{"data":{"id":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-5-903","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"24 V.S.A. App. ch. 5, § 903","heading":"Council action on the budget","body":"The City Council shall review the annual City budget as submitted by the City Manager at budget meetings established by the Council. The meetings of the City Council upon the budget shall be open to the public. During its review of the proposed budget, the City Council may add or increase budget programs or amounts and may delete or decrease any programs or amounts, except expenditures required by law or for fixed debt service requirements.","path":["Title 24 Appendix: Municipal Charters","Chapter 005: City of Montpelier","Subchapter 009: ADMINISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/24APPENDIX/005/00903","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T17:17:06Z","sha256":"ae9d04f9e686b92c4bc597b24abef86eb3d57746d35e2bee4287341825014fcd","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-5-902","next":"us-vt/24-v.s.a.-app.-ch.-5-904"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}