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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ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 101, § 17)
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§ 17. Town manager; appointment; term
A Town Manager shall be the Chief Administrative Officer of the Town. He or she shall
be appointed by a majority of the full Selectboard. He or she shall be selected with
special reference to his or her training, experience, education, and ability to perform
the duties of his or her office, and without reference to his or her political persuasion.
He or she shall be appointed for an indefinite period and shall be removable at the
discretion of the Selectboard, subject to the conditions relative to hearings, timing
of notices, severance pay, and grounds of dismissal as may be specified in this charter,
ordinances of the Town, or any employment agreement or contract. The Town Manager
shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within the Town, nor shall he or
she be employed by the Town in any capacity except as Town Manager. (Amended 2019, No. M-1, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)