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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 261 - Village of Orleans › App § 51. Licensing and activities of itinerant street vendors and peddlers

§ 51. Licensing and activities of itinerant street vendors and peddlers
(a) No person shall engage in the business of an itinerant street vendor or peddler within the corporate limits of the Village of Orleans without first applying for and receiving a license so to do. Such license fee shall be fixed by the trustees of such Village, but in the case of persons required to pay a peddler’s license tax to the State, such fee shall not exceed $2.00 per year. The provisions of this section shall not apply to person engaged in selling meats, poultry, eggs, butter, fruits, or vegetables that are raised or produced by them.
(b) Any person who shall engage in the business of an itinerant street vendor or peddler, either as principal or agent, within the corporate limits of the Village of Orleans, without first obtaining the license required in this charter, shall be fined not more than $25.00 nor less than $5.00 for each day that the person shall engage in such business without such license. (Added 1935, No. 256, § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 101. Corporate existence retained

§ 101. Corporate existence retained
The inhabitants of the Village of Poultney, the boundaries of which being identified in Exhibit A hereto, are hereby incorporated and continue to be incorporated and declared to be a body corporate and politic under the name of the Village of Poultney and under that name shall have, exercise, and enjoy all such rights, immunities, powers, and privileges as are conferred upon or are incident to villages in this State and shall be subject to like duties, liabilities, and obligations, except as otherwise provided in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 104. Additional powers

§ 104. Additional powers
The general grant of authority in section 103 of this charter shall include the following powers, and the enumeration thereof shall not be deemed to be in derogation of the authority conferred by this charter:
(1) To adopt and enforce ordinances, and to establish penalties for the violation thereof, in accordance with the general laws of the State, and specifically under any general laws of this State regulating zoning, subdivisions, and regional plans as may be enacted from time to time.
(2) To exercise the right of eminent domain in the taking of property by condemnation for public purposes in accordance with the constitution and general laws of this State.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 105. Reservation of powers to the Village

§ 105. Reservation of powers to the Village
Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Village of Poultney, the trustees of said Village, or its elected and appointed officials by general or special enactments 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 such general or special enactments unless this charter otherwise provides.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 106. Form of government

§ 106. Form of government
The municipal government provided by this charter shall be known as council-manager form of government. Pursuant to these provisions and subject only to the limitations imposed by the Vermont Constitution and by this charter, all powers of the Village shall be vested in an elective council, hereinafter referred to as the Board of Trustees, who shall execute the laws and administer the government of the Village.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 107. Intergovernmental relations

§ 107. Intergovernmental relations
The Village, through its Board of Trustees, 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 accept grants, loans, and assistance from the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, or from any subdivision, department, agency, or activity of the United States of America or the State of Vermont, or both, to make public improvements within said Village, or upon property or rights of said Village outside its corporate limits, whether owned by said Village as sole owner or owned by said Village in common with another municipality or other municipalities, and may make appropriations consistent with the charter to accomplish such purpose.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 301. General provisions

§ 301. General provisions
The officers of the Village of Poultney shall be those provided by law for towns, except as otherwise provided by this charter. Such officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 302. Elective officers

§ 302. Elective officers
(a) The officers elected at the annual Village meeting or at a special Village meeting duly called and held for that purpose shall be:
(1) one or more trustees necessary to fill one or more vacancies caused by the expiration of the term(s) established in section 303;
(2) Village Clerk/Treasurer;
(3) Village President;
(4) one auditor necessary to fill the vacancy caused by the expiration of the term established in subdivision 304(b)(4);
(5) water and sewer commissioners (in the event the Board of Trustees so direct).
(b) All elected officers shall be chosen from the legally qualified voters of the Village and shall hold office for the term hereafter specified and until their successors are elected.
(c) All officers shall be elected by Australian ballot.
(d) The President shall serve as Village Moderator.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 303. Terms of office—trustees

