App § 15.2. Severability
§ 15.2. Severability The sections of this charter and the parts hereof are severable. If any portion or section of this charter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance shall be held invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remainder of this charter shall not be affected thereby. If a clause, portion […]
App § 11.7. Transfers of appropriations
§ 11.7. Transfers of appropriations The Manager may at any time transfer an unencumbered appropriation balance or portion thereof between general classifications of expenditures within an office, department, or agency. At the request of the Manager and within the last three months of the budget year, the Selectboard may by resolution transfer any unencumbered appropriation […]
App § 11.7a. General Fund unrestricted fund balance
§ 11.7a. General Fund unrestricted fund balance At the sole discretion of the Selectboard, a General Fund unrestricted reserve may be established in an amount that may not exceed five percent of the General Fund budget being considered by the Selectboard for presentation to the voters at Town meeting. The purpose of the fund shall […]
App § 11.8. Adoption of budget
§ 11.8. Adoption of budget (a) An annual budget shall become effective after adoption by a majority vote of the Town’s legal voters present and voting by Australian ballot at the annual Town meeting. If the voters disapprove the proposed budget at the annual Town meeting, the Selectboard shall proceed to warn a special Town […]
App § 11.9. Balloting at Town meetings
§ 11.9. Balloting at Town meetings The Selectboard, at its discretion, shall determine which articles to be submitted to the voters at any annual or special Town meeting shall be voted on by Australian ballot, unless other provisions of this charter or the laws of this State require Australian balloting for a particular issue. (Amended […]
App § 15.1. Water Department
§ 15.1. Water Department The Water Department shall be operated in accordance with the general laws of the State of Vermont. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
App § 11.2. Preparation and submission
§ 11.2. Preparation and submission (a) The Town Manager, at least 45 days before the date of the regular annual Town meeting, shall submit to the Selectboard a budget in such form required by them. (b) The budget shall be published not later than four weeks after its submission to the Selectboard. Said budget as […]
App § 11.3. Town meeting warning and budget
§ 11.3. Town meeting warning and budget The budget and warning for the annual Town meeting shall be distributed to the legal voters of the Town at least 10 days before the annual meeting. Distribution shall be accomplished by posting the Town report on the Town of Shelburne website and making copies available at the […]
App § 11.4. Appropriations
§ 11.4. Appropriations From the effective date of the budget, the several amounts therein stated, as approved in accordance with section 11.8 of this charter, become appropriated to the several departments, agencies, entities, and purposes therein named. (Amended 2011, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 17, 2011.)
App § 11.5. Amount to be raised by taxation
§ 11.5. Amount to be raised by taxation Upon passage of the Town budget in accordance with section 11.8 of this charter, the amount stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax […]