§ 2. Meetings and elections
(a) The second Tuesday in May shall be the date for the annual election of Town officers and for voting upon all questions to be decided by Australian ballot. Polls shall be open no less than nine consecutive hours. The Selectboard may designate one or more polling places within the Town for voting and may provide for the use of any mechanical or computer type devices for voting or counting votes, consistent with requirements of law. The Wednesday evening preceding the date for the annual election of the Town officers, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at a place designated by the Barre Town Selectboard, shall be the date of the annual meeting at which time there will be considered all non-Australian ballot matters. However, the voters at any annual election may designate a different date, time, or place for annual Town elections.
(b) Special Town meetings or elections:
(1) may be called by a majority of the Selectboard members; or
(2) shall be called by the Town Clerk upon receipt by him or her of a petition signed by at least 10 percent of the voters. The petition shall specify the business to be transacted at such meeting. The meeting shall be held within 60 days from the date the petition is filed with the Clerk.
(c) The budget proposal, established by the Selectboard, in accordance with section 28 of this charter, shall be submitted to the electorate at the annual election. If this proposal fails, the Town Clerk shall immediately warn an open Town meeting at which the budget shall be determined without a subsequent Australian ballot election. Section 5 of this charter on reconsiderations shall not apply to budget votes. (Amended 2011, No. M-3, § 2, eff. April 4, 2011; 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
App § 1. Authority of citizens
App § 2. Meetings and elections
App § 5. Reconsideration of actions taken
App § 6. Board of Civil Authority
App § 7. Nomination of candidates
App § 9. Intergovernmental relations
App § 10. Elected officers; general
App § 17. Town manager; appointment; term
App § 18. Removal of the Town Manager
App § 20. Responsibilities of the Town Manager in general
App § 21. Powers and duties in particular
App § 22. Noninterference with administration
App § 23. Filling of a vacancy
App § 24. Compensation of the Town Manager
App § 35a. Bonding; Aldrich Public Library
App § 36. Meetings; open government
App § 39. Compensation and fees
App § 40. Conflict of interest
App § 42. Mergers and consolidation of municipalities