Vermont Statutes
Chapter 101 - Town of Barre
App § 44. Definitions

§ 44. Definitions
As used in this charter, except where the context or express terms require a contrary interpretation:
(1) “Board” shall mean the duly elected Selectboard of the Town, acting as a group and in its official capacity.
(2) “Day” shall mean a calendar day.
(3) A “vacancy” in any office shall be deemed to exist if the holder of the office resigns, dies, is removed from office, moves from the Town, is convicted of a felony, or is judicially declared to be mentally incompetent.
(4) “Voters” shall mean the names included, at any given point in time, on the checklist most recently revised by the Board of Civil Authority for use in a Town meeting or election.
(5) Terms of the masculine gender are intended in a generic sense and are used solely for clarity of expression. Such terms are intended to include the feminine counterpart and to carry no substantive meaning with respect to the sex of any person.
(6) The terms “Town Clerk” or “Town Treasurer” as used in this charter, any existing ordinance, or any ordinance enacted after adoption of this charter shall be understood as referring to the Clerk-Treasurer. (Amended 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)

Structure Vermont Statutes

Vermont Statutes

Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters

Chapter 101 - Town of Barre

App § 1. Authority of citizens

App § 2. Meetings and elections

App § 3. Warnings

App § 4. Conduct

App § 5. Reconsideration of actions taken

App § 6. Board of Civil Authority

App § 7. Nomination of candidates

App § 8. General powers

App § 9. Intergovernmental relations

App § 10. Elected officers; general

App § 11. Selectboard

App § 12. Auditors

App § 13. Board of Listers

App § 14. Moderator

App § 15. Constable

App § 16. Clerk

App § 17. Town manager; appointment; term

App § 18. Removal of the Town Manager

App § 19. Oath and bond

App § 20. Responsibilities of the Town Manager in general

App § 21. Powers and duties in particular

App § 22. Noninterference with administration

App § 23. Filling of a vacancy

App § 24. Compensation of the Town Manager

App § 25. Administrative Code

App § 26. Fiscal year

App § 27. Committee of Five

App § 28. Budget preparation

App § 29. Appropriation

App § 30. Budget control

App § 31. Purchasing policy

App § 32. Tax rate

App § 33. Collection of taxes

App § 34. Board of Abatement

App § 35. Bonded indebtedness

App § 35a. Bonding; Aldrich Public Library

App § 36. Meetings; open government

App § 37. Ordinances

App § 38. Appointed officers

App § 39. Compensation and fees

App § 40. Conflict of interest

App § 41. Public lands

App § 42. Mergers and consolidation of municipalities

App § 43. Application of general law

App § 44. Definitions

App § 45. Offices abolished

App § 46. Separability

App § 47. Construction

App § 49. Amendment or repeal