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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 - Municipal and County Government › Chapter 138 - Rural Economic Development Infrastructure Districts › § 5705. Officers

§ 5705. Officers
(a) Generally. The board shall elect at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter a chair, vice chair, clerk, and treasurer, who shall hold office until the next annual meeting and until others are elected. The board may fill a vacancy in any office.
(b) Chair. The chair shall preside at all meetings of the board and make and sign all contracts on behalf of the district upon approval by the board. The chair shall perform all duties incident to the position and office as required by the general laws of the State.
(c) Vice chair. During the absence of or inability of the chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the same shall be performed and exercised by the vice chair, and when so acting, the vice chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given to or imposed upon the chair. During the absence or inability of the vice chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the board shall elect from among its members an acting vice chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given to or imposed upon the vice chair.
(d) Clerk. The clerk shall keep a record of the meetings, votes, and proceedings of the district for the inspection of its inhabitants.
(e) Treasurer. The treasurer of the district shall be elected by the board and shall serve at its pleasure. The treasurer shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the funds of the district and shall be the disbursing officer of the district. When warrants are authorized by the board, the treasurer may sign, make, or endorse in the name of the district all checks and orders for the payment of money and pay out and disburse the same and receipt therefor. The treasurer shall keep a record of every obligation issued and contract entered into by the district and of every payment made. The treasurer shall keep correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the district and such other books and accounts as the board may require. The treasurer shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the district at each regular meeting of the board and at such other times as required of the treasurer. The treasurer shall prepare the annual financial statement and the budget of the district for distribution, upon approval of the board, to the legislative bodies of district members. Upon the treasurer’s termination from office by virtue of removal or resignation, the treasurer shall immediately pay over to his or her successor all of the funds belonging to the district and at the same time deliver to the successor all official books and papers. (Added 2017, No. 69, § B.1, eff. June 28, 2017; amended 2017, No. 197 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 - Municipal and County Government › Chapter 138 - Rural Economic Development Infrastructure Districts › § 5706. Audit

§ 5706. Audit
Once the district becomes operational, the board shall cause an audit of the financial condition of the district to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm. The results of the audit shall be provided to the governing board and to the legislative bodies of the municipalities in which the district is located. (Added 2017, No. 69, § B.1, eff. June 28, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 - Municipal and County Government › Chapter 138 - Rural Economic Development Infrastructure Districts › § 5707. Committees

§ 5707. Committees
The board has authority to establish one or more committees and grant and delegate to them such powers as it deems necessary. Members of an executive committee shall serve staggered terms and shall be board members. Membership on other committees established by the board is not restricted to board members. (Added 2017, No. 69, § B.1, eff. June 28, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 - Municipal and County Government › Chapter 138 - Rural Economic Development Infrastructure Districts › § 5709. Dissolution

§ 5709. Dissolution
(a) If the board by resolution approved by a two-thirds’ vote determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the district members, and the district that such district be dissolved, and if the district then has no outstanding obligations under pledges of district assets or revenue, long-term contracts, or contracts subject to annual appropriation, or will have no such debt or obligation upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and thereafter adopt a resolution directing that the question of such dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the district at a special meeting thereof duly warned for such purpose. If a majority of the voters of the district present and voting at such special meeting shall vote to dissolve the district and approve the plan of dissolution, the district shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up of them. The board shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the district and to the Secretary of State and shall proceed to collect the assets of the district and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution.
(b) The plan of dissolution shall:
(1) identify and value all unencumbered assets;
(2) identify and value all encumbered assets;
(3) identify all creditors and the nature or amount of all liabilities and obligations;
(4) identify all obligations under long-term contracts and contracts subject to annual appropriation;
(5) specify the means by which assets of the district shall be liquidated and all liabilities and obligations paid and discharged, or adequate provision made for the satisfaction of them;
(6) specify the means by which any assets remaining after discharge of all liabilities shall be liquidated if necessary; and
(7) specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the district members according to a formula based upon population.
(c) When the plan of dissolution has been implemented, the board shall adopt a resolution certifying that fact to the district members whereupon the district shall be terminated, and notice thereof shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representatives in anticipation of confirmation of dissolution by the General Assembly. (Added 2017, No. 69, § B.1, eff. June 28, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 101. Corporate existence retained

