24 V.S.A. App. ch. 149, § 32: Administrative departments

(a) [Repealed.]

(b) Department heads. Each Town department shall have a designated department head appointed by the Town Manager who shall supervise and control the department and employees of the department. The Town Manager may, at any time, assume the duties of a department head.

(c) Departmental rules and regulations. Whenever judged necessary by the Town Manager, department heads shall draft rules and regulations to be approved by the Town Manager, which shall govern and regulate the affairs of a department consistent with this charter and general law.

(d) Creation, reorganization, consolidation, or abolition of administrative departments. Departments within the Town administration can only be created, reorganized, consolidated, or abolished by formal action of the Selectboard.