Vermont § 206 - Vacancies

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§ 206. Vacancies

  • (a) In case of vacancy of any elected municipal City officer, except a councilor, occasioned
    by death, removal from the City, resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy,
    unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by appointment by the City Council
    until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any member
    for the Council. (b) In case of a vacancy of any councilor, occasioned by death, removal from the ward,
    resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided,
    shall be filled by election at a caucus of the legal voters of the ward in which the
    vacancy occurs, duly warned, until the next annual election. In such case, nomination
    may be made by any legal voter from the ward in which the vacancy occurs. (c) [Repealed.] (Amended 2007, No. M-5, § 3; 2013, No. M-5, § 2, eff. May 13, 2013; 2025, No. M-1, § 2, eff. May 1, 2025.)

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