Title 24APPENDIX, Municipal Charters

§ 23. Town Manager system Until and unless the Town of Cavendish shall reject the same by a majority vote of the legal voters, present and voting at an annual meeting, the Town of Cavendish shall take advantage of the provisions of 24 V.S.A. chapter 37, and the Selectboard shall …

§ 24. Powers and functions (a) The Town shall have the authority to exercise all powers relating to municipal affairs conferred and granted by law, including those implied powers necessary to effectuate and execute granted powers. (b) Without limiting any of its duly vested power…

§ 25. Ordinances Any rule, ordinance, regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Cavendish may apply to a limited area and not the whole Town, notwithstanding that the ordinance, rule, or regulation might also have been applied to another area or areas within the Town.

§ 26. Fire prevention For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Cavendish may function with volunteer firefighter districts. At present there are two: one in the Proctorsville Village area, to be established by petition as an independent fire district as prescribed by …

§ 27. Water and Sewer Departments Control and management of the Village water system and Town water and sewer systems shall be vested in the Town, subject to all indebtedness and liabilities relating thereto; provided, however, that administration of the systems and payment of ex…

§ 28. Street lights The cost for power for all public street lighting shall be paid from the General Fund of the Town of Cavendish.

§ 29. Special districts (a) According to law, the Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as a special service district and may provide that the area of the voters therein shall be provided with special services not common to all the voters of the Town, pr…

§ 3. Properties held in trust Any and all properties held in trust by the trustees of the Village of Proctorsville, or any officer thereof, shall become vested in the Selectboard of the Town of Cavendish and its successors, or in the respective officer of the Town and the officer…

§ 30. Voting procedures for annual water and sewer expenses and extensions (a) The Selectboard shall propose and adopt annual budgets for water and sewer to defray necessary expenses and thereafter set rates for users to pay the same. (b) In case of future extension of water or s…

§ 31. Special funds (a) The Town Treasurer shall keep all money in a special fund in an account or accounts separate from that of any other special fund and from those of the other Town funds, and shall honor no warrant upon it except for the purpose thereof as heretofore enumera…

§ 32. Amendment of plan This merger plan may be amended as set forth by the general laws of this State.

§ 33. Severability If any provision of this plan shall for any reason be held invalid, such invalidity shall not effect the remaining provisions, which can be given effect without the invalid provision. To this end, the provisions of this merger are severable.

§ 34. [Transitional provision relative to approval and ratification.]

§ 4. Settling the affairs of the Village of Proctorsville Prior to the merger, the officers of the Village of Proctorsville shall settle so far as possible their financial affairs and shall except as hereinafter provided, on said date, turn over and deliver to the Clerk of the To…

§ 5. Finances With the exception of special service funds as provided in section 29 of this charter, the funds of the Village of Proctorsville shall be added to the General Fund of the Town of Cavendish.

§ 6. Water rates (a) All water rates of the Village of Proctorsville in effect at the time of merger shall continue in effect until changed by the Selectboard of the Town of Cavendish. All costs of the Water Department shall be paid by the users. (b) Annual water charges shall be…

§ 7. Existing ordinances; municipal maps; regulations (a) The Town Plan, zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, and official maps of the Town of Cavendish and the Village of Proctorsville, as they exist or may exist, all as contemplated by the Vermont Planning and Developme…

§ 8. Election of Selectboard Town Selectboard members in office at the date of adoption of the merger shall continue in office until the end of their respective terms. Village trustees in office at the date of adoption of the merger shall cease to serve as trustees. No further tr…

§ 9. Votes required for effect All sections of this plan of merger shall take effect if this plan is approved as follows: (1) by majority vote of the Town of Cavendish, which includes all qualified voters of the Town; and (2) by majority vote of the Village of Proctorsville, whic…