§ 406. Removal
(a) On 90 days’ written notice from the Select Board, the Town Manager may be removed without cause by a majority of the Select Board at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on removal. During the 90-day period, the Town Manager may be suspended with pay.
(b) The Select Board may adopt at any time a resolution stating its intention to remove the Town Manager and the reasons therefore, a copy of which shall be sent to the Town Manager. The Town Manager may, within 10 days after such notice is sent, request a hearing. The hearing shall be held by the Select Board not less than 10 days nor more than 20 days from the date of such request, after which the Select Board may dismiss the Town Manager. If no request for a hearing is filed in accordance with the foregoing, the Select Board may dismiss the Town Manager immediately. During the period after the resolution of intention is adopted and until the Town Manager’s dismissal, he or she may be suspended with pay. (Amended 2019, No. M-8, § 1, eff. June 10, 2019.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 103 - Town of Bennington
App § 101. General law applies
App § 102. Additional Town powers
App § 103. Initiative; advisory votes
App § 202. Appointive officers
App § 301. Select Board; the legislative body
App § 302. Additional powers of Select Board members to adopt ordinances
App § 303. Further powers of Select Board members
App § 304. Organization of Select Board
App § 401. Appointed by selectors
App § 402. Town Manager nonpartisan
App § 502. Discounts elimination
App § 503. Fair market value of real estate
App § 504. Special assessments
App § 505. Tax within Bennington Rural Fire District No. 1
App § 506. Creation of Bennington Downtown District
App § 508. Purposes and powers
App § 602. Ordinances of villages not merging
App § 603. Administration of ordinance of villages that merge
App § 604. Comprehensive Town ordinance
App § 802. Merger of municipalities within Town
App § 803. Method of adoption; time; voting
App § 804. Notice to Secretary of State