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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 151. Powers; duties; liabilities; etc

§ 151. Powers; duties; liabilities; etc
The City Grand Juror shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and incur the same liabilities as grand jurors in towns, and shall be entitled to such salary as the City Council may vote, and as the City Attorney may request, a City Grand Juror may prosecute before the applicable Vermont courts violations of the ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of said City. The Second City Grand Juror in case the City Grand Juror is absent from the City or is disqualified or unable to serve shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and incur the same liabilities as the City Grand Juror, and shall receive for his or her services such compensation as the City Council may provide.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 152. Powers and duties

§ 152. Powers and duties
The City Constable shall have the same powers, perform the same duties, and be under the same liabilities as are prescribed by the laws of this State for constables of towns, and the said Constable shall have the same powers as sheriffs in suppressing riots and all unlawful assemblages and of arresting without warrant all persons disturbing the peace and may forthwith bring them before the Chittenden Municipal Court, or a justice of the peace, or detain them in custody until such court can be held. The Second, Third, and Fourth Constables, in case such are appointed, shall have the same powers and perform the same duties and be under the same liabilities as the City Constable except that neither the Second, Third, nor Fourth Constable shall have the power or perform the duties of collector of taxes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 154. Composition

§ 154. Composition
The Board of Finance shall be constituted as follows: The Mayor shall, ex officio, be Chair of said Board and together with the President of the City Council, and three additional members of the City Council who shall be elected at the first meeting of the City Council in April of each year and who shall serve a term of one year from the date of their election shall constitute said Board of Finance. In addition, the Chief Administrative Officer shall serve as a nonvoting member of said Board. All of the additional three members elected from the City Council may not be members of the same political party. The members of said Board shall be trustees of public monies for the City and shall have the powers and perform all the duties of similar officers in towns of this State; provided, however, that they shall make no investment or reinvestment of any of the cemetery endowment funds of the City without first obtaining the written approval thereof by a majority of the Board of Cemetery Commissioners. The Clerk/Treasurer’s Office shall provide staff assistance for said Board. In the absence or disability of the Mayor, the Chief Administrative Officer shall sit as a voting member. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2011, No. M-4, § 2, eff. April 4, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 155. Board to act as board of audit; uniform system to be adopted

§ 155. Board to act as board of audit; uniform system to be adopted
The Board of Finance shall act as a board of audit. They shall establish, and each department shall adopt, such systems of accounting and auditing for each department of the City government, as will give uniform and reliable methods for transacting the business of the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 156. Monthly reports; annual audit

§ 156. Monthly reports; annual audit
The Board of Finance shall provide for regular monthly reports to be made by each department to the City Council; they shall also provide for the annual auditing of the books of each department, by a competent professional auditor, and may also provide for such further auditing as shall to said Board seem advisable.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 157. Preparation and submission of budget

§ 157. Preparation and submission of budget
The Mayor shall, with the assistance of the other members of the Board of Finance, annually prepare an estimate of the necessary appropriations to cover the expenses of each department and branch of the City government for the next fiscal year, to be known as the “budget,” and shall submit said “budget” to the City Council for its guidance and action in making the annual appropriations and the tax levy for such next fiscal year. The Mayor shall submit the “budget” to the City Council on or before June 15 of each year and the City Council shall make the annual appropriations and the tax levy no later than June 30 of each year. The City Council may reduce the items of such budget, but shall not increase them except by two-thirds vote of said City Council. Wherever any appropriation, annual or otherwise, shall be made to any department or branch of the City government, for any specified purpose, no part of such appropriation shall be expended for any purpose other than the one specified, unless authorized by resolution of the City Council or by written permission of the Board of Finance. Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Board of Finance to transfer any appropriation, or any part of any appropriation, from one department or branch of the City government to another.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 158. Sinking Fund abolished

§ 158. Sinking Fund abolished
The General Sinking Fund of the City, so-called, is hereby abolished and all monies or funds currently deposited in such Sinking Fund shall be appropriated in accordance with the requirements of sections 65 and 157 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 159. Selection of official depositary

