§ 15. Specific conflicts
A Town officer shall be disqualified from any proceeding in which his or her impartiality might reasonably be questioned, including instances where:
(1) the Town officer, near relative, or business associate has a property or financial interest that might be substantially affected, favorably or adversely, by the decision of a board, commission, or committee of which the Town is a member;
(2) the Town officer has demonstrated a personal bias or prejudice toward any party; or
(3) the Town officer has previously expressed an opinion or taken inappropriate or questionable action as to the proper disposition of a specific case or controversy involving the exercise of his or her discretion while acting in a quasi-judicial capacity. (Added 2013, No. M-8, § 2, eff. May 23, 2013.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 162 - Town of Woodford
App § 2. Authority of citizens
App § 3. General law; application
App § 5. Reservation of powers to the Town
App § 9. Duties of elective officers
App § 10. Recall of elected officials
App § 12. Relationship between and among Town officers
App § 16. Specific prohibitions
App § 17. Announcing a conflict
App § 18. Determination of conflict by other than the Town officer
App § 19. Appointment of alternate officers
App § 20. Notice of vacancy during an expired or unexpired term
App § 21. Newspaper publication
App § 24. Ordinances; adoption by Selectboard
App § 27. Compensation of Selectboard members; appointees
App § 28. Nonapplicability to zoning and subdivision
App § 30. Application of general law