App § 14. Debts and liabilities of member towns
§ 14. Debts and liabilities of member towns No debt or liabilities of a town which is a member of the District shall accrue against the District. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 14.)
App § 4. Existing District
§ 4. Existing District The District created hereunder shall supersede and substitute the presently existing Champlain Water District. The District shall, initially, have as its officers and commissioners, the officers and commissioners of the present Champlain Water District. The District shall succeed to the title of all properties, and shall assume all assets and liabilities […]
App § 5. Powers of the District
§ 5. Powers of the District The District shall have power: (1) To sue and be sued; (2) To have a seal and alter the same at pleasure; (3) To acquire, in the name of the District lease, hold, and dispose of real estate and personal property or any interest therein for its corporate purposes, […]
App § 6. Organization and administration
§ 6. Organization and administration (a) This chapter shall enter into effect immediately upon ratification at any duly warned annual or special meeting of the District subsequent to the passage hereof. (b) The officers of the District shall be a permanent Clerk, a Treasurer, a Moderator and three auditors, all of whom shall have the […]
App § 7. Meetings
§ 7. Meetings (a) Annual meetings shall be held each year on the first Tuesday of April. The fiscal year of the District shall be July 1 through June 30 of the following year. (b) Meetings shall be warned by the Clerk, or in case of his or her inability to act, by a majority […]
App § 8. Eligibility of voters
§ 8. Eligibility of voters Persons residing within the limits of the District, who are qualified voters in their town meetings, shall be voters in the District meeting. The Moderator, Clerk, and members of the Board of Water Commissioners shall decide all questions as to the eligibility of a person to vote at a District […]
App § 1. Definitions
§ 1. Definitions As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) “The District” shall mean the municipality created by section 2 of this chapter pursuant to the provisions set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 3342. The […]
App § 2. Champlain Water District created
§ 2. Champlain Water District created There is hereby created a consolidated water district to be known as the “Champlain Water District” which shall embrace the Towns of Colchester, Essex, Shelburne, South Burlington, and Williston, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermont. The District may be enlarged under the provisions of section 17 […]
App § 3. Legal status
§ 3. Legal status The District created hereunder shall be a body politic and corporate with the powers incident to a municipal corporation as set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 3342(a), and shall further be for the purposes and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in this chapter. (Added 1971, No. 135, […]
App § 5. Officers; directors
§ 5. Officers; directors (a) The Board of Directors shall also be the officers and shall consist of at least five members elected by the members of the municipal corporation for a term of three years. Vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be filled in the manner as provided by the bylaws of the […]