§ 206 - Appointments by selectmen - Vermont Statutes

§ 1-206. Vacancies

(a) In case of vacancy of any elected municipal city officer, except an alderman, occasioned by death, removal from the city, resignation, or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by the city council until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any member for the council.

(b) In case of a vacancy of any alderman, occasioned by death, removal from the ward, resignation or inability to serve, such vacancy, unless herein otherwise provided, shall be filled by a caucus of the legal voters of the ward in which the vacancy occurs, duly warned, until the next annual election. In such case, nomination may be made by any legal voter from the ward in which the vacancy occurs. (Amended 2007, No. M-5, § 3.)