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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 20.3. Records

§ 20.3. Records
The Board of Finance shall cause full and accurate records of all meetings thereof and all business transacted by the Board to be kept by the Clerk of the Board. The records and books of the Board shall be public records. The Board shall monthly submit to the Board of Aldermen a report of all business transacted by the Board of Finance in the preceding month.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 21.1. Requirements

§ 21.1. Requirements
(a) All officers, boards, and departments of the City shall be subject to audit as follows:
(1) at the close of each fiscal year;
(2) at the expiration of the term of office of any officer, board, or department;
(3) at such other times as may be directed by the Board of Aldermen.
(b) The Board of Aldermen shall provide a competent professional auditor who shall have access to all books and vouchers in possession of any officer, employee, board, or department of the City for auditing purposes. Such professional auditor shall report the audit results to the Board of Aldermen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.1. Police Commission and Police Department

§ 22.1. Police Commission and Police Department
The Police Commission shall consist of five legal voters appointed to serve for a term of three years, unless otherwise provided herein, and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Upon creation, two members shall be appointed for a term to expire on April 1 of the third calendar year after appointment; two members shall be appointed for a term to expire April 1 of the second calendar year after appointment; and one member shall be appointed for a term to expire April 1 of the calendar year following appointment. All terms shall thereafter expire on April 1 of the third calendar year following appointment. A person appointed to fill an unexpired term shall serve to the end of that term. The Mayor shall appoint a Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission from among the members of the Commission subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen. The term of Chair and Vice Chair shall expire on April 1 of the year following appointment. Except at creation, at which time appointments will be denied by majority vote, all appointments to the Commission shall be made in a manner consistent with the provisions of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.2. Powers and duties of Police Commission

§ 22.2. Powers and duties of Police Commission
The Police Commission shall have the jurisdiction and control of the Police Department and of the police force of the City of Rutland. It shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary to govern its own actions and proceedings and to exercise jurisdiction and control of the Department. It may delegate this authority to the Chief of Police as it deems appropriate. It shall exercise all powers and duties as provided by charter and ordinance, or policy set by the Board of Aldermen. It shall prepare and submit to the Mayor as directed the annual budget of the Police Department. It shall appoint the Chief of Police.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.3. Eligibility of police commissioners

§ 22.3. Eligibility of police commissioners
No person shall serve as a police commissioner who has an immediate relative employed by the Rutland City Police Department. Immediate relative shall include spouse, children, stepchildren, parents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, mother-in-law, father-in-law, and other relatives who are actual members of the person’s household.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.4. Chief, appointment, removal

§ 22.4. Chief, appointment, removal
The Police Commission shall appoint a Chief of Police who shall hold that position during good behavior, and for a term not to exceed five years, and so long as the Chief shall render efficient service to the City unless sooner removed as hereinafter provided. Retirement of the Chief of Police appointed under this section shall be mandatory when the age of 65 is reached. The Chief may make appointment of subordinate officers as he or she may deem necessary. All qualifications being equal, the Chief shall appoint senior officers in the time of service to said subordinate positions. These officers shall hold office as long as in the opinion of the Chief of Police each is capable of performing his or her duties and is conscientious and efficient in the discharge of the same. Such officers may be removed by the Chief of Police by approval of the Board of Civil Authority, for any incapacity or misconduct that said Board may find sufficient.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.5. Powers and duties of Chief

§ 22.5. Powers and duties of Chief
Subject to the authority of the Police Commission, the Chief of Police shall have jurisdiction and control of the administration, disposition, and discipline of the Police Department and of the police force of the Department. Except as herein otherwise provided, he or she shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary in his or her opinion, to exercise jurisdiction and control of the Department, and shall have jurisdiction over the day to day operation of the Department. He or she shall have the sole power, and it shall be his or her duty, to preserve the public peace; suppress riots and insurrections; disperse unlawful or dangerous assemblages that obstruct free passage on or in public streets, sidewalks, parks, and other public places; protect the rights of persons and property; preserve order; direct and regulate the movement of vehicular and pedestrian traffic under the ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City of Rutland or statutes of the State of Vermont to ensure the safety and convenience of the public; to observe all places of public amusement, all places of business, and other public places; enforce and prevent the violation of all federal, State, and local law, and ordinances, rules, and regulations in force in the City; and for these purposes, to detect and arrest all persons violating said laws, and he or she shall carry out such other devices as are inherent to the Office of Chief of Police.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.7. Regular police officers; appointment

