2011 Vermont Code
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 129 TOWN OF MILTON
§ 202 Elective Officers

§ 129-202. Elective Officers

(a) The officers elected at its Annual Meeting shall be:

(1) Five (5) Selectpersons

(2) Town Clerk

(3) Town Treasurer

(4) Three (3) Listers

(5) Moderator

(6) Grand Juror

(7) Town Agent

(8) Five (5) Library Trustees

(9) Five (5) School Trustees

(10) CWD Representative

(b) Qualifications. All elected officers shall be chosen at large from the legally qualified voters at a legally warned Town Meeting using the Australian Ballot System. Said elected officers shall hold office for the terms hereinafter specified and until their successors are elected and qualified.

(c) Bonding. All officers shall be sworn before entering their duties and all officers as described in Title 24 section 832 of Vermont Statutes Annotated shall give a bond conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties in an amount prescribed and approved by the Selectboard.

(d) Termination.

(1) When an elected officer specified in section 202(a)(1) through (10) of this Charter resigns, becomes domiciled in another Town, dies or is removed by Recall, his or her office shall become vacant and the Selectboard, in the case of the Town, and the School Trustees, in the case of the School, shall appoint an eligible person to fill the vacancy until the next legally warned Town or School Meeting. The person elected shall serve until his or her predecessor's term expires.

(2) If more than one vacancy occurs on the Selectboard or Board of School Trustees at the same time, then the respective board shall call a special election to fill the vacancies.