§ 32. Administrative departments
(a) [Repealed.]
(b) Department heads. Each Town department shall have a designated department head appointed by the Town Manager who shall supervise and control the department and employees of the department. The Town Manager may, at any time, assume the duties of a department head.
(c) Departmental rules and regulations. Whenever judged necessary by the Town Manager, department heads shall draft rules and regulations to be approved by the Town Manager, which shall govern and regulate the affairs of a department consistent with this charter and general law.
(d) Creation, reorganization, consolidation, or abolition of administrative departments. Departments within the Town administration can only be created, reorganized, consolidated, or abolished by formal action of the Selectboard. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 149 - Town of Springfield
App § 2. Application of general law; proposed charter
App § 4. Intergovernmental relations
App § 7. Potential or actual conflict of interest; personal financial interest
App § 8. Licenses; fees; charges; user fees; fees for service
App § 9. Acquisition and disposition of town property
App § 11. Procedures for charter revision and amendment
App § 13. Use of streets by public utilities and private interests
App § 21. Governmental authority
App § 22. Town meeting; elections
App § 23. Local elected officials
App § 24. Appointed nonadministrative officials
App § 32. Administrative departments
App § 34. Administrative and policy functions prescribed by charter
App § 41. Fiscal year of the Town government
App § 42. Town Manager’s proposed budget timetable and preparation
App § 43. Capital expenditure program
App § 45. Board review and final action
App § 46. Special appropriations
App § 47. Budget Advisory Committee; budget process
App § 48. Appropriation; budget
App § 49. Financial administration and Town budget