Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 13. Official bonds The Treasurer, Constable, and collectors shall severally give good and sufficient bonds to the City to be approved by the City Council, in such sums as may be fixed by said Council, and in case of their failure to give bonds as aforesaid within 10 days after …

§ 14. Water The City Manager and the aldermen who are designated as water commissioners are hereby empowered to enter in the daytime any premises or buildings in said City in which City water may be used, for the purpose of determining how much of said water is used and for the r…

§ 15. Bonded debt [Transitional Provisions]

§ 16. City Court There may be holden in said City, from time to time, as occasion arises, a City Court, which shall be a court of record, presided over by a justice of the peace who shall be designated by the City Council as judge thereof; of which court the City Clerk shall be t…

§ 2. Voters in City meetings (a) A male or female citizen, 21 years of age, who has taken the freeman’s oath and whose list is taken in a Town at the annual assessment preceding a Town meeting, and whose flood tax due such Town, was paid prior to the 15th day of February precedin…

§ 26. Sales, etc (a) All sales, leases, or grants of any real estate belonging to the City shall be signed by the Mayor thereof, and sealed with the City Seal, and any conveyance so executed, if approved by a meeting of the citizens of the City legally assembled, and recorded in …

§ 27. Resignation of Mayor The Mayor of said City may, at any time, resign his or her office by filing his or her resignation with the Clerk of the City.

§ 28. Freemen The freemen of the City shall have the right to choose a Representative to represent the same in the General Assembly of this State and shall also have the same right to vote at elections for Governor, Lieutenant Governor, members of Congress, and all other officers…

§§ 29-30. [Transitional Provisions.]

§ 3. City meetings (a) On the 10th day of April, A.D. 1893, and annually thereafter on the first Tuesday of March, a meeting of the legal voters of said City shall be held at a place to be appointed by the City Council of said City, of which notice shall be posted in at least thr…

§ 4. Election of officers On the first Tuesday in March 1973, and biennially thereafter, the legal voters of said corporation shall elect from among their number a Mayor, who shall hold office for two years, and until his or her successor shall be elected and qualified. On the sa…

§ 5. Method of voting (a) The annual meeting of said corporation, for the election of officers and for voting by printed ballot on questions to be decided, shall be called at nine o’clock in the forenoon and, for the transaction of other business, at seven-thirty o’clock in the e…

§ 51. Creation A Traffic Court for the City of Vergennes is hereby created and established with the sole jurisdiction of receiving waiver of process and trial, admission of violation, and fines from violators of the provisions of parking and traffic ordinances of said City of Ver…

§ 52. Powers The person holding the Office of City Treasurer of the City of Vergennes shall be the Judge of said Court and shall exercise the powers and perform the functions and duties thereof. The Judge of said Court shall act as the Clerk thereof, and keep its files and record…

§ 53. Office The City of Vergennes shall maintain said Traffic Court and provide quarters for the same in the City offices in said City.

§ 54. Violations, convictions; statement Any person charged with the violation of any rule, regulation, restriction, or ordinance of said City, which regulates, restricts, or defines the time or place of parking vehicles in the City of Vergennes or prescribes any traffic regulati…

§ 55. Signed statements Said Court shall treat such signed statements, if accepted and accompanied by the penalty herein prescribed, as a plea of guilty and shall make such entry on its records. No costs, fees, or further charges shall be assessed against any person so admitting …

§ 56. Penalty The penalty, which may be so voluntarily paid by any person so violating any ordinance regulating, restricting, or defining the time and place of parking vehicles in the City of Vergennes, shall be set by the City Council subject to the limits set forth in 23 V.S.A.…

§ 57. Collection All money so collected by said Court in any one month shall be covered into the Treasury of the City of Vergennes on the first day of the following month with a statement of the names of the persons from whom the money was collected, provided that said Court may …

§ 6. Mayor and Aldermen The Mayor shall preside at all meetings of the City except freeman’s meetings, with the power of moderator in Town meetings, and at meetings of the City Council. The Mayor, together with the aldermen, shall constitute a Board of City Council and shall have…

§ 61. Water system authorized The City of Vergennes is hereby authorized and empowered to construct and maintain a water system, with necessary structures, appliances, pipe lines, aqueducts, pumps, pump house, filtration basin or basins, reservoir or reservoirs, water tower, or t…

§ 62. Powers Said City is authorized and empowered to borrow money and issue its negotiable bonds and notes to an amount not exceeding $160,000.00, maturing, in installments as may be determined by the special committee authorized by section 64 of this charter, within a maximum p…

§ 63. Bonding; vote required The City, by a two-thirds vote of the legal voters present and voting at a meeting duly warned and holden in whole or in part for that purpose, may vote to lay, construct, and maintain said system of water works as contemplated by this subchapter, and…

§ 64. Special committee Pursuant to such vote of the City, a special committee including the Mayor and chosen by the Chamber of Commerce of the City and confirmed by the City Council shall have charge of the borrowing of the money as hereinbefore provided and shall lay out and co…

§ 65. Damages; procedure for determining If in any case the damages caused by taking the water or by taking the land, or any right, title, or interest therein, or for entering upon and using any land as aforesaid, are not adjusted by agreement of the parties affected thereby, or …

§ 66. Authority to furnish water Said City may sell or furnish water to any person or corporation for fire, sanitary, domestic, or other purposes not in conflict with the public service laws of the State, within or without said City, and lay all pipes necessary to furnish water t…

§ 67. Rules The City Council shall make and establish all necessary rules and regulations for the government and operation of the water works, and may draw orders upon the Treasurer of said City for the necessary expenses of the same; may establish rates or rents for the use of t…

§ 68. Taking; notice (a) Whenever a notice is required to be given for the taking of land or any right therein or the awarding of damages therefor, a citation shall be issued, signed by the Clerk or City Attorney of said City, and containing the names of all persons to whom notic…

§ 69. Penalty A person who shall willfully disturb or injure said aqueduct, reservoir, filtration basin, or any of the connecting appurtenances, or works thereof, or pollutes the water thereof shall be liable to be prosecuted therefor by a Grand Juror of said City, or the State’s…

§ 7. Duties of the Clerk, etc The Clerk of said City shall be, ex officio, Clerk of the City Council and, as such, shall have the custody of all books, papers, and records of said City; keep a record of the proceedings of the Board; certify copies thereof; and, except as otherwis…

§ 8. Duty of auditors (a) The accounts of the several officers shall be closed and in the hands of the auditors at least two weeks before the annual meeting; any officer failing to so report shall not be eligible to re-election to said office for the ensuing year. (b) It shall be…

§ 9. Appointments by City Council (a) The City Council, at its first meeting of each fiscal year, shall appoint a City Manager who shall have all the duties and responsibilities of a town manager as set forth in 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, as amended from time to time; a Treasurer, who…