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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 9.1. Taxes on real and personal property

§ 9.1. Taxes on real and personal property
Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in three equal payments, with one-third of the annual tax bill for each taxpayer due and payable on dates as determined by the Selectboard by June 30 of each year. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 9.2. Penalty and interest

§ 9.2. Penalty and interest
Interest will be added to any tax not paid on or before its due date for each month or a fraction thereof after the date on which the tax payment was due. Prior to a commencement of a new fiscal year (July 1st), the Selectboard shall determine by resolution the interest rate for that fiscal year, which in no case shall exceed one and one-half percent per month. In addition, a late charge of five percent will be added to any tax not paid on or before its due date. The Selectboard shall have the power to waive such penalty for just cause shown for any tax paid within seven days after said due date. If the taxpayer and the Town enter into an agreement to bring a delinquent account current, payments may be applied to the current tax due and past principal. All tax payments paid by taxpayers who do not have a current agreement shall first be applied to the most outstanding delinquent accounts. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 9.3. Local option tax

§ 9.3. Local option tax
The Town Selectboard shall be authorized to levy a one percent tax on sales, meals and alcoholic beverages, and rooms. Any tax imposed under the authority of this section shall be collected and administered pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 138. (Added 2023, No. M-11, § 2, eff. June 8, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.1. Fiscal year

§ 11.1. Fiscal year
The fiscal year of the Town shall begin the first day of July and end on the last day of June of each calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year as used in this charter. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.2. Preparation and submission

§ 11.2. Preparation and submission
(a) The Town Manager, at least 45 days before the date of the regular annual Town meeting, shall submit to the Selectboard a budget in such form required by them.
(b) The budget shall be published not later than four weeks after its submission to the Selectboard. Said budget as published shall also include an itemized statement of revenues and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year. The Selectboard shall fix the time and place for holding a public hearing for the budget and shall give a public notice of such hearing in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town at least five days but not more than 15 days before such hearing. Said notice shall include a designation of the place or places within the Town where copies of the budget are available for distribution. In the manner provided in this subsection, the directors of the Shelburne School District shall likewise submit their budget for the next fiscal year to the public hearing provided for in this subsection. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.3. Town meeting warning and budget

§ 11.3. Town meeting warning and budget
The budget and warning for the annual Town meeting shall be distributed to the legal voters of the Town at least 10 days before the annual meeting. Distribution shall be accomplished by posting the Town report on the Town of Shelburne website and making copies available at the Town Clerk’s office. There shall be included in such distribution the Selectboard’s best estimate of the tax rate for the next fiscal year based upon an estimate of the grand list furnished by the Assessor to the Selectboard. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.4. Appropriations

§ 11.4. Appropriations
From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts therein stated, as approved in accordance with section 11.8 of this charter, become appropriated to the several departments, agencies, entities, and purposes therein named. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.5. Amount to be raised by taxation

§ 11.5. Amount to be raised by taxation
Upon passage of the Town budget in accordance with section 11.8 of this charter, the amount stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax year and the Selectboard shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the Assessing Department for the corresponding tax year. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.6. Department budget

§ 11.6. Department budget
The budget for all departments shall include all proposed expenditures and the budget approved in accordance with section 11.8 of this charter shall include a gross appropriation for each department for the ensuing fiscal year. The gross appropriation for each department shall not be exceeded except by consent of the Selectboard, subject to the provisions of section 11.8 of this charter. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.7. Transfers of appropriations

§ 11.7. Transfers of appropriations
The Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, or agency. At the request of the Manager and within the last three months of the budget year, the Selectboard may by resolution transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof within the Selectboard’s budget from one department, agency, or office to another. Notwithstanding the above, no unexpended balance in any appropriation not included in the Selectboard’s budget shall be transferred or used for any other purpose. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.8. Adoption of budget

