Board of Supervisors

V.S.A. tit. 24 Appendix, ch. 411, subch. 2

in effect

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 201 Authority

201. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administrative and general supervision thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided in this agreement.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 202 Selection of supervisors and their alternates

202. Selection of supervisors and their alternates Board members and alternates shall be appointed by the legislative body, unless the voters of the municipality decide at a regular or special meeting warned for that purpose that the Board members and alternates will be elected by the voters of the municipality. If the Board members and alternates are to be elected by the voters, the election shall take place biennially at the annual meeting of the municipality in the same manner as elections for the legislative body. If the Board members and alternates are to be appointed, the legislative body shall make its appointments by the end of March in the year in which the term of the preceding Board member expires. The clerk of the municipality shall certify its appointments to the Clerk of the District.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 203 Composition

203. Composition (a) Each member municipality shall be entitled to be represented by one District supervisor for each 2,500 people, or portion thereof, residing in the municipality, except that unorganized towns, gores, and grants shall be considered as a single municipality and represented by one supervisor and alternate. The population of each member municipality shall, for the purposes hereof, be determined by the latest available population estimates published by the State of Vermont Department of Health. (b) The District shall notify all member municipalities by January 15 of each year of the number of supervisors each member municipality is eligible to appoint or elect.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 204 Term of office

204. Term of office (a) Board members and alternates shall serve two year terms, running from April 1st of the year in which selected to March 31st of the year their term expires, or until a successor is duly selected. (b) Member municipalities may appoint or elect a new Board member to replace any Board member who resigns or fails to attend five successive meetings of the Board of Supervisors. (c) Each Board member and alternate shall be eligible to be reappointed or reelected to successive terms. (d) Terms will be staggered to assure that no more than half the Board is subject to change in any one year in a manner to be determined by the Board.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 205 Organizational meeting

205. Organizational meeting (a) Annually, the Board of Supervisors shall have its organizational meeting on the second Tuesday of April. (b) At each organizational meeting, the Board shall elect from among its members a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Treasurer, and a Clerk, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. All officers shall be eligible for reelection.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 206 Regular meetings

206. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 207 Special meetings

207. Special meetings The Chair has authority to call a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Upon written request of one-fourth of the District supervisors, the Clerk must call a special meeting. Each supervisor must be given at least 24 hours’ notice of any special meeting.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 208 Quorum

208. Quorum (a) For the purpose of transacting business, 51 percent of the municipalities served by the District must be represented by at least one member of the Board of Supervisors to constitute a quorum. The members of the Board of Supervisors present may adjourn a meeting at which a quorum is not present to another date. Whenever the number of supervisors attending a meeting shall not be sufficient to constitute a quorum, the Clerk of the District shall so notify the legislative bodies of each municipality in the District, naming those supervisors who shall not have been in attendance. (b) If a time sensitive action must be taken and a quorum is not present, a quorum may be satisfied by attendance through the use of an auditory electronic device, provided that all supervisors hear each other.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 209 Proxies

209. Proxies No voting by proxy shall be permitted at meetings of the Board of Supervisors.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 210 Voting

210. Voting (a) Each member or, in the absence of a member, his or her alternate member of the Board of Supervisors shall have one vote. (b) Any action adopted by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at which a quorum is present shall constitute the action of the Board, except as otherwise provided in this agreement.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 211 Vacancy

211. Vacancy In the event a vacancy occurs on the Board of Supervisors, the legislative body of the municipality may appoint an interim replacement to serve until a new supervisor has been duly elected or appointed. A supervisor named to fill a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the original term of the supervisor he or she is replacing. The appointment of the replacing supervisor shall be certified by the clerk of the member municipality to the Clerk of the District.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 212 Rules and procedures

212. Rules and procedures (a) Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, the most recent edition of Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern all meetings. (b) The Board of Supervisors may adopt Rules of Procedure as it from time to time deems appropriate. Rules of Procedure adopted by the Board of Supervisors shall be made available to the public. (c) The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board composed of the number of officers and supervisors it deems appropriate, and may delegate unto the Executive Board duties and responsibilities it deems appropriate. (d) The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any committees from time to time it deems appropriate.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 213 Composition of members of Board of Supervisors

213. Composition of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality may pay such compensation, if any, as it deems appropriate to its representative(s) to the Board of Supervisors.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 214 Access to meetings and records

214. Access to meetings and records The conduct of all meetings, including public access thereto, and the maintenance of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the Vermont Open Meeting Law, 1 V.S.A. chapter 5.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 411, § 215 Audit

215. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit of the District’s financial records to be performed at least annually by a certified public accountant.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/24APPENDIX/411Fetched: 10/21/2026