Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 105. Powers Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following powers: (a) To operate, cause to be operated, or contract for the operation of facilities for the collection, transportation, recycling, composting, processing, and disposal of sol…

§ 106. Sovereign immunity The District shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the fullest extent authorized by law, except to the extent that it shall have in force and effect liability or other insurance for itself and members of its Board of Supervisors. The District s…

§ 107. Responsibility to accept waste (a) The District shall not enter into any contract with nonmember municipalities or private entities for the management of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District unless the contract is deemed to be in the best interests …

§ 201. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administrative and general supervision thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided in this agreement.

§ 202. Selection of supervisors and their alternates Board members and alternates shall be appointed by the legislative body, unless the voters of the municipality decide at a regular or special meeting warned for that purpose that the Board members and alternates will be elected…

§ 203. Composition (a) Each member municipality shall be entitled to be represented by one District supervisor for each 2,500 people, or portion thereof, residing in the municipality, except that unorganized towns, gores, and grants shall be considered as a single municipality an…

§ 204. Term of office (a) Board members and alternates shall serve two year terms, running from April 1st of the year in which selected to March 31st of the year their term expires, or until a successor is duly selected. (b) Member municipalities may appoint or elect a new Board …

§ 205. Organizational meeting (a) Annually, the Board of Supervisors shall have its organizational meeting on the second Tuesday of April. (b) At each organizational meeting, the Board shall elect from among its members a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Treasurer, and a Clerk, each of who…

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

§ 207. Special meetings The Chair has authority to call a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Upon written request of one-fourth of the District supervisors, the Clerk must call a special meeting. Each supervisor must be given at least 24 hours’ notice of any special mee…

§ 208. Quorum (a) For the purpose of transacting business, 51 percent of the municipalities served by the District must be represented by at least one member of the Board of Supervisors to constitute a quorum. The members of the Board of Supervisors present may adjourn a meeting …

§ 209. Proxies No voting by proxy shall be permitted at meetings of the Board of Supervisors.

§ 210. Voting (a) Each member or, in the absence of a member, his or her alternate member of the Board of Supervisors shall have one vote. (b) Any action adopted by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at which a quorum is present shall constitute…

§ 211. Vacancy In the event a vacancy occurs on the Board of Supervisors, the legislative body of the municipality may appoint an interim replacement to serve until a new supervisor has been duly elected or appointed. A supervisor named to fill a vacancy shall serve until the exp…

§ 212. Rules and procedures (a) Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, the most recent edition of Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern all meetings. (b) The Board of Supervisors may adopt Rules of Procedure as it from time to time deems appropriate. Rules of Procedure ad…

§ 213. Composition of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality may pay such compensation, if any, as it deems appropriate to its representative(s) to the Board of Supervisors.

§ 214. Access to meetings and records The conduct of all meetings, including public access thereto, and the maintenance of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the Vermont Open Meeting Law, 1 V.S.A. chapter 5.

§ 215. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit of the District’s financial records to be performed at least annually by a certified public accountant.

§ 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, and other officers designated by the Board from time to time.

§ 302. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board’s members. The Chair shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and the Executive Bo…

§ 303. Vice Chair (a) The Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board’s members. During the absence or inability of the Chair to render or perform the duties of the Chair or exercise the powers of the Chair, the same sh…

§ 304. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board’s members. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of the funds of the District and shall be responsible for the disbursement thereof. When authorized by the Board…

§ 305. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board’s members. The Clerk, with the approval of the Board, may appoint an Assistant Clerk. The Clerk shall be responsible for the records and the Seal of the District. The Clerk sh…

§ 306. Bonding of officers Within 30 days following their election or appointment, all officers of the District shall post bond in the amounts determined by the Board. The cost of the bond shall be borne by the District.

§ 307. Compensation of officers Officers of the District may be paid such compensation, and be reimbursed for such expenses, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Supervisors.

§ 308. Recall of officers Any officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in its judgment, it shall determine that the best interest of the District will be served by the removal of such officer.

§ 309. Delegation to District staff If the Board of Supervisors authorizes, the District may delegate duties to the District staff when necessary and appropriate to aid the officers.

§ 401. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall be the calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year for the District.

§ 402. Budget preparation On or before November 15th of each year, the Board of Supervisors shall prepare a budget for the District for the ensuing fiscal year, which budget shall include an estimate of all revenues anticipated to be received by the District from disposal fees an…

§ 403. Budget hearing and adoption (a) The Board of Supervisors shall call at least one meeting of the legal voters of the member municipalities to be held on or before December 15th in each fiscal year for the purpose of having the Board of Supervisors present its proposed budge…

§ 404. Revenues and appropriations (a) The Board of Supervisors shall establish a fee structure for the purpose of generating revenues for the District, which fee structure shall be designed to generate sufficient revenue to enable the District to operate and carry out its functi…

§ 405. Assessments The Treasurer of the District shall, within one week after a schedule is adopted or amended, notify the treasurer of each member municipality and the registered haulers of the District of the adoption of the fee schedule. The amount of assessment thereunder sha…

§ 406. Short-term indebtedness The Board of Supervisors is authorized to borrow money through the issuance of notes for the purpose of paying the current expenses of the District. Such notes must bear a maturity date within one year but may be renewed in accordance with the provi…

§ 407. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts Upon resolution adopted by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors at a regular or special meeting, which resolution shall set forth that the Board of Supervisors determines that the interests of the District require either t…

§ 408. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for the sinking fund or funds as it determines appropriate to provide for the retirement of bond issue or other debt, or to provide security for the payment thereof.

§ 409. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserve fund or funds as it determines appropriate to pay for improvements or repairs to and replacement of District buildings, equipment, and other capital assets of the District. When…

§ 501. Annual meetings Annual meetings of the District shall be held on the first Tuesday in March for the purpose of member towns’ consideration of any properly warned District business. (Amended 2023, No. M-4, § 2, eff. May 8, 2023.)

§ 502. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District whenever a majority of the Board of Supervisors shall deem it necessary or prudent so to do and shall call a special meeting of the District upon receipt of a petition signed by at least f…

§ 503. Place of meetings Annual and special meetings of the District shall be held at such place within the District as the Board of Supervisors shall deem appropriate. All articles calling for action to be taken by the legal votes of the District shall be voted upon by the legal…

§ 504. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn all annual and special meetings of the District by filing a notice thereof with the Clerk of the District, who, in turn, shall file a copy of the notice thereof with the clerk of each member municipality…

§ 505. Contents of warnings The notice of an annual or special meeting of the District shall contain the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted at such meeting, and shall specify the questi…

§ 506. Signing of warnings The original warning for each annual and special meeting of the District shall be signed by a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed with the District Clerk.

§ 507. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting of the District, the Board of Supervisors shall hold at least one public hearing at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented to the legal voters of the District, and …

§ 508. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all meetings of the District for all articles calling for action by the legal voters of the District.

§ 509. Qualification and registration of voters The legal voters of each member municipality shall constitute the legal voters of the District. Prior to each District meeting at which action is to be taken by the legal voters of the District, each member municipality shall cause …

§ 510. Conduct of meetings At all meetings of the District, the provision 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), count and …