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Subchapter
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ELECTED OFFICERS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 173, § 12)
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§ 12. Selectboard
(a) Except as otherwise provided in this charter, all the powers of the Town shall be
entrusted to and exercised by a Selectboard consisting of five members chosen by the
voters of the Town of Windsor. Three members shall be elected for terms of three years
and two members shall be elected for terms of two years. The Board shall discharge
all the duties conferred or imposed upon selectboards by law, including the duties
of water and sewer commissioners, Board of Liquor Commissioners, and any similar ex-officio
duties; and when sitting in such official capacity, it shall not be necessary to convene
in a separate capacity.
(b) The Selectboard shall meet within three business days after the annual election to
elect a Chair and a Vice Chair and to designate a Clerk of the Board. At the same
meeting, the Board shall adopt rules of order and fix the time and place of its regular
meetings, which shall be held at least twice a month, except for once a month during
the months of June, July, and August. Special meetings of the Board may be called
at any time by the Chair, or, in the Chair’s absence, the Vice Chair, or by a majority
of the Board in writing to the Chair.
(c) No action of the Board, except on purely procedural matters, shall be valid or binding
unless approved by a majority of the full Board, except that in the case of a passage
of an emergency ordinance, at least four affirmative votes shall be required. Voting
on all matters, except procedural matters, shall be by roll call unless in the case
of unanimous agreement.
(d) Upon due notice and hearing, the Board may remove one of its members from office for
failure to attend four consecutive, regular meetings of the Board without prior approval
of the Chair. Such removal shall be done only upon the affirmative vote of all four
remaining members.
(e) The Selectboard shall, at its organizational meeting, designate an acting Town Administrator
who shall have all the powers and duties of the Town Administrator in the event of
the latter’s absence or disability. The name of the acting Town Administrator shall
be on file in the Town Clerk’s office at all times. (Amended 1999, No. M-12 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. May 9, 2000.)