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.
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 11, § 10)
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§ 10. The City Council
(a) There shall be elected six members of the City Council, one from each ward, who shall
be a legal voter in, and elected by the voters of the ward he or she represents.
At each annual meeting, two members of City Council shall be elected for three years
to succeed those whose term shall expire in the year in which the election is held.
All of the members of the City Council shall hold office until their successors are
duly elected.
(b) The Mayor and members of City Council sitting in their joint capacity shall be called
the City Council.
(c) The administration of all fiscal, prudential, and municipal affairs of the City, except
as otherwise delegated herein, and the government thereof, shall be vested in the
City Council. The City Council shall be composed of a Council member for each ward
as aforesaid and the Mayor. The City Council shall elect one of their number President
of the City Council. The City Council shall be sworn to the faithful performance
of their duties respectively.
(d) The City Council shall have all the powers of selectboard members. The City Council
shall hold a meeting on the second Monday of each month, and more often at the call
of the Mayor or at the call of the majority of the City Council; the presence of a
majority of the City Council shall be necessary to transact business at any meeting,
but a smaller number may adjourn from time to time and may compel the attendance of
absent members in a manner as may be prescribed by ordinance.
(e) The City Council shall establish rates to be paid for the use of water and wastewater
services supplied by the City Water and Wastewater Departments, which shall be called
service rates, and shall be collected by the City Treasurer; the city water and wastewater
services may, at the option of the City Council, be furnished outside the limits of
the City of St. Albans. (Amended 2003, No. M-1 § 3; 2009, No. M-23 (Adj. Sess.), § 11, eff. May 20, 2010.)