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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 410. Duties

§ 410. Duties
(a) The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties as prescribed by the laws of this State upon town clerks, except insofar as the same are changed or modified by the provisions of this charter and shall charge and receive for the benefit of the City the same fees therefor. The Clerk shall be ex-officio Clerk of the City Council and Board of Civil Authority. The Clerk shall have exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the City and all records, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Barre at the time the City of Barre was organized. Such records shall not be taken out of or away from the City Clerk’s office except upon the order of process of a court of competent jurisdiction; but said City Council may, by ordinance or bylaw, regulate the removal from said office of all papers and documents belonging to the City and in the custody of the Clerk as aforesaid. The Clerk shall, on being tendered therefor the fees allowed town clerks under the law of this State for similar services, make duly certified copies of said records, documents, and copies so certified shall be legal evidence of the same validity and effect as those of town clerks, in all courts and for all purposes. Compensation for the Clerk shall be fixed by the City Council.
(b) All the books of records, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Barre at the time the City of Barre was organized shall continue to be kept and deposited in the office of the City Clerk, copies of which, duly certified by him or her, shall be legal evidence for all purposes for which they would have been evidenced if the City has not been created, and they had been duly certified by the Clerk of the Town of Barre.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 411. Official notices

§ 411. Official notices
Whenever any notice signed by the Mayor, City Council, or any City officer or officers, or any advertisement, ordinance, resolution, or bylaw has been published in some newspaper or newspapers or publicly posted under the provisions of the general law, this charter, or the ordinances, thereby authorized, the City Clerk shall examine and ascertain whether such notice, advertisement, or ordinance has been duly published or posted; and if such be the fact, shall so certify upon the proper City record, and such record or duly certified copy thereof shall be treated as prima facie evidence of the facts so certified.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 414. Duties and responsibilities

§ 414. Duties and responsibilities
The City Attorney shall be corporation counsel for the City. He or she may prosecute and defend in behalf of the City all suits in which the City is interested. He or she is authorized to file information and complaints in criminal causes involving violation of an ordinance of the City, and shall prosecute the same. A copy of all his or her written opinions shall be filed by him or her in the office of the City Clerk.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 416. Appointment

§ 416. Appointment
The City Council shall annually appoint from among the legally qualified voters of the City a Collector of Taxes and fix his or her compensation; and for cause, incapacity, negligence, or misconduct, they may remove such officer and fill any vacancy in such office by the appointment of a successor Collector of Taxes from among the legally qualified voters of the City arising from any cause. The successor Collector of Taxes shall hold the office for the unexpired term of his or her predecessor in office.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 417. Duties

§ 417. Duties
The Collector of Taxes shall have the same powers and be under the same duties and liabilities as are prescribed for collectors of taxes by the statutes of this State, except where such statutes are in conflict with this charter and then the provisions of this charter shall control.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 501. Creation and organization

§ 501. Creation and organization
For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the inspection services and allied services of the City, and to provide proper and effective administration of building, electrical, fire prevention, housing, and zoning laws of the City and State within the City, the City Council shall, by ordinance, create a department to be designated the Department of Buildings and Housing and prescribe its powers, duties, and functions. Within the Department shall be:
(1) the Building Inspector, who shall be the administrative head of the Department subject, at all times, to the control and direction of the City Manager;
(2) the Inspector of Electrical Wiring; and
(3) [Repealed.]
(4) any other inspector or officer of the City designated by the City Council. (Amended 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 § 502. Creation and organization

§ 502. Creation and organization
For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the management and control of all City parks and cemeteries and all other lands as may from time to time be turned over to the City for park or cemetery purposes, the City shall, by ordinance, create a department to be designated the Department of Cemeteries and Parks, and prescribe its powers, duties, and functions. (Amended 2011, No. M-8, § 2, eff. June 1, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 505. Established

