Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 37. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting called and warned for the purpose, may establish and provide for a sinking fund that shall serve and be used exclusively as a debt service r…

§ 38. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting called and warned for the purpose, may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements in furtheranc…

§ 39. Fees The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a fee structure for the purpose of generating revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalities, particularly concerning the operation and maintenance of any facility. (Added 2005, …

§ 4. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in this chapter. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 40. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this chapter or under any applic…

§ 41. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each municipality within the District shall cast their ballots at polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by each member municipality. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 42. Warnings The original warning for any District meeting shall be signed by a majority of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 43. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a District meeting by filing a notice with the town or city clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least three public places, and additional public places as may be required by la…

§ 44. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 45. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 46. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the municipalities within the District shall be legal voters of the District. The municipalities within the District shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any Dist…

§ 47. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 55 regarding election officials, voting machines, polling places, absent voters, process of voting, count and return of votes, recounts and contest of elections, and jurisdictio…

§ 48. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question considered or voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for the purpose and called by the Boa…

§ 49. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special meeting of the District have been omitted or not complied with and the meeting and the business transacted at the meeting are otherwise legal and within the scope of the Distri…

§ 5. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited by this chapter, the District shall have the following powers: (1) to operate, cause to be operated, or contract for the operation of any and all facilities to fulfill the purposes set forth in Article 1, section 2 of this chapt…

§ 50. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness or a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in Article 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this…

§ 51. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may vote to withdraw from the District if one year has elapsed since the District became a body politic and corporate, and if the District has not voted to bond for construction and improvements or to authorize a long-…

§ 52. Approval to bond No proposal to the voters of the District for the approval of a bond or bonds to raise money for the District or to authorize a long-term contract as provided in Article 4 of this chapter shall be made until the District has been in existence for at least o…

§ 53. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon terms and conditions as it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the District…

§ 54. Dissolution of District; procedure If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast determines that it is in the best interest of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and…

§ 6. Authority The legislative power and authority of the Rutland County Recreation District and the administration and general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs of the District shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, e…

§ 7. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each of the member municipalities. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 8. Appointment Annually, on or before the last Monday in March commencing in 2005, each member municipality shall appoint its representative and an alternate to the Board of Supervisors according to each municipality’s method of making appointments. (Added 2005, No. M-8, § 2.)

§ 9. Organizational meeting Annually, on the second Monday in April commencing in 2005, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At the meeting, the Board shall elect from among its membership a Chair and Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one y…

§ 1. Boundaries The boundaries of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall consist of 47 residential parcels as shown on the “Water Resources Map” on file with the Lamoille County Planning Commission specifically identifying those parcels and the land and “well-head” protec…

§ 2. Purpose Morristown Corners Water Corporation is a water supply municipality as defined in 1 V.S.A. § 126 and pursuant to and consistent with the purposes and meaning set out in 24 V.S.A. chapter 89 and is formed and existing, inter alia, consistent with its authority under V…

§ 3. Powers The Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall have all powers granted to a municipal water supply corporation pursuant to 24 V.SA. chapter 89, and the water supply municipal corporation shall have the authority among other things consistent with statutory authority g…

§ 4. Annual and special meetings Annual and special meetings of Morristown Corners Water Corporation shall be held in conformance with the notice, warning, and voting requirements of the adopted bylaws of the Morristown Corners Water Corporation. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. M…

§ 5. Officers; directors (a) The Board of Directors shall also be the officers and shall consist of at least five members elected by the members of the municipal corporation for a term of three years. Vacancies on the Board of Directors shall be filled in the manner as provided b…

§ 6. Board of Directors The Board of Directors shall be the legislative and administrative body of the municipal corporation and shall be responsible for the control and management of all affairs, property, and interests of the corporation. The Board of Directors may exercise all…

§ 7. Rates The Board of Directors shall establish rates and fees for the water services, including capital improvements, provided by the corporation, and all rates and fees for water services shall be paid to the Treasurer. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)

§ 8. Rules The Board of Directors shall adopt rules that govern the administration, operation, and maintenance of the water system. Rules adopted by the Board of Directors shall become effective upon a majority vote of the directors. (Added 2009, No. M-9, § 2, eff. May 18, 2009.)…

§ 9. Amendment of charter This charter shall be amended in the same manner as provided in 17 V.S.A. § 2645, except that in lieu of the requirements of 17 V.S.A. § 2645(a)(7), a vote by members of the corporation affirming the amendment of this charter shall be by a voice vote in …

§ 1. Definitions As used in this chapter, the following words and terms shall have the following meanings, unless the context shall indicate another or different meaning or intent: (1) “The District” shall mean the municipality created by section 2 of this chapter pursuant to the…

§ 10. Record of proceedings The Clerk shall keep a record of the votes and the proceedings of the District meetings and give certified copies thereof when required. A Clerk who neglects to perform his or her duty shall forfeit $20.00 to the District, to be recovered in an action …

§ 11. Water rates and revenues (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of 24 V.S.A. § 3311, the Board of Water Commissioners of the District shall establish rates for the water and services by meter service, and all firms and corporations, whether private, public or municipal, shall p…

§ 12. Annual budget, apportionment, assessment, taxes (a) The Board of Water Commissioners of the District shall at each annual meeting present to the District its budget for the ensuing year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue from water rates and other sources, exce…

§ 13. Special tax assessment for payment of execution When a demand is made upon the District for the payment of an execution issued against it and the District has no available funds to pay the same, the Board of Water Commissioners shall compute the shares of each member town i…

§ 14. Debts and liabilities of member towns No debt or liabilities of a town that is a member of the District shall accrue against the District. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 14.)

§ 15. Tax exemption Property of the District shall be exempt from all taxation by any town. (Added 1971, No. 135, § 15.)

§ 16. Indebtedness (a)(1) The District may incur indebtedness for public improvements and other purposes as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53, subchapter 1. The limits on indebtedness in chapter 53 or otherwise shall not apply to indebtedness incurred or assumed by the District. (…

§ 17. Changes in membership; inclusion of additional towns (a) When a majority of voters of a town present and voting at a meeting duly warned for that purpose shall vote to apply to the District for admission as a member of the District, such vote shall thereupon be certified by…

§ 18. Withdrawal from the District (a) A town that is a member of the District may vote to withdraw from the District if one year has elapsed since it joined said District provided that during that time the District has not voted to bond itself for construction or improvements. (…

§ 19. Amendments This chapter may be amended in accordance with the terms and provisions of 17 V.S.A. § 2645 for the amendment of municipal charters. For this purpose, the word “municipality” in such statute shall be construed to mean “District,” and “legal voters” as used in suc…

§ 2. Champlain Water District created There is hereby created a consolidated water district to be known as the “Champlain Water District” that shall embrace the Towns of Colchester, Essex, Shelburne, South Burlington, and Williston, in the County of Chittenden and State of Vermon…

§ 20. Separability of provisions (a) If any section, clause, or provision of this chapter shall be held unconstitutional, or be ineffective in whole or in part, to the extent that it is not unconstitutional or ineffective, it shall be valid and effective and no other section, cla…