§ 303. Terms of office—trustees
(a) There shall be three trustees elected at the regular Village meeting in 1994, two for a term of two years, and one for a term of one year. Every year thereafter, there shall be two trustees elected for a two year term, so as to constitute a five-member Board.
(b) All trustees shall be elected at large, one of whom shall be elected at the annual Village meeting as President.
(c) Any trustee shall be eligible to succeed himself/herself indefinitely.
(d) At their first regular meeting following the annual Village meeting, the trustees shall organize themselves, with the President being the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 304. Other elected officers

§ 304. Other elected officers
(a) Village Clerk/Treasurer. The Village Clerk/Treasurer shall be elected for a one-year term, and whose compensation shall be determined by the Board of Trustees.
(b) Auditors. Three auditors shall be elected.
(1) The elected auditors shall be responsible for a full audit of all Village funds. Such audit shall be required at least once a year and shall verify delinquent taxes, disbursement, and receipts.
(2) The auditors’ duties and rights shall otherwise be as established by the laws of this State.
(3) A certified public accountant or registered public accountant shall conduct a full audit at least once in every three years. The certified or registered public accountant shall verify delinquent taxes, disbursements, and receipts and shall report to the elected auditors.
(4) The auditor position shall be for a three year term with one auditor being elected each year.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 305. Appointed officers

§ 305. Appointed officers
(a) The Board of Trustees may appoint any officers, commissioners, or employees required by the Village’s personnel regulations, the general law of this State, or this charter. All appointments shall require as a precondition a job description.
(b) The Village Manager shall function as the personnel officer of the Village and shall present to the Board of Trustees all candidates for Village positions.
(c) All matters relating to the hiring, performance, tenure, discipline, and termination of Village employees shall be controlled by personnel policies and plans to be adopted by the Board of Trustees.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 306. Vacancies of elected and appointed officers

§ 306. Vacancies of elected and appointed officers
(a) When an elected or appointed officer specified herein resigns, makes another town his or her residence, dies, or becomes incapacitated, his or her office shall become vacant. A person who fills such a vacancy shall serve until his or her predecessor’s term expires. The Village Manager shall cause to be published in a newspaper of general local circulation notice of such vacancy.
(b) Any resident may, within 10 days of the publication, submit his or her name to the Village Manager as an applicant for the vacancy. The names of all applicants shall be entered in the minutes of the next regularly scheduled trustees’ meeting.
(c) At the first regular meeting of the Board of Trustees following the expiration of the period set forth in subsections 306(a) and 306(b), the trustees shall fill the vacancy from the list of applicants. Said appointment shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term unless this charter provides otherwise.
(d) A vacancy in the Office of Village President shall be filled by a member of the Board of Trustees, to be appointed by the Board.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 501. Powers and duties

§ 501. Powers and duties
(a) The members of the Board of Trustees shall constitute the legislative body of the Village of Poultney for all purposes required by law.
(b) While the Board of Trustees shall establish policies governing the management of Village affairs, it shall be the sole duty and responsibility of the Village Manager to implement Village policies and supervise the day-to-day operation of Village government.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 502. Organization

§ 502. Organization
(a) The Board of Trustees shall conduct its business in accordance with Robert’s Rules of Order.
(b) Three trustees shall constitute a quorum. No action of such board shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative vote of at least two trustees. In cases where a statute requires a greater number of the Board for an affirmative vote, such provisions of law shall control.
(c) The Board of Trustees shall warn and conduct their meetings as provided by the general laws of the State relating to open meetings of public bodies.
(d) The Village President shall be the Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 503. Record of proceedings

§ 503. Record of proceedings
(a) It shall be the duty of the Board of Trustees to cause to be kept an official record of its proceedings.
(b) The minutes of each meeting shall be approved by the trustees and shall be filed in the Village Clerk’s office. A duly certified copy of such minutes, attesting to the accuracy thereof, shall constitute the official record of the meeting and shall constitute prima-facie evidence of the action taken.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1002. Water and sewer systems; extraterritorial service

