Annual Meeting

V.S.A. tit. 24 Appendix, ch. 215, subch. 2

in effect

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 215, § 201 Convening of annual meeting

201. Convening of annual meeting The annual meetings of the Village shall be held on the first Tuesday in April in each year at such hour as the notice mentioned in this section shall state, in the Town Hall in the Village, or at such other time and place as the Village shall appoint, of which a notice shall be posted in at least three public places in the Village, at least 10 days previous to the meeting, which notice shall be signed by the Clerk of the Village, and, in case of the Clerk’s failure so to do, by a majority of the Trustees of the Village, and for want of trustees, or upon their failure to do so, by a majority of the justices of the peace residing in the Village; and whenever five legal voters residing in the Village shall so request, the Clerk and, upon the Clerk’s neglect or refusal, the Trustees may call a special meeting of the Village, giving like notice of the same, and specifying in the notice the object of the meeting and the business to be done, and at the meetings none but inhabitants qualified to vote in Town meeting in said Town and who shall have resided for one year within the bounds of the Village shall be entitled to vote. Amended 2023, No. 6, § 298, eff. July 1, 2023.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 215, § 202 Election of officers at the annual meeting

202. Election of officers at the annual meeting At the annual meeting of said corporation, there shall be elected, by ballot if called for, for the ensuing year and until their successors are chosen, a Moderator, who shall preside at all meetings of said corporation, with powers of moderators at town meetings; a Clerk who shall keep a record of the proceedings of said meetings of said corporation, with power to certify to copies of the same, and who shall perform all the usual duties of a clerk; one trustee for a term of one year, one trustee for a term of two years, and one trustee for a term of three years, and thereafter at each annual meeting one trustee for a term of three years, who shall have the management of the affairs of said corporation with the necessary powers for that purpose, who may fill vacancies in the offices of said corporation, who may act by a majority, and of whom the oldest in office present at any meeting of said corporation shall preside when the Moderator is absent; a Treasurer and a Collector, who shall be sworn, and who shall discharge the usual duties of such officers; and such other officers, as said corporation by its bylaws require who shall have all the powers necessary for the purposes of their office. The Treasurer and the Collector shall give bonds in such sums as the trustees of said corporation shall direct for the faithful performance of their duties, and if such Treasurer or Collector does not give such bond within 10 days after the person’s election or appointment, the office shall be vacant.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/24APPENDIX/215Fetched: 10/21/2026