§ 22.7. Regular police officers; appointment
(a) All applicants for positions on the police force, except for the position of Chief of Police, shall file with the Chief their applications in writing, together with proof of graduation from an accredited high school or graduate equivalency diploma, on forms approved by the Chief, and shall be examined in such manner as the Chief of Police may prescribe with the approval of the Police Commission. A public record of all applicants for positions on the police force shall be maintained in the City Clerk’s office.
(b) The Chief of Police, shall from time to time as the needs of the City may require, appoint from said applicants a sufficient number of police officers to ensure public safety and welfare. All appointments to the regular police force must be approved by the Police Commission. The number of regular police officers appointed shall not exceed the maximum number set forth in the City ordinances, except by specific approval of the Board of Aldermen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.9. Special police officers

§ 22.9. Special police officers
In addition to the regular police force, the Chief of Police shall have the power to appoint such special police officers as he or she may consider desirable and that present funding will support with approval of the Police Commission. The term “special police officers” shall be construed to mean police officers appointed to serve as auxiliary members to the regular police force as well as those police officers appointed at the request of private individuals, corporations, or firms for the protection of private property, and police officers appointed for special public services. Such special police officers shall receive pay from the City according to the service performed for the City. The Chief of Police may appoint a special police officer, with approval of the Police Commission, but only for such time as may elapse before a qualified applicant is available.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.10. Compensation

§ 22.10. Compensation
The compensation of all members of the Police Department, including that of Chief of Police, shall be fixed by the Board of Aldermen and all fees accruing to them under the laws of the State or the provisions of this charter shall belong to the City and shall be paid into the City Treasury by the court taxing same.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.11. Suspension

§ 22.11. Suspension
The Chief of Police shall have the power, for disciplinary purposes, to suspend any member of the Department, without pay, for a period not to exceed six weeks. The Police Commission shall have the power to suspend the Chief of Police for a period not to exceed two weeks. (Amended 2011, No. M-5, § 2, eff. April 28, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.12. Service of criminal process

§ 22.12. Service of criminal process
All police officers shall have the authority in criminal causes returnable before the Rutland District or Superior Court, to serve and return within the State said criminal process. For such duties the Police Department shall be allowed the fees provided by law to sheriffs for similar services, which fee shall belong to the City, to be paid into the City Treasury whenever such police officers shall be under pay from the City. The said police officers shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and ordinances and police regulations of the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.13. Political activities

§ 22.13. Political activities
No member of the Police Department of the City of Rutland shall act as an officer of any political party, attend any political convention as a delegate, participate in any manner whatever in any canvass in behalf of or against any candidate for any City, county, State, or national office, campaign, or take any part whatever in political matters other than to vote, nor be a candidate for any public office or hold any public office.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 22.14. Vehicle replacement

§ 22.14. Vehicle replacement
It shall be the duty of the Police Commission through the Chief of Police to provide and maintain safe, reliable emergency police vehicles. Such vehicles, upon reaching three full years of service, shall be replaced as soon as practical. The Chief shall submit specifications as approved by the Police Commission to the City Clerk for immediate bid circulation and replacement of said vehicles.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 23.1. Fire Chief, appointment, removal

