Council may by ordinance prescribe the nature and character of connections between the water mains and lands and buildings to be supplied with water and what lands and buildings shall be so connected and when, under what circumstances, and in what manner, and that the connections and all repairs to the same shall be made by the City at the expense of the owner of the property, and that the cost of all materials and labor for the same may be charged against the owner of the property served, and shall be a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water, and may likewise prescribe the means of collecting and enforcing such lien and payment of all such charges.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 115. Descriptions recorded in Chief Administrative Officer’s office sufficient for assessment purposes

§ 115. Descriptions recorded in Chief Administrative Officer’s office sufficient for assessment purposes
Whenever a description of lands or buildings is required for purposes of making assessments under the provisions of this charter, reference to the conveyance to the owner, giving the name of the person from whom acquired and the volumes and pages of the land records in the Chief Administrative Officer’s office in which the same is recorded, shall be sufficient.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 116. Duties generally

§ 116. Duties generally
The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City. The Mayor shall use his or her best efforts to see that the laws and City ordinances are enforced and that the duties of all subordinate officers are faithfully performed. The Mayor shall take care that the funds of the City are properly expended, and shall recommend to the consideration of the City Council whatever measures the Mayor may deem necessary for the prudent and efficient management of the affairs of the City. The Mayor shall also be the 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 the Mayor may take command of the whole police force, including the Chief Executive thereof, and may for the occasion appoint and commission as many special police officers as the Mayor 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 serve as a voting member of the Local Control Commissioners. The Mayor shall have those powers of a justice of the peace in the State of Vermont with respect to the performance of marriage and/or civil unions. The Mayor, commencing on the first Monday in June 2002, shall appoint all City department heads who were heretofore appointed by City commissions, with the exception of the Superintendent of Schools, who shall continue to be appointed by the Board of School Commissioners. Such appointments shall be subject to confirmation by a majority of the membership of the City Council. The appointment by the Mayor to the position of City officer or department head shall be on the basis of professional competency and/or meritorious performance relating to the duties of the position. In making department head appointments and in evaluating their performance, the Mayor shall consult with the applicable City commission. At least two applicable commissioners chosen by the chair shall be invited to participate in interviews for department head selection. The full applicable commission shall formally participate in the annual evaluation of a department head and shall make a formal recommendation to the Mayor concerning the reappointment of a department head. Department heads shall have such administrative, personnel, and managerial authority as shall be delegated to them by the Mayor. (Amended 2009, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 24, 2010; 2019, No. M-6, § 2, eff. May 23, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 117. Order of succession; Mayor to notify Chief Administrative Officer of his or her intended absence

§ 117. Order of succession; Mayor to notify Chief Administrative Officer of his or her intended absence
In case of a temporary absence of the Mayor from the City or the Mayor’s temporary inability to serve, the President of the City Council shall act as Mayor. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to give the Chief Administrative Officer due notice of the temporary absence of the Mayor from the City and of his or her return, and said Chief Administrative Officer shall duly notify the President of the City Council thereof. In case of the temporary absence from the City or temporary inability to serve of the President of the City Council, the City Attorney shall act as Mayor.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 118. Mayor to administer oaths

§ 118. Mayor to administer oaths
The Mayor shall have power to administer oaths in all cases proper for the administration of an oath before the City Council, and official oaths to the several officers of said City, when such oaths are required by law; and the President of the City Council shall have the like power, in all cases proper for the administration of an oath before the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 119. Remission of fines authorized

§ 119. Remission of fines authorized
The Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, shall have power to remit fines and costs, in whole or in part, in cases where the same are payable into the City Treasury, and shall cause the reasons for such remissions to be entered on the City records.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 120. Enumerated

§ 120. Enumerated
There shall be maintained in said City a Board of Assessors consisting of the City Assessor and two legal voters of said City; a Board of Tax Appeals normally consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Public Works Commissioners consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Cemetery Commissioners, a Board of Light Commissioners, a Board of Fire Commissioners, and a Board of Health, each consisting of five legal voters of said City; a Board of Airport Commissioners consisting of five legal voters of the City of Burlington, one legal voter of the City of South Burlington, and one legal voter of the City of Winooski; a Board of Police Commissioners, consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Park and Recreation Commissioners, consisting of seven legal voters of said City; a Board of Library Commissioners consisting of 10 members; a Board of Planning Commissioners, the members of such boards to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding; a Board of School Commissioners consisting of 12 legal voters of said City and of the respective wards in which they are elected; and a Board of Finance to be constituted as hereinafter provided. (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015; 2015, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016; 2021, No. M-7 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. February 14, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 120a. Merger of boards

