Vermont § 138 - Duties of Chief Administrative Officer generally

§ 138. Duties of Chief Administrative Officer generally

• (a) The Chief Administrative Officer shall, subject to the authority of the Mayor as Chief
  Executive Officer, have direct responsibility for those administrative, financial,
  and record keeping responsibilities that are not assigned by this charter to another
  City entity. The Chief Administrative Officer shall have supervisory responsibility
  for those functions, herein outlined, which were formerly the responsibility of the
  City Clerk and City Treasurer. (b)(1)(A) The Chief Administrative Officer shall perform for said City the same duties devolving
  by the law of the State upon town clerks, except insofar as the same are changed or
  modified by the provisions of this charter and shall receive and collect for and on
  behalf of the City to be used for City purposes all and the same fees to be paid to
  town clerks for the performance of those duties under the general laws of the State. (B) The Chief Administrative Officer shall keep a full and complete record and account
  of all fees as received and as paid to the Chief Administrative Officer in a form
  and manner as the Board of Finance and the City Auditor may prescribe, and shall give
  a proper receipt for every fee collected. (2) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive only an annual salary or other compensation
  as shall be determined by the City Council. (3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be ex officio Clerk of the City Council with
  Mayor presiding, City Council, Board of Civil Authority, Board for the Abatement of
  Taxes, and Liquor Control Commissioners. (4) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have exclusive charge and custody of the public
  records of the City and of all records, papers, and documents belonging to the Town
  of Burlington at the time the City of Burlington was organized. (5)(A) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be the presiding officer for ward, City district,
  City, and legislative district elections. (B) An assistant within the Chief Administrator’s office may be designated by the Chief
  Administrative Officer to be the presiding officer for ward, City district, City,
  and legislative district elections. (c) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the same powers and be subject to the
  same liabilities as are prescribed by the laws of this State for town treasurers,
  shall perform all of the duties relating to the issuing and paying of school bonds,
  and bonds to retire outstanding indebtedness and such other duties as are herein specified.
  In the absence or inability of the Chief Administrative Officer to perform his or
  her duties, the next ranking employee within the Chief Administrative Officer’s office
  (First Assistant City Treasurer) shall have the same powers, be subject to the same
  liabilities, and perform the same duties as devolve upon the Chief Administrative
  Officer. (d) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be responsible to employ such other employees
  as may be approved by the City Council. (e) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be authorized to perform other administrative
  and executive functions and responsibilities as assigned by the Mayor. It shall also
  be the responsibility of the Chief Administrative Officer to provide adequate staff
  resources for the City Council, provided such resources are approved as a portion
  of the annual City budget. (Amended 1997, No. M-18 (Adj. Sess.), § 7, eff. April 23, 1998; 2001, No. M-6, § 2; 2013, No. M-15 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. March 3, 2015.)