§ 505. Established
The City Council may establish a Police Department for the City subject to control and supervision of the City Manager and may, by ordinance, determine of what officers and members of the Department may consist; prescribe the time and modes of their appointment and removal; define their powers, duties, and periods of service; fix their compensation; and make such other regulations regarding their conduct and government as the City Council may deem expedient. All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State and return processes in criminal causes returnable within the State, and for such duties shall be allowed the fees provided by law to sheriffs for similar services, which fees shall belong to the City and be paid into the City Treasury, whenever such police officers shall be under pay from the City. The police officers shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and the police regulations of the City. Such officers shall not serve civil process. (Amended 2007, No. M-5, § 6, eff. April 13, 2007.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 507. Creation

§ 507. Creation
The City of Barre is authorized and empowered to provide a suitable supply of water for the City, and the inhabitants that may live along or near its line of pipes in other municipalities, against fire and for sanitary, domestic, and general industrial uses, beneficial to the public; to establish water rates and the compensation for the use of water, and regulate the use of the same; to acquire by gift or purchase and to take, as the convenience and necessity of the inhabitants require, the lands, water, water privileges, rights, and property of any person, company, or corporation within the limits of the City and any other municipality in the State, except such waters as are in actual use by other municipalities and fire districts for fire, domestic, sanitary, or other purposes at the time of the passage of this act, also excepting the Brush Brook watershed in the Town of Williamstown; and to establish and maintain reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, hydrants, or any other apparatus or buildings necessary for such purposes upon, in, and through the lands of any person, company, or corporation, on making compensation therefor, and to lay and establish its pipes, mains, aqueducts in and on the public highways in the City and municipalities, and also to purchase or take lands or other property that may be necessary and convenient to protect said water supply against contamination. The general care and supervision of the City water system, its extension and maintenance shall be vested in the City Manager and shall be subject to the ordinances and resolutions of the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 509. Borrowing

§ 509. Borrowing
The Water Department and Sewer Department may borrow such money from time to time, as may be necessary to enable the Department to carry on the work of adequately supplying the City with water and sewer facilities. Any amount borrowed shall be considered to be in anticipation of revenues and shall be subject to the approval of the Council without the need of authorization by the voters.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 510. Established

§ 510. Established
The City Council may establish and operate a Fire/Ambulance Department for the City, subject to the control and supervision of the City Manager, and may, by ordinance, determine of what offices and members this Department may consist; prescribe the time and mode of their appointment and removal; define their powers, duties, and periods of service; fix their compensation; and make such other regulations regarding their conduct and government as they deem expedient. The City may procedure and hold such land, buildings, furniture, engines, ambulances, and other apparatus as may be necessary for the purpose of the Fire and Ambulance Department, and the City Council may, by ordinance, make regulations regarding the use, control, and preservation thereof. The City Council may contract with surrounding and nearby towns, villages, and fire and/or ambulance districts for the use of part or parts of the facilities and equipment of the Fire/Ambulance Department to assist such towns and villages in case of emergency; provided, however, that no assistance shall be rendered to any town or village that does not satisfy within 60 days any obligation to the City for any such past service rendered. (Amended 2007, No. M-5, § 7, eff. April 3, 2007.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 512. Formation; duties

§ 512. Formation; duties
The Board of Health shall consist of the Health Officer and three legal voters of the City. The Health Officer shall be the Secretary and Executive Officer of the Board and shall hold office for three years, and until a successor is appointed. The Board of Health created as herein provided shall be for the City in lieu of the local board of health provided for by the Vermont statutes and shall have all the powers vested in local boards of health for the preservation of health and abatement of nuisances and the removal of other causes injuriously affecting health and shall have powers to adopt such rules and regulations as they deem wise for the regulation of the work of the Board and concerning health in the City. Said Board shall be subject, at all times, to the direction of the City Manager. All rules and regulations of said Board, when the same are approved by the City Manager and duly published as herein prescribed for ordinances, shall have the force and effect of ordinances of the City. Any person who shall refuse to obey a lawful order of such Board or the Health Officer shall be punished not more than $500.00. Said Board shall make in duplicate a record of all its doings and reports and a copy of such shall be placed on file with the City Clerk.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 515. Formation

