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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 5. Warnings

§ 5. Warnings
(a) Public notice of every annual or special Village meeting or Village election shall be given by a warning posted in at least three places in the Village at least 30 days but not more than 40 days prior to the meeting; and published at least five days before the meeting, in a newspaper having general circulation in the Village. Except that the warning for the annual meeting need not be published if the warning is published in the Village report and the Village report is mailed or distributed to the voters at least 10 days before the meeting.
(b) The warning shall:
(1) state the date, time, and place of the meeting;
(2) be signed by a majority of the trustees, except for meetings required by this charter to be called by the Village trustees;
(3) specifically indicate by separate articles what business is to be transacted at the meeting;
(4) contain any article approved by the trustees; and
(5) contain any article requested by petition signed by at least five percent of the voters and filed with the Village Clerk at least 40 days prior to the day of the meeting. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 6. Conduct

§ 6. Conduct
(a) The President shall preside at all Village meetings, but in the President’s absence, the Village Clerk shall call the meeting to order, and the first order of business shall be the election of a President Pro Tempore to preside for the duration of the meeting. The President, as Moderator, shall conduct every meeting according to this charter, the laws of the State of Vermont, and Roberts’ Rules of Order, Newly Revised, when not in conflict with this charter or the laws of the State of Vermont. The President shall preserve order in the conduct of the business of the meeting and in all things preserve the principles of fairness and openness in Village government.
(b) The Village Clerk shall be the presiding officer at all Village elections by Australian ballot and shall cooperate with the Board of Civil Authority to assure that all laws relating to elections are faithfully observed. While the polls are open, the Village Clerk may rule on all questions concerning the conduct of the election and shall not be disqualified from performing any duties by reason of his or her own candidacy for any office. In the Village Clerk’s absence, the members of the Board of Civil Authority who are residents of the Village may designate one of their members to perform the Village Clerk’s duties under this subsection. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 7. Reconsideration of actions taken

§ 7. Reconsideration of actions taken
A question considered at any Village meeting or election may not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent annual or special meeting or election, specifically warned for the purpose and called by the Trustees by resolution or by the Village Clerk pursuant to a petition requesting reconsideration or rescission except with the approval of the legislative body. The petition must be signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters and filed with the Village Clerk within 30 days following the date of the meeting or election at which the question was first considered. The Village Trustees shall call for a vote in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the date of filing. The manner of reconsideration shall be the same manner by which the question was originally considered. A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission more than one time; provided, however, that after the passing of at least 12 months from the date of any such reconsideration or rescission, the same or a similar question may be newly submitted for consideration. Unless rescinded as provided in this section, any vote or action lawfully taken at a Village meeting or election shall remain in effect indefinitely. A reconsideration or rescission vote shall not be effective unless the number of votes cast in favor of reconsideration or rescission exceeds 65 percent of the number of votes cast for the prevailing side at the original meeting. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 8. Board of Civil Authority

§ 8. Board of Civil Authority
(a) The Board of Civil Authority shall consist of the justices of the peace residing within the Village, the Village Clerk, and the trustees. At the first meeting following each annual Village election, the Board of Civil Authority shall elect a Chair from among its members; the Village Clerk shall be the Clerk of the Board. In the event of the absence of either the Chair or the Clerk from any meeting of the Board, the first order of business shall be the election of a Chair or Clerk Pro Tempore to serve for the balance of the meeting.
(b) The Board of Civil Authority shall meet prior to every regular or special Village meeting or election to prepare, revise, and post in the manner required by law, an alphabetical list of all the legal voters in the Village. For that purpose, the Board shall have access to any books or lists belonging to the Village, except as provided by law, and may require the assistance of any of the Village officers. The Board shall post in three places an attested copy of the list of voters so prepared and corrected, at least four days prior to the meeting or election, and the said list of voters so prepared and corrected, and no others, shall be used at the meeting or election. In preparing the list of voters, the Board shall record each name in such manner as to identify each voter precisely, so as to avoid any possible confusion. The Board of Civil Authority shall be governed by State laws relating to voter qualification, checklist maintenance, and removal of names from the checklist, as they appear in 17 V.S.A. chapter 43.
(c) In addition to any other requirement of law, the Board shall cause at least two notices of the time and place of each of its meetings for the purpose of revising the checklist to be published in the newspaper of general circulation in the Village. Publication shall be at least two and not more than 10 days prior to such meeting, but no notice need be published with respect to an adjourned session of a meeting for which notice has been given.
(d) The Board shall assist the Village Clerk and Village President in supervising all Village elections and meetings, and shall take care that all laws and requirements relating to elections and election procedures and Village meetings are fully and faithfully kept. The Board may require the presence of any law enforcement officers it may judge necessary to preserve the integrity of any election or Village meeting.
(e) The members of the Board of Civil Authority present shall constitute a quorum for all purposes. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 9. Nomination of candidates

