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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 801 - Green Mountain Transit Authority › App § 13. Other representation

§ 13. Other representation
If Washington, Lamoille, Franklin, or Grand Isle County does not have a municipal member from its county on the Board of Commissioners of the Green Mountain Transit Authority, the regional planning commission serving the county may appoint a Board member to the Green Mountain Transit Authority from a member of its regional planning commission or regional planning commission staff to represent its interests on the Green Mountain Transit Authority Board. (Added 2009, No. 71 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. July 1, 2011; amended 2017, No. 158 (Adj. Sess.), § 24, eff. May 21, 2018.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 1. Purpose and composition

§ 1. Purpose and composition
The purpose of the Authority is to provide the member towns in the Authority with an affordable, integrated, efficient system of public safety services (fire, police, ambulance, dispatch) that protects public welfare and provides rapid responses with highly qualified personnel when emergency situations arise. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 4. Sovereign immunity

§ 4. Sovereign immunity
The Authority shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the same extent that a municipality of the State does. The Authority shall provide liability and other insurance for itself and the members of the Board. The Authority shall hold harmless and indemnify all members of the Board from all claims of every kind and nature arising out of or connected with duties as directors, excepting only willful negligence and criminal conduct. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 5. Definitions

§ 5. Definitions
As used in this chapter:
(1) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Central Vermont Public Safety Authority.
(2) “Authority” means the Central Vermont Public Safety Authority.
(3) “Members” means those municipalities that comprise the Authority, acting through their respective legislative bodies that are committed to full participation in the shared net expenses of all services provided by the Authority, and include the Cities of Barre and Montpelier. Other municipalities may, at the Authority’s discretion, contract with the Authority for provision of one or more services from time to time.
(4) “Person” means any individual; partnership; company; corporation; association; unincorporated association; joint venture; trust; municipality; the State of Vermont or any agency, department, or subdivision of the State; federal agency; or any other legal or commercial entity. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 7. Composition

§ 7. Composition
Each member of the Authority shall have two directors on the Board, and three other directors shall be elected at-large by the electorate of the member municipalities. Each director shall be a resident of his or her municipality and registered to vote in municipal elections at the time of the director’s appointment or election. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 8. Selection of directors

§ 8. Selection of directors
(a) Directors. The three at-large directors shall serve staggered terms of three years. The directors appointed by the respective members shall serve staggered terms of two years. A director shall not serve more than three full consecutive terms.
(b) Subsequent boards. Any voter in any of the members may be nominated to be elected an at-large director by filing a petition signed by 25 voters of the municipalities and filing it with the Secretary of the Authority before 5:00 p.m. on the sixth Monday prior to the day of election, which shall be the filing deadline. Votes for at-large directors shall be tallied by the clerks of the respective members and certified to the Secretary of the Authority within a week of the day of election. The directors receiving a plurality of the votes shall be deemed elected after the vote is confirmed by the Board of Directors.
(c) Appointments. The legislative body shall make its appointment by the end of March in the year in which the term of the preceding director for that member expires. The clerk of each member shall certify its appointment to the Secretary of the Authority.
(d) Oath of office. All directors shall take an oath of office similar to that taken by members of legislative bodies of municipalities, as in 24 V.S.A. § 831. The oath shall be administered by the clerk of the director’s municipality.
(e) The Authority shall pay directors such reimbursement of expenses or stipend as the Board shall determine. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 9. Organizational meeting

§ 9. Organizational meeting
(a) Annually on the first Wednesday in April, the Board shall hold its organizational meeting at a time and place designated by the Board Chair.
(b) At the organization meeting, the Board shall elect from among its membership a Chair and a Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until a successor is duly elected and qualified. For this election, each director present shall cast one vote, except that no director shall be elected Chair for more than three consecutive terms unless directors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of all possible directors (including vacancies) shall so vote. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 10. Regular meetings