§ 515. Formation
The City Council and the justices of the peace elected, qualified, and residing in the City shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority. The Board of Civil Authority and the Assessor, the latter of whom shall have no vote, shall be the Board for the Abatement of Taxes of the City. The City Clerk shall be the Clerk of said Boards. (Amended 1999, No. M-5, § 7, eff. May 5, 1999.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 516. Powers and duties

§ 516. Powers and duties
(a) Except as otherwise provided, the school commissioners, elected as herein before provided, shall have the same duties, powers, and liabilities prescribed for school directors of town school districts. They shall compose the Board of School Commissioners of the City of Barre School District, with the same duties, powers, and liabilities of the board of school directors of a town school district. The Board of School Commissioners shall consist of seven members, each serving a term of three years.
(b) The Board of School Commissioners shall have the care and custody of all the property belonging to, or used for, the public schools located in the City. Payments due or to become due on bonds and interest thereon, used by the City of Barre for school purposes, shall be paid by the City of Barre School District.
(c) No later than 45 days prior to the annual meeting date each year, the Board of School Commissioners shall present to the City Council its budget requests for the next fiscal year.
(d) The Board shall appoint from among its members a Clerk who shall have the same duties and responsibilities as prescribed by statute. (Amended 2005, No. M-7, § 7; 2009, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2015, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 17, 2016.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 517. Appointment of Superintendent and principal; compensation; term

§ 517. Appointment of Superintendent and principal; compensation; term
The school commissioners shall annually appoint a Superintendent of schools and a principal of high schools and shall fix their compensation, which shall be paid by the school commissioners in the same manner as other expense for the support of schools; and for such cause of incapacity, negligence, or misconduct, they may remove such officers and shall by appointment fill any vacancy in such office arising from any cause. The Superintendent shall perform all such duties in connection with the public schools of the City as shall be assigned him or her by the Board of School Commissioners and as may be prescribed by law. He or she shall annually report to the City Council such statistics as are required by law and such other information as the school commissioners shall direct.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 518. Creation

§ 518. Creation
There shall be a Department of Assessment, which shall consist of a Chief Assessor and such assistants as are deemed to be necessary by the City Manager with the approval of the Council. The Chief Assessor and assistant shall be appointed and may be removed by the City Manager subject to approval of the Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 519. Powers and duties

§ 519. Powers and duties
The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the board of listers under the laws of this State, except as herein otherwise provided.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 520. Reappraisal

§ 520. Reappraisal
At least every five years, the Department shall review, or cause to be reviewed, its appraisals of all real property in the City that is subject to taxation and conduct a reappraisal of all such properties when necessary to conform its appraisals to the standards for appraising established by the laws of this State.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 601. Payment of taxes

§ 601. Payment of taxes
(a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in four equal payments, with one-fourth of the annual tax bill for each taxpayer due and payable on August 15, November 15, February 15, and May 15 of each year to the City Treasurer unless otherwise changed by the City Council.
(b) At the close of the fiscal year, any unexpended funds remaining from the City budget may be retained, if approved by vote of the City Council, as an undesignated fund balance for future use. Any funds retained pursuant to this provision shall be limited to an amount not greater than five percent of the City budget. Any amount remaining in excess of five percent in the City budget must be used in the subsequent budget to cut the tax rate. (Amended 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 602. Penalty and interest

§ 602. Penalty and interest
(a) Any installment not paid by the due dates established in section 601 of this charter shall be delinquent and there shall immediately be added to the amount due a penalty charge for late payment equivalent to three percent of the delinquent installment. After the expiration of 30 days from the due date of each installment, an additional penalty charge of five percent shall be added to the amount due.
(b) Interest. An additional interest charge in the amount of one percent of the unpaid tax per month or fraction thereof shall be added to any tax not paid on or before the dates specified in section 601 of this charter.
(c) All charges, fees, interest, and other added amounts shall be cumulative and shall accrue at the times and in the manner specified in this charter. (Amended 2009, No. M-20, § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 603. Treasurer’s warrant