§ 9. Nomination of candidates
Unless proceeding by Australian ballot, nomination of persons to fill Village offices shall be from the floor at the Village meeting. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 31. General powers

§ 31. General powers
(a) The Village of Hyde Park shall have all the powers granted to villages by the Constitution and laws of this State, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted; the Village may enact ordinances pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 59 not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter, and impose penalties for violation thereof.
(b) The Village may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any Village purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, or condemnation, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 32. Boundaries

§ 32. Boundaries
The bounds of said Village of Hyde Park shall be as presently constructed and described in the Report of Selectmen dated May 14, 1895, as the boundaries may subsequently be altered by acts of Village and Town meetings adding real estate to and deleting real estate from said corporate limits. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 51. Elected officers

§ 51. Elected officers
(a) At the annual meeting, the following officers shall be elected by the voters of the Village of Hyde Park, and unless the voters have previously voted to proceed by Australian ballot pursuant to 17 V.S.A. § 2680, voting for all such officers shall be by paper ballot.
(1) Five trustees.
(2) One President.
(3) Three Bliss Fund trustees.
(4) Three auditors.
(b) Only a voter of the Village of Hyde Park may seek election to or hold a Village elective office except for an individual seeking the Office of President, who may be a resident of the Town of Hyde Park. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 52. Trustees

§ 52. Trustees
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all the powers of the Village shall be entrusted to and exercised by the trustees consisting of five members chosen by the voters of the Village of Hyde Park. Three members shall be elected for terms of three years and two members shall be elected for terms of two years. The Board shall discharge all the duties conferred or imposed upon trustees by law, including the duties of water, electric and sewer commissioners, and any similar ex officio duties; and when sitting in such official capacity, it shall not be necessary to convene in a separate capacity.
(b) The trustees shall meet within 14 business days after the annual election to elect a Chair and to designate one of their Board or the Village Clerk as Clerk of the Board. Special meetings of the trustees may be called at any time by the Chair, or, in the Chair’s absence, by a majority of the trustees.
(c) No action of the Board shall be valid or binding unless approved by a majority of the Board of Trustees. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 53. Auditors

§ 53. Auditors
Auditors shall be elected for terms of three years, with one elected each year. They shall be responsible for the proper financial accountability of the Village, and, for this purpose, all Village officers shall, within 20 days after the close of the fiscal year, submit to the auditors such reports, records, and materials as the auditors require for the discharge of their duties. The auditors shall then proceed to examine and adjust the accounts of all Village officers and report their findings in writing, not later than 50 days after the close of the fiscal year. They shall cause their findings to be printed and made available to the voters. The auditors may employ the services of a certified public accountant at Village expense, for such purposes as they shall deem proper, should they believe there has been gross misuse of Village funds. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 54. Bliss Fund trustees

§ 54. Bliss Fund trustees
The Bliss Fund trustees shall consist of three trustees, one elected each year for a term of three years. The trustees shall have the powers and duties prescribed for the Bliss Fund and those listed in the Village bylaws. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 55. President