§ 10. Regular meetings
A schedule of regular meetings of the Board shall be established at its annual organizational meeting. The schedule shall be sent to the clerk of each member for posting. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 11. Special meetings

§ 11. Special meetings
(a) Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chair and shall be called by the Secretary upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board.
(b) Each director shall be given at least 24-hours’ notice of any special meeting by telephone, written notice delivered personally, e-mail, fax, or regular mail. Directors waive the notice requirements if they attend the special meeting, unless attendance is for the sole purpose of protesting the holding of the meeting.
(c) No action may be taken at a special meeting that is not warned specifically in the notice. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 12. Quorum and rules

§ 12. Quorum and rules
(a) To transact business, a majority of all directors who are not all from the same member shall be present and shall vote in favor of a motion for it to be effective. No proxies shall be allowed. A smaller number may adjourn to a later date, provided notice is given to all members as if such adjourned meeting were a special meeting.
(b) All meetings of the Board and its committees shall be governed by the small boards sections of the most recent edition of Robert’s Rules. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 13. Vacancy

§ 13. Vacancy
(a) A director may resign at any time by notice to the Chair of the Authority. In cases of municipal directors, notice shall also be given to the legislative body of the municipality represented.
(b) The Board may declare, by written certification to the legislative body of a member, a vacancy for the position of the director from that member after the director has failed to attend three unexcused, consecutive meetings of the Board within one year beginning in March and ending in February of the subsequent year.
(c) Upon resignation, death, certification of vacancy by the Board, or removal from the municipality by a director, the legislative body of that member shall appoint within 45 days a director for the remainder of the term of such director. The appointment shall be certified by the clerk of the member to the Secretary of the Authority.
(d) Each vacancy or withdrawal of a member shall reduce the number of directors needed to constitute a quorum or binding vote of the Authority. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 14. Officers

§ 14. Officers
The officers of the Authority shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors, the Secretary of the Authority, and the Treasurer of the Authority. There may also be an assistant secretary and an assistant treasurer. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 15. Bond

§ 15. Bond
Within 30 days of their election or appointment, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall be determined by the Board. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the Authority. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 16. Public Safety Director

§ 16. Public Safety Director
The Board shall appoint a Public Safety Director, based on experience and demonstrated competence, and shall set the salary and benefits for this office. The Public Safety Director shall oversee the operations and hire and supervise the personnel of the Authority. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 17. Chair

§ 17. Chair
The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board and shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the Authority upon approval by the Board. The Chair shall perform all the duties incident to the position and office. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 18. Vice Chair

§ 18. Vice Chair
The Vice Chair shall preside during the absence of the Chair or in the event the Chair elects not to preside. In either case, the Vice Chair shall have the same duties and authority as the Chair. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 19. Acting chair

§ 19. Acting chair
When both the Chair and Vice Chair are either absent or elect not to preside, the Board shall designate a member of the Board to serve as acting chair. In any such case, the acting chair shall have the same duties and authority of the Chair and shall serve until either the Chair or Vice Chair resume his or her duties. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 20. Secretary

§ 20. Secretary
(a) The Secretary of the Authority shall be appointed by the Board. The Secretary, with the approval of the Board, may appoint an assistant secretary, who shall not be a director of the Board.
(b) The Secretary shall have charge and custody of the public records of the Authority and the seal of the Authority.
(c) The Secretary shall record all votes and proceedings of the Authority, including meetings of the Authority and meetings of the Board, and shall cause to be posted and published all warnings of meetings of the Authority. The Secretary shall prepare all warnings of meetings of the Authority as required.
(d) Following approval by the Board, the Secretary shall cause the annual report to be distributed to the legislative bodies of the members. The Secretary shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by laws of the State of Vermont and resolutions or rules of the Board.
(e) The Secretary shall perform all the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or secretary of a body politic and corporate. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 21. Treasurer