§ 603. Treasurer’s warrant
Upon the failure to pay any installment in full when due, the City Treasurer shall issue a warrant against the delinquent taxpayer for the amount of the tax remaining unpaid. The warrant shall be delivered to the Collector of Taxes together with a bill of the delinquent tax. The Collector shall proceed to collect the taxes due together with the penalties described in section 602 of this charter. The warrant shall remain in full force until all the taxes thereon have been fully paid or otherwise discharged.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 604. Notice of tax due

§ 604. Notice of tax due
The City Treasurer shall, upon delivery to him or her of the tax rate, publish at least three times in a newspaper with the general circulation in the City a notice calling upon the taxpayer to pay his or her respective taxes on the dates provided in section 601 of this charter, and to mail to each taxpayer at his or her last known address a tax bill stating the amount of the grant list, the amount of taxes due, and when those taxes are payable.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 1 - City of Barre › App § 605. Local sales, rooms, meals, and alcoholic beverages option taxes

§ 605. Local sales, rooms, meals, and alcoholic beverages option taxes
Local option taxes are authorized under this section for the purpose of affording the City an alternative method of raising municipal revenues. Accordingly:
(1) The City Council may assess sales, rooms, meals, and alcohol taxes of one percent.
(2) Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Department of Taxes, in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 138.
(3) Revenues received through a tax imposed under this section shall be designated solely for street and sidewalk reconstruction, capital equipment, and capital improvement needs under section 406a of this charter. (Added 2017, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 21, 2018; 2021, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 24, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 1. Boundaries defined; powers

§ 1. Boundaries defined; powers
The inhabitants of that portion of the former Town of Burlington which is embraced in the following limits, viz:
Beginning at the east shore of Lake Champlain, at the northwest corner of 100 acre lot number 163, thence easterly in the north line of said lot to the northeast corner thereof; thence northerly in the west line of 100 acre lot number 155, to the northwest corner of said lot number 155; thence running easterly in the north line of said lot number 155 to the east line of the stage road from Burlington to Shelburne; thence northerly in the east line of said stage road to the northwest corner of 100 acre lot number 165; thence easterly in the north line of 100 acre lots number 165 and 183, to a point 200 feet west of the west line of the highway called Spear Street; then northerly in a line parallel to, and 200 feet west of, the west line of the highway called Spear Street, to the south line of Williston Turnpike; thence easterly in the southerly line of said turnpike to a point opposite the angle formed by the north line of said turnpike and the east line of the road leading northerly from said turnpike to Colchester Avenue, easterly of the Mary Fletcher Hospital; thence crossing said turnpike northerly to said angle; thence from said angle in a straight line to the center of Winooski River, at the northern termination of the east line of 100 acre lot number 18; thence in the center of Winooski River down said river to Lake Champlain; thence southerly on the lake shore at low water mark, to the most western point of Appletree Point, thence in a straight line southerly to the place of beginning—are hereby continued to be incorporated and a body corporate and politic under the name of the City of Burlington; and by that name may sue and be sued, prosecute and defend in any court; may have a common seal and alter it at pleasure; may take, hold, purchase, and convey such property as the purposes of the corporation may require; may borrow money on the credit of the City, in the mode and under the restrictions hereinafter provided; may elect a representative to the General Assembly of the State, and the same number of justices of the peace as a town of equal population; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon or incident to towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as is otherwise provided in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 3. Election of Mayor and City Councilors

