Vermont § 302 - Elective officers

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 302 — Elective officers, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 302. Elective officers

  • (a) The officers elected and their compensation fixed by the Town at its annual meeting
    shall be: (1) five Selectboard members; (2) Town Meeting Moderator; (3)-(4) [Repealed.] (5) Town Clerk and Treasurer; (6)-(7) [Repealed.] (8) cemetery trustees; (9) library trustees; (10) Fire Department officers; (11) a First Constable, and a Second Constable, if needed; (12) [Repealed.] (13) a Tree Warden; (14) [Repealed.] (15) one or more grand jurors. (b) All elected officers shall be chosen from the legally qualified voters of the Town
    and shall hold office for the terms hereafter specified and until their successors
    are elected and qualified. (c) All Selectboard members shall be elected by Australian ballot. (d) When an elected officer specified in subsection (a) of this section resigns, makes
    another Town his or her residence, dies, or becomes incapacitated, the office shall
    become vacant and the Selectboard shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy
    until the next annual meeting. The person elected shall at the annual meeting serve
    until the predecessor’s term expires. Incapacity shall include the failure of a Selectboard
    member to attend 50 percent of the meetings of the Board in any calendar year. (Amended 2019, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 7; 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)

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