Vermont § 5 - Village meetings

Full text of Vermont Vermont Statutes Online § 5 — Village meetings, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.

§ 5. Village meetings

  • (a) The annual meetings of the Village shall be on the second Monday of July in each year
    at the place within the Village and at the hour as may be named in the warning therefor
    for the purpose of electing the officers hereinafter named, and for the purpose of
    transacting business specified in the warning, which warning shall be signed by the
    Clerk, or, in the absence of the Clerk, by one of the trustees, and shall be posted
    in at least three public places within the limits of the Village, not less than six
    nor more than 20 days before the time of holding the meeting. (b) Special Village meetings may be called at any time by the Clerk under the direction
    of the trustees or a majority of them, to fill vacancies which may occur in any of
    the offices, by death, resignation, or otherwise, and for the transaction of any business
    proper to be considered at a special meeting of the corporation. (c) The trustees shall, upon written application by ten legal voters of the Village, stating
    the purpose for which they wish it called, direct that a special meeting be called.
    All special meetings shall be called by warnings in the same manner as annual meetings.
    At all meetings, persons residing in the Village, who are legal voters in Town meeting
    in the Town of Manchester, shall be qualified to vote, provided they have resided
    in the Village for three months next prior to the meeting. (Added 1943, No. 183, § 5.)

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