§ 3. Election of Mayor and City Councilors
(a) Election of Mayor. On the first Tuesday in March 2003 and triennially thereafter, the legal voters of the City shall, from among the legal voters thereof, elect a Mayor. Notwithstanding any provision of this charter or the general statutes, no person shall be eligible to have his or her name printed on the ballot as a candidate for the Office of Mayor who has not submitted a nominating petition signed by at least 150 registered voters of the City within the time limits specified in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55, as the same may be amended from time to time. For all special elections, nominations of the municipal officers shall be by petition as specified in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55, excepting 17 V.S.A. § 268l(a)(1)(A). Instead, the petition shall be filed with the municipal clerk, together with the endorsement, if any, of any party or parties in accordance with the provisions of this title, not later than 5:00 p.m. on the ninth Monday preceding the day of the election, which shall be the filing deadline.
(b) Election of City Councilors.
(1) On the first Tuesday in March 2015 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each of the South, Central, East, and North City Districts shall, from among the legal voters of their respective district, elect a City Councilor for a two-year term.
(2)(A) On the first Tuesday in March 2015, the legal voters 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 City Councilor for a three-year term.
(B) On the first Tuesday in March 2018 and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of each ward shall elect a City Councilor for a two-year term. (Amended 1997, No. M-18, (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015; 2019, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 8, 2020.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 4. Election of School Commissioners

§ 4. Election of School Commissioners
(a) The legal voters of each ward and City district of the City shall elect, from among the legal voters of their respective wards and City districts, School Commissioners to serve for terms hereinafter provided.
(b) Election of School Commissioners in each ward and City district shall be held on the first Tuesday in March in the year in which the term of office of the School Commissioner therein shall expire. (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 § 5. Election to be by ballot; method of election; runoff elections

§ 5. Election to be by ballot; method of election; runoff elections
All elections of the Mayor, City Councilors, school commissioners, and ward election officers shall be by ballot, using a system of ranked choice voting without a separate runoff election. The Chief Administrative Officer shall implement a ranked choice voting protocol according to these guidelines:
(1) The ballot shall give voters the option of ranking candidates in order of preference.
(2) If a candidate receives a majority (over 50 percent) of first preferences, that candidate is elected.
(3) If no candidate receives a majority of first preferences, an instant runoff tabulation shall be performed by the presiding election officer.
(4) The City Council may adopt ordinances consistent with this subsection to implement these standards. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2005, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 12, 2005; 2009, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 24, 2010; 2021, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 19, 2022; 2023, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 27, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 6. Requirements generally

§ 6. Requirements generally
(a) All warnings for meetings for the election of City or ward officers, and for general meetings of all the legal voters of said City, for any purpose, shall be issued by the Mayor and published in the manner and for the length of time designated in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 relating to local elections as the same may be amended from time to time.
(b) Upon request of the City Council by resolution or upon petition signed by five percent of the legal voters, filed with the Chief Administrative Officer, the Mayor shall insert in the warning for the annual City meeting any special article for any legal purpose beyond the jurisdiction of the City Council, the purpose to be set forth in said article as stated in such resolution or petition and the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare suitable ballots in sufficient quantities for the vote upon the article. For the City annual meeting in March of each year, the resolution or petition must be filed with the Chief Administrative Officer not later than the deadline established in 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 as the same may be amended from time to time, and for any special elections, the resolution or petition must be filed with the Chief Administrative Officer not later than 60 days prior to the election; provided, however, that any petition for the insertion of any article calling for the resubmission, reconsideration, or recision of any question previously submitted to the legal voters of the City shall be filed not later than the deadline established for requesting reconsideration or recision of a prior vote as specified in 17 V.S.A. § 2661 as the same may be amended from time to time; and provided further, that no question previously submitted to the legal voters of the City shall be more than once resubmitted or presented for reconsideration or recision except upon request of the City Council by resolution. Each page of a petition filed under this section shall bear the full text of the petition, each signature to the petition shall be witnessed, each signer of such petition shall set after his or her signature his or her legal address within the City, and any part of the petition not conforming to these requirements shall be invalid. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2019, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 8, 2020.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 7. Age and residence requirements