§ 11.8. Adoption of budget
(a) An annual budget shall become effective after adoption by a majority vote of the Town’s legal voters present and voting by Australian ballot at the annual Town meeting. If the voters disapprove the proposed budget at the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall proceed to warn a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the annual meeting, for the purposes of considering the disapproved budget. An informational meeting regarding the proposed budget shall be held the evening preceding the vote regarding the budget. The vote shall conform to the procedure in use for votes by Australian ballot at the regular Town meeting.
(b) After the annual budget has been adopted, the Selectboard shall not make any single appropriation not set forth in the budget that totals in excess of two percent of the annual operating budget. Any such appropriation made by the Selectboard shall only be done if they deem an emergency situation requires such appropriation. Such emergency appropriations shall be reported to the next annual Town meeting. Any single appropriation in excess of said two percent shall require prior approval by vote by Australian ballot at a duly warned Town meeting. The issuance of bonds or notes, except notes for one year or less or in anticipation of revenue or grants and aid to be paid within the fiscal year in which issued, shall be authorized by Australian ballot at the annual or a special Town meeting. Any article in the warning providing for appropriation of funds in addition to the Selectboard’s budget shall be voted on by Australian ballot. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.9. Balloting at Town meetings

§ 11.9. Balloting at Town meetings
The Selectboard, at its discretion, shall determine which articles to be submitted to the voters at any annual or special Town meeting shall be voted on by Australian ballot, unless other provisions of this charter or the laws of this State require Australian balloting for a particular issue. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 11.7a. General Fund unrestricted fund balance

§ 11.7a. General Fund unrestricted fund balance
At the sole discretion of the Selectboard, a General Fund unrestricted reserve may be established in an amount that may not exceed five percent of the General Fund budget being considered by the Selectboard for presentation to the voters at Town meeting. The purpose of the fund shall be to aid in the cash flow and operation of the Town and to be used for such purpose as may be caused by an emergency. For expenditures other than an emergency, if in any year a portion of the unrestricted fund balance is applied as revenue to the General Fund or in a year that the reserve fund exceeds five percent of the current operating budget, funds must be applied to fund items found in the Town’s capital improvement plan. (Added 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 147 - Town of Shelburne › App § 15.2. Severability

§ 15.2. Severability
The sections of this charter and the parts hereof are severable. If any portion or section of this charter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this charter shall not be affected thereby. If a clause, portion of, or section of this charter is so held invalid, then the applicable provisions of State law, if any, shall govern. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 1. Incorporation

§ 1. Incorporation
The inhabitants of the Town of Springfield shall continue to be a body politic and corporate under the name of “Town of Springfield” and as such shall enjoy all rights, immunities, powers, and privileges and be subject to all the duties and liabilities now appertaining to or incumbent upon them as a municipal corporation. All existing property of the Town shall remain vested in it, and all its existing debts and obligations shall remain obligatory upon it under this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 2. Application of general law; proposed charter

§ 2. Application of general law; proposed charter
(a) Purpose. This document is drafted to update and replace the existing charter.
(b) Application of general laws.
(1) Except when modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any regulation or ordinance of the Town, all statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Springfield.
(2) In the event of any conflict or contradiction, either direct or implied, between the powers conferred in this charter and State statute, this charter shall prevail. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 3. Powers of the Town

§ 3. Powers of the Town
(a) The Town shall have all the powers and functions conferred upon municipalities by the Constitution and general laws of the State, all implied powers necessary to implement those powers and functions, and any additional powers conferred by this charter that are consistent with the Constitution. All powers and functions conferred or implied by the charter shall be in addition to the powers and functions conferred upon the Town by laws now in force or later enacted.
(b) Without limiting any of the express or implied powers granted by this charter, the Town shall have the following additional specific authorities:
(1) To adopt and enforce ordinances relating to the cleaning and repair of any premises when in a condition that:
(A) impairs the general appearance of the Town;
(B) may physically injure other property in the vicinity; or
(C) is a health hazard.
(2) To control the removal of rubbish, waste, and objectionable material of any premises subject to subdivision (1) of this subsection.
(3) Not less than 30 days before any action taken under this subsection, the Town shall provide to the property owner and any recorded lienholders a notice of the Town’s intent to issue civil penalties; clean or repair the premises; or remove rubbish, waste, or objectionable material. The Town shall provide to the property owner and any recorded lienholders reasonable opportunity and information to appeal the proposed action or to clean or repair the premises before the Town takes any final action.
(c) Nothing in this charter shall be construed as a limitation of the powers and functions incident to public and municipal corporations. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 4. Intergovernmental relations