§ 1002. Water and sewer systems; extraterritorial service
The Water and Sewer Commissioner may contract with persons for the provision of water and sewer services to property located without the boundaries of the Village, the charges therefor to be a lien upon the property so served to the same extent as if the property were located within the boundaries of the Village.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1101. Application of general laws

§ 1101. Application of general laws
Provisions of the laws of this State relating to preparation for, conduct, and management of Village meetings and elections shall, so far as they may be applicable, govern all municipal elections and all annual and special Village meetings except as otherwise provided in this charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1102. Polling places

§ 1102. Polling places
In any annual or special Village meeting for the purpose of the election of officers and the voting on all public questions to be decided by Australian ballot, such polling places as needed shall be established by those officers charged by State law with such responsibility.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1103. Postponement and combining of Village meeting

§ 1103. Postponement and combining of Village meeting
(a) The trustees may postpone the vote on any question to be voted at a special Village meeting to the annual meeting if the special meeting falls within 120 days of the annual meeting.
(b) If a special Village meeting falls within 120 days of another special Village meeting called by petition, the trustees may warn the questions to be voted at the first Village meeting for the later Village meeting and may by resolution rescind the call of the earlier meeting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1104. Voting question by Australian ballot

§ 1104. Voting question by Australian ballot
All public questions shall be voted by Australian ballot at any annual meeting or at any special Village meeting called on motion of the trustees or by petition. A public question voted by Australian ballot shall be preceded by a public informational meeting, to start at seven thirty o’clock in the evening of the day preceding that on which the polls are to be opened. The warning for the special Village meeting to vote by Australian ballot shall include a notice of the time and place of the informational meeting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1105. Annual meeting; date and time

§ 1105. Annual meeting; date and time
The annual meeting of the Village for the consideration of all matters to be voted upon shall be held on the second Tuesday in May, commencing at seven thirty o’clock in the afternoon, commencing in the year 1993. Annual and special meetings of the Village at which voting shall be conducted by Australian ballot shall commence at ten o’clock in the forenoon and close at seven o’clock in the evening.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1301. Applicability of State law to Poultney zoning and planning

§ 1301. Applicability of State law to Poultney zoning and planning
All matters pertaining to zoning, land subdivision, municipal and regional plans shall be exclusively controlled by the laws of the State of Vermont.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1502. Preparation and submission of budget and Village report

§ 1502. Preparation and submission of budget and Village report
(a) The Village Manager, at least 60 days before the date of the annual Village meeting, shall submit to the trustees a budget that shall contain:
(1) A statement of the financial condition of the Village 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 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 preceding fiscal year.
(3) An itemized statement of estimated revenues from all sources, other than taxation, for the next fiscal year; a statement of estimated taxes required for the next fiscal year; and comparative figures of tax and other sources of revenue for the current and the preceding fiscal year.
(4) A statement of the short- and long-term indebtedness of the Village.
(5) A listing of delinquent taxpayers.
(6) Such other information as may be required by the Board of Trustees or law.
(b) The trustees’ budget in its final form and the warning of the meeting shall be made available to the legal voters of the Village in an annual Village report at least 14 days prior to the annual Village meeting.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1503. Appropriations

§ 1503. Appropriations
The Village at the annual meeting, or a special meeting called for that purpose, shall adopt a budget that shall include the proposed expenditures of each department for the coming fiscal year, and adoption of a budget at such meeting shall be deemed an appropriation to each department of the sum allotted in the budget for such department. The amounts stated in the budget, and as approved by the Village, shall become appropriated to the several agencies, departments, and purposes therein named.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1504. Amount to be raised by taxation

§ 1504. Amount to be raised by taxation
Upon approval of the budget under section 1503, the amounts stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes, reduced by cash surplus from excess collected property taxes, fees, charges, fines, and interest, if any, as indicated by the statement of the Village auditors, shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Village in the corresponding tax year, and the trustees shall levy such taxes on the grand list furnished by the listers of the Village of Poultney for the corresponding tax year.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1505. Budget limitations—borrowing