§ 55. President
A President shall be elected for a term of one year and shall perform all duties required by this charter, and to the extent not in conflict with this charter, all duties required by laws of the State of Vermont. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 71. Appointed officers

§ 71. Appointed officers
(a) Within 14 days following the annual Village meeting, the Board of Trustees shall meet and, by a majority vote, shall appoint other Village officers as allowed by law, including the following:
(1) One Village Clerk.
(2) One Village Treasurer.
(3) One Delinquent Tax Collector.
(4) One Constable.
(b) A vacancy in any appointive office may be filled for the duration of the unexpired term by the trustees. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 72. Village Clerk

§ 72. Village Clerk
(a) The Village Clerk shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a one year term and shall:
(1) maintain a record of all action taken at special or annual Town meetings;
(2) maintain all Village records and an index to those records if appropriate;
(3) maintain and file all reports required by law;
(4) perform any other duties required of the Clerk by law, this charter, ordinances, or the Board of Trustees.
(b) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Village Clerk shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the Clerk’s duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with such surety as prescribed and approved by the trustees, and the premium shall be paid by the Village. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 73. Village Treasurer

§ 73. Village Treasurer
(a) The Village Treasurer shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a one year term and shall:
(1) receive taxes, assessments, charges, and levies, and maintain a record of monies collected and uncollected;
(2) serve in the capacity of Tax Collector and, in the absence of a Delinquent Tax Collector, handle delinquencies;
(3) pay orders drawn by officials authorized to draw orders;
(4) deposit and invest funds in a financially sound manner;
(5) provide detailed financial statements and reports, as may be required by the trustees;
(6) perform any other duties required of the Treasurer by law, this charter or ordinances, and by the trustees.
(b) Before entering upon the duties of the office, the Village Treasurer shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of the Treasurer’s duties. The bond shall be of a sum and with such surety as prescribed and approved by the trustees, and the premium shall be paid by the Village. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 74. Delinquent Tax Collector

§ 74. Delinquent Tax Collector
A Delinquent Tax Collector may be appointed for a one-year term by the Board of Trustees. Taxes assessed and collected shall be as stated in section 93 of this charter, entitled—“Taxes”. In the absence of an appointed Tax Collector, the duties of such position shall revert to the Village Treasurer. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 75. Constable

§ 75. Constable
A Constable may be appointed for a one-year term by the trustees. The Constable’s training and duties shall be set by the trustees. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 91. Fiscal year

§ 91. Fiscal year
The fiscal year shall begin the first day of January and end the last day of December unless another date is fixed by the voters at any annual Village meeting. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 92. Appropriations

§ 92. Appropriations
(a) All amounts specified in the budget and approved by the voters at the annual Village meeting are appropriated for the purpose specified. The trustees may transfer appropriated amounts between general classifications and expenditures. All unexpended and unencumbered appropriations, except appropriations for capital expenditures, shall lapse at the close of the fiscal year.
(b) The majority of the trustees shall sign the orders at each regularly scheduled meeting. However, the Board may adopt to use the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 1623 in lieu of this provision. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 93. Taxes

