Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 693
Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 10 Sec. 693
- Agency: means the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development. See
- Municipality: means a town or city. See
- Population: means the most recent population of a municipality as determined by the Vermont Department of Health. See
- Secretary: means the Secretary of the Agency. See
- Town: shall include city and wards or precincts therein; "selectboard members" and "board of civil authority" shall extend to and include the mayor and aldermen of cities; "trustees" shall extend to and include bailiffs of incorporated villages; and the laws applicable to the inhabitants and officers of towns shall be applicable to the inhabitants and similar officers of all municipal corporations. See
- Village: shall mean an incorporated village. See
§ 693. Definitions
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Municipality” means a town or city. It also means an incorporated village the charter of which enables it to function as a general purpose unit of local government.
(2) “Agency” means the Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development.
(3) “Secretary” means the Secretary of the Agency.
(4) “Population” means the most recent population of a municipality as determined by the Vermont Department of Health.
(5) “Per capita income” means the total adjusted gross incomes of residents of a municipality divided by total exemptions claimed by residents of that municipality, as reported to the Vermont Department of Taxes in the most recent year for which data is available.
(6) “Employment loss” means the absolute decline in the annual average number of insured private sector employees in the municipality during the most recent 12-month period for which data is reported by the Vermont Department of Labor compared to the same 12-month period five years earlier.
(7) “Area unemployment rate” means the average monthly unemployment rate over the most recent two-year period for which data is available, of the labor market area of which a municipality is a part, as reported by the Vermont Department of Labor. (Added 1985, No. 172 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; amended 1995, No. 190 (Adj. Sess.), § 1(a); 2005, No. 103 (Adj. Sess.), § 3, eff. April 5, 2006.)