§ 4. Intergovernmental relations
The Town may exercise any of its powers, or perform any of its functions, and may participate in the financing thereof, jointly or in cooperation, by contract or otherwise, with any other towns, cities, and school systems, or one or more states or civil division or agencies thereof, or the United States or any agency thereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 7. Potential or actual conflict of interest; personal financial interest

§ 7. Potential or actual conflict of interest; personal financial interest
The Selectboard shall adopt and maintain a conflict of interest policy. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 8. Licenses; fees; charges; user fees; fees for service

§ 8. Licenses; fees; charges; user fees; fees for service
(a) The Selectboard shall have the sole authority for the setting of all fees, charges, user fees, or fees for services, related to Town government, except those prescribed by State statute relating to the Office of the Town Clerk or otherwise provided for in this charter.
(b)-(d) [Repealed.]
(e) No officer of the Town shall collect fees or monetary prerequisites for the Town officer’s own use, and all fees or charges shall be accrued to Town funds. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 9. Acquisition and disposition of town property

§ 9. Acquisition and disposition of town property
(a) The Selectboard shall pass a policy governing the acquisition or disposition of Town property, which shall outline procedures for the handling of these matters.
(b) The Selectboard may acquire or dispose of real property in accordance with policy. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 10. Emergency powers

§ 10. Emergency powers
(a) Declaration of public emergency. The Selectboard may, upon a two-thirds vote with at least three members present, declare a state of public emergency that threatens life, property, or the public health or welfare.
(b) Condemnation; eminent domain. In the event of a declared public emergency that threatens life, property, the public health or welfare, duly declared by Selectboard meeting warned in accordance with State statute, the Selectboard, by a minimum of three affirmative votes and not more than one dissenting vote, may exercise powers of eminent domain and condemnation and take real property or personal property, after notice to the owner and the fixing of fair compensation. An aggrieved party may appeal to Superior Court.
(c) Civil preparedness. The Town Manager shall be the designated civil preparedness Chair and shall be duty bound to exercise the powers afforded by statute and any powers and functions outlined by the Selectboard in a declared emergency. On an annual basis, the Selectboard shall adopt an emergency preparedness plan that shall go into effect upon declaration of a public emergency. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 11. Procedures for charter revision and amendment

§ 11. Procedures for charter revision and amendment
(a) The procedures and process for charter amendment in subsection (b) of this section may be initiated either by a vote of four members of the Selectboard or by a citizen initiative (petition) of at least five percent of the voters registered at the time that the petition is submitted.
(b) The procedure for charter amendment shall be as follows:
(1) The Selectboard shall appoint a Charter Review Committee of not less than 11 members, which shall include two representatives from the Selectboardand two representatives from the administration, one of which must be the Town Clerk, with the majority from the community at large. All voting members must be registered voters of the Town.
(2) Within one year after appointment, the Charter Review Committee shall report out any amendments, revisions, or changes.
(3) The Selectboard shall determine if the proposed amendments are a comprehensive revision and shall determine the format of the article. All provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645 that are not in conflict with this charter shall be adhered to.
(4) Any changes in the charter must be effected by a Town meeting vote.
(c) In addition to the procedure set forth above in subsections (a) and (b) of this section, the charter may be revised or amended by the submission of a citizen initiative (petition) specifying the amendments or revisions desired and signed by 10 percent of the registered voters. The petition and subsequent action shall conform to the requirements of State statutes relating to charter amendment procedures and shall be approved by an annual Town meeting vote with at least 15 percent of voters participating. If a proposed amendment or revision under this subsection is voted down at the annual Town meeting, it or a substantially similar amendment may not be petitioned again for a period of one year.
(d) Any changes in the Town charter shall become effective immediately upon passage by the registered voters and approval by the General Assembly as prescribed by statute.
(e) A comprehensive revision of this charter, as determined by the Selectboard, may be voted only once in three years. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022; 2023, No. M-2, § 2, eff. May 4, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 13. Use of streets by public utilities and private interests

