App § 151. Water and sewer utility
§ 151. Water and sewer utility (a) There shall be a Village of Hyde Park Water and Sewer Department which shall be responsible for continuing the present specific water and sewer services in existence. (b) The water and sewer system shall be maintained separate from all other departments of the Village and no part of […]
App § 171. Application of general law
§ 171. Application of general law All provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to villages, village and town officers, and elections shall apply to the Village of Hyde Park and its officers except as altered, enlarged or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any current or future lawful […]
App § 91. Fiscal year
§ 91. Fiscal year The fiscal year shall begin the first day of January and end the last day of December unless another date is fixed by the voters at any annual Village meeting. (Added 1999, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2000.)
App § 92. Appropriations
§ 92. Appropriations (a) All amounts specified in the budget and approved by the voters at the annual Village meeting are appropriated for the purpose specified. The trustees may transfer appropriated amounts between general classifications and expenditures. All unexpended and unencumbered appropriations, except appropriations for capital expenditures, shall lapse at the close of the fiscal […]
App § 93. Taxes
§ 93. Taxes (a) All real and personal property taxes shall be paid to the Village Treasurer in full or in not more than four equal installments as set forth by specific article in the Village warning. (b) The tax rate shall be annually set by the trustees as soon as practicable after final adoption […]
App § 94. Tax abatements
§ 94. Tax abatements The Board of Civil Authority, along with the Treasurer and the listers, shall constitute the Board of Abatement. The Board shall meet at least once a year, elect a Chair and Clerk, and consider all the taxpayers’ requests for abatement of their taxes, special assessment, or other levy made by the […]
App § 95. Indemnification
§ 95. Indemnification The Village shall indemnify and hold all elective and appointive officers harmless from and against all liability claims and suits of any type brought against them as a consequence of their service, except those caused by and arising out of their intentional or willful misconduct. Said indemnity shall include all damages, costs, […]
App § 72. Village Clerk
§ 72. Village Clerk (a) The Village Clerk shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a one year term and shall: (1) maintain a record of all action taken at special or annual Town meetings; (2) maintain all Village records and an index to those records if appropriate; (3) maintain and file all […]
App § 73. Village Treasurer
§ 73. Village Treasurer (a) The Village Treasurer shall be appointed by the Board of Trustees for a one year term and shall: (1) receive taxes, assessments, charges and levies, and maintain a record of monies collected and uncollected; (2) serve in the capacity of Tax Collector and, in the absence of a Delinquent Tax […]
App § 74. Delinquent Tax Collector
§ 74. Delinquent Tax Collector A Delinquent Tax Collector may be appointed for a one year term by the Board of Trustees. Taxes assessed and collected shall be as stated in section 93 of this chapter, entitled—“Taxes”. In the absence of an appointed Tax Collector, the duties of such position shall revert to the Village […]