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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 2.10. Qualifications of candidates for municipal and/or ward office

§ 2.10. Qualifications of candidates for municipal and/or ward office
Any registered voter from the City of Rutland qualified to vote for a candidate for municipal or ward office may be nominated as a candidate for any municipal or ward office except as hereinafter limited or as limited by the laws of the State of Vermont. The name of such candidate shall be printed on the official ballot to be used at the City election, if nomination papers issued by the City Clerk, signed in person by at least 35 registered voters of the City for an office to be filled by the voters of the entire City, or at least five of the registered voters of any ward for an office to be filled by the voters of such ward, are filed with the City Clerk no later than 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Monday preceding the day of the election, which shall be the filing deadline. Each voter signing such nomination papers shall indicate that he or she is a voter in the City and in the ward for which the nomination is made, and that he or she has not subscribed to more nominations of candidates for this office as there are persons to be elected thereto. Such nomination papers shall be in substantially the following form:
STATE OF VERMONT
CITY OF RUTLAND
NOMINATION PAPER
The undersigned, registered voters of the City of Rutland qualified to vote for a candidate for the office named below, in accordance with law, make the following nomination of a candidate to be voted for at the election to be held in the City of Rutland on ________ , 20__ . We are voters in the political division for which the nomination is made, and we have not subscribed to more nominations of candidates for this Office than there are persons to be elected thereto.
Name of Office for
Residence
Candidate Which Nominated
(Street and Number)
Signatures and Residences of Nominators
Signature of Nominator
Residence
to be Made in Person
(Street and Number, if any)
Acceptance of Nomination
I accept the above nomination. (Signature of Nominee)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 4.1. Administrative powers

§ 4.1. Administrative powers
The administration of all fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City and the government thereof shall be vested in the Board of Aldermen, except as otherwise provided by this charter or by law, and except where the powers are specifically delegated to the Mayor or other boards or officers herein created.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 4.2. Organization and meetings

§ 4.2. Organization and meetings
(a) The Board of Aldermen elected as hereinbefore provided, shall elect one of their number President of such Board. In the event a vacancy is created on the Board of Aldermen, it shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor and confirmation by the Board of Aldermen in the same manner as other officers are appointed.
(b) Regular meetings of the Board of aldermen shall be held on the first and third Mondays of each month. A majority of all the Aldermen shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A smaller number may adjourn to another date. The Board may compel the attendance of absent members in such manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 4.3. Special meetings

§ 4.3. Special meetings
(a) A special meeting of the Board of Aldermen may be called at any time by the Mayor. Further, a special meeting shall be called by the Mayor on petition by a majority of the Board of Aldermen.
(b) At least 24 hours’ notice shall be given of each special meeting of the Board of Aldermen, except in cases of public emergency declared by the Mayor.
(c) Notice of special meetings shall be served on the aldermen by some person appointed for such purpose by:
(1) delivering to each aldermen, a true and attested copy of such call;
(2) by leaving such copy at the place of his or her usual abode; or
(3) by personal notice from the Mayor in case of declared public emergency.
(d) The Board shall first consider at the special meeting, the matter or purpose set forth in the notice for such meeting, and then any other business that may properly come before the Board of Aldermen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 4.4. Executive sessions

§ 4.4. Executive sessions
All meetings of the Board of Aldermen shall be public except when assembled for executive business as authorized by 1 V.S.A. §§ 313-314 as amended. An executive session may be held at any regular, special, or committee meeting of the Board of Aldermen, but such sessions shall not exclude any member of the Board of Aldermen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 4.5. Acts of the Board of Aldermen

§ 4.5. Acts of the Board of Aldermen
The Board of Aldermen shall exercise its authority in the following manner; by the enactment of ordinances and bylaws, or by resolution or vote of the Board of Aldermen, subject to the approval of the Mayor set forth in section 4.6 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 4.6. Veto powers

§ 4.6. Veto powers
(a) If the Mayor approves any vote of the Board of Aldermen the Mayor shall sign the same. If the Mayor does not approve the vote, he or she shall within 10 days veto and return the vote for a revote with his or her objections in writing to the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen. If seven aldermen vote in favor of the same, it shall be valid and take effect notwithstanding the objections of the Mayor.
(b) If it is not returned for a revote within 10 days by the Mayor to the Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, then the same shall be valid and take effect without the Mayor’s approval.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 4.7. Board of Civil Authority

