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Chapter 403: CENTRAL VERMONT SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
§ 403-1. Creation
There is created a union municipal district which shall be known as the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District (the District) and which shall be a body politic and corporate.
§ 403-2. Purpose
The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the efficient, economical, and environmentally sound resource recovery, waste reduction, recycling, or disposal of solid waste generated by member municipalities and their residents. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-3. Composition
The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within those municipalities which vote to approve this chapter at the time of its creation, and such other municipalities as are subsequently admitted to the District as provided in this chapter, except for those municipalities which may withdraw as provided in this chapter.
§ 403-4. Duration
§ 403-5. Powers
(1) Except as provided in section 6 of this chapter, to operate, cause to be operated, or contract, or any combination of these, for the operation of any and all facilities for the collection, transportation, resource recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid waste, and to determine and make proper charges for such services.
(2) To purchase, sell, lease, own, acquire, convey, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in connection with the purpose of the District.
(8) To provide solid waste management, resource recovery, or solid waste disposal services for the member municipalities, its inhabitants, and its businesses, and for others as its facilities and obligations may allow.
(9) To contract to pay for solid waste disposal services on the basis of guaranteed amounts, whether delivered for disposal and accepted for disposal or not, of solid waste, with payments based on guaranteed amounts, whether actually disposed of or not, which payments may be variable and may be determined by formulae expressed in such contracts.
(10) To contract with the State of Vermont, the United States of America, or any subdivision or agency for services.
(11) To contract with any member municipality for the services of any officers or employees of that municipality useful to it.
(12) To promote cooperative arrangements and coordinated action among its member municipalities.
(13) To make recommendations for review and action to its member municipalities and other public agencies that perform functions within the region in which its member municipalities are located.
(14) To exercise any other powers that are necessary or desirable for dealing with resource recovery or solid waste problems of mutual concern, and that are exercised or are capable of exercise by any of its member municipalities.
(15) To exercise the power of eminent domain upon the approval of a majority of the legislative bodies of the member municipalities.
(16) To borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other provisions of law authorizing general obligations or revenue debt, including 10 V.S.A. chapter 12 and 24 V.S.A. chapter 19.
(17) To establish a budget and assess member municipalities in accordance therewith.
(18) To levy assessments, surcharges, and other fees consistent with legislative authority.
(19) To appropriate and expend monies.
(20) To establish sinking funds for the retirement of bonded or other indebtedness.
(21) To establish capital reserve funds for public improvements in furtherance of its purposes.
(22) Subject to such limitations as may be imposed by law, to regulate the collection, transportation, resource recovery, recycling, and disposal of solid waste generated within or without the District.
(23) To enact and enforce any and all necessary or desirable regulations for the orderly conduct of the government and for carrying out the purpose of the District.
(24) To accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests in trust or otherwise for the purpose of the District.
(25) To exercise all powers incident to a public corporation.
(26) To grant nonexclusive franchises or establish collection districts for the purposes of: the collection of recyclable materials; composting; resource recovery; or disposal of solid waste. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-5a. 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 District shall hold harmless and indemnify all members of the Board of Supervisors from all claims of every kind and nature arising out of or connected with duties as supervisors, excepting only willful negligence and criminal conduct. (Added 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-6. Transportation and collection site
Each member municipality, either directly or through independent parties, may provide one or more collection sites for the solid waste or recoverable materials generated within the member municipality and for the transportation of solid waste or recoverable materials to the District facility, together with all costs incident thereto. In the event that any member municipality does not wish to institute its own collection system for delivery of the solid waste to the facility designated by the District, then the Board of Supervisors may provide for collection and transportation as provided in subdivision 5(1) of this chapter. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-7. Responsibility to accept solid waste
(a) The District becomes responsible for providing a system for resource recovery, as delineated in subsection (b) of this section, when the Board of Supervisors declares the disposal system operational.
