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Subchapter
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GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 3, § 322)
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§ 322. Establishment of Commission
There shall be maintained in the City of Burlington a Church Street Marketplace Commission
consisting of nine legal voters of the State of Vermont, no fewer than five of whom
must be legal voters of the City, who shall be appointed by the City Council. On the
first Monday in June 1993 the City Council shall appoint four commissioners, three
for a three-year term and one for a four-year term.
(1) On the first Monday in June 1994, the City Council shall appoint one commissioner
for a three-year term and on the first Monday in June 1995, the City Council shall
appoint two commissioners for three-year terms. On the first Monday in June 1999,
the City Council shall appoint two commissioners for a two-year term. Thereafter,
all appointments shall be for three-year terms and commissioners shall serve from
the first day of July following their appointment and until their successors are duly
appointed and have qualified.
(2) Two members at all times shall be proprietors or managers of retail businesses that
are within the Church Street Marketplace District and such members need not be residents
of Burlington. Two members at all times shall be proprietors or managers of retail
businesses that are within the Downtown Improvement District, with one of such members
being located within the Downtown Improvement District but outside the boundaries
of the Church Street Marketplace and such members need not be residents of Burlington.
(3) The Commission shall organize by the election of a Chair and Vice Chair and by the
appointment of a Clerk and a Treasurer. The Clerk shall keep a written record of the
proceedings of the Commission, such record to be the property of the City. The Clerk
need not be a member of the Commission.
(4) The manner of removal of commissioners and filling of vacancies shall be as provided
in sections 129 and 130 of this charter, and the commissioners shall, except as otherwise
herein expressly provided, be subject to all other provisions of this charter relating
to public officers. (Amended 1999, No. M-9, § 4, eff. June 1, 1999; 2015, No. M-7, § 2, eff. May 18, 2015.)