Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 10.2. Bonds and notes The City Treasurer shall keep a record of every note or bond issued under the provisions of this charter, therein stating the number and the denomination of each note or bond, when and where payable, to whom and for what purpose issued, and the rate of int…

§ 10.3. Statutory powers The City Treasurer shall have the same powers and be subject to the same liabilities, as are prescribed by the laws of this State for town treasurers; shall perform all duties relating to bonds to retire outstanding indebtedness, and such other duties as …

§ 10.4. School monies and bonds The City Treasurer shall keep a separate account of all the monies appropriated for the use of schools which monies shall consist of the income accruing in every legal way and the City Treasurer shall pay out of any monies mentioned in this section…

§ 10.5. Assistant City Treasurer The City Treasurer may appoint an Assistant City Treasurer who shall hold office at the pleasure of the City Treasurer, and whose compensation shall be fixed by the Board of Aldermen. The Assistant City Treasurer shall render such service to the C…

§ 10.6. Constable/tax collector The City Treasurer shall also act as Constable and Tax Collector for the City of Rutland with all the duties and powers conferred upon a constable or tax collector as provided by Vermont State law, but the fees allowed to the Tax Collector or Const…

§ 11.1. Fiscal year The fiscal year of all departments of the City government shall commence upon the first day of July and end on the 30th day of June in each year.

§ 11.2. Budget estimate Except for the Board of School Commissioners, it shall be the duty of any person who is authorized to incur any indebtedness chargeable to the City, to prepare each October 1 a detailed line-item budget estimate for each department for the upcoming fiscal …

§ 11.3. City budget The Mayor shall annually before each November 1 prepare and submit to the Board of Aldermen a proposed budget predicated as necessary to operate all branches of City government. The Board of Aldermen may reduce the proposed budget but may not increase it. (Ame…

§ 11.4. Annual appropriations The Board of Aldermen shall finalize the General Fund budget and publish to the voters of the City before each December 31. The General Fund budget shall then be promptly warned and placed on the ballot each March for voter approval. (Amended 2009, N…

§ 11.5. City report The City report shall be published annually, on or before the 15th day of November each year, by the direction of the Mayor. It shall contain a clear statement of the financial affairs of the City, including a record of all expenditures, receipts, and disburse…

§ 11.6. City indebtedness (a) The credit of the City, other than by temporary loans for a period of not more than one year, shall not be pledged by the Board of Aldermen nor by any officer of said City unless by vote of the legal voters of the City. (b) If the legal voters of the…

§ 13.1. Powers and duties The City Assessor, elected for a term of two years, shall have the same powers, discharge the same duties, proceed in the discharge thereof in the same manner, and be subjected to the same liabilities as are prescribed for listers, except as herein other…

§ 15.1. Boards and commissions There shall be maintained in the City an Assessor, a Board of Health, a Board of Planning Commissioners, a Board of Cemetery Commissioners, a Board of Finance, a Board of Highway Commissioners, a Board of Sewage Disposal Commissioners, a Board of Zo…

§ 15.2. Appointed officers; two-year term (a) The Mayor shall appoint a City Clerk, a City Attorney, a Grand Juror and Assistant City Attorney, a Superintendent of Recreation, a Building Inspector, a Zoning Administrator, an Equal Employment Opportunity Officer, and such other of…

§ 15.3. Annual appointments (a) The Mayor shall annually in the month of March appoint one cemetery commissioner, one member of the Board of Health, and one Pension Committee member. (b) At the discretion of the Mayor, the offices of the Inspector of Milk and Inspector of Meat ma…

§ 15.4. Confirmation of appointment (a) Unless otherwise provided, all appointments authorized to be made by the Mayor under any of the provisions of this charter shall be submitted by him or her, in writing, to the Board of Aldermen at a regular meeting for confirmation. The Boa…

§ 15.5. Term of office (a) All elective officers, including ward officers and school commissioners, shall hold office from the 15th day of March of the year of their first election, for the term for which they are elected, and until their successors have been elected and have qua…

§ 15.6. Discipline of employees and appointed officers All discipline of employees and appointed officers shall be pursuant to law.

§ 15.7. Vacancies (a) In case of vacancy for any cause in any appointive office, such vacancy shall be filled in the manner herein provided for the appointment thereto, but only for the unexpired term of the office. In case of vacancy for any cause in an elective office, exceptin…

§ 15.8. Conflicting offices The Mayor, Aldermen, and members of the Board of School Commissioners shall not hold any other City office, either appointive or elective, except as otherwise provided.

§ 15.9. Compensation The Board of Aldermen shall fix the annual compensation for all City officers except as otherwise provided.