§ 1505. Budget limitations—borrowing
(a) The incurring of bonded indebtedness, the issuing of bonds, the making of temporary loans in anticipation of the sale of bonds, and all other matters pertaining to bonded indebtedness and borrowing for current expenses or in anticipation of the receipt of taxes shall be controlled by applicable statutes.
(b) The Village, by vote at an annual or special meeting, may borrow money under such terms and conditions and for such lawful municipal purposes as the Village shall vote.
(c) The trustees, in the name of the Village, may borrow funds in anticipation of federal and State funds that have been approved and committed. Any debt so incurred for a project shall be repaid from the first federal or State funds received for that project.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1506. Transfers of appropriations

§ 1506. Transfers of appropriations
At any time within the fiscal year, the Board of Trustees may transfer funds from single budget line items to other budget line items. A budget line item will be an individual budget item listed on the budget presented and approved under section 1503.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1507. Taxation

§ 1507. Taxation
(a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid as voted at the annual Village meeting.
(b) Taxes shall be collected as established by law.
(c) Taxes are due October 1st; and taxes unpaid by November 1st shall be considered delinquent property taxes and shall accrue penalty, interest, fees, and costs to the maximum extent permitted by law, and all such penalty, interest, fees, and costs shall be paid over to the Village Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Village.
(d) The Village shall have a Board of Abatement with powers enumerated under State law.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1508. Fees and fines

§ 1508. Fees and fines
All fines and penalties payable to the Village by reason of any violation of any State law, ordinance, or bylaw shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Village Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Village. All fees established by law or ordinance and payable to any Village officer shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Village Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Village. Fees collected on behalf of the State shall be transferred to the State Treasurer.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1703. Pending matters

§ 1703. Pending matters
All rights, claims, actions, orders, contracts, and legal or administrative proceedings shall continue except as modified pursuant to the provisions of this charter and in each case shall be maintained, carried on, or dealt with by the Village department, office, or agency appropriate under this charter, under the supervision of the Board of Trustees.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1704. Municipal laws

§ 1704. Municipal laws
All Village ordinances, resolutions, bylaws, orders, and regulations that are in force at the time this charter becomes fully effective shall remain in full force and effect excepting only those ordinances, resolutions, orders, and regulations that are inconsistent with this charter or with each other.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1707. Penalties; forfeitures of suits not affected

§ 1707. Penalties; forfeitures of suits not affected
This charter shall not affect a penalty or forfeiture incurred under any process or to this charter, nor any suit or proceeding had or commenced in a civil or criminal cause before this charter takes effect, but the proceedings therein shall, when necessary, conform to the provisions of this charter, nor this charter affect any claim or defense with respect to any cause of action or criminal violation accruing on or before the effective date hereof.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 269 - Village of Poultney › App § 1709. Acts amended

§ 1709. Acts amended
The provisions of this charter shall amend No. 198 of the Acts of 1886, as amended by No. 86 of the Acts of 1890, No. 199 of the Acts of 1898, No. 186 of the Acts of 1900, No. 241 of the Acts of 1904, No. 276 of the Acts of 1908, No. 315 of the Acts of 1910, No. 328 of the Acts of 1912, No. 261 of the Acts of 1919, No. 304 of the Acts of 1921, No. 211 of the Acts of 1923, No. 195 of the Acts of 1933, and No. 339 of the Acts of 1957.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 1. Comprehensive revision

§ 1. Comprehensive revision
Under the authority granted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, the voters of the Village of Swanton adopt this unified charter as a comprehensive revision and consolidation of No. 252 of the Acts of 1888, and all subsequent acts and amendments.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 2. Applicability of the general law

