Title 24APPENDIX, Municipal Charters

§ 13. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of 50 percent of the municipal representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. The entire number of regular representatives to be appoi…

§ 14. Voting Each representative in attendance at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at which a quorum is present shall cast one vote for every 2,500 population, or part thereof, in the municipality that he or she represents. If a representative is unable to attend, the munici…

§ 15. Term All representatives and alternate representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.

§ 16. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors or in an alternate representative position shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by the legislative body of the member municipality that appointed the representative or alternate whose position has become va…

§ 17. Rules of procedures Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.

§ 18. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its representative to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement or expenses as it shall determine reasonable.

§ 19. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the District, and the Treasurer of the District. The offices of the Clerk of the District and the Treasurer of the District may be held by one person. No ot…

§ 2. Purpose The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing a comprehensive system for managing solid waste generated within the member municipalities. The principal elements of the management system may include collection, transportation, processing, citize…

§ 20. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the District.

§ 21. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. T…

§ 22. Vice Chair During the absence or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the same shall be performed and exercised by the Vice Chair and when so acting, the Vice Chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all the r…

§ 23. Vacancy During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibi…

§ 24. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the District and the Seal of the District. The…

§ 25. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Treasurer shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing of…

§ 26. Records The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records.

§ 27. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant, who shall be the Auditors selected by the Board of Supervisors.

§ 28. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant such powers as it may deem necessary.

§ 29. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.

§ 3. Composition This District shall consist of those municipalities that elect to join the District by votes of their voters present and voting at annual or special meetings duly warned for such purpose, and such other municipalities as are subsequently admitted to the District …

§ 30. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimbursement of expenses, or both, as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.

§ 31. Recall of officers An officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors and may be removed by a vote of the Board as set forth in section 14 of this chapter, except that two-thirds of the representatives of the member municipalities and two-thirds of the votes…

§ 32. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of each year.

§ 33. Budget appropriation (a)(1) Proposed budget. Annually, on or before the first day of December, the Board of Supervisors shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative branch of each member municipality for review and comment an annual report of its activities,…

§ 34. Collection Annually, after adoption of the budget by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member municipality requiring the amount of such assessment, if any, be paid to him or her in accor…

§ 35. Limitations of appropriations Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in subdivision 33(a)(1) of this chapter shall be expended only for such estimates, but by vote of the Board of Supervisors, the budget may be ame…

§ 36. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. Such notes must mature within one year. The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money …

§ 37. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and planned and unplanned major repairs of a disposal facility, in furtherance of the purpose …

§ 38. Disposal fees The Board of Supervisors shall establish and periodically adjust charges, including tipping fees, for the purpose of generating revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalities for the District’s services in the management of solid waste.

§ 39. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District for the purposes of incurring bonded debt or entering into a long-term contract under section 36 of this chapter or for purposes of dissolution under section 53 of this chapter or for recon…

§ 4. Duration The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in this chapter.

§ 40. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors of the District in cooperation with th…

§ 41. Public hearings The Board of Supervisors shall hold at least one public hearing prior to any special District meeting at such time and upon such notice as it may prescribe.

§ 42. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the town clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in a minimum of three public places in each municipality in the District not le…

§ 43. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by the Chair of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted.

§ 44. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon.

§ 45. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.

§ 46. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall be legal voters of the District. The member municipalities shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which ther…

§ 47. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), co…

§ 48. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question considered or voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission, except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for that purpose, and called by the …

§ 49. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special District meeting have been omitted or not complied with, the omission or noncompliance, if the meeting and the business transacted at it is otherwise legal and within the scope…

§ 5. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited in this chapter, the District shall have the following powers: (1) To operate, cause to be operated, contract for, and otherwise provide for the collection and transportation of solid waste, and for the operation and maintenance…

§ 50. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded indebtedness or to enter into a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined…

§ 51. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon the terms and conditions specified in this section: (1) Withdrawal during a period of 12 months from the establishment of the District. (A) The Board of Supervisors shall not enter i…

§ 52. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Di…

§ 53. Dissolution of District (a) Dissolution by Board of Supervisors. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no …

§ 54. Amendment of this chapter (a) The Board of Supervisors may amend this chapter by the procedure set out in this section. Any vote of the Board required under this section shall be as prescribed in section 14 of this chapter, except that the votes of the representatives of tw…