Vermont § 2485 - Officers generally A fire district shall elect at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter a clerk, a treasurer, and a collector of taxes
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§ 2485. Officers generally A fire district shall elect at its first meeting and at each annual meeting thereafter a clerk, a treasurer, and a collector of taxes
- . Such fire district may elect a chief
engineer and such assistant engineers as are necessary, whether or not they are inhabitants
of the district, who shall rank in the order of their election. Such officers shall
hold office until the next annual meeting and until others are elected. A vacancy
in any office may be filled by the prudential committee. Such district at its first
meeting shall elect a prudential committee that shall consist of three persons, who
shall serve for one, two, and three years, respectively. Thereafter at each annual
meeting a member of such committee shall be elected for the term of three years. If
the fire district so votes, two additional persons may be elected to such committee
for a term of one year. A vacancy in such committee may be filled at an annual meeting,
or at a special meeting called for that purpose, but the selectboard of the town in
which such district is located may fill a vacancy in such committee until an election
by the appointment of a resident of such district. When a meeting is not held on the
second Monday in January, the officers of the district may be elected at a special
meeting. The officers shall be elected by ballot if demanded by a voter and by a majority
vote. (Amended 1993, No. 77, § 1.)
Source: official Vermont text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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