§ 2. Applicability of the general law
(a) All provisions of the Constitution and the general laws of the State of Vermont relating to villages and their officers shall apply to the Village of Swanton except as modified in this chapter.
(b) The Village of Swanton and its officers shall have the powers and authority conferred upon villages by the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont, together with the governmental and proprietary functions devolving generally upon municipalities and municipal officers, and shall also have all implied powers necessary to implement and exercise those powers, authority, and functions.
(c) The powers, authority, and functions conferred upon the Village of Swanton by this chapter shall be in addition to the powers, authority, and functions conferred upon the Village by general and special laws now in force or hereafter enacted. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as a limitation upon those powers, authority, and functions.
(d) All annual and special meetings of the Village shall be held upon notice in the form of a warning being posted in at least three public places within the Village and published in a newspaper of general circulation within the Village, the posting and publication shall occur at least 10 days in advance of the meeting; provided, however, that any Village meeting at which the incurring of indebtedness is to be considered shall be called, noticed, warned, and conducted in the manner provided by general law. The eligibility of voters at all Village meetings, and the conduct of meetings, and the conduct shall be controlled by general law. Until the voters choose otherwise, the Australian ballot system of voting shall be used for the election of officers and for consideration of all budget matters and all public questions.
(e) The boundaries of the Village of Swanton may be altered at the discretion of the Board of Trustees and with the concurrence of the General Assembly.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 4. Board of Trustees

§ 4. Board of Trustees
(a) The legislative body of the Village of Swanton shall be the Board of Trustees, consisting of three trustees and the Village President, each of whom shall be elected by Australian ballot at the annual meeting of the Village. Trustees shall be elected for staggered terms of three years each. The Village President shall be elected for a term of one year.
(b) The Board of Trustees shall have the general supervision of the affairs of the Village of Swanton, including the maintenance, operation, administration, and management of public highways, waterworks, sewerage collection and disposal systems, parks and recreation, and municipal electric plant. They shall cause to be performed all duties required of villages not committed by law to any particular officer.
(c) The number of the Board of Trustees may be changed by the voters at an annual meeting of the Village duly warned. The Board of Trustees shall consist of not fewer than three members and not more than five members.
(d) The Board of Trustees shall be ex officio the Village Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners and the Village Board of Electric Department Commissioners.
(e) The sewer commissioners shall be responsible for developing, implementing, and administering policies and procedures for allocating sewer capacity.
(f) The Board of Trustees, in addition to all other responsibilities and authority legally vested in it, shall be responsible for establishing and enforcing policies respecting the use, occupancy, and maintenance of all Village property.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 6. Village Clerk

§ 6. Village Clerk
The Village Clerk shall be a Village resident or nonresident elected for a one year term at the annual meeting of the Village. The Village Clerk shall have all the authority, duties, and responsibilities that are conferred upon the office of the Village Clerk by the general laws of the State of Vermont. Upon election, the Village Clerk shall appoint one or more assistant village clerks with the approval of the Board of Trustees, for whose official acts the Village Clerk shall be responsible.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 7. Village Treasurer

§ 7. Village Treasurer
(a) The Village Treasurer shall be a Village resident or nonresident appointed by the Board of Trustees at the first meeting of the Board of Trustees following each annual meeting of the Village. These appointments shall be recorded in the office of the Village Clerk. After appointment, the Village Treasurer shall appoint one or more assistant Village treasurers with the approval of the Board of Trustees, for whose official acts the Village Treasurer shall be responsible.
(b) The Village Treasurer shall have all the authority, duties, and responsibilities that are conferred upon the office of town treasurer by the general law of the State of Vermont.
(c) With the approval of the Board of Trustees, and consistent with duly adopted investment policies, the Village Treasurer shall invest Village funds or place them in interest-bearing accounts that are suitable and proper for municipal funds to be safeguarded and kept. These funds may be drawn upon by the Village Treasurer or assistant Village treasurer, upon orders approved by the Board of Trustees.
(d) The Village and the Board of Trustees may establish special funds from time to time that may be pooled for investment purposes by the Village Treasurer who shall keep separate accounting for each fund. Interest and other gains and losses accruing to the account shall be credited to each component special fund based on the reconciled average balance of the individual components, proportionalized as necessary.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 8. Village audit

