Vermont § 308 - Vacancies and appointments

§ 308. Vacancies and appointments

• (a) When the term of any member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Planning Commission,
  or any other Town board or commission expires, or when the term of any officer appointed
  under subsections 306(d) and (e) of this charter expires, or when there is a vacancy
  in any such board, commission, or office, the Town Manager shall cause to be published,
  in a newspaper of general local circulation, a notice of the vacancy or the expiration
  of the term. (b) Any qualified voter of the Town may, within 10 days of the publication, submit his
  or her name to the Town Manager as an applicant for the vacant or expired office.
  At the expiration of 10 days from the date of the publication, the names of all persons
  being considered shall be entered in the Selectboard minutes; the Selectboard shall
  not fill the vacancy or expired term until after at least seven days from the date
  the names of the applicants are entered in their minutes.