§ 101. Corporate existence retained
The boundaries of the City of Barre shall be those as set forth and described in 1945 Acts and Resolves No. 221 and any amendments thereafter enacted. The City of Barre shall continue to be a municipal corporation.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › 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 Barre, all provisions of the statutes of this State relating to municipalities shall apply to the City of Barre.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 103. Wards established

§ 103. Wards established
There shall be three wards for the City of Barre and the boundaries of the wards shall be fixed from time to time by the Board of Civil Authority subject to the approval of the City Council. The boundaries shall be fixed so as to provide equal or near equal distribution of population among the three wards in accordance with the most recent federal census. (Amended 2019, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 104. General corporate powers

§ 104. General corporate powers
(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; it may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter and impose penalties for violation of those ordinances as allowed in 24 V.S.A. § 1974a in addition to the costs of prosecution.
(b) The City may purchase real property, or interest in real property, within or without its corporate limits, for the public benefit. The City may acquire real property by gift, devise, lease, easement, or condemnation and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, convey by easement, manage, and control such property as its interest may require. Any acquisition or conveyance of property through the means listed in this section shall require approval of the council and shall also be subject to notice as required by 24 V.S.A. § 1061 or any successor provision.
(c) In this charter, no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the City would have if the particular powers were not mentioned.
(d) The City of Barre shall fly only the City, State, United States, and POW/MIA flags. (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 2; 2019, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019; 2021, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 105. Ordinances—subject matter

§ 105. Ordinances—subject matter
(a) The general grant of ordinance promulgating authority in section 104 shall include the authority:
(1) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to making and installation of local improvements, including curbs, sidewalks, storm drains, sewers, and water lines; requiring the installation of curbs, sidewalks, storm drains, sewer, and water lines, 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, 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 City 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 and 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 service.
(5) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the operation, parking, soliciting, delivery, or fares in the taxi business within the City.
(6) 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 of this charter, and to fix reasonable and necessary fees therefor: places of public resort or public amusement, whether indoor or outdoor; places dispensing food and drink to the public, such as restaurants, bars, or inns; and public dances.
(7) Notwithstanding any contrary provision of general law, to adopt and enforce ordinances establishing a speed limit of less than 25 miles per hour on specified City streets, or sections thereof, within City boundaries as may be required for the safety and general welfare of the City.
(b) The specification of powers herein shall not be deemed to limit the general grant of ordinances promulgating authority conferred by section 104, or the ordinances adopted by the City prior to enactment of this charter. (Amended 2019, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019; 2021, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 106. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption

§ 106. 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 Attorney, 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 section 107 and 108 of this charter. (Amended 2019, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 107. Ordinances; adoption process

§ 107. Ordinances; adoption process
(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Council of the City of Barre hereby ordains...”. If the Council passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading, it shall cause it to be published in the form passed in a newspaper of general circulation in the City or such other manner of publication as acceptable in State law, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place when and where there will be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. The first such publication shall be at least three days prior to the date of the public hearing.
(b) After the public hearing, the Council may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment. If the Council amends the proposed ordinance, then it shall cause the amended ordinance to be published at least once together with a notice of the time and place of the public hearing, at which such amended ordinance will be further considered and which publication shall be at least three days prior to the public hearing. Once the ordinance is adopted by the Council, the City Clerk shall cause the ordinance as adopted to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within the City or such other manner of publication as acceptable in State law, and said ordinance shall take effect 14 days after the date of the publication. (Amended 2019, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 109. Reservation of powers to the City

§ 109. 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 Barre and the Council 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 110. Fiscal year

§ 110. Fiscal year
The fiscal year of the City and the City School District shall begin on the first day of July and end on the last day of June of each calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year as used in this charter. (Added 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 111. Bonding of City officials

