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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 36.1. Declaration of necessity

§ 36.1. Declaration of necessity
We hereby find and declare that there currently exists within the City of Rutland an urgent need to reduce the property tax burden on residential homeowners; to redevelop dilapidated and blighted structures, to revitalize the commercial and industrial sectors of our economy, and to promote economic opportunity for all citizens, particularly those who are aged or of lower income.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 36.2. Creation of Redevelopment Authority

§ 36.2. Creation of Redevelopment Authority
There is hereby created an independent agency, a body corporate and political, to be known as the Rutland Redevelopment Authority, whose purposes and powers shall be as set forth in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 36.3. Purposes

§ 36.3. Purposes
The Authority, in the exercise of the powers created and granted under section 3 of this charter, shall foster and carry out the following purposes:
(1) to enhance and promote economic opportunity within the City of Rutland;
(2) to plan for public and private improvements and development within the City of Rutland, dedicated to the promotions of industrial and commercial benefit;
(3) to create employment opportunities;
(4) to enhance the acquisitions, development, and improvement of taxable real and personal property within the City of Rutland;
(5) to promote the development, improvement, acquisition, and rehabilitations of industrial and commercial property within the City of Rutland;
(6) to foster commercial and industrial growth within the City of Rutland;
(7) to promote and support investments and improvements that will result in the elimination of slum and blight;
(8) to support and promote the development of those recreational, social, and public facilities that directly, or indirectly, create or enhance commercial or industrial activity within the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 36.5. Board of Commissioners, composition

§ 36.5. Board of Commissioners, composition
(a) The administration, management, and supervision of the Authority shall be vested in a Board of Commissioners, except as provided otherwise herein. The Board shall consist of nine members, all of whom shall be residents of the City of Rutland for their respective terms of office. One member of the Board shall be the City Treasurer, and one member will be appointed from the Board of Aldermen for a one year term. The remaining seven members of the Board shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Board of Aldermen pursuant to the charter of the City of Rutland. All members appointed except for members appointed for creation of this Board shall serve for periods of three years. Upon creation, three 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 two members shall be appointed for a term to expire on April 1 of the first calendar year after 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. At the creation of the Commission, the appointments may only be denied by a majority vote of the Board of Aldermen and then thereafter, all appointments will be made pursuant to the charter of the City.
(b) Annually the Board shall elect a Chair, Treasurer, and Clerk whose names shall be certified to the City Clerk.
(c) If any commissioner or employee of an Authority owns or controls an interest, direct or indirect, in any property included or planned to be included in any project, he or she immediately shall disclose the same in writing to the Authority and such disclosure shall be entered upon the minutes of the Authority, and that person will refrain from any participation in that matter, but will not be precluded from involvement in any other matters.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 36.6. General law; application

§ 36.6. General law; application
Unless provided for to the contrary in this section, the Authority and its Board of Commissioners shall be subject to and have the benefit of all general laws of the State of Vermont relating to municipal corporations, provided, however, that the Authority and its Board of Commissioners shall not have the power to:
(1) levy general property taxes or sewer benefit assessments;
(2) enact zoning or subdivision ordinances;
(3) pledge the full faith and credit of the City of Rutland;
(4) encumber or pledge any property of the City of Rutland.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 37.1. Interpretation

§ 37.1. Interpretation
In the construction of this charter, the rules provided in 1 V.S.A chapter 3 shall be observed, unless such construction is inconsistent with the manifest intent of the General Assembly or repugnant to the context of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 37.2. General law

§ 37.2. General law
Except when changed or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City, all provisions of the statutes of the State relating to towns and town officers shall apply to the City and to the several officers thereof corresponding to like officers of towns.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 38.2. Effect of repeal

