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Title 16 Appendix : Education Charters and Agreements
Chapter 023 : Winooski Incorporated School District
(Cite as: 16 App. V.S.A. ch. 23, § 17)-
§ 23-17. District Treasurer
The School District Treasurer shall:
(1) Deposit in the school account school tax levies paid over and received, as well as State education spending payments and all other State and federal public education payments.
(2) Serve as a member of the board of abatement.
(3) Keep an account and registry of monies, bonds, notes, and evidences of debt paid or delivered to or issued by the School District, and monies received and disbursed for the School District, which accounts shall be open to the inspection of persons interested.
(4) Invest and reinvest monies received on behalf of the School District with the approval of the Board of School Trustees.
(5) Keep uniform accounts.
(6) Appoint an Assistant District Treasurer and revoke any such appointment at any time, and file notice of the appointment and revocation with the School District clerk and School Board of Trustees.
(7) Keep a record showing the amount of taxes voted for the support of the School District.
(8) Pay orders drawn by the Board of School Trustees, keeping a record thereof.
(9) Settle with the person conducting the audit required under section 23-16 of this chapter 30 days prior to each annual School District meeting and at such other times as the Board of School Trustees may require.
(10) Upon retirement or resignation, immediately pay over to his or her successor all funds in his or her possession belonging to the School District, together with all official books and records.
(11) Keep in a separate bank account all monies appropriated or given for the use of the School District.
(12) Procure and maintain a personal bond in such sum as the Board of School Trustees shall determine, conditioned upon the faithful performance of the School District Treasurer’s duties.
(13) Prepare an annual report and deliver the same to the Board of School Trustees within 60 days following the close of the School District’s fiscal year.
Historical Citation
Added 2011, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 3, 2012.
Appendices
Editor’s note—2004. The following appendices represent sections of the Winooski City charter that were incorporated by reference in the Winooski School District charter.
Appendix A
§ 7.1. City elections
(a) Regular elections. Annually on the first Tuesday in March, a meeting of the legal voters of said City shall be held at seven o’clock in the forenoon at a place to be designated by the City Council. Notice of said meeting shall be posted in at least three public places within said City not less than 14 days nor more than 25 days prior thereto. Such notices shall be signed by the City Clerk and in case of the Clerk’s failure to do so, by the Mayor. If the annual meeting shall fail to be held for want of notice, the officers of the City may, at any time thereafter be elected at a special meeting called for that purpose. The several officers shall be elected by ballot, using the Australian system, and the ballot boxes shall remain open until seven o’clock in the afternoon for all offices and on all other questions to be voted upon, notwithstanding any State law to the contrary.
Appendix B
§ 7.2. Nominations in general
Nominations for the office of Mayor and Councilor shall be made by petitions which shall be filed with the City Clerk not less than 30 days nor more than 40 days before an annual City election or a special City election called for that purpose. The petition shall state the name of the candidate, the candidate’s residence and the office sought and shall be signed by at least 50 legal voters of said City qualified to vote at the time the petition is filed. The petitions shall contain no party designations. A person shall not sign more than one petition for each office to be filled. The City Clerk shall cause the names of the persons so nominated to be printed on a ballot in alphabetical arrangement according to surname and sample ballots shall be posted in at least three public places at least ten days before election.
Appendix C
§ 7.1. City elections
(d) Checklist. Preceding each annual or special meeting of said City the City Council shall, at least 15 days before the annual or special City meeting, prepare and correct, except as herein otherwise provided, in the manner provided for the preparation and correction of checklists to be used in town meetings, and shall forthwith cause copies of such list to be posted by or under the direction of the City Clerk in two or more public places in such City and a copy to be filed in the City Clerk’s office.
Appendix D
§ 7.1. City elections
(b) Qualified voters. The qualifications of voters in the City meetings shall be the same as those prescribed by law for voters in town meetings.
Appendix E
§ 5.12. Property sales and leases
(a) The City Council may authorize the sale of real or personal estate belonging to the City when the same shall not exceed in value ten thousand dollars, or may lease the same for a term not exceeding one year and all conveyances, grants and leases of any such real estate shall be executed by the Mayor and sealed with the City seal. The voters, at a duly warned annual or special City meeting, may authorize the sale of real or personal property belonging to the City when the value exceeds ten thousand dollars except for those sales provided for in subsection (c) of this section.
(b) The City shall have the authority to purchase real estate for the purpose of development. The purchase of such property must be approved by resolution of the City Council.
(c) The City Council may authorize the sale of real estate, belonging to the City, that exceeds ten thousand dollars in value, provided that such property was acquired for development purposes and that such transfer is made to the Winooski Community Development Corporation. Such transfers shall be executed by the Mayor and sealed with the City seal. (Added 2011, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 3, 2012.)