§ 21. Treasurer
(a) The Treasurer of the Authority shall be appointed by the Board. The Treasurer, with the approval of the Board, may appoint an assistant treasurer, who shall not be a director of the Board. Neither the Treasurer nor the assistant treasurer may be a director.
(b) The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the Authority and shall be the disbursing officer of the Authority. When authorized by the Board of Directors, the Treasurer shall sign, make, or endorse in the name of the Authority all checks and orders for the payment of monies and pay out and disburse the same. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 22. Grand Juror

§ 22. Grand Juror
(a) The Board may appoint a Grand Juror who shall inquire into any person’s offenses under the Authority’s rules or applicable law and present them to the proper authority. If the Attorney General or the State’s Attorney is unwilling to prosecute such offenses, the Grand Juror may do so. For these purposes, the Grand Juror shall have the same authority within the Authority as a State’s Attorney.
(b) The Grand Juror shall not be a director. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 23. Open meetings and public records

§ 23. Open meetings and public records
The conduct of all meetings and the maintenance of all records of the Authority and the Board shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 24. Audit

§ 24. Audit
The Board shall cause an audit of its financial records to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 25. Committees

§ 25. Committees
The Board shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 26. Removal of officers

§ 26. Removal of officers
An officer may be removed by a vote of a majority of the Board whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the Authority will be served. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 27. Fiscal year

§ 27. Fiscal year
The fiscal year of the Authority shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of each year. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 28. Budget appropriation and assessment

§ 28. Budget appropriation and assessment
(a) Proposed budget.
(1) Annually on or before January 1, the Board shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative body of each member for review and comment an annual report of its activities, including a financial statement, the budget history of the preceding two years, a proposed budget of the Authority for the next fiscal year, and a budget projection for the two successive years. The Board may appoint a budget committee to develop the proposed budget.
(2) The Board shall hold a public hearing on or before February 1 of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of the members and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget. Additional public hearings may be held if the Board deems it appropriate to do so. Notice of such hearing(s) shall be as provided in sections 39-41 of this chapter, except that for additional public hearings, the time requirements of section 39 shall be reduced by 15 days, and notice(s) need only be published once.
(3) The Board shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable.
(b) Budget adoption, appropriations, and assessment. Annually on or before January 1, the Board shall approve the budget.
(1) At the Town Meeting Day elections, the voters of each member shall vote on appropriating the total sums necessary to operate and carry out the Authority’s functions for the next ensuing fiscal year. Ballot totals from the members shall be totaled together, and the cumulative total will be used to determine passage of the budget.
(2) Once a budget is approved, the Board shall assess each member for its proportionate share of the sums so appropriated, less revenues anticipated from the members, and adopt a schedule designating when such assessments are due and payable by the members.
(3) The members shall include the Authority’s assessment as a separate line item on the annual property tax bills so as to appropriate such sums as the member is apportioned, once voted as described in section 29 of this chapter. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 29. Cost-sharing formula

§ 29. Cost-sharing formula
(a) Following its initial meeting, the Authority shall be charged with the creation and acceptance of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that outlines a cost-sharing formula between member municipalities.
(b) The MOU shall then be proposed to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities for adoption.
(c) It is anticipated that the framework of the MOU will include prior historical costs as well as additional items. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 30. Invoice

§ 30. Invoice
After adoption of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, the Authority shall deliver an invoice to each member for its share of the net cost of operating the Authority, accompanied by its budget estimates for the next two years. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 31. Collection

§ 31. Collection
(a) Annually on or before July 1, the Treasurer shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member requiring that the amount of such assessment be paid beginning in accordance with the schedule of payments adopted by the Board.
(b) The legislative body of each member shall draw an order on the municipal treasurer for the amount of such assessment, and the municipal treasurer shall pay to the Authority Treasurer the amount of such order.
(c) If any member shall fail to pay when due any assessment against it by the Authority, it shall incur an additional charge that the Board determines will be reasonable. However, the charge shall not exceed eight percent plus interest. Interest shall be charged at a rate the Board determines to be reasonable, not exceeding what may be permitted by general law. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 32. Limitations of appropriations