§ 38.2. Effect of repeal
(a) Such repeal shall not affect a penalty or forfeiture incurred under any of the laws repealed before this charter takes effect; however, where a punishment, penalty, or forfeiture is mitigated by the provisions of this charter, the provisions may be extended to any sentence or judgment pronounced after repeal.
(b) Such repeal and enactment hereof shall not affect any ordinance, resolution, or bylaw lawfully enacted, ordained, and established under the provisions of said acts, and not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter, but the same shall be and remain in full force and effect until the same are repealed, altered, or amended as herein provided; and the Mayor and Aldermen of the City, and all City officials holding office therein under the general laws of this State or the act repealed shall hold office until the expiration of their current terms of office, unless such office shall sooner become vacant under the provisions of the acts repealed.
(c) When a limitation or period of time prescribed in the act repealed for acquiring or enforcing a right or barring a remedy, or for any other purpose, has begun to run, and the same or a similar limitation is prescribed in this charter, the time of limitation shall continue to run and shall have like effect as if the whole period had begun and ended under the operation thereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 1. General law application

§ 1. General law application
Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City of St. Albans, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply to the City of St. Albans. Prior acts or enactments of the City of St. Albans shall not be affected by this charter, except as otherwise provided herein. Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to schools or school districts shall apply to the City of St. Albans School District. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 3. General corporate powers

§ 3. General corporate powers
The inhabitants of that territory embraced within the boundaries as established by 1915 Acts and Resolves No. 280 shall continue as a body corporate and politic, under the name of the City of St. Albans; and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court; may have a common seal, and alter it at pleasure; may take, hold, purchase, and convey such property, real and personal, within or without its corporate limits as the purpose of the corporation may require; may borrow on the credit of the City, in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided; may elect representatives to the General Assembly of the State, and the same number of justices of the peace, as a town of equal population; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon or are incident to towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this charter. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 4. Form of government

§ 4. Form of government
The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as a council-manager form of government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the State Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the City shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as the City Council, which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations, adopt budgets, determine policies, and appoint the City Manager, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the City. All powers of the City shall be exercised in the manner prescribed by this charter or prescribed by ordinance. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 5. Wards

§ 5. Wards
The City Council is empowered to make such changes from time to time, by resolution or ordinance, in the number and boundaries of the several wards of the City as it may deem proper, having regard so far as practicable and convenient, to an equal division of population among them; provided that after the first change so made, such changes shall not be made more than once in five years. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 6. City meetings

§ 6. City meetings
(a) Annually on the first Tuesday of March, a meeting of the legal voters of the City, and of the several wards therein, shall be held for the election of officials, the voting of budgets, and any other business included in the warnings for the meeting, which shall be by Australian ballot, and a plurality of votes shall be sufficient to elect. The ballot boxes shall be open for a minimum of nine consecutive hours at times and a location to be determined and warned by the City Council.
(b) Notice of such meetings shall be posted in at least three public places within the limits of the City at least 14 days prior to the meeting, and shall also be published prior to the meeting on the same day of two successive calendar weeks in a locally distributed newspaper, which notices shall be signed by the City Clerk, or in case of his or her failure, by the Mayor; provided, however, that if the annual meeting shall fail to be held for want of such notice, or for any other cause, the City and the several wards thereof shall not thereby be prejudiced, and the several officials hereinafter named may at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose as herein provided.
(c) The Clerk of the City shall at any time when directed by the City Council, or when petitioned in writing by at least five percent of the registered voters of the City and filed with the City Clerk no less than 40 days before the day of such meeting, call a special meeting of the legal voters of the City, for any legal purpose, in the same manner as is provided for the annual meeting, except as is hereinafter provided:
(1) Whenever a petition is brought for a meeting to rescind or reconsider the action taken at a previously held City meeting, the number of names required shall be 10 percent of the legal voters, and the petition shall be filed with the City Clerk within 30 days following the date of that meeting.
(2) Whenever one such meeting has been held to rescind or reconsider, the City Clerk or the Mayor shall not be required to call another meeting for the same purpose, and further petitions notwithstanding; in case of the failure of the Clerk to call the meeting as aforesaid, that duty shall be performed by the Mayor. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 7. Vacancies