§ 120a. Merger of boards
Notwithstanding section 120 of this charter, the Mayor shall have power and authority, when authorized by resolution of the City Council, to effect a merger of any one or more of the boards of commissioners enumerated in section 120, or of any other City board or department now existing or hereafter created, except the Board of School Commissioners, when, in the judgment of such Mayor and City Council more efficient and effective delivery of municipal services would result therefrom. The name of any department created by merger, the size of its board of commissioners, and then the scope of its jurisdiction shall be set forth in the resolution approving such merger.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 122. Enumerated

§ 122. Enumerated
(a) On the first Monday in June 1998, the Mayor shall appoint a City Assessor and a Director of the Human Resources Department for a one-year term commencing July 1, 1998. Commencing on the first Monday in June 1999, and biannually thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint such City Assessor and Human Resources Director for a term of two years commencing on the first day of July following the appointment, and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The Mayor shall appoint on the first Monday of June, 1998 and annually thereafter, and whenever a vacancy occurs, a Chief Administrative Officer, a City Attorney and one or more assistant City attorneys, a City Constable and a Second, Third, and Fourth Constable, a City Engineer and Surveyor, a City Grand Juror and Assistant City Grand Juror, a Harbor Master, a Poundkeeper or a firm or corporation to provide the services of such, a Director of the Community and Economic Development Office, a Director of Burlington City Arts, and a Civil Defense Director. All of the above-referenced appointments shall require the approval of a majority of the City Council. Additionally, commencing on the first Monday in June 2002, and whenever a vacancy occurs, the Mayor shall appoint a Director of Aviation, a Cemetery Superintendent, an Executive Director of the Church Street Marketplace District, a General Manager/Superintendent of the Electric Department, a Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, a librarian(s) of the Fletcher Free Library, a Superintendent of the Parks and Recreation Department, a Police Chief, and a Superintendent/Director of the Public Works Department. The Mayor shall also appoint a Director of Permitting and Inspections, a Zoning Administrative Officer, and a Director of Planning. The first two appointments of an individual to serve in any such position shall be for one-year terms. After an individual has served in a position for two successive years, the Mayor may thereafter appoint such person to serve terms of not more than three years, except that in no case shall an appointment be valid for more than 15 months following the election of a new Mayor. In all cases, such appointments shall continue until their successors have been appointed and qualified. The Mayor shall also have the authority to appoint the superintendent/director of any City department that may hereafter be created by the City Council.
(b) The appointments described in subsection (a) of this section shall require the approval of a majority of the whole number of the City Council. In cases where the Mayor appoints an individual for a term longer than one year, the City Council must also approve the duration of such term. (Amended 2019, No. M-6, § 2, eff. May 23, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 124. Chair; clerk, records

§ 124. Chair; clerk, records
Each of the boards and commissions named in section 120 of this charter shall organize by the election of a chair and by the appointment of a clerk and, with the exception of the Board of Assessors and the Board of Tax Appeals, the clerk shall keep a written record of the proceedings of his or her respective board, such records to be the property of the City. The clerk need not be a member of the board or commission.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 125. Mayor and City Councilors

§ 125. Mayor and City Councilors
(a) Term of Mayor. On the first Tuesday in March 2003 and triennially thereafter, the legal voters of the City shall, from among the legal voters thereof, elect a Mayor who shall hold office for the term of three years from the first Monday in April next following such election.
(b) Term of City Councilors.
(1) On the first Tuesday in March 2015 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each of the South, Central, East, and North City Districts shall, from among the legal voters of their respective district, elect a City Councilor for a two-year term.
(2)(A) On the first Tuesday in March 2015, the legal voters of each of Wards One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Eight shall, from among the legal voters of their respective ward, elect a City Councilor for a three-year term.
(B) On the first Tuesday in March 2018 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each ward shall elect a City Councilor for a two-year term.
(3) The term of each City Councilor shall begin on the first Monday in April following his or her election. (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 § 126. Commissioners and Board of Tax Appeals

§ 126. Commissioners and Board of Tax Appeals
(a) Except as specified in section 179 of this charter with respect to the library commissioner elected from the library staff, each public works commissioner, cemetery commissioner, police commissioner, fire commissioner, light commissioner, park and recreation commissioner, airport commissioner, planning commissioner, library commissioner, member of the Board of Health, and member of the Board of Tax Appeals shall hold office for the term of three years, from the first day of July following his or her appointment or until their successors are appointed and qualified.
(b) Each assessor, except the City Assessor, shall hold office for the term of three years from the first day of April following the appointment and until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified. (Amended 2015, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 18, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 127. Department heads and other officers

