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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 101. Corporate existence retained

§ 101. Corporate existence retained
The inhabitants of the Town of Essex, within the corporate limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Essex. Notwithstanding the provisions of any other municipal charters, territory within the corporate limits shall not be annexed to or become a part of any other municipal corporation except by annexation procedures as set forth in the statutes of the State of Vermont.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 103. Powers of the Town

§ 103. Powers of the Town
(a) The Town shall have all of the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State; it may enact ordinances, bylaws, and regulations not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter, and impose penalties for the violation thereof.
(b) The Town may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any town purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, or lease, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interests may acquire. The Town may further acquire property within its corporate limits by condemnation where granted to towns by the statutes of the State of Vermont.
(c) The Town may establish and maintain departments or divisions, as deemed appropriate by the Selectboard for the efficient maintenance and operation of Town affairs, to include, by way of illustration and not by way of limitation, police, fire, water, and public works departments.
(d) The Town may establish and maintain an electric power system and regulate power line installations; provided, however, that the Town shall have no authority under this charter that conflicts with that authority granted to the Public Service Department or any other State regulatory agency.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 105. Ordinances—Method of adoption and enforcement

§ 105. Ordinances—Method of adoption and enforcement
(a) The Selectboard may provide penalties for the breach of any ordinance authorized by general law or this charter, may prosecute any person violating the same through the Town Grand Juror or police officers who for such purposes shall be informing officers, and may maintain actions to restrain actual or threatened violations of the same; the establishment of any fine or penalty shall be by ordinance.
(b) Ordinance-making authority granted to the Town by this charter and general law shall be exercised pursuant to the provisions of sections 106 through 109 of this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing

§ 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing
(a) Every ordinance shall be introduced in writing. The enacting clause of all ordinances shall be “The Selectboard of the Town of Essex hereby ordains . . . ”. If the Selectboard passes the proposed ordinance upon first reading they shall cause it to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town in the form passed, or a concise summary of it including a statement of purpose, principal provisions, and table of contents or list of section headings, together with a reference to a place within the Town where copies of the full text of the proposed ordinance may be examined, at least once, together with a notice of the time and place when and where there will be a public hearing to consider the same for final passage. The first such publication shall be at least one week prior to the date of said public hearing. Any published notice shall explain citizens’ rights to petition for a vote on the ordinance at an annual or special meeting pursuant to 24 V.S.A. § 1973 and shall also contain the name, address, and telephone number of a person with knowledge of the ordinance who is available to answer questions about it.
(b) At the time and place so advertised, or at any time and place to which the hearing may from time to time be adjourned, the ordinance shall be introduced, and thereafter, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
(c) After the hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass the ordinance with or without amendment, except that if the Selectboard make an amendment they shall cause the amended ordinance to be published pursuant to section 106(a) hereof at least once together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing at which the amended ordinance will be further considered, which publication shall be at least three days prior to the public hearing. At which time so advertised or at any time and place to which the meeting may be adjourned, the amended ordinance shall be introduced, and after the hearing, the Selectboard may finally pass the amended ordinance, or again amend it subject to the same procedures as outlined herein.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 110. Reservation of powers to the Town

§ 110. Reservation of powers to the Town
Nothing in this charter shall be so construed as in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred upon the Town of Essex and the Selectboard of the Town by general or special enactments 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 such general or special enactments.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 201. Officers generally

§ 201. Officers generally
The elected officers of the Town of Essex shall be Selectboard members and Moderator. These officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law. The terms of the officers shall commence on the first day of the month following the month of election.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 202. Selectboard— Number, terms of office, election

§ 202. Selectboard— Number, terms of office, election
(a) There shall be a Selectboard consisting of five members.
(b) The terms of office of Selectboard members shall be for three years.
(c) Unless necessary to fill a vacancy, no more than two Selectboard members shall be elected at any annual meeting. Notwithstanding, the terms of the presently elected Selectboard members shall not be modified by this section.
(d) All Selectboard members shall be elected at large.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 203. Organization