§ 7. Vacancies
(a) If a member of the City Council, during his or her term, removes from the ward that he or she represents, his or her office shall become vacant upon removal from the ward.
(b) In case of a vacancy in the office of Mayor, the remaining members of the City Council shall direct the Clerk to call an election of a Mayor by Australian ballot.
(c) In case of a vacancy in the office of a City Council member, the remaining members of the City Council shall direct the Clerk to call an election of a City Council member by Australian ballot by the legal voters of the ward in which such vacancy occurs, to fill such vacancy for an unexpired term. However, if a vacancy occurs in the Office of a City Council member during the last year of the Council member’s term and after the annual meeting of the City in that year, an appointment shall be made by the City Council for the balance of the term remaining.
(d) In case of a vacancy in the Office of the City Clerk or City Treasurer, the vacancy shall be handled in accordance with subsections 12(b) and 13(b) of this charter.
(e) School board vacancies shall be handled in accordance with 16 V.S.A. § 424. (Amended 2003, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 11, 2004; 2007, No. M-2, § 2; 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 8. Voting

§ 8. Voting
(a) Voting qualifications for the right to vote in any City election or meeting shall be the same as those required by State statutes for municipal meetings.
(b) The penalties for illegal voting at any City election shall be the same as those prescribed for illegal voting by State statutes.
(c) Checklists of voters for the City and for each of the City’s wards shall be compiled and maintained pursuant to Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated. All persons who are legal voters in City meetings shall be entitled to have their names added to the checklist for the district where they reside, at the time the checklist is compiled and no person shall vote for any City official or other item on the warning unless the person’s name is on the checklist.
(d) For any general or primary election, the City Council, or the City Clerk as its designee if so chosen by the City Council, may appoint as many additional ballot and assisting clerks as deemed necessary.
(e) At the close of the balloting at any City election, the City Clerk and assisting clerks and the City Council shall count the votes cast for all officials and report a list of the candidates for whom votes have been cast, for each office, and the number of votes the candidate has received, which shall be recorded by the City Clerk, and the candidate who has received a plurality of the votes cast for each respective office shall by the Mayor be declared elected to that office. If no candidate shall have received a plurality of all votes for the office for which he or she is candidate, the Mayor shall order a new ballot in the ward or wards as have so failed to elect and a reasonable time shall be allowed for receiving and counting votes as shall be cast at that or any subsequent ballot until all the officials are duly elected.
(f) No person, or family member of a person, whose name appears on the ballot as a candidate for any office at an election shall assist in the counting of ballots in the election. No person shall assist in the counting of ballots who is otherwise deemed by the City Clerk to have a conflict of interest due to:
(1) any association with a candidate;
(2) financial interests, as provided for in section 15 of this charter. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 9, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 9. Mayor

§ 9. Mayor
(a) The legal voters of the City shall elect a Mayor who shall be a legal voter in the City. The Mayor shall hold office for a term of two years.
(b) 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 officials are faithfully performed; and shall bring before the City Council whatever he or she may deem worthy of its attention, for prudentially and efficiently carrying on the affairs of the City. In the Mayor’s absence, the President of the City Council shall act as Mayor in his or her stead.
(c) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council, with the power of moderator in City meetings and at all meetings of the City Council, and shall have a voice and vote in its proceedings. (Amended 2003, No. M-1 § 2; 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 10, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 10. The City Council

§ 10. The City Council
(a) There shall be elected six members of the City Council, one from each ward, who shall be a legal voter in, and elected by the voters of the ward he or she represents. At each annual meeting, two members of City Council shall be elected for three years to succeed those whose term shall expire in the year in which the election is held. All of the members of the City Council shall hold office until their successors are duly elected.
(b) The Mayor and members of City Council sitting in their joint capacity shall be called the City Council.
(c) The administration of all fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City, except as otherwise delegated herein, and the government thereof, shall be vested in the City Council. The City Council shall be composed of a Council member for each ward as aforesaid and the Mayor. The City Council shall elect one of their number President of the City Council. The City Council shall be sworn to the faithful performance of their duties respectively.
(d) The City Council shall have all the powers of selectboard members. The City Council shall hold a meeting on the second Monday of each month, and more often at the call of the Mayor or at the call of the majority of the City Council; the presence of a majority of the City Council shall be necessary to transact business at any meeting, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in a manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
(e) The City Council shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water and wastewater services supplied by the City Water and Wastewater Departments, which shall be called service rates, and shall be collected by the City Treasurer; the city water and wastewater services may, at the option of the City Council, be furnished outside the limits of the City of St. Albans. (Amended 2003, No. M-1 § 3; 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 12. City Clerk

§ 12. City Clerk
(a) The City Council shall appoint a City Clerk. The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties devolving by law upon town clerks, except as far as the same are rendered unnecessary by this charter, and shall collect the same fees therefor to be paid into the City Treasury for the use of the City.
(b) [Repealed.]
(c) The City Clerk and Treasurer may be one and the same person. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 13, eff. May 20, 2010; 2021, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 13. City Treasurer

§ 13. City Treasurer
(a) The City Council shall appoint a City Treasurer. The City Treasurer shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers.
(b) [Repealed.]
(c) The City Clerk and Treasurer may be one and the same person. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 14, eff. May 20, 2010; 2021, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 14. Assessor

§ 14. Assessor
The Assessor shall be a professionally qualified real estate appraiser or appraisal firm and shall have the same power and proceed in the discharge of the duties in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the board of listers under the laws of this State, except as herein otherwise provided, in assessing the property within the City and making the grand list thereof, and shall return such list to the City Clerk within the time required for lists to be returned to town clerks. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 15, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 15. Conflict of interest

§ 15. Conflict of interest
No elective or appointive official or employee of the City shall be beneficially interested directly or indirectly in any contract with the City, regardless of amount, or furnish any material, or perform any labor, except in the discharge of his or her official duties, unless such contract shall have been awarded upon bids advertised for by publication. Such publication shall be in a locally distributed newspaper. No officer or employee of the City shall take part in any decision concerning the business of the City in which he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest, aside from his or her salary as an official or employee, greater than any other citizen or taxpayer in the City. This section shall not apply in the event of an emergency where immediate action shall be deemed more important to the City than the receipt of formal bids. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 16, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 16. Ordinances; authority to enact

§ 16. Ordinances; authority to enact
(a) The City Council may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws, regulations, and ordinances that it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers or for the well-being of the City, and that shall not be repugnant to the Constitution or the laws of the State; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof. The City of St. Albans is hereby authorized and empowered to maintain actions in the Judicial Bureau, the Vermont Environmental Court, the Franklin Superior Court, or in any appropriate forum, as specified by ordinance, to restrain actual or threatened violations of any ordinance of the City.
(b) The record of motions of the City Council shall include the names of the members voting for and against any motion or resolution acted upon, unless such motion or resolution is unanimously adopted or rejected or unless there is no conflict in the votes given. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 17, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 17. Ordinances; introduction; first and second readings; public hearings

§ 17. Ordinances; introduction; first and second readings; public hearings
(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Council of the City of St. Albans hereby ordains . . . ”. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading, it shall cause a short and concise one-paragraph description of the effects of the proposed ordinance to be published in a locally distributed newspaper, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place where and when there shall be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. Such publication shall include reference to a place within the City where copies of the entire text of the proposed ordinance may be examined. The first publication shall be at least one week prior to the date of the public hearing. In the event the City Council shall comprehensively revise any chapter or chapters of its Code of Ordinances it shall be sufficient if a concise summary of the principal provisions of such revision is published as aforesaid rather than the entire text thereof.
(b) At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which the hearing may from time to time be adjourned, the ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Council, the ordinance may be read by title, and after the reading, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
(c) After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Council makes an amendment it shall follow the provisions for final passage, publication, and public hearing as provided by subsections (a) and (b) of this section. After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the amended ordinance or again amend it subject to the same procedures as outlined herein. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 19. Ordinances; City Council to establish penalty

§ 19. Ordinances; City Council to establish penalty
The City Council may provide a penalty for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw not to exceed $500.00. Each day the violation continues shall constitute a separate and distinct offense. If no penalty shall be fixed for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw, the court before which such action is heard shall impose a fine not to exceed $500.00 for each offense. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 20, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 20. Ordinances; enforcement

