Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 91. Governance (a) An Administrative Code shall be written and approved by the Selectboard, but the Administrative Code shall only implement and shall not expand upon the authorities granted in this charter or in general State law. Prior to the adoption or any amendment of the …

§ 1. General law; application The Town of Brandon shall have all of the powers granted to towns and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this charter, together with all of the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all the powers therein…

§ 101. Merger of the Village and Town At midnight at the end of November 30, 2004, the Village of Bradford shall merge into the Town of Bradford, and the Village of Bradford shall, except as hereinafter provided, cease to exist as a political entity or body corporate, and its cha…

§ 102. Properties transferred and liabilities assumed Upon the merger specified in section 101 of this charter, all the lands, buildings, easements, funds, uncollected taxes, monies, and other property of the Village of Bradford shall become vested in and become property of the T…

§ 103. Properties held in trust Any and all properties held in trust by the trustees of the Village of Bradford, or any officer thereof, shall become vested in the Selectboard of the Town of Bradford and its successors, or in the respective officer of the said Town and his or her…

§ 104. Settling the affairs of the Village of Bradford Prior to said merger, the officers of the Village of Bradford 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 Town of B…

§ 105. Police Department Upon the date of merger, the Village Police Department will become a Town Police Department. The Town Police Department budget will be determined annually at Town meeting.

§ 106. Finances With the exception of the funds of the Water Department and Sewer Department, and other special service funds and Highway Department funds, the funds of the Village of Bradford shall be added to the General Fund of the Town of Bradford: Highway Department funds of…

§ 107. Water and Sewer Department (a) The services of the Water and Sewer Department of the Town of Bradford shall be fee based, with all costs paid by the users. All water and sewer rates of the Village of Bradford in effect at the time of the merger shall continue in effect unt…

§ 108. Existing ordinances (a) The development plan, zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, and official maps of the Town and Village of Bradford shall become and be the development plan, zoning regulations, subdivision regulations, and official maps of the Town of Bradford…

§ 109. Election of Selectboard On November 30, 2004, the Office of Trustees shall cease to exist. The 2004 duly elected Selectboard shall serve as the merged Selectboard until the Town meeting on March 7, 2005, at which time all Selectboard members shall resign. At the 2005 Town …

§ 110. 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 Bradford that includes qualified voters in Town and Village. (2) By majority vote of the Village of Bradford that includ…

§ 2. Local option tax (a) Upon resolution of the Selectboard, or upon receipt of a petition signed by five percent of the registered voters of the Town, at an annual or special meeting warned for the purpose, the voters of the Town may vote, by a majority of those present and vot…

§ 201. Applicability of the general law (a) All provisions of the Constitution and general laws of the State of Vermont relating to towns and their officers shall apply to the Town of Bradford. (b) The Town of Bradford shall have all the powers now or hereafter conferred upon tow…

§ 202. Officers The Town of Bradford shall have the officers as provided for towns by the general laws. (Amended 2007, No. M-3, § 2, eff. March 8, 2007.)

§ 203. Ordinances Any rule, ordinance, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw of the Town of Bradford may apply to a limited area and not to the whole Town, notwithstanding that the ordinance, rule, regulation, zoning regulation, or bylaw might also have been applied to another …

§ 204. Fire prevention For the prevention and control of fires, the Town of Bradford may function with volunteer firefighters. The fire officers shall be an advisory body reporting to the Selectboard.

§ 205. Existing Water and Sewer Departments (a) As approved by the majority of the voters of the Village of Bradford, the supervision, management, control, and operation of the Village public water supply system and the Village public sewage system shall be vested in a Board of W…

§ 206. Special districts (a) The Selectboard may designate areas apart from the rest of the Town as special service districts and may provide the voters therein with special services not common to all the voters of the Town, provided that the majority of the voters residing in th…

§ 206a. Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners (a) The supervision, management, control, and operation of the Village public water supply system, the Village public sewage system, and the Town water and sewage systems shall be vested in the Water and Sewer Department of the Town …

§ 207. Voting procedures for water and sewer expenses and extensions (a) Voting for new capital improvements for water or sewer service within the areas being served by the water and sewer systems shall be by the voters using these services, and all votes shall be approved by a m…

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

§ 209. Severability If any provision of this charter shall for any reason be held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect the remaining provisions. To this end, the provisions of this charter are severable.

