Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 168. Adoption of budget (a)(1) Said Board shall annually be responsible for the preparation and adoption of a budget, which shall include a detailed estimate of revenues and expenditures for the ensuing July 1 to June 30 fiscal year. The budget shall be formally adopted no late…

§ 169. Powers generally; authority to establish graded schools Said Board shall have in general all the powers and authority, and perform all the duties, pertaining to school officers in towns of this State, not inconsistent with the provisions of this charter. It may establish g…

§ 17. Chief Administrative Officer to post lists; copies to be filed in Chief Administrative Officer’s office It shall be the duty of the Chief Administrative Officer to cause the original of each and every checklist of voters at any time ordered to be posted by the Board for Reg…

§ 170. Authority to establish bylaws and regulations Said Board may establish such bylaws and regulations for carrying out the powers herein granted as are consistent with the provisions of this charter and the general law of this State.

§ 171. Appointment; compensation; removal; term Said commissioners shall, if applicable under the circumstances, during the second week in April, appoint the Superintendent of Schools and/or fix his or her compensation, which shall be paid by the school commissioners in the same …

§ 172. Duties of Superintendent; commissioners to file monthly report The Superintendent of Schools shall perform such duties in connection with the public schools of said City as shall be assigned him or her by the Board of School Commissioners. The Superintendent shall annually…

§ 173. Appointment; duties Said Board shall appoint truant officers for said City, as provided by general law. Said truant officers shall have the same powers and perform the same duties as prescribed by the general law of this State for truant officers in towns and cities, and s…

§ 174. City to provide, equip, and maintain It shall be the duty of said City to provide, equip, and maintain suitable schoolhouses for the accommodation of all the public schools of, or required by, said City.

§ 175. Commissioners to control location, construction, sale, and purchase The location and construction of the schoolhouses and the management, sale, and purchase of school property shall be under the control of the school commissioners, subject to the limitations herein provide…

§ 176. Statement showing necessity for construction or purchase required Before the school commissioners shall purchase any real estate for school purposes, or enter into any contract for the construction of any school building, other than repairs of and additions to existing sch…

§ 177. Council to approve purchase or construction They shall not purchase any real estate, nor enter into any contract for the construction of any school building, until such action has been approved, and the funds for the same provided, by the City Council.

§ 178. Funds for construction or purchase to be provided by tax levy Upon the approval by the City Council of such proposed purchase of real estate for school purposes, or such proposed construction of a school building, said City Council shall provide the necessary money for suc…

§ 179. Composition The Board of Library Commissioners shall consist of ten members. Six of such members shall be designated the public commissioners and four of such members shall be designated the trustee commissioners. (1) Four of such public commissioners shall be appointed by…

§ 18. Copies of list to be given inspectors After all such additions, alterations, and corrections shall have been made by said Board for Registration of Voters, a true copy of such checklist shall be made by the Chief Administrative Officer, and delivered to the inspectors of el…

§ 180. Duties The City Council may make and establish all proper and necessary rules and regulations for the management and guidance of the Library Department. The librarians shall have charge of the Library building and the grounds and shall appoint such employees as may be auth…

§ 181. Liabilities to be approved and budget preparation All bills, accounts, and claims on account of the Library and its maintenance, except such as are incurred by the trustee commissioners on account of funds under their control, shall be approved by the City Council or, if s…

§ 183. Board of Police Commissioners; composition; terms The Board of Police Commissioners shall consist of seven legal voters of said City, to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. (…

§ 184. Same—Powers and duties The City Council shall make rules and regulations for the government of the entire police force and shall fix the qualifications of applicants for positions and service on said force and the Chief of Police shall furnish the City Council with any inf…

§ 185. Officers of police force designated (a) The direction and control of the entire police force, except as herein otherwise provided, shall be vested in a police officer who shall be called the Chief of Police, and such other ranking police officers as the City Council shall …

§ 186. Manner of filling vacancies Whenever a vacancy occurs in any other position, the Chief may appoint a successor. (Amended 1999, No. M-7, § 8, eff. May 19, 1999; 2003, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 4.)

