Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 1351a
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 24 Sec. 1351a
- Annual meeting: when applied to towns shall mean the annual town meeting in March or an adjournment thereof. See
- Board of Governors: means the Board of Governors for the unified towns and gores in Essex County, elected in section 1351a of this title. See
- following: when used by way of reference to a section of the law shall mean the next preceding or following section. See
- Gores: means the unified towns and gores in Essex County, or any one of them. See
§ 1351a. Board of Governors
(a) The Board of Governors shall be composed of three individuals residing in the gores. At each annual meeting, the residents of the gores shall elect a member, who shall serve for a term of three years, for each expired term. A vacancy on the Board shall be filled at the next annual meeting in a manner to retain staggered terms.
(b) The residents of the gores may vote at an annual or special meeting to elect not more than two additional members of the Board of Governors for terms of two years each. When the additional members are first elected, one shall be elected for one year and the other member shall be elected for two years. Terms of these additional members shall end on annual meeting days. If the additional members are elected at a special meeting, the term of those elected for one year shall expire on the next annual meeting day and the term of those elected for two years shall expire on the second annual meeting day following their election. A vote establishing additional members of the Board of Governors shall remain in effect until the residents of the gores vote to discontinue the positions at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose. (Added 1999, No. 139 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. May 18, 2000; amended 2003, No. 96 (Adj. Sess.), § 2.)