§ 13. Use of streets by public utilities and private interests
Every non-Springfield municipal public utility or private interest that desires to excavate in a public right-of-way shall first obtain from the Town Manager or designee a written permit stating the place where and the time when excavation and repair may be done. Upon receipt of a permit, the excavation and repair shall be done under the supervision of the Town Manager or designee. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022; 2023, No. 6, § 260, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 14. Severability

§ 14. Severability
The sections of this charter and the parts thereof are severable. If any portion of this charter, or application thereof to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder thereof or the application of such invalid portions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 21. Governmental authority

§ 21. Governmental authority
All governmental authority of the Town rests ultimately with the citizens and registered voters of the Town, who shall exercise their power by Australian ballot at the annual Town meeting in determining:
(1) the election of officers of the Town;
(2) the approval of the Town budgets;
(3) all authorizations for major bonding or borrowing;
(4) all special appropriations;
(5) any articles placed on the warning that involve the expenditure of tax dollars or directing the power vested in elected or appointed officials;
(6) adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances provided by petition per section 5 of this charter; and
(7) charter amendments. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 32. Administrative departments

§ 32. Administrative departments
(a) [Repealed.]
(b) Department heads. Each Town department shall have a designated department head appointed by the Town Manager who shall supervise and control the department and employees of the department. The Town Manager may, at any time, assume the duties of a department head.
(c) Departmental rules and regulations. Whenever judged necessary by the Town Manager, department heads shall draft rules and regulations to be approved by the Town Manager, which shall govern and regulate the affairs of a department consistent with this charter and general law.
(d) Creation, reorganization, consolidation, or abolition of administrative departments. Departments within the Town administration can only be created, reorganized, consolidated, or abolished by formal action of the Selectboard. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 33. Administrative code

§ 33. Administrative code
(a) The administrative code shall include the following:
(1) a copy of the Town charter;
(2) a properly indexed and codified volume of all Town ordinances;
(3) a copy of the Town’s employee handbook, classification, and pay plan;
(4) a copy of the Town’s financial and purchasing and procurement policies;
(5) any and all collective bargaining agreements and departmental rules and regulations;
(6) enabling Town legislation, ordinances, and resolutions for all Town public bodies, accompanying an updated list of all elected and appointed officers.
(b) Distribution and availability.
(1) The administrative code and its components shall be considered official documents to which a person may refer for up-to-date information on the Town.
(2) A current administrative code shall be made available in the Town Clerk’s office for public access at no charge.
(c) [Repealed.] (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 41. Fiscal year of the Town government

§ 41. Fiscal year of the Town government
The fiscal year of the Town government shall be fixed by the Selectboard. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 43. Capital expenditure program

§ 43. Capital expenditure program
(a) Preparation and submission. The Town Manager, after consultation with department heads, shall submit a proposed five-year capital expenditure program to the Selectboard, with a copy provided to the Budget Advisory Committee, at least three months prior to Town meeting.
(b) Contents.
(1) The capital expenditure program shall include:
(A) a narrative summary of requests;
(B) a list of all capital expenditures to be proposed for the next five years with appropriate supporting data;
(C) cost estimates, proposed methods of financing, and necessary time schedules for each improvement or asset.
(c) Revision and update. The above program shall be revised and extended each year to reflect progress or projects still pending or assets to be acquired.
(d) Inclusion in budget. A summary of the capital expenditure program shall be included in the budget with special emphasis on the expenditures for the particular year. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 44. Reserve funds