§ 4.7. Board of Civil Authority
(a) The Mayor and the Board of Aldermen shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority for the City except as herein provided. The Mayor shall preside and vote at all meetings of the Board of Civil Authority except as otherwise provided herein.
(b) The Board shall be empowered to act in all proceedings for the taking of land or other property for public purposes, in actions for the removal or suspension of City employees provided herein, and when authorized by law. Notwithstanding the above, the composition of the Board of Civil Authority, when considering tax appeals pursuant to State law and apportionment matters pursuant to Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated shall conform to 24 V.S.A. § 801.
(c) The Board of Civil Authority shall adopt its own procedures regarding the taking of evidence, deliberations, conclusions, and other business of the Board. An outline of such procedures shall be filed in the City Clerk’s office.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 5.1. Enactment of ordinances

§ 5.1. Enactment of ordinances
The Board of Aldermen may make, alter, amend, or repeal any resolutions, bylaws, regulations, and ordinances that it may deem necessary and proper for carrying into effect any of the powers conferred upon said City by this charter or for the well being of said City, and that shall not be inconsistent with this charter or with the Constitution or laws of the United States or of this State; and to provide penalties for the breach thereof. Any new ordinance adopted, or alteration, amendment, or repeal of an existing ordinance, shall be published in one or more newspapers in the City, to be prescribed by the Board of Aldermen at least 20 days before they shall take effect.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 5.2. Revision of ordinances

§ 5.2. Revision of ordinances
The Board of Aldermen of the City of Rutland is authorized to revise the existing ordinances of said City and shall have authority to strike out and repeal obsolete and repetitive enactments, to amend, repeal, compile, delete, renumber, or rearrange any existing ordinance or part thereof as it may deem proper and expedient so as to condense the whole into concise and comprehensive form. Such revision shall not affect an act done, a right accruing, accrued, acquired, or established, a penalty incurred, a suit, prosecution, or proceeding pending, or the tenure of a person holding office at the time when it takes effect. The separate ordinances that may be contained in such revision need not be published in full in one or more newspapers in said City as prescribed in section 5.1 of this charter, but in lieu thereof at least 200 copies of each revised ordinance shall be made available to the public at cost in the office of the City Clerk of said City and a statement setting forth: (1) the substance of the proposed amendments, prepared by the City Attorney and approved by the Board of Aldermen, and (2) a notice that 200 copies of the ordinance or ordinances as revised are available to the public at cost at the office of the City Clerk, shall be published in one or more newspapers in said City at least 20 days before such proposed amendments shall take effect.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 5.3. Violation of ordinances

§ 5.3. Violation of ordinances
(a) The Board of Aldermen may provide penalties for the violation of any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw. In no case shall the penalty exceed imprisonment for one year or a fine of $500.00, or both, per violation.
(b) In any prosecution for a nuisance arising under this charter or under any ordinance that results in a conviction, the court may order the nuisance complained of to be removed or abated. The expense of removing or abating the nuisance shall be imposed on the offender.
(c) A person violating any ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the City shall be liable in damages to the City or to the person who shall sustain damage as the direct result of said violation. Damages may be recovered in an action declaring upon such ordinance, regulation, or bylaw.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 6.1. Sequestration

