Vermont StatutesChapter 3 - CITY OF BURLINGTON (Contains: §§ 1 – 508)
- § 1 - Boundaries defined; powers
- § 2 - Wards described
- § 3 - Election of mayor and city councilors
- § 4 - Election of school commissioners
- § 5 - Election to be by ballot; method of election; runoff elections
- § 6 - Requirements generally
- § 7 - Age and residence requirements
- § 8 - Person to vote in ward in which the person resides; residence requirement
- § 9 - Adopted
- § 10 - Specified; selection
- § 11 - Performance of duties; terms
- § 12 - [ Repealed.]
- § 13 - Vacancies to be filled by city council
- § 14 - List of voters to be prepared; posting
- § 15 - Notice of meeting to alter or correct list required
- § 16 - Additions or corrections permitted
- § 17 - Chief administrative officer to post lists; copies to be filed in chief administrative officer's office
- § 18 - Copies of list to be given inspectors
- § 19 - Where elections held; early voter absentee ballots
- § 20 - Ward clerk to keep records; certificates of election to be furnished successful candidates; election results to be published
- § 21 - Duties of election inspectors
- § 22 - Ballots
- § 23 - Retained ballots to be delivered to inspectors on demand
- § 24 - Record of ballots delivered required; receipts
- § 25 - Requirements generally
- § 26 - Questions at special meetings to be decided by ballot
- § 27 - Presiding officer; powers
- § 28 - Warning required; location; voting
- § 29 - Checklists to be prepared and posted
- § 30 - General laws applicable; exceptions
- § 31 - Duties of election inspectors and ward clerks
- § 31a - Establishment of voting precincts within wards permitted
- § 32 - -35. [Reserved.]
- § 35a - 'Ward' defined
- § 36 - Administration; vested in mayor and city council; selection and terms of same
- § 37 - Manner of convening
- § 38 - Regular meetings
- § 39 - Special meetings
- § 40 - Quorum; attendance of certain officers may be required
- § 41 - Meetings to be public; except
- § 42 - Composition; meetings
- § 43 - Composition; duties; appointments; offices
- § 44 - Authorized
- § 45 - Mayor not to participate in enactment of ordinances; approval by mayor of councilactions required
- § 46 - Approval or veto of ordinances by mayor; reconsideration; item veto on appropriations
- § 47 - Ordinances to become valid at expiration of certain period if not returned
- § 48 - Enumerated
- § 49 - Authority to enact
- § 50 - City council to establish penalty
- § 51 - Ordinance enforcement
- § 52 - Court authorized to order abatement
- § 53 - [Reserved.]
- § 54 - Offenders may be liable in damages
- § 55 - City council may authorize sale or lease
- § 56 - Council to have powers conferred by statute regarding public burial grounds
- § 57 - Manner of taking land for reservoirs, aqueducts, water pipes, etc
- § 58 - Council to issue citation that land is to be taken; service
- § 59 - Refunding bonds; council may authorize issuance of bonds
- § 60 - Same-issuance prior to maturity or redemption; amounts; issuance, maturities, security, rights of owners, and rights, duties and obligations of city; genera
- § 61 - Bonds to be signed and contain statement that they conform to applicable provisions
- § 62 - Council; school board; not to pledge credit of city; exceptions
- § 63 - Council may pledge credit of city when authorized by voters to do so
- § 64 - State law not applicable to section 63
- § 64a - Council authorized to erect sewage disposal plant and issue bonds therefore
- § 64b - Revenue bonds authorized
- § 65 - Source of funds for appropriations; operating expenses for departments; creation of special funds
- § 66 - Annual school appropriations
- § 67 - Appropriations for park and recreation purposes
- § 68 - Authorized expenditures
- § 69 - Fiscal year, reports required
- § 70 - Excess expenditures prohibited; assessments for street improvements credited to streets division of the public works department
- § 71 - Approval of property owners required
- § 72 - -80. [Reserved.]
- § 81 - Tax classification; repeal of inventory tax
- § 82 - [Reserved.]