§ 93. Taxes
(a) All real and personal property taxes shall be paid to the Village Treasurer in full or in not more than four equal installments as set forth by specific article in the Village warning.
(b) The tax rate shall be annually set by the trustees as soon as practicable after final adoption of the Village budget and filing by the listers of the grand list for the Village. In setting the rate, the Board shall consider only that amount that is necessary to offset the difference between revenues and expenses, including any surplus carried over from the previous year.
(c) Taxes shall become delinquent on the first business day following the due date of the final installment. The Treasurer, within 10 days, shall turn all unpaid tax accounts over to the Tax Collector together with a warrant for the collection of such accounts. Accounts forwarded to the Tax Collector shall include interest accrued to that date, and simple interest shall continue to accrue at a rate as set forth by a specific article in the Village meeting warning and approved by the voters. A delinquency fee as determined by the Village meeting warning and approved by the voters shall be added to the amount of tax due. The Tax Collector shall be empowered under general law of the State to levy on personal property, bring actions at law, conduct tax sales of real estate, and bring petitions for foreclosures on tax liens in accord with State law. Such acts shall be done in the name of the Village of Hyde Park.
(d) The grand list of rateable estate within said Village, as made out by the listers of the Town of Hyde Park, shall be the grand list of said Village, and the trustees shall cause a copy of said list to be made out and filed in the office of the Clerk of said Village at the same time it is completed in the Town Clerk’s office. In case a parcel of real estate is situated partially within and partially without the limits of said Village, said listers shall designate in said list the appraised value of said real estate that lies within said limits. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 94. Tax abatements

§ 94. Tax abatements
The Board of Civil Authority, along with the Treasurer and the listers, shall constitute the Board of Abatement. The Board shall meet at least once a year, elect a Chair and Clerk, and consider all the taxpayers’ requests for abatement of their taxes, special assessment, or other levy made by the Village in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 1535. The Clerk shall call the meeting, and public notice of the meeting must appear in at least three public places at least two days prior to the meeting. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 95. Indemnification

§ 95. Indemnification
The Village shall indemnify and hold all elective and appointive officers harmless from and against all liability claims and suits of any type brought against them as a consequence of their service, except those caused by and arising out of their intentional or willful misconduct. Said indemnity shall include all damages, costs, and attorney fees. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 111. Ordinances

§ 111. Ordinances
(a) Village legislation shall be by ordinance adopted pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 59.
(b) The Village Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Village Clerk’s office a book of ordinances that shall contain each Village ordinance, together with a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate any Village ordinance lawfully passed.
(c) An ordinance adopted by the Board in the manner set forth shall be subject to its repeal by a Village meeting if a petition signed by not less than 10 percent of the voters is filed with the Village Clerk on or before the effective date of the ordinance. The Clerk shall warn a Village meeting to be held within 45 days of the filing, to consider the question of repeal of the ordinance. Until the vote and question of repeal is held, the ordinance shall not become effective. If a majority of the votes cast shall be in favor of repealing the ordinance, the same shall be repealed and no further action shall be taken. If a majority of the votes cast shall be opposed to repeal, the ordinance shall become effective as of 12:01 a.m. on the day following such a vote.
(d) To meet a real public emergency affecting life, health, property, or the public peace, the trustees may adopt one or more emergency ordinances that may be adopted or rejected at the meeting at which they are introduced, but the affirmative vote of at least four trustees shall be required for adoption. Every emergency ordinance shall be repealed as of the 61st day following the day of adoption, but the ordinance may be reenacted if the emergency still exists.
(e) A Village ordinance may provide for any or all of the following:
(1) the general penalty for violation of an ordinance shall be a fine in an amount not to exceed the sum of $500.00 for a single offense;
(2) each week a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense, the fine not to exceed $100.00 per day for each day the violation continues;
(3) the Village may seek to enjoin the offense by applying to the Superior Court, in addition to the penalty of a fine;
(4) the trustees may authorize the Village Attorney to bring an action in the name of the Village of Hyde Park for any relief that the trustees may deem appropriate for the enforcement of any Village ordinance.
(f) All valid Village ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and regulations that are in force when this charter becomes effective shall remain in full force and effect, excepting only those ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, and regulations that are inconsistent with this charter. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 112. Compensation and fees

§ 112. Compensation and fees
(a) The Village meeting may annually vote the compensation to be paid to the following officers:
(1) Trustees.
(2) Auditors.
(3) President.
(4) Board of Civil Authority and Abatement.
(b) All fees prescribed by State law, charter, ordinance, or otherwise shall be collected for the benefit of the Village and paid to the Village Treasurer. No fees shall be used directly by any receiving officer or inure directly to the benefit of the officer. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 151. Water and sewer utility

