Vermont § 19 - Town Manager

§ 19. Town Manager

• (a) The Selectboard shall appoint a Town Manager in accordance with the provisions of
  State law and this charter. The Town Manager: (1) may serve for a fixed or an indefinite term at the discretion of the Selectboard of
  the Town; (2) before entering upon his or her duties, shall be sworn to the faithful performance
  of his or her duties and shall give a bond to the Town in an amount and with sureties
  as the Selectboard may require; (3) shall be considered an executive officer of the Town removable at any time in the
  discretion of the Selectboard upon the Selectboard adopting a resolution providing
  for removal and passed with the affirmative votes of a majority of the Selectboard;
  the resolution may be effective immediately upon passage, or upon the expiration of
  a period of time set forth in the resolution. (b) The Town Manager, subject to the requirements of State law, shall have general supervision
  of the affairs of the Town, shall be the adminis- trative head of all departments
  of the Town government, and shall be responsible for the efficient administration
  of the Town. (c) The Town Manager shall have authority, and it shall be the Town Manager’s duty: (1) To cause duties required of towns not committed to the care of any particular officer
  to be duly performed and executed. (2) To perform all duties now conferred by law upon the Selectboard, except that he or
  she shall not prepare tax bills, sign orders on the General Fund of the Town other
  than orders for poor relief, call special or annual Town meetings, lay out highways,
  establish and lay out public parks, make assessments, award damages, act as a member
  of the Board of Civil Authority, nor make appointments to fill vacancies that the
  Selectboard is now authorized by law to fill; but the Town Manager shall, in all matters
  excepted in this subdivision, render the Selectboard assistance as it requires. (3) To be the general purchasing agent of the Town and purchase all supplies for every
  department of the Town; but purchases of supplies for departments over which the Town
  Manager is not given control shall be made according to requisition by those departments. (4) To have charge and supervision of all public Town buildings and their repairs; and
  all building done by the Town, unless otherwise specially voted, shall be done under
  his or her charge and supervision. (5) To perform all the duties now conferred by law upon the Road Commissioner of the Town,
  including the signing of orders. (6) To supervise and expend all special appropriations of the Town, as if the same were
  a separate department of the Town, unless otherwise voted by the Town. (7) To appoint, upon merit and fitness alone, and, when the Town Manager deems necessary
  for the good of the Town, suspend or remove any subordinate official, employee, or
  agent under the Town Manager’s supervision as provided for in this charter. All appointments
  may be without definite terms unless for provisional, temporary, or emergency service,
  in which case, terms shall not exceed the maximum periods prescribed by the personnel
  rules and regulations. The Town Manager may authorize the head of a department or
  of an office responsible to the Town Manager to appoint and remove subordinates in
  the office or department. (8) To collect all taxes due the Town and to perform all duties now conferred by law upon
  the Collector of Taxes, if the Town so votes. The Town Manager shall continue to do
  so until the Town votes otherwise at a meeting duly warned for the purpose of voting
  on that question. For the collection of taxes, a Town Manager may charge and collect
  the same fees as a collector of taxes, and the fees collected shall be paid into the
  Treasury of the Town. (d) The powers, duties, and liabilities imposed upon any other departments of the Town
  inconsistent with the provisions of this article shall be suspended and shall be conferred
  and imposed upon the Manager; wherever in the Town charter there is a reference to
  the Town Administrator, that reference shall be deemed to be to the Town Manager. (e) In the event of resignation, illness, injury, death, suspension, or removal of the
  Town Manager, the Selectboard may appoint an interim Town Manager to serve during
  any period of incapacity due to illness, injury, or temporary suspension of the Town
  Manager, or in the case of resignation, death, permanent suspension, or removal during
  the transition period in which the Selectboard is interviewing, identifying, selecting,
  and appointing a Town Manager. An interim Town Manager shall have all of the powers
  and perform all of the duties of the Town Manager. Interim Town Managers shall serve
  as such at the discretion of the Selectboard and shall be appointed or reappointed
  for terms not to exceed 180 days. In the event of the absence of either a Town Manager
  or an Interim Town Manager, the acting Town Manager designated as such by the Selectboard
  under subsection 12(e) of this charte (Amended 1999, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 12, eff. May 9, 2000; 2005, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 8, eff. May 17, 2006; 2007, No. M-19 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 13, 2008.)