§ 23.1. Fire Chief, appointment, removal
The Mayor shall appoint a Chief Engineer of the Fire Department subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen, who shall hold that position for a term not to exceed five years, and so long as the Chief shall render efficient service to the City, unless sooner removed as herein provided. Retirement of the Chief Engineer appointed under this section shall be mandatory upon reaching the age of 65. The Chief Engineer shall appoint subordinate officers as he or she deems necessary for the safe and efficient operation of the Department. Members considered for appointment as an officer shall meet minimum standards for the rank as established by the Chief Engineer and shall be tested in accordance with guidelines established by the Chief Engineer. These officers shall hold office so long as in the opinion of the Chief Engineer each is capable of performing his or her duties and is conscientious and efficient in the discharge of the same. Such officers may be removed by the Chief Engineer for any incapacity or misconduct. The officer shall have a right to appeal to the Board of Civil Authority within 10 days of the removal unless the time period is extended by the parties in writing. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 9.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 23.2. Powers and duties of Fire Chief

§ 23.2. Powers and duties of Fire Chief
The Chief Engineer shall have jurisdiction and control of the administration, disposition, and discipline of the Fire Department and of the firemen within the Department. He or she shall have the power to make such rules and regulations as are necessary, in his or her opinion, to exercise the jurisdiction and control of the Department. He or she shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Fire Department. He or she shall be responsible for the operation, maintenance, and repair of all fire vehicles and fire equipment. He or she shall have sole and exclusive power and authority to extinguish fires at any place within the jurisdiction of the City. He or she shall be the Fire Marshal of the City, and as such it shall be his or her duty and he or she is hereby empowered to enforce all State and local laws relating to the prevention, detection, and extinguishment of fires from any causes whatsoever. He or she shall install or cause to be installed alarm, telegraph, telephone, and radio equipment that is used in the operation of the Fire Department, which is owned or under the exclusive control of the Fire Department. He or she shall be responsible for the prevention of fires and danger to life or property therefrom. He or she is empowered to cause any building, structure, or place or premises to be inspected for fire hazards and may cause the inspection and testing of any fire alarm system of fire extinguishment. He or she may also cause the inspection and testing of any fire exits and may inspect the proper designation and marking thereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 23.3. Absence of Fire Chief

§ 23.3. Absence of Fire Chief
In the event of temporary (24 hours or less) absence of the Chief of the Fire Department, the duties of the Chief shall fall upon the subordinate officers, according to their rank, as established by the rules and regulations of the Fire Department. In the event the absence will be for a period of greater than 24 hours, the Chief Engineer shall designate a subordinate officer as the acting Chief Engineer, who shall assume the duties of the Chief Engineer. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 10.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 23.4. Regular firemen; appointment

§ 23.4. Regular firemen; appointment
(a) All applicants for position with the Fire Department, except for the position of Chief Engineer, shall file with the Chief Engineer an application in writing on forms approved by the Chief Engineer, and shall be examined in such manner as he or she may prescribe, with the approval of the Mayor. A public record of all applicants for positions on the Fire Department shall be maintained in the City Clerk’s office.
(b) The Chief Engineer shall, as the needs of the City may require, appoint from said applicants sufficient number of firemen to ensure the public safety and protection. The number of regular firemen appointed shall not exceed the maximum number set forth in the City ordinance, except by specific approval by the Board of Aldermen. Within one year of the date of permanent appointment, each regular fireman must reside within a five mile radius of the station house to which he or she is assigned.
(c) All members of the regular Fire Department now serving or who shall hereafter be appointed, other than the Chief, shall be retained as such, unless discharged in accordance with other provisions of this charter. All members of the regular Fire Department shall retire not later than at the age of 65.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 23.6. Call firemen

§ 23.6. Call firemen
The Chief Engineer shall have sole power to appoint such number of call firemen as he or she may consider necessary for the proper protection of the City. Call firemen shall be subject to the call of the Chief Engineer of such Department when in his or her opinion the use of such call is necessary.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 23.8. Suspensions

§ 23.8. Suspensions
The Chief Engineer shall have the power, for disciplinary purposes, to suspend any member of the Department without pay for a period not to exceed four weeks. (Amended 2011, No. M-5, eff. May 6, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 23.9. Emergency powers

§ 23.9. Emergency powers
Whenever any building in the City shall be on fire, it shall be lawful for the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department or any officer in charge of said Department, in their discretion, to order any building or part thereof not on fire but that they may deem hazardous and likely to communicate fire to other buildings to be pulled down or destroyed.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 23.10. Political activity

