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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 12 Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Delinquent Taxes

§ 12 Town Clerk; Treasurer; Collector of Delinquent Taxes
(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector in the manner set forth in subsection (b) of this section. The appointee shall be competent in the keeping of records, investments, and accounting and shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard.
(b) Prior to appointing a new Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector, the Selectboard shall appoint a Committee composed of one member of the Selectboard, an auditor, a lister, and four residents of the Town of Jamaica to review and recommend to the Selectboard qualified candidates for the positions of Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Delinquent Tax Collector. The Committee shall have the authority to solicit candidates; to advertise notice of a vacancy in the Town Clerk’s, the Treasurer’s, and the Delinquent Tax Collector’s positions; and to make an investigation of a candidate’s credentials and background as the Committee deems appropriate. Upon completion of the investigation and interviewing of candidates, the Committee shall submit to the Selectboard the names of those candidates deemed qualified for the positions of Town Clerk, Treasurer, and Delinquent Tax Collector. The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector from among those deemed qualified by the Committee. In the event that the Committee does not submit at least three qualified candidates to the Selectboard, the Selectboard shall either appoint a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, or a Delinquent Tax Collector from among the qualified candidates or notify the Committee in writing that none of the candidates shall be appointed. The Committee shall then reconvene and submit the names of additional qualified candidates to the Selectboard.
(c) No later than 30 days following submission of the names of candidates deemed qualified by the Committee, the Selectboard shall appoint a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector or, if applicable, notify the Committee that none of the candidates shall be appointed.
(d) Members of the Committee described in subsection (b) of this section shall serve until a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector or an Interim Town Clerk, an Interim Treasurer, and an Interim Delinquent Tax Collector are appointed by the Selectboard. Meetings of the Committee shall be warned and conducted as public meetings in accordance with the requirements of Vermont statutes and this charter, and the Committee shall be entitled to meet in executive session as authorized by Vermont statutes.
(e) Until such time as a Town Clerk, a Treasurer, and a Delinquent Tax Collector are appointed pursuant to this section, the Selectboard shall appoint an interim Town Clerk, an interim Treasurer, and an interim Collector of Delinquent Taxes. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 13 General prohibition

§ 13 General prohibition
No elected or appointed Town officer or employee of the Town shall be beneficially interested in any matter requiring the discharge of his or her public office. The purpose of this section is to prohibit the use of public office for financial or other advantage, whether direct or indirect, by any means or methods whatsoever. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 14 Specific conflicts

§ 14 Specific conflicts
A Town officer shall be disqualified from any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including instances where:
(1) the Town officer or a near-relative or business associate has a property or financial interest that might be substantially affected, favorably or adversely, by the decision of the board, commission, or committee of which the Town officer is a member;
(2) the Town officer has a personal bias or prejudice toward any party; or
(3) the Town officer has previously expressed an opinion as to the proper disposition of a specific case or controversy involving the exercise of his or her discretion while acting in a quasi-judicial capacity, such as serving on the Development Review Board on permits and appeals or as a member of the Selectboard acting to lay out, alter, reclassify, or discontinue Town highways. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 15 Specific prohibition

§ 15 Specific prohibition
A Town officer who is disqualified by virtue of a conflict of interest shall not vote upon, participate in the discussion of, or otherwise sit as a member of any board, commission, or committee upon the matter from which he or she is disqualified. He or she may, however, enter an appearance as a party and be heard in all respects as a member of the public might be heard in the same proceeding. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 16 Announcing a conflict

§ 16 Announcing a conflict
If a Town officer recognizes that he or she might have a conflict of interest or if another person raises an objection to the participation of any Town officer, the Town officer or the other person shall state the nature of the conflict as soon as may be possible and the Town officer shall thereupon disqualify himself or herself from further participation if there is a conflict of interest. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 17 Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer

§ 17 Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer
If a question of a member’s disqualification under this charter is brought to the attention of any board, commission, or committee by any party or person or by another board, commission, or committee member and the member does not disqualify himself or herself, the board, commission, or committee shall consider the factual basis for the question and shall decide the matter by majority vote, the challenged member abstaining, before any other business is conducted. A formal vote shall be taken on every question of a conflict. Once the vote is taken, the board, commission, or committee shall return to the business before it, and no further time shall be devoted to the issue of that conflict. A full report of the issue and discussion shall be made in the minutes of the meeting. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 18 Appointment of alternate officers