§ 8. Village audit
The Village shall engage a qualified auditor or firm of auditors to perform the annual audit of the Village. The audit report, or a summary of the report, shall be printed in the annual Village report, or otherwise distributed or made available to the residents and taxpayers of the Village.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 9. Village Manager

§ 9. Village Manager
(a) The Village hereby adopts the town manager form of government set forth in 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, which form of government shall continue unless amended by the voters in the manner provided by law.
(b) The Board of Trustees shall appoint a Village Manager who shall have all the authority, duties, and responsibilities conferred upon a town manager by the general law of the State of Vermont. All Village departments shall report directly to the Village Manager.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 10. Other Village officers

§ 10. Other Village officers
(a) Except as provided in this chapter, the Village of Swanton shall have other officers as provided in the general law.
(b) All elections shall be conducted in accordance with the general laws of the State, except where a different procedure is established by this chapter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 13. Sewer Department authorization

§ 13. Sewer Department authorization
The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage a public sewage system within and without its corporate limits and shall exercise all powers, prerogatives, and authority conferred generally upon municipalities with respect to sewage systems.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 14. Electric Department authorization

§ 14. Electric Department authorization
(a) The Village is authorized to acquire, purchase, own, construct, maintain, and operate a municipal electric plant, a communications plant, an energy supply system, generation, transmission, and distribution facilities, or any or all similar things, within and without its corporate limits, and shall exercise all powers, prerogatives, and authority conferred generally upon municipalities with respect to municipal electric plants, communications plants, and energy supply systems.
(b) The Village may furnish and sell for public or private use electric energy, heat, communications services, or any combination of those services, to parties residing within or without the corporate limits of the Village upon terms and subject to regulations as may be fixed by the Village trustees or agreed upon between the contracting parties.
(c) The charges and rates for electric energy or communications services shall be a lien on real estate, wherever located, furnished with the service in the same manner and to the same effect as taxes are a lien upon real property under 32 V.S.A. § 5061. The owner of the property, furnished with electric energy or communications service, wherever located, shall be liable for the charges and rates. The Village Clerk shall file in the land records in the town in which the property is located a notice of delinquency for all unpaid charges, to be indexed under the name of the property owner, regardless of whether an agreement has been made for the repayment of the charges. The lien provided for in this section shall be released only upon receipt of payment in full for all outstanding charges, interest, fees, penalties, and costs of collection, all as are set forth under 32 V.S.A. chapter 133 pertaining to the collection of overdue property taxes.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 15. Fire Department authorization

§ 15. Fire Department authorization
The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage a Fire and Emergency Services Response Department and to appropriate and expend funds for the Department, and to contract for the receipt or delivery of fire and emergency services with one or more municipalities or volunteer or municipal fire departments.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 16. Police Department authorization

§ 16. Police Department authorization
The Village is authorized to own, operate, control, and manage a Police Department under the direction of a Chief of Police appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Chief of Police and all police officers shall have those powers and authority that are conferred generally by the general law.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 20. Property

§ 20. Property
By action of the Board of Trustees, the Village may acquire property within or without its corporate limits for any Village purpose, in fee simple or any lesser interest or estate, by purchase, gift, condemnation, devise, or lease. The Village may sell, lease, mortgage, hold, manage, and control property as its interest may require.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 21. Ordinances

§ 21. Ordinances
(a) All rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Village of Swanton in effect on the day before this chapter becomes effective shall become rules, ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the Village of Swanton until lawfully amended or repealed.
(b) Village ordinances shall be adopted, amended, and repealed in the manner provided by general law.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 279 - Village of Swanton › App § 22. Officers and employees of the Village

§ 22. Officers and employees of the Village
All elected and appointed officers of the Village on the effective date of this chapter shall continue in office until their terms of office shall end in accordance with law and until their successors are duly elected or appointed and qualified. Likewise, members of the Board of Trustees in office upon the effective date of this chapter shall fulfill their terms.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 1. Incorporation of Village and boundaries

