§ 2489. Fire districts; two or more towns
§ 2489. Fire districts; two or more towns (a) Where the limits of a proposed fire district include two or more towns, or portions of two or more towns, irrespective of whether the towns are situated in different counties, the application set forth in section 2481 of this title shall be made to the selectboard […]
§ 2486. Collector
§ 2486. Collector A fire district may elect the collector of town taxes, although he or she is not an inhabitant of the district, to be collector of fire district taxes. If he or she accepts the office, he or she shall have the powers and be subject to the duties imposed upon fire district […]
§ 2487. Clerk
§ 2487. Clerk The clerk shall keep a record of the meetings, votes, and proceedings of such district for the inspection of the inhabitants thereof.
§ 2488. Board of tax abatement
§ 2488. Board of tax abatement The board for the abatement of taxes of a fire district shall consist of the prudential committee, the clerk of the committee, the justices of the peace, and listers residing in the district. The board may abate taxes accruing to such municipality in all cases where a different provision […]
§ 2481. Establishment; change of limits
§ 2481. Establishment; change of limits (a) Upon application in writing of 20 or more freeholders or voters of a proposed fire district, the selectboard, after a duly warned public hearing, may establish such proposed fire district and define its limits. Such application shall contain a list of the powers mentioned in sections 2601 and […]
§ 2482. Body corporate; first meeting
§ 2482. Body corporate; first meeting The inhabitants of the district shall be a body corporate. The first meeting shall be called by the selectboard in the manner provided for warning fire district meetings. The selectboard chair or, in the chair’s absence, either of the others shall preside at such meeting. (Amended 2021, No. 105 […]
§ 2483. Annual and special meetings
§ 2483. Annual and special meetings The annual fire district meeting shall be held on the second Monday in January, or at such other time as the district at any regular or special meeting may determine, and shall be warned by the clerk, or, in the clerk’s absence or neglect, by one of the prudential […]
§ 2484. Voters
§ 2484. Voters Persons residing within the limits of a fire district who are voters in town meeting shall be voters in fire district meeting.
§ 2485. Officers generally
§ 2485. Officers generally A fire district shall elect at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter a clerk, a treasurer, and a collector of taxes. Such fire district may elect a chief engineer and such assistant engineers as are necessary, whether or not they are inhabitants of the district, who shall rank […]