Vermont § 4004 - Housing authority, members, powers

§ 4004. Housing authority, members, powers

• (a) When the governing body of a municipality, other than a town, adopts a resolution
  pursuant to section 4003 of this chapter, it shall promptly notify the mayor of such
  adoption. Upon receiving such notice, the mayor shall appoint five persons as commissioners
  of the authority created for said municipality. When the governing body of the town
  adopts a resolution, said body shall appoint five persons as commissioners of the
  authority created for said town. The commissioners who are first appointed shall
  be designated to serve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years respectively,
  from the date of their appointment, but thereafter commissioners shall be appointed
  for a term of office of five years except that all vacancies shall be filled for the
  unexpired term. No commissioner of any authority may be an officer or an employee
  of the municipality for which the authority is created. A commissioner shall hold
  office until his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified. A certificate
  of the appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk
  and such certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment
  of such commissioner. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for his or her
  services, but he or she shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including travelling
  expenses, incurred in the discharge of his or her duties. (b) The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners thereof in office
  from time to time. Three commissioners shall constitute a quorum of authority for
  the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other
  purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of the majority of the
  commissioners present, unless in any case the bylaws of the authority should require
  a larger number. The mayor, or in the case of an authority for a town, the governing
  body of such town, shall designate which of the commissioners appointed shall be the
  first chair, but when the office of the chair of the authority thereafter becomes
  vacant, the authority shall select a chair from among its commissioners. An authority
  shall select from among its commissioners a vice chair and it may employ a secretary
  (who shall be executive director), technical experts and such other officers, agents
  and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require and shall determine their
  qualifications, duties and compensation. For such legal services as it may require,
  an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the municipality or may employ
  its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one or more of its
  agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper. (Added 1961, No. 212, § 5, eff. July 11, 1961.)