Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 508. Selectboard policy The Town Manager shall prepare and submit to the Selectboard proposals for Selectboard policies. The Town Manager may have the assistance of the Town Attorney and shall have the authority to request a committee of citizens to assist in the preparation of…

§ 601. School Superintendent appointment and term The School Superintendent shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the School District and shall be appointed by a majority vote of the School Board of Trustees. The Superintendent shall be selected with special reference to traini…

§ 602. Bond Before entering into the duties of this office, the Superintendent shall execute a bond in favor of the School District in such sum and with such surety as may be determined by the School Board of Trustees, and the premium on the bond shall be paid by the School Distr…

§ 603. Responsibilities, powers, and duties (a) In general, the Superintendent shall be accountable to the School Board of Trustees and shall have general supervision of the property and business affairs of the School District and expenditure of all monies appropriated for school…

§ 604. Noninterference with administration The School Board of Trustees, its members, and committees shall not deal with School District administrative officers and employees who are subject to the direction and supervision of the Superintendent. They shall deal through the Super…

§ 605. Filling of a vacancy Any vacancy in the office of Superintendent shall be filled as soon as practicable by the School Board of Trustees. Pending such appointment, or in the case of the Superintendent’s absence or disability, the School Board of Trustees may designate some …

§ 606. Compensation The compensation of the Superintendent shall be set by vote of the School Board of Trustees. As used in this section, the term “compensation” includes salary, additional benefits, time for sick leave, and vacation and expense allowances. (Amended 2021, No. M-1…

§ 607. School Board of Trustees policy The Superintendent shall prepare and submit to the School Board of Trustees proposals for School Board of Trustees policies. The Superintendent may have the assistance of the School Attorney and shall have the authority to request a committe…

§ 701. Conflict of interest (a) A member of any appointed or elected board or commission or appointed or elected person or any person employed by the Town or School District of Milton shall not solicit or receive, directly or indirectly, any gift or compensation for recommending …

§ 702. Charter Compliance Committee (a) A Charter Compliance Committee of three members shall be created to hear allegations from the general public or citizens who feel an elected or appointed board or commission or an elected or appointed official has violated the charter. The …

§ 703. Code of ethics (a) No elected or appointed board or commission member has any legal powers or authority unless acting at a duly warned board meeting or acting for the board after it formally grants power to act on its behalf. (b) Any board or commission member shall attend…

§ 801. General Provisions of the laws of the State of Vermont relating to voter qualification, warnings, method of voting, the duties of Town officers at Town meetings and elections, and all other particulars relating to preparation for conducting and managing Town meetings and e…

§ 802. Time (a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town and school business shall be held annually on the first Tuesday in March. (b) The polls shall be open for a minimum of nine consecutive hours determined and warned by the Selectboard. (Amend…

§ 803. Eligible voters A method for the identification and designation of the eligible voters in Town or School District meetings shall be established by the Board of Civil Authority. The Town Clerk, Selectboard members, and Justices of the Peace shall constitute the Board of Civ…

§ 804. Polling places In any annual or special Town or School District meeting for the purpose of the election of officers and the voting on all questions to be decided by Australian ballot, such polling places as needed shall be established by the Board of Civil Authority. (Amen…

§ 805. Combining of Town and school meetings (a) The Selectboard or School Board of Trustees may postpone the vote on any question to be voted at a special Town or School District meeting to the annual meeting if such special meeting falls within 90 days of the annual meeting. (b…

§ 806. Voting questions by Australian ballot (a) The Selectboard or School Board of Trustees shall cause all questions to be voted by Australian ballot at any properly warned annual or special Town or School District meeting called on their motion or by petition. (b) A question v…

§§ 901-902. [Transitional Provisions]

§ 903. Minutes (a) Copies of the minutes of the Development Review Board (DRB) and the Milton Planning Commission, or portions of the minutes, shall be made available to any members of the public upon request of the Town Clerk and at cost. (b) Copies of the minutes of the DRB and…

§ 904. Zoning Administrator The Zoning Administrator shall be appointed in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 4448. Upon appointment, the Zoning Administrator shall be under the direction of the Town Manager for faithful performance of the Zoning Administrator’s duties as prescribed in …

§ 905. Planning Director The Planning Director shall be appointed in accordance with 24 V.S.A. § 4325(11). Upon appointment, the Planning Director shall be under the direction of the Town Manager for faithful performance of his or her duties as prescribed in the Vermont statutes …

§ 1001. Fiscal year The fiscal year shall commence on the first day of July and end on the last day of June.

