Vermont § 306 - Appointed officers

§ 306. Appointed officers

• (a) The Selectboard shall appoint: (1) Planning Commission; (2) Developmental Review Board (DRB); (3) Cemetery Commission; (4) Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission (CCRPC) member; (5) Chittenden Solid Waste District (CSWD) member; and (6) Civil Defense Director. (b) The Selectboard may appoint such additional officers, commissions, or committees as
  they deem to be in the best interests of the Town, including: (1) Fire Warden; (2) Collector of Taxes; (3) Tree Warden; (4) Constable. (c) All appointed officers shall be chosen at large from the legally qualified voters
  of the Town and shall hold office until their successors are appointed. (d) When the term of any office set forth in subsection (a) or (b) of this section expires
  or the office becomes vacant, the Selectboard shall cause to be posted in four or
  more physical public places in the Town, as well as electronically, a notice of the
  expiration of the term and vacancy. (1) Any qualified voter of the Town may within 10 business days of the posting of said
  notice submit their name to the Selectboard as an applicant for the expired term or
  vacancy. At the expiration of the 10 business days from the date of the posting, the
  names of all applicants shall be entered into the Selectboard’s minutes. (2) The Selectboard may readvertise any term or vacancy. (e) The Selectboard shall appoint the following officers using the same procedure specified
  in the Town’s administrative code for employees or vendors engaged by the Town on
  a contract basis: (1) Zoning Administrator. (2) Health Officer. (3) Town Attorney. (4) Pound Keeper. (5) Planning Director. (6) Town Moderator. (A) The Town Moderator shall perform all duties as required by the Vermont State statutes
  and this charter. (B) Robert’s Rules of Order, Newly Revised shall be used to conduct all annual or special
  meetings. (C) In the absence of the Town Moderator, the Town Clerk shall call the meeting to order
  with the first order of business to elect a Moderator Pro Tem to fill the vacancy
  while it exists. (7) Town Assessor. (Amended 2013, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 9, 2014; 2015, No. 23, § 149; 2019, No. 84 (Adj. Sess.), § 8; 2021, No. M-16 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 31, 2022.)