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Title 24 Appendix : Municipal Charters
Chapter 149 : Town of Springfield
Subchapter 002 : Elections and Local Officials
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 149, § 21)-
§ 21. Governmental authority
All governmental authority of the Town rests ultimately with the citizens and registered voters of the Town, who shall exercise their power by Australian ballot at the annual Town meeting in determining:
(1) the election of officers of the Town;
(2) the approval of the Town budgets;
(3) all authorizations for major bonding or borrowing;
(4) all special appropriations;
(5) any articles placed on the warning that involve the expenditure of tax dollars or directing the power vested in elected or appointed officials;
(6) adoption, amendment, or repeal of ordinances provided by petition per section 5 of this charter; and
(7) charter amendments. (Amended 2021, No. M-13 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 16, 2022.)