§ 159. Selection of official depositary
The Board of Finance shall, in the month of June 1994, and not less frequently than once every three years thereafter, procure from chartered banks of known reliability and sufficient capital their offers to act as depositary for the City monies, or for specified portions thereof, and the terms upon which they will receive such monies, and also the terms upon which they will furnish money upon such temporary and emergency loans to the City, or specified portions thereof, as the City Council from time to time may authorize. They shall by vote determine which of said offers, if any, they accept, and appoint such bank or banks whose offer or offers are accepted, as depositary or depositaries of such monies, or any portion thereof, to which any offer relates, as to them shall appear to be for the best interests of the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 160. Care and control of public buildings

§ 160. Care and control of public buildings
The Board of Finance shall also have the care and control of all public buildings not specifically in charge of any other department of the City under this chapter or ordinance or resolution of the City Council. They shall appoint or employ such persons as may be required for the proper care of the buildings, and may prescribe their salaries and fix their duties.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 161. Repairs to public buildings

§ 161. Repairs to public buildings
The Board of Finance may cause such repairs or enlargements to be made to said buildings from time to time as the interests of the City may require; provided, however, that when the estimated cost of any such repairs or enlargements exceeds the amount of money appropriated by the City Council to the public buildings account in any fiscal year, they shall make report thereon to the City Council for their approval before any expenditure shall be made for such purpose, and shall in April and October of each year report the condition of said buildings to the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 162. Board authorized to rent portions of public buildings

§ 162. Board authorized to rent portions of public buildings
The Board of Finance may rent such portion of the public buildings to such public officers or private persons as to them shall seem for the best interests of the City; provided, however, that rentals for a period of more than one week shall require the approval of the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 163. Composition

§ 163. Composition
(a) The Board of School Commissioners of said City shall be composed of 12 school commissioners. One commissioner from Ward One through Eight inclusive and one commissioner from each of the four districts shall be elected as hereinbefore and hereinafter provided.
(b) Anything contained herein or in the general statutes to the contrary notwithstanding, all candidates for the Board of School Commissioners shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis. No reference shall be made on an election ballot to a candidate’s political affiliation or to the endorsement of any such candidate by political party or parties. (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 164. Terms; elections

§ 164. Terms; elections
(a) On the first Tuesday in March 2015 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each of the South, Central, East, and North City districts shall, from among the legal voters of their respective districts, elect a school commissioner for a two-year term.
(b)(1) On the first Tuesday in March 2015, the legal voters from each of Wards One, Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Eight shall, from among the legal voters of their respective ward, elect a school commissioner for a three-year term.
(2) On the first Tuesday in March 2018 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each ward shall elect a school commissioner for a two-year term.
(c) The term of each school commissioner shall begin on the first Monday in April following his or her election. (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 165. Manner of filling vacancies

§ 165. Manner of filling vacancies
In case of a vacancy in the office of school commissioner, occasioned by death, resignation, removal from the ward, or as a result of such school commissioner no longer residing in such ward as a result of reapportionment or other causes, the same shall be filled by a new election in the proper ward; and in case there shall arise an occasion for any such new election, for any of the above mentioned causes, the same shall be held within 90 days of the date of such vacancy, provided such vacancy shall occur before the first day in October in any year; otherwise it shall be filled at the next annual City election. In the case of reapportionment, such election shall be held at the next ensuing annual City meeting and the term of the school commissioner who no longer resides in the ward as a result of reapportionment shall continue until the newly elected school commissioner assumes office on the first Monday in April.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 166. Meetings

§ 166. Meetings
Said Board shall, by general regulations, provide for the holding of regular meetings. The Clerk shall call special meetings whenever a majority of the commissioners concur in requesting him or her so to do. All meetings of the Board of School Commissioners shall be open to the public except when an executive session is deemed advisable by a majority of the Board for discussion of appointments, disciplinary action, or termination of contracts of school personnel, and except when an executive session is deemed advisable by a majority of the Board for consultation with the Board’s attorney on legal matters or for communication of collective bargaining instructions to the duly appointed negotiator for the Board.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 167. Duties

§ 167. Duties
Said Board shall have the care and custody of all property belonging to or used for the several public schools of said City and such care shall include authority to make ordinary repairs on school property and finish any unfinished apartments and make such alterations in any school building, as said Board shall deem best; shall employ teachers and fix their compensation; have the management and control of all the public schools of said City; establish and maintain an adequate system of financial disbursement, accounting, control, and reporting procedures that ensures that all payments are lawful and in accordance with a budget adopted or amended by the Board.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 168. Adoption of budget

