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Title 24 Appendix : Municipal Charters

Chapter 126 : Town of Lyndon

Subchapter 004 : THE SELECTBOARD

• § 31. Selectboard; powers and duties

  (a) The Selectboard shall constitute the legislative and administrative body of the Town for all purposes and shall have all powers and authority given to, and perform all duties required of, municipal legislative bodies under the Vermont Constitution and State law.

  (b) In addition to the authority and duties established in subsection (a) of this section, the Selectboard shall have the power to:

  (1) Appoint and remove all nonelected officers or employees authorized or required by State law, this charter, or the Town’s personnel regulations.

  (2) Hire or remove a Municipal Administrator to assist the Selectboard in the administration of the Town’s affairs. The Municipal Administrator shall carry out those duties that the Selectboard assigns to them. The Selectboard shall fix the salary and benefits to be paid to the Municipal Administrator.

  (3) Appoint the members of the Board of Electric Commissioners, which will manage the Town of Lyndon Electric Department pursuant to subchapter 8 of this charter.

  (4) Hire, remove, and fix the compensation and benefits paid to the General Manager of the Lyndon Electric Department in consultation with the Board of Commissioners.

  (5) Appoint a Superintendent of Public Works.

  (6) Have charge of the Town’s burial grounds.

  (7) Assign additional duties to appointed offices, commissions, or departments but not discontinue or assign to any other office, commission, or department those duties assigned to a particular office, commission, or department established by this charter or by State law;

  (8) Adopt, amend, or repeal ordinances in compliance with subchapter 2 of this charter.

  (9) Inquire into the conduct of any Town employee; Town officer, including an elected officer; and any commission or department, and investigate any and all municipal affairs whenever necessary for the proper and orderly conduct of Town government.

  (10) Assign a member of the Selectboard to attend any public meeting of any board, commission, department, or agency of the Town together with the right to speak for the Selectboard but not to vote at the meeting.

  (11) Establish one or more areas apart from the rest of the Town as Special Service Districts, provide the Districts with special municipal services not provided throughout the Town, and assess a tax on the grand list of the taxpayers in the District to pay for the services, on the condition that a special meeting of the voters who reside in any such District shall be called in the same manner as a special Town meeting to vote on whether the special District should be created, and a majority of the residents who vote at such special meeting vote in favor of creating the District.

  (12) Exercise each and every other power not specifically set forth in this charter but that is granted to the Selectboard by State law. (Added 2023, No. M-14, § 2, eff. July 1, 2023.)