Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 105. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following powers: (1) to operate, cause to be operated or contract, or both, for the operation of any and all facilities necessary for the management of solid waste or hazardous waste, and t…

§ 106. Transportation and collection system Each member municipality, either directly or through independent parties, shall be responsible for providing a collection system for the solid waste generated within such member municipality and for the transportation of such solid wast…

§ 107. Responsibility to accept solid waste (a) The District becomes responsible for providing a system for solid waste management, as delineated in subsection (b) of this section, when the Board of Supervisors declares the management system operational. (b) The District shall pr…

§ 108. Facility siting conditions No solid waste disposal or management facility shall be operated within the District under subsection 107(c) of this subchapter unless the District by two-thirds majority vote of its Board of Supervisors, and the host municipality by majority act…

§ 109. Interlocal contracts In accordance with 24 V.S.A. chapter 141, subchapter 4, the District recognizes and encourages subregional solid waste management facilities or services. Such facilities or services may be desirable for the management of some portion of the solid waste…

§ 201. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provid…

§ 202. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality.

§ 203. Appointment On or before the last Monday in March commencing upon the formation of the District, the selectboard of each member municipality shall appoint its representative and an alternate representative to the Board of Supervisors for a term of two years. Appointments s…

§ 204. Organizational meeting Annually, on or before the second Monday in April, and upon notice, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At such meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership a Chair and a Vice Chair, each of whom…

§ 205. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.

§ 206. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or shall be called by the Clerk upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors. Except in case of emergency, each member of the Board of Supe…

§ 207. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members representing more than 50 percent of the membership of the Board of Supervisors and whose accumulated votes aggregate more than 50 percent of all votes shall constitute a quorum.

§ 208. Voting Each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 1,000 population, or part thereof, in the town that he or she represents. A member of the Board of Supervisors may not split his or her vote. The determination of population shall b…

§ 209. Term Except as provided in section 203 of this subchapter, representatives and alternates to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for two years and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative and alternate may be reappointed to success…

§ 210. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by appointment by the authority that appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the te…

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

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

§ 301. 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. No person may hold more than one office at one time. The Board of Supervisors also may appoint such assist…

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

§ 303. 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. …

§ 304. Vice Chair During the absence of 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 th…

§ 305. 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 responsib…

§ 306. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, need 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…

§ 307. 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 o…

§ 308. 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.

§ 309. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm.

§ 310. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary, the powers of which shall not be in derogation of the powers, authority, or responsibility of the Board of Supervisors.

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

§ 312. Recall of officers An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in their judgment, the best interest of the District will be served. For this action, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall cast one vote.

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

§ 402. Budget appropriation (a) Proposed budget. Annually, on or before December 1, 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, including a fina…

§ 403. Assessment procedure Annually, on or before January 20 preceding the fiscal year, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member municipality requiring that the amount of such assessment, if any, be paid to him or her…

§ 404. Limitations of appropriations (a) Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annual appropriations of any year shall not cease to be operative at the end of the fiscal year for which they were adopted, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State o…

§ 405. Indebtedness 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 in anticipation of grants…

§ 406. Long-term indebtedness (a) Submission to voters. On a petition signed by at least five percent of the voters of the District at the last general election, the proposition of incurring a bonded debt or other indebtedness to pay for public improvements or of authorizing a lo…

§ 407. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however denominated, for the retirement of bond issue or other debt or to provide security for the payment thereof. When so established, it shall be kept intact and separate from other moni…

§ 408. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay in full or in part for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and planned and unplanned major repairs of a management facility, in furth…

§ 409. Disposal fees The Board of Supervisors may establish and from time to time adjust a disposal fee structure (tipping fee) upon the operation and maintenance of any solid waste management facility located within the District.

§ 501. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this agreement or under any app…

§ 502. Public hearings 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 in cooperation with the Board of Civil A…

§ 503. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called by the Board of Supervisors, at least one public hearing shall be held by the Board of Supervisors at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented and comments rec…

§ 504. 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 at least five public places in each municipality in the District not less t…

§ 505. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by a number of the Board of Supervisors equal to a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted.

§ 506. 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. The warning also shall contain any article reque…

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

§ 508. 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 the…