Title 24, Title 24: Municipal and County Government

§ 1091. Pension system A municipality having a population of at least 5,000 according to the latest preceding U.S. census may adopt a pension system for its employees. However, a municipality having a population of less than 5,000 may adopt a pension system for its employees, if …

§ 1092. Insurance contracts By its legislative branch, as defined by section 1751 of this title, a municipal corporation may contract in the name of the municipality with an insurance company authorized to do business in this State to secure the benefits of all forms of insurance…

§ 1121. Authority to adopt (a) A municipality may adopt rules relating to personnel administration, including the following: job classification, tenure, retirement, pensions, leaves of absence, vacations, holidays, hours of work, group insurance, salaries, layoff, reinstatement, …

§ 1122. Procedure for adoption Rules adopted under authority of this subchapter shall be deemed to be administrative and may be adopted by majority vote of the legislative body of a municipality. Sections 1971-1975 of this title shall not apply to rules adopted under this subchap…

§ 1131. Energy coordinator; duties (a) The legislative body of a municipality may appoint, and determine the length of term for, an energy coordinator. (b) An energy coordinator shall coordinate existing energy resources in the town and cooperate with the municipal planning commi…

§ 1141. Boards or commissions; orders Any decision or order approved for issue by a board, commission, committee, agency, or authority of any municipal corporation, including the legislative body of a municipal corporation, which is required by law to be in writing, may be signed…

§ 1147. Advisory budget committee creation; duties If a municipality creates an advisory budget committee as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2646, the committee shall evaluate the municipality’s budget and make recommendations to the selectboard for the budget based on its findings. (Add…

§ 801. Composition; meetings The town clerk, selectboard members and justices residing in a town shall constitute the board of civil authority of such town. Meetings of the board shall be called by the town clerk, or by one of the selectboard members, on application, by giving wr…

§ 831. Oaths The clerk, selectboard members, constables, listers, and fence viewers of a town shall be sworn before entering upon the duties of their offices. A record thereof shall be made by the town clerk. (Amended 2017, No. 93 (Adj. Sess.), § 19.)

§ 832. Bonds; requirements Before the school directors, constable, road commissioner, collector of taxes, treasurer, assistant treasurer when appointed by the selectboard, clerk, and any other officer or employee of the town who has authority to receive or disburse town funds ent…

§ 833. Approval; record; evidence On the approval of crime insurance coverage or a bond required by section 832 of this title, the selectboard of a town shall file the same in the office of the town clerk to be recorded by such clerk in a book kept for that purpose. Copies thereo…

§ 834. Neglect of clerk or constable; indemnity A town shall make good the pecuniary damages which may accrue to a person by the neglect or default of the town clerk or constable of such town, to be recovered in a civil action on this statute.

§ 835. Payment of premiums Bonds or crime insurance coverage required of officers of a municipality shall be paid for by the municipality requiring the same. (Amended 2021, No. 179 (Adj. Sess.), § 22, eff. July 1, 2022.)

§ 871. Organization of selectboard; appointments (a) Forthwith after its election and qualification, the selectboard shall organize and elect a chair and, if so voted, a clerk from among its number, and file a certificate of such election for record in the office of the town cler…

§ 872. Selectboard; general powers and duties (a) The selectboard shall have the general supervision of the affairs of the town and shall cause to be performed all duties required of towns and town school districts not committed by law to the care of any particular officer. (b) T…

§ 901. Actions by or against town officers (a) Where an action is given to any appointed or elected municipal officer or town school district officer, the action shall be brought in the name of the town in which the officer serves and in the case of a town school district officer…

§ 901a. Tort claims against municipal employees (a) As used in this section, “municipal employee” means any person employed for a wage or salary by a municipality; a volunteer whose services have been requested by the legislative body of a municipality; a volunteer whose services…

§ 902. Penalty Unless otherwise provided, a town officer who fails or neglects to perform a duty imposed upon him or her by law shall be fined not more than $100.00.

§ 903. Nonliability of municipal officers for money paid out An action shall not be maintained against a person for money paid out by him or her as an officer of a municipal corporation in accordance with a vote of such corporation, whether such vote was valid or not.

§ 931. Claims for personal services Claims for personal services, except where compensation is fixed by law or by vote of the town or town school district, shall not be allowed to a town or town school district officer, but the auditors shall report claims and the nature and exte…

§ 932. Town may vote compensation A town may vote to compensate any or all town officers for their official services. Such town in annual meeting may fix the compensation of such officers and of town employees.

§ 933. Selectboard may fix; when When a town does not fix the amount of the compensation to be paid such officers and town employees, the selectboard shall fix and determine the same except as to their own pay which shall be fixed by the auditors at the time of the annual town au…

§ 934. Selectboard to adjudicate claims The selectboard shall audit and in its discretion may allow claims against the town and draft orders therefor.

§ 961. Vacancy or suspension of officer’s duties (a) When a municipal officer resigns the officer’s office, has been removed from the office, dies, becomes unable to perform the officer’s duties due to a mental condition or psychiatric disability, or removes from town, the office…

§ 962. Special meeting A town at a special meeting may fill a vacancy in a town office.

§ 963. Duties of selectboard; special meeting (a) When a vacancy occurs in any town office, the selectboard forthwith by appointment in writing shall fill such vacancy until an election is had; except that in the event of vacancies in a majority of the selectboard at the same tim…

§ 991. Records to be delivered to successor When a town or town school district office becomes vacant by expiration of the term of office of the incumbent, or otherwise, and a successor is elected or appointed, on demand, he or she shall be entitled to receive from the last incum…

§ 992. Annual settlements; penalty Not less than 25 days before each annual town meeting, all officials and other persons authorized to receive or disburse money belonging to a town shall settle their accounts with the auditors of such town, and the treasurer shall include in suc…

§ 993. Money to be paid over; penalty When a person who has served as a town or a town school district officer does not at the expiration of his or her term of office forthwith pay to the proper treasurer all money in his or her hands belonging to the town or town school district…