§ 23.10. Political activity
No member of the Fire Department of the City of Rutland shall act as an executive committeeman, attend any political convention as a delegate, participate in any manner whatever in any canvass in behalf of or against any candidate for any City, county, State, or national office, hold tickets or canvass votes at any election, or take any part whatever in political matters other than to vote, nor be a candidate for any public office.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 24.1. Appointment of Commissioner

§ 24.1. Appointment of Commissioner
The Commissioner of Public Works shall be appointed by the Mayor for a term of two years. He or she shall be experienced in areas of administration and management. The Commissioner shall be entitled to salary as fixed by the Board of Aldermen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 24.2. Powers and duties of Commissioner

§ 24.2. Powers and duties of Commissioner
The Commissioner of Public Works shall be the Superintendent of Streets, Superintendent of Sewage and Disposal, Superintendent of Water Works, and City Tree Warden. Together with the City Engineer, the Commissioner shall be responsible for making all public surveys of public streets, water courses, bridges and culverts, sewers, and ground of said City and all plans and specifications for the construction, improvement, and repair thereof. In carrying out these duties the Commissioner shall consider long range planning for the development of the City and keep proper records of all matters relative to the office. It shall be the duty of the Commissioner to perform such additional duties as may be required by the Board of Aldermen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 24.3. Staff and employees

§ 24.3. Staff and employees
The Commissioner of Public Works shall employ a registered professional civil engineer who shall be the City Engineer. The Commissioner shall have the power to employ such staff assistants, supervisors, forepersons, agents, employees, and laborers as he or she may deem necessary for the management, maintenance, and operation of the Department of Public Works. The Commissioner may discharge, suspend, or remove any such City Engineer and staff assistant, supervisors, forepersons, agents, employees, and laborers at any time by proceedings set forth in other sections of this charter and as established or adopted by the Board of Aldermen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 24.4. Commissioner; control of water supply

§ 24.4. Commissioner; control of water supply
(a) The Commissioner of Public Works shall have the exclusive general management and supervision of the City water works and may make and enforce regulations regarding the use and control of water. He or she shall have authority to enforce beyond the limits of the City such regulations as may be necessary for the care, protection, preservation, management, and control of the City water works and water supply, in the same manner and to the same extent as within the City.
(b) The Commissioner of Public Works shall have the exclusive general management and control, and the immediate and practical supervision of the City streets, bridges, culverts, curbs, sidewalks, and sewers, and the work done thereon, and shall see that the same are properly constructed and kept in repair. He or she shall have the same powers in respect to repairs of streets, highways, bridges, and culverts as road commissioners and selectboards in towns and shall, when the public good requires, cause all streets and highways to be worked and graded the entire width thereof and made in such a manner as will in his or her judgment best accommodate the public.
(c) The Commissioner of Public Works shall have power to compel any person, acting under authority from him or her, to restore any sidewalk, street, pavement, highway, alley, lane, court, or public ground in said City that he or she shall dig up or disturb to a condition that shall be satisfactory to the Commissioner of Public Works. If the person fails to make such restoration or repair as requested by the Commissioner of Public Works, the work may be done by the City of Rutland and the City of Rutland may recover the amount it has expended for such work in an action under this section.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 24.5. Water rates

§ 24.5. Water rates
(a) The Board of Aldermen shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water supplied by the City water works, which shall be called “service rates.” Such service rates shall be a lien in the nature of a tax upon the real estate so supplied with water and shall be collected and enforced under such regulations and ordinances as the Board of Aldermen shall prescribe. Water may be furnished outside the City upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen and furnished solely at the discretion of said Board of Aldermen.
(b) All monies received in any way on account of the City water works shall be paid into the City Treasury. The City Treasury shall keep accounts, showing fully all receipts and payments had and made in any manner on account of the water works, separately from all other receipts and payments.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 24.6. Sewers

