§ 509. Annual budget
The Town Manager shall submit each year an operating budget of anticipated expenditures and revenues to the Select Board for approval for the next fiscal year. In the event the Select Board does not approve the budget as submitted, the Select Board shall return the budget forthwith to the Town Manager with its recommendations for the Town Manager’s reconsideration. Appropriations other than from contributions, grants, and income shall be raised solely through District taxes, which shall be assessed and collected as a tax on property as provided for in section 515 of this charter. The Select Board may borrow money in anticipation of District taxes. (Amended 2005, No. M-6, § 4, eff. June 4, 2005.)
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