Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 13 General prohibition No elected or appointed Town officer or employee of the Town shall be beneficially interested in any matter requiring the discharge of his or her public office. The purpose of this section is to prohibit the use of public office for financial or other adv…

§ 14 Specific conflicts A Town officer shall be disqualified from any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including instances where: (1) the Town officer or a near-relative or business associate has a property or financial interest that mig…

§ 15 Specific prohibition A Town officer who is disqualified by virtue of a conflict of interest shall not vote upon, participate in the discussion of, or otherwise sit as a member of any board, commission, or committee upon the matter from which he or she is disqualified. He or …

§ 16 Announcing a conflict If a Town officer recognizes that he or she might have a conflict of interest or if another person raises an objection to the participation of any Town officer, the Town officer or the other person shall state the nature of the conflict as soon as may b…

§ 17 Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer If a question of a member’s disqualification under this charter is brought to the attention of any board, commission, or committee by any party or person or by another board, commission, or committee member and the mem…

§ 18 Appointment of alternate officers The Selectboard may appoint an alternate Town officer to serve in place of a disqualified Town officer during the period of disqualification or unavailability. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)

§ 19 Notice of vacancy during unexpired term In order to inform citizens of the Town and to afford them the opportunity to participate or serve in Town government, public notice shall be given of municipal vacancies resulting from resignation, death, disability, or change of resi…

§ 2 General law; application Except when changed by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town of Jamaica. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)

§ 20 Newspaper publication The Selectboard may publish notices of vacancies in a newspaper of general circulation in the Town. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)

§ 21 Separability If any provision of this charter is held invalid, the other provisions of the charter shall not be affected thereby. If the application of the charter or any of its provisions to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the application of this charter and it…

§ 22 Amendment The amendment of this charter shall be as provided by law. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)

§ 3 Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Jamaica shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this charter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers granted. The Tow…

§ 4 Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be construed in any way to limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Jamaica, the Selectboard of the Town, or its elected and appointed officials by general or special enactments of State statutes o…

§ 5 Open meetings Meetings of all Town boards and commissions shall be open and held in accordance with the general law of this State relating to public meetings. The record of all official proceedings shall be available for public inspection and copying as provided by the genera…

§ 6 Generally The officers of the Town of Jamaica shall be those provided by law for towns, except as otherwise provided by this charter. Officers shall have all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions of this charter as well as those provided by law. (Added 2…

§ 7 Elected officers The following officers of the Town and such other Town officers as are provided by law and previous vote of the electorate as to number, length of term, and manner of election at an annual meeting shall be elected from the floor, as required by law, unless ot…

§ 8 Appointed officers (a) The Selectboard may appoint, recommend, or approve the appointment of any Town officers for a term of one year from the date of the appointment unless otherwise specified in this section, following such notice and warning as required by this charter, to…

§ 9 Alternate Town officers The Selectboard is authorized to appoint people to serve as alternate Town officers in anticipation of disqualifications or unavailability, as needed. (Added 2011, No. M-2, § 2, eff. Feb. 16, 2011.)