§ 302. Time of holding
(a) An annual Town meeting for the consideration of the budget and other Town business shall be held on the first Tuesday in March unless otherwise legally warned by the Selectboard. However, all business that may be decided without Australian ballot shall take place on the evening before the first Tuesday in March and shall be adjourned when all matters have been decided. The time shall be established by policy of the Selectboard at its annual organizational meeting in consultation with the Colchester School District.
(b) The election of officers and the voting on all other questions to be decided by the Australian ballot system shall take place on the first Tuesday in March. The ballot boxes shall be open between 7:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. or as shall be determined and warned by the Selectboard.
(c) The Selectboard shall determine which articles are to be voted upon by Australian ballot and which articles are to be voted upon by other methods, and it shall indicate in the warning the questions to be voted by Australian ballot. (Amended 2015, No. M-1, § 2, eff. Jan. 27, 2015.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 113 - Town of Colchester
App § 101. Corporate existence retained
App § 102. General law; application
App § 105. Ordinances; enforcement; adoption
App § 106. Introduction; first and second readings; public hearing
App § 107. Further consideration; final passage
App § 111. Reservation of powers to the Town
App § 202. Elective officers; generally
App § 205. Selectboard; organization
App § 206. Meetings of the Selectboard
App § 207. Record of proceedings
App § 209. Jurisdiction over other officers or employees
App § 210. Compensation of Selectboard; appointees
App § 301. Application of general laws
App § 305. Overrule of ordinances
App § 306. Petition for enactment of ordinance; special meeting
App § 501. Department of Assessment
App § 502. Appraisal of property
App § 602. Preparation and submission
App § 603. Town meeting and budget
App § 605. Amount to be raised by taxation
App § 606. Departmental budget
App § 607. Transfers of appropriation
App § 608. Capital budgeting for voter approved funding
App § 701. Taxes on real and personal property
App § 702. Penalty; interest; Treasurer’s powers
App § 703. Local sales, rooms, and meals and alcohol beverages tax
App § 801. Appointment and removal
App § 802. Personnel rules and regulations
App § 902. Conflict of interest policy
App § 1001. Amendment of charter