§ 24.6. Sewers
The Board of Aldermen is authorized and empowered to establish, construct, and maintain public sewers in said City, and may establish, construct, and maintain public sewers in and through the lands of individuals and corporations, on making compensation therefor in the same manner as provided by law in the laying out and establishing highways in towns, and the same proceedings shall be had and the same right of appeal shall exist as in the case of laying out and establishing highways. Public sewers may be furnished outside the City upon such terms and conditions as shall be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen, and furnished solely at the discretion of said Board of Aldermen. All monies received in any way on account of the City sewerage disposal works shall be paid into the City Treasury. The City Treasurer shall keep accounts, showing fully all receipts and payments had and made in any manner on account of the sewerage disposal works, separately from all other receipts and payments.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 24.7. City Engineer

§ 24.7. City Engineer
The City Engineer shall be appointed by the Commissioner of Public Works for an indefinite period. The Engineer shall be a professional civil engineer licensed in the State of Vermont whose duties shall include:
(1) responsibility for all public surveys of the public streets, water courses, water works, bridges and culverts, sewers, and grounds of said City and all plans and specifications for the construction, improvement, and repair thereof;
(2) consideration of long-range planning commensurate with said duties;
(3) consulting engineer for all boards and officers created or authorized by this charter;
(4) traffic engineer for the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.1. Membership and duties

§ 25.1. Membership and duties
The Commissioner of Public Works, President of the Board of Aldermen, and the Mayor shall constitute the Board of Highway Commissioners and shall have the same power to lay out, alter, resurvey, and discontinue streets and highways as is vested by law in selectboards of towns except as otherwise provided herein.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.2. Acceptance of streets

§ 25.2. Acceptance of streets
(a) Streets and highways in the City may be laid out, opened, accepted, and established by the Board of Highway Commissioners, provided the owners having a majority of the frontage on the proposed street or highway file their petition therefor with the Clerk of the City. Such petition shall be accompanied by a monumented survey, with a plan of said street satisfactory to the Board of Highway Commissioners, and further provided that the signers of the petition shall do or have done all construction and improvements relative thereto as required by the Board of Aldermen.
(b) All streets or highways in said City of less than three rods in width heretofore deeded or dedicated to the City for public highways and heretofore accepted, and all such streets or highways laid out or opened by it, are hereby declared to be legal streets and highways; and all acts, votes, and resolutions of the City in respect thereto are hereby declared to be legal and valid.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.3. Discontinuance of highways

§ 25.3. Discontinuance of highways
In case the Board of Highway Commissioners shall decide to discontinue any street or highway in the City, any person owning or interested in the lands abutting said street who is dissatisfied with such decision may within 60 days thereafter institute proceedings that shall have the same effect, be conducted in the same manner, and subject to the same conditions and provisions as if such person were dissatisfied with the laying out, altering, or resurveying of any street or highway in the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.4. Altering highways

§ 25.4. Altering highways
The said Board of Highway Commissioners shall have the power to raise or lower the surface of any street or highway of the City. The same proceedings shall be had in respect to awarding damages to the abutting owners upon such street or highway that they shall suffer by reason of the raising or lowering of the street or highway as herein provided in laying out or altering streets or highways.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.5. Procedure

§ 25.5. Procedure
Whenever under the provisions of this charter the Board of Highway Commissioners is required to give notice of the time and place of any examination or hearing before it touching the laying out, altering, or discontinuing any street or public highway in the City, or the award of any damages therefor, a citation shall be issued, signed by the Board and containing the name of all persons to whom notice is to be given.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.6. Notice, citation, service

§ 25.6. Notice, citation, service
(a) The citation shall be made at least 21 days prior to the time appointed for such examination or hearing, except when otherwise specially provided for in this charter.
(b) Service of the citation may be accepted by any or all persons therein named, by endorsing their acceptance in writing thereon.
(c) The citation may be served by any sheriff or constable in this State upon any person therein named residing or being in this State, in the same manner as an ordinary writ of summons.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.7. Nonresident service