- § 83 - Preparation; contents
- § 84 - Composition of books
- § 85 - Arrangement of information in books
- § 86 - Summary of assessed valuations to be made and constitute an abstract
- § 87 - Notice that abstract completed to be given; meetings of assessors
- § 88 - Abstracts and certificate to be completed by May fifth
- § 89 - Notice of changes and that abstracts and lists are open for inspection to be filed
- § 90 - Aggrieved persons permitted to appear before assessors; preliminary review
- § 91 - Appeal of assessors decision
- § 92 - Board of tax appeals to hear appeals; deadline for hearings; manner of conducting; possible board of civil authority review
- § 93 - Alterations in valuation to be entered in 'corrected valuation' column
- § 94 - Completion of grand list; collection
- § 95 - Abstracts sufficient for returns to secretary of state
- § 96 - Board of tax appeals and board of civil authority to transmit certified copy of appeal proceedings to assessors
- § 97 - Forms for books may be altered as directed by state tax commissioner; extension of time
- § 98 - Council to assess
- § 98a - A tax ceiling reduction after reappraisal
- § 99 - Additional assessment; amount
- § 100 - Annual assessment for redemption of bonds authorized
- § 101 - Annual assessment to pay bond interest authorized
- § 102 - Annual local education spending
- § 102a - Annual assessment for fire and police departments use authorized
- § 102b - Annual assessment for streets use authorized
- § 102c - Annual assessment for library use authorized
- § 102d - Local option sales tax authority
- § 102e - Annual assessment for park use
- § 103 - Taxes to be paid in money
- § 104 - Taxes to be paid in installments
- § 105 - Chief administrative officer to give notice upon receipt of tax bills
- § 106 - Delinquency assessments
- § 107 - When treasurer to issue warrant against delinquent persons
- § 108 - Chief administrative officer to collect delinquent taxes
- § 109 - Collection after time warrant returnable permitted
- § 110 - Chief administrative officer to proceed in manner prescribed by law
- § 111 - Fees for collection of delinquent taxes
- § 112 - Failure of owners to pay assessments; warrant to be issued; chief administrativeofficer to collect
- § 113 - Assessments may be collected by suit
- § 114 - Council to establish and prescribe nature of connections
- § 115 - Descriptions recorded in chief administrative officer's office sufficient for assessment purposes
- § 116 - Duties generally
- § 117 - Order of succession; mayor to notify chief administrative officer of his intended absence
- § 118 - Mayor to administer oaths
- § 119 - Remission of fines authorized
- § 120 - Enumerated
- § 120a - Merger of boards
- § 121 - Enumerated
- § 122 - Enumerated
- § 123 - Staggered appointments required
- § 124 - Chairman; clerk, records
- § 125 - Mayor, city councilors, ward and precinct officers
- § 126 - Commissioners and board of tax appeals
- § 127 - Department heads and other officers
- § 128 - Manner of filling
- § 129 - Appointing body or person has power to remove
- § 130 - Manner of filling vacancy and residency requirement
- § 131 - Dual positions prohibited
- § 132 - Mayor, city council, and other city officials
- § 133 - Conflicts of interest
- § 134 - Required of treasurer and other officers handling city funds
- § 135 - City council to approve surety company; costs to be paid by city
- § 136 - Officer to be removed from neglect to give bond after notice
- § 137 - Form
- § 138 - Duties of chief administrative officer generally
- § 139 - Public records to remain in chief administrative officer's office; council may regulate removal
- § 140 - Certified copies of records to be made
- § 141 - Certification that notices, ordinances, etc., have been posted required
- § 142 - Assistants
- § 143 - [Reserved.]
- § 144 - Chief administrative officer to keep record of notes and bonds issued
- § 145 - Record of school bonds to be kept
- § 146 - Redeemed bonds, notes and interest coupons to be kept
- § 147 - Chief administrative officer to keep separate account of school appropriations
- § 148 - Duties
- § 149 - Subject to same penalties as state's attorneys
- § 150 - Duties; liabilities; etc.
- § 151 - Powers; duties; liabilities; etc
- § 152 - Powers and duties
- § 153 - Duties
- § 154 - Composition
- § 155 - Board to act as board of audit; uniform system to be adopted
- § 156 - Monthly reports; annual audit
- § 157 - Preparation and submission of budget
- § 158 - Sinking fund abolished
- § 159 - Selection of official depositary
- § 160 - Care and control of public buildings
- § 161 - Repairs to public buildings
- § 162 - Board authorized to rent portions of public buildings
- § 163 - Composition
- § 164 - Terms, elections
- § 165 - Manner of filling vacancies
- § 166 - Meetings
- § 167 - Duties
- § 168 - Adoption of budget
- § 169 - Powers generally; authority to establish graded schools
- § 170 - Authority to establish by-laws and regulations
- § 171 - Appointment; compensation; removal; term
- § 172 - Duties of superintendent; commissioners to file monthly report
- § 173 - Appointment; duties
- § 174 - City to provide, equip and maintain
- § 175 - Commissioners to control location, construction, sale and purchase
- § 176 - Statement showing necessity for construction or purchase required
- § 177 - Council to approve purchase or construction
- § 178 - Funds for construction or purchase to be provided by tax levy
- § 179 - Composition
- § 180 - Duties
- § 181 - Liabilities to be approved and budget preparation
- § 182 - [Reserved.]