§ 168. Adoption of budget
(a)(1) Said Board shall annually be responsible for the preparation and adoption of a budget, which shall include a detailed estimate of revenues and expenditures for the ensuing July 1 to June 30 fiscal year. The budget shall be formally adopted no later than January 20 of the fiscal year prior to its applicability, but it may be amended by the Board from time to time thereafter.
(2) The Board shall, not earlier than 21 days prior to its formal action to adopt a budget, make a formal presentation to the City Council, at a City Council meeting to be called for this purpose, concerning its proposed budget. At such meeting, the City Council will also allocate time to receive public commentary on the proposed budget. The Board shall also present information concerning its purposed budget, the status of the current fiscal year to date, its educational goals and outcomes, its strategies for improvement, and other pertinent information.
(b)(1) Annually, immediately following the formal adoption of its budget, the Board shall pass a resolution placing before the voters at the annual City meeting the question of whether the education spending portion of the Board-adopted budget will be approved. The City’s Chief Administrative Officer shall place such budget approval question upon the ballot of the annual City meeting.
(2) Should a majority of the voters present and voting approve the presented education spending portion of the budget, it shall be considered approved. If such portion of the Board-adopted budget is not approved at the annual City meeting, the Board may make alterations thereto which it deems appropriate, if any, and thereafter resubmit such portion of the budget to the voters at a special City meeting to be arranged for such purpose by the Chief Administrative Officer. This sequence may be repeated until the voters approve the education spending portion of the budget presented to them or until July 1 of any year, whichever sooner occurs. Should such portion of the budget not be approved by the voters by July 1 of any year, the Board shall amend its budget and may permit education spending for that fiscal year in an amount that does not exceed the education spending last duly approved by the legal voters adjusted by the total dollar amount change in the base education payment for the budget year multiplied by the equalized pupil count for the budget year. No question that is submitted to the voters on or after May 20 of any year shall be subject to a petition for reconsideration or rescission under any provision of this charter or under 17 V.S.A. chapter 55.
(c) [Repealed.] (Amended 1999, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2003, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 169. Powers generally; authority to establish graded schools

§ 169. Powers generally; authority to establish graded schools
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. It may establish graded schools and provide for instruction in the sciences and in the higher branches of a thorough education.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 171. Appointment; compensation; removal; term

§ 171. Appointment; compensation; removal; term
Said commissioners shall, if applicable under the circumstances, during the second week in April, appoint the Superintendent of Schools and/or fix his or her compensation, which shall be paid by the school commissioners in the same manner as other expenses for the support of schools; and for causes of incapacity, negligence, or misconduct they may remove such Superintendent of Schools from office and they shall by appointment fill all vacancies in such office arising from any cause. Such Superintendent shall be appointed to serve a term, the length of which shall not be for less than one year nor more than three years which term shall commence on the first day of July following such appointment. The Superintendent shall hold his or her office for his or her full appointed term unless excused therefrom by the school commissioners or unless sooner removed as hereinbefore provided.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 172. Duties of Superintendent; commissioners to file monthly report

§ 172. Duties of Superintendent; commissioners to file monthly report
The Superintendent of Schools shall perform such duties in connection with the public schools of said City as shall be assigned him or her by the Board of School Commissioners. The Superintendent shall annually report to the City Council such statistics as are required by the law of this State, and such other information as the Superintendent shall deem proper or the school commissioners shall direct, or the City Council shall request. The Board of School Commissioners shall make a monthly report in writing and file the same with the Chief Administrative Officer on the first day of each calendar month, showing the repairs on public school buildings and grounds in connection therewith for the month previous and shall give such other information as the City Council shall request with reference to the administration of the School Department.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 173. Appointment; duties

§ 173. Appointment; duties
Said Board shall appoint truant officers for said City, as provided by general law. Said truant officers 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 said board or by any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of said City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 175. Commissioners to control location, construction, sale, and purchase

§ 175. Commissioners to control location, construction, sale, and purchase
The location and construction of the schoolhouses and the management, sale, and purchase of school property shall be under the control of the school commissioners, subject to the limitations herein provided, and the limitation upon their power of incurring liabilities in behalf of said City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 176. Statement showing necessity for construction or purchase required

