The Vermont Statutes Online
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Subchapter
006
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CITY MANAGER
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 4, § 603)
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§ 603. Manager; removal; hearing
The Council may remove the Manager from office for cause in accordance with the following
procedures:
(1) The Council shall adopt by affirmative vote of a majority of all its members a preliminary
resolution that must state the reasons for removal and may suspend the Manager from
duty for a period not to exceed 45 days. Within three days after the vote, a copy
of the resolution shall be delivered to the Manager.
(2) Within five days after a copy of the resolution is delivered to the Manager, the Manager
may file with the Council a written request for a hearing; the hearing shall be in
a public or executive session by choice of the Manager. This hearing shall be held
at a special Council meeting not earlier than 15 days nor later than 30 days after
the request is filed. The Manager may file with the Council a written reply not later
than five days before the hearing.
(3) The Council may adopt a final resolution of removal, which may be made effective immediately,
by affirmative vote of a majority of all its members at any time after five days from
the date when a copy of the preliminary resolution was delivered to the Manager, if
the Manager has not requested a public hearing, or at any time after the public hearing,
if the Manager has requested one. (Added 2021, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 1, 2022.)