§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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.)
§ 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 […]
§ 11.6. Department budget The budget for all departments shall include all proposed expenditures and the budget approved in accordance with section 11.8 of this charter shall include a gross appropriation for each department for the ensuing fiscal year. The gross appropriation for each department shall not be exceeded except by consent of the Selectboard, […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