§ 20. Ordinances; enforcement
(a) The violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw adopted by the City, including zoning and subdivision bylaws adopted pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, as the same may be amended from time to time, may be prosecuted as a civil action in the Vermont Superior Court, Vermont Environmental Court, or other appropriate forum.
(b) All penalties collected for the violation of an ordinance, regulation, or bylaw shall be paid over to the City except for any surcharge allowed by law to be retained by the court.
(c) A Superior Court or Environmental Court judge shall have the jurisdiction to enjoin the violation of an ordinance or rule, but the election of the City to proceed under this subsection shall not prevent its proceeding under subsection (a) of this section. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 21, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 21. Ordinances; court authorized to order abatement

§ 21. Ordinances; court authorized to order abatement
In any prosecution for a nuisance arising under this charter or under any lawful ordinance, regulation, or bylaw resulting in a judgment or conviction, the court before which the judgment or conviction shall be had shall order the nuisance or offense complained of to be removed or abated and shall determine the expense of removing or abating the same and tax such expense as part of the costs of prosecution. All such service rates shall constitute a lien and charge upon the buildings, lots, and other property so served and may be collected in the same manner as any tax assessed by the City. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 22. Ordinances; offenders may be liable in damages

§ 22. Ordinances; offenders may be liable in damages
A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the City shall be liable in damages to the City or to the person who shall sustain damage as the direct result of the violation; such damages may be recovered in an action declaring upon such ordinance, regulation, or bylaw. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 23, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 23. Taxation

§ 23. Taxation
(a) The City Council shall assess such taxes upon the inhabitants of the City and the ratable estate within the City, whether owned by residents or nonresidents, as may be necessary for the payment of all State, county, and highway taxes as are or may be required by law and for the payment of the debts and current expenses of the City. In addition thereto, the City Council shall assess such taxes upon the inhabitants of the City and the ratable estate within the City, whether owned by residents or nonresidents, as the Board of School Commissioners shall notify the City Council are required for the support of the School District.
(b) The legal voters at a meeting duly warned and held for that purpose may vote taxes for any lawful purpose that the City Council shall assess; such vote to be by Australian ballot and checklist. All of the taxes may be included in one rate bill, and whenever any such tax shall be assessed by the City Council, it shall make out a rate bill accordingly and deliver the same to the City Treasurer, to whom the taxes so assessed shall be paid.
(c) Should a budget for City operations not be approved by the voters by July 1 of any year, the City Council shall amend its budget and may permit spending for that fiscal year in an amount that does not exceed the spending last approved by the legal voters.
(d) The City Council shall be authorized to levy a one percent tax on sales, meals and alcoholic beverages, and rooms. Any tax imposed under the authority of this subsection shall be collected and administered pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. May 20, 2010; 2019 (Adj. Sess.), No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 24. School District; transfer of fund to

§ 24. School District; transfer of fund to
The City Council shall annually transfer to the School District a sum from the General Fund as may be realized from the tax required by the Board of School Commissioners, all such monies as shall arise from the State school tax, from City tuitions, and from the income of any property or money donated by any person to the City for the use of schools. Such funds shall be disbursed by the City Treasurer only upon warrants duly authorized by the Board of School Commissioners of the City. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 25, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 25. Sale of property

§ 25. Sale of property
The City Council may authorize the sale or lease of any personal or real estate belonging to the City, and all conveyance, grants, or leases of any such real estate shall be signed by the Mayor and be sealed with the City Seal. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 26. Warrants

§ 26. Warrants
(a) No money, other than money belonging to the “School Fund,” shall be paid out of the City Treasury except upon warrant approved by the City Council. All purchase approvals and warrants shall be signed by two members of the City Council. The approval of the warrant by the City Council shall be by vote and recorded in the minutes.
(b) A full record of expenditures shall be kept, and a clear statement of all receipts and disbursements of City monies and of the affairs of the City generally shall be annually published under the direction of the Mayor together with the reports of the Board of School Commissioners, auditors, and other City officials at least 15 days prior to the annual City meeting, and the report shall include estimates for the expenses of the City for the year next ensuing; and the disbursements mentioned in the report shall be properly subdivided under the various departments of the City government, showing where and for what purpose such money was expended. (Added 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 27, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 27. Taxes; sidewalk, water, and wastewater assessment arrearages

