§ 4.1. Composition; eligibility; elections; terms
(a) The Selectboard shall be elected at large by the voters of the Town from among their number, and newly elected Selectboard members’ terms shall begin on the first Monday following the final adjournment of the annual Representative Town Meeting.
(b) The regular election of Selectboard shall be held on the first Tuesday in March each year as provided in subchapter 2, subdivision 2.2(2) of this charter. One Selectboard member shall be elected for a term of three years, and two Selectboard members shall be elected for terms of one year each. The candidate receiving the highest number of votes for the three-year term shall be declared elected. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the one-year terms, even if there is a tie between them, shall be declared elected. In case of a tie between more candidates than there are seats remaining, a recount of ballots shall begin within 24 hours. If the tie is not broken, a new election shall be held as soon as practical. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 107 - Town of Brattleboro
App § 2.4. Representative Town Meeting
App § 2.6. Board of School Directors
App § 2.7. Board of Library Trustees
App § 2.8. Consolidation of services
App § 2.9. Conflict of interest
App § 2.10. Limits on terms of office
App § 4.1. Composition; eligibility; elections; terms
App § 4.6. General powers, duties, and responsibilities of the Selectboard
App § 5.1. General powers; duties; responsibilities of the Town Manager
App § 6.1. Composition; eligibility; elections; terms
App § 6.6. General powers and responsibilities of the School Directors
App § 7.1. Capital expenditures
App § 7.2. Capital Grant Review Board
App § 7.4. Reappraisal of property
App § 7.5. Lapse of appropriation
App § 7.7. Borrowing in anticipation of taxes
App § 7.8. Office of Assessment
App § 10.1. Representative Town Meeting; authorized
App § 10.2. Districts; report of Selectboard; meetings; voting
App § 10.4. Nomination of candidates; preparation and delivery of ballots; return of unused ballots
App § 10.5. Resignation or disqualification of members; vacancies; how filled
App § 10.6. Voting; members to receive no compensation; quorum; warning
App § 10.7. Articles in warning; action on
App § 10.9. Interpretation of Town acts
App § 11.1. Description of officers, officials, boards, commissions, and committees