§ 187. Force to be maintained; selection of members A regular police force for said City shall be maintained in the City. No applicant shall be deemed qualified for employment on said force until he or she has been approved by the Chief of Police. The process for determining the …

§ 188. Manner of appointment The Chief shall, from time to time, as the needs of the City may require, appoint from the approved applicants a sufficient number of regular police officers. If the name of the applicant has been on the approved list for more than six months, the app…

§ 189. Members of force to be retained as long as they remain competent The members of said regular police force now serving, or who shall hereafter be appointed thereto, shall, after the expiration of the one-year probationary period above provided, and so long as they shall rem…

§ 19. Designation of polling places At least 30 days prior to a local, primary, or general election, the City Council, in consultation with the City Clerk’s Office, ward clerks, and inspectors of election, shall determine the number and location of polling places. Polling places …

§ 190. Chief may remove member for cause; hearing (a) Whenever it shall appear to the Chief that any member of said force has become incompetent, inefficient, or incapable from any cause, or is or has been negligent or derelict in his or her official duty, or is guilty of any mis…

§ 191. Political activity restricted No person while an officer or other member of the regular police force of the City shall publicly endorse any candidate for political office, serve as a campaign assistant on behalf of any candidate for political office, or perform any public …

§ 192. Authority to appoint; defined; powers (a) In addition to the regular police force hereinbefore provided for, the Chief, with the approval of the Board of Police Commissioners, may appoint for a term not to exceed one year such limited and special police officers as he or s…

§ 193. Service and process; fees allowed All police officers shall have authority to serve anywhere within the State and return process in criminal causes returnable within the City; and for such duties there shall be taxed and allowed the fees provided by law for a sheriff, for …

§ 194. Police to have same powers as constables; jurisdiction limited The said police officers shall have the power of constables in all matters arising under the criminal and police laws of the State and the ordinances and police regulations of the City, except that the jurisdic…

§ 195. Compensation to be set by Council The compensation of all police officers, including that of the Chief of Police, shall be fixed by the City Council, and all fees accruing to them under the laws of the State or the provisions of this charter shall belong to said City and s…

§ 195a. Authority of University of Vermont police officers University of Vermont police officers are hereby empowered to enforce City of Burlington municipal ordinances and to issue citations for the violation thereof. (Amended 2003, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 8.)

§ 196. Composition (a) The Board of Fire Commissioners shall consist of five legal voters of the City, to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding, to serve for three years and until their successors are appointed and qualified, except as herein otherwise provided. (…

§ 197. Authority to establish rules and regulations for Fire Department The City Council may make and establish all proper and necessary rules and regulations for the management and guidance of the Fire Department and for the control and regulation of the fire protection of the C…

§ 198. Fire Department; created; members; appointment There shall be a paid Fire Department for said City, which shall consist of the following members, to wit: One Chief Engineer, and such subordinate positions as the City Council may authorize from time to time. The members of …

§ 199. Department to be under supervision of Chief Engineer Said Department shall be at all times under special and immediate care and practical supervision of the Chief Engineer, subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief Executive Officer and the ordinances and orders of th…

§ 2. Election boundaries (a) City districts described. For the annual meeting of 2024 and all City elections thereafter, the City of Burlington is divided into four electoral districts, constituted as follows: (1) East District. The East District shall include all that part of sa…

§ 20. Ward clerk to keep records; certificates of election to be furnished successful candidates; election results to be published It shall be the duty of the clerk of each ward subject to supervision by the Chief Administrative Officer as presiding officer for City and ward and …

§ 200. Powers of fire commissioners The Board of Fire Commissioners may exercise such of the referenced powers relating to the Fire Department as may be delegated from time to time by resolution of the City Council.

§ 201. Powers relating to Fire Department The City Council shall have full power to try and determine all complaints against any member of said Department, and to remove them, or any of them summarily, or on conviction of insubordination, neglect of duty, incompetency, or violati…

§ 202. Political activity restricted No person while an officer or other member of the Fire Department of the City shall publicly endorse any candidate for political office, serve as a campaign assistant on behalf of any candidate for political office, or perform any public campa…

§ 203. Commissioners to manage parks; composition of Board The public parks of the City of Burlington now in existence, and those that may hereafter be established, together with all park property that may be acquired and all public recreational activities hereafter sponsored by …

§ 204. Records to be kept; annual reports to City Council required The Parks and Recreation Department shall keep an accurate record and books of account, and shall annually transmit to the City Council a full and detailed report and statement of all its acts and doings, together…

§ 205. Parks and Recreation Department; appointment of Superintendent, and engineer The Superintendent shall prescribe and assign the respective duties, powers, and authority, and shall, subject to the approval of the City Council, fix and regulate the compensation to be paid to …

§ 206. Establishment and maintenance of athletic activities authorized; charging admission fees permitted Said Department may establish, manage, and promote athletic and recreational activities in the parks and other appropriate buildings and places; and in the management and pro…

§ 207. Authorization to establish and alter rules for park operation The City Council shall have power to make and alter from time to time, all needful rules and regulations for the maintenance of order, safety, and decency in said parks and for said Recreational Program and to f…

§ 208. Determination of location of sewers, water pipes, wires, etc The City Council shall have sole power to determine the places in said parks where sewers, gas, and water pipes shall be laid; and no trench, for these purposes, shall be opened until the City Council has designa…