§ 32. Limitations of appropriations
(a) Appropriations made by the Board for the various estimates of the budget as defined in section 30 of this chapter shall be expended only for such estimates; however, by majority vote of the Board, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among such estimates.
(b) The amount of any deficit at the end of the fiscal year shall be included in the next proposed operating budget and paid out of the appropriations for that budget year. At the discretion of the Board, any unencumbered balance may be placed in a reserve fund or returned to the members. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 34. Sinking fund

§ 34. Sinking fund
(a) The Board may establish and provide for a sinking fund for the retirement of bond issue or other debt or to provide security for the payment thereof.
(b) When so established, the sinking fund shall be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of the Authority and shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring or securing such obligations.
(c) The cost of payments to any sinking fund shall be included in the annual budget of the Authority. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 35. Capital reserve fund

§ 35. Capital reserve fund
(a) The Board may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and major repairs of Authority facilities.
(b) Any such capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and shall be expended for such purposes for which established.
(c) The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the Authority. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 36. Special Authority meetings

§ 36. Special Authority meetings
(a) The Board may on its own motion call special meetings of the Authority and shall call a special meeting of the Authority when action by the voters of the Authority is required.
(b) The Board shall call a special meeting of the Authority if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the voters of the Authority.
(c) The Board may rescind the call of the special meeting called on its own motion.
(d) The Board shall endeavor to schedule the time of special meetings to coincide with the time of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the members will be voting on other matters. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 37. Places of meetings

§ 37. Places of meetings
At any annual and special meeting of the Authority, voters of each member shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board in consultation with the board of civil authority of each municipality. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 38. Public hearings

§ 38. Public hearings
(a) No fewer than 30 nor more than 40 days prior to any annual or special meeting of the Authority, the Board shall hold at least one public hearing at which the issues to be voted upon at the annual or special meeting shall be presented for public comment.
(b) Notice of such public hearings shall include a warning published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Authority at least once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks, the last publication to be no fewer than five nor more than 10 days before the public hearing. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 39. Warnings required

§ 39. Warnings required
(a) The Board shall warn an annual or special meeting of the Authority by filing a notice with the clerk of each member and by posting or causing to be posted a notice in at least three public places in each municipality in the Authority no fewer than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting.
(b) The warning shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the Authority once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be no fewer than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 40. Signing of warning

§ 40. Signing of warning
The original warning of any annual or special meeting of the Authority shall be signed by the Secretary and Chair of the Board. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 41. Warning contents

§ 41. Warning contents
The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the questions to be voted upon. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 43. Qualifications and registration of voters

§ 43. Qualifications and registration of voters
All legal voters of the members shall be legal voters of the Authority. The municipality shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any Authority meeting. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 44. Conduct of meetings

§ 44. Conduct of meetings
(a) At all special meetings of the Authority, the provisions of Title 17 shall apply except where clearly inapplicable.
(b) The Authority Secretary shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under that title. The Washington Unit of the Vermont Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the Authority. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 45. Reconsideration or rescission of vote

§ 45. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
(a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the Authority shall not be submitted for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for that purpose and called by the Board on its own motion or pursuant to a petition requesting such reconsideration or rescission signed and submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Where a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the Authority requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted on at a previous special meeting is submitted to the Board within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board shall provide for a vote by the Authority in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the submission at a special meeting duly warned for that purpose.
(c) A vote taken by a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special meeting called and warned in accordance with this section.
(d) A question voted on shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting without the approval of the Board. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 46. Validation of Authority meetings