§ 127. Department heads and other officers
All officers whose terms of office are not herein or by general law otherwise specified, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, hold their offices for the specified terms from the first day of July following their appointment, and until their successors are appointed and have qualified. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 7, eff. May 19, 1999; 2009, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. April 24, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 128. Manner of filling

§ 128. Manner of filling
(a) In case of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor, occasioned by death, resignation, removal from said City, permanent inability to serve, failure to elect, or disqualification of the person chosen, the President of the City Council shall act as Mayor until such successor is elected and has qualified.
(b)(1) In case of any vacancy in the City Council from any of the causes described in subsection (a) of this section, the same shall be filled by a new election in the proper ward or City district.
(2) If any City Councilor shall remove out of the ward or City district for which he or she may have been elected or no longer reside in such ward or City district as a result of reapportionment, his or her office shall thereupon become vacant and the same shall be filled by a new election in the proper ward or City district.
(c)(1) In case there shall arise an occasion for any such new election, as a result of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor or City Councilor for any of the causes described in this section, the same shall be held within 90 days of the date of such vacancy, provided such vacancy shall occur before the first day in October in any year, unless a citywide election has been prescheduled to occur between the 90th and the 120th day of the date of such vacancy, in which case the same shall be held on such prescheduled election date; otherwise it shall be filled at the next annual City election.
(2) In every case, the person so elected shall serve for the remainder of the official term.
(3) In the case of reapportionment, such election shall be held at the next ensuing annual City meeting and the term of the City councilor who no longer resides in the ward or City district as a result of reapportionment shall continue until the newly elected City councilor assumes office on the first Monday in April. (Amended 2003, No. M-14, (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 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 § 129. Appointing body or person has power to remove

§ 129. Appointing body or person has power to remove
The City Council with Mayor presiding shall have power, for such causes of incapacity, negligence, or bad conduct as to it shall seem sufficient, to suspend or remove from any office any City officer who may be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding and to fill all vacancies in any such office from whatever cause arising. The Mayor and each board shall have like power of removal in respect to any officers who may be appointed by them, except as herein otherwise provided, and provided that in case the appointment of such officer is made subject to the approval of the City Council or City Council with Mayor presiding, the removal of such officer shall likewise be made subject to the approval of the City Council or City Council with Mayor presiding, as such appointment was made. Additionally, the City Council may, on the initiative of the Mayor, by an affirmative vote of at least two-thirds of its entire number, remove at any time at its pleasure any City officer or department head it should determine is no longer effectively serving the City, and all City officers and department heads shall take and hold office subject to this authority. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 131. Dual positions prohibited

§ 131. Dual positions prohibited
No City councilor may serve as a City employee or as a commissioner of a City department. However, a City councilor may be appointed to serve as a member of a regional board such as the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, the Chittenden Solid Waste Management District, or other similar board. No member of a commission provided for in this charter shall be eligible to serve as a member of any other such commission, except that a planning commissioner may be a member of a Development Review Board. No City employee may be a member of any commission having jurisdiction over the department in which he or she is employed, provided membership on the Retirement Board is permissible, should such employee be elected thereto. The Mayor may not be employed in any other City position, but may serve in all capacities specifically authorized by this charter. Provided further, this section shall not be read to preclude continued service, including reappointment, of any incumbent commissioner. (Amended 1999, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2001, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 132. Mayor, City Council, and other City officials

§ 132. Mayor, City Council, and other City officials
(a)(1) The Mayor shall receive such annual compensation as shall be voted by the City Council, but the same shall not be less than $12,000.00 per year.
(2) Each member of the City Council, beginning on July 1, 2017 and thereafter with the first Monday of April 2018, shall receive the annual sum of $5,000.00.
(3) Compensation shall be prorated according to actual months of service.
(b) A member of the City Council shall receive proper reimbursement for any expenses necessarily incurred in fulfilling the duties of the member’s office. Regulations for determining eligibility for necessary expense reimbursement may be promulgated by the Board of Finance. The City Council shall fix the compensation of all other City officers, except as herein otherwise provided. (Amended 2017, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 22, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 134. Required of Treasurer and other officers handling City funds

§ 134. Required of Treasurer and other officers handling City funds
The Treasurer and all other City officers who receive or disburse any of the funds of the City shall annually, before entering upon the duties of their office, give bonds to the City in amount satisfactory to the City Council for the faithful discharge of their respective duties.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 135. City Council to approve surety company; costs to be paid by City