§ 18 Appointment of alternate officers
The Selectboard may appoint an alternate Town officer to serve in place of a disqualified Town officer during the period of disqualification or unavailability. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 19 Notice of vacancy during unexpired term

§ 19 Notice of vacancy during unexpired term
In order to inform citizens of the Town and to afford them the opportunity to participate or serve in Town government, public notice shall be given of municipal vacancies resulting from resignation, death, disability, or change of residence from the Town of a Town officer on any board, commission, or committee or in other public office whether elected or appointed. Notice shall be made by posting the vacancy in the Town Clerk’s office and two other public places in the Town within 10 days of the creation of the vacancy. Notice shall provide for the right of any interested citizen to submit a written application to the appointing authority regarding the vacancy and to be personally interviewed by the appointing authority, if requested by the applicant, prior to the filling of the vacancy as provided by law. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123B - Town of Jamaica › App § 21 Separability

§ 21 Separability
If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of this charter and its provisions to other persons or circumstances shall not be affected thereby. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 1. Corporate existence

§ 1. Corporate existence
(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, there is hereby enacted a charter to govern the organization and operation of local government in the Town of Jericho, Vermont.
(b) The inhabitants of the Town of Jericho, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of Jericho, Vermont. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 2. General provisions

§ 2. General provisions
(a) General law application. Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Jericho.
(b) Powers of the Town.
(1) General. The Town of Jericho shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont and this charter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The Town of Jericho may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State of Vermont, laws of the State of Vermont, or this charter, and impose penalties for violation thereof.
(2) Limitations. In this charter, any mention of a particular power shall not be construed to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.
(3) Reservation of powers to the Town. Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Jericho, the Selectboard of the Town, or its elected or appointed officers by general or special enactment of State statutes or regulations in force or effect or hereafter enacted, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of the general or special enactment unless this charter otherwise provides.
(4) Open meetings. Meetings of all Town boards and commissions shall be open and held in accordance with the general law of this State relating to public meetings. The records of all official proceedings shall be available for public inspection and copying as provided by the general law of this State. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 3. Elected officers

§ 3. Elected officers
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this charter, the elected officers of the Town of Jericho shall be those required for towns by State law, and they shall be elected by Australian ballot.
(b) The officers shall exercise all powers and perform all duties necessary or required to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 4. Additional Selectboard members

§ 4. Additional Selectboard members
The Town of Jericho may vote by Australian ballot to elect not more than two additional members of the Selectboard, as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2650; provided, however, that a vote to authorize the election of additional members or to reduce the number of members to no less than three shall be called only upon receipt by the Selectboard of a petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the Town. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 5. Appointed officers

§ 5. Appointed officers
(a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by the Selectboard, pursuant to State law, or this charter, the Selectboard shall appoint the following Town officers, who shall serve for such terms as the Selectboard may establish in its act of appointment or until the office otherwise becomes vacant:
(1) a Town Treasurer who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government;
(2) a Delinquent Tax Collector;
(3) three Town listers.
(b) The Selectboard shall adopt, and revise from time to time, a general statement of the qualifications and job descriptions necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of each of the appointed Town offices. The Selectboard shall appoint the candidate who, in its judgment, best meets the qualifications for each office, giving due consideration to individuals who have expressed a commitment to serving the best interests of the Town. Appointed officers shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally.
(c) The Selectboard may adopt a job description for the position of Town Administrator and may appoint a Town Administrator, who shall not simultaneously hold an elective office within the Town.
(d) The Selectboard shall advertise notice of a vacancy in any appointed Town office, which shall include posting in the office of the Town Clerk and in two or more public places within the Town and publication in a newspaper of general circulation. The notice shall also include a description of the qualifications necessary to be considered for appointment.
(e) All appointed officers shall be employees of the Town of Jericho, subject to all personnel and employment rules, regulations, and policies of the Town. Any appointed official is eligible to apply for reappointment at the expiration of his or her term of office, but failure by the Selectboard to make such reappointment shall not be construed as discharge from employment. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 6. Removal of elected Town officers

