App § 15. Severability
§ 15. Severability If any provision of this charter is for any reason held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions that can be given effect without the invalid provision. To this end, the provisions of this charter are declared to be severable.
App § 16. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot
§ 16. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot (a) The Selectboard shall prepare an annual budget for the Town, including a Town annual budget and a former Village District special services budget. The School Director shall prepare an annual School District budget. The annual budgets, other articles providing for the appropriation of funds, and public questions […]
App § 17. Department of Assessment
§ 17. Department of Assessment (a) Creation. There is hereby created a Department of Assessment headed by a person experienced in the appraisal of real estate, who shall be appointed by the Town Manager with the approval of the Selectboard. (b) Appraisal of property. The Department of Assessment shall appraise all real and personal property […]
App § 18. Board of Assessment
§ 18. Board of Assessment (a) Creation. There is hereby created a Board of Assessment composed of the three listers. (b) Duties. The Board of Assessment shall exercise all powers and duties with respect to grievances, otherwise imposed upon the listers or a board of listers under the laws of the State of Vermont, except […]
App § 19. Appeals
§ 19. Appeals A person aggrieved by the final decision of the Board of Assessment under the provisions of section 18 of this charter may appeal in writing under the provisions of 32 V.S.A. chapter 131. (Added 2005, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 6.)
App § 20. Undesignated reserve fund
§ 20. Undesignated reserve fund The Selectboard may annually reserve any surplus in the essential services budget, not to exceed five percent of the budget, for the purpose of establishing an undesignated reserve fund. The reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and may be expended […]
App § 21. Recall
§ 21. Recall Any Town officer, as defined by 17 V.S.A. § 2646, may be recalled by the following process: (1) A petition shall be filed with the Town Clerk signed by not less than 25 percent of the number of registered voters at the time the petition is submitted. (2) The petition shall request […]
App § 12. Officers
§ 12. Officers The elective officers of the Town shall be those authorized by the general laws of this State, except that notwithstanding the provisions of section 3509 of the Vermont Statutes, Revision of 1947, the listers shall be appointed annually by the Selectboard, unless the Town at an annual or special meeting duly warned […]
App § 12a. Compensation and fees
§ 12a. Compensation and fees (a) The Selectboard shall annually consider, and from time to time set, the compensation of the following officers: (1) Town Manager; (2) Constable; (3) members of the Board of Assessment. (b) The Town Clerk and the Selectboard shall jointly set the compensation of the Town Clerk each year. The Town […]
App § 12b. Offices abolished
§ 12b. Offices abolished The Office of Fence Viewer; Inspector of Lumber, Shingles, and Wood; Second Constable; and Weigher of Coal are all hereby abolished. Except as otherwise provided in this charter, the Town Manager or his or her designee shall exercise the powers, duties, and responsibilities of any of the offices abolished by this […]