§ 307. Vacancies and appointments
(a) When the term of any member of the Development Review Board, the Planning Commission, or any other Town board, commission, or formal committee expires, or when the term of any officer appointed by the Selectboard or the Town Manager expires, or when there is a vacancy in any board, commission, committee, or office, the Town Manager may cause to be published, in a newspaper or digital news forum of general local circulation or availability, and on the Town website, a notice of the vacancy or the expiration of the term.
(b) Any qualified voter of the Town, within 10 days of the publication, may submit their own name to the Town Manager as an applicant for the vacant or expired office. At the expiration or 10 days from the date of publication, the names of all persons being considered shall be entered in the Selectboard minutes. The Selectboard shall not fill the vacancy or expired term until after at least seven days from the date the names of the applicants are entered in the minutes. (Amended 2021, No. M-17 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. June 7, 2022.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 123 - Town of Hardwick
App § 101. Corporate existence retained
App § 102. General law, application
App § 105. Reservation of powers to the Town
App § 106. Ordinances: penalties for breach thereof
App § 107. Ordinances; adoption by the Selectboard
App § 109. Ordinances; adoption on petition
App § 110. Non-applicability of zoning and subdivision
App § 111. Applicability of referendum and initiative
App § 112. Authority of police officers
App § 115. Change of form of government
App § 116. Intergovernmental relations
App § 118. Special service district
App § 303. Terms of office; Selectboard members
App § 304. Other elective offices
App § 307. Vacancies and appointments
App § 308. Bonding of officers
App § 310. Town Clerk and Treasurer
App § 311. Recall of elected officials
App § 504. Jurisdiction over offices and employees
App § 701. Appointed by Selectboard
App § 702. Manager nonpartisan
App § 704. Duties of the manager
App § 902. Water supply; duties of Selectboard members
App § 903. Sewage collection and disposal; duties of Selectboard
App § 904. Electric Department commissioners
App § 905. Fire Department; appointments
App § 906. Police Department; appointments
App § 907. Fire and Police Departments; general provisions
App § 908. Cemetery Commission
App § 1101. Application of general laws
App § 1104. Postponement and combining of Town meeting
App § 1105. Voting question by Australian ballot
App § 1106. Annual meeting; date and time
App § 1301. Applicability of State law to zoning and planning
App § 1502. Preparation and submission of budget
App § 1505. Amount to be raised by taxation
App § 1506. Budget limitations—borrowing
App § 1507. Transfers of appropriations