§ 111. Bonding of City officials
The Mayor, councilors, members of the Police Department, City Manager, Finance Director, Superintendent of Public Works, Tax Collector, and Clerk and Treasurer shall annually be bonded by the City for the faithful discharge of their respective duties, as provided by State statute, and the expense of said bonds to be paid by the City. (Added 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013; 2021, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 112. Amendment of charter

§ 112. Amendment of charter
This charter may be amended in the manner provided for by the laws of the State of Vermont for amendment of municipal charters. (Added 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 201. Application of general laws

§ 201. Application of general laws
Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont, relating to the qualifications of elections, the manner of voting, the duties of electing officers, and all other particulars respective to the preparation for, conducting, and management of elections, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all municipal elections, and all general and special meetings, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 202. Time of elections and meetings

§ 202. Time of elections and meetings
(a) The annual City meeting of the City for the election of officers, the voting of budgets, and any other business included in the warnings for the meeting, shall be held on the first Tuesday in March, unless otherwise legally warned by the Council.
(b) The election of officers and the voting on all questions shall be by the Australian ballot system. The ballot boxes shall be open for 12 consecutive hours at times to be determined and warned by the Board of Civil Authority.
(c) The warning for annual and special City meetings shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted, including the offices and the questions to be voted upon. The warning also shall contain any legally binding article or articles requested by 10 percent of the registered voters of the City. Petitions requesting that an article or articles be placed on the warning shall be filed with the City Clerk on or before the filing deadline set forth in 17 V.S.A. § 2642(a)(3). (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 4; 2007, No. M-5, § 2; 2017, No. M-10, § 2, eff. May 30, 2017.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 203. Special City and School District meetings

§ 203. Special City and School District meetings
Special City meetings and Special School District meetings shall be called in the manner provided by the laws of the State, and the voting on all questions shall be by the Australian ballot system, except for budget votes as provided in section 207(d).
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 204. Polling places

§ 204. Polling places
All annual and special elections and meetings shall be held at a central polling place in the City to be designated by the Council and which location is to be set forth in the warning. The conduct of said elections and meetings shall conform where applicable to requirements as set forth in 17 V.S.A. §§ 2640-2667. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 205. Officers elected

§ 205. Officers elected
(a)(1) The legal voters shall elect biennially a Mayor and one person to serve as Clerk and Treasurer.
(2) Annually, the legal voters of each ward shall elect from among the legal voters of their respective wards one councilor for a term of two years.
(3) Annually, the legal voters shall elect school commissioners to serve for a term of three years, as follows:
(A) at the 2019 annual City meeting, and each successive three-year cycle after that, three school commissioners;
(B) at the 2020 annual City meeting, and each successive three-year cycle after that, two school commissioners;
(C) at the 2021 annual City meeting, and each successive three-year cycle after that, two school commissioners.
(b) The legal voters shall elect annually Spaulding Union High School District School Board members in the manner, number, and term limit as is specified in the Barre City/Barre Town Union High School Agreement, dated November 30, 1986, or any such successor document. (Amended 2009, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013; 2015, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016; 2021, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 206. Vacancies

§ 206. Vacancies
(a) In case of vacancy of any elected municipal City officer, except a councilor or school commissioner, occasioned by death, removal from the City, resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by appointment by the City Council until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any member for the Council.
(b) In case of a vacancy of any councilor, occasioned by death, removal from the ward, resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by election at a caucus of the legal voters of the ward in which the vacancy occurs, duly warned, until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any legal voter from the ward in which the vacancy occurs.
(c) In case of a vacancy of any school commissioner, occasioned by death, removal from the City, resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the School Board until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any member of the School Board. (Amended 2007, No. M-5, § 3; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 207. Voting on request of the City Manager

