Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 417. Duties The Collector of Taxes shall have the same powers and be under the same duties and liabilities as are prescribed for collectors of taxes by the statutes of this State, except where such statutes are in conflict with this charter and then the provisions of this chart…

§ 419. Duties The City Engineer shall make all public surveys of the streets and public grounds of the City and shall perform such other services as he or she may be required by the City Manager.

§ 420. Duties The Superintendent of the City Waterworks shall have the care and management of the City Waterworks and shall, at all times, be subject in respect thereto to the orders of the City Manager.

§ 421. Duties The Superintendent of Streets, subject to the order of the City Manager, shall have immediate care and supervision of the public streets, highways, and sewers of the City. He or she shall be under the general direction and control of the City Manager.

§ 501. Creation and organization For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the inspection services and allied services of the City, and to provide proper and effective administration of building, electrical, fire prevention, housing, and zoning laws of the City and State wi…

§ 502. Creation and organization For the purpose of coordinating and integrating the management and control of all City parks and cemeteries and all other lands as may from time to time be turned over to the City for park or cemetery purposes, the City shall, by ordinance, create…

§ 505. Established The City Council may establish a Police Department for the City subject to control and supervision of the City Manager and may, by ordinance, determine of what officers and members of the Department may consist; prescribe the time and modes of their appointment…

§ 507. Creation The City of Barre is authorized and empowered to provide a suitable supply of water for the City, and the inhabitants that may live along or near its line of pipes in other municipalities, against fire and for sanitary, domestic, and general industrial uses, benef…

§ 508. Condemnation The taking of lands for use pursuant to this article shall be in accordance with the State statutes.

§ 509. Borrowing The Water Department and Sewer Department may borrow such money from time to time, as may be necessary to enable the Department to carry on the work of adequately supplying the City with water and sewer facilities. Any amount borrowed shall be considered to be in…

§ 510. Established The City Council may establish and operate a Fire/Ambulance Department for the City, subject to the control and supervision of the City Manager, and may, by ordinance, determine of what offices and members this Department may consist; prescribe the time and mod…

§ 512. Formation; duties The Board of Health shall consist of the Health Officer and three legal voters of the City. The Health Officer shall be the Secretary and Executive Officer of the Board and shall hold office for three years, and until a successor is appointed. The Board o…

§ 515. Formation The City Council and the justices of the peace elected, qualified, and residing in the City shall constitute the Board of Civil Authority. The Board of Civil Authority and the Assessor, the latter of whom shall have no vote, shall be the Board for the Abatement o…

§ 518. Creation There shall be a Department of Assessment, which shall consist of a Chief Assessor and such assistants as are deemed to be necessary by the City Manager with the approval of the Council. The Chief Assessor and assistant shall be appointed and may be removed by the…

§ 519. Powers and duties The Department of Assessment shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subject to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers or the board of listers under the laws of this St…

§ 520. Reappraisal At least every five years, the Department shall review, or cause to be reviewed, its appraisals of all real property in the City that is subject to taxation and conduct a reappraisal of all such properties when necessary to conform its appraisals to the standar…

§ 601. Payment of taxes (a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid in four equal payments, with one-fourth of the annual tax bill for each taxpayer due and payable on August 15, November 15, February 15, and May 15 of each year to the City Treasurer unless otherwise ch…

§ 602. Penalty and interest (a) Any installment not paid by the due dates established in section 601 of this charter shall be delinquent and there shall immediately be added to the amount due a penalty charge for late payment equivalent to three percent of the delinquent installm…

§ 603. Treasurer’s warrant Upon the failure to pay any installment in full when due, the City Treasurer shall issue a warrant against the delinquent taxpayer for the amount of the tax remaining unpaid. The warrant shall be delivered to the Collector of Taxes together with a bill …

§ 604. Notice of tax due The City Treasurer shall, upon delivery to him or her of the tax rate, publish at least three times in a newspaper with the general circulation in the City a notice calling upon the taxpayer to pay his or her respective taxes on the dates provided in sect…

§ 605. Local sales, rooms, meals, and alcoholic beverages option taxes Local option taxes are authorized under this section for the purpose of affording the City an alternative method of raising municipal revenues. Accordingly: (1) The City Council may assess sales, rooms, meals,…