§ 44. Reserve funds
(a) The Selectboard may raise and appropriate money for the establishment of reserve or equipment reserve funds for the financing of all or part of:
(1) the construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of a specific capital improvement, or the acquisition of a specific item of equipment;
(2) the construction, reconstruction, or acquisition of a type of capital improvement or acquisition of a type of equipment;
(3) other purposes to meet specific obligations and needs of the Town so as to ensure efficient operations.
(b) The size and regulation of reserve funds shall be determined by the Selectboard. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022; 2023, No. M-2, § 2, eff. May 4, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 45. Board review and final action

§ 45. Board review and final action
Board review.
(1) The Selectboard shall schedule one or more meetings, as it deems appropriate, for the review and discussion of the proposed budget and comments from the Budget Advisory Committee.
(2) Upon completion of its review, the Selectboard shall act to finalize its budget proposal.
(3) The Selectboard shall then schedule a public hearing prior to Town meeting, warned as such.
(4) Following the public hearing, the Selectboard shall act to officially finalize the budget to be finalized or proposed at Town meeting.
(5) The Selectboard, in finalizing the budget, shall place it on the warning as a gross appropriation. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 46. Special appropriations

§ 46. Special appropriations
In response to a request, or upon its own initiative, should the Selectboard so judge, the appropriation relative to a special element of Town business may be placed on the warning as a special appropriation by a majority vote of the Board Selectboard. In taking action, the Selectboard shall maintain the right to reject, alter, or reduce a request. This section does not apply to articles placed on the warning by petition, as described in subdivision 22(b)(3)(C)(i)(II) of this charter. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 47. Budget Advisory Committee; budget process

§ 47. Budget Advisory Committee; budget process
The Selectboard shall appoint a Budget Advisory Committee that shall be composed of not less than five and not more than nine registered voters of the Town at least six months before the scheduled date of the annual Town meeting. The Budget Advisory Committee shall be governed by operating procedures established by the Selectboard. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 50. Trust funds

§ 50. Trust funds
(a) Trust funds of the Town shall be accounted for separately and kept apart from other Town funds.
(b) Trust funds shall be the responsibility of the trustees of public funds in accordance with this charter and State law, unless the trust document specifies otherwise. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 51. Taxation and collection

§ 51. Taxation and collection
(a) [Repealed.]
(b) Responsibility for taxation and collection.
(1) The Town Treasurer shall be responsible for tax collection.
(2) [Repealed.]
(3) The Collector of Taxes or Delinquent Taxes may charge and collect such fees and interest as may be fixed by the Selectboard and shall deposit them into the General Fund. Fees and interest established shall not exceed those provided by statute.
(c) Manner of collection.
(1) The timetable of tax collection in terms of due dates and installments shall be fixed by the Town Treasurer, subject to the approval of the Selectboard.
(2) [Repealed.]
(d) [Repealed.]
(e) Tax stabilization.
(1) The authority to negotiate and grant tax stabilization agreements shall be granted and revoked by the voters.
(2) The Selectboard shall negotiate all stabilization agreements when so authorized by the voters.
(3) Under this section, the Selectboard shall maintain uniform guidelines outlining the scope and nature of tax stabilization agreements.
(4) The Selectboard shall retain final authority on stabilization agreements.
(f) Special assessments.
(1) The Selectboard shall have the authority to negotiate or impose by ordinance reasonable special assessments or special use charges.
(2) The procedures for each special assessment must be outlined and authorized by an ordinance explaining the reason for the assessment, the amounts and basis for the amounts, the collection of the assessments, and all other matters related to the assessment.
(g) [Repealed.] (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield › App § 52. Debt and bonded debt for Town improvements

