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| 4 | | - | IntroducedbyRepresentativesYacovoneofMorristownandLaMontof |
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| 5 | | - | Morristown |
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| 6 | | - | ReferredtoCommitteeon |
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| 7 | | - | Date: |
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| 8 | | - | Subject:Municipalandcountygovernment;municipalcharters;Townof |
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| 9 | | - | Morristown |
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| 10 | | - | Statementofpurposeofbillasintroduced:Thisbillproposestoapprovethe |
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| 11 | | - | adoptionofthecharteroftheTownofMorristownandauthorizetheTown |
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| 12 | | - | Managertohire,appoint,discipline,andremoveallTownemployees. |
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| 13 | | - | AnactrelatingtoapprovaloftheadoptionofthecharteroftheTownof |
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| 14 | | - | Morristown |
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| 15 | | - | ItisherebyenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyoftheStateofVermont: |
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| 16 | | - | Sec.1.CHARTERADOPTIONAPPROVAL |
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| 17 | | - | TheGeneralAssemblyapprovestheadoptionofthecharteroftheTownof |
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| 18 | | - | Morristownassetforthinthisact.ThevotersoftheTownapprovedthe |
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| 19 | | - | proposalofadoptiononNovember5,2024. |
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| 20 | | - | Sec.2.REDESIGNATION |
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| 21 | | - | 24App.V.S.A.chapter129C(TownofNorthfield)isredesignatedto |
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| 22 | | - | 24 V.S.A.chapter129D. |
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| 5 | + | VT LEG #379234 v.1 |
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| 6 | + | H.17 1 |
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| 7 | + | Introduced by Representatives Yacovone of Morristown and LaMont of 2 |
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| 8 | + | Morristown 3 |
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| 9 | + | Referred to Committee on 4 |
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| 10 | + | Date: 5 |
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| 11 | + | Subject: Municipal and county government; municipal charters; Town of 6 |
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| 12 | + | Morristown 7 |
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| 13 | + | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to approve the 8 |
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| 14 | + | adoption of the charter of the Town of Morristown and authorize the Town 9 |
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| 15 | + | Manager to hire, appoint, discipline, and remove all Town employees. 10 |
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| 16 | + | An act relating to approval of the adoption of the charter of the Town of 11 |
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| 17 | + | Morristown 12 |
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| 18 | + | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 13 |
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| 19 | + | Sec. 1. CHARTER ADOPTION APPROVAL 14 |
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| 20 | + | The General Assembly approves the adoption of the charter of the Town of 15 |
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| 21 | + | Morristown as set forth in this act. The voters of the Town approved the 16 |
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| 22 | + | proposal of adoption on November 5, 2024. 17 |
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| 23 | + | Sec. 2. REDESIGNATION 18 |
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| 24 | + | 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 129C (Town of Northfield) is redesignated to 19 |
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| 25 | + | 24 V.S.A. chapter 129D. 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.17 |
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| 44 | | - | Sec.3.24App.V.S.A.chapter129Cisaddedtoread: |
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| 45 | | - | CHAPTER129C.TOWNOFMORRISTOWN |
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| 46 | | - | § 1.CORPORATEEXISTENCERETAINED |
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| 47 | | - | TheinhabitantsoftheTownofMorristown,withinthecorporatelimitsnow |
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| 48 | | - | established,shallcontinuetobeamunicipalcorporationbythenameofthe |
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| 49 | | - | TownofMorristown. |
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| 50 | | - | § 2.GENERALLAW;APPLICATION |
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| 51 | | - | Exceptwhenchangedormodifiedbythischarter,orbyanylawful |
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| 52 | | - | regulationorordinanceoftheTown,allofthestatutesoftheStaterelatingto |
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| 53 | | - | municipalitiesshallapplytotheTown. |
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| 54 | | - | § 3.TOWNMANAGER |
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| 55 | | - | (a)TheTownManagershallbethechiefexecutiveofficerandtheheadof |
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| 56 | | - | theadministrativebranchoftheTowngovernmentandshallberesponsibleto |
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| 57 | | - | theSelectboardfortheefficientadministrationofthemunicipalaffairsofthe |
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| 58 | | - | Town. |
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| 59 | | - | (b)TheTownManagershallhavetheauthoritytohire,appoint,discipline, |
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| 60 | | - | andremoveallTownemployees,subjecttotheprovisionsofpersonnelrules |
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| 61 | | - | approvedbytheSelectboard.TheTownManagermayauthorizeadepartment |
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| 62 | | - | headtohire,appoint,discipline,orremoveanemployee,subjecttothe |
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| 63 | | - | Manager’sdiscretionandsupervision. |
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| 30 | + | Sec. 3. 24 App. V.S.A. chapter 129C is added to read: 1 |
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| 31 | + | CHAPTER 129C. TOWN OF MORRISTOWN 2 |
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| 32 | + | § 1. CORPORATE EXISTENCE RETAINED 3 |
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| 33 | + | The inhabitants of the Town of Morristown, within the corporate limits now 4 |
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| 34 | + | established, shall continue to be a municipal corporation by the name of the 5 |
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| 35 | + | Town of Morristown. 6 |
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| 36 | + | § 2. GENERAL LAW; APPLICATION 7 |
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| 37 | + | Except when changed or modified by this charter, or by any lawful 8 |
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| 38 | + | regulation or ordinance of the Town, all of the statutes of the State relating to 9 |
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| 39 | + | municipalities shall apply to the Town. 10 |
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| 40 | + | § 3. TOWN MANAGER 11 |
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| 41 | + | (a) The Town Manager shall be the chief executive officer and the head of 12 |
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| 42 | + | the administrative branch of the Town government and shall be responsible to 13 |
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| 43 | + | the Selectboard for the efficient administration of the municipal affairs of the 14 |
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| 45 | + | (b) The Town Manager shall have the authority to hire, appoint, discipline, 16 |
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| 46 | + | and remove all Town employees, subject to the provisions of personnel rules 17 |
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| 47 | + | approved by the Selectboard. The Town Manager may authorize a department 18 |
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| 48 | + | head to hire, appoint, discipline, or remove an employee, subject to the 19 |
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| 49 | + | Manager’s discretion and supervision. 20 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.17 |
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