2011 Vermont Code
Title 24 Appendix Municipal Charters
Chapter 225 VILLAGE OF HYDE PARK
§ 5 Warnings

§ 225-5. Warnings

(a) Public notice of every annual or special village meeting or village election shall be given by a warning posted in at least three (3) places in the village at least thirty (30) days but not more than forty (40) days prior to the meeting; and published at least five (5) days before the meeting, in a newspaper having general circulation in the village. Except that the warning for the annual meeting need not be published if the warning is published in the Village Report and the Village Report is mailed or distributed to the voters at least ten (10) days before the meeting.

(b) The warning shall:

(1) state the date, time and place of the meeting;

(2) be signed by a majority of the trustees, except for meetings required by this charter to be called by the village trustees;

(3) specifically indicate by separate articles what business is to be transacted at the meeting;

(4) contain any article approved by the trustees; and

(5) contain any article requested by petition signed by at least five percent (5%) of the voters and filed with the village clerk at least forty (40) days prior to the day of the meeting.