§ 16. Waterworks (a) The Village shall have such powers, and the trustees shall have such duties, with reference to any waterworks that are in existence as set forth in 24 V.S.A. chapter 89 or any amendments thereto. (b) Without limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this section, the trustees shall have the supervision […]
§ 17. Definitions The following terms when used in this subchapter shall have the following meaning: (1) “Acquire” shall mean to purchase, to acquire by eminent domain, to hire, to lease, to construct, to reconstruct, or to replace. (2) “Electric plant” shall mean the complete municipal electric generating, transmission, and distribution system now owned by […]
§ 18. Electric plant; authority to operate, improve, extend, better, and add to existing plant The Village is authorized and empowered to own, maintain, operate, improve, and extend, or otherwise acquire, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, in accordance with and in any situation or manner not prohibited by law, its electric plant […]
§ 19. Electric plant; regulation The Village’s operation of its electric plant, as defined herein, shall take place in accordance with the statutory authority and requirements of 30 V.S.A. chapter 79, relating to municipal electric plants, and 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, relating to municipal indebtedness, with regard to the financing, improvements, expansion, and disposal of […]
§ 20. Energy conservation and management facilities The Village is authorized and empowered to provide or finance energy conservation and management facilities within the customer service territory of its electric plant. The term “energy conservation and management facilities” includes facilities or improvements to facilities (whether owned by the Village or by others) for load management, […]
§ 21. Communications plant; authority to acquire, construct, operate, improve, extend, and better (a) The Village is authorized and empowered to own, maintain, operate, improve, and extend, or otherwise acquire, and to sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of, in accordance with and in any situation or manner not prohibited by law, its communications plant or […]
§ 22. Communications plant; operation and regulation (a) The Village’s operation of its communications plant, as defined herein, shall take place in accordance with the applicable State and federal law and regulation, and 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, relating to municipal indebtedness, with regard to the financing, improvements, expansion, and disposal of the municipal communications plant […]
§ 23. Construction of subchapter This section is remedial in nature, and the powers hereby granted shall be liberally construed to effectuate the purposes hereof, and to this end the Village shall have power to do all things necessary or convenient to carry out the purposes hereof in addition to the powers expressly conferred in […]
§ 24. Powers exercised through trustees The powers granted to the Village hereunder shall be exercised by its trustees, who shall have the supervision of the Village’s electric and communications plants as provided for herein and not inconsistent with law: (1) Sewer system: The Village shall have such powers and the trustees shall have such […]
§ 25. Indebtedness (a) The Village shall not incur an indebtedness for public improvements which, together with previously contracted indebtedness, shall, in the aggregate, exceed the amounts authorized by the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1 or any amendments thereto, except that indebtedness in the form of bonds for public utility purposes that […]
§ 26. Authority to form subsidiaries and enter ventures with other parties In addition to the authority granted under otherwise applicable law, the Village has the power and is authorized to create a corporate subsidiary or subsidiaries wholly owned by the Village, or to establish a joint venture or ventures between the Village or a […]
§ 27. Transitional provisions (a) Nothing herein contained, except as specifically provided, shall affect or impair the rights or privileges of officers of the Village existing at the time this charter takes effect. (b) All contracts entered into by the Village prior to the effective date of this charter shall continue in full force and […]
