§ 2651c. Lack of elected lister; appointment of lister; elimination of office
§ 2651c. Lack of elected lister; appointment of lister; elimination of office (a)(1) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law to the contrary and except as provided in subsection (b) of this section, in the event the board of listers of a town falls below a majority and the selectboard is unable to find a person […]
§ 2651d. Collector of delinquent taxes; appointment; removal
§ 2651d. Collector of delinquent taxes; appointment; removal (a)(1) A municipality may vote at an annual or special municipal meeting to authorize the legislative body to appoint a collector of delinquent taxes, who may be the municipal treasurer. (2) A collector of delinquent taxes so appointed may be removed by the legislative body for just […]
§ 2651e. Municipal clerk; appointment; removal
§ 2651e. Municipal clerk; appointment; removal (a)(1) A municipality may vote at an annual meeting to authorize the legislative body to appoint the municipal clerk. (2) A municipal clerk so appointed may be removed by the legislative body for just cause after notice and hearing. (b) A vote to authorize the legislative body to appoint […]
§ 2647. Incompatible offices
§ 2647. Incompatible offices (a)(1) An auditor shall not be town clerk, town treasurer, selectboard member, first constable, collector of current or delinquent taxes, trustee of public funds, town manager, road commissioner, water commissioner, sewage system commissioner, sewage disposal commissioner, cemetery commissioner, or town school district director; nor shall a spouse of or any person […]
§ 2648. Exceptions
§ 2648. Exceptions Section 2647 of this title shall not apply to towns having not more than 25 legal voters, but in these towns an auditor shall not audit his or her own accounts kept and rendered in some other official capacity, nor shall the husband or wife of any town official audit his or […]
§ 2649. Number of officers
§ 2649. Number of officers (a)(1) Each town shall have: (A) three selectboard members, unless additional selectboard members are elected under the provisions of section 2650 of this chapter; (B) three listers, unless additional listers are elected under the provisions of section 2650 of this chapter or the town has voted to eliminate the office […]
§ 2650. Additional listers and selectboard members
§ 2650. Additional listers and selectboard members (a) Additional listers. A town may vote at a special or annual town meeting to elect two additional listers for terms of one year each. (b) Additional selectboard members. (1)(A) A town may vote at a special or annual town meeting to elect two additional selectboard members for […]
§ 2644. Warnings
§ 2644. Warnings The original warning for each municipal meeting shall be signed by a majority of the legislative body and shall be filed with the clerk and recorded before being posted. When all positions on the legislative body are vacant, warnings may be signed by the clerk. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § […]
§ 2645. Charters; adoption, repeal, or amendment; procedure
§ 2645. Charters; adoption, repeal, or amendment; procedure (a) A municipality may propose to the General Assembly to adopt, repeal, or amend its charter by majority vote of the legal voters of the municipality present and voting at any annual or special meeting warned for that purpose in accordance with the following procedure: (1) A […]
§ 2645a. Chartered municipalities; vote to suspend charter authority and rely on general municipal law
§ 2645a. Chartered municipalities; vote to suspend charter authority and rely on general municipal law (a) A municipality may propose to suspend for not more than three years specific authority granted in the municipality’s charter and instead use later-enacted general municipal authority granted to all Vermont municipalities by the General Assembly, provided that the proposal […]