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Title 24 Appendix : Municipal Charters

Chapter 107 : Town of Brattleboro

Subchapter 005 : Powers and Responsibilities of the Town Manager

(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 107, § 5.01)
  • § 5.1. General powers; duties; responsibilities of the Town Manager

    Subject to the provisions of law and under the supervision of the Selectboard, the Town Manager shall have the authority:

    (1) to cause duties required by law or by the Selectboard or school directors, and not committed to the care of any other particular officer, to be performed and executed;

    (2) to ensure the performance of all duties now conferred by law or by this charter on the Selectboard, except where prohibited by law;

    (3) to be the general purchasing agent of the Town and cause the purchase of all supplies for every department;

    (4) to have charge and supervision of all public Town buildings and repairs thereon;

    (5) to perform all the duties now conferred by law upon the road commissioner;

    (6) to ensure that the appropriate accounting procedures are followed for all Town departments;

    (7) to supervise the expenditure of all special appropriations of the Town, unless otherwise voted by the Representative Town Meeting;

    (8) to control and supervise, and to be the appointing authority for, all Town departments;

    (9) to ensure the collection of all taxes due the Town, including delinquent taxes as permitted by law and unless otherwise voted by the Representative Town Meeting;

    (10) to perform on behalf of the School District such of the duties in this section as the school directors may request. (Amended 2003, No. M-6, § 2; 2011, No. M-10 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. April 27, 2012.)