§ 6.1. Sequestration
(a) In taking lands, springs, streams, and water rights and diverting waters from natural channels into its water supply, for the purpose of establishing, maintaining, and repairing reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, pipe lines, and other necessary apparatus for and in connection with its water supply and for the purposes of increasing and making additions to its water supply, and for the preservation, protection, maintenance, and operation of the same, the Board of Civil Authority shall proceed in the same manner in which selectboards of towns are authorized to proceed in the taking of lands for highways. Any person owning or interested in such lands, springs, streams, and water rights and waters, who is dissatisfied with the decision of the Board of Civil Authority taking the same or in awarding him or her damages therefore, may have the same right of appeal to the county court and the same proceedings in respect thereto that shall be conducted in the same manner and have the same effect as in the case of lands taken by the selectboard in any towns in this State for the purpose of laying out, altering, or resurveying a highway in said town; but if such proceedings are instituted only in respect to the appraisal of damages for lands, springs, streams, water rights, and water, so taken by the Board of Civil Authority, such proceedings shall not prevent said City from establishing, increasing, maintaining and repairing reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, pipe lines, hydrants, and other apparatus necessary for such purposes on the lands so taken, and from taking springs, streams, water rights, and water, as if no such proceedings had been instituted.
(b) In giving notice to all persons owning or interested in any lands, streams, springs, water rights, or water, to be taken for such purposes, set forth above, the Board of Civil Authority shall issue its citation, signed by the Mayor or its Clerk; which shall be served in the same manner and the several officers shall perform the same duties in respect thereto, as provided in this charter for citations issued by the Board of Highway Commissioners.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 6.2. Sale or lease

§ 6.2. Sale or lease
Only the Board of Aldermen may authorize the sale or lease of real or personal property belonging to the City, except as otherwise authorized by charter or ordinance. All conveyances, grants, or leases of real estate shall be signed by the Mayor and be sealed with the City Seal.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 7.1. Terms of grant

§ 7.1. Terms of grant
The Board of Aldermen may exercise the power set forth in subsection 23 of chapter 3 of this charter by the grant of public franchise. All such grants shall be granted upon such terms and conditions as are just and reasonable, including any sum or sums of money to be paid therefore. The Board of Aldermen may prohibit exercise of any franchise grant until such time as the terms and conditions of said grant have been complied with. This charter shall not be construed to repeal or take away any of the rights and franchises now being exercised by corporations, or persons now conducting business in the City, or to repeal any rights previously granted by the City of Rutland, the general laws of this State, or any special acts of the State Legislature. However, no special franchise shall be granted by said Board of Aldermen for a longer period than 35 years, and no special franchise shall take effect until it has been submitted to the legal voters of the City at a regular or special City election and has received a majority of the votes cast upon the questions.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 8.5. Assessment of taxes

§ 8.5. Assessment of taxes
The Board of Aldermen shall annually, during the first twenty (20) days of July, assess upon the grand list of the City taxes sufficient to meet the following requirement:
(1) Taxes required by the general laws of the State of Vermont.
(2) Taxes required for general City purposes, which shall not exceed $.85 upon the dollar of the grand list except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose; but the tax for general City purposes shall not include the tax annually assessed on the grand list for the support of the schools in the City.
(3) Taxes required to service any bonded debt owed by the City.
(4) [Repealed.]
(5) Taxes required for the replacement for fire equipment, which shall not exceed $.0175 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.
(6) Taxes required for the municipal employees pension fund, which shall not exceed $.06 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.
(7) Taxes required for the replacement of public works, police, and recreation equipment, which shall not exceed $.012 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.
(8) Taxes required for a capital fund for the repair of school buildings, repair and replacement of school equipment, which shall not exceed $.03 on the dollar of the grand list, except if a larger sum has been authorized by the legal voters of the City in a meeting warned for that purpose.
(9) Taxes required for educational or school purposes, provided there is compliance with the limitations set forth in section 34.2 of this charter. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 5: 2003, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2017, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Mar. 1, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 8.7. Delinquent taxes

§ 8.7. Delinquent taxes
(a) It shall be the duty of the City Treasurer as Constable to collect all legal taxes contained in such tax bill, subject to such abatement as may be made by the Board for the Abatement of Taxes. He or she shall pay the amount shown in such tax bill to the City Treasurer by the end of every month, or when request is made in writing by the City Treasurer or the Board of Aldermen.
(b) The City Treasurer as Constable shall proceed in the same manner, perform the same duties, be subject to the same liabilities, and have the same power, authority, and privileges regarding the collection of taxes as prescribed by the general laws of this State for constables or collectors in towns.
(c) The City Treasurer as Constable shall be entitled to the same fees for the collection of taxes and for the service of warrants as allowed by State law for collectors in the towns. Such fees shall be paid to the General Fund of the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 8.8. Board for Abatement of Taxes

