Vermont § 131 - Dual positions prohibited No City councilor may serve as a City employee or as a commissioner of a City department
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§ 131. Dual positions prohibited No City councilor may serve as a City employee or as a commissioner of a City department
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However, a City councilor may be appointed to serve as a member of a regional board
such as the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, the Chittenden Solid Waste
Management District, or other similar board. No member of a commission provided for
in this charter shall be eligible to serve as a member of any other such commission,
except that a planning commissioner may be a member of a Development Review Board.
No City employee may be a member of any commission having jurisdiction over the department
in which he or she is employed, provided membership on the Retirement Board is permissible,
should such employee be elected thereto. The Mayor may not be employed in any other
City position, but may serve in all capacities specifically authorized by this charter.
Provided further, this section shall not be read to preclude continued service, including
reappointment, of any incumbent commissioner. (Amended 1999, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 5; 2001, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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