The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Subchapter
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TOWN OFFICERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 126, § 25)
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§ 25. Vacancies in Town offices
When an elected officer identified in section 22 of this charter resigns, moves the
officer’s residence outside the Town, dies, or becomes incapacitated, that office
shall become vacant. In addition, if a member of the Selectboard fails to attend at
least 50 percent of the Selectboard’s meetings in any calendar quarter, the member’s
office may be declared vacant by the vote of a majority of the Selectboard held at
a warned meeting. If a vacancy is created more than 90 days prior to the Town’s next
annual meeting, the Selectboard shall promptly appoint an eligible person to fill
the vacancy until the next annual meeting. If the vacancy is created within 90 days
of the Town’s next annual meeting, the vacancy shall be filled by vote of the Town
at that annual meeting. A person so appointed or elected shall serve until the person’s
predecessor’s term expires. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)