§ 6. Removal of elected Town officers
Any elected Town officer may be removed from office subject to the following conditions and procedures:
(1) A written petition, signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the Town, seeking the removal of such Town officer or officers, and requesting a vote of the Town at a regular or special meeting called for the purpose, shall be filed with the Selectboard and the Town Clerk.
(2) Within 15 days after receipt of the petition, the Selectboard shall warn a special Town meeting, or if the annual meeting is to occur within 45 days of the filing of the petition, include an article in the warning for the annual meeting, for the purpose of voting, by Australian ballot, on whether the officer or officers shall be removed from office.
(3) The officer or officers shall be removed from office only if at least as many registered voters of the Town cast votes in the special Town meeting or annual meeting as voted in the election wherein the officer subject to the vote of removal was originally elected.
(4) Removal shall require a majority of the votes cast at the regular or special Town meeting.
(5) If an officer is removed according to the foregoing procedure, the officer shall forthwith cease to hold office and the office shall become vacant. The vacancy shall be filled as provided by law and this charter.
(6) Only one petition for removal may be filed against any given elected officer during any 12-month period of his or her term of office. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 7. Conflict of interest

§ 7. Conflict of interest
(a) No elected or appointed officer or employee of the Town or member of any Town board or commission shall be beneficially interested directly or indirectly in any matter requiring the discharge of his or her public office. The purpose of this section is to prohibit the use of public office for financial or other advantage, whether direct or indirect, by any means or methods.
(b) No elected or appointed officer of the Town shall be beneficially interested directly or indirectly, in any contract with the Town, regardless of the amount or furnish any material or perform any labor, except in the discharge of his or her official duties, unless the contract shall have been awarded upon bids advertised for publication. The publication shall be at least two times in a newspaper having general circulation in the Town; the second and subsequent publications shall be at least seven days prior to the opening of such bids.
(c) No officer or employee of the Town shall take part in any decision concerning the business of the Town in which he or she has a direct or indirect financial interest greater than any other citizen or taxpayer in the Town aside from his or her salary as an officer or employee. This provision shall not apply in the event of any emergency where immediate action shall be deemed more important to the Town than receipt of formal bids.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require the Town to take bids on contracts generally, under circumstances wherein no officer or employee has a direct or indirect interest in the contract. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 8. Separability

§ 8. Separability
If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of this charter and its provision to other persons or circumstances shall be affected thereby. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 124 - Town of Jericho › App § 10. Effective date

§ 10. Effective date
This charter shall take effect upon passage by the General Assembly, and all appointed offices that were formerly elected offices (Town Treasurer and listers) shall thereupon become appointed offices, even if nominating petitions have been filed for election at the year 2006 annual Town meeting. However, the unexpired term of any person elected to office at, or prior to, the year 2006 annual Town meeting shall nevertheless be completed. (Added 2005, No. M-9 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Feb. 24, 2005.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 125 - Town of Ludlow › App § 1. Charter; general law application

§ 1. Charter; general law application
There is hereby created the Town of Ludlow charter, which shall provide the Town of Ludlow with all the rights and duties as provided by Vermont Statutes. (Added 2023, No. M-10, § 2, eff. June 8, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 125 - Town of Ludlow › App § 2. Powers of Select Board

§ 2. Powers of Select Board
Except as otherwise specifically provided by law or by a vote of the citizens of the Town at an annual or special meeting, the Select Board may determine the articles to be voted upon by Australian ballot at a special or annual Town meeting and shall indicate such in the warning. (Added 2023, No. M-10, § 2, eff. June 8, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 1. Merger of the Town of Lyndon and the Village of Lyndonville

§ 1. Merger of the Town of Lyndon and the Village of Lyndonville
The Village of Lyndonville is hereby merged into the Town of Lyndon. The Town of Lyndon shall be the surviving municipal corporation. The name of the Town shall remain “Town of Lyndon.” All of the former Village’s tangible property, including the Lyndonville Electric Plant, and all intangible property and other assets are hereby transferred to and are now the property of the Town without any limitation whatsoever. The Town hereby assumes and agrees to pay all of the former Village of Lyndonville’s debts and assumes and agrees to perform all of the former Village duties and obligations owed to third parties, without any limitation whatsoever. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 2. Applicability of general law