(b) The District may provide a system for resource recovery and disposal of all solid waste generated by residential and commercial activities, tires, and metal goods generated within the member municipalities. The District may provide for the disposal of solid waste from industrial activities within a member municipality. The District may provide for the disposal of biosolids through contract with a member municipality. The District may provide for the resource recovery or disposal of any or all demolition and construction waste or yard wastes, or both, from any member municipality. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-8. Authority
The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter. The Board of Supervisors may appoint and employ a General Manager and other personnel as it deems necessary for the conduct of business of the District. The General Manager oversees all aspects of the District, in accordance with the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District's mission statement. The General Manager shall be responsible to the Board for the administration of the District and for carrying out the policies of the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District. The powers and duties of the General Manager shall be specified by the Board of Supervisors. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-9. Composition
§ 403-10. Appointment
Annually, on or before the last Monday in March, the legislative branch of each member municipality shall appoint its representative to the Board of Supervisors. Appointments shall be in writing, signed by the chair of the legislative branch, and presented to the Clerk of the District. The legislative branch, by majority vote, may remove its approved representative during the one-year term for stated reasons. In addition, each legislative body is encouraged to appoint an alternative representative to the Board of Supervisors who shall act as the appointed representative during his or her absence. The clerk of the member municipality shall certify to the Clerk of the District the name of the persons appointed as representative and alternate. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-11. Organizational meeting
Annually, on the first Wednesday in April, 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 shall hold office for one year and until a successor is duly elected and qualified. For this election, each member of the Board of Supervisors present shall cast one vote.
§ 403-12. Regular meetings
§ 403-13. Special meetings
Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or may be called by the Clerk. Except in case of emergency, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be given at least 24 hours' notice of any special meeting of the Board of Supervisors by notice in person, by telephone, or by written notice delivered personally, mailed, e-mailed, or left at a member's usual place of residence. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-14. Quorum
For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members whose accumulated votes represent more than 50 percent of the total number of accumulated votes of all members who have at that time appointed representatives to the Board of Supervisors and the presence of more than 50 percent of the membership of the Board of Supervisors shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. 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 be the action of the Board of Supervisors, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-16. Term
All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.
§ 403-17. Vacancy
§ 403-18. Rules of procedures
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Roberts Rules of Order, as amended, shall govern at all meetings. The Board of Supervisors may adopt ordinances relating to the District, its powers, and other related subjects pursuant to the procedures of 24 V.S.A chapter 59. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-19. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors
Each member municipality may pay to its representatives to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement of expenses as it may determine reasonable. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-20. Officers
The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk to the District, and the Treasurer of the District.
§ 403-21. Bond
§ 403-22. 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 authorize all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Chair shall perform all of the duties incident to the position and office.
§ 403-23. Vice Chair
§ 403-24. Vacancy
During the absence or inability of the Vice Chairperson 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 Chairperson who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities hereby given or imposed upon the Vice Chairperson.
§ 403-25. Clerk
The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, and shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors. The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the District and the Seal of the District. The Clerk shall record all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Supervisors, and shall cause to be posted and published all warnings of meetings of the District. The Clerk shall prepare all warnings of meetings of the District as required by section 46 of this chapter. Following approval of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk shall cause the annual report to be distributed to the legislative branches of its member municipalities. The Clerk shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by laws of the State of Vermont and resolutions or regulations of the Board of Supervisors. The Clerk shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate. The Clerk, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, may appoint an Assistant Clerk. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-26. Treasurer
The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors. The Treasurer, with the approval of the Board of Supervisors, may appoint an Assistant Treasurer. When authorized by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer shall sign, make, or endorse in the name of the District all checks and orders for the payment of monies and pay out and disburse the same. The Treasurer shall be a nonvoting member of the Executive Board. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-26a. Grand juror
The Board of Supervisors may appoint a grand juror who shall inquire into any person's offenses under the District's regulations or applicable law and present them to the proper authority. If the Attorney General or a State's Attorney is unwilling to prosecute the offenses, the grand juror may do so. For these purposes, the grand juror shall have the same authority within the District as a State's Attorney. The grand juror shall not be a member of the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-27. Records
§ 403-28. Audit
The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant.
