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24A V.S.A. § 405-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-15. Terms of office

§ 405-15. Terms of office|Each commissioner and alternate commissioner shall serve for a term of two years ending May 31 and until his or her successor is duly appointed.
24A V.S.A. § 405-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-16. Administrative personnel

§ 405-16. Administrative personnel|The Board of Commissioners may appoint a Manager and such other personnel as it deems necessary for the conduct of the business of the District, and the Board of Commissioners shall have the power to prescribe duties, fix compensation within limits established by the budget, and delegate to such responsibilities as it deems appropriate. The Manager shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District, upon approval by the Board of Commissioners.
24A V.S.A. § 405-17
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-17. Election

§ 405-17. Election|The Board of Commissioners annually shall elect from among its members a Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary, and those other officers as it deems appropriate for the conduct of its business. Upon majority vote of the Board, the Treasurer or Secretary may be nonboard members.
24A V.S.A. § 405-18
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-18. Bond

§ 405-18. Bond|Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post fidelity bonds in such amounts as shall be determined by a resolution of the Board of Commissioners. The cost of such bonds shall be borne by the District.
24A V.S.A. § 405-19
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-19. Chair

§ 405-19. Chair|The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The Chair shall also perform all of the duties incident to the position and office.
24A V.S.A. § 405-20
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-20. Vice Chair

§ 405-20. Vice Chair|During the absence of or inability of the Chair to perform his or her duties, the Vice Chair shall perform such duties.
24A V.S.A. § 405-21
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-21. Vacancy

§ 405-21. 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 Commissioners shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given in this chapter or imposed upon the Vice Chair.
24A V.S.A. § 405-22
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-22. Secretary

§ 405-22. Secretary|The Secretary shall have the custody of the public records of the District and shall record all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Commissioners. The Secretary shall also prepare and warn all meetings of the District and Board of Commissioners in accordance with Vermont law and shall cause the annual report approved by the Board of Commissioners to be distributed to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The Secretary shall also perform all the duties and functions incident to the office of a secretary or clerk of a municipal corporation.
24A V.S.A. § 405-23
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-23. Treasurer

§ 405-23. Treasurer|The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing officer of the District. When authorized by the Board of Commissioners, 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 perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of treasurer of a municipal corporation.
24A V.S.A. § 405-24
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-24. Records

§ 405-24. 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. § 405-25
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-25. Audit

§ 405-25. Audit|The Board of Commissioners shall cause an audit of all District accounts to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant.
24A V.S.A. § 405-26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-26. Executive Board

§ 405-26. Executive Board|The Board of Commissioners shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant such powers to it as it may deem necessary. The Executive Board shall consist of the Chair of the Board of Commissioners and four members of the Board of Commissioners elected by the Board of Commissioners.
24A V.S.A. § 405-27
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-27. Committees

§ 405-27. Committees|The Board of Commissioners shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.
24A V.S.A. § 405-28
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-28. Compensation of officers

§ 405-28. Compensation of officers|Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation and reimbursement of expenses as shall be determined by the Board of Commissioners and for which authorization is provided in an approved budget.
24A V.S.A. § 405-29
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-29. Recall of officers

§ 405-29. Recall of officers|An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Commissioners whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the District will be served.
24A V.S.A. § 405-30
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-30. Fiscal year

§ 405-30. Fiscal year|The fiscal year of the District shall begin the first day of July and end on the last day of June of each calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year for the District. The accounting policies of the District shall conform to generally accepted accounting principles.
24A V.S.A. § 405-31
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-31. Preparation of budget

§ 405-31. Preparation of budget|On or before December 1 in each year, the Board of Commissioners shall prepare a budget for the district for the next fiscal year, which shall include an estimate of the revenue of the District from fees and other sources, except membership assessments, and the planning and solid waste management expenses for the next fiscal year, including debt service, payments due on long-term contracts, payments due to any sinking funds for the retirement of indebtedness, payments due to any capital reserve funds, debt service reserve funds, operating reserve funds, and payments due to any other funds established by the District. The budget shall be in such form as deemed desirable by the Board of Commissioners, and shall be so arranged as to show budgeted income and expenditures of the current fiscal year and budgeted and actual income and expenditures of the preceding fiscal year.
24A V.S.A. § 405-32
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-32. Budget hearing

§ 405-32. Budget hearing|The Board of Commissioners shall call a hearing of the residents of the member municipalities on or before January 31 in each year for the purpose of presenting the proposed budget and inviting discussion thereon. The hearing shall be held within the boundaries of one of the member municipalities of the District and shall be warned by a notice published in a newspaper of general circulation in each member municipality at least 15 days prior to the hearing. The notice shall contain a copy of the proposed budget, and the legislative body of each member municipality shall be sent a copy of the notice, with attached proposed budget at least 15 days prior to such hearing.
24A V.S.A. § 405-34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-34. Appropriations and revenues

