At its annual meeting, a town shall vote such sums of money as it deems necessary
for the interest of its inhabitants and for the prosecution and defense of the common
rights. It shall express in its vote the specific amounts, or the rate on a dollar
of the grand list, to be appropriated for laying out and repairing highways and for
other necessary town expenses. If a town votes specific amounts in lieu of a rate
on a dollar of the grand list, the selectboard shall, after the grand list book has
been computed and lodged in the office of the town clerk, set the tax rate necessary
to raise the specific amounts voted. The selectboard may apply for grants and may
accept and expend grants or gifts above those that are approved in the town budget.
The selectboard shall include, in its annual report, a description of all grants or
gifts accepted during the year and associated expenditures. (Added 1977, No. 269 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 2007, No. 121 (Adj. Sess.), § 12; 2015, No. 30, § 25, eff. May 26, 2015.)
Mooney v. Town of Stowe, 2008 VT 19 (Vt. 2008). “Not only did voters demand that the budget be approved by Australian ballot, they required, by the language of the amended article, that the budget be decomposed and that its individual parts be voted upon separately.”
Addison Cnty. Cmty. Action v. City of Vergennes, 565 A.2d 233 (Vt. 1989). “It was interpreted by the trial judge as a contest on whether the requested appropriations would be “necessary town expenses” as that term is used in 17 V.S.A. § 2664. In response to the motion the trial court held an evidentiary hearing on this issue and found specifically that…”
Porter v. Town of Newark, 488 A.2d 769 (Vt. 1985). “17 V.S.A. § 2664. The grand list is based on the listed value of the real and personal property in the town.”
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