§ 12a. Compensation and fees
(a) The Selectboard shall annually consider, and from time to time set, the compensation of the following officers:
(1) Town Manager;
(2) Constable;
(3) members of the Board of Assessment.
(b) The Town Clerk and the Selectboard shall jointly set the compensation of the Town Clerk each year. The Town Treasurer and the Selectboard shall jointly set the compensation of the Town Treasurer each year. If the Selectboard and the Town Clerk or Town Treasurer are unable to agree on the amount of either officer’s compensation, that officer’s compensation shall be set by vote of the Town and the Selectboard shall include an article or articles in the annual meeting warning to that effect. The article or articles shall be adopted or modified by the vote of the majority of those eligible to vote who are present at the meeting. The article or articles shall not be voted on by Australian ballot.
(c) The Town Manager, with the approval of the Selectboard, shall set the compensation of all other town officers and employees. (Added 2005, No. M-14 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 151 - Town of St. Johnsbury
App § 1. Merger of Village and Town
App § 2. Assets transferred; liabilities; taxation; special services; downtown improvement district
App § 2a. Taxation for bonds and notes
App § 3. Settlement of Village affairs
App § 4. Authority; annual meeting
App § 6. Fire District; process for abolition
App § 8. Ordinances and regulations
App § 9. Publication of bylaws and ordinances
App § 11. Prosecution of violations
App § 12a. Compensation and fees
App § 13. Expiration of terms of Selectboard members upon merger
App § 14. Authority to merge; expiration
App § 16. Preparation of budgets; Australian ballot
App § 17. Department of Assessment