§ 7. Age and residence requirements
Every citizen of this State not less than 18 years of age who has taken the Freeman’s (Voter’s) Oath, who resides in said City and who has registered to vote with the Board for Registration of Voters no later than the deadline established by Vermont law prior to any warned City or ward or City district election or any annual or special City meeting shall be a legal voter at said election or meeting, and no other person shall be allowed to vote at such election or meeting. (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 § 8. Person to reside in ward or City district if casting ballot for particular local officers or local public questions

§ 8. Person to reside in ward or City district if casting ballot for particular local officers or local public questions
A legal voter may cast a ballot for local officers and local public questions specific to a ward or City district only if that legal voter resides in that ward or City district at the time of casting that ballot. (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015; amended 2023, No. M-16, § 2, eff. June 20, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 8a. Requirements for legal resident voters who are not citizens

§ 8a. Requirements for legal resident voters who are not citizens
(a) Notwithstanding sections 7 and 8 of this charter and 17 V.S.A. chapter 43, a legal resident who is not a citizen of the United States shall be a legal voter at a local City of Burlington or Burlington School District election if the individual meets the following qualifications:
(1) is a legal resident of the United States;
(2) is not less than 18 years of age;
(3) has taken the Voter’s Oath;
(4) resides in the City of Burlington as residency is defined in 17 V.S.A. § 2122; and
(5) has registered to vote with the Board of Registration of Voters not later than the deadline established by Vermont law for that election or meeting.
(b) As used in this section, “legal resident of the United States” means any noncitizen who resides on a permanent or indefinite basis in compliance with federal immigration laws.
(c) This section does not change a noncitizen’s ability to vote in any State or federal election.
(d) A legal resident voter who is not a citizen may cast a ballot only for local officers and local public questions specific to a ward or City district of which the individual is a resident at the time of voting.
(e) The Chief Administrative Officer shall develop all necessary forms and procedures for implementation of this section, including identifying on the voter checklist those legal resident voters who are not citizens. (Added 2023, No. M-16, § 2, eff. June 20, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 9. Adopted

§ 9. Adopted
The penalties set forth in Vermont Statutes Annotated shall be applicable for illegal voting at any City or ward or City district 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 § 10. Specified; election; term

§ 10. Specified; election; term
(a)(1) The ward officers shall be a Clerk and three inspectors of election. All three inspectors of election may not be members of the same political party. In such event, the City Council shall forthwith appoint an inspector who shall serve instead of the candidate who received the third largest number of votes.
(2) Ward clerks and inspectors of election elected at the annual City meeting shall take office on the first Monday in April in the year of their election.
(b)(1) Ward clerks shall be chosen for two-year terms and inspectors of elections for three-year terms by the legal voters of each ward at the annual City election.
(2) The ward clerks elected March 3, 2015 shall take office April 6, 2015.
(3) Three inspectors of election shall be elected in each ward on March 3, 2015.
(A) One inspector of election shall be elected for a one-year term commencing April 6, 2015 and terminating April 4, 2016, and who shall thereafter be elected for a three-year term.
(B) One inspector of election shall be elected for a two-year term commencing April 6, 2015 and terminating April 3, 2017, and who shall thereafter be elected for a three-year term.
(C) One inspector of election shall be elected for a three-year term commencing April 6, 2015 and terminating April 2, 2018, and who shall thereafter be elected for a three-year term. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 23, 1998; 1999, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 19, 1999; 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 § 13. Vacancies to be filled by City Council

§ 13. Vacancies to be filled by City Council
In case of a vacancy in any ward office occasioned by death, removal from the ward or City, resignation, inability to serve, failure to elect, or other cause, the same shall be filled by the City Council.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 14. List of voters to be prepared; posting

§ 14. List of voters to be prepared; posting
Preceding each annual or special City or ward or City district election to be held in said City, it shall be the duty of the Board for Registration of Voters to prepare full and complete lists of the voters in the respective wards or City districts of said City, and to certify the same to the Chief Administrative Officer. One copy of such lists shall be posted by or under the direction of the Chief Administrative Officer in some public place in the wards or City districts to which the voters whose names are on such list respectively belong, at least 12 days previous to any such election. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 15. Notice of meeting to alter or correct list required