§ 151. Water and sewer utility
(a) There shall be a Village of Hyde Park Water and Sewer Department, which shall be responsible for continuing the present specific water and sewer services in existence.
(b) The water and sewer system shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Village and no part of the rents and revenues therefrom may be used for any other purpose.
(c) Unless otherwise voted by the Village at a Village Meeting, all costs of the Water Department shall be paid by the users thereof and the annual water and sewer rents or charges shall be at a rate sufficient to cover annual expenditures, temporary indebtedness, the amortizing of bonded indebtedness and interest, and any dedicated (sinking) funds. With specific reference to the legislative authority contained in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 2, “Indebtedness for Public Utility Purposes,” sections 1821-1828, the Village of Hyde Park Water and Sewer Department is permitted to issue revenue-backed bonds and/or general obligation bonds for any capital improvement purpose related to their responsibilities to operate such utilities for the benefit of the people of the Village of Hyde Park, provided each such issue of bonds is approved by the Trustees and the voters according to law.
(d) The trustees shall be the water and sewer commissioners, who, in connection with those powers enumerated in the general laws of the State with respect to waterworks and supply, shall have the power to adopt and enforce rules, regulations, or ordinances concerning the control and operation of such water system.
(e) The Water and Sewer Department service area may be enlarged or modified by the trustees after holding a public hearing on any such proposed enlargement or modification. The public notice for each such public hearing shall be by the publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation in the Village of Hyde Park and by the posting of the same information in one or more public places within the Water and Sewer Department service area.
(f) The charges and rates for sewer and water services shall be a lien on real estate, wherever located, furnished with such service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real property under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of such property, furnished with water and sewer service, wherever located, shall be liable for such charges and rates.
(g) The Water and Sewer Department shall every year make a contribution to the Village of Hyde Park in lieu of taxes in the form of a cash payment and/or the equivalent in free services and municipal rate benefits in an amount equaling the amount of money that would be received by the Village of Hyde Park in ad valorem real estate taxes and personal property taxes were such department a privately owned utility. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 171. Application of general law

§ 171. Application of general law
All provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to villages, village and town officers, and elections shall apply to the Village of Hyde Park and its officers except as altered, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any current or future lawful ordinance or regulation of the Village of Hyde Park. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 172. Severability

§ 172. Severability
The sections of this charter and parts thereof are severable. If any portion of this charter or its application to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid, the remainder thereof or the application of such invalid portions to other persons shall not thereby be affected, except that no portion of the charter shall be administered in an erratic, inconsistent, or prejudicial manner or so as to create a double standard. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 173. Officers; appointive

§ 173. Officers; appointive
All offices in the Village of Hyde Park not required by Vermont statute to be filled by election or according to specific provision of this charter shall be deemed appointive offices to be filled by a majority vote of the trustees. The terms of such appointive offices shall be for a definite time, normally one year, but in no case exceeding the maximum term of office of a member of the trustees. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 174. Terms of office

§ 174. Terms of office
All officers under this charter shall hold their respective offices until their successors are chosen. No officer shall be qualified until ready to assume the normal duties of his or her office. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 175. Construction

§ 175. Construction
The provisions of this charter shall be construed liberally in favor of the Village and in such manner that the effect of this charter will be to make government more efficient and more responsive to the citizens of the Village. In such liberal construction of the charter in favor of the Village, it shall be used consistently and uniformly toward all individuals and groups comprising the Village. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 176. Amendment or repeal

§ 176. Amendment or repeal
No section of this charter may be amended or repealed without such amendment or repeal making specific reference to this charter and to the sections or provisions to be amended or repealed. Any proposed amendment or repeal of this charter must be submitted to the voters for their approval and, upon such approval, submitted as provided by 17 V.S.A. § 2645. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 177. Effective date