§ 52. Debt and bonded debt for Town improvements
(a) Authorization for any long-term debt shall be granted by the voters at an annual or special Town meeting duly authorized for that purpose. As used in this section, “long-term” means a period of indebtedness greater than five years.
(b) An article requesting authorization to incur long-term debt can only be placed on the warning by a vote of four Selectboard members.
(c) [Repealed.]
(d) Articles requesting authorization for long-term debt shall be warned in accordance with State statute.
(e) The Town Treasurer shall be authorized, subject to the approval of the Selectboard, to incur short-term debt in anticipation of taxes for funding. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans › App § 1. Corporate existence retained

§ 1. Corporate existence retained
The inhabitants of the Town of St. Albans, within the corporate limits now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of St. Albans. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans › App § 2. General law; application

§ 2. General law; application
The Town of St. Albans shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this charter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers therein granted. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans › App § 3. Local option tax

§ 3. Local option tax
(a) If the Selectboard of the Town of St. Albans by a majority vote recommends, the voters of the Town may, at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, by a majority vote of those present and voting, assess any or all of the following:
(1) a one-percent sales tax;
(2) a one-percent meals and alcoholic beverages tax;
(3) a one-percent rooms tax.
(b) Any local option tax assessed under subsection (a) of this section shall be collected and administered and may be rescinded as provided by the general laws of this State. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans › App § 4. Planning Commission members; appointment

§ 4. Planning Commission members; appointment
(a) Members of the Planning Commission shall be appointed and any vacancy filled by the Selectboard in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 4323(a).
(b) The length of term of the Planning Commission members shall be determined by the Selectboard.
(c) Any Planning Commission member may be removed at any time by unanimous vote of the Selectboard.
(d) Any appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 150 - Town of St. Albans › App § 5. Recall

§ 5. Recall
Any elected officer of the Town may be recalled from office as follows:
(1) A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Selectboard requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office.
(2) The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 45 days of receiving the petition to vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed.
(3) The vote shall be by Australian ballot.
(4) The official shall be removed only if at least as many registered voters of the Town vote as voted in the election wherein the officer was elected, or at least one-third of the registered voters of the Town vote, whichever is greater, and a majority of that number vote for removal.
(5) If the Town votes for removal of an elected officer, the office shall thereupon become vacant and the Selectboard shall call a special meeting to be held within 45 days of the vote for removal to fill the vacancy until the term of the officer so removed expires. (Added 2013, No. M-3, § 2, eff. May 14, 2013.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 1. Merger of Village and Town

§ 1. Merger of Village and Town
The Village of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury are hereby consolidated and merged, and the Village of St. Johnsbury shall, except as hereinafter provided, cease to exist as a political entity or body corporate.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 2a. Taxation for bonds and notes

§ 2a. Taxation for bonds and notes
Notwithstanding subsection 2(b) of this charter, all taxable property in the Town of St. Johnsbury shall be subject to the levy of unlimited ad valorem taxes to pay bonds and notes authorized by the voters of the Town for water purposes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 3. Settlement of Village affairs

§ 3. Settlement of Village affairs
The officers of the Village of St. Johnsbury shall, prior to the date when 1957 Acts and Resolves No. 345, as amended, goes into effect, settle, so far as possible, the pecuniary affairs of the Village of St. Johnsbury, and shall, except as hereinafter provided, on said date turn over and deliver to the Clerk of the Town of St. Johnsbury, all the records, books, and documents of the Village of St. Johnsbury, and to the proper officers of the said Town all other property of the said Village.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 4. Authority; annual meeting