§ 15. Notice of meeting to alter or correct list required
Whenever any checklist of voters shall be posted in said City, a notice shall be written or printed thereon, signed by a majority of said Board for Registration of Voters, setting forth the time and place at which said Board will meet to make additions thereto or alterations or corrections thereon, which time and place shall be previously determined by said Board.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 16. Additions or corrections permitted

§ 16. Additions or corrections permitted
The Board for Registration of Voters shall, pursuant to the notice set forth in section 15 of this charter, meet to make additions to, or alterations and corrections in, the list required by section 14 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 17. Chief Administrative Officer to post lists; copies to be filed in Chief Administrative Officer’s office

§ 17. Chief Administrative Officer to post lists; copies to be filed in Chief Administrative Officer’s office
It shall be the duty of the Chief Administrative Officer to cause the original of each and every checklist of voters at any time ordered to be posted by the Board for Registration of Voters of said City, to be filed in the Chief Administrative Officer’s office with his or her certificate attached, that true copies of such lists have been posted as directed by said Board, together with the time and place in said City at which the same were posted, which certificate shall be prima facie evidence of such posting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 18. Copies of list to be given inspectors

§ 18. Copies of list to be given inspectors
After all such additions, alterations, and corrections shall have been made by said Board for Registration of Voters, a true copy of such checklist shall be made by the Chief Administrative Officer, and delivered to the inspectors of election in the several wards, for use at such annual or special City election or ward or City district election; and no person whose name is not on such lists shall be allowed to vote at any such election. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 19. Designation of polling places

§ 19. Designation of polling places
At least 30 days prior to a local, primary, or general election, the City Council, in consultation with the City Clerk’s Office, ward clerks, and inspectors of election, shall determine the number and location of polling places. Polling places shall be located in each ward unless a more accessible facility is available outside the ward that is in as close proximity as possible to the ward in which each voter resides. If more than one polling place is located within the same building, each shall be located so that it is separate and distinct from the others, in accordance with 17 V.S.A. § 2501(e). (Amended 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015; amended 2023, No. M-8, § 2, eff. May 25, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 20. Ward clerk to keep records; certificates of election to be furnished successful candidates; election results to be published

§ 20. Ward clerk to keep records; certificates of election to be furnished successful candidates; election results to be published
It shall be the duty of the clerk of each ward subject to supervision by the Chief Administrative Officer as presiding officer for City and ward and City district elections to make a record of all elections held therein, and to furnish to each officer who shall have been elected for such ward or City district, including City Councilors and School Commissioners, a certificate of his or her election, and also immediately after any election in such ward to return and certify to the Chief Administrative Officer a statement of the votes for all officers in his or her ward, which statement shall be recorded in the City records, and a certificate by the Chief Administrative Officer of the result of such election in the whole City shall be forthwith published in the various newspapers of said City. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 21. Duties of election inspectors

§ 21. Duties of election inspectors
It shall be the duty of their inspectors of election to be present, preside, and preserve order at all elections in their respective wards, to decide all questions relative to the right of any person to vote at such election, to sort and count the ballots, and to publicly announce the result to the voters present. In all respects not inconsistent with this charter, the provisions of the general statutes respecting the process of voting shall apply to all annual and special elections and City meetings in said City, except that a voter’s name shall not be required to be checked when his or her ballot is deposited in the ballot box, and except that the number of ballot clerks and assisting clerks to be appointed shall be discretionary with the Board of Civil Authority.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 22. Ballots