§ 177. Effective date
The charter shall become effective upon approval in accordance with 17 V.S.A. § 2645 and when so approved, two copies shall be maintained in good condition in the Lampher Memorial Library. Further copies shall be made available to the public at cost. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 225 - Village of Hyde Park › App § 178. Definitions

§ 178. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Trustees” means the duly elected members of the trustees of the Village acting as a group and in their official capacity.
(2) A “vacancy” in any office is deemed to exist if the holder of the office resigns, dies, moves from the Village (except the President), or is judicially declared to be mentally incompetent.
(3) “Day” means a calendar day.
(4) “Voters” means the names included, at any given point in time, on the checklist most recently revised by the Board of Civil Authority for use in a Village meeting or election.
(5) “From time to time” means as the need may become realized or apparent. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 1. Boundaries

§ 1. Boundaries
All that part of the Town of Whitingham as follows: Beginning at the northeast corner of A. C. Stetson’s pasture near the watering trough, thence southeasterly on the southerly side of the highway to the lands of Herbert G. Porter, thence northeasterly on lands of said Porter to lands of Mattie E. Corkins; thence easterly and northerly on said Corkins’ land to the Roberts farm, owned by La Fill Dickenson; thence easterly on said Dickenson’s southerly line and lands of Sarah M. Goodnow to lands of Hollis Stetson; thence southerly on lands of said Stetson, Hulbert Stetson, C. A. Pike, Perry Hall’s estate, Joseph Leonard, E. S. and W. S. Allen, to E. J. Corkins’ land; thence westerly on land of E. J. Corkins, Edward Boudry, Charles Mitchell, Eva O. Bell, and A. A. Butterfield to the southwest corner of Jane B. Chase’s farm; thence northerly on lands of A. A. Butterfield, Wm. H. H. Packer and O. W. Parks to the Carley farm; thence easterly and northerly on the Carley farm to the place of beginning; together with the ratable estate included within said boundary, is hereby constituted a body corporate to be known as the Village of Jacksonville, Vt.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 2. Annual and special meetings

§ 2. Annual and special meetings
(a) The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the third Tuesday in June at seven o’clock p. m., or at such other time as shall be prescribed by the bylaws at such places as shall be prescribed by the bylaws.
(b) Special meetings shall be called by the Clerk on request of seven legal voters of the Village. All meetings of the Village shall be warned by the Clerk by posting a notice in at least three public places in the Village 10 days before the meeting. Legal voters in Town meeting who have resided in the Village at least three months, shall be legal voters in Village meetings. (Amended 2005, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 20, 2006.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 3. Election and duties of officers

§ 3. Election and duties of officers
(a) At the annual meeting there shall be elected, by ballot if called for by three voters, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Chief Engineer, First and Second Assistant Engineers, a Collector, and five trustees, who shall serve until their successors are elected. They shall be sworn, and the Clerk shall make a record thereof. The Clerk, Collector, and Treasurer shall give such bonds as shall be required by the trustees. Vacancies may be filled at special meetings called for that purpose.
(b) The trustees shall elect one trustee to serve as President.
(c) Each of the elected officers shall perform the following duties:
(1) The President shall preside at all meetings and have all the powers of a moderator in town meetings and be an ex-officio member and presiding officer of the Board of Trustees.
(2) The Senior Trustee shall act as President if the President is absent at the annual meeting or any meeting of the trustees.
(3) The Clerk shall keep a record of the annual meeting and any special meetings that are called in accordance with the charter of the Village and also keep a record of all proceedings at the trustees’ meetings.
(4) The Treasurer shall be custodian of all money belonging to the Village and shall pay all obligations of the Village that the President and at least two trustees have approved.
(d) The Village shall employ an auditor who shall conduct an annual audit in accordance with Government Accounting Standards and Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) rules.
(e) The trustees shall:
(1) Have general charge of all affairs of the Village and shall meet at least once a month at the time and place as the President may designate for the meetings, and the trustees may hold as many additional meetings in any month as they deem advisable.
(2) Shall make all contracts concerning the building of electric light lines and maintenance of the same.
(3) Do all things necessary to maintain the electric light system that the Village owns in the Town of Whitingham.
(4) Fix the compensation of all employees and officers of the Village.
(5) Establish the rates for the electric light service that the Village furnishes, subject to the approval of the Public Utility Commission of the State of Vermont. (Amended 2005, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 20, 2006.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 5. Acquisition of land and water courses

