App § 1506. Fees and fines
§ 1506. Fees and fines All fines and penalties payable to the Town by reason of any violation of any law, ordinance, or bylaw shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Town Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Town. All fees established by law or ordinance and payable to any […]
App § 1701. Severability
§ 1701. Severability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby.
App § 1502. Preparation and submission of budget and town report
§ 1502. Preparation and submission of budget and town report (a) The Town Manager, at least 60 days before the date of the regular annual Town meeting, shall submit to the Selectboard a budget that shall contain: (1) a statement of the financial condition of the Town as of the end of the fiscal year […]
App § 1503. Appropriations
§ 1503. Appropriations The Town 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 […]
App § 1504. Amount to be raised by taxation
§ 1504. Amount to be raised by taxation Upon approval of the budget under section 1503 of this charter, 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 […]
App § 1505. Transfers of appropriations
§ 1505. Transfers of appropriations At any time within the fiscal year, the Selectboard 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 to and approved under section 1503 of this charter.
App § 1102. Voting question by Australian ballot
§ 1102. Voting question by Australian ballot The election of Town officers and the consideration of all public questions shall be by Australian ballot at any annual meeting or at any special Town meeting called on motion of the Selectboard or by petition. A public question voted by Australian ballot shall be preceded by a […]
App § 1103. Annual meeting; date and time
§ 1103. Annual meeting; date and time The annual meeting of the Town for the election of officers and other matters shall be held on the first Tuesday in March.
App § 1104. Town report
§ 1104. Town report The contents of the Town report shall be the responsibility of the Town Auditors except as otherwise provided for in this charter. The contents of the reports of the School District shall be the responsibility of the Superintendent of Schools and the School District.
App § 1105. Highway budget
§ 1105. Highway budget Notwithstanding any other provision of general law or this charter to the contrary, annually the Selectboard shall prepare a highway budget with respect to the operation, maintenance, repair, and construction of Town highways, which budget shall be voted upon as a separate article at each annual Town meeting or a special […]