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Title 24 Appendix : Municipal Charters
Chapter 103 : Town of Bennington
Subchapter 008 : Miscellaneous
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 103, § 806)-
§ 806. Charter Review Committee
At least once every five years, the Select Board shall appoint a Charter Review Committee of not fewer than five nor more than nine members from among the residents of the Town. The Committee shall review the charter and recommend any changes it finds necessary or advisable for the purpose of improving the operation of Town government. The Committee shall prepare a written report of its recommendations in time for those recommendations to be submitted to the Select Board for review no later than one year after the appointment of the Committee. At the discretion of the Select Board, the recommendations may be warned for ballot vote at an annual or special Town meeting to be held no later than one year after the submission of the report. The Select Board shall provide in its budget for any year when a Charter Review Committee is appointed funding for the Committee. (Amended 2019, No. M-8, § 1, eff. June 10, 2019.)