§ 2. Applicability of general law
Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any lawful regulation or ordinance of the Town, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities, as the same may be amended from time to time, shall apply to the Town. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 3. Powers of the Town

§ 3. Powers of the Town
(a) The Town shall have all of the powers granted to towns by the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont and this charter, together with all of the implied powers necessary to carry out all of the powers expressly so granted. The Town may enact any regulations and ordinances that are not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of Vermont or with this charter and may impose penalties for violations thereof.
(b) The Town may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any lawful municipal purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease, condemnation, or other means and may lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control the property as the Town’s interests may require.
(c) Unless expressly stated otherwise, reference in this charter to a particular power shall not be construed to be exclusive with respect to such powers nor as a limitation on the powers that the Town would have if reference to that particular power had not been made.
(d) Nothing contained in or omitted from this charter shall be construed in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Lyndon and its Selectboard by general or special State laws or regulations. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 11. Adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances by the Selectboard

§ 11. Adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances by the Selectboard
The Selectboard may adopt, amend, or repeal an ordinance as provided in and consistent with the procedures of 24 V.S.A. chapter 59. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 12. Adoption of ordinances by initiative

§ 12. Adoption of ordinances by initiative
(a) An ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town according to the following procedure:
(1) A petition requesting enactment of the ordinance signed by not less than 10 percent of the Town’s registered voters shall be filed, along with the text of the proposed ordinance, with the Town Clerk.
(2) The proposed ordinance shall be examined by the Town attorney before being submitted to the special Town meeting. The Town attorney is authorized, subject to the approval of the Selectboard, to amend the petitioned ordinance to:
(A) correct repetitive, unlawful, or unconstitutional provisions; and
(B) ensure accuracy, clarity, and precision in its text, legal references, and phrasing, provided that these technical corrections shall not change the meaning or effect of the proposed ordinance.
(3) The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days after the date the petition is filed, unless the Selectboard enacts the ordinance within the 60-day period.
(4) The warning for the special Town meeting shall include the text of the proposed ordinance verbatim and shall provide for a “yes” or “no’’ vote as to its enactment.
(5) The ordinance shall be adopted if at least 15 percent of the Town’s registered voters vote on the question to adopt the ordinance and a majority of that number vote for adoption.
(b) Any ordinance adopted pursuant to this section shall take effect on the 60th day following adoption. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 13. Repeal of ordinances by referendum

§ 13. Repeal of ordinances by referendum
All Town ordinances, except those specified in section 16 of this charter, may be repealed by vote of the Town if a petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters, specifying the particular ordinance on which the vote is requested, is filed with the Town Clerk. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days after the date the petition is filed to vote on whether the ordinance shall be repealed. The ordinance subject to the vote shall be repealed if at least 15 percent of the Town’s registered voters vote on the question to repeal the ordinance and a majority of those voting vote to repeal the ordinance. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 14. Covered bridges; increased penalty for violation of legal limits resulting in damage

§ 14. Covered bridges; increased penalty for violation of legal limits resulting in damage
Notwithstanding 23 V.S.A. § 1434(c), the Town may adopt an ordinance governing operator damage to covered bridges that provides for a civil penalty of not more than $10,000.00 or an amount equal to the costs of repairing the damage to the covered bridge, provided that the covered bridge has a limit set pursuant to 23 V.S.A. § 1397a. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 15. Record book of ordinances

§ 15. Record book of ordinances
The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Clerk’s office and in the Cobleigh Library a single book of ordinances that shall contain each ordinance, together with an index of the ordinances arranged according to subject matter. The Clerk’s failure to comply with this section shall not invalidate any ordinance that was lawfully adopted. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 16. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision regulations

§ 16. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision regulations
Sections 12 and 13 of this charter shall not apply to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any zoning or subdivision bylaw nor to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any municipal plan or vote on a comprehensive regional plan, all of which are controlled by and shall be accomplished in conformity with 24 V.S.A. chapter 117. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 21. General

§ 21. General
The officers of the Town of Lyndon shall be those provided by law, except as otherwise provided in this charter. Town officers shall have all of the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 22. Elected officers