§ 25.7. Nonresident service
(a) The citation may be served by the sheriff or constable upon a person not an inhabitant of this State by leaving a true and attested copy of the citation with his or her return endorsed, with, or at the residence of, his or her known agent or attorney, if he or she has one in this State; and if not, with, or at the residence of the occupant of the land to which such hearing may appertain. If there is no such occupant, then the copy of the citation shall be by the sheriff or constable left at the office of the Clerk of the City for the persons so owning or interested in such land.
(b) The City Clerk shall mail to the last known post office address of such person, in a registered package, a true and attested transcript of the copy so left with him or her, which shall be certified by him or her under the Seal of the City. The City Clerk shall certify under the Seal of the City all his or her doings touching the copy so left him or her by the sheriff or constable and shall attach to the certificate all registry receipts pertaining to the copy received by him or her.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.8. Evidence of service

§ 25.8. Evidence of service
The return of the sheriff or constable upon the original citation, and the certificate of the Clerk and the receipts, shall be prima facie evidence of the service of the citation as herein provided. The citation and return thereon, with the certificates of the City Clerk and the receipts shall be made part of the record of the proceedings and shall be filed in the office of the City Clerk.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.9. Defective notice; remedy

§ 25.9. Defective notice; remedy
(a) If at any stage of the proceedings before the Board of Highway Commissioners or in any proceedings subsequent thereto, it shall appear that any person owning or interested in such land shall not have been duly notified, the Board of Highway Commissioners or other tribunal in or before which such proceedings shall be pending, shall cause a citation to be served upon the persons not notified as herein provided, and shall cause the proceedings to be postponed to such time as will permit such citation so issued to be served in the manner provided herein for the service of original citations in such matters. Commissioners appointed by the county court or by a justice of the peace or agreed upon between the parties shall have the same power to issue citations that the Board of Highway Commissioners has, which citation shall be served in the same manner as if issued by the Board of Highway Commissioners.
(b) The Board of Highway Commissioners before which such proceedings are pending may cause such further notice to be given by citation, publication, or in any other manner prescribed by it in an order for that purpose. A copy of such order, citation, notice of publication, or other notice, which shall have been delivered to such landowner in person and verified by the affidavit of the person delivering the same, shall be prima facie evidence of such further notice.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 25.10. Failure of notice

§ 25.10. Failure of notice
No proceedings instituted by the Board of Highway Commissioners under the citation, nor any proceedings subsequent and pertaining thereto, shall be void on account of any failure to give notice to any person or persons interested therein or shall for that reason be dismissed, but such proceedings shall be suspended till such person or persons are duly notified; whereupon the same proceedings shall be had in the same manner and with the same effect as if such person had been duly notified by the original citation. If the person so notified shall appear he or she may be heard upon all matters therein pending in which he or she is interested.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 26.1. Curbs and sidewalks assessment

§ 26.1. Curbs and sidewalks assessment
Whenever the owners of the greater part of the lands or buildings abutting upon any accepted street, or part thereof in said City, shall present their petition in writing to the Board of Aldermen, praying that such street, or part thereof as specified be curbed, or that a sidewalk be constructed, the Board of Aldermen may order the Commissioner of Public Works to cause such improvements to be made. The Board of Aldermen shall have the power, without such petition, to order the Commissioner of Public Works to install curbs or sidewalks as they may deem necessary.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 26.2. Notice of hearing

§ 26.2. Notice of hearing
Assessments for public improvements other than those made in response to petition, shall be made only following a public hearing, after giving 21 days’ notice to interested parties in the same manner as herein provided in respect to laying out or altering highways. The proposed rate of assessments for the public improvement shall be stated in the notice served upon each interested party.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 26.3. Assessment of property liens

§ 26.3. Assessment of property liens
After said hearing, the Commissioner of Public Works shall make up a statement of all assessments, describing the lands or buildings assessed, and forthwith cause the same to be recorded in the City Clerk’s office and when so recorded such assessments shall be and remain a lien, in the nature of a tax, upon the lands or buildings so assessed until the same shall be paid.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 26.4. Collection of assessment