§ 27. Taxes; sidewalk, water, and wastewater assessment arrearages
The inhabitants, estates, and the owners of those estates within the City of St. Albans shall be held to pay the arrears of taxes, sidewalk, water, and wastewater assessments, and the inhabitants, estates, and the owners of those estates without the City of St. Albans shall be held to pay the arrears of sewer assessments that have been heretofore legally levied or assessed upon them or that may be hereafter so legally levied or assessed upon them by the City of St. Albans. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 28, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 29. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes

§ 29. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes
The City Council may borrow money at the most favorable rate of interest it can obtain in anticipation of City revenues to be collected within the fiscal year. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 30, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 30. Bonding; School District; City

§ 30. Bonding; School District; City
(a) The City of St. Albans or the St. Albans City School District at any annual or special meeting when an article for that purpose shall have been inserted in the warning therefor may authorize the issue of notes or bonds for the purpose of paying or refunding any fixed or floating outstanding liabilities of the City or City School District and may stipulate in such vote the amount of such bonds; the maximum rate of interest such notes and bonds shall bear; the term in which they shall be payable, which shall in no case exceed 25 years; the kind and denomination; and the place where the bonds shall be payable.
(b) Such notes and bonds shall be signed by the Mayor for the City and the school commissioners for the City School District and countersigned by the Treasurer of the City, and if interest coupons are attached, they shall be signed by the Treasurer or bear his or her facsimile signature; and the bonds or notes shall contain a statement that they were issued for the purposes mentioned in conformity with this section, and such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the same and of the liability of the City or City School District to pay any such note or bond to any person who is a bona fide holder thereof.
(c) The City Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this section, therein stating the number and denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom issued, and the rate of interest thereon and also shall keep a record of payments, interest, and principal.
(d) When old notes or bonds are taken up by exchange or by sale of the new notes or bonds, the Treasurer shall keep a record of the same and such old notes or bonds shall be canceled. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 31, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 32. Library

§ 32. Library
(a) The City Council of the City of St. Albans shall annually assess upon the ratable estate within the City, whether owned by residents or nonresidents, such tax as the trustees of the St. Albans Free Library shall recommend to the Council for the support of the library and furnishing books and periodicals for the same, but not to exceed five cents on a dollar of the grand list of the City. The tax shall be in addition to all taxes now levied and assessed and shall be included in the rate-bill and collected in the same manner as all other taxes.
(b) The City Council shall annually appropriate for the support of the St. Albans Free Library such sum from the General Funds as may be realized from the tax recommended by the trustees of the St. Albans Free Library and from the income of any property or money donated by any person to the City for the use of the St. Albans Free Library and shall be paid over to the Treasurer of the St. Albans Free Library. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 33, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 11 - City of St. Albans › App § 33. General provisions

§ 33. General provisions
(a) This charter shall be a public act and may be altered, amended, or repealed by the General Assembly whenever the public good may require.
(b) All bylaws and ordinances, rules, and regulations of the City of St. Albans in force on the date when this charter takes effect shall continue in full force and effect unless and until repealed, except such as are inconsistent with the provisions of this charter. (Amended 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 34, eff. May 20, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington › App § 102. General law application

§ 102. General law application
Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the City of South Burlington, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply provisions to the City of South Burlington. Prior acts or enactments of the Town of South Burlington shall not be affected by this charter, except as otherwise provided herein. Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to schools or school districts shall apply to the South Burlington School District. (Amended 1997, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington › App § 103. Powers of the City

§ 103. Powers of the City
(a) The City shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted, and it may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter.
(b) The City may acquire real and personal property within or without its corporate limits for any City purpose, including storm water collection and disposal; waste water collection and disposal; solid waste collection and disposal; provision of public water supply; provision of public parks and recreation facilities; provision of municipal facilities for office, fire protection, and police protection; provision of public libraries; provision of public parking areas; provision of sidewalks, bicycle paths, and green strips; provision of public roadways; provision of public view zones and open spaces; and such other purposes as are addressed under the general laws of the State of Vermont. The City may acquire such property in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require.
(c) In this charter, mention of a particular power shall not be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the City would have if the particular power were not mentioned.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington › App § 104. Ordinances; subjects

