Vermont § 302 - Meetings

§ 302. Meetings

• (a) As soon as possible after the election of its officers, the Board shall fix the time
  and place of its regular meetings and such meetings shall be held at least once a
  month. (b) The Selectboard shall also designate annually a paper of general circulation to be
  used for publications as prescribed in 17 V.S.A. § 2641(b). (c) The Selectboard shall conduct its business under Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised. (d) Three Selectboard members shall constitute a quorum. No action of the Selectboard
  shall be valid or binding unless adopted by the affirmative vote of at least three
  Selectboard members. (e) All meetings of the Selectboard shall be open to the public, unless by an affirmative
  vote of the majority of the Selectboard a portion of the meeting is declared to be
  an executive session. Executive sessions may be held in compliance with 1 V.S.A. § 313. (f) Emergency meetings may be held without a 24-hour warning, provided that some public
  notice is given as soon as possible before such meeting and all members of the Selectboard
  are notified. (g) The agenda of the Selectboard’s meeting shall be available to the public at least
  24 hours prior to the meeting and posted in one or more physical public places as
  well as electronically. (1) Any member of the Selectboard may add items of business to the written agenda prior
  to its posting. (2) The Selectboard may add items of business to the agenda at the commencement of the
  meeting and in open session. If action is taken on an item added in this section,
  the action may be reconsidered at the next scheduled Selectboard meeting. Additions
  in this section shall be kept to a minimum. (Amended 2021, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 31, 2022.)