Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 264. Notice of hearing Said assessments shall be made upon giving to the parties interested 12 days’ notice of the time and place of hearing, in the manner herein provided in respect to laying out or altering highways.

§ 265. Statement to be made The City Council shall make a statement of all assessments, describing the lands or buildings assessed and forthwith cause the same to be recorded in the Chief Administrative Officer’s office, and when so recorded such assessments shall be and remain a…

§ 266. Chief Administrative Officer to record assessments; notification of owners It shall be the duty of the Chief Administrative Officer to collect such assessments, as soon as may be after he or she shall have recorded the same. The Chief Administrative Officer shall thereupon…

§ 267. Deadline for paying All such assessments shall be paid to the Chief Administrative Officer within 90 days after the same shall have been filed for record in the Chief Administrative Officer’s office.

§ 27. Presiding officer; powers At all meetings of the legal voters of said City, the Mayor shall preside and shall have the powers of a moderator in town meetings.

§ 276. Composition; terms; powers; airport management (a)(1)(A) The Board of Airport Commissioners of the City of Burlington shall consist of five legal voters of said City to be appointed by the City Council with Mayor presiding to serve for three years and until their successor…

§ 277. Composition The Board of Health shall consist of five legal voters of the City, one of whom shall be a health practitioner who is either a physician, a physician assistant, or a registered nurse.

§ 278. Adoption of bylaws authorized; meetings The Board may adopt such bylaws as they may deem wise for the regulation of the work of the Board. They shall hold regular meetings at such times as they may determine. Special meetings may be called by the Chair or the Clerk.

§ 279. Local Board to be in lieu of statutory Board; general powers The Board of Health created in section 277 of this charter shall be for the City in lieu of the local Board of Health provided for by the general laws of this State, and shall have the powers conferred by those l…

§ 28. Warning required; location; voting Freemen’s meetings for all purposes provided by the laws of the State shall be warned by the Mayor, and one copy of such warning, signed by the Mayor, shall be posted in each ward of the City. Such meetings shall be held in the respective …

§ 280. Designated The Board of Health shall, between the 25th day of June and the first day of July 1949, and annually thereafter, with the approval of the City Council, appoint a Milk and Food Inspector and an Inspector of Meat, whose terms of office shall begin on the first day…

§ 281. Board of Health authorized to make rules and regulations The Board shall make rules and regulations for the conduct of each of the above officers, and may prescribe rules and regulations for the sale of milk and cream, food, and meat and for the installation and maintenanc…

§ 282. Powers and duties of Health Officer The Health Officer shall have all the powers and perform all the duties conferred or imposed upon health officers under the general laws of this State, and such other powers and duties as may be presented by said Board of Health or by an…

§ 283. Generally (a) The Board of Health is hereby authorized to regulate and grant licenses for the selling or supplying of milk and cream within the City of Burlington, and no person shall sell or supply milk or cream within said City to be used by the inhabitants thereof unles…

§ 284. Maintenance of Retirement Fund; Retiring Board; sources of Retirement Fund (a) The Retirement Fund heretofore established shall hold the assets of the retirement system. From the same there shall be available pensions to employees, appointive officers, and the Mayor of the…

§ 285. Trustees of Fund designated; powers; officers (a) The members of the Retirement Board shall be the trustees of the Fund, and may invest and reinvest the same in such securities and upon such terms and conditions as said Board shall determine. (b) The Retirement Board shall…

§ 286. Board of Medical Examiners—Created; duties; composition; terms; compensation (a) There shall be maintained in said City a Board of Medical Examiners of three members who shall perform such duties as may be required of them by the City Council and Retirement Board. (b) The …

§ 287. Retirement generally (a) The Retirement Board may permanently retire any employee, appointive officer, and the Mayor who has reached age 55 with at least three years of service or who has become disabled. In the Police and Fire Departments, the requisite age for retirement…

§ 288. Reexamination of person on retired list; reappointment, etc (a) Once each year during the first seven years following disability retirement the Retirement Board may require any disability beneficiary who has not yet attained normal retirement age to undergo a medical exami…

§ 289. Record of proceedings to be kept; report to City Council required The Secretary to the Retirement Board shall record the minutes of all Retirement Board meetings and furnish copies of these minutes to the City Council. The financial information on the Fund shall be publish…

§ 29. Checklists to be prepared and posted Checklists of voters in the respective wards for each freemen’s meeting shall be prepared, posted, corrected, and furnished to the inspectors of election therein; and elections at such freemen’s meetings shall be conducted in the manner …

§§ 290-297. [Transitional provisions.]