§ 46. Validation of Authority meetings
(a) When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special Authority meeting have been omitted or not complied with, if the meeting and the business transacted is otherwise legal, the omission or noncompliance may be corrected and legalized by vote at a special meeting of the Authority called and duly warned for that purpose.
(b) The question to be voted upon shall substantially be: “Shall the action taken at the meeting of the Authority held on (state date), in spite of the fact that (state the error or omission), and any act or action of the Authority officers or agents pursuant thereto be readopted, ratified, or confirmed?”
(c)(1) Errors or omissions in the conduct of any prior special meeting that are not the result of an unlawful notice or warning or noncompliance within the scope of the warning may be cured by a resolution of the Board by a vote of at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, stating that a defect was the result of an oversight, inadvertence, or mistake.
(2) When an error or omission has been corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been in compliance initially on the condition that the original action by the Board was otherwise in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 47. Priority

§ 47. Priority
When a special meeting of the Authority is called to act to incur bonded or other indebtedness or to enter into a long-term contract and the meeting procedures in this chapter conflict with the procedures in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1, the procedures in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 shall prevail. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 48. Withdrawal of a municipality

§ 48. Withdrawal of a municipality
(a)(1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, a member may vote to withdraw from this chapter in the same manner as it votes to adopt the chapter if three years have elapsed since the Authority has become a body politic and corporate and if the Authority has not voted to bond for construction and improvements, all in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 4863(g).
(2) The provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 4863(i) and (j) shall apply so that any vote of withdrawal taken less than one year from the time the Authority has become a body politic and corporate or any vote of withdrawal taken after the Authority has voted to bond for construction and improvements shall be null and void.
(3) The membership of a withdrawing member shall terminate as of one year following a valid vote to withdraw or as soon after such one-year period as the financial obligations of the withdrawing member have been paid to the Authority.
(4) Notwithstanding the provisions of this subsection (a), in the event that the General Assembly of the State of Vermont shall specifically approve, a member may vote to withdraw from the Authority at any time.
(b) The financial obligations of a withdrawing member shall include all ongoing costs and assessments of the Authority until the withdrawing member has entered into a written agreement satisfactory to counsel for the Authority obliging the withdrawing municipality as follows:
(1) to continue to pay its share of all debts incurred by the Authority for the remaining terms of all bonds and contracts in existence at the time when the vote to withdraw was taken;
(2) to pay its share, based upon its assessment for the year in which it withdraws, of the defense costs and judgment rendered in any legal action brought against the Authority arising or accruing in any year during which it was a member of the Authority;
(3) to pay its share, based upon its assessment for the year in which it withdraws, of all unbudgeted costs and expenses of the Authority arising out of the activities of the Authority during the withdrawing member’s term of membership, regardless of when such costs and expenses may be discovered; and
(4) to pay all of these additional costs either in a lump sum or in installments at such times and in such amounts as required by the Board.
(c)(1) After a member has voted to withdraw, the Board shall give notice to the remaining members of the vote to withdraw and shall hold a meeting to determine if it is in the best interest of the Authority to continue to exist. All interested parties shall be given an opportunity to be heard.
(2) If the Board determines that it would be in the best interests of the Authority to cease operations, the Board may prepare and implement a plan for dissolution of the Authority. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 49. Admission of additional municipalities

§ 49. Admission of additional municipalities
(a) The Board, by the affirmative vote of directors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of all possible directors (including vacancies), may authorize the inclusion of additional municipalities in the Authority upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Authority.
(b) The petitioning municipality shall comply thereafter with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121 (intermunicipal cooperation and services). If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve the agreement and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Secretary of the Authority, and the municipality shall be a member. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 50. Dissolution of the Authority

§ 50. Dissolution of the Authority
(a)(1) Upon the affirmative vote of directors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of the directors present, the Board may prepare a plan of dissolution for submission to the voters of the Authority at a special meeting of the Authority duly warned for such purposes.
(2) If the voters of the Authority present and voting at such special meeting of the Authority vote to dissolve the Authority, the Authority shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary to complete the plan of dissolution and conclude its affairs.
(3) The Board of Directors shall cause a notice of the plan of dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the Authority and to the Secretary of State.
(b) The plan of dissolution shall, at a minimum:
(1) identify and value all assets of the Authority;
(2) identify all liabilities of the Authority, including contract obligation;
(3) determine how the assets of the Authority shall be liquidated and how the liabilities and obligations of the Authority shall be paid, to include assessments against municipalities of the Authority; and
(4) specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the municipalities according to the same basic formula used in apportioning the costs of the Authority to the municipalities.
(c) When the plan of dissolution has been fully implemented, the Board shall certify that fact to the members whereupon this chapter and the Authority shall be terminated. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 51. Amendment of the Authority agreement

