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. 114E, § 8)
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§ 8 Selection Committee
(a) Prior to appointing a Town Treasurer or Town Clerk and no more than 45 days after
either of these positions is vacated, the Selectboard shall appoint a committee to
review and recommend to the Selectboard a qualified candidate for the vacant position.
(b)(1) The Committee shall be composed of seven persons:
(A) one Selectboard member;
(B) three other Town officers whose positions work closely with the position being filled;
and
(C) three other persons.
(2) For the position of Town Treasurer, a certified public accountant shall be on the
Committee. All except the certified public accountant and any nonresident officers
shall be residents of the Town.
(c) The Selectboard shall solicit candidates and advertise notice of the vacant position.
The Committee shall have the responsibility to investigate a candidate’s credentials
and background as the Committee deems appropriate. Upon completion of the investigation
and interviewing of candidates, the Committee shall submit to the Selectboard the
names of those candidates deemed qualified for the position.
(d) No later than 30 days following the submission of the names of candidates deemed qualified
by the Committee, the Selectboard shall appoint a Town Treasurer or Town Clerk from
the candidates recommended by the Committee or, if applicable, notify the Committee
that none of the candidates shall be appointed and direct the Committee to renew its
search.
(e) Members of the Committee described in subsection (b) of this section shall serve until
any vacancy is filled by appointment by the Selectboard. Meetings of the Committee
shall be warned and conducted as public meetings in accordance with the requirements
of Vermont law and this charter, and the Committee shall be entitled to meet in executive
session as authorized in 1 V.S.A. § 313. (Added 2017, No. M-12, § 2, eff. June 5, 2017.)