§ 207. Voting on request of the City Manager
(a) Annually, on the first Tuesday in March, the legal voters of the City shall meet to vote on the requests of the City Manager.
(b) If, at the annual March meeting, the voters disapprove the request of the City Manager, the Mayor, or in his or her absence or disability, the City Clerk, shall warn a general meeting of the legal voters to consider the article disapproved by the voters and to authorize a specific sum of money therefor. The meeting shall be in accordance with 17 V.S.A. §§ 2630-2689 and shall be held at the same location as the previous meeting with the polls open for the same hours as the previous meeting. If the voters continue to disapprove any portion of the request, similar meetings shall be held in the same manner.
(c) When the legal voters have authorized a specific sum for the request of the City Manager, the City Council shall set the tax rate necessary to raise the specific sum(s) so voted.
(d) [Repealed.] (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 5; 2007, No. M-5, § 5; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 301. Governing body

§ 301. Governing body
The City shall be governed by an elected Council and by an appointed City Manager and by such other officers and employees as may be duly appointed pursuant to this charter, City ordinances, or general laws of the State of Vermont.
(1) The City Council shall consist of the Mayor and two councilors for each ward who shall serve for a term of two years.
(2) Within the limitations of the foregoing, the Council shall have the power to:
(A) appoint and remove the City Manager and supervise, create, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter;
(B) assign additional duties to offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter, but may not discontinue or assign to any other office, commission, or department duties assigned to a particular office, commission, or department established by this charter;
(C) make, amend, and repeal ordinances;
(D) adopt an official seal of the City.
(3) The Council shall adopt the budget of the City, as provided herein.
(4) All City employees, to include full-time and part-time, are prohibited from holding the Office of Councilor or Mayor. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 302. Regular meetings; meetings to be public; executive session

§ 302. Regular meetings; meetings to be public; executive session
The City Council shall meet at least twice monthly on Tuesdays, unless the Council approves an alternative day. All meetings of the City Council, whether regular or special meetings, shall be public. Executive sessions may be held in conformance with the provisions of the Vermont Statutes Annotated. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 5, 1999; 2007, No. M-5, § 5.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 303. Special meetings; quorum

§ 303. Special meetings; quorum
Special meetings of the City Council may be called at any time by the Mayor. They may also be called by the Clerk on a petition signed by a majority of the City Council and filed with the Clerk. Notice of special meetings shall be served on the Mayor and councilors by the Clerk delivering to each member a copy of the call, or leaving it at the place of the member’s residence. A majority of the City Council shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 304. Role of Council in relation to administrative service appointment of committees

§ 304. Role of Council in relation to administrative service appointment of committees
It is the intention of this charter that the City Council shall act in matters as a body. The Council shall deal with the administrative service solely through the Manager and shall not give orders to any subordinates of the Manager, either publicly or privately. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the City Council from appointing committees or commissions of its own members, or of citizens to conduct investigations into the conduct of any officer or department, or any matter relating to the welfare of the City, and delegating to such committee or commissions such powers of inquiry as the City Council may deem necessary.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 305. Creation or continuation of departments, boards, offices

§ 305. Creation or continuation of departments, boards, offices
The City Council shall continue or create and determine and define the powers and duties of such executive and administrative departments, boards, and offices, in addition to those provided for herein, as it may deem necessary for the proper and efficient conduct of the affairs of the City. Any department, board, or office so continued or created may at any time be altered or abolished by the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 306. Records of proceedings

§ 306. Records of proceedings
(a) It shall be the duty of the City Council to keep an official record of its proceedings that shall be open for public inspection. The agenda for the regular Council meeting shall be published in a local newspaper no later than three days preceding the meeting. The latest edition of Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern the deliberations of the Council except when in conflict with the laws.
(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Council at its next meeting and the official copy authenticated by the signature of the Clerk.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 307. Powers of City; policy matters; appointment of certain officers

§ 307. Powers of City; policy matters; appointment of certain officers
All powers of the City and the determination of all matters of policy shall be vested in the City Council except as otherwise provided by this charter or by general law. The City Council shall annually appoint a City Attorney, a Library Liaison, and may provide for any Planning Board, Zoning Board of Adjustment, Recreation Board, or Personnel Board, and may create commissions or other bodies with advisory powers and may appoint personnel to serve on said boards or commissions. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 3, eff. May 5, 1999; 2021, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 309. Source of appropriations, expenditures