§ 4. Authority; annual meeting
(a) Said Town shall have and is hereby granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and no enumeration of powers in this charter shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority hereby conferred; but this grant of authority shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal this charter; or to limit the right to hereafter pass general laws applicable alike to this and all other municipal corporations of the State; nor shall this grant of authority be deemed to limit the patronage or control of the State with respect to said Town.
(b) The Town shall start its annual meeting at 7:30 o’clock in the afternoon of the day before the first Tuesday of March and may transact at that time any business not involving voting by Australian ballot or voting required by law to be by ballot and to be held on the first Tuesday of March. Discussion shall be permitted at such meetings on all articles contained in the warning for the annual meeting. A meeting so started shall be adjourned until the following day.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 6. Fire District; process for abolition

§ 6. Fire District; process for abolition
The St. Johnsbury Center Fire District No. 1 is abolished when a majority of the legal voters of said Fire District present and voting on the question at a regular or special meeting of said Fire District warned for said purpose so vote and shall thereupon cease to exist as a political entity and body corporate. All the property and funds of said Fire District shall on such date be vested in the Town of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury shall thereupon assume all indebtedness and obligations of said Fire District unless said liabilities and obligations exceed said assets in which case said Fire District shall continue to exist until such excess is paid unless the Town of St. Johnsbury votes otherwise at a regular or special meeting warned for said purpose.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 7. Bylaws

§ 7. Bylaws
In meetings duly warned for the purpose, the Town of St. Johnsbury shall have power to make, alter, repeal, or amend bylaws that, together with the ordinances and regulations adopted by the Selectboard, shall regulate its affairs and shall carry into effect the provisions and intent of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 9. Publication of bylaws and ordinances

§ 9. Publication of bylaws and ordinances
The bylaw adopted by the Town and the ordinances and regulations passed by the Selectboard, whether enacted under the authority of general or special law, shall be published in a newspaper having general circulation in said Town at least 20 days before the effective date thereof, and all such enactments shall thereupon be recorded at length by the Town Clerk in a book kept for that purpose in the office of the Town Clerk, and the Town Clerk’s certificate that such bylaws, ordinances, and regulations were duly adopted and passed at an annual meeting of said Town or at a special meeting thereof lawfully called for that purpose or were duly enacted and adopted by the Selectboard of the Town under authority of law or under authority of a vote of the Town shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State; and certified copies of said bylaws, ordinances, and regulations and the Clerk’s certificates shall be received as evidence in all the courts of the State.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 10. Penalties

§ 10. Penalties
(a) Fines, penalties, and forfeitures up to and including $200.00, for each breach of an ordinance or bylaw, may be established by the Selectboard, or by a properly warned Town meeting. These fines, penalties, and forfeitures may be recovered in an action of tort brought in the name of the Town, and in any such action a general complaint relying on the ordinance or the bylaw shall be sufficient. The process may issue either against the body or the property of the defendant, and if the defendant is found guilty, and if it is found by the court that the cause of action arose from his or her willful or malicious act or neglect, it shall so adjudge, and may further adjudge that he or she be confined in close jail, and may issue execution against his or her body with a certificate of such findings endorsed thereon; and such execution with such certificate thereon shall have the same effect as an execution issued on a judgment founded upon tort having a like certificate endorsed thereon.
(b) Any person refusing to comply with any Town ordinance or bylaw, relating to his or her business may be enjoined by a proper action in chancery brought in the name of the Town, from continuing such business in violation of such ordinance or bylaw, and in any such action a bill relying on the ordinance or bylaw shall be sufficient.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent the Town from having and exercising such other powers as may be proper to enforce obedience to its ordinances and bylaws and to punish violations thereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 11. Prosecution of violations

§ 11. Prosecution of violations
All violations of ordinances or bylaws may be prosecuted in behalf of the Town by its attorney, or police officers, or by any other duly authorized prosecuting officer, before the Caledonia Municipal Court; and all fines, penalties, or forfeitures recovered by the said Town for violations of such ordinances or bylaws shall be paid into the Town Treasury.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 12. Officers

§ 12. Officers
The elective officers of the Town shall be those authorized by the general laws of this State, except that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3509 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, the listers shall be appointed annually by the Selectboard, unless the Town at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote otherwise.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 12a. Compensation and fees