§ 8.8. Board for Abatement of Taxes
The Mayor, Board of Aldermen, City Treasurer, and Assessor shall constitute the Board for the Abatement of Taxes. Meetings of such Board shall be called by the City Clerk by giving written notice to each member and all affected parties of record, and by posting a notice in two or more public places in the City at least five days previous to the meeting. The Mayor shall preside and vote at all meetings of the Board for Abatement of Taxes. All meetings of the Board shall be public except when assembled for executive business in conformity with 1 V.S.A. §§ 311-314 inclusive as amended.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 8.9. Local option tax

§ 8.9. Local option tax
(a) A local option sales tax is authorized under this section for the purpose of affording the City an alternative method of raising municipal revenues with the goal of lessening the impact of certain expenses on the property tax or water and sewer fees, or both.
(b) The Board of Aldermen may authorize the assessment of a sales tax of one percent.
(c) Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered by the Vermont Department of Taxes pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138.
(d) Revenues received through a tax imposed under this section shall be used for any of the following:
(1) deposit in any capital improvement reserve fund established in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 2804;
(2) reducing the deficit in any underfunded pension; or
(3) financing the construction, reconstruction, or repair of City buildings, streets, sidewalks, or other infrastructure. (Added 2023, No. M-13, § 2, eff. June 8, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 9.1. As Executive Officer

§ 9.1. As Executive Officer
The Mayor shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the City. He or she shall use his or her best efforts to see that the laws and City ordinances are enforced and that the duties of all subordinate officers are faithfully performed. He or she shall take care that the funds of the City are properly expended. He or she shall recommend measures and proposals for consideration of the Board of Aldermen, to ensure progressive, prudent, and efficient management of the affairs of the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 9.2. Additional powers

§ 9.2. Additional powers
The Mayor, when permitted by State law, with the consent of the Board of Aldermen, shall have power to suspend fines and costs, in whole or in part, in cases where the same are payable into the City Treasury, and shall cause the reason for such suspension to be entered on the City records. The Mayor shall have the power to administer oaths.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 9.3. Succession

§ 9.3. Succession
In case of the absence of the Mayor from the City or his or her inability to serve, the President of the Board of Aldermen shall act as Mayor. It shall be the duty of the Mayor to give the City Clerk due notice of the absence of the Mayor from the City and of his or her return, and said City Clerk shall duly notify the President of the Board of Aldermen. In case of the absence from the City or inability to serve of the President of the Board of Aldermen, the Board of Aldermen shall designate one of their number to act as Mayor.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 9.4. Vacancy

§ 9.4. Vacancy
In case of a vacancy in the Office of Mayor occasioned by death, resignation, removal from said City, permanent inability to serve, failure to elect, or disqualification of the person chosen, the President of the Board of Aldermen shall act as Mayor until the next annual meeting, and in case any of the causes above mentioned prevent the President of the Board of Aldermen from serving as Mayor when it becomes necessary for him or her to do so, the Board of Aldermen shall designate one of their number to act as Mayor until the next annual meeting and at such next annual meeting the legal voters of the City shall elect a Mayor from among their number to fill such vacancy.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 10.1. As disbursing officer

§ 10.1. As disbursing officer
(a) The City Treasurer shall be the disbursing officer of the City. All bills legally contracted by any officer or Board of said City and approved by a majority of the Board of Finance, shall be paid by warrant directed to said Treasurer and drawn to the person to whom the City is indebted, except as herein otherwise provided. Such warrant shall show upon its face the indebtedness for which it is drawn and shall refer to the appropriation by the authority of which such indebtedness was incurred.
(b) All vouchers for such warrants shall be kept on file in the office of the City Clerk. No money shall be paid out of the City Treasury except upon warrant signed by the Mayor for bills approved by the Board of Finance, such approval to be authenticated by the City Clerk, except that when any bills against the City have been approved by the Board of Finance, and the Mayor neglects or refuses for 10 days to sign the warrant, the same may be signed by a majority of the Board of Finance. But this provision shall not apply to expenditures of the school commissioners and orders drawn by courts in exercise of their criminal jurisdiction.
(c) A full record of expenditure shall be kept by the Treasurer, which shall show at all times the amount of every warrant paid under the authority of each appropriation of the Board of Aldermen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 10.2. Bonds and notes

