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. 129F, § 3)
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§ 3 Appointed officers
(a) In addition to all other offices that may be filled by appointment by the Selectboard
pursuant to State law or this charter, the Selectboard shall appoint the following
Town officers, who shall serve for such terms as the Selectboard may establish in
its act of appointment or until the office otherwise becomes vacant:
(1) A Town Treasurer who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town
government. The Town Treasurer shall be responsible for the collection of current
taxes. The Town Treasurer shall be paid an hourly wage.
(2) A Town Clerk who shall not simultaneously hold any elective office within Town government.
The Town Clerk shall be paid an hourly wage.
(3) A Collector of Delinquent Taxes. Unless the Town shall vote under 24 V.S.A. § 1530 to pay the Collector of Delinquent Taxes a salary in lieu of fees and commissions,
the Collector shall be compensated by the eight-percent commission on delinquent taxes
set forth in 32 V.S.A. § 1674(2), or such other percentage as may be set by a majority of voters present and voting
at an annual or special meeting in accordance with 32 V.S.A. § 1674(3).
(b) The Selectboard shall adopt, and revise from time to time, a general statement of
the qualifications necessary to perform the duties and responsibilities of each of
these appointed Town offices and a job description of those offices. These appointed
officers shall exercise all the powers and duties necessary to carry out the provisions
of this charter as well as those provided by State law generally.
(c) These appointed officers shall be employees of the Town of Panton, subject to all
personnel and employment rules, regulations, and policies of the Town. An officer
appointed hereunder shall be eligible to apply for reappointment at the expiration
of his or her term of office but failure by the Selectboard to make such reappointment
shall not be construed as discharge from employment.
(d) Persons appointed to the positions of Clerk, Treasurer, or Collector of Delinquent
Taxes need not be a resident or voter of the Town of Panton. (Added 2013, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. May 2, 2014.)