Title 24APPENDIX, MUNICIPAL CHARTERS

§ 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…

§ 509. 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), early or absentee voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subch…

§ 510. 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 …

§ 511. 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 are otherwise legal and within the sco…

§ 512. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict…

§ 601. Indemnification To the extent permitted by law, the District shall protect, defend, indemnify, and hold harmless each member municipality and its respective officials, officers, members, employees, and agents from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, demands, judg…

§ 602. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon the terms and conditions specified below: (1) Withdrawal prior to the District incurring bonded indebtedness or entering long-term contracts. (A) The Board of Supervisors shall not …

§ 603. 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 in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the Dist…

§ 604. Dissolution of District (a) Procedure. If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the member municipalities and the District that the District be dissolved…

§ 605. Amendment of the District agreement The Board of Supervisors may amend this District agreement by the following procedure. The Board of Supervisors at any regular or special meeting of the Board may, by a majority vote, pass a resolution stating its intent to amend the agr…

§ 606. Severability Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this agreement to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the agreeme…

§ 607. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Solid waste” shall mean any discarded garbage, refuse, sludge from a waste treatment plant, water supply plant, or pollution control facility, and other discarded material possessing no value to its present user, including solid, l…

§ 101. Creation and name A union municipal district to be known as the Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District is created.

§ 102. Purpose The purpose of the District is to provide for the treatment and management of solid waste generated or disposed of within the geographical boundaries of member municipalities (the members) in accordance with the provisions of this chapter and 10 V.S.A. chapter 159 …

§ 103. Composition The District includes all the lands within those municipalities that vote to approve and enter into this chapter. At the time of its creation, those municipalities are Belvidere, Cambridge, Craftsbury, Eden, Elmore, Hyde Park, Johnson, Morristown, Stowe, Waterv…

§ 104. Duration The District shall continue perpetually.

§ 105. Powers (a) The District shall have all those powers set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 4866 as the same presently exist, together with any additional powers that may be added thereto by amendment in the future, all of which powers are incorporated herein by reference. (b) Except as …

§ 106. Sovereign immunity The District shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the same extent that the State of Vermont does. The District shall provide liability and other insurance for itself and the members of the Board of Supervisors (the Board). The District shall h…

§ 107. Transportation and collection sites The costs and responsibility for providing adequate collection sites for the solid waste generated within its geographical boundaries and for the transportation of such solid waste to the appropriate District facility shall be borne by e…

§ 108. Definitions As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Board of Supervisors of the Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District. (2) “District” means the Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District. (3) “Members” means those municipalities who comprise the D…

§ 201. Authority All power and authority of the District shall be exercised by the Board except as provided in subchapter 5 of this chapter.

§ 202. Composition Each member of the District shall have one supervisor on the Board for each nine votes, or portion thereof to which it is entitled under section 208 of this chapter. Each supervisor must be a resident of his or her municipality, entitled to vote in municipal el…

§ 203. Selection of supervisors (a) Initial Board. The initial Board shall be appointed by the legislative body of each member. Appointments shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of this agreement and certified by the clerk of each member to the Clerk of the District…

§ 204. Organizational meeting Within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter, the Chairperson of the Lamoille County Planning Commission shall designate a time and place for the organizational meeting of the initial Board. Annually thereafter, on the first Wednesday in Apri…

§ 205. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board shall be established at its annual organizational meeting. The schedule shall be sent to the clerk of each member for posting.

§ 206. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board may be called at any time by the Chairperson and shall be called by the Clerk upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board. Each supervisor shall be given at least 24-hours’ notice of any special meeting by t…

§ 207. Quorum To transact business, supervisors who represent more than one-half of the members and whose votes constitute more than 50 percent of the total votes of all supervisors must be present. No proxies shall be allowed. A smaller number may adjourn to a later date, provid…

§ 208. Voting (a) Each member shall be entitled to one vote plus one vote for each 1,500 people or any portion thereof of its population. The number of votes entitled to be cast on behalf of any member entitled to more than one supervisor shall be divided equally among its superv…

§ 209. Vacancy (a) A supervisor may resign at any time by notice to the chairperson of the legislative body of the municipality represented. The Board shall declare, by written certification to the legislative body of a member municipality, a vacancy for the position of the super…

§ 210. Compensation Each member shall pay to its supervisor such reimbursement of expenses or stipend as the member shall determine.