Appointment — Vermont Code § 9

§ 9. Appointment

• (a) Initial Board. The Initial Board shall be appointed by the legislative body of each member municipality.
  Appointments shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter and
  certified by the clerk of each member municipality to the Board. Within 60 days of
  the effective date of this chapter, the initial Board shall meet and shall elect from
  its membership a Chair and Vice Chair to serve until the organizational meeting to
  be held pursuant to section 10 of this chapter, and until their successors are duly
  elected and qualified. The initial Board shall also appoint a Clerk and Treasurer
  pursuant to sections 24 and 25 of this chapter. (b) Subsequent boards. Each year, subsequent to Town Meeting and prior to the annual organizational meeting,
  the legislative body of each member municipality shall appoint its representative
  and shall also name an alternate representative to the Board of Supervisors. Appointments
  shall be in writing, signed by the Chair of the legislative body, and presented to
  the Clerk of the District. The legislative body, by majority vote, may remove its
  municipality’s appointed representative or alternate during his or her term of office
  at its discretion. The alternate representative shall represent the municipality at
  all meetings of the Board of Supervisors that the regular representative is unable
  to attend and shall have all the rights and privileges of the regular representative
  in his or her absence.