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App § 13. Village trustees

§ 13. Village trustees The trustees shall be the governing board of the Village and shall have power to make, establish, amend, or repeal ordinances and impose regulations not repugnant to the Constitution and laws of Vermont, or of the United States, or of the municipal charter and bylaws of the Village, and to provide […]

App § 14. Village trustees; fiscal oversight

§ 14. Village trustees; fiscal oversight The trustees shall audit, and in their discretion allow, the claim of any person against the Village for money paid or services performed, and for any debt contracted or obligation incurred by the trustees for and in behalf of the Village for any matter within the proper scope of […]

App § 15. Chief Engineer and Fire Department

§ 15. Chief Engineer and Fire Department (a) The Chief Engineer of the Fire Department and the Chief’s assistants shall be ex officio fire wardens of the Village and the duties of the Engineer shall be such as may be prescribed by the bylaws and ordinances of the Village. (b) The Chief Engineer, and in […]

App § 16. Village trustees; power to appoint

§ 16. Village trustees; power to appoint The trustees shall have authority to appoint annually and to prescribe the duties of a Chief of Police and police officers; the superintendents of the Village departments; a Building Inspector; and such other Village officials as they may judge necessary for the welfare of the Village; and the […]

App § 4. Specific powers conferred

§ 4. Specific powers conferred (a) Without limitation of the generality of section 3 of this charter and the grant of the powers therein made, but as a more specific designation of some of the powers conferred upon the Village, the Village of Wells River has authority: (1) To levy, assess, and collect taxes in […]

App § 5. Annual and special Village meetings

§ 5. Annual and special Village meetings The annual meeting of the Village shall be held on the third Tuesday in March, at such hour as the notice hereinafter mentioned shall state, in the Village Hall in the Village or at such other hour and place as the corporation shall hereafter appoint, notice of which […]

App § 7. Village President

§ 7. Village President The President shall preside at all Village meetings and shall be invested with the powers of a moderator in town meeting. (Added 1937, No. 301, § 7.)

App § 8. Village Clerk; recording of rules and ordinances

§ 8. Village Clerk; recording of rules and ordinances (a) The Clerk shall keep a record of all called Village meetings of the Village trustees; shall perform the usual duties of a clerk; shall have the same power and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed by law for town clerks; shall have […]

App § 1. Incorporation of Village and boundaries

§ 1. Incorporation of Village and boundaries The ratable and all other estate included within the limits of School District Number One in Newbury, in the County of Orange, is hereby incorporated, and shall hereafter be known by the name of the Village of Wells River; and the inhabitants of the Village are constituted a […]

App § 2. Alteration of boundaries

§ 2. Alteration of boundaries The inhabitants of the Village may alter the bounds of the Village with the written consent of the persons whose residence or property will be included or excluded thereby, such written consent and alteration being first recorded in the office of the Town Clerk of the Town of Newbury, and […]