- § 183 - Board of police commissioners; composition; terms
- § 184 - Same-Powers and duties
- § 185 - Officers of police force designated
- § 186 - Manner of filling vacancies
- § 187 - Force to be maintained; selection of members
- § 188 - Manner of appointment
- § 189 - Members of force to be retained as long as they remain competent
- § 190 - Chief may remove member for cause; hearing
- § 191 - Political activity restricted
- § 192 - Authority to appoint; defined; powers
- § 193 - Service and process; fees allowed
- § 194 - Police to have same powers as constables; jurisdiction limited
- § 195 - Compensation to be set by council
- § 195a - Authority of University of Vermont police officers
- § 196 - Composition
- § 197 - Authority to establish rules and regulations for fire department
- § 198 - Fire department; created; members; appointment
- § 199 - Department to be under supervision of chief engineer
- § 200 - Powers of fire commissioners
- § 201 - Powers relating to fire department
- § 202 - Political activity restricted
- § 203 - Commissioners to manage parks; composition of board
- § 204 - Records to be kept; annual reports to city council required
- § 205 - Parks and recreation department; appointment of superintendent and engineer
- § 206 - Establishment and maintenance of athletic activities authorized; charging admission fees permitted
- § 207 - Authorization to establish and alter rules for park operation
- § 208 - Determination of location of sewers, water pipes, wires, etc
- § 209 - Regulation of planting and care of trees in parks
- § 210 - Direction that trees be planted along public grounds and assess abutting land
- § 211 - Authority to regulate parking
- § 212 - Authority to declare weeds, underbrush, etc., a nuisance and direct removal
- § 213 - Issuance of bonds to provide funds for parks authorized
- § 214 - Bills and expenses to be approved
- § 215 - Definition of 'park property'
- § 216 - [Reserved.]
- § 217 - Condemnation of land for park and/or recreational purposes authorized
- § 218 - Composition; appointment; terms
- § 219 - Duties
- § 220 - By-laws and regulations of board to have force of ordinances
- § 221 - [Reserved.]
- § 222 - Duties
- § 223 - , 224. [Reserved.]
- § 225 - Powers of board
- § 226 - Composition; appointment; term
- § 227 - Superintendent/general manager; duties
- § 228 - Powers of city
- § 229 - Authority to create; powers and duties
- § 230 - [Reserved]
- § 231 - Power and duties
- § 232 - , 233. [Reserved.]
- § 234 - Power to lay out, alter, discontinue, etc.
- § 235 - Council may lay out certain streets; owners' petition
- § 236 - Prior actions regarding streets ratified
- § 237 - Rights of property owners
- § 238 - Rights of property owners when street discontinued
- § 239 - Power granted
- § 240 - Estimation of probable expenses authorized
- § 241 - Decisions regarding assessments to be recorded
- § 242 - Proceedings for objections to assessment
- § 243 - Assessment lien suspended until final determination
- § 244 - Petition for relief not to delay opening or altering of street
- § 245 - Copy of final determination to be recorded; assessment to become lien
- § 246 - Warrant to be issued upon failure to pay assessment; collection
- § 247 - Court to have jurisdiction to determine questioned assessments
- § 248 - Establishment and maintenance authorized; assessments
- § 249 - Establishment and construction through private lands authorized
- § 250 - Assessment of landowners authorized
- § 251 - Assessment proceedings and rights
- § 252 - Required; contents
- § 253 - When given
- § 254 - Acceptance of service
- § 255 - Manner of serving
- § 256 - Service on nonresidents
- § 257 - Chief administrative officer to mail copy of citation to last known address of nonresident
- § 258 - Return of citation prima facie evidence of service
- § 259 - Proceedings to be postponed until all interested parties notified
- § 260 - Manner of giving notice to additional interested parties
- § 261 - Proceedings not to be voided for failure to give notice
- § 262 - City council may order improvements upon petition of owners
- § 263 - Authorization to make improvements without petition; assessment of costs
- § 264 - Notice of hearing
- § 265 - Statement to be made
- § 266 - Chief administrative officer to record assessments; notification of owners
- § 267 - Deadline for paying
- § 268 - -275. [Reserved.]