§ 5. Acquisition of land and water courses
The Village may purchase, lease, or take by right of eminent domain, hold and convey real and personal estate, springs, water courses, and existing aqueducts, construct and maintain such aqueducts, and build and lay pipes and conduits as may be required for the purpose of furnishing the Village with suitable protection from fire and sewer purposes and sprinkling streets, for furnishing the inhabitants of the Village with water for household, culinary, and other purposes; may erect and maintain buildings and hydrants, purchase and hold fire apparatus and other property necessary for such purposes, and in acquiring any property other than by purchase or lease may proceed in the same manner and the same proceedings had as provided in taking land for sewers, as hereinbefore stated.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 6. Lighting

§ 6. Lighting
The Village may light its streets in such way as it may determine, and construct, own, and maintain gas or electric plants for lighting them or furnishing its inhabitants and the inhabitants of the Towns of Whitingham and Halifax with lights, heating, and power and for this purpose may purchase, take, and hold such real estate, water powers, and water rights and such other real and personal estate as may be necessary and may contract with such person or corporation as it sees fit for supplying light, heat, and power for the purposes aforesaid, and make all necessary regulations in relation thereto, and to the control and management of the same. (Amended 1925, No. 182, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 7. Police officers

§ 7. Police officers
(a) The trustees of the Village shall have power to and may appoint the number of police officers within the Village as the trustees may judge necessary for the interests of the inhabitants thereof, by writing under their hands, which shall be recorded by the Village Clerk, and the appointments may in the same way be revoked at any time.
(b) The trustees may specify their duties as watchmen and patrols, and agree with them for their compensation, which shall be paid by the Village. Each of the police shall be sworn, and shall have the same powers within the limits of the Village as constables in serving criminal process and in criminal matters, and when on duty shall wear conspicuously a badge of office, and shall hold their office one year unless sooner discharged as aforesaid. The police officers may serve warrants beyond the limits of the Village for offenses committed therein, and shall be a complaining officer for all offenses committed within the limits of the Village in violation of any provision of this charter or the bylaws and lawful orders of the Village and its officers.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 8. Bylaws; penalty for violations

§ 8. Bylaws; penalty for violations
The Village may impose a fine or forfeiture not exceeding $100.00 for a violation of any bylaw or ordinance. The penalty may be recovered in an action on the case upon this statute in the name of the Village, in which action it shall be sufficient to declare generally that the defendant is guilty of a violation of a certain bylaw, naming it generally, and under the declaration the special matter may be given in evidence. Nothing herein contained shall be construed as to prevent the Village from having such other and further relief as it may be entitled by law to compel a compliance with the bylaws and ordinances of the Village.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 9. Fire district

§ 9. Fire district
The Village is hereby constituted a fire district for the purpose of preventing the destructive consequences of fires, and the trustees shall have all the powers, and be subject to the same restrictions as prudential committees in fire districts, in making contracts and expenditures for the preservation of property in the Village from loss or damage by fire.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 10. Designation of real estate in Village by listers

§ 10. Designation of real estate in Village by listers
It shall hereafter be the duty of the listers of the Town of Whitingham in making the lists of the Town to designate therein such of the ratable estate real and personal as shall belong within the limits of the Village, and the same shall constitute the grand list of the Village.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 11. Tax assessment