§ 203. Organization
(a) As soon as practicable after the first day of the month of the month following annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall organize and elect a Chairperson, Vice Chairperson and Clerk by a majority vote of the entire Board, and shall file a certificate of the election for record in the office of the Town Clerk.
(b) The Chairperson of the Selectboard or in the Chairperson’s absence, the Vice Chairperson, shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall be recognized as the head of the Town government for all ceremonial purposes.
(c) In the event of death, resignation, or incapacity of any Selectboard member, the remaining members of the Board may appoint a person eligible to fill that position. At the next annual meeting, the vacancy shall be filled by serving the remaining balance of the term. Incapacity shall include the failure by any member of the Board to attend at least 50 per cent of the meetings of the Board in any calendar year. In the event the Board is unable to agree upon an interim replacement until the next annual Town meeting, a special election shall be held forthwith to fill the position.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 204. Meetings

§ 204. Meetings
(a) As soon as possible after the election of the Chairperson and Vice Chairperson, the Selectboard shall fix the time and place of its regular meetings and such meetings shall be held at least once a month.
(b) The Board shall determine its own rules and order of business.
(c) The presence of three members shall constitute a quorum.
(d) All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public unless, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the members present, the Board shall vote that any particular session shall be an executive session in accordance with 1 V.S.A. § 313.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 205. Record of proceedings

§ 205. Record of proceedings
(a) An official record of the proceedings of the Selectboard shall be kept by its Clerk, who need not be a member of the Selectboard, which shall be kept in the office of the Town Clerk and shall be open for public inspection. The Town Clerk shall keep official record of the proceedings of all special and annual Town meetings.
(b) The minutes of each meetings shall be approved by the Board at its next meeting and the official copy authenticated by the signature of the Clerk of the Board.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 206. Appointments by Selectboard

§ 206. Appointments by Selectboard
(a) The Selectboard shall appoint the members of the following permanent Commissions and positions:
(1) Zoning Board of Adjustment;
(2) Planning Commission;
(3) Town Attorney;
(4) Town Manager.
(b) The Selectboard may appoint such additional commissions as they feel to be in the best interest of the Town and all other appointive or elective officers authorized by statute.
(c) The terms of all appointments shall commence on the day after the day of appointment unless the appointment is to fill a vacancy in an office, in which case the term shall commence at the time of appointment.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 207. Jurisdiction over other officers or employees

§ 207. Jurisdiction over other officers or employees
Neither the Selectboard nor any of its members shall direct or request the appointment, by any other officer or employee of the Town, of any person to office or employment, or his or her suspension or removal therefrom, or in any manner take part in the appointment, discipline, or removal of subordinates and employees of the Town, except as otherwise provided in this charter. The Selectboard and its members shall deal with that portion of the service of the Town for which the Manager is responsible solely through the Manager. This shall not be construed to prohibit the Selectboard from recommending to the Town Manager a prospective employee for his or her consideration, or bringing to the attention of the Manager any complaint concerning the actions of any officer or employee of the Town. This section shall not be construed to prohibit the review by the Selectboard of actions by the Manager or hearings brought to the Selectboard by employees pursuant to appellate rights granted them by statute.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 208. Compensation of Selectboard; appointees

§ 208. Compensation of Selectboard; appointees
(a) Compensation paid to the Selectboard members shall be set by the voters at the annual meeting, with a minimum of $500.00 a year each. Selectboard members’ salaries must be set forth as a separate item in the annual budget presented to the meeting.
(b) The Selectboard shall fix the compensation of all officers and employees, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 209. Powers and duties

§ 209. Powers and duties
(a) The members of the Selectboard shall constitute the legislative body of the Town of Essex for all purposes required by statute and shall have all powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of town legislative bodies or selectboards under the laws of the State of Vermont.
(b) Within the limitations of the foregoing, the Selectboard shall have the power to:
(1) appoint and remove the Town Manager and supervise, create, change, and abolish offices, commissions, or departments other than the offices, commissions, or departments established by this charter;
(2) appoint the members of all boards, commissions, committees, or similar bodies unless specifically provided otherwise by this charter;
(3) provide for an independent audit by a registered or certified public accountant;
(4) inquire into the conduct of any officer, commission, or department and investigate any and all municipal affairs;
(5) exercise each and every other power that is not specifically set forth herein, but that is granted to the Selectboard by the statutes of the State of Vermont.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 301. Application of general law