§ 135. City Council to approve surety company; costs to be paid by City
All City officers from whom bonds are required shall furnish bonds of a surety company satisfactory to the City Council. The Chief Administrative Officer shall pay the cost of such bonds from the money appropriated for incidental expenses. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 136. Officer to be removed from neglect to give bond after notice

§ 136. Officer to be removed from neglect to give bond after notice
In case of the neglect of any officer to give bonds as above specified after 10 days’ notice from the City Council that he or she is required so to do, his or her office shall thereupon become vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as hereinbefore provided.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 137. Form

§ 137. Form
All officers of the City shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with the City Clerk the following oath:
“I solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office (duty or trust), of ______ of the City of Burlington to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God.”
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 139. Public records to remain in Chief Administrative Officer’s office; Council may regulate removal

§ 139. Public records to remain in Chief Administrative Officer’s office; Council may regulate removal
Such records shall not be taken out of or away from said Chief Administrative Officer’s office except upon the order or 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 said City and in the custody of said Chief Administrative Officer as aforesaid.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 140. Certified copies of records to be made

§ 140. Certified copies of records to be made
Said Chief Administrative Officer shall, on being tendered therefor the fees allowed town clerks under the law of this State for similar services, and to be accounted for and paid to the Treasury for City purposes, as provided in the second preceding section, make duly certified copies of said records, papers, and documents, and such 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 141. Certification that notices, ordinances, etc., have been posted required

§ 141. Certification that notices, ordinances, etc., have been posted required
Whenever any notice signed by the Mayor, City Council, or any City officer or officers, or any advertisement, ordinance, resolution, or bylaw shall have 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 Chief Administrative Officer shall examine and ascertain whether such notice, advertisement, or ordinance has been duly published or posted, and if such be the fact the Chief Administrative Officer shall so certify upon the proper City record; and such record or a duly certified copy thereof shall be treated as prima facie evidence of the facts so certified.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 142. Assistants

§ 142. Assistants
An assistant may be designated by the Chief Administrative Officer to make duly certified copies of any records, papers, or documents in the same manner as the Chief Administrative Officer, without regard to the absence or disability of the Chief Administrative Officer, and such 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 144. Chief Administrative Officer to keep record of notes and bonds issued

§ 144. Chief Administrative Officer to keep record of notes and bonds issued
The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and the denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom issued, and the rate of interest thereon; and shall also keep a record of payments thereon of principal and interest; and if coupons are taken up, shall cancel and preserve the same.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 146. Redeemed bonds, notes, and interest coupons to be kept

§ 146. Redeemed bonds, notes, and interest coupons to be kept
When old notes or bonds and any interest coupons are taken up by payment thereof, by exchange or by sale of the new notes or bonds, the Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a record of the same and such old notes or bonds and interest coupons shall be cancelled and kept on file in the Chief Administrative Officer’s office for a period of 14 years from the date when the note or bond is taken up and cancelled and after such period of 14 years such cancelled notes or bonds and interest coupons thereof may be destroyed.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 147. Chief Administrative Officer to keep separate account of school appropriations

§ 147. Chief Administrative Officer to keep separate account of school appropriations
The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a separate account of all monies appropriated for the use of schools, which money shall consist of the income accruing in every legal way for the use and maintenance of schools in said City, and of all money appropriated by the City Council for that purpose; and the Chief Administrative Officer shall pay out of any monies mentioned in this section all warrants drawn by the Board of School Commissioners for the use of schools.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 148. Duties

§ 148. Duties
The City Attorney shall be corporation counsel and shall prosecute and defend in behalf of said City all suits in which said City is interested and shall prosecute all violations of the City ordinances and bylaws except when absent from City or disqualified or unable to serve. The assistant City attorneys shall have all the powers and perform all of the duties of the City Attorney as may by the City Attorney be delegated to them and shall receive for the performance of their duties such compensation as the City Council may vote.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 150. Duties; liabilities; etc

§ 150. Duties; liabilities; etc
The Board of Assessors 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, except as herein otherwise provided. They shall also be members of the Board for the Abatement of Taxes. The City Assessor shall be a member of and serve as Chair of the Board of Assessors and may also appoint, and remove, at his or her pleasure a Deputy Assessor, who may serve as an assessor in the absence, inability to serve, or disqualification of the City Assessor, and who shall, in addition, have such clerical and administrative duties as said City Assessor shall assign.