§ 309. Source of appropriations, expenditures
The money raised from taxation, assessments, fines, and other lawful sources shall constitute the sum from which appropriations, expenditures, and payments are to be made by the authority of the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 311. Business or contracts between City and City officials or employees

§ 311. Business or contracts between City and City officials or employees
No City official or employee shall be interested in any contract with the City, furnish any material, or perform any labor, except in the discharge of the official’s or employee’s official duties or as allowed for in the Procurement Policy or Conflict of Interest Policy as adopted by the Council. (Amended 2019, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Oct. 8, 2020.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 312. Audits

§ 312. Audits
(a) The City Council shall prior to the close of each financial year employ by contract a public accountant to examine the financial statements of the funds of the City.
(b) Annual examination of the financial statements shall be conducted in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and the financial and compliance standards for audit of governmental organizations, programs, activities, and functions. For the purpose of examination and audit authorized by the City, all records, account books, papers, reports, and returns of all departments, including the trustees and custodians of trust funds and all officers and employees who receive or disburse funds for the benefit of the City, shall be made available for audit. It shall also be the duty of each City officer or employee to provide oral explanatory information when required by the public accountant.
(c) As a matter of policy, the City Council shall solicit public bids from public accountants at least once in every three-year period.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 314. Authority to borrow money, issue bonds, pledge credits

§ 314. Authority to borrow money, issue bonds, pledge credits
The City Council shall have the authority to borrow money, issue its bonds or notes, and pledge the credit of the City pursuant to provisions of the Vermont Statutes Annotated as they govern borrowing for towns and municipalities as provided in Title 24 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 315. Compensation of City officials

§ 315. Compensation of City officials
Compensation of Mayor, councilors, and other appointees and City officers:
(1) The Mayor and councilors shall receive compensation in an amount as may be voted by the voters of the City at a meeting duly warned for said purpose.
(2) The City Council shall fix the compensation of all other appointees and employees, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
(3) When the legal voters have authorized an annual City and school budget, the City Council, School Board, and/or the City Manager shall not authorize appropriations, expenditures, or payment in excess of the amount voted. Deficit spending shall be prohibited by the City of Barre and the City of Barre Schools. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 316. Expenditures

§ 316. Expenditures
No money shall be paid except on warrant by the Treasurer or a designated deputy and authorized by the City Council. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 4, eff. May 5, 1999.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 317. Special assessments

§ 317. Special assessments
The City Council may make special assessments for the purchase, construction, repair, reconstruction, or extension of a water system, sewage system, sidewalk, or any other public improvement that is to benefit a limited area of a municipality to be served by the improvement.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 318. Sidewalks

§ 318. Sidewalks
(a) Whenever a petition in writing shall be presented to the City Council, signed by the owner or owners of two-thirds of the frontage on any street, lane, or alley, or any portion thereof in the City asking that such street, lane, alley, or portion thereof be curbed or guttered, or that a sidewalk or the sidewalks thereof be constructed or repaired or paved, the City Council may order or direct that such improvements be made.
(b) The City Council without petition may make any or all of the improvements described in subsection (a) of this section and shall assess against the owner or owners of the lands or buildings abutting upon such street, lane, or alley and adjoining the part where such improvement may be made, whether made upon petition or otherwise, so much of the cost and expense of making such improvements as it shall judge such land and buildings to be benefited thereby; but in no case shall the cost and expense of making such improvements be assessed against the abutting owner on either side of such street or portion thereof in excess of one-half of such cost and expense in making any of the other improvements specified in subsection (a) of this section, and the City shall pay the remaining cost and expense of all improvements therein mentioned; provided that all assessments heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 319. Sewers

