{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-107-5.1","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. App. ch. 107, § 5.1","heading":"General powers; duties; responsibilities of the Town Manager","body":"Subject to the provisions of law and under the supervision of the Selectboard, the Town Manager shall have the authority:\n(1) to cause duties required by law or by the Selectboard or school directors, and not committed to the care of any other particular officer, to be performed and executed;\n(2) to ensure the performance of all duties now conferred by law or by this charter on the Selectboard, except where prohibited by law;\n(3) to be the general purchasing agent of the Town and cause the purchase of all supplies for every department;\n(4) to have charge and supervision of all public Town buildings and repairs thereon;\n(5) to perform all the duties now conferred by law upon the road commissioner;\n(6) to ensure that the appropriate accounting procedures are followed for all Town departments;\n(7) to supervise the expenditure of all special appropriations of the Town, unless otherwise voted by the Representative Town Meeting;\n(8) to control and supervise, and to be the appointing authority for, all Town departments;\n(9) to ensure the collection of all taxes due the Town, including delinquent taxes as permitted by law and unless otherwise voted by the Representative Town Meeting;\n(10) to perform on behalf of the School District such of the duties in this section as the school directors may request.","path":["Title 24 Appendix: Municipal Charters","Chapter 107: Town of Brattleboro","Subchapter 005: POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE TOWN MANAGER"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/fullchapter/24APPENDIX/107","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:06Z","sha256":"76d53db70e3abd3250bb5f2fd16c4881627c1c405255f77738418c496335df1c","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-107-4.6","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-107-6.1"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}