§ 176. Statement showing necessity for construction or purchase required
Before the school commissioners shall purchase any real estate for school purposes, or enter into any contract for the construction of any school building, other than repairs of and additions to existing school buildings deemed necessary by said school commissioners, they shall file with the Chief Administrative Officer of the City Council a statement showing the necessity of such purchase of real estate, or of the construction of such building, together with an estimate of the cost of such real estate, or of the construction of such building, and the amount of money necessary for such repairs.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 178. Funds for construction or purchase to be provided by tax levy

§ 178. Funds for construction or purchase to be provided by tax levy
Upon the approval by the City Council of such proposed purchase of real estate for school purposes, or such proposed construction of a school building, said City Council shall provide the necessary money for such purpose by levying a tax sufficient to meet the whole or any part of the expense of such purchase or construction, or by the issuance of bonds authorized by the legal voters of the City pursuant to the provisions of section 63 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 179. Composition

§ 179. Composition
The Board of Library Commissioners shall consist of ten members. Six of such members shall be designated the public commissioners and four of such members shall be designated the trustee commissioners.
(1) Four of such public commissioners shall be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding. One public commissioner shall be the Mayor or his or her designee and one public commissioner shall be an employee of the Library elected by the employees thereof.
(2) The four trustee commissioners will be appointed on a self-perpetuating basis by the trustee commissioners.
(3) The term of all voting commissioners other than the Mayor and library staff shall be three years. The Mayor’s or his or her designee’s term shall coincide with the Mayor’s term of office. The public commissioner elected from the Library staff shall be elected for a one-year term.
(4) The initial terms of the commissioners shall be staggered. During the first week in June 1991, two trustee commissioners shall be appointed by the present Trustees of the Fletcher Free Library for a term of three years, one for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year. Thereafter, all such appointments shall be for a term of three years commencing the first day of July following their appointment and continuing until their successors have been appointed and qualified.
(5) The four public commissioners appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding must at all times be residents of the City. Neither the public commissioner elected by the Library staff nor the trustee commissioners must reside in the City, but all trustee commissioners must reside within Chittenden County.
(6) In addition, the Board of Library Commissioners may appoint not more than two additional nonvoting advisory members of the Board to serve for terms that the Board shall deem appropriate.
(7) A Chair of the Board of Library Commissioners and a Clerk of the Board shall be appointed at the first meeting in July. The Clerk need not be a member of the Board. (Amended 2015, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 18, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 180. Duties

§ 180. Duties
The City Council may make and establish all proper and necessary rules and regulations for the management and guidance of the Library Department. The librarians shall have charge of the Library building and the grounds and shall appoint such employees as may be authorized by the City Council. The City Council shall have responsibility for the entirety of the collection of books, pictures, materials, and articles of historic, educational, or artistic interest except for those articles that have been acquired with the funds available under the deed of gift from Mrs. and Miss Fletcher, which property shall be under the control of the trust. The City Council shall see to it that all lands and buildings used for Library purposes by the City are kept in good condition and repair. Except for the revenues produced by the deed of gift from Mrs. and Miss Fletcher, the Library Department shall have no power to expend any money or incur any debt beyond the amount of the appropriations made by the City Council. Section 133 of this charter relating to conflicts of interest shall not apply to the Library staff member who is elected a public commissioner, but such commissioner shall not participate in any fashion at any Board of Commissioners’ level, formally or informally, in the discussion of the matter, nor cast a vote of any kind at any Commission level with respect to a matter involving grievances, arbitrations, or other personnel matters that may properly be discussed in executive session. The Board of Library Commissioners shall have such authority and responsibility relating to the management of Library facilities and services referenced herein as may be delegated from time to time by resolution of the City Council. The appointed librarian(s) shall be subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 181. Liabilities to be approved and budget preparation

§ 181. Liabilities to be approved and budget preparation
All bills, accounts, and claims on account of the Library and its maintenance, except such as are incurred by the trustee commissioners on account of funds under their control, shall be approved by the City Council or, if such authority has been delegated to it, by six or more members of the Board of Library Commissioners and the Mayor’s warrant shall be drawn upon the Chief Administrative Officer for the payment of such bills, accounts, and claims. By such date requested annually by the Mayor, the Library staff shall prepare and the Board of Library Commissioners shall approve a recommended Library budget for the ensuing fiscal year. Such proposed budget after being presented to the Mayor may be revised as he or she believes appropriate and ultimately submitted to the City Council for its approval in accordance with the procedures set forth in section 157 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 183. Board of Police Commissioners; composition; terms

