Vermont Statutes
Chapter 101 - Town of Barre
App § 2. Meetings and elections

§ 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

Vermont Statutes

Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters

Chapter 101 - Town of Barre

App § 1. Authority of citizens

App § 2. Meetings and elections

App § 3. Warnings

App § 4. Conduct

App § 5. Reconsideration of actions taken

App § 6. Board of Civil Authority

App § 7. Nomination of candidates

App § 8. General powers

App § 9. Intergovernmental relations

App § 10. Elected officers; general

App § 11. Selectboard

App § 12. Auditors

App § 13. Board of Listers

App § 14. Moderator

App § 15. Constable

App § 16. Clerk

App § 17. Town manager; appointment; term

App § 18. Removal of the Town Manager

App § 19. Oath and bond

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 § 25. Administrative Code

App § 26. Fiscal year

App § 27. Committee of Five

App § 28. Budget preparation

App § 29. Appropriation

App § 30. Budget control

App § 31. Purchasing policy

App § 32. Tax rate

App § 33. Collection of taxes

App § 34. Board of Abatement

App § 35. Bonded indebtedness

App § 35a. Bonding; Aldrich Public Library

App § 36. Meetings; open government

App § 37. Ordinances

App § 38. Appointed officers

App § 39. Compensation and fees

App § 40. Conflict of interest

App § 41. Public lands

App § 42. Mergers and consolidation of municipalities

App § 43. Application of general law

App § 44. Definitions

App § 45. Offices abolished

App § 46. Separability

App § 47. Construction

App § 49. Amendment or repeal