§ 301. Application of general law
Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to the qualifications of voters, the manner of voting, the duties of election officers, and all other particulars respective to preparation for, conducting, and management of elections, so far as they may be applicable, shall govern all municipal elections, and all general and special meetings, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 302. Time of holding

§ 302. Time of holding
(a) The annual meeting of legal voters shall be held at 7:30 o’clock in the afternoon of the day specified in 17 V.S.A. § 2640(b) as the same may from time to time be amended and may transact at that time any business not involving voting by Australian ballot or voting required by law to be by ballot. A meeting so started shall be adjourned until the following day.
(b) The election of officers and the voting on all questions to be decided by Australian ballot or voting required by law to be by ballot shall take place on the day specified in 17 V.S.A. § 2640(a), which may from time to time be amended. The ballot boxes or voting machines shall be open for a minimum of nine consecutive hours between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. as shall be determined and warned by the Selectboard.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 303. Budget

§ 303. Budget
An annual budget shall be adopted at Town meeting by the vote of a majority of those eligible to vote present at the meeting. If, after the total budget has been appropriated, the Selectboard finds additional appropriations necessary, the appropriations shall be made and reported at the next Town meeting as a specific item. The appropriations shall only be made in special circumstances or situations of an emergency nature. No specific explanation need be given for any normal annual operating expense in any office, department, or agency that may be increased over the budget amount by an amount not more than 10 percent of the office’s, department’s, or agency’s budget.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 304. Rescission of ordinances

§ 304. Rescission of ordinances
All ordinances shall be subject to rescission by a special or annual Town meeting, as follows: If, within 44 days after final passage by the Selectboard of any such ordinance, a petition signed by voters of the Town not less in number than five percent of the qualified voters of the municipality is filed with the Town Clerk requesting its reference to a special or annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall fix the time and place of the meeting, which shall be within 60 days after the filing of the petition, and notice thereof shall be given in the manner provided by law in the calling of a special or annual Town meeting. Voting shall be by Australian ballot. An ordinance so referred shall remain in effect upon the conclusion of the meeting unless a majority of those present and voting against the ordinance at the special or annual Town meeting exceeds five percent in number of the qualified voters of the municipality.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 305. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting

§ 305. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting
(a) Subject to the provisions of section 304 of this charter, voters of the Town may at any time petition in the same manner as in section 304 for the enactment of any proposed lawful ordinance by filing the petition, including the text of the ordinance, with the Town Clerk. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting (or include the ordinance as annual meeting business) to be held within 60 days of the date of the filing, unless prior to the meeting the ordinance shall be enacted by the Selectboard. The warning for the meeting shall state the proposed ordinance in full or in concise summary and shall provide for an Australian ballot vote as to its enactment. The ordinance shall take effect on the 10th day after the conclusion of the meeting provided that voters as qualified in section 304, constituting a majority of those voting thereon, shall have voted in the affirmative.
(b) 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 correct the ordinance so as to avoid repetitions, illegalities, and unconstitutional provisions and to ensure accuracy in its text and references and clearness and preciseness in its phraseology, but the Town Attorney shall not materially change its meaning and effect.
(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any appointments of officers, members of commissions, or boards made by the Selectboard or to the appointment or designation of Selectboard, or to rules governing the procedures of the Selectboard.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 502. Appraisal of property

§ 502. Appraisal of property
The Department of Real Estate Appraisal shall appraise all real and business personal property for the purpose of establishing the grand list. Appraisals shall be reviewed periodically and kept up to date. Technically qualified individuals or firms may be employed as needed.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 503. Appraisal of business personal property for tax purposes

§ 503. Appraisal of business personal property for tax purposes
Appraisal of business personal property shall be in accordance with the provisions of 32 V.S.A. § 3618, as the same may from time to time be amended provided that all business personal property acquired by a taxpayer after September 30, 1995 shall be exempt from tax.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 505. Purpose

§ 505. Purpose
The purpose of the Department of Real Estate Appraisal is to provide for appointment of a qualified real estate assessor rather than the election of listers. The Town shall be governed by, and each taxpayer shall have rights granted by the applicable statutes concerning real and personal property taxation, appeal therefrom, and other statutes concerning taxation.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 601. Appointment of Manager