§ 12a. Compensation and fees
(a) The Selectboard shall annually consider, and from time to time set, the compensation of the following officers:
(1) Town Manager;
(2) Constable;
(3) members of the Board of Assessment.
(b) The Town Clerk and the Selectboard shall jointly set the compensation of the Town Clerk each year. The Town Treasurer and the Selectboard shall jointly set the compensation of the Town Treasurer each year. If the Selectboard and the Town Clerk or Town Treasurer are unable to agree on the amount of either officer’s compensation, that officer’s compensation shall be set by vote of the Town and the Selectboard shall include an article or articles in the annual meeting warning to that effect. The article or articles shall be adopted or modified by the vote of the majority of those eligible to vote who are present at the meeting. The article or articles shall not be voted on by Australian ballot.
(c) The Town Manager, with the approval of the Selectboard, shall set the compensation of all other town officers and employees. (Added 2005, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 12b. Offices abolished

§ 12b. Offices abolished
The Office of Fence Viewer; Inspector of Lumber, Shingles, and Wood; Second Constable; and Weigher of Coal are all hereby abolished. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, the Town Manager or his or her designee shall exercise the powers, duties, and responsibilities of any of the offices abolished by this section in the event that the need should arise. (Added 2005, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 13. Expiration of terms of Selectboard members upon merger

§ 13. Expiration of terms of Selectboard members upon merger
Upon such effective date of the merger of the Village of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury the Selectboard members shall continue in office for the remainder of their respective terms and the other officers of the Town of St. Johnsbury shall continue in office until the first Tuesday in March next following, and their successors shall have been elected or appointed; and the ordinances of the Village of St. Johnsbury then in force shall remain of full force and effect, following the effective date of this act for a period of one year only, so far as such ordinances shall continue to be applicable and appropriate, except as repealed, amended, altered, or modified by the Selectboard of the Town of St. Johnsbury, and as respects only that part of the Town of St. Johnsbury comprised within the limits of the Village of St. Johnsbury, as defined by 1927 Acts and Resolves No. 179.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 14. Authority to merge; expiration

§ 14. Authority to merge; expiration
The authority granted by this charter to the Village of St. Johnsbury and the Town of St. Johnsbury to merge shall expire 20 years from the date of the passage and adoption of this charter unless all of the municipalities mentioned herein shall have voted to adopt the provisions hereof within such period.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 16. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot

§ 16. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot
(a) The Selectboard shall prepare an annual budget for the Town, including a Town annual budget and a former Village District special services budget. The School Director shall prepare an annual School District budget. The annual budgets, other articles providing for the appropriation of funds, and public questions shall be voted by Australian ballot.
(b) On any question wherein the vote is not specifically required to be by ballot, a ballot may be demanded by three voters at any meeting. (Amended 2009, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 8, 2009.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 17. Department of Assessment

§ 17. Department of Assessment
(a) Creation. There is hereby created a Department of Assessment headed by a person experienced in the appraisal of real estate, who shall be appointed by the Town Manager with the approval of the Selectboard.
(b) Appraisal of property. The Department of Assessment shall appraise all real and personal property for the purpose of drawing up the grand list. Appraisals shall be reviewed periodically and updated. Technically qualified individuals or firms may be employed as needed.
(c) Powers. The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as those prescribed for listers or a board of listers under applicable provisions of Vermont law with respect to drawing up the grand list, except as otherwise provided in this charter. (Added 2005, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury › App § 18. Board of Assessment

§ 18. Board of Assessment
(a) Creation. There is hereby created a Board of Assessment composed of the three listers.
(b) Duties. The Board of Assessment shall exercise all powers and duties with respect to grievances, otherwise imposed upon the listers or a board of listers under the laws of the State of Vermont, except as otherwise provided in this charter. (Added 2005, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 5.)