§ 11. Tax assessment
The Village may, at its annual meeting called for that purpose, assess a tax on the grand list of the Village for any of the purposes mentioned in this charter, and shall have all the powers and may collect the tax in such manner as is provided by law for the collection of town taxes in towns, and the trustees of the Village are to have the powers, and perform the duties herein required, of the selectboard in towns, and the Collector the same powers as the collector and constable in collecting taxes so assessed.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 13. Maintenance of library

§ 13. Maintenance of library
The Village may establish, keep, and maintain a free public library for the improvement of its inhabitants, and to that end may purchase, hold, and dispose of real and personal property to preserve, improve, enlarge, and continue the library and erect such building as may be necessary for its safe and convenient keeping and receive such donations of books, maps, charts, or other property as may be donated to the Village or the library.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 14. Power to borrow money

§ 14. Power to borrow money
The Village at an annual or a special meeting called for that purpose is hereby authorized and empowered to vote to borrow money for any of the purposes herein mentioned, and to issue its notes and bonds therefor; and such notes or bonds shall be signed by the trustees and countersigned by the Treasurer of the Village, and if interest coupons are attached, they shall be signed by the Treasurer, and the bonds or notes shall contain a statement that they are issued for the purposes mentioned, and in conformity with the provisions of this charter, and such statement shall be conclusive evidence of the same, and of the liability of the Village to pay such notes or bonds in an action by a person who in good faith holds such notes or bonds. The Village Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and denomination of such note or bond, when and where payable, to whom issued, and the rate of interest thereon; and also shall keep a record of payments, interest, and principal; and if any coupons are taken off shall deface the same.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 227 - Village of Jacksonville › App § 15. Bylaws

§ 15. Bylaws
The Village, at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, may make, alter, and repeal bylaws of the following subject matter, viz.:
(1) Relating to their streets, sidewalks, alleys, public highways, commons, parks, and public grounds, the cleaning, repairing, and improving the same; to prevent the encumbering the same with fire wood, coal, ashes, lumber, carriages, boxes, and other things, and to compel persons to remove from the sidewalks and gutters adjacent to the premises owned or occupied by them snow, dirt, and garbage and to keep the sidewalks and gutters clean.
(2) Relating to policing and lighting the streets.
(3) Relating to nuisances generally and to compel the owner or occupants of an unwholesome, dangerous, or offensive house or place to remove or cleanse the same from time to time, as may be necessary for the health, comfort, and protection of the inhabitants of the Village.
(4) Relating to sewers.
(5) Relating to water supply for the protection of the Village and the inhabitants thereof, and for other purposes, and to regulate the use of the same.
(6) To restrain animals from running at large in the Village.
(7) To suppress disorderly and gambling houses and all descriptions of gaming, and for the destruction of instruments used for that purpose.
(8) To prevent immoderate driving in the streets and cruelty to animals.
(9) To regulate the manufacture or keeping of gunpowder and all combustibles or dangerous materials.
(10) To regulate the making, altering, and repairing of stovepipes, furnaces, fire places, depositories for ashes, and other things from which loss or damage from fire may be apprehended, and in general to provide for the preservation of buildings from fire, precautionary measures and inspections.
(11) To establish and regulate a fire department and fire hose and hook and ladder companies.
(12) To regulate and restrain the sale and use of rockets, squibs, firecrackers, toy pistols, or other fireworks within the Village; also guns, cannons, and explosives.
(13) To license inn-keeping and victualing, peddlers, itinerant vendors, and auctioneers; to license and suppress billiard and pool tables, bowling alleys, skating rinks, and other places of amusement.
(14) To regulate the length, width, and grade of streets and sidewalks, and the construction of and protect the same.
(15) To prohibit and punish willful injury to trees planted for shade, ornament, convenience, or use, public or private, and to prevent and punish trespass or willful injury to or upon public buildings, squares, commons, cemeteries, or other property within the Village, and the corporation may establish other or repeal other bylaws and ordinances that it may deem necessary for the well-being of the Village, and for the proper regulation of the officers thereof, not repugnant to the laws of the State. (Amended 2005, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 20, 2006.)