- § 276 - Composition; terms; powers; manager
- § 277 - Composition
- § 278 - Adoption of by-laws authorized; meetings
- § 279 - Local board to be in lieu of statutory board; general powers
- § 280 - Designated
- § 281 - Board of health authorized to make rules and regulations
- § 282 - Powers and duties of health officer
- § 283 - Generally
- § 284 - Maintenance of retirement fund; retiring board; sources of retirement fund
- § 285 - Trustees of fund designated; powers; officers
- § 286 - Board of medical examiners-Created; duties; composition; terms; compensation
- § 287 - Retirement generally
- § 288 - Reexamination of person on retired list; reappointment, etc.
- § 289 - Record of proceedings to be kept; report to city council required
- § 290 - 3-290-297. [Transitional provisions.].
- § 298 - [Reserved.]
- § 299 - Rights, duties and liabilities of city to remain as existing at time of organization
- § 300 - Copy of charter to be kept in office of chief administrative officer
- § 301 - Designation of chapter
- § 302 - [ Repealed.].
- § 303 - Alteration, amendment or repeal of charter
- § 304 - Approval of section 102 by vote required
- § 305 - Approval of section 99 by vote required
- § 306 - Reserve fund of light department not to be increased without vote
- § 307 - -320. [Reserved.]
- § 321 - Creation of downtown improvement district, Church Street Marketplace District and marketplace
- § 322 - Establishment of commission
- § 323 - Expansion of Church Street Marketplace district and/or marketplace
- § 324 - Purposes and powers
- § 325 - Annual taxation for downtown improvement district; free parking for two hours inpublic lots and garages; annual budget of Church Street Marketplace Distric
- § 326 - Common area fees
- § 327 - Powers supplemental; construction
- § 328 - -329. [Reserved.]
- § 330 - Board of tax appeals
- § 331 - Creation of community and economic development office
- § 332 - Purposes and powers
- § 333 - Department to be under supervision of director
- § 334 - -350. [Reserved.]
- § 351 - Creation of Burlington City arts
- § 352 - Purposes and powers
- § 353 - Department to be under supervision of director
- § 354 - -360. [Reserved.]
- § 361 - Creation of human resources department
- § 362 - Purposes and powers
- § 363 - Department to be under supervision of director
- § 364 - -400. [Reserved]
- § 401 - Revisions effective without publication
- § 402 - -404. [Reserved.]
- § 405 - Authority to establish system
- § 406 - Authority to appoint boards and officers, appropriate funds, provide rate of contributions and designate sums payable
- § 407 - Direction to budget funds for system
- § 408 - Existing provisions to remain valid until new provisions adopted
- § 409 - -414. [Reserved.]
- § 415 - Authority to construct and maintain an electric plant
- § 416 - Authority to construct, maintain and operate a gas-generating and distribution plant
- § 417 - Authority to acquire property for purposes of sections 415 and 416 of this charter
- § 418 - Authority to sell services, merchandise and equipment incidental to use of electricity or gas
- § 419 - Operation of gas business
- § 420 - Procedure for exercising eminent domain right
- § 421 - Issuance of bonds authorized
- § 422 - Rates sufficient to pay for services and bonds to be charged
- § 423 - Bond issuance to be approved by voters
- § 424 - -430. [Reserved.]
- § 431 - Definitions
- § 432 - Electric plant; improvement of
- § 433 - Bonds; issuance of
- § 434 - Same-payment of
- § 435 - Same-pledge of revenues
- § 436 - Same-refunding
- § 437 - Same-Anticipation notes
- § 438 - Same-regulation
- § 439 - Same-rights of holders
- § 440 - Same-right of city
- § 441 - Rates; payment by municipal agencies
- § 442 - Bonds; proceeds
- § 443 - Energy conservation facilities
- § 444 - Construction of article
- § 445 - Same
- § 446 - Same; invalidity
- § 447 - Ratification
- § 448 - Powers exercised through city council
- § 449 - Authority for joint venture for telecommunications
- § 450 - -500. [Reserved.]
- § 501 - City of Burlington utility facilities; taxation of
- § 502 - -505. [Reserved.]
- § 506 - Definitions
- § 507 - Bonds; issuance of
- § 508 - Refunding