§ 183. Board of Police Commissioners; composition; terms
The Board of Police Commissioners shall consist of seven legal voters of said City, to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. (Amended 2015, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 184. Same—Powers and duties

§ 184. Same—Powers and duties
The City Council shall make rules and regulations for the government of the entire police force and shall fix the qualifications of applicants for positions and service on said force and the Chief of Police shall furnish the City Council with any information they may require concerning the finances of the Police Department. The Chief of Police shall be responsible for all expenditures made by the Police Department and no expenditures shall be made by the Department except in conformity with the standards promulgated by the City Council. The Board of Police Commissioners shall have such authority and responsibility relating to the management of the Police Department, its services, and facilities as may be delegated from time to time by resolution of the City Council. Said Board shall notify the Mayor and the Chief Administrative Officer, in writing, of any and all changes, modifications, or additions to the rules and regulations of the Department.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 185. Officers of police force designated

§ 185. Officers of police force designated
(a) The direction and control of the entire police force, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be vested in a police officer who shall be called the Chief of Police, and such other ranking police officers as the City Council shall authorize. The order of rank and succession within the Police Department shall be as designated by the City Council by regulation.
(b) Except as herein otherwise provided, such officers shall have the powers and duties granted to police officers by Vermont law and assigned to them by regulations adopted under section 184 of this charter. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 186. Manner of filling vacancies

§ 186. Manner of filling vacancies
Whenever a vacancy occurs in any other position, the Chief may appoint a successor. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 8, eff. May 19, 1999; 2003, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 187. Force to be maintained; selection of members

§ 187. Force to be maintained; selection of members
A regular police force for said City shall be maintained in the City. No applicant shall be deemed qualified for employment on said force until he or she has been approved by the Chief of Police. The process for determining the qualifications of and employing police officers shall fully comply with the City’s comprehensive personnel policy manual as the same may be amended from time to time. (Amended 2003, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 188. Manner of appointment

§ 188. Manner of appointment
The Chief shall, from time to time, as the needs of the City may require, appoint from the approved applicants a sufficient number of regular police officers. If the name of the applicant has been on the approved list for more than six months, the applicant shall take and pass a new examination by the Board of Medical Examiners before being appointed. (Amended 2003, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 189. Members of force to be retained as long as they remain competent

§ 189. Members of force to be retained as long as they remain competent
The members of said regular police force now serving, or who shall hereafter be appointed thereto, shall, after the expiration of the one-year probationary period above provided, and so long as they shall remain competent, efficient, and capable in the performance of their respective duties be retained as such, subject to the rules and regulations adopted under section 184 of this charter and provided that any member may be removed for cause as hereinafter provided.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 191. Political activity restricted

§ 191. Political activity restricted
No person while an officer or other member of the regular police force of the City shall publicly endorse any candidate for political office, serve as a campaign assistant on behalf of any candidate for political office, or perform any public campaign activity on behalf of any candidate for public office for which Burlington voters are casting ballots. The foregoing shall not prohibit a police officer from voting in any election; or from expressing his or her views concerning any referendum question being considered; and shall not prevent a collective bargaining unit that represents police officers from endorsing candidates in elections, provided that no bargaining unit representative announcing such endorsement may do so while wearing a police uniform. No person shall be appointed to or retained in the Department as a reward for political service rendered, nor in any manner be discriminated against because of his or her failure to render such service.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 192. Authority to appoint; defined; powers

§ 192. Authority to appoint; defined; powers
(a) In addition to the regular police force hereinbefore provided for, the Chief, with the approval of the Board of Police Commissioners, may appoint for a term not to exceed one year such limited and special police officers as he or she may consider desirable. Such appointments shall be revocable by the Chief, without cause, with the approval of said Board.
(b) The term “limited police officer” shall be construed to mean police officers appointed upon request for the protection of private property, and their appointment shall restrict their powers to a jurisdiction described as on or about designated premises. Limited police officers shall receive no pay from the City. The term “special police officer” shall be construed to mean police officers appointed for special public service. A special police officer shall have the same general powers and authority as a regular police officer, and may receive pay from the City according to the service performed by him or her, except that he or she shall not receive pay for more than 90 days’ service during any one fiscal year of the City unless he or she shall have been subject to the same conditions of appointment as are herein provided for regular police officers, or unless there shall exist a shortage of regular members of the police force and a lack of qualified applicants for appointment thereto.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 193. Service and process; fees allowed