§ 319. Sewers
The City Council is authorized subject to ordinances of the City Council to establish, construct, or maintain public sewers in the City; and it may assess according to frontage of the owners of land or buildings adjoining or abutting said streets or any portion thereof, in which such sewers may be established, so much of the expense of constructing such sewers as the City Council shall adjudge such land or buildings to be specifically benefited thereby; but in no case shall the expense of construction of any sewer be assessed against the abutting owner on either side of any street or any portion thereof in excess of one-half of such expense; provided that all sewer assessments heretofore made shall remain in full force and effect until paid or abated.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 320. Authority to take land

§ 320. Authority to take land
The City Council is also authorized and empowered to establish, construct, and maintain public sewers in and through the lands of individuals and corporations, on making compensation for lands taken therefor, in the same manner as provided by law in the laying out and establishing of highways.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 321. Collection of assessments; liens

§ 321. Collection of assessments; liens
Special assessments shall constitute a lien on the property against which the assessment is made in the same manner and to the same extent as taxes assessed on the grand list of a municipality, and all procedures and remedies for the collection of taxes shall apply to special assessments.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 322. Tax stabilization contract

§ 322. Tax stabilization contract
(a) The City Council shall have the authority to enter into a contract with owners, lessees, bailees, or operators of agricultural, industrial, residential, or commercial real property for the purpose of:
(1) fixing and maintaining the valuation of such property on the grand list;
(2) fixing and maintaining the rate or rates of tax applicable to such property;
(3) fixing the amount in money that shall be paid as an annual tax upon such property; or
(4) fixing the tax applicable to such property at a percentage of the annual tax.
(b) The authority to enter into such contract shall be by vote of two-thirds of those present and voting at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose for a contract relating to agricultural, commercial, residential, or industrial real property.
(c) The voters may provide general authority to the City Council to enter into such contracts as application is made or provide limited authority to the City Council to negotiate contracts that shall be effective upon ratification by a majority of those present and voting at an annual or special meeting warned for that purpose.
(d) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section:
(1) shall be for a period not in excess of 10 years;
(2) shall be filed with the City Clerk and shall be available for public inspection;
(3) may be with existing or new owners, lessees, bailees, or operators of such property or with persons who intend to become owners, lessees, bailees, or operators of such property; and
(4) may be applicable to existing agricultural property; renovations of or additions to existing agricultural, commercial, residential, or industrial real property; or to new agricultural, commercial, residential, or industrial real property. (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 401. Appointment and qualifications

§ 401. Appointment and qualifications
The City Manager shall be appointed annually on the first day of July by the Council solely on the basis of his or her executive and administrative qualifications with special reference to his or her actual experience in, or knowledge of, accepted practice in respect to the duties of his or her office, as hereinafter set forth. At the time of his or her appointment, he or she need not be a resident of the City or State, but during his or her tenure of office he or she may reside outside the City only with the approval of the Council. The City Manager shall hold office at the will of the Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 402. Removal

§ 402. Removal
(a) On 90 days’ notice, the Manager may be removed without cause by a majority of the Council so voting. He or she may be suspended during this period, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal.
(b) Notwithstanding the above, the Council may adopt a resolution stating its intention to remove the Manager and the reasons therefore, a copy of which shall be served forthwith on the Manager who may, within 10 days, demand a public hearing. Upon or after passage of such resolution, the Council may suspend him or her from duty, but his or her pay shall continue until his or her removal. If no appeal is filed, the Council may dismiss him or her. In the event of an appeal, the Council shall hold a public hearing not less than 10 days or more than 20 days from the date of appeal, after which they may dismiss him or her.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 403. Manager’s absence

§ 403. Manager’s absence
The City Manager may designate a qualified administrative officer of the municipality to perform his or her duties during his or her temporary absence or disability. In the event of his or her failure to make such designation, the Council may, by resolution, appoint an officer of the City to perform the duties of the Manager during such absence or disability, until he or she shall return or his or her disability shall cease.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 404. Duties and responsibilities