§ 1002. Amount to be raised by taxation Upon passage of the budget by the annual Town meeting, the amounts stated therein as the amount to be raised by property taxes shall constitute a determination of the amount of the levy for the purposes of the Town in the corresponding tax …

§ 1003. Taxation (a) Taxes on real and personal property shall be paid as voted at annual Town meeting. (b) Taxes may be paid with discount if approved at annual Town meeting. (c) Taxes shall be collected as established by law. (d) Delinquent property taxes shall accrue penalty, …

§ 1004. Fees and fines All fines and penalties payable to the Town by reason of any violation of any law, ordinance, or bylaw, shall be paid over promptly upon receipt to the Town Treasurer for inclusion in the General Fund of the Town. All fees established by law or ordinance an…

§ 1005. Current bonded indebtedness Outstanding bonds previously issued by the Village of Plainfield shall be obligations of the Town of Plainfield on and after the effective date of this charter; provided, however, that until fully paid, said bonds shall constitute a general obl…

§ 101. Corporate existence retained The inhabitants of the Town of Plainfield as presently constituted and the inhabitants of the Village of Plainfield as constituted by 1867 Acts and Resolves No. 189, as amended by 1910 Acts and Resolves No. 314, 1913 Acts and Resolves No. 327, …

§ 1101. 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 the charter and …

§ 1102. Continuance in office [Transitional provisions related to ending legal matters at the time of the adoption of the charter.]

§ 1103. Pending matters [Transitional provisions related to ending legal matters at the time of the adoption of the charter.]

§ 1104. Municipal laws [Transitional provisions related to the continuation in force of the municipal laws of the Town of Plainfield and the Village of Plainfield as municipal laws of the Town of Plainfield.]

§ 1105. Amendment of charter This charter may be amended as set forth by the general law of this State.

§ 1106. Reference to statute If any matter mentioned in this charter is said to be controlled by a special statute, the reference to such statute shall include the statute as amended or renumbered, or any statute substituted therefor and having a similar subject matter.

§ 1107. Transfer of property, rights, privileges, and franchises [Transitional provisions relating to the transfer of property and property, rights, franchises, rights of action, land records, and other records belonging or appertaining to the Town and Village of Plainfield and c…

§ 1108. Penalties; forfeitures of suits not affected [Transitional provisions related to pending forfeitures and suits.]

§ 1109. Continuation of acts amended [Transitional provisions related to provisions of the charter that are the same as acts that the charter amends.]

§ 1110. Inconsistent acts repealed [Transitional provisions related to the repealing of acts that are inconsistent under the charter.]

§ 1111. Plan of consolidation, effect of charter [Transitional provisions related to the effect of the charter on the consolidation of the Town of Plainfield and the Village of Plainfield.]

§ 1112. Village of Plainfield; abolished [Transitional provisions related to the abolishment of the Village of Plainfield.]

§ 1113. Village taxes; assignment [Transitional provisions related to taxation and municipal assignments of the Village of Plainfield.]

§ 1114. Effective date [Transitional provisions related to the effective date of the charter.]

§ 201. General law; application Except when changed, enlarged, or modified by the provisions of this charter, or by any legal regulation or ordinance of the Town of Plainfield, all provisions of the statutes of the State of Vermont relating to municipalities shall apply to the To…

§ 202. Powers of the Town (a) The Town of Plainfield shall have all the powers granted to towns, town school districts, 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 a…

§ 203. Reservation of powers to the Town Nothing in this charter shall be construed to in any way limit the powers and functions conferred on the Town of Plainfield, the Selectboard of said Town, or its elected and appointed officials by general or special enactments of State sta…

§ 204. Authority of police officers The police officers of the Town shall have the same powers throughout the State with respect to criminal matters, and the enforcement of the laws relating thereto, as they have within the Town.

§ 205. 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 gen…