§ 104. Ordinances; subjects
The general grant of ordinance-promulgating authority in section 103 of this charter shall include the authority:
(1) to adopt and enforce ordinances relating to making and installation of local improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, and storm drains; requiring the installation of curbs, sidewalks, and storm drains in a manner specified by the City as a condition precedent to the issuance of a building permit; apportioning part or all of the expenses of such improvements against property owners benefited thereby; providing for the collection of such assessments and penalties for nonpayment;
(2) to adopt and enforce ordinances establishing systems or regulations for signs and billboards, including provisions for the termination of nonconforming signs and billboards through a schedule for removal that takes into consideration the interests of nonconforming sign and billboard owners in amortizing their investments, but such ordinances shall not permit the violation of the laws of this State or any City zoning ordinance or regulation;
(3) to adopt and enforce police ordinances regulating and prohibiting the use of firearms, air rifles, and devices having a capacity to inflict personal injury and the parking, operation, and speed of motor vehicles upon town and State aid streets and highways;
(4) to adopt and enforce ordinances relating to regulation, licensing, or prohibition of the storage and accumulation of garbage, ashes, rubbish, refuse, and waste materials; regulation of the removal and disposal of such materials; licensing for revenue and regulation or prohibition of the collection, removal, and disposal of such materials by persons; collection, removal of such materials by the City either by contract or by a City officer or department now existing or created for that purpose; establishment of service rates to be paid the City for such services;
(5) to adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the operation, parking, soliciting, delivery, or fares in the taxi business within the City;
(6) the specification of powers herein shall not be deemed to limit the general grant of ordinance-promulgating authority conferred by section 103 of this charter;
(7) to adopt and enforce ordinances for the purpose of regulating and licensing the following activities, or other activities that the City has the power to regulate or license by virtue of the law of this State or this charter, and to fix reasonable and necessary license fees therefore; places or public resort or public amusement whether indoor or outdoor; places dispensing food and drink to the public, such as restaurants, bars, or inns; theaters; public dances; itinerant vendors; the exclusive occupancy of any specified portion of a public street or right-of-way; and the keeping of dogs or other pets.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington › App § 105. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption

§ 105. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption
(a) The Council may provide penalties for the breach of any ordinance authorized by general law or this charter, may prosecute any person violating the same through the City Grand Juror or police officers who for such purposes shall be informing officers, and may maintain actions to restrain actual or threatened violations of the same. The establishment of any fine or penalty shall be by ordinance.
(b) Ordinance-making authority granted to the City by this charter and general law shall be exercised pursuant to the provisions of sections 106 through 109 of this subchapter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington › App § 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing

§ 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing
(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Council of the City of South Burlington hereby ordains . . .”. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading, it shall cause a short and concise one-paragraph description of the effects of the proposed ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the City, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place where and when there shall be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. Such publication shall include reference to a place within the City where copies of the entire text of the proposed ordinance may be examined. The first such publication shall be at least one week prior to the date of said public hearing.
(b) At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which such hearing may from time to time be adjourned, such ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Council the ordinance may be read by title, and after such reading, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington › App § 107. Further consideration; final passage

§ 107. Further consideration; final passage
After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Council makes an amendment it shall cause a short, concise one-paragraph description of the effects of the amended ordinance, including a concise description of the proposed amendments, to be published at least once together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing at which the amended ordinance will be further considered, which publication shall be at least one week prior to the public hearing. The publication shall include a reference to a place within the City where copies of the entire text of the amended ordinance may be examined. At the time so advertised or at any time and place to which the meeting may be adjourned, the amended ordinance shall be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Council, the ordinance may be read in full, except that by vote of a majority of the Council, the ordinance may be read by title. After the hearing, the Council may finally pass the amended ordinance or again amend it subject to the same procedures as outlined herein.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington › App § 110. Annual City report

§ 110. Annual City report
The annual City report shall be made available to the legal voters of the City and School District not later than 20 days prior to the annual City and School District meeting. (Amended 2009, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 5, 2010.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 13 - City of South Burlington › App § 111. Reservation of powers to the City

§ 111. Reservation of powers to the City
Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the City of South Burlington and the Council of said City by general or special enactments in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of such general or special enactments.