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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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 157)
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§ 157. Preparation and submission of budget
The Mayor shall, with the assistance of the other members of the Board of Finance,
annually prepare an estimate of the necessary appropriations to cover the expenses
of each department and branch of the City government for the next fiscal year, to
be known as the “budget,” and shall submit said “budget” to the City Council for its
guidance and action in making the annual appropriations and the tax levy for such
next fiscal year. The Mayor shall submit the “budget” to the City Council on or before
June 15 of each year and the City Council shall make the annual appropriations and
the tax levy no later than June 30 of each year. The City Council may reduce the items
of such budget, but shall not increase them except by two-thirds vote of said City
Council. Wherever any appropriation, annual or otherwise, shall be made to any department
or branch of the City government, for any specified purpose, no part of such appropriation
shall be expended for any purpose other than the one specified, unless authorized
by resolution of the City Council or by written permission of the Board of Finance.
Nothing herein contained shall authorize the Board of Finance to transfer any appropriation,
or any part of any appropriation, from one department or branch of the City government
to another.