§ 10.2. Bonds and notes
The City Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and the denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom and for what purpose issued, and the rate of interest thereon; and shall also keep a record of payments thereon of principal and interest; and if coupons are taken up, shall cancel and preserve the same.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 10.3. Statutory powers

§ 10.3. Statutory powers
The City Treasurer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities, as are prescribed by the laws of this State for town treasurers; shall perform all duties relating to bonds to retire outstanding indebtedness, and such other duties as are specified herein or by ordinance. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 10.4. School monies and bonds

§ 10.4. School monies and bonds
The City Treasurer shall keep a separate account of all the monies appropriated for the use of schools which monies shall consist of the income accruing in every legal way and the City Treasurer shall pay out of any monies mentioned in this section, all warrants drawn by the Board of School Commissioners for the use of schools. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 7.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 10.5. Assistant City Treasurer

§ 10.5. Assistant City Treasurer
The City Treasurer may appoint an Assistant City Treasurer who shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Treasurer, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Aldermen. The Assistant City Treasurer shall render such service to the City Treasurer as he or she may require and in the absence or inability of the City Treasurer to perform his or her duties, the Assistant City Treasurer shall have the same powers, be subject to the same liabilities, and perform all of the duties of the City Treasurer.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 10.6. Constable/tax collector

§ 10.6. Constable/tax collector
The City Treasurer shall also act as Constable and Tax Collector for the City of Rutland with all the duties and powers conferred upon a constable or tax collector as provided by Vermont State law, but the fees allowed to the Tax Collector or Constable shall be paid into the General Fund of the City of Rutland.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 11.2. Budget estimate

§ 11.2. Budget estimate
Except for the Board of School Commissioners, it shall be the duty of any person who is authorized to incur any indebtedness chargeable to the City, to prepare each October 1 a detailed line-item budget estimate for each department for the upcoming fiscal year. (Amended 2009, No. M-6, § 2, eff. May 8, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 11.3. City budget

§ 11.3. City budget
The Mayor shall annually before each November 1 prepare and submit to the Board of Aldermen a proposed budget predicated as necessary to operate all branches of City government. The Board of Aldermen may reduce the proposed budget but may not increase it. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2009, No. M-6, § 3, eff. May 8, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 11.4. Annual appropriations

§ 11.4. Annual appropriations
The Board of Aldermen shall finalize the General Fund budget and publish to the voters of the City before each December 31. The General Fund budget shall then be promptly warned and placed on the ballot each March for voter approval. (Amended 2009, No. M-6, § 4; eff. May 8, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 11.5. City report

§ 11.5. City report
The City report shall be published annually, on or before the 15th day of November each year, by the direction of the Mayor. It shall contain a clear statement of the financial affairs of the City, including a record of all expenditures, receipts, and disbursements of the City monies, and the name and amount of compensation for services from the City of every person receiving compensation by way of salary or otherwise in amount of $300 or more a year.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 11.6. City indebtedness

§ 11.6. City indebtedness
(a) The credit of the City, other than by temporary loans for a period of not more than one year, shall not be pledged by the Board of Aldermen nor by any officer of said City unless by vote of the legal voters of the City.
(b) If the legal voters of the City give authority to the Board of Aldermen to pledge the credit of the City for any purpose, including the paying of any deficit, the City is empowered to issue its negotiable orders, warrants, notes, or bonds with interest coupons attached or in register form, to the amount not to exceed the limit prescribed by law. Such notes or bonds shall be payable at such time and at such rate of interest as may be established by the voters, or if no time and rate of interest are fixed thereby, the same shall be established by the Board of Aldermen.
(c) Bonds, orders, notes, or warrants issued under this section shall be signed by the Mayor and the City Treasurer and countersigned by the City Clerk and if interest coupons are attached thereto they shall be signed by the Treasurer. Such bonds, orders, notes, or warrants shall contain a statement that they are issued in conformity with the provisions of this charter and shall specify the purpose for which they are issued; and such statements shall have the same effect as provided in the case of bonds or notes issued to refund outstanding bonds or notes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 13.1. Powers and duties