§ 405-34. Appropriations and revenues|(a) Should anticipated user fees and revenues from District services and facilities not be sufficient to pay for any obligations or liabilities of the District, the Board of Commissioners shall, following adoption of the budget, apportion the sums for solid waste management, and District obligations and liabilities required to be contributed by each member municipality on the basis of the actual or estimated annual tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by each member municipality as determined by the Board of Commissioners.(b) Each member municipality shall be assessed a percentage of the sum of the District obligations and liabilities equal to the ratio which the solid waste generated by the member municipality bears to the total solid waste generated within the District. The Board of Commissioners may from time to time annually determine the percentage of solid waste generation attributed to each member municipality which determination shall be based on waste generation information for the most recent 12-month period for which information is available. For the purposes of this section, the weight or volume of solid waste generated shall be deemed to include all discarded materials separated or collected for recycling.(c) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any bonds, notes, or other evidence of indebtedness or long-term contracts which, according to their respective express terms, are payable solely and exclusively from user fees and revenues of the District.(d) A uniform unit of cost per ton or other volume of solid waste shall be established by the Board each year. Separate and nonuniform rates and costs per ton or volume of solid waste may be established by the Board of Commissioners for solid waste management or disposal services for nonmember municipalities and their residents. Planning costs shall be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of the estimated or actual annual tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by each member municipality. Should it be possible to generate a surplus from user fees and revenues, the Board of Commissioners may reimburse member municipalities on an equitable basis for any assessments, or portions thereof, previously paid to the District.
24A V.S.A. § 405-35
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-35. Assessment

§ 405-35. Assessment|The Treasurer of the District shall immediately notify the treasurer of each member municipality of the amount of that municipality's assessment and the member municipality shall add such assessment to its own budget and shall assess such tax as is necessary to raise the amount of the assessment. The amount of the assessment in each member municipality shall be paid to the Treasurer of the District in accordance with the schedule of payments adopted by the Board. 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 rate set by the Board. 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. Prior to the commencement of any new fiscal year, the Board of Commissioners shall determine, by resolution, the interest rate for that fiscal year, which in no case shall exceed one and one-half percent per month.
24A V.S.A. § 405-36
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-36. Limitations of appropriations

§ 405-36. Limitations of appropriations|Actions or resolutions of the Board of Commissioners 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 of Vermont. Appropriations made by the Board of Commissioners for the various estimates of the budget shall be expended only for such estimates, but by majority vote of the Board of Commissioners, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among such estimates, except as otherwise limited in 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, shall be included in and paid out of the operating budget and appropriations in the next fiscal year.
24A V.S.A. § 405-37
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-37. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing

§ 405-37. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing|(a) The Board of Commissioners may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the District's current operating budget, for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. Such notes must mature within one year.(b) The Board of Commissioners may also borrow money in anticipation of grants-in-aid from any source and any revenues other than assessments, in an amount not to exceed 50 percent of such grants or revenues, through the issuance of notes of the District. Such notes must mature within one year, but may be renewed as provided by general law; provided, however, such notes may not be renewed more than once or for a term in excess of two years from the date of the original loan without the approval of a majority of the voters of the District.(c) The Board of Commissioners may also borrow money in anticipation of assessments to each member municipality in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the amount assessed for each year, and may issue notes of the District which must mature within one year.(d) The Board of Commissioners may also borrow money in anticipation of bond proceeds which have been authorized as provided in this subchapter. These notes shall be issued as provided in 24 V.S.A. chapter 53.
24A V.S.A. § 405-39
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-39. Sinking fund

§ 405-39. Sinking fund|The Board of Commissioners may establish 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 monies at the disposal of the District, and shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring or securing such obligations. The cost of payments to any sinking fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24A V.S.A. § 405-40
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-40. Capital reserve fund

§ 405-40. Capital reserve fund|The Board of Commissioners may 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 management 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. § 405-41
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-41. Management fees

§ 405-41. Management fees|Giving due consideration to the fact that State policy, as established in 10 V.S.A. § 6601, provides the generators of waste should pay disposal costs that reflect the real costs to society of waste management and disposal, the Board of Commissioners shall from time to time establish and adjust a management 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 management or resource recovery facility. Once the District has a disposal facility, it will rely primarily on tipping fees for revenues, and shall work with the members to implement those fees.
24A V.S.A. § 405-42
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-42. Definitions

§ 405-42. Definitions|As used in this chapter:  (1) "Planning costs" means all expenses incurred by the District in the preparation of the solid waste management master plan or revisions thereto such as the costs of investigations and studies. (2) "Solid waste management costs" means all expenses incurred by the District in implementing any policies set forth in the master plan or in furtherance of the District's purposes, including capital expenditures.
24A V.S.A. § 405-43
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-43. Special meetings

§ 405-43. Special meetings|The Board of Commissioners 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 Commissioners shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Commissioners 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.
24A V.S.A. § 405-44
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-44. Places of meetings

§ 405-44. 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 Commissioners of the District in cooperation with the board of civil authority of each member municipality.
24A V.S.A. § 405-45
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-45. Public hearings

§ 405-45. Public hearings|Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called by the Board of Commissioners, at least one public hearing shall be held by the Board of Commissioners at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented and comments received. Notice of such public hearing shall include the publication of a warning in a newspaper of general circulation in the District at least once a week, on the same day of the week, for three consecutive weeks, the last publication not less than five nor more than 10 days before the public hearing.
24A V.S.A. § 405-46
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-46. Warnings required

§ 405-46. Warnings required|The Board of Commissioners 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 two public places in each municipality in the District, and in or near the office of the clerk of each municipality, 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. § 405-47
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-47. Signing of warning

§ 405-47. Signing of warning|The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by a number of the Board of Commissioners equal to a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast and shall be filed with the District Secretary before being posted.
24A V.S.A. § 405-48
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-48. Warning contents

§ 405-48. 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 not less than five percent of the voters of the District and filed with the District Secretary not less than 40 days before the date of any District meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 405-49
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-49. Australian ballot

§ 405-49. Australian ballot|The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.
24A V.S.A. § 405-50
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-50. Qualifications and registration of voters

§ 405-50. 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 there will be voting.
24A V.S.A. § 405-51
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 405 - Chittenden Solid Waste Management District|App § 405-51. Conduct of meeting

§ 405-51. Conduct of meeting|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 Secretary shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under chapter 51. The Chittenden Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District.