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24A V.S.A. § 414-509
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-509. Reconsideration or rescission of vote

§ 414-509. 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 the purpose and called by the Board of Supervisors on its own motion or pursuant to a petition requesting reconsideration or rescission signed and submitted in accordance with subsection (b) of this section.(b) Where a petition signed by not less than five percent of the qualified voters of the District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted on at a previous special meeting is submitted to the Board of Supervisors of the District within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall provide for a vote by the District in accordance with the petition within 60 days of the submission at a special meeting duly warned for that purpose.(c) A vote taken at a special meeting shall remain in effect unless rescinded at a special meeting called and warned in accordance with this section.(d) A question voted on or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-510
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-510. Validation of District meetings

§ 414-510. Validation of District meetings|(a)(1) 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.  (2) 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, and confirmed?"   (b) Errors or omissions in the conduct of an original meeting that 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 that the defect was the result of 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, that the original action corrected by the Board of Supervisors was in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-511. Priority

§ 414-511. Priority|When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness, or a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this charter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-601
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-601. Withdrawal of member municipality

§ 414-601. Withdrawal of member municipality|(a) A member municipality may vote to withdraw from the District if one year has elapsed since the District became a body politic and corporate, and if the District has not voted to bond for construction and improvements or to authorize a long-term contract pursuant to this charter. If a majority of the voters of a member municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for the purpose of withdrawal shall vote to withdraw from the District, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors of the District.(b) After a vote held pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Board of Supervisors shall give notice to the remaining member municipalities of the vote to withdraw and shall hold a meeting to determine if it in the best interests of the District to continue to exist. Representatives of the member municipalities shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the meeting together with any other interested persons.(c) After the meeting held pursuant to subsection (b), the Board of Supervisors may declare the District dissolved immediately or as soon thereafter as the financial obligations of the District and of each member municipality on account have been satisfied, or it may declare that the District shall continue to exist despite the withdrawal of the member municipality. The membership of the withdrawing municipality shall terminate as of one year following the vote to withdraw or as soon after the one-year period as the financial obligations of the withdrawing municipality have been paid to the District.(d) The one year waiting requirement in subsection (c) of this section may be waived after all financial obligations of the withdrawing municipality have been paid and upon an affirmative vote of at least 66 percent of the Board of Supervisor votes eligible to be cast, excluding the withdrawing municipality's votes.(e) A vote of withdrawal taken after the District becomes a body politic and corporate but less than one year after that date shall be null and void. A vote of withdrawal taken after the District has voted to bond itself for construction and improvements or to authorize a long-term contract shall be null and void. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-602. Admission of new member municipalities

§ 414-602. Admission of new member municipalities|(a) The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon terms and conditions that it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District.(b) The legislative body of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District.(c)(1) The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if the municipality is admitted and shall either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality.  (2) If the Board grants the authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including but not limited to financial obligations upon which the admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall then comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. § 4863.   (d) If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for that purpose shall vote to approve this charter and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions for admission, the municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors be a member municipality of the District. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-603. Dissolution of District

§ 414-603. Dissolution of District|(a) Procedure.  (1) 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, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long-term contracts, or will have no outstanding debt or obligation upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and then adopt a resolution directing that the question of the dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for that purpose. (2) If two-thirds of the voters of the District present and voting at the special meeting of the District duly warned for that purpose shall vote to dissolve District and approve the plan of dissolution, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up of the dissolution. (3) The Board of Supervisors shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution.   (b) Plan of dissolution. The plan of dissolution shall:  (1) Identify and value all unencumbered assets of the District. (2) Identify and value all encumbered assets of the District. (3) Identify all creditors of the District and the nature or amount of all liabilities and obligations of the District. (4) Identify all obligations under long-term contracts. (5) Specify the means by which the assets of the District shall be liquidated and all liabilities and obligations of the District shall be paid and discharged, or adequate provision shall be made for the satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations. (6) Specify the amount of monies due from each member municipality, if necessary, to extinguish the liabilities of the District. (7) Specify the nature and amount of any liabilities or obligations to be assumed and paid by the member municipalities. (8) Specify the means by which any assets remaining after discharge of all liabilities shall be liquidated if necessary. (9) Specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the member municipalities according to the same basic formula used in apportioning the annual assessments of the District.   (c) Termination. When the plan of dissolution has been implemented, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt a resolution certifying that fact to the member municipalities and shall terminate the District and this charter. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-604. Amendment of District charter

§ 414-604. Amendment of District charter|(a) The Board of Supervisors may, and upon petition of five percent of the voters of the District shall, prepare and propose amendments to this charter.(b) Any proposed amendments shall be submitted to and acted upon by the voters of the District at a special meeting called for that purpose. If at the meeting a majority of the voters in at least one-half of the member municipalities, present and voting, and a majority of the voters of the District as a whole, present and voting, approve the proposed amendments, the amendments shall be thereby adopted and shall become effective immediately unless otherwise specified in the proposed amendments.(c) This charter may be amended from time to time in the manner herein 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 of a long-term contract. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-605. Severability

§ 414-605. Severability|Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this charter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the charter as a whole or any other part of this charter. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-1. Creation

§ 417-1. Creation|The creation of the union municipal district known as the Windham Solid Waste Management District under Number M-22 of the Acts of 1988 is hereby continued. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-2. Purpose

§ 417-2. Purpose|The District is created, as a body politic and corporate, and shall exist for the purpose of providing a comprehensive system for managing solid waste, recyclable materials, organic material, and exempt hazardous waste generated within member municipalities. The principal elements of the management system may include the following: collection, transportation, processing, citizen information and education, land disposal, recycling centers, intermediate processing facilities, composting facilities, or resource recovery facilities, or any combination thereof, within and outside the District, as well as any other methods allowed by law. The District may accept solid waste and other materials from outside the District. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-3. Composition

§ 417-3. Composition|The District shall be composed of and shall include all of the lands and residents within those municipalities which vote to approve and enter into this chapter at the time of its creation, and any other municipalities subsequently admitted to the District, except for those municipalities which may withdraw as provided in this chapter. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-4. Duration

§ 417-4. Duration|The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in this chapter. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-6. Transportation and collection site

§ 417-6. Transportation and collection site|Each member municipality, either directly or through independent parties, shall be responsible for providing one or more collection sites for the solid waste and recyclables generated within such member municipality, and for the transportation of such solid waste 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 and recyclables to the facility designated by the District, the Board of Supervisors may provide for collection and transportation as provided in subdivision 5(1) of this chapter. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-7. Responsibility to accept solid waste

§ 417-7. Responsibility to accept solid waste|(a) The District may become responsible for providing a system for solid waste disposal, 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 disposal or recycling of all solid waste generated by residential and commercial activities 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 sludge through contract with a member municipality, provided the sludge is disposed of at no cost to the other member municipalities. Finally, the District may contract with a nonmember municipality or a private entity for the disposal of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District, provided the contract will not increase the cost of