§ 22. Elected officers
The municipal officers elected by the Town shall be:
(1) five members of the Selectboard;
(2) one Moderator;
(3) five Trustees of the Cobleigh Library;
(4) three, four, or five listers, as determined by the Selectboard;
(5) one Town Agent;
(6) one Town Clerk;
(7) three Trustees of the Sanborn School Fund;
(8) Justices of the peace, the number of which shall be determined in accordance with the Vermont Constitution; and
(9) one Town Treasurer. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 23. Qualifications of officers

§ 23. Qualifications of officers
All elected officers shall be legally qualified voters of the Town, with the exception that one of the five Trustees of the Cobleigh Library may live outside the Town. All elected officers shall hold office for the terms specified in this charter and until their successors are elected and qualified. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 24. Election of officers by Australian ballot

§ 24. Election of officers by Australian ballot
All officers identified in section 22 of this charter shall be elected by Australian ballot. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 25. Vacancies in Town offices

§ 25. Vacancies in Town offices
When an elected officer identified in section 22 of this charter resigns, moves the officer’s residence outside the Town, dies, or becomes incapacitated, that office shall become vacant. In addition, if a member of the Selectboard fails to attend at least 50 percent of the Selectboard’s meetings in any calendar quarter, the member’s office may be declared vacant by the vote of a majority of the Selectboard held at a warned meeting. If a vacancy is created more than 90 days prior to the Town’s next annual meeting, the Selectboard shall promptly appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next annual meeting. If the vacancy is created within 90 days of the Town’s next annual meeting, the vacancy shall be filled by vote of the Town at that annual meeting. A person so appointed or elected shall serve until the person’s predecessor’s term expires. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 26. Selectboard; terms of office

§ 26. Selectboard; terms of office
(a) Each member of the Selectboard shall be elected for a term of three years. In the first election after this charter is approved by the General Assembly, two members of the Selectboard shall be elected for terms of three years, two members shall be elected for terms of two years, and one member shall be elected for a term of one year. After the first election following adoption of this charter, members of the Selectboard shall be elected for terms of three years as prior terms expire.
(b) The members of the Selectboard shall be elected at large. The candidates with the largest number of votes for offices of equal terms shall be elected to those offices. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 28. Recall of elected officers

§ 28. Recall of elected officers
(a) Any elected officer identified in section 22 of this charter may be removed from office by recall according to the following procedure:
(1) A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the Town’s registered voters requesting a vote on whether the elected officer shall be removed from office shall be filed with the Selectboard.
(2) The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting, to be held within 45 days after its receipt of the petition, to vote on the question of whether the elected officer shall be removed from office.
(3) The elected official shall be removed from office if:
(A) not fewer than the number of voters of the Town who actually voted in the election in which the officer was elected or not less than one-third of the registered voters of the Town, whichever is greater, cast ballots at the special Town meeting; and
(B) a majority of that applicable number of voters votes to remove the officer from office.
(b) If the Town votes to remove an elected officer, the office shall immediately become vacant, and the Selectboard shall fill the vacancy as provided in section 25 of this charter.
(c) The vote on a recall petition shall be by Australian ballot. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 29. Bonding of officers

§ 29. Bonding of officers
All Town officers required to be bonded by State law shall be bonded at the expense of the Town. The Selectboard may require that other Town officers be bonded at the expense of the Town. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 31. Selectboard; powers and duties

