The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Subchapter
003
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OFFICERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 127, § 308)
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§ 308. Vacancies and appointments
(a) When the term of any member of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, the Planning Commission,
or any other Town board or commission expires, or when the term of any officer appointed
under subsections 306(d) and (e) of this charter expires, or when there is a vacancy
in any such board, commission, or office, the Town Manager shall cause to be published,
in a newspaper of general local circulation, a notice of the vacancy or the expiration
of the term.
(b) Any qualified voter of the Town may, within 10 days of the publication, submit his
or her name to the Town Manager as an applicant for the vacant or expired office.
At the expiration of 10 days from the date of the publication, the names of all persons
being considered shall be entered in the Selectboard minutes; the Selectboard shall
not fill the vacancy or expired term until after at least seven days from the date
the names of the applicants are entered in their minutes.