§ 404. Duties and responsibilities
The City Manager shall:
(1) be the chief administrative official of the City;
(2) enforce all laws and ordinances of the City;
(3) appoint and remove all department heads and all other officers, subordinates, and assistants and fix their salary or compensation, for whose selection or removal no other method is provided in this charter, except that he or she may authorize the head of a department to appoint and remove subordinates in such department, supervise and control his or her appointees, and report the appointment or removal at the next meeting thereafter of the City Council;
(4) negotiate contracts for the City; provided, however, that all contracts must conform with the Barre City Procurement Policy, as adopted by the City Council; make recommendations concerning the nature and location of municipal improvements; and execute municipal improvements as determined by the City Council;
(5) see that all terms and conditions imposed in favor of the municipality or its inhabitants by any statute, public utility, franchise, or other contract are faithfully kept and performed and, upon knowledge of any violation, call the same to the attention of the City Council;
(6) attend meetings of the City Council with the right to take part in the discussion, but without the right to vote;
(7) recommend to the City Council for adoption such measures as he or she may deem necessary or expedient; keep the Council advised of the financial condition of the City; make reports to the Council, as requested by it; and at least once a year make an annual report of his or her work for the benefit of the Council and the public;
(8) investigate at any time the affairs of any officer or department;
(9) perform such other duties as may be required of the City Manager by ordinance or resolution of the City Council. (Amended 2017, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 21, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 406. Budget

§ 406. Budget
The City Manager shall prepare his or her recommended budget for the next fiscal year and present the same to the City Council not later than 45 days prior to the annual meeting date each year. At the same time, the City Manager shall submit his or her request for a specific sum of money under provisions of section 207 of this charter. (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 406a. Capital improvement plan

§ 406a. Capital improvement plan
(a) Preparation and submission. The Manager, after consultation with department heads, shall submit a proposed five-year capital improvement plan to the council at least three months prior to the annual meeting.
(b) Contents. The capital expenditure plan shall include:
(1) a clear narrative summary of needs;
(2) a list of all capital expenditures to be proposed for the next five years with appropriate supporting data;
(3) actual cost estimates, proposed methods of financing, and necessary time schedules for each improvement; and
(4) estimated annual cost of operating and maintaining the facilities to be constructed or acquired.
(c) Revision and update. The capital expenditure plan shall be revised and extended each year to reflect progress or projects still pending. (Added 2021, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 407. Appointments

§ 407. Appointments
(a) Any provision of general law conferring the appointing power or other power upon the Mayor, the Mayor and City Council, the City Council, or other executive heads of a municipality shall be construed as meaning the City Manager and the appointments or power exercised by the City Manager, in accordance with such provision, shall be given the same force and effect as if executed by the official named therein, except as herein otherwise provided.
(b) There shall be appointed by the City Manager after the annual City election in the manner as hereinafter provided a Superintendent of Streets, a Superintendent of Waterworks, a Recreation Director, a City Engineer, a Building Inspector, an Inspector of Electric Wiring, a Tree Warden, and three members of the Board of Health (see section 512 of this charter, Board of Health). All officers shall hold their offices respectively for one year or until their successors shall be appointed and qualified. The City Manager may also appoint such other subordinate officers as may be elected or appointed in towns. Members of the various boards shall be appointed in the same manner, who shall hold office as otherwise herein provided or until their successor shall be appointed and qualified. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 5, eff. May 5, 1999; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013; 2021, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 409. Duties

§ 409. Duties
(a) The Mayor shall be chief conservator of the peace and safety of the City and, as such, is empowered to control and direct the police force, in case of riot, insurrection, or other emergency, when he or she may take command of the whole police force, including the chief executive thereof, and may, for the occasion, appoint and commission as many special police officers as he or she may deem necessary who shall have all the powers of regular members of the police force. Any emergency as provided for in this section shall not be construed to be the operation of the police force in its routine duty. The Mayor shall have the power to administer oath before the City Council and official oaths to the several officers of the City, when required by law.
(b) The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City Council and shall have a voice and vote in its proceedings. He or she shall be recognized as head of the municipal government for all ceremonial purposes and by the Governor for the purposes of military law. In the event of his or her inability to act, his or her absence or disability, the Council shall designate one of its members to act as Mayor during his or her absence or disability.