§ 601. Appointment of Manager
The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager under and in accordance with Vermont Statutes Annotated, as amended from time to time hereafter. The Manager shall have all of the powers and duties as set forth in that chapter and in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 602. Officials appointed by Manager

§ 602. Officials appointed by Manager
The Town Manager shall appoint with the approval of the Selectboard Town Clerk, Town Treasurer, Assistant Town Clerk, constables, Grand Juror, Director of Public Works, Police Chief, a Town Agent if the Town Attorney is not a resident of the Town of Essex, cemetery commissioners, Health Officer, fire wardens, Zoning Administrator, and, if needed, the Town Manager may appoint fence viewers, Inspector of Lumber and Shingles, and any other officer that the Selectboard of a Town is authorized to appoint if the Selectboard has not filled the office. The terms of the appointed officials shall commence on the first day of April following appointment. Appointments to fill a vacancy in an office shall be effective at the time of appointment and shall run for the unexpired period of the term. (Amended 1999, No. M-1, eff. Jan. 1, 1999.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 701. Fiscal year

§ 701. Fiscal year
The fiscal year of the Town shall begin on 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. In the event of a consolidation between the Essex Town School District and the Village of Essex Junction Graded School District, the consolidated entity shall adopt the same fiscal year as the Town.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 702. Preparation and submission

§ 702. Preparation and submission
(a) The Town Manager, at least 50 days before annual Town meeting, or at such previous time as the Town Manager may be directed by the Selectboard, shall submit to the Selectboard a budget containing:
(1) An estimate of the financial condition of the Town as of the end of the fiscal year.
(2) An itemized statement of appropriations recommended for current expenses, and for capital improvements, during the next fiscal year; with comparative statements in parallel columns of appropriations and estimated expenditures for the current fiscal year and actual appropriations and expenditures for the immediate preceding fiscal year.
(3) An itemized statement of estimated revenues from all sources, other than taxation, for the next fiscal year; and comparative figures of tax and other sources of revenue for the current and immediate preceding fiscal years.
(4) A capital budget for the next five fiscal years, showing anticipated capital expenditures, financing, and tax requirements.
(5) Such other information as may be required by the Selectboard.
(b) The budget shall be published not later than two weeks after its preliminary adoption by the Selectboard. The board shall fix the time and place for holding a public hearing for the budget, and shall give a public notice of such hearing. The board shall then review the budget and recommend it, with or without change, to the annual Town meeting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 703. Town meeting warning and budget

§ 703. Town meeting warning and budget
The proposed budget and the warning for the annual meeting shall be distributed to the legal voters of the Town at least 10 days before the annual meeting. In addition, the Selectboard shall comply with the statutory requirements applicable to town meetings in the warning of any annual or special meeting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 705. Amount to be raised by taxation

§ 705. Amount to be raised by taxation
Upon passage of the budget by the annual Town meeting, the amounts stated therein as the amount to be raised by 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 by the Assessor for the corresponding tax year.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 707. Transfers of appropriations

§ 707. Transfers of appropriations
(a) 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.
(b) At the request of the Manager, the Selectboard may, by resolution, transfer any unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof within the Selectboard’s budget from one department, office, or agency 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 801. Taxes on real and personal property

§ 801. Taxes on real and personal property
Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in two equal payments, with one-half of the annual tax bill for each taxpayer due and payable on September 15 and March 15 of each fiscal year.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 804. Assessment and taxation agreement

§ 804. Assessment and taxation agreement
Notwithstanding any other provisions of this charter and the requirements of the general law of the State of Vermont, the Selectboard is authorized to negotiate and execute assessment and taxation agreements between the Town and a taxpayer or taxpayers within the Town consistent with applicable requirements of the Vermont Constitution.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 901. Appointment and removal

§ 901. Appointment and removal
All Town employees not elected by the voters shall be appointed, supervised, and removed by the Town Manager unless otherwise specified by this charter. There shall be no discrimination in employment on account of race, religion, sex, or political opinions. Appointments, lay-offs, suspensions, promotions, demotions, and removals shall be made primarily on the basis of training, experience, fitness, and performance of duties, in such manner as to insure that the responsible administrative officer may secure efficient service.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 117 - Town of Essex › App § 902. Personnel rules and regulations