§ 403-29. Executive Board
§ 403-30. Committees
§ 403-31. Compensation of officers
Officers of the District may be paid such compensation or reimbursement of expenses, or both, as may be determined by the Board of Supervisors. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-32. Recall of officers
An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the District will be served. For this action, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall cast one vote.
§ 403-33. Repealed. 2017, No. M-1, § 1.
§ 403-33a. 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. (Added 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-34. Fiscal year
§ 403-36. Collection
Annually, on or before January 1, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative branch of each member municipality requiring the amount of such assessment be paid to the District in accordance with the schedule of payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The legislative branch of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasury for the amount of such assessment, and the municipal treasurer shall pay to the District Treasurer the amount of such order in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. If any member municipality shall fail to pay when due any assessment against it by the District, it shall incur the maximum penalty allowed by law, plus interest at the maximum rate allowed by law. Such penalty and interest, together with the amount due, court costs, and reasonable attorney's fees of the District may be recovered by the District in a civil action under this section, notwithstanding the availability of any other remedy available to the District.
§ 403-37. Limitations of appropriations
Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annual appropriations of any year may 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 of Vermont. Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in subsection 35(a) of this chapter may be expended only for such estimates, but by majority vote of the Board of Supervisors, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among such estimates, except as otherwise limited by this chapter. Any balance left or unencumbered in any such budget estimate, or the amount of any deficit at the end of the fiscal year, may be included in and paid out of the operating budget and appropriations in the next fiscal year. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-39. 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 its payment. When so established, it may be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of the District, and may be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring or securing such obligations. The cost of payments to any sinking fund may be included in the annual budget of the District. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-40. Capital reserve fund
The Board of Supervisors shall 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 for which the District was created. Any such capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds, and shall be expended for such purposes for which established. The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
§ 403-41. Disposal fees
The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a disposal fee structure (tipping fee) for the purpose of generating revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalities, particularly concerning the operation and maintenance of any District solid waste disposal or resource recovery facility, or both.
§ 403-42. 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 chapter or under any applicable law. In addition, the Board of Supervisors shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of legal voters of the district. The Board of Supervisors may rescind the call of a special meeting called by it but not a special meeting called on application of five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Supervisors shall endeavor to have the time of such special meetings coincide with the time of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the member municipalities will be voting on other matters.
§ 403-43. Places of meetings
§ 403-44. 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 received. Public hearings shall be warned by the publishing of a notice in a newspaper of general circulation within the District not more than 25 days and at least 15 days prior to the meeting. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-45. Warnings required
The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least five public places in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting.
§ 403-46. Signing of warning
§ 403-47. 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 requested by petition signed by five percent of the voters of the District and filed with the District Clerk not less than 40 days before the date of any District meeting.
§ 403-48. Australian ballot
§ 403-49. Qualifications and registration of voters
§ 403-50. 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), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recounts and contest of elections (subchapter 9), and jurisdiction of courts (subchapter 10), shall apply except where clearly inapplicable. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under chapter 51. The Washington Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District.
§ 403-51. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
(d) A question voted on shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors.
§ 403-52. 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 of the District powers, may be corrected and legalized by vote at a special meeting of the District called and duly warned for that purpose. The question to be voted upon shall substantially be, "Shall the action taken at the meeting of this District held on (state date) in spite of the fact that (state the error or omission), and any act or action of the District officers or agents pursuant thereto be readopted, ratified, or confirmed?" Errors or omissions in the conduct of an original meeting which are not the result of an unlawful notice or warning or noncompliance within the scope of the warning, may be cured by a resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the District by a vote of two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose stating the defect was the result of an oversight, inadvertence, or mistake. When an error or omission of this nature has been thus corrected by resolution, all business within the terms of the action of the qualified voters shall be as valid as if the requirements had been initially complied with upon condition, however, the original action thereby corrected by the Board of Supervisors was in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers.
§ 403-53. 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 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict.
§ 403-54. Withdrawal of member municipality
(A) The Board of Supervisors shall not enter into any long-term contract, or call a special meeting on incurring long-term debt for a period of 18 months from the date of establishment of the District.