§ 1. Incorporation of Village and boundaries
The ratable and all other estate included within the limits of School District Number One in Newbury, in the County of Orange, is hereby incorporated and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Wells River; and the inhabitants of the Village are constituted a body politic and corporate, with all the usual powers incident to public corporations, to be known by the name of the Village of Wells River. (Added 1937, No. 301 § 1.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 2. Alteration of boundaries

§ 2. Alteration of boundaries
The inhabitants of the Village may alter the bounds of the Village with the written consent of the persons whose residence or property will be included or excluded thereby, such written consent and alteration being first recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Newbury, and with the approval of the Town of Newbury as evidenced by the majority vote of the Town in Town meeting duly warned. If the Town of Newbury votes such approval, the consent, alteration, and the vote of the Town of Newbury shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Village, and upon such recording, the alterations in the bounds of the Village so made shall become effective. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 2.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 3. General powers conferred

§ 3. General powers conferred
The Village shall have and is granted the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs and no enumeration of powers in this charter shall be deemed to limit or restrict the general grant of authority conferred but this grant of authority shall not be deemed to limit the authority of the Legislature to alter, amend, or repeal this charter; or to limit the right to hereafter pass general laws applicable alike to this and all other municipal corporations of the State; nor shall this grant of authority be deemed to limit the patronage or control of the State with respect to the Village. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 3.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 5. Annual and special Village meetings

§ 5. Annual and special Village meetings
The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the third Tuesday in March, at such hour as the notice hereinafter mentioned shall state, in the Village Hall in the Village or at such other hour and place as the corporation shall hereafter appoint, notice of which shall be posted in four public places in the Village at least 10 days previous to the meeting, which notice shall be signed by the Clerk of the corporation, and in case of the Clerk’s failure, by the trustees, and for want of such trustees, by a majority of the justices of the peace residing in the Village; and whenever five legal voters of the Village shall so request by petition in writing, the trustees shall call a special meeting of the corporation, giving like notice of the same and specifying in the notice the object of the meeting; and at all Village meetings, none but the inhabitants thereof qualified by law to vote in town meetings and who have resided for one year within the limits of the Village shall be entitled to vote. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 5.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 6. Village officers

§ 6. Village officers
The elective officers of the Village shall be a President, a Clerk, a Treasurer, a Collector of Taxes, three auditors, three trustees, and a Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, together with such other officers as the public interest may require and the laws of this State may permit. All the officers shall be elected at the annual meeting for a term of one year, except that in the case of the trustees, the term of office shall be three years, one trustee to be elected at each annual meeting. All the Village officers shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. The Village, at a special meeting, may fill a vacancy in any Village office for the unexpired term. When a vacancy occurs in any office, the trustees forthwith, by appointment in writing, shall fill such vacancy until an election is had. Such appointment shall be filed by them in the office of the Village Clerk and duly recorded by the Village Clerk in the book of Village records. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 6.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 8. Village Clerk; recording of rules and ordinances

§ 8. Village Clerk; recording of rules and ordinances
(a) The Clerk shall keep a record of all called Village meetings of the Village trustees; shall perform the usual duties of a clerk; shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town clerks; shall have exclusive custody of the Village records and papers, which shall not be taken from the Clerk’s office unless upon the order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction; and the Clerk’s records, copies, and certificates shall be as legally authoritative as those of Town Clerks, and shall have the power to certify the same.
(b) The bylaws, rules, and ordinances of the Village shall be recorded in the office of the Clerk of the Village, and the Clerk’s certificate that such bylaws, rules, and ordinances were adopted at an annual meeting of the Village, or at a special meeting thereof, called for that purpose, shall be prima facie evidence of such fact in any court in this State and certified copies of the bylaws, rules, ordinances, and Clerk’s certificates shall also be received as evidence in all the courts in this State. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 8.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 9. Village Treasurer