§ 902. Personnel rules and regulations
(a) The Town Manager or the Town Manager’s appointee shall be the Personnel Director. The Town Manager shall maintain personnel rules and regulations protecting the interests of the Town and of the employees. These rules and regulations must be approved by the Selectboard and shall include the procedure for amending them and for placing them into practice. Each employee shall receive a copy of the rules and regulations when he or she is hired.
(b) The rules and regulations may deal with the following subjects or with other similar matters of personnel administration: job classification, jobs to be filled, tenure, retirement, pensions, leaves of absence, vacations, holidays, hours and days of work, group insurance, salary plans, rules governing hiring, temporary appointments, lay-off, reinstatement, promotion, transfer, demotion, settlement of disputes, dismissal, probationary periods, permanent or continuing status, in-service training, injury, employee records, and further regulations concerning the hearing of appeals.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 119 - Town of Ferrisburgh › App § 1. Corporate existence retained

§ 1. Corporate existence retained
(a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, there is hereby enacted a charter to govern the organization and operation of local government in the Town of Ferrisburgh.
(b) The inhabitants of the Town of Ferrisburgh, within the geographical limits as now established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the Town of Ferrisburgh. (Added 2017, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Mar. 1, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 119 - Town of Ferrisburgh › App § 2. General provisions

§ 2. General provisions
(a) 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 Ferrisburgh.
(b) The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Vermont Constitution and the laws of the State and this charter, together with all implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The Town may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution of the State or this charter and may impose penalties for violation thereof.
(c) Unless otherwise provided in this charter:
(1) the particular powers in this charter shall not be exclusive or restrict the scope of powers that the Town would otherwise have under State statutes or rules; and
(2) this charter shall not limit powers conferred by general or special enactment of State statutes or rules, including those conferred upon the Selectboard or other Town officers. (Added 2017, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Mar. 1, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 119 - Town of Ferrisburgh › App § 3. Appointed officers

§ 3. 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. The Town Treasurer shall be:
(A) responsible for collection of current taxes; and
(B) paid an hourly wage; and
(C) open to the public at hours adopted by the Selectboard.
(2) A Town Clerk who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government. The Town Clerk shall be:
(A) open to the public at hours adopted by the Selectboard;
(B) paid an hourly wage.
(b) The Selectboard shall adopt, and revise from time to time, a general statement of the qualifications necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of each of these appointed Town officers and a job description of those offices. These 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) These appointed officers shall be employees of the Town, subject to all personnel and employment rules and policies of the Town and shall serve at the pleasure of the Selectboard. An officer appointed under this section shall be 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.
(d) A person appointed to the position of Town Treasurer or Town Clerk need not be a resident or voter of the Town of Ferrisburgh. (Added 2017, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Mar. 1, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 119 - Town of Ferrisburgh › App § 4. Severability

§ 4. Severability
If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of this charter shall not be affected thereby. (Added 2017, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. Mar. 1, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 120 - Town of Franklin › App § 101. Water Department

§ 101. Water Department
There is created a Water Department for the purpose of maintaining a municipal water system. The Water Department shall be separate from all other departments in the Town. (Added 2015, No. M-4, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 120 - Town of Franklin › App § 102. Water Commission

§ 102. Water Commission
(a) The Selectboard shall appoint a three-member board that shall serve as the Board of Water Commissioners, at least one of whom shall be a member of the Selectboard. The members shall serve staggered three-year terms.
(b) The Board of Water Commissioners shall supervise the Water Department and shall have all other duties and powers established by the general laws of the State, except that changes to water rates and the compensation of Water Department personnel shall require the consent of the Selectboard. (Added 2015, No. M-4, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 120 - Town of Franklin › App § 103. Establishment of dedicated fund

§ 103. Establishment of dedicated fund
A dedicated fund is hereby established for the purposes set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 3313(b). The fund shall be under the control and direction of the Water Commissioners and its use and maintenance shall be dictated by the general laws of the State. (Added 2015, No. M-4, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 120 - Town of Franklin › App § 104. Severability

§ 104. Severability
If any provision of this enactment shall for any reason be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions that shall be given effect without the invalid provision. To this end, the provisions of this charter are severable. (Added 2015, No. M-4, § 2, eff. June 1, 2015.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 101. Corporate existence retained