(C) Prior to the District incurring bonded indebtedness or entering into a long-term contract, a member municipality may vote to withdraw in the same manner as the vote for adoption of this chapter by such member municipality. If a majority of the voters of a member municipality present and voting at a meeting duly warned for that purpose may vote to withdraw from the District, the vote may be certified by the clerk of that municipality and presented to the Board of Supervisors. The membership of the withdrawing municipality shall terminate as soon after the vote to withdraw as the financial obligations of the withdrawing municipality have been paid to the District.
(2) Withdrawal after the District has incurred bonded indebtedness or entered into long-term contract. After the District has incurred bonded indebtedness or entered into a long-term contract, a member municipality may vote to withdraw in the same manner as the vote for adoption of this chapter by such member municipality. It shall be a condition that the withdrawing municipality shall enter into a written agreement with the District in which the chapter and withdrawing municipality shall be obligated to continue to pay its share of the debt incurred by the District for the remaining bonding term or contract term. In addition, the withdrawing municipality shall obligate itself to pay the cost of redesigning and rebuilding any facility of the District occasioned because of the reduced volume of solid waste. The cost shall be determined by an independent engineering firm hired by the Board of Supervisors. These additional costs shall be paid either in a lump sum or in installments at such times and in such amounts as required by the Board of Supervisors. In addition, in the event there is a resource recovery facility, if the withdrawal of a municipality will reduce the minimum volume of solid waste required to meet the District's long-term contractual commitments, no withdrawal of a member municipality shall be permitted during the period of such commitments.
(3) Determination of withdrawal. No withdrawal of a municipality shall become effective or deemed conclusive until such time as there shall be filed by the Clerk of the District in the records of the District a certificate attesting to the satisfaction of every condition set forth in subdivision 54(1)(C) or (2) of this chapter, whichever is applicable, as determined and approved by the Board of Supervisors. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 164.)
§ 403-55. 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 District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality which desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts which are likely to occur if such municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants such authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including financial obligations, upon which such admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121. If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve this chapter and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the Clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Thereafter, upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions of admission, the municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District.
§ 403-57. Amendment of chapter
This chapter may be amended by petition of five percent of the voters of the District under the provisions of subchapter 5 of this chapter or by the Board of Supervisors under this section. The Board of Supervisors may, by a majority vote, adopt a resolution stating its intent to amend the chapter. A written copy of the resolution, stating the wording and purpose of the amendment and the date of the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, shall be delivered, including mail or e-mail, to the legislative branches of each member municipality and mailed, e-mailed, or left at the usual place of residence of each member of the Board of Supervisors by the Clerk of the District at least 10 business days prior to the meeting scheduled to adopt the amendment. The amendment may be adopted by majority vote of the Board of Supervisors at the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, unless a majority of the legislative branches of the member municipalities request, in writing, that the Board of Supervisors hold a special District meeting to vote on the amendment. If the amendment is adopted by the Board of Supervisors or by the voters of the District, the Clerk of the District, within 10 days after the vote of adoption, shall certify to the Secretary of State each proposal of amendment, showing the facts as to its origin and the procedure followed pursuant to section 51 of this chapter, relating to reconsideration and recession of vote, shall apply to an amendment adopted by a vote of the Board or the voters under this section. The Secretary of State shall then proceed as with municipal charter amendments under 17 V.S.A. § 2645. The amendment shall become effective upon affirmative enactment of the proposal, either as proposed or as amended by the General Assembly. This chapter may be amended from time to time in the manner as provided, but no amendment shall be made that shall substantially impair the rights of the holders of any bonds or other notes or other evidence of indebtedness or substantially affect any obligations under long-term contracts of the District then outstanding or in effect, or the rights of the District to procure the means for payment, continuation, or termination thereof. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 403-58. Severability
Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of this chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter.
§ 403-60. Consistency with State law
By ratifying this chapter, the General Assembly does not intend to ratify or authorize actions or procedures which otherwise would be inconsistent with State law, as State law may be amended from time to time.
§ 403-61. [Transitional provisions related to effective date]