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Vermont Statutes Title 24 (Appendix). Municipal Charters, App. c. 149 § 21. Governmental authority

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff

All governmental authority of the Town rests ultimately with the citizens and registered voters of the Town, who shall exercise their power by Australian ballot at the annual Town meeting in determining:

(1) the election of officers of the Town;

(2) the approval of the Town budgets;

(3) all authorizations for major bonding or borrowing;

(4) all special appropriations;

(5) any articles placed on the warning that involve the expenditure of tax dollars or directing the power vested in elected or appointed officials;

(6) adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances provided by petition per section 5 of this charter; and

(7) charter amendments.

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