§ 13.1. Powers and duties
The City Assessor, elected for a term of two years, shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subjected to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers, except as herein otherwise provided. The Assessor shall also be a member of the Board for the Abatement of Taxes, and shall perform such additional duties as are prescribed for the Assessor under the ordinances.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.1. Boards and commissions

§ 15.1. Boards and commissions
There shall be maintained in the City an Assessor, a Board of Health, a Board of Planning Commissioners, a Board of Cemetery Commissioners, a Board of Finance, a Board of Highway Commissioners, a Board of Sewage Disposal Commissioners, a Board of Zoning Adjustment, a Pension Board, a Board of School Commissioners, a Police Commission, a Redevelopment Authority and otherwise as provided for herein.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.2. Appointed officers; two-year term

§ 15.2. Appointed officers; two-year term
(a) The Mayor shall appoint a City Clerk, a City Attorney, a Grand Juror and Assistant City Attorney, a Superintendent of Recreation, a Building Inspector, a Zoning Administrator, an Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, and such other offices as are required by State law.
(b) The Mayor may appoint an Emergency Management Director, a Community Development Director, a Director of Public Welfare, and such subordinate officers as may be elected or appointed by towns or authorized by any lawful ordinance made under this charter, the appointment of which is not otherwise provided for.
(c) All of the above named officers shall be appointed in March of odd numbered years for a two-year term.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.3. Annual appointments

§ 15.3. Annual appointments
(a) The Mayor shall annually in the month of March appoint one cemetery commissioner, one member of the Board of Health, and one Pension Committee member.
(b) At the discretion of the Mayor, the offices of the Inspector of Milk and Inspector of Meat may be combined.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.4. Confirmation of appointment

§ 15.4. Confirmation of appointment
(a) Unless otherwise provided, all appointments authorized to be made by the Mayor under any of the provisions of this charter shall be submitted by him or her, in writing, to the Board of Aldermen at a regular meeting for confirmation. The Board shall act upon the appointments at the next regular meeting. Such appointments shall stand confirmed unless rejected by a vote of seven members. If a person so appointed is rejected, the Mayor may appoint him or her or another person for such office and submit the same to the Board of Aldermen within one month. In no case shall the Mayor submit the same name more than twice. In case he or she fails to do so within said period, the Board of Aldermen may proceed to make such appointment, which appointment shall be valid without the consent of the Mayor.
(b) If the Mayor fails to appoint any of the officers authorized by section 15.2 or 15.3 of this charter within 90 days, then the Board of Aldermen may appoint said officers by a vote of seven members without the approval of the Mayor.
(c) The Mayor may also contract, for a period of up to one year, subject to confirmation of the Board of Aldermen, to fill a vacancy in either the Office of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department or the Chief of Police, notwithstanding the appointment powers set forth in section 22.1 or 23.1 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.5. Term of office

§ 15.5. Term of office
(a) All elective officers, including ward officers and school commissioners, shall hold office from the 15th day of March of the year of their first election, for the term for which they are elected, and until their successors have been elected and have qualified.
(b) All appointive officers and all other officers whose terms of office are not herein or by general law otherwise specified, shall, except as herein otherwise provided, hold their offices for the specified terms of their appointment from the first day of April of the year of their appointment, and until their successors are appointed and have qualified.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.7. Vacancies

§ 15.7. Vacancies
(a) In case of vacancy for any cause in any appointive office, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner herein provided for the appointment thereto, but only for the unexpired term of the office. In case of vacancy for any cause in an elective office, excepting Mayor and school commissioner, occasioned by death, resignation, removal from the City, or other disability, the office shall be filled by the Mayor by nomination and confirmation by the aldermen as hereinbefore provided. The appointment shall run until the next annual meeting and at such next annual meeting the legal voters of the City shall elect, from among their number, a person to fill such vacancy.
(b) The Mayor with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, shall make a temporary appointment within 15 days after receiving notice from a physician that any appointive officer is rendered incapable of performing the duties of that particular office.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.10. Bonds of City officers

