The moderator shall be the presiding officer of municipal meetings, shall decide questions
of order and shall make public declaration of votes taken, except in elections using
the Australian ballot system. When a vote declared by him or her is immediately questioned
by one voter, he or she shall divide the meeting, and if requested by seven voters,
shall cause the vote to be taken by paper ballot, unless the town has provided some
other procedure in such cases. Robert’s Rules or some other rules of order shall
govern all municipal meetings, except in elections using the Australian ballot system. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1979, No. 200 (Adj. Sess.), § 103; 1981, No. 239 (Adj. Sess.), § 23.)
Wesolow v. Town of Lowell, 90 A.3d 898 (Vt. 2014). “17 V.S.A. § 2658. We infer from the briefing that the Town of Lowell follows Robert’s Rules.”
kehoe v. beshay (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024). “17 V.S.A. §§ 2658–2660. After the vote is taken, the moderator announces the outcome of the public question, and the consideration of the article is concluded.”
Wesolow v. Town of Lowell, 195 Vt. 422 (Vt. 2014). “Because a motion to pass over an article is not recognized in Robert’s Rules, both parties parse Robert’s Rules in an effort to identify the most closely analogous motion, and then argue about the significance of the competing analogous motions. While Robert’s Rules may be…”
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