§ 101. Corporate existence retained
The inhabitants of the Town of Hardwick as presently constituted are incorporated and declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name of the Town of Hardwick and under that name may sue and be sued, prosecute, and defend in any court; may have a common seal and alter it at pleasure; may borrow money on the credit of the Town in the mode and under the restrictions provided in this charter and as provided by the general law of this State; and generally shall have, exercise, and enjoy all rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon, or are incident to, towns in this State; and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this charter. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 103. Powers of the Town

§ 103. Powers of the Town
(a) The Town of Hardwick shall have all the powers granted to towns, town school districts, 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 granted. The Town of Hardwick may enact ordinances not inconsistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont or with this charter and impose penalties for violation thereof.
(b) The Town may acquire real and personal property within or without its corporate limits necessary or convenient for any lawful purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, devise, lease or condemnation, consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State of Vermont, and may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control such property as its interest may require consistent with the Constitution and laws of the State.
(c) In this charter, no mention of a particular power shall be construed to be exclusive or to restrict the scope of the powers that the Town would have if the particular power were not mentioned, unless this charter otherwise provides.
(d) The Seal of the Town of Hardwick, heretofore adopted, is declared to be the Official Seal of the Town, to be used as required by law and custom.
(e) The Town may purchase, hold, and convey any real estate, and erect and keep in repair any buildings necessary or convenient for its purposes: and may acquire, construct, and maintain such water wells, springs, aqueducts, reservoirs, sewage disposal facilities as it may deem necessary for the benefit of the Town.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 105. Reservation of powers to the Town

§ 105. 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 Hardwick, its Selectboard, or its elected and appointed officials by general or special enactments of State statutes or regulations in force or effect or enacted after adoption of this charter, and the powers and functions conferred by this charter shall by this charter be cumulative and in addition to the provisions of general enactments unless this charter otherwise provides. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof

§ 106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof
(a) A Town ordinance may provide:
(1) for a fine in an amount no greater than $1,000.00; and
(2) that each week a violation continues shall constitute a separate offense.
(b) A violation of a Town ordinance shall be classified as misdemeanor or a rule violation in the same manner as it would be classified by statute now or hereafter enacted and prosecuted accordingly. The Town may maintain an action to enjoin the violation of any ordinance or rule, but the election of the Town to proceed with an application for an injunction or to seek any other remedy or redress permitted by law shall not prevent a criminal prosecution for the violation of such ordinance or rule.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 107. Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard

§ 107. Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard
(a) If the Selectboard desires to adopt an ordinance, the Selectboard shall record it in the official record kept of the Selectboard proceedings, and the Selectboard shall adopt it subject to final approval after the public hearing as set forth in this section. The ordinance shall then be posted in three public places within the Town and published by title and summary setting forth the subject matter, effective date, and penalty for violation of the ordinance in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town, together with a notice of the time and place of a public hearing to consider the ordinance for final passage, the publication and posting to be on a day at least one week and not more than two weeks prior to the hearing.
(b) At the public hearing or at any time and place to which the hearing may be adjourned, the ordinance shall be read in full, unless the Selectboard elects to read the ordinance by title. After such a reading, all persons interested shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
(c) After the public hearing, the Selectboard may finally adopt the ordinance, with or without amendment. If the Selectboard amends the ordinance prior to passage, the Selectboard shall cause the amended ordinance to be entered in the official record of its proceedings and shall also cause notice of the amended and passed ordinance to be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town on a day not more than 14 days after adoption.
(d) Every ordinance shall become effective 60 days after adoption, unless the Selectboard specifies a longer period or if the ordinance is conditioned on approval by voters of the Town, then upon such voter approval. If within 30 days of the adoption a petition for reconsideration and repeal is filed, the ordinance shall not become effective until after the question of reconsideration and repeal is voted.
(e) The Town Clerk shall prepare and keep in the Town Clerk’s office and the Town Manager’s office a book of ordinances, which shall contain each Town ordinance, together with a complete index of the ordinances according to subject matter. Failure to comply with this provision shall not invalidate any Town ordinance lawfully passed or heretofore adopted. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 108. Referendum