§ 193. Service and process; fees allowed
All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State and return process in criminal causes returnable within the City; and for such duties there shall be taxed and allowed the fees provided by law for a sheriff, for similar services, which fees shall belong to the City, to be paid into the City Treasury whenever such police officer shall be under pay from the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 194. Police to have same powers as constables; jurisdiction limited

§ 194. Police to have same powers as constables; jurisdiction limited
The said police officers shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and the ordinances and police regulations of the City, except that the jurisdiction of the limited police officer shall be restricted as set forth in section 192 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 195. Compensation to be set by Council

§ 195. Compensation to be set by Council
The compensation of all police officers, including that of the Chief of Police, shall be fixed by the City Council, and all fees accruing to them under the laws of the State or the provisions of this charter shall belong to said City and shall be paid into the City Treasury.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 195a. Authority of University of Vermont police officers

§ 195a. Authority of University of Vermont police officers
University of Vermont police officers are hereby empowered to enforce City of Burlington municipal ordinances and to issue citations for the violation thereof. (Amended 2003, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 196. Composition

§ 196. Composition
(a) The Board of Fire Commissioners shall consist of five legal voters of the City, to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding, to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except as herein otherwise provided.
(b) The City Council with Mayor presiding shall also at the time of the commission appointments appoint up to five fire wardens. (Amended 2015, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 18, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 198. Fire Department; created; members; appointment

§ 198. Fire Department; created; members; appointment
There shall be a paid Fire Department for said City, which shall consist of the following members, to wit: One Chief Engineer, and such subordinate positions as the City Council may authorize from time to time. The members of said Fire Department shall be employed by the Chief Engineer. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 9, eff. May 19, 1999; 2001, No. M-6 , § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 199. Department to be under supervision of Chief Engineer

§ 199. Department to be under supervision of Chief Engineer
Said Department shall be at all times under special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Chief Engineer, subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and the ordinances and orders of the City Council. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 201. Powers relating to Fire Department

§ 201. Powers relating to Fire Department
The City Council shall have full power to try and determine all complaints against any member of said Department, and to remove them, or any of them summarily, or on conviction of insubordination, neglect of duty, incompetency, or violation of the rules, regulations, or ordinances governing said Department. The City Council shall also have the power, upon the recommendation of the Chief Engineer, to make such changes in the positions held by any member of the Department, either to remove him or her or place him or her in a subordinate position, as they may deem for the best interests of the Department.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 202. Political activity restricted

§ 202. Political activity restricted
No person while an officer or other member of the Fire Department of the City shall publicly endorse any candidate for political office, serve as a campaign assistant on behalf of any candidate for political office, or perform any public campaign activity on behalf of any candidate for public office for which Burlington voters are casting ballots. The foregoing shall not prohibit a fire officer from voting in any election; or from expressing his or her views concerning any referendum question being considered; and shall not prevent a collective bargaining unit that represents fire officers from endorsing candidates in elections, provided that no bargaining unit representative announcing such endorsement may do so while wearing a fire uniform. No person shall be appointed to or retained in the Department as a reward for political service rendered, nor in any manner be discriminated against because of his or her failure to render such service.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 203. Commissioners to manage parks; composition of Board

§ 203. Commissioners to manage parks; composition of Board
The public parks of the City of Burlington now in existence, and those that may hereafter be established, together with all park property that may be acquired and all public recreational activities hereafter sponsored by the City, shall be under the management, care, and control of the City Council. The Parks and Recreation Department may likewise cosponsor recreational activities with other public and/or private agencies. The City Council may by resolution delegate any of the powers relating to parks and recreation to the Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners. The Board of Parks and Recreation Commissioners shall consist of seven legal voters of said City, to be appointed as hereinbefore provided. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 18, eff. April 23,. 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2015, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 204. Records to be kept; annual reports to City Council required