§ 51. Amendment of the Authority agreement
(a)(1) Amendments to this chapter may be proposed by a petition signed by five percent of the voters of the members, or by the Board, by a resolution expressing the intention to amend the chapter.
(2) A copy of such resolution shall be mailed to the legislative bodies of the members and to each director at least 10 days prior to the meeting scheduled to act on the proposal of amendment.
(b) Unless a majority of the members request, in writing, on or before the date of the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment that the Board hold a special meeting of the Authority to vote on the amendment, the Board may adopt the amendment.
(c)(1) Within 10 days of the adoption of the amendment by the Board or by the voters of the Authority, the Secretary of the Authority shall certify to the Secretary of State each proposal of amendment.
(2) The Secretary of State and the General Assembly shall then proceed as with municipal charter amendments under 17 V.S.A. § 2645.
(d) No amendment shall substantially impair the rights of the holders of any bonds or other notes or other evidence of indebtedness or substantially affect any obligations under long-term contracts of the Authority then outstanding or in effect or the rights of the Authority to procure the means for payment, continuation, or termination thereof. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 53. Severability

§ 53. Severability
Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 901 - Central Vermont Public Safety Authority › App § 54. Ratification

§ 54. Ratification
(a) This chapter shall take effect upon the approval by the voters of each member, at its annual meeting; enactment of the chapter by the General Assembly; and subsequent to the enactment, ratification of the chapter by each of the legislative bodies of the members.
(b) The legislative bodies of the members shall have authority to ratify ceding of authority over different services, as the Authority evolves. The Authority shall make formal separate requests of the legislative bodies for dispatch, police, fire, and emergency services, as the Authority is ready to begin administering those services, and the legislative bodies of each member shall then vote on ceding such authority to the Authority. (Added 2013, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 20, 2014.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 1 - Operation of Vessels › § 82. Lake Champlain

§ 82. Lake Champlain
Steamboats, sloops, schooners, rafts, vessels, and other watercraft, navigating in the nighttime on Lake Champlain, within this State, or on a bay, harbor, river, or creek, the waters of which are common to such Lake, and when lying at anchor or at rest in the said waters shall carry and show such lights as are required by the applicable provisions of 33 U.S.C. §§ 172-180 and 46 U.S.C. § 526(b), United States Code, as amended. If found without such lights, the captain, owner, master, or other person having charge, shall be fined not more than $50.00 nor less than $10.00.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 3 - General Provisions Relating to Rivers and Streams › § 145. Remedy of person aggrieved by action of the selectboard

§ 145. Remedy of person aggrieved by action of the selectboard
When a person considers himself or herself injured by the action of the selectboard, he or she may apply to the Superior Court of the county for relief. (Amended 1973, No. 193 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 9, 1974.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 3 - General Provisions Relating to Rivers and Streams › § 146. Removal of trees and bushes from land prior to flowage

§ 146. Removal of trees and bushes from land prior to flowage
(a) All land which may be flowed by damming, taking, storing, or diverting, or raising the level or increasing the area of the volume of the waters of any stream, river, lake, or pond, by a corporation or association existing under any charter or authority of the State, or holding or acquiring control of any stream, river, lake, or pond by virtue of any charter or authority of the State, shall, prior to such flowing, be cleared of all trees and bushes which shall be removed or burned, and shall be further cleared to the low water mark of such stream, pond, or reservoir, by cutting close to the ground all trees, bushes, and stumps.
(b) This section shall not be construed so as to prevent constructions and developments specifically authorized by a charter granted by the General Assembly, nor so as to prevent or interfere with such usage of the waters of any stream, river, lake, and pond, or such use of constructions and developments, as may be necessary for the proper enjoyment of rights and powers specifically authorized by such charter nor so as to prevent or interfere with the performance of any duties imposed by such charter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 5 - Floating Lumber › § 201. Boom for logs