§ 299. Rights, duties, and liabilities of City to remain as existing at time of organization The rights, duties, and liabilities of the City of Burlington and of the Town of South Burlington, by reason of the conversion of the Town of Burlington into said two municipalities, shal…

§ 3. Election of Mayor and City Councilors (a) Election of Mayor. On the first Tuesday in March 2003 and triennially thereafter, the legal voters of the City shall, from among the legal voters thereof, elect a Mayor. Notwithstanding any provision of this charter or the general st…

§ 30. General laws applicable; exceptions In all respects not inconsistent with this charter, the provisions of the general statutes respecting freemen’s meetings shall apply to such meetings in said City, except that a voter’s name shall not be required to be checked when his or…

§ 300. Copy of charter to be kept in office of Chief Administrative Officer A copy of this charter shall be kept in the office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Burlington to which shall be affixed a certificate under the hand of the Secretary of State and the Se…

§ 301. Designation of chapter This chapter shall be designated as the charter of the City of Burlington.

§ 303. Alteration, amendment, or repeal of charter This charter may be altered, amended, or repealed by the General Assembly whenever the public good shall require.

§ 304. Approval of section 102 of this charter by vote required The maximum school tax rate of 120 cents upon the dollar of the property grand list of the City, as provided for in section 102 of this charter, shall, notwithstanding the provisions of section 102 of this charter, b…

§ 305. Approval of section 99 by vote required The limitation upon the tax provided by section 99 of this charter for City purposes shall be 200 cents upon the dollar of the property grand list, in the event that a majority of the legal voters of the City of Burlington present an…

§ 306. Reserve Fund of Light Department not to be increased without vote Notwithstanding the provisions of section 65 of this charter, the Special Reserve Fund of the Light Department therein provided for shall not be increased in any one year by more than 10 percent of the net e…

§ 31. Duties of election inspectors and ward clerks The inspectors of election and ward clerks in the several wards shall perform all and the same duties in regard to certifying the results of elections in their respective wards for State and county officers, county senators, jus…

§ 31a. Establishment of voting precincts within wards permitted (a) The City Council may, by resolution, establish voting precincts within one or more of the several wards of the City, and from time to time amend or alter the boundaries thereof, which said precincts so establishe…

§ 321. Creation of Downtown Improvement District, Church Street Marketplace District, and Marketplace (a) There is hereby created in the City of Burlington a special district to be known as the Downtown Improvement District, such District to be bounded by the shoreline of Lake Ch…

§ 322. Establishment of Commission There shall be maintained in the City of Burlington a Church Street Marketplace Commission consisting of nine legal voters of the State of Vermont, no fewer than five of whom must be legal voters of the City, who shall be appointed by the City C…

§ 323. Expansion of Church Street Marketplace District and/or Marketplace (a) Upon recommendation of a majority of the Commission to the City Council, the boundaries of the Church Street Marketplace District may be expanded. Said boundaries may be expanded only if all the followi…

§ 324. Purposes and powers (a) The City Council shall have authority and responsibility for the management of the Church Street Marketplace District, its services, and facilities. The City Council shall have the responsibility to establish, improve, and maintain a Marketplace wit…

§ 325. Annual taxation for Downtown Improvement District; free parking for two hours in public lots and garages; annual budget of Church Street Marketplace District (a) The Church Street Marketplace Commission shall annually recommend and the City Council shall annually assess up…

§ 326. Common area fees (a) Common area fees are charges levied upon the owners of taxable properties located in the District that shall be used to defray the expenses incurred by the City in connection with the operation, maintenance, and repair of the Marketplace. (b) Any amoun…

§ 327. Powers supplemental; construction (a) The powers conferred by sections 321 through 326 of this charter are supplemental and alternative to other powers conferred by law, and these sections are intended as an independent and comprehensive conferral of powers to accomplish t…

§ 330. Board of Tax Appeals A Board of Tax Appeals, constituted in the manner set forth in section 91 of this charter, is created. The Board shall have the same duties and proceed in the same manner to hear and determine tax appeals as a board of civil authority under 32 V.S.A. c…

§ 331. Creation of Community and Economic Development Office There is hereby created in the City of Burlington a Community and Economic Development Office.

§ 332. Purposes and powers (a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, the Community and Economic Development Office shall develop and implement a comprehensive community and economic development strategy. (b) In furtherance of its purpose, the Community and Eco…

§ 333. Department to be under supervision of Director The management, direction, and control of the Community and Economic Development Office shall be vested in the Director, subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council.

§ 351. Creation of Burlington City Arts There is hereby created in the City of Burlington a Burlington City Arts Office.

§ 352. Purposes and powers (a) Subject to the orders and ordinances of the City Council, Burlington City Arts shall develop and implement a strategy to enhance the cultural enrichment of the people of the greater Burlington area. (b) In furtherance of its purpose, Burlington City…