§ 15.10. Bonds of City officers (a) All employees of the City who receive or disburse any of the funds of the City shall annually, before entering upon the duties of their office, give bonds to the City in an amount satisfactory to the Board of Aldermen, for the faithful discharg…

§ 15.11. Oath of officers All officers of the City shall, before assuming office, take, subscribe, and file with the City Clerk the following oath: “I solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office (duty or trust) of __________ of the City of Rutland, to the best of my …

§ 15.12. Residency requirement (a) The application of a residence requirement upon commencement of employment with the City of Rutland may be applied to those employees or appointed officials where it is established that a rational basis therefore exists. (b) The Board of Alderme…

§ 16.1. Duties The City Clerk shall perform for the City the same duties devolving under the law of this State upon town clerks, except insofar as the same are changed or modified by the provisions of this charter; the Clerk shall be the ex officio Clerk of the Board of Aldermen,…

§ 16.2. Public records (a) Public records shall not be taken out of or away from the City Clerk’s office except upon the order or process of a court of competent jurisdiction, but the Board of Aldermen may by ordinance or by law regulate the removal from said office of all papers…

§ 16.3. Certification of publication Whenever any notice signed by the Mayor, Board of Aldermen, or any City officer or officers, or any advertisement, ordinance, resolution, or bylaw shall have been published in some newspaper or publicly posted under the provisions of the gener…

§ 17.1. City Purchasing Agent (a) The City Purchasing Agent shall be a City employee under the direction of the Board of Finance. (b) The City Purchasing Agent shall contract for and purchase all supplies, materials, equipment and contractual services required by any department, …

§ 17.2. Contractual authority The City Purchasing Agent is authorized to enter into contracts for the City, except that any contract calling for payment, either totally, or in installments, of a sum exceeding $1,000.00 shall be signed by the Mayor.

§ 17.3. Requisitions (a) All purchases made under section 17.1 of this charter shall be made upon written requisitions therefor upon the Purchasing Agent. The Purchasing Agent shall immediately proceed to purchase under the provisions of the ordinances the property so required an…

§ 17.4. Bidding procedures (a) No board or officer of the City shall incur any indebtedness or enter into any contract on behalf of the City requiring the payment of money, unless such indebtedness or contract is provided for in the previous appropriations of the Board of Alderme…

§ 17.5. Specifications The department head shall prepare specifications for all supplies, materials, and equipment needed by said department, in consultation with the City Purchasing Agent. Any disagreement regarding said specification shall be resolved by the Mayor.

§ 17.6. Professional services (a) For contracts requiring professional services or specialization, or expertise in a particular field, the Board of School Commissioners shall authorize the Superintendent to invite proposals for such services. The Superintendent, acting as Purchas…

§ 18.1. Duties The City Attorney shall be Corporation Counsel, Chief Union Negotiator, and shall prosecute and defend on behalf of said City all suits in which the City is interested; and may prosecute all violations of the City ordinances and bylaws. The City Attorney is also au…

§ 18.2. Grand juror and Assistant City Attorney The City Grand Juror shall prosecute violations of ordinances, regulations, and bylaws of the City of Rutland; may prosecute and defend criminal matters occurring within the limits of the City of Rutland; and also shall act as Assis…

§ 19.2. Duties of the Director of Emergency Management The Emergency Management Director is responsible for coordinating and supervising public and private informational programs to familiarize the public with emergency management activities.

§ 19.3. Duties of the Equal Employment Opportunity Officer The Equal Employment Opportunity Officer is responsible for managing the organization, implementation, and all continuing aspects of the City’s affirmative action plan.

§ 19.5. Duties of the Community Development Director The Community Development Director is an administrative staff position assisting the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen and various City boards in a variety of assignments that include the management of community development effor…

§ 2.1. City election (a) On the first Tuesday in March of odd numbered years, the legal voters of the City shall elect, from among their number, a Mayor, a City Treasurer, a City Assessor, and six aldermen at large, each for a term of two years. (b) On the first Tuesday in March …

§ 2.2. Special City meetings (a) The Mayor shall call a special meeting of all the legal voters of the City, when petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the municipality, but only for any legal purpose beyond the jurisdiction of the Board of Alde…

§ 2.3. General and primary elections General and primary elections shall be conducted in the wards of the City pursuant to the provisions of Vermont Statutes Annotated. Ward officials shall perform all and the same duties in regard to certifying the results of elections in their …

§ 2.4. Method of conducting elections All annual and special City elections, and all special meetings, shall be held in the several wards at times designated by the Board of Aldermen as directed by State statutes.

§ 2.5. Warnings (a) All warnings for all meetings for the elections of City or ward officers, and for special meetings of all the legal voters of said City, for any purpose, shall be issued by the Mayor and published in the manner and for the length of time designated by law. (b)…

§ 2.6. Checklists Checklists of voters for the City and for each of the City’s wards shall be compiled and maintained pursuant to Title 17 Vermont Statutes Annotated. (Amended 1997, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)

§ 2.7. Qualifications of voters—penalties (a) Voting qualifications for the right to vote in any City election or meeting shall be the same as those required by State statutes for municipal meetings. (b) The penalties for illegal voting at any City election shall be the same as t…

§ 2.8. Ward officers (a) The ward officers shall be a Clerk and a First, Second, and Third Inspector of Elections, and any other officers required by law of the State for each polling place at an election. One of said Inspectors shall be a member of the minority party casting the…