§ 204. Records to be kept; annual reports to City Council required
The Parks and Recreation Department shall keep an accurate record and books of account, and shall annually transmit to the City Council a full and detailed report and statement of all its acts and doings, together with a complete and itemized account of all receipts and disbursements. The books of account and records of the Department shall, at all times, be open to inspection and subject to an annual audit by the proper municipal officer.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 205. Parks and Recreation Department; appointment of Superintendent, and engineer

§ 205. Parks and Recreation Department; appointment of Superintendent, and engineer
The Superintendent shall prescribe and assign the respective duties, powers, and authority, and shall, subject to the approval of the City Council, fix and regulate the compensation to be paid to the several persons so employed. The Superintendent shall have the special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Parks and Recreation Department, subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and the orders and ordinances of the City Council. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 10, eff. May 19, 1999.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 206. Establishment and maintenance of athletic activities authorized; charging admission fees permitted

§ 206. Establishment and maintenance of athletic activities authorized; charging admission fees permitted
Said Department may establish, manage, and promote athletic and recreational activities in the parks and other appropriate buildings and places; and in the management and promotion thereof, said Department may, subject to the approval of the City Council, charge admission and/or user fees, which fees shall be used by the Department first, in defraying the expenses of such activities, and any excess in the amount of such fee after such expenses are paid shall be used by the Department in the maintenance and improvements of the City Parks and Recreational Program. (Amended 2001, No. M-6, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 207. Authorization to establish and alter rules for park operation

§ 207. Authorization to establish and alter rules for park operation
The City Council shall have power to make and alter from time to time, all needful rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, safety, and decency in said parks and for said Recreational Program and to fix penalties for disobedience thereof; which rules and regulations shall have the force of ordinances of the City of Burlington; provided, that no such rule or regulation shall be of any effect unless it shall have been first published in full in one or more of the daily newspapers published in Burlington, and also printed and made available for inspection at the office of the Superintendent. Any member of the Police Department may arrest, without warrant, in any such park or places, any person who has broken any park or recreational rule or committed any other offense in a park or place of public recreational activity.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 208. Determination of location of sewers, water pipes, wires, etc

§ 208. Determination of location of sewers, water pipes, wires, etc
The City Council shall have sole power to determine the places in said parks where sewers, gas, and water pipes shall be laid; and no trench, for these purposes, shall be opened until the City Council has designated the location of the same and given permission in writing. No telegraph, telephone, or electric light wires, or other wires, or posts or supports therefor, shall be erected in, upon, through, or over said parks without the consent in writing of the City Council, who shall designate the place and manner of maintaining the same, to be altered at such time and in such manner and under such conditions as the City Council shall deem best.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 209. Regulation of planting and care of trees in parks

§ 209. Regulation of planting and care of trees in parks
The City Council shall have authority to direct and regulate the planting and preservation of shade and ornamental trees and shrubbery in the streets and in the public grounds of said City; and to appoint a City Forester to superintend and regulate the planting and culture of such trees and shrubbery in said streets and public grounds, and to perform such other similar duties as may be prescribed. The City Council is also authorized to enact such rules and regulations as it may deem proper to carry out the purposes of this article. It shall have general care of all shade and ornamental trees and the shrubbery growing in the streets and public grounds of said City, and may direct the removal of any that it may deem detrimental or undesirable. No shade or ornamental trees growing in the streets and public grounds of said City shall be destroyed or removed except by leave in writing, first obtained from the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 210. Direction that trees be planted along public grounds and assess abutting land

§ 210. Direction that trees be planted along public grounds and assess abutting land
The City Council may in its discretion, cause suitable shade trees to be planted along and upon any street or any portion thereof, and upon any public grounds in said City; and may cause to be assessed upon the piece or parcel of land abutting upon such street or public grounds, and benefited by such improvement, the cost of purchasing and planting such trees. The sum so assessed shall not be greater than the amount actually expended for the purchase of such trees and the expense of planting, with an additional sum of 20 percent of that amount; and any trees that may die within three years after having been so planted shall be replaced by the City Council without additional assessment. The City Council shall by resolution direct the amount to be assessed against each piece or parcel of land; and such assessment shall be collected and the payment thereof enforced, with, and in like manner as State, county, and other taxes are collected, and the payment thereof enforced, and such assessments when collected by the Chief Administrative Officer shall be placed in the park fund.