Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 9. Amendment of charter This charter shall be amended by a majority vote of those residents of the Fire District present and voting at an annual or special Fire District meeting, provided that notice of the meeting containing the full text of the amendment shall be given accord…

§ 1. Name The name of this municipality shall be the Williamstown Fire District.

§ 2. Body corporate and corporate limits (a) The legal voters of the District shall be a body corporate. The corporate limits shall be the boundary lines of the Town of Williamstown, being bounded as follows: easterly by the line of Washington; southerly by the lines of Chelsea a…

§ 3. Purpose The purpose of the Fire District is to provide fire protection for the Town of Williamstown and to provide such other protection as may seem prudent to safeguard the health and welfare of the inhabitants of Williamstown. None of the foregoing shall be construed to pr…

§ 4. Voters Qualification and registration of voters for Fire District purposes shall be as provided by Vermont law. The Fire District shall use the Town checklist, which shall be revised by the Town Board of Civil Authority as provided under 17 V.S.A. chapter 43 prior to annual …

§ 5. Meetings (a) The annual meeting shall be held on the second Monday in January or at such other time as the District at any regular or special meeting may determine. Special meetings shall be called by the Prudential Committee when necessary, pursuant to 17 V.S.A. chapter 55.…

§ 6. Officers; qualifications and elections (a) At the annual meeting, the Williamstown Fire District shall choose from its legally qualified voters the following Fire District officers, who shall serve until the next annual meeting and until successors are chosen, unless otherwi…

§ 7. Firefighters and fire company The Fire District is authorized by this charter to form a fire company, which shall be the firefighting agent for the District. Subject to the approval by the District, the Prudential Committee, the Fire Chief, and assistants may develop bylaws …

§ 8. Indebtedness and bonding The Fire District may at a special or annual meeting, notice thereof having been given in the warning, vote to issue bonds of the Fire District as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53.

§ 1. Boundaries The boundaries of Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 shall be as recorded in Book 111, page 184 et seq. of the land records of the Town of Wilmington and in Book 86, page 5 et seq. of the land records of the Town of Dover.

§ 2. Purpose Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 is a fire district incorporated to construct, operate, and maintain sewers, waste treatment, and disposal facilities, and waterworks and a water company, and to own machinery, equipment, and personalty and real estate used in connection…

§ 3. Powers The powers of Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 shall be as follows: (1) to adopt the town manager system in compliance with 24 V.S.A. chapter 37; (2) to vote a tax upon the taxable estate within the District for the acquisition, construction, and maintenance of sewers a…

§ 4. Prudential Committee; powers The Prudential Committee: (1) shall, with the Collector, have the same power in assessing, levying, and collecting the tax as town officers have in assessing and collecting town taxes, including collection of interest and overdue taxes; (2) may e…

§ 5. Fees (a) In addition to the specific powers conferred upon the District by statute, and by resolutions of the Selectboards of the Towns of Dover and Wilmington, Cold Brook Fire District No. 1 may, at a duly warned annual or special meeting, vote to impose the following fees …

§ 1. Corporate existence retained North Branch Fire District No. 1, within the corporate limits presently established, shall continue to be a fire district and municipal corporation by the name of the North Branch Fire District No. 1. (Added 2013, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff.…

§ 2. General law; application North Branch Fire District No. 1 shall have all the powers granted to fire districts and municipal corporations by the Constitution and laws of this State and this chapter, together with all the implied powers necessary to carry into execution all th…

§ 3. Collector of Taxes (a) The Prudential Committee shall annually appoint one or more Collectors of Taxes who shall collect all past due taxes and accounts, interest, and penalties owing on those taxes or accounts. All amounts so collected shall be promptly remitted to the Trea…

§ 4. Treasurer (a) The Prudential Committee shall annually appoint a Treasurer who shall have all the authority, duties, and responsibilities conferred upon fire district treasurers by the general law of the State of Vermont. (b) The appointed Treasurer shall receive such compens…

§ 1. Creation of Fire District Fairfax Fire District No. 1, within the corporate limits presently established, shall continue to be a fire district and municipal corporation by the name of the Fairfax Fire District No. 1. (Added 2023, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. February 1, …

§ 2. Boundaries The boundaries of Fairfax Fire District No. 1, as recorded with the Town of Fairfax, are bounded on the north by Bessette Road, the west by Highland Road, the south by Brick Church Road, and the east by VT Route 104. (Added 2023, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. F…

§ 1. Creation Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, there is created a union municipal district that shall be known as the Rutland County Recreation District and that shall be a body politic and corporate. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 10. Regular meetings Regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be held periodically with the time and place to be determined by the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 11. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or shall be called by the Clerk upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board. Except in case of an emergency, each member of the Board shall be given at le…

§ 12. Quorum For the purposes of transacting business, the presence of more than 50 percent of the members shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may postpone a meeting to another date. Any action adopted by a majority of the votes of the Board of Supervisors at whi…

§ 13. Voting Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for the municipality. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 14. Term All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit. Any member may be removed at any time by a majority vote…

§ 15. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after the vacancy occurs by appointment of the authority that appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term…

§ 16. Rules of procedure The Board of Supervisors may adopt rules that shall govern at all meetings. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 17. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its representative to the Board of Supervisors compensation as it shall determine reasonable, if any. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 18. Absence rule Any supervisor who fails to attend three consecutive Board meetings without notice to the alternate of the municipality may result in the Board of Supervisors requesting the municipality to replace that supervisor. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 19. Telephone participation If approved by the Board of Supervisors, any member of the Board may participate in any meeting of the Board by means of a conference telephone or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear ea…

§ 2. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of strengthening local governments by promoting more efficient and economical operation of recreation services within the participating municipalities by developing a regional recreation community center and oth…

§ 20. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the District, and the Treasurer of the District. No person may hold more than one office at one time. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 21. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in amounts as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The cost of the bonds shall be borne by the District. The Board of Supervisors shall determine when this requirement becomes effec…

§ 22. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors of…

§ 23. Vice Chair During the absence or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the same shall be performed and exercised by the Vice Chair and, when so acting, the Vice Chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all the …

§ 24. Vacancy During the absence or inability of either the Chair or Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Chair or Vice Chair who shall have all the powers and be …

§ 25. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the District. The Clerk shall record all votes…

§ 26. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Treasurer shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the funds of the District and shall be the receiving and…

§ 27. Records All records, books, and accounts of the District shall be open to inspection by persons interested during reasonable office hours. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 28. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 29. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant it powers as the Board of Supervisors may deem necessary. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 3. Composition The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within those municipalities in the State of Vermont that vote to approve and enter into this District at the time of its creation and other municipalities as are subsequently admitted to the …

§ 30. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary. Membership of committees may include persons not on the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 31. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid compensation as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 32. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on January 1 and end on December 31 of each year. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)