§ 108. Referendum
(a) All Town ordinances, except as specified in section 110 of this charter, may be repealed by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting a vote on the question of repealing the ordinance. The Selectboard shall call a special Town Meeting to be held within 60 days of the date of the filing of the petition, to vote on whether the ordinance shall be repealed.
(b) Within 30 days after passage of an ordinance, 15 percent of the registered voters shall constitute sufficient signatures for referendum petition, and any other procedures of section 108(a) of this charter apply.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition

§ 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition
Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than 15 percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting enactment of the ordinance and accompanied by the text thereof. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting to be held within 60 days of the date the petition is filed unless, prior to such meeting, the Selectboard shall have enacted the ordinance. The warning for the meeting shall include a summary of the text of the proposed ordinance, its effective date and penalty provision for violation thereof, and shall be posted and published as the law of this State requires for special meeting generally. The warning shall provide for a “yes” and “no” vote by ballot as to its enactment. Copies of the proposed ordinance shall be posted in its entirety in at least five locations in Town for at least 30 consecutive days to the date of said special Town meeting. In the discretion of the Selectboard, the enactment of such ordinance may be proposed as an article in the warning for the next ensuing annual Town meeting, providing that such annual meeting shall be held within 120 days of the filing of such petition for enactment.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 110. Non-applicability of zoning and subdivision

§ 110. Non-applicability of zoning and subdivision
The provisions of sections 107, 108, and 109 of this charter shall not apply to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any zoning ordinance or bylaw, any land subdivision ordinance or land subdivision bylaw, nor to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any municipal plan, or comprehensive regional plan, the enactment, amendment, or repeal of zoning ordinances, bylaws, and plans being specifically controlled by 24 V.S.A. chapter 117, or by other statute regulating zoning, subdivision, and municipal and regional plans as may be enacted from time to time. The adoption, amendment, or repeal of all other ordinances shall be in conformity with sections 107, 108, and 109 of this charter. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 112. Authority of police officers

§ 112. Authority of police officers
Police officers of the Town shall have those powers conferred upon them by 24 V.S.A. chapter 55 and by all other laws applicable to municipal police officers. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 113. Open meetings

§ 113. Open meetings
Meetings of all Town boards, commissions, and formal committees shall conform with the provisions of 1 V.S.A. §§ 310–314 of Vermont’s Open Meeting Law. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 114. Form of government

§ 114. Form of government
The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as the council manager form of government. Pursuant to its provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the Vermont Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the Town shall be vested in an elective Council, which shall be known as the Selectboard, which shall enact ordinances, codes, and regulations; propose budgets; determine policies; and appoint the Town Manager, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the Town. All powers of the Town shall be exercised in the manners prescribed by this charter or prescribed by ordinance. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 115. Change of form of government

§ 115. Change of form of government
Upon petition of a number of legal voters equal to at least 15 percent of the total registered voters of the Town may, at any annual meeting or special meeting duly warned and held for that purpose, vote to change the council-manager form of government to any other legal form. A majority of the legal votes cast shall be needed to effect a change of government.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 116. Intergovernmental relations

§ 116. Intergovernmental relations
The Town, through its Selectboard, may enter into any agreement with the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or with any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to make public improvements within the Town, or upon property or rights of the Town outside its corporate limits, whether owned by the Town as sole owner or owned by the Town in common with another municipality or other municipalities, and may make appropriations consistent with this charter to accomplish this purpose. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick › App § 118. Special service district

§ 118. Special service district
(a) By ordinance, enacted as herein provided, the Town of Hardwick may designate, establish, enlarge, and modify the boundaries of certain special service districts, in which are provided municipal services not available elsewhere in the Town. For the cost of providing such municipal services, including the cost of financing capital improvements relating to such services, the Town may assess, levy, and collect annually a special benefit tax upon all property within such special service district.
(b) No such special service district may be designated, established, enlarged, or modified without the approval of the residents in said district as existing or proposed, expressed by the affirmative vote of a majority of those residents within said district present and voting at a special meeting thereof.
(c) Regular water and sewer charges, fees, and rates shall not be considered a special benefit tax within the meaning of this section, and shall be assessed and collected as provided by general law.