§ 22. Ballots
For all City or ward or City district elections, and also for the election of justices of the peace in the City, the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare all official ballots, consistent with the requirements of any regulation adopted under section 5 of this charter, and otherwise in the same manner and subject to all the provisions of the laws of this State providing for and regulating the preparation and distribution of official ballots in towns and cities; provided, however, that the Chief Administrative Officer shall cause to be printed for every ward or City district in the City not less than 60 ballots for every 50 names or fractional part thereof on the voting list prepared and posted in the ward or City district for any such election; and further provided that the Chief Administrative Officer shall deliver to the inspectors of election in each ward on the day of the election and before the hour for opening the polls in said ward the number of blocks of ballots containing 100 each as shall nearest represent two-thirds of the whole number required to be printed for the ward or City district and shall retain the balance of the ballots for each ward or City district so prepared. For all special elections, the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare all official ballots at least 45 days prior to the election. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2005, No. M-3, eff. May 12, 2005; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015; 2019, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Oct. 8, 2020.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 23. Retained ballots to be delivered to inspectors on demand

§ 23. Retained ballots to be delivered to inspectors on demand
In case the inspectors of election in any ward for any cause shall require the ballots so belonging to such ward or City district and retained by said Chief Administrative Officer, or any part thereof, they shall notify him or her in writing. Said Chief Administrative Officer shall thereupon forthwith transmit to said inspectors of election such part or all of said ballots so retained in his or her possession as said inspectors of election shall specify. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 24. Record of ballots delivered required; receipts

§ 24. Record of ballots delivered required; receipts
The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a record of the whole number of ballots so prepared and delivered, and said inspectors of election shall give to said Chief Administrative Officer, whenever any ballots are received by them, a receipt stating the number of ballots so received.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 25. Requirements generally

§ 25. Requirements generally
Special meetings of all the legal voters of said City shall be called by the Mayor upon request by resolution of the City Council or on petition signed by five percent of the legal voters for any legal purpose beyond the jurisdiction of the City Council, said purpose to be set forth in the warning for said meeting; provided, however, that any petition for the calling of any special meeting for the resubmission, reconsideration, or rescission of any question previously submitted to the legal voters of said City shall be filed not more than 30 days after such previous submission; and provided further, that no question previously submitted to the legal voters of said City shall be more than once resubmitted or presented for reconsideration or rescission except upon request of the City Council by resolution. Each page of a petition filed under this section shall bear the full text of such petition, each signature to such petition shall be witnessed, each signer of such petition shall set after his or her signature his or her legal address within the City, and any part of such petition not conforming to these requirements shall be invalid. At such special meetings, those persons only shall be entitled to vote whose names are on the checklist used for the last annual City election, and such persons as were or have become entitled by law to have their names on such checklist and whose names have been added thereto by the Board for Registration of Voters since said City election. The Board for Registration of Voters shall hold a meeting or meetings to make additions and corrections to said checklist.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 26. Questions at special meeting to be decided by ballot

§ 26. Questions at special meeting to be decided by ballot
The questions at any such special meeting shall be determined by ballot and the checklist shall be used. There shall be at such meeting a separate polling place, or polling places, for each ward, and as many of the ward officers hereinbefore named as shall be necessary shall act at such meetings in the same manner as at City or ward or City district elections. For all such meetings, it shall be the duty of the Chief Administrative Officer to prepare suitable ballots in sufficient quantity. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 26, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 28. Warning required; location; voting

§ 28. Warning required; location; voting
Freemen’s meetings for all purposes provided by the laws of the State shall be warned by the Mayor, and one copy of such warning, signed by the Mayor, shall be posted in each ward of the City. Such meetings shall be held in the respective wards at such place or places in each ward as shall be designated in the warning therefor, and each freeman shall vote only in the ward of which he or she is an inhabitant at the time of the completion of the checklist of voters therefor.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 3 - City of Burlington › App § 29. Checklists to be prepared and posted

§ 29. Checklists to be prepared and posted
Checklists of voters in the respective wards for each freemen’s meeting shall be prepared, posted, corrected, and furnished to the inspectors of election therein; and elections at such freemen’s meetings shall be conducted in the manner herein provided for City elections. No person whose name is not on such checklist shall be allowed to vote at any freemen’s meeting.