App § 29. Bonding of officers
§ 29. Bonding of officers All officers of the Town required to be bonded by State law shall be bonded. The amount of bonding insurance shall be determined by the Selectboard. (Added 2013, No. M-8, § 2, eff. May 23, 2013.)
App § 30. Application of general law
§ 30. Application of general law Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to voter qualification, warning, method of voting, the duties of town officers at town meetings and elections, and all other particulars relating to preparation for conducting and managing town meetings and elections shall, so far as they may be […]
App § 32. Amount to be raised by taxation
§ 32. Amount to be raised by taxation Upon passage of the budget by the Annual Town meeting, 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 year, and the Selectboard […]
App § 33. Budget limitations; borrowing
§ 33. Budget limitations; borrowing (a) The incurring of bonded indebtedness, the issuing of bonds, the making of temporary loans in anticipation of bond sales, and all other matters pertaining to bonded indebtedness shall be controlled by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or such statutes as are applicable. (b) The Town, through the Selectboard, may borrow […]
App § 24. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard
§ 24. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard (a) If the Selectboard desires to adopt an ordinance, it shall cause the ordinance to be entered in the official record kept of the Board’s proceedings, and, thereafter, the Board shall adopt the ordinance subject to final approval after the public hearing as hereafter set forth. The ordinance shall […]
App § 25. Referendum
§ 25. Referendum All Town ordinances, except as specified, may be repealed by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than five percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting a vote on a question of repealing the ordinance. The Selectboard shall call a special […]
App § 26. Initiative
§ 26. Initiative Any lawful ordinance may be enacted by vote of the Town as follows: A petition signed by not less than five percent of the registered voters shall be filed with the Town Clerk requesting enactment of the ordinance and accompanied by the text thereof. The Selectboard shall call a special Town meeting […]
App § 27. Compensation of Selectboard members; appointees
§ 27. Compensation of Selectboard members; appointees (a) Compensation to the Selectboard members shall be set by the voters at the annual meeting, with a minimum of $1,000.00 a year each. Selectboard members’ salaries (stipends) must be set forth as a separate item in the annual budget presented at the meeting. (b) The Selectboard shall […]
App § 28. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision
§ 28. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision (a) The provisions of this charter shall not apply to the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any zoning ordinance or zoning bylaw; any land subdivision ordinance or land subdivision bylaw; the enactment, amendment, or repeal of any municipal plan or comprehensive municipal plan; the enactment, amendment, or repeal […]
App § 20. Notice of vacancy during an expired or unexpired term
§ 20. Notice of vacancy during an expired or unexpired term (a) In order to inform citizens of the Town and to afford them the opportunity to participate or serve in Town government, public notice shall be given of municipal vacancies resulting from an expired term, resignation, death, disability, or change of residence from the […]