§ 31. Selectboard; powers and duties
(a) The Selectboard shall constitute the legislative and administrative body of the Town for all purposes and shall have all powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of, municipal legislative bodies under the Vermont Constitution and State law.
(b) In addition to the authority and duties established in subsection (a) of this section, the Selectboard shall have the power to:
(1) Appoint and remove all nonelected officers or employees authorized or required by State law, this charter, or the Town’s personnel regulations.
(2) Hire or remove a Municipal Administrator to assist the Selectboard in the administration of the Town’s affairs. The Municipal Administrator shall carry out those duties that the Selectboard assigns to them. The Selectboard shall fix the salary and benefits to be paid to the Municipal Administrator.
(3) Appoint the members of the Board of Electric Commissioners, which will manage the Town of Lyndon Electric Department pursuant to subchapter 8 of this charter.
(4) Hire, remove, and fix the compensation and benefits paid to the General Manager of the Lyndon Electric Department in consultation with the Board of Commissioners.
(5) Appoint a Superintendent of Public Works.
(6) Have charge of the Town’s burial grounds.
(7) Assign additional duties to appointed offices, commissions, or departments but not discontinue or assign to any other office, commission, or department those duties assigned to a particular office, commission, or department established by this charter or by State law;
(8) Adopt, amend, or repeal ordinances in compliance with subchapter 2 of this charter.
(9) Inquire into the conduct of any Town employee; Town officer, including an elected officer; and any commission or department, and investigate any and all municipal affairs whenever necessary for the proper and orderly conduct of Town government.
(10) Assign a member of the Selectboard to attend any public meeting of any board, commission, department, or agency of the Town together with the right to speak for the Selectboard but not to vote at the meeting.
(11) Establish one or more areas apart from the rest of the Town as Special Service Districts, provide the Districts with special municipal services not provided throughout the Town, and assess a tax on the grand list of the taxpayers in the District to pay for the services, on the condition that a special meeting of the voters who reside in any such District shall be called in the same manner as a special Town meeting to vote on whether the special District should be created, and a majority of the residents who vote at such special meeting vote in favor of creating the District.
(12) Exercise each and every other power not specifically set forth in this charter but that is granted to the Selectboard by State law. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 32. Selectboard; organization

§ 32. Selectboard; organization
(a) Immediately after the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall elect a chair and a vice chair by vote of the majority of the entire Selectboard.
(b) The Chair, or in the Chair’s absence the Vice Chair, shall preside at all meetings of the Selectboard. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 33. Selectboard meetings

§ 33. Selectboard meetings
(a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chair and Vice Chair, the Selectboard shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings. The Selectboard shall meet at least twice each month, except when the Selectboard determines that the then-pending business does not require a meeting.
(b) The Selectboard shall determine its own rules and order of business.
(c) A majority of the members of the Selectboard shall constitute a quorum. The act of the majority of the members of the Selectboard present at a meeting shall constitute the act of the Selectboard.
(d) All meetings of the Selectboard shall be open to the public unless the Selectboard votes to go into executive session in accordance with the provisions of 1 V.S.A. chapter 5.
(e) Except in cases of emergency meetings, the agenda of the Selectboard’s meetings shall be made available to the public at least 24 hours prior to the meeting and posted in the Town Clerk’s office. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 34. Record of Selectboard meetings

§ 34. Record of Selectboard meetings
(a) The Selectboard shall keep an official written record of all of its meetings, which shall be open for public inspection at the Town Clerk’s office at all times during normal business hours.
(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the Selectboard. The approved minutes of a meeting shall be filed in the Town Clerk’s office and a copy shall be filed in the Cobleigh Library. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 35. Compensation of Town officers

§ 35. Compensation of Town officers
The Selectboard shall fix the compensation of all elected officers, except the Town Clerk, and all officers appointed by the Selectboard. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 36. Budget

§ 36. Budget
The Selectboard shall submit a proposed budget to the voters to be voted on at the annual Town meeting as provided in subchapter 7 of this charter. The vote of the Town shall constitute the approval of the total amount of the budget. The Selectboard may reallocate the sums so approved within the budget to pay for expenditures in different amounts to the extent necessary to deal with unexpected or changed circumstances. If the approved budget proves to be insufficient to pay all of the Town’s expenses, the Selectboard may call a special Town meeting to vote on an increase to the budget. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 41. Town meetings and elections; application of general law

§ 41. Town meetings and elections; application of general law
Those provisions of State law relating to voter qualification, warnings, method of voting, the duties of Town officers at Town meetings and elections, and all other matters relating to preparation for, conducting, and managing Town meetings and elections shall, so far as they may be applicable, govern all Town elections and all annual and special Town meetings. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 42. Town meetings

§ 42. Town meetings
(a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget, election of officers, and other Town business shall be held according to State law. Special meetings may be called by the Selectboard to consider any business for which State law requires, or for which the Selectboard deems it desirable to obtain, the approval of the voters of the Town.
(b) The polling places at Town elections shall be open for a minimum of nine consecutive hours as specified by the Board of Civil Authority and warned by the Selectboard. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 43. Eligible voters

§ 43. Eligible voters
Subject to the requirements of Title 17 of the Vermont Statutes Annotated, the Board of Civil Authority shall establish and enforce the method for identifying the voters eligible to vote at a Town meeting and all elections. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 44. Polling places