§ 15.10. Bonds of City officers
(a) All employees of the City who receive or disburse any of the funds of the City shall annually, before entering upon the duties of their office, give bonds to the City in an amount satisfactory to the Board of Aldermen, for the faithful discharge of their respective duties; and any other officer or employee may be required by the Board of Aldermen to give similar bonds.
(b) All City officers or employees from whom bonds are required shall furnish bonds of a surety company in form satisfactory to the City attorney in an amount satisfactory to the Board of Aldermen. The City Treasurer shall pay the cost of such bonds from the money appropriated for general expense.
(c) In case of the neglect of any officer to give bond as above specified after 10 days’ notice from the Board of Aldermen that he or she is required to do so, his or her office shall thereupon become vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as hereinbefore provided.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.11. Oath of officers

§ 15.11. Oath of officers
All officers of the City shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with the City Clerk the following oath: “I solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office (duty or trust) of __________ of the City of Rutland, to the best of my judgment and abilities, according to law, so help me God.”
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 15.12. Residency requirement

§ 15.12. Residency requirement
(a) The application of a residence requirement upon commencement of employment with the City of Rutland may be applied to those employees or appointed officials where it is established that a rational basis therefore exists.
(b) The Board of Aldermen may designate by ordinance that certain officers or employees of the City shall become residents thereof upon the determination that a rational basis exists for the imposition of such a requirement.
(c) The above requirements shall become effective upon passage and shall affect officers or employees commencing employment on or after July 1, 1979.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 16.1. Duties

§ 16.1. Duties
The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties devolving under the law of this State upon town clerks, except insofar as the same are changed or modified by the provisions of this charter; the Clerk shall be the ex officio Clerk of the Board of Aldermen, Board of Civil Authority, Board for the Abatement of Taxes, Board of Finance, Board of Public Health, and of the Board of Highway Commissioners. The City Clerk may be City Purchasing Agent. He or she shall have exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the City and of all records, papers, and documents belonging to the Town of Rutland at the time the City of Rutland was organized. He or she shall receive the same fees as do town clerks under the State law, but his or her salary as set by the Board of Aldermen shall be in lieu of all fees, and all fees received by the City Clerk shall be accounted for, and paid into the City Treasury.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 16.2. Public records

§ 16.2. Public records
(a) Public records shall not be taken out of or away from the City Clerk’s office except upon the order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction, but the Board of Aldermen may by ordinance or by law regulate the removal from said office of all papers and documents belonging to the City and in the custody of the City Clerk as aforesaid.
(b) The Clerk shall make duly certified copies of public records, papers, and documents, upon payment of the proper fee. Such 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 16.3. Certification of publication

§ 16.3. Certification of publication
Whenever any notice signed by the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, or any City officer or officers, or any advertisement, ordinance, resolution, or bylaw shall have been published in some newspaper 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 he or she shall so certify upon the proper City record; and such record or a 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 9 - City of Rutland › App § 17.1. City Purchasing Agent

§ 17.1. City Purchasing Agent
(a) The City Purchasing Agent shall be a City employee under the direction of the Board of Finance.
(b) The City Purchasing Agent shall contract for and purchase all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services required by any department, office, board, commission, or agency of the City; except purchases made in behalf of the School Department, and except as otherwise provided herein.
(c) The City Purchasing Agent shall work in a cooperative and coordinative purchasing effort with the designated representative of the Rutland City School Department when such effort will result in a benefit to the City of Rutland.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 17.2. Contractual authority

§ 17.2. Contractual authority
The City Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into contracts for the City, except that any contract calling for payment, either totally, or in installments, of a sum exceeding $1,000.00 shall be signed by the Mayor.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 17.3. Requisitions

§ 17.3. Requisitions
(a) All purchases made under section 17.1 of this charter shall be made upon written requisitions therefor upon the Purchasing Agent. The Purchasing Agent shall immediately proceed to purchase under the provisions of the ordinances the property so required and to distribute it accordingly taking a receipt therefor upon the original requisition. The Purchasing Agent shall then forward the requisition to the City Clerk. Purchases in excess of $3,000.00 shall be awarded upon bids as hereinafter set forth.
(b) Notwithstanding any of the provisions herein, purchases may be made at auctions with the express approval of the Board of Aldermen and City Purchasing Agent. (Amended 1997, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 14, 2008.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 17.4. Bidding procedures