§ 201. Boom for logs
When it becomes necessary for a person rightfully engaged in running logs down a river or stream in this State to anchor a boom for such logs on land bounding upon such river or stream, and he or she is unable to agree with the owner or occupant of such land with reference thereto, such person may call upon the selectboard of the town wherein such land lies to act in the premises, by giving at least 48 hours’ notice in writing thereof to such owner or occupant. Thereupon the selectboard shall investigate and decide as to the necessity and location of such boom, the time during which it shall remain, and the amount of damage, if any. The decision of the selectboard shall be in writing and be final. When such person has paid or tendered to the selectboard his or her fees in the matter and to the owner or occupant of such land the damages awarded, the boom may be anchored in accordance with the findings of the selectmen.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 5 - Floating Lumber › § 202. Retention of lodged lumber for damages

§ 202. Retention of lodged lumber for damages
When lumber, such as spars, masts, square timber, logs, or sawed lumber, put into a stream in or adjoining the State, and lodged upon lands adjoining the same, or dams crossing such streams, in this State, is not taken away by the owner on or before May 1, annually, the owner of the lands or dams may detain in his or her possession such lumber, until the owner thereof pays the damages sustained by reason of its lying upon such lands or dams.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 5 - Floating Lumber › § 203. Removal of lumber

§ 203. Removal of lumber
When such lumber is not removed by the owner on or before November 1, annually, the owner of the lands or dams may take and convert it to his or her own use. The owner of the lumber, by paying the damages and costs, may remove the same from the lands or dams between November 1 and May 1 following.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 5 - Floating Lumber › § 204. Advertisement

§ 204. Advertisement
The lumber shall not be forfeited unless the owner of lands or dams upon which such lumber is lodged shall advertise the same at a public place in the town where the lumber is lodged, giving in the advertisement a description of the lumber, the owner’s marks, if any, and also cause the advertisement to be recorded in the town clerk’s office, in the month of September, in the same year.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 5 - Floating Lumber › § 205. Fees

§ 205. Fees
The person advertising the lumber shall be entitled to receive $0.34 for the copy of the advertisement left with the town clerk, and $0.06 a mile travel to advertise the same. Such fees shall be paid by the owner of the lumber at the time the damage is paid to the owner of the land or dam, when the lumber does not become forfeited. When the lumber is forfeited, the fees shall be paid by the party advertising. (Amended 1971, No. 84, § 13.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 5 - Floating Lumber › § 206. Adjustment of damages

§ 206. Adjustment of damages
When the owner of such lumber and the owner of the lands or dams do not agree upon the damages, the selectboard of the town where the lands or dams are situated, not being interested therein, shall adjust the same. If such selectboard members are interested, a superior judge not interested, shall adjust the damages. Such adjudication shall be final between the parties. (Amended 1973, No. 249 (Adj. Sess.), § 82, eff. April 9, 1974.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 25 - Navigation and Waters › Chapter 5 - Floating Lumber › § 207. Treble damages for stopping or conversion of floating lumber

§ 207. Treble damages for stopping or conversion of floating lumber
When a person stops masts, spars, square timber, logs, or sawed lumber and confines it in a place in this State, so as to prevent it from floating down a stream in or adjoining this State, such lumber being marked with the owner’s name or mark, or destroys, makes use of, or disposes of the same, except such as becomes forfeit, he or she shall be liable to the owner for three times the value of the lumber, if it is found on trial that the same was done in bad faith, otherwise the judgment shall be for the actual damages.