§ 1 Corporate existence retained (a) Pursuant to the authority granted by the General Assembly, there is hereby enacted a charter to govern the organization and operation of local government in the Town of Bridport. (b) The inhabitants of the Town of Bridport, within the geograph…

§ 10.1. Representative Town Meeting; authorized The Town of Brattleboro is hereby authorized to establish the representative form of Town Meeting as hereinafter set forth. For the purpose of this subchapter, the term Town Meeting shall include meetings of the Town School District…

§ 10.2. Districts; report of Selectboard; meetings; voting (a) The Selectboard shall divide the territory of the Town into four districts and shall define their respective boundaries. The districts shall be so established as to consist of compact and contiguous territory and shal…

§ 10.3. Election of Town Meeting members; certification of voters; Town Meeting membership; notice; qualification; responsibilities (a)(1) At the first election of Town Meeting members to be held on the first Tuesday in March after the acceptance of this subchapter, the qualified…

§ 10.4. Nomination of candidates; preparation and delivery of ballots; return of unused ballots (a)(1) Nomination of candidates for Town Meeting members shall be made by: (A) a certificate of nomination prepared by the Town Clerk that shall: (i) bear no political designation; and…

§ 10.5. Resignation or disqualification of members; vacancies; how filled (a) A Town Meeting member may resign by filing a written resignation with the Town Clerk, and such resignation shall take effect on the date of such filing. A Town Meeting member who removes from the Town s…

§ 10.6. Voting; members to receive no compensation; quorum; warning (a) At any Town Meeting held after the acceptance of this subchapter, the right to vote on all articles in the warning, except for matters voted on by all voters of the Town by Australian ballot, shall be limited…

§ 10.7. Articles in warning; action on The articles in the warning for every Town Meeting so far as they relate to the election of officers and to referenda and all matters to be acted upon by Australian ballot shall be so acted upon by the voters of the Town. All other articles …

§ 10.8. Referendum No article in the warning shall at any Representative Town Meeting be finally disposed of by a vote to pass over, to lay upon the table, to postpone indefinitely, or take no action thereon. No vote passed at any Representative Town Meeting under any article in …

§ 10.9. Interpretation of Town acts The Town, after the acceptance of this subchapter, shall continue to have the capacity to act through and to be bound by its Town Meeting members, who shall, when convened from time to time, constitute Representative Town Meetings; and the Repr…

§ 10.10. Limitation This subchapter shall not be deemed to abridge the right of the inhabitants of the Town to assembly and hold general meetings; nor shall this subchapter confer upon any Representative Town Meeting the power finally to commit the Town to any measure affecting i…

§§ 10.11-10.12. [Transitional provisions.]

§ 11.1. Description of officers, officials, boards, commissions, and committees (a) The officers, officials, boards, commissions, and committees described in this addendum are those that were in existence when this charter was written. These descriptions are included for purposes…

§ 11.2. Bus Service Advisory Committee Bus Service Advisory Committee. “Five” unlimited terms. The Committee oversees the operation of the Town-subsidized bus service and makes recommendations to the Selectboard regarding Town bus service. It meets monthly. (Added 2003, No. M-21 …

§ 2 General provisions (a) Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, all provisions of the statutes of the State relating to municipalities shall apply to the Town. (b) The Town shall have all the powers granted to towns and municipal corporati…

§ 2.1. Definitions (a) “General Town Meeting” shall mean a meeting of the voters of the Town of Brattleboro, the Town School District, or both, to act on matters of election of all officers, referenda, and matters to be acted upon by Australian ballot. (b) “Representative Town Me…

§ 2.2. Elected officers On the first Tuesday in March, the voters and youth voters of the Town shall elect by Australian ballot the following: (1) Representative Town Meeting members, by district, in accordance with 1959 Acts and Resolves No. 302, § 4. The size of the Representat…

§ 2.3. Manner of election (a) Representative Town Meeting members: Representative Town Meeting members shall be elected by Australian ballot on the first Tuesday in March of each year. Voters and youth voters in each district shall elect, for staggered terms, three members for ev…

§ 2.3a. Early voting (a)(1) A voter choosing to vote early by Australian ballot in the Town Clerk’s office shall vote in the same manner as those voting on election day, provided that the voter completes a “Request for Early Voter Absentee Ballot and Certification” form stating t…

§ 2.4. Representative Town Meeting (a) Description: (1) In the event of a discrepancy between this section of the charter and 1959 Acts and Resolves No. 302, the provisions set forth in this charter shall prevail. (2) The Representative Town Meeting consists of up to 140 elected …

§ 2.5. Selectboard The Selectboard is a legislative body of five persons elected at large by the voters and youth voters of the Town. The Selectboard directs the affairs of the Town within areas specified in subchapter 4 of this charter. (Amended 2023, No. M-15, § 2, eff. June 20…

§ 2.6. Board of School Directors The Board of School Directors is a body of five persons elected at large by the voters of the Town School District. The school directors direct the affairs of the School District within areas specified in subchapter 6 of this charter. (Amended 200…

§ 2.7. Board of Library Trustees (a) The library of the Town of Brattleboro, the Brooks Memorial Library, is incorporated under 22 V.S.A. chapter 3. It is also a Town department. (b) The Board of Library Trustees is a body of nine persons serving three-year terms. Three trustees …