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24A V.S.A. § 403-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-10. Appointment

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-11. Organizational meeting

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-12. Regular meetings

§ 403-12. Regular meetings|A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 403-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-13. Special 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-14. Quorum

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-15. Voting

§ 403-15. Voting|(a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 1,000 population, or part thereof, in the municipality that the Supervisor represents; provided, however, no member municipality or supervisor shall be entitled to more than 20 votes, regardless of the population of the municipality. A member of the Board of Supervisors may not split its votes. The determinations of population shall be made based upon the latest census provided by the Vermont Department of Health.(b) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of any solid waste disposal facility, including a landfill, incinerator, gasifier, plasma arc conversion facility, or a facility using similar technologies that rely on extremely high temperature heating of high carbon feedstocks, any other similar facility that poses a potential for risk to the environment or the public; or a biosolids facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the supervisor representing the town or city in which such facility is to be located, in addition to approval by two-thirds' vote of the entire Board of Supervisors.(c) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of a resource recovery facility, including a recycling, transfer, or composting facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the supervisor representing the town or city in which the facility is to be located, in addition to approval by two-thirds' vote of the entire Board of Supervisors.(d) The District may 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 of the District, and approved by a two-thirds' majority of the Board of Supervisors. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-16. Term

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-17
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-17. Vacancy

§ 403-17. Vacancy|Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by appointment by the authority which appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of the representative to whose position the appointment was made and may thereafter be reappointed.
24A V.S.A. § 403-18
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-18. Rules of procedures

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-19
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-19. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-20
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-20. Officers

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-21
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-21. Bond

§ 403-21. 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-22
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-22. Chair

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-23
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-23. Vice Chair

§ 403-23. 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 the responsibilities hereby given to or imposed upon the Chair.
24A V.S.A. § 403-24
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-24. Vacancy

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-25
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-25. Clerk

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-26. Treasurer

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-26a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-26a. Grand juror

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-27
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-27. Records

§ 403-27. 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-28
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-28. Audit

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-29
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-29. Executive Board

§ 403-29. Executive Board|The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant such powers as it may deem necessary.
24A V.S.A. § 403-30
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-30. Committees

§ 403-30. Committees|The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.
24A V.S.A. § 403-31
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-31. Compensation of officers

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-32
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-32. Recall of officers

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-33a
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-33a. Delegation to District staff

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-34. Fiscal year

§ 403-34. Fiscal year|The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of each year.
24A V.S.A. § 403-36
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-36. Collection

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-37
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-37. Limitations of appropriations

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-39
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-39. Sinking fund

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-40
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-40. Capital reserve fund

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-41
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-41. Disposal fees

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-42
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-42. Special meetings

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-43
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-43. Places of meetings

§ 403-43. 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 the board of civil authority of each member municipality.
24A V.S.A. § 403-44
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-44. Public hearings

§ 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.)
24A V.S.A. § 403-45
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-45. Warnings required

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-46
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-46. Signing of warning

§ 403-46. 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-47
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-47. Warning contents

§ 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.
24A V.S.A. § 403-48
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 403 - Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District|App § 403-48. Australian ballot

§ 403-48. Australian ballot|The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.