§ 44. Polling places
In any annual or special Town meeting held to elect officers and vote on all questions to be decided by Australian ballot, the Board of Civil Authority shall establish polling places as it determines are required. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 45. Postponing and combining town meetings

§ 45. Postponing and combining town meetings
(a) The Selectboard may postpone the vote on any question to be voted at a special Town meeting to the following annual meeting or a November general election if the special meeting is scheduled to occur within 75 days of the annual meeting or a November general election, except that the Selectboard may not postpone a vote if the vote is for the purpose of using or discontinuing the use of the Australian ballot system for budgets as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2680(c) or for the recall of an elected officer.
(b) If a special Town meeting has been called, and a later special Town meeting is called by petition to be held within 45 days after the earlier special Town meeting, the Selectboard may warn the question to be voted at the earlier special Town meeting for the later Town meeting called by petition, and may by resolution rescind the call of the earlier meeting. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 46. Voting on questions by Australian ballot

§ 46. Voting on questions by Australian ballot
The Selectboard may cause any question to be voted by Australian ballot at any annual meeting, or special town meeting called on the Selectboard’s motion or by petition, provided that the warning for the vote states that the vote will be by Australian ballot and includes notice of the time and place of the vote. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 51. Zoning officer; appointment

§ 51. Zoning officer; appointment
The Town Zoning Officer, the “administrative officer” as described in 24 V.S.A. § 4448, shall be appointed by the Selectboard and shall serve in that office for three years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The Zoning Officer may serve two or more successive three-year terms. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 52. Applicability of State law to municipal land use matters

§ 52. Applicability of State law to municipal land use matters
All matters pertaining to zoning, land subdivision, and municipal or regional plans shall be exclusively controlled by State law, except as otherwise specifically provided in this charter, the Town Plan, or the Town’s zoning and subdivision bylaws. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 53. Continuation of existing land use regulations

§ 53. Continuation of existing land use regulations
(a) The zoning ordinance adopted by the Town of Lyndon on August 20, 1964, and as thereafter amended from time to time through and including July 1, 2023, is hereby ratified and approved as the zoning ordinance of the Town of Lyndon. It shall continue in force and effect and may be amended as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 117.
(b) The subdivision regulations of the Town of Lyndon adopted on November 5, 1996, and thereafter amended from time to time through and including July 1, 2023, are hereby ratified and approved as the subdivision regulations of the Town of Lyndon. They shall continue in force and effect and may be amended as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 117. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 54. Development Review Board and Planning Commission; meeting minutes

§ 54. Development Review Board and Planning Commission; meeting minutes
Copies of the minutes of the Development Review Board and of the Planning Commission shall be filed and kept in the Town Clerk’s office in separate books provided for that purpose, and they shall be available for inspection and copying by any member of the public at the office of the Zoning Officer upon request during normal business hours. Copies of all municipal land use permits, certificates of occupancy, and notices of violation of the Town’s land use regulations shall be filed in the Town’s land records. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 62. Preparation and submission of budget

§ 62. Preparation and submission of budget
At least 30 days before the date of the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall adopt a proposed budget. The budget shall contain:
(1) an estimate of the financial condition of the Town as of the end of the fiscal year and as of the date of submission of the budget;
(2) an itemized statement of appropriations recommended for operating expenses and capital improvements for the proposed fiscal year budget with comparative statements in parallel columns of budgeted and actual expenditures for the preceding fiscal year;
(3) an itemized statement of estimated revenues from all sources other than taxes for the proposed fiscal year budget, a statement of anticipated revenues from taxes required for the proposed fiscal year budget, and comparative statements in parallel columns of budgeted and actual revenues for the preceding fiscal year;
(4) a capital plan for the next five fiscal years, showing anticipated capital expenditures and financing and revenue sources; and
(5) any other information that the Selectboard may decide to include. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 126 - Town of Lyndon › App § 64. Publication of notice of proposed budget

§ 64. Publication of notice of proposed budget
At least 10 days before the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall publish a notice in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town stating the amount of money that the Town anticipates must be raised by taxes and to be voted at its annual meeting and the estimated tax rates applicable to the taxes to be raised. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)