§ 26.4. Collection of assessment
(a) It shall be the duty of the City Clerk to place said list of assessments in the hands of the City Treasurer for collection, as soon as he or she has recorded the same. The City Treasurer shall thereupon forthwith notify in writing the owner or owners of lands or buildings so assessed, or their agents or attorneys, stating therein the amount of such assessments.
(b) All such assessments shall be paid to the City Treasurer within 60 days after work is completed. In all cases the assessments shall be and remain a lien upon the lands and buildings assessed until the same are fully paid and shall have precedence over all other liens excepting ordinary taxes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 27.1. Duties

§ 27.1. Duties
There shall be three cemetery commissioners, who shall have the management and control of the public cemeteries of the City, and have the same powers as are provided by the general laws of the State respecting cemetery commissioners, subject to the orders and ordinances of the Board of Aldermen. The cemetery commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor in the month of March, subject to the confirmation or rejection by the Board of Aldermen, as in the case of other appointive officers, and shall hold office for three years from the first day of April following their appointment.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 28.1. Duties

§ 28.1. Duties
The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Rutland shall consist of three legal voters of said City to be appointed to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The Board shall have the exclusive general management and control of all lands owned or leased and used by the City for the purpose of a municipal airport and of all buildings, property, and equipment of the City thereon, and shall see that the same are kept in good condition and repair, but shall be subject in all respects to any limitations or restrictions contained in the ordinances, resolutions, and orders of the Board of Aldermen; but shall have no power to expend any money or incur any debt beyond the amount of the appropriations made by the Board of Aldermen. The Mayor shall, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen, appoint one airport commissioner for a term of three years and one each year thereafter, subject to the approval of the Board of Aldermen, for a term of three years, as their respective terms expire.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 29.1. Duties

§ 29.1. Duties
(a) The Board of Health shall consist of the Health Officer appointed for a term of three years by the State Board of Health as provided by law, and of three persons appointed by the Mayor. One member shall be appointed annually for a term of three years. The Board shall hold their meetings as necessary and keep full and accurate records of all meetings and all business transacted. A detailed account of all expenditures shall be kept by said Board, which shall show at all times the amount of all indebtedness incurred under the authority of each appropriation for the use of said Board.
(b) It shall be the duty of the Board of Health to see to the enforcement of all laws and ordinances relating to the preservation of the public health. The Board of Health shall report its doings to the Mayor in the month of July in each year. The written orders of the Health Officers shall be enforced, and a refusal or neglect to comply therewith shall be prosecuted as provided by law.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 30.2. Vacancy

§ 30.2. Vacancy
Any vacancy of the Board of School Commissioners occasioned by death, resignation, removal from the City, or other disability shall be filled until the next annual election, upon nomination by the Mayor. The Mayor shall make such nomination to the Board of School Commissioners within 14 days of any vacancy. The Board of School Commissioners shall receive the Mayor’s nomination for a replacement commissioner at a scheduled Board meeting. The commissioners shall vote on the Mayor’s nomination at the next scheduled meeting of the School Board. The Board of School Commissioners shall have the power to reject said appointment by a vote of seven members of the Board of School Commissioners and if they do not reject said appointment, it shall be confirmed. If the person so appointed is rejected, the Mayor shall appoint another person for such office and submit the same to the Board of School Commissioners within one month and in case he or she fails to do so within said period, the Board of School Commissioners may proceed to make such appointment, which appointment shall be valid without the consent of the Mayor.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 30.3. Officers

§ 30.3. Officers
The school commissioners shall appoint one of their own members President, and shall appoint another of their own members as Clerk to keep a full and complete record of all their proceedings. They shall by general regulations provide for the holding of regular and special meetings. A majority of said commissioners shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 30.4. Duties

§ 30.4. Duties
(a) Said Board shall have in general all the powers and authority, and perform all the duties, pertaining to school officers in towns of this State, not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter.
(b) The Board shall have the care and custody of all property belonging to or used for the several schools of said City; shall employ teachers, janitors and such other employees as they deem necessary and fix their compensation; have the management and control of all the public schools of said City; examine and allow all claims arising therefrom, and draw warrants for the payment of such claims upon the City Treasurer, in accordance with the provisions of this charter. All warrants for the payment of money drawn by the Board shall be signed by the President of the Board or his or her designee as stipulated by School Board policy.
(c) The Board may establish such bylaws and regulations for carrying out the powers herein granted, as are consistent with the provisions of this charter and the general law of this State.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 31.1. Appointment