§ 17.4. Bidding procedures
(a) No board or officer of the City shall incur any indebtedness or enter into any contract on behalf of the City requiring the payment of money, unless such indebtedness or contract is provided for in the previous appropriations of the Board of Aldermen. Contracts shall not be awarded for an amount in excess of $3,000.00 unless the contract is awarded upon sealed bids submitted as a result of advertising in a local newspaper, or in response to an invitation to bid from the City Purchasing Agent, or Rutland City School Department, or bids invited by the Vermont Agency of Administration, Division of Purchasing, if the Board of Finance determines it is in the best interests of the City of Rutland to participate in the Vermont State bid process. No contract as entered into as aforesaid shall be altered or amended unless such alterations or amendments are reduced to writing in a form satisfactory to the City Attorney and approved by the Mayor. No acceptance of performance of such contact by any officer of the City shall be valid or binding unless the same shall be approved by the Board of Finance. However, contracts of the School Department shall not require the approval of the Mayor and the Board of Finance but shall be approved by a majority vote of the school commissioners.
(b) The Board of Finance is authorized to receive all bids and to make awards on the same, upon consultation with the City Purchasing Agent and the department head involved in the purchase. (Amended 2007, No. M-20 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. May 14, 2008.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 17.6. Professional services

§ 17.6. Professional services
(a) For contracts requiring professional services or specialization, or expertise in a particular field, the Board of School Commissioners shall authorize the Superintendent to invite proposals for such services. The Superintendent, acting as Purchasing Agent for the School Department, shall submit his or her selection or selections to the Board of School Commissioners for confirmation.
(b) For contracts requiring professional services or specialization, or expertise in a particular field, the Board of Aldermen shall authorize the Mayor to invite proposals for such services. The Mayor, after consultation with the City Purchasing Agent and the department head involved, shall submit his or her selection or selections to the Board of Aldermen for confirmation.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 18.1. Duties

§ 18.1. Duties
The City Attorney shall be Corporation Counsel, Chief Union Negotiator, and shall prosecute and defend on behalf of said City all suits in which the City is interested; and may prosecute all violations of the City ordinances and bylaws. The City Attorney is also authorized to file informations and complaints in criminal causes in the District Court, before any justice of the peace in the City according to law and prosecute the same to final judgment.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 18.2. Grand juror and Assistant City Attorney

§ 18.2. Grand juror and Assistant City Attorney
The City Grand Juror shall prosecute violations of ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the City of Rutland; may prosecute and defend criminal matters occurring within the limits of the City of Rutland; and also shall act as Assistant City Attorney as directed by the City Attorney.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 19.5. Duties of the Community Development Director

§ 19.5. Duties of the Community Development Director
The Community Development Director is an administrative staff position assisting the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen and various City boards in a variety of assignments that include the management of community development efforts and the coordination of City planning efforts.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 20.1. Membership and duties

§ 20.1. Membership and duties
(a) The Mayor, the President of the Board of Aldermen, and the City Treasurer shall constitute the Board of Finance; the Mayor shall be Chair.
(b) The Board of Finance shall establish, and each department shall adopt, such system of accounting and auditing for each department of the City government as will give uniform and reliable methods for transacting the business of the City. They shall provide for regular monthly reports to be made by each department to the Board of Finance and to the Board of Aldermen.
(c) The Board of Finance may annually in the month of June procure from chartered banks of known reliability and sufficient capital their offer to act as depository for the City monies, and the terms upon which they will receive such monies. They may, by vote appoint such bank or banks as depository as shall appear to be for the best interests of the City.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 9 - City of Rutland › App § 20.2. Custody of public buildings

§ 20.2. Custody of public buildings
(a) The Board of Finance shall also have the care and control of all public buildings not specifically in charge of any other department of the City. They shall appoint such janitors or employ such persons as may be required for the proper care of the buildings, and may prescribe their salaries and define their duties subject to existing collective bargaining agreements.
(b) The Board of Finance may order repairs or enlargements to be made to said buildings, except when the estimated cost of any such repairs or enlargements exceeds $500.00, in such case, prior approval of the Board of Aldermen shall be required.