§ 9. Village Treasurer
The Village Treasurer shall discharge the usual duties of such office and shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town treasurers. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 9.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 10. Collector of Village Taxes

§ 10. Collector of Village Taxes
The Collector of Village Taxes shall discharge the usual duties of such office and shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for collectors of town taxes. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 10.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 11. Bonds for Village Treasurer and Collector of Taxes

§ 11. Bonds for Village Treasurer and Collector of Taxes
The Treasurer and Collector of Taxes shall give bonds for the faithful performance of their duties in such sums as the trustees shall direct. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 11.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 12. Village auditors

§ 12. Village auditors
The auditors shall settle the accounts of the Treasurer, trustees, and Collector of Taxes, and shall make an annual report in writing, and no account shall be allowed by such auditors without the production of proper vouchers therefor. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 12.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 13. Village trustees

§ 13. Village trustees
The trustees shall be the governing board of the Village and shall have power to make, establish, amend, or repeal ordinances and impose regulations not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of Vermont, or of the United States, or of the municipal charter and bylaws of the Village, and to provide for the enforcement of the same by fine, penalty, injunction, restraining order, forfeiture, or any proper remedy, and shall have such other powers as stated in this charter. The trustees shall have the general care of the affairs of the Village, shall assess all taxes required by law or by vote of the Village, and shall direct the expenditure of all monies belonging to the Village, and shall draw orders upon the Treasurer for all monies disbursed by them, and generally shall perform all duties legally enjoined upon them by the Village. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 13.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 14. Village trustees; fiscal oversight

§ 14. Village trustees; fiscal oversight
The trustees shall audit, and in their discretion allow, the claim of any person against the Village for money paid or services performed, and for any debt contracted or obligation incurred by the trustees for and in behalf of the Village for any matter within the proper scope of their duties, and shall draw orders therefor in favor of the person entitled, upon the Treasurer of the Village. The trustees shall keep a full and true record of all orders drawn and expenditures made by them, and no money shall be paid out of the treasury except upon their order. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 14.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 15. Chief Engineer and Fire Department

§ 15. Chief Engineer and Fire Department
(a) The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief’s assistants shall be ex officio fire wardens of the Village and the duties of the Engineer shall be such as may be prescribed by the bylaws and ordinances of the Village.
(b) The Chief Engineer, and in the absence of the Chief Engineer the acting Chief designated by the trustees, shall have charge of all machines and apparatus within the Village for the prevention and extinguishment of fires. On the occasion of any fire in the Village, the Chief Engineer shall control as well as the regular Fire Department all volunteer fire companies, and may demand the assistance of any person present in order to extinguish such fire; and shall have the power to cause to be pulled down, or blown up, or removed, any building that the Chief Engineer may deem necessary for the suppression, or to prevent the extension, of such fire, and neither the Chief Engineer, nor anyone obeying the Chief Engineer’s orders, shall be liable personally for any property damage done thereby. The engineers may work in conjunction with the Building Inspector, as the trustees may direct, and may have the authority of the Building Inspector in the discretion of the trustees.
(c) The engineers when on duty shall wear conspicuously on their person a badge of office, with their respective rank inscribed thereon, without which no person shall be bound to obey their directions. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 15.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 285 - Village of Wells River › App § 16. Village trustees; power to appoint

§ 16. Village trustees; power to appoint
The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties of a Chief of Police and police officers, the superintendents of the Village departments, a Building Inspector, and such other Village officials as they may judge necessary for the welfare of the Village; and the number of police officers and Village departments shall be within the discretion of the trustees. These officers shall be qualified by taking appropriate oaths of office, and their appointments and certificates of their oaths, written thereon, shall be recorded by the Village Clerk. These appointments may be revoked at the pleasure of the trustees, and the trustees shall make rules and regulations governing the activities of these officers. The Chief of Police, before entering upon the duties of the office, shall give a bond to the Treasurer of the County, and the bond and a certificate showing the Chief’s appointment shall be filed with and recorded by the County Clerk as in the bylaws provided. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 16.)