§ 31.1. Appointment
(a) The Board of School Commissioners shall appoint a Superintendent of Schools who shall not be a member of the Board. The appointment shall be consistent with and pursuant to the written Board of School Commissioners’ policy. The Board may contract with said Superintendent for a period of appointment and on such terms and conditions that are at that time current and consistent with State statutes.
(b) The Board of School Commissioners may remove such Superintendent if it is established that he or she has been negligent or derelict in his or her official duty or is guilty of any misconduct that affects his or her capacity to perform his or her duties as Superintendent.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 31.2. Duties

§ 31.2. Duties
(a) The Superintendent of Schools shall be the Purchasing Agent for the School Department and shall perform such other duties in connection with the public schools as shall be assigned him or her by the Board of School Commissioners.
(b) As Purchasing Agent for the School Department, the Superintendent, or his or her designated representative, shall work in a cooperative and coordinative purchasing effort with the Rutland City Purchasing Agent when such effort will result in a benefit to the City of Rutland. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 32.1. Duties

§ 32.1. Duties
Said Board shall annually appoint such truant officers as in its judgment may be required, who shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as prescribed by the general law of this State for truant officers in towns and cities, and shall have such further powers and perform such further duties as shall be prescribed by any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of said City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 33.1. Location and management

§ 33.1. Location and management
It shall be the duty of the City, acting through the Board of School Commissioners, to provide and maintain suitable school facilities for the accommodation of all the public schools of the City. The location and construction of school facilities, and the management, sale, and purchase of school property shall be under the control of the school commissioners, subject to the limitations upon their power of incurring liabilities on behalf of the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 33.2. Purchase

§ 33.2. Purchase
The Board of School Commissioners shall provide the money for the purchase of land for school purposes or for the construction of school buildings or both pursuant to the general laws of the State of Vermont. (Amended 2007, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 12.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 34.1. Appropriations and expenditures

§ 34.1. Appropriations and expenditures
The voters of the City shall annually approve a budget for the use of the schools pursuant to the general laws of the State of Vermont. The Board of School Commissioners shall not expend any money or incur any debt for any purpose by contract or otherwise beyond the amount approved in the budget, the provisions of section 17.4 of this charter shall apply to the Board of School Commissioners and any committee or member thereof. Accounts relating to federal and State funds shall be maintained as directed and regulated by State and federal authorized guidelines and shall be subject to audit by the City Treasurer. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 13; 2007, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 3a, eff. May 14, 2008.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 34.2. School financing

§ 34.2. School financing
(a) The voters of the City shall annually approve a budget for the use of Rutland City schools pursuant to the general laws of the State of Vermont.
(b) Any bonded indebtedness approved by the voters after January 1, 2004, shall not be considered as part of the annual General Fund budget. (Added 2003, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; amended 2007, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 14, 2008.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 35.1. Establishment

§ 35.1. Establishment
A Traffic Court is hereby created and established for the City of Rutland with the jurisdiction of conducting an administrative type hearing when so requested by any person charged with violation of any parking related ordinance, for the purpose of determining whether said charged violation is well founded.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 35.2. Judge

§ 35.2. Judge
The person holding the Office of City Attorney, or acting as such, shall be the Traffic Court Judge and shall have the authority and power to conduct hearings when requested by a charged violator who requests said hearing and said Judge shall determine whether the charged violation is well founded or should be discharged.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 35.3. Collection of fines

§ 35.3. Collection of fines
Violators who do not request a hearing as provided in this charter within seven days are deemed to have waived such hearing and are obligated to pay to the City Treasurer all fines and penalties as established by ordinance in the City of Rutland for the charged parking related violation. The City Treasurer is authorized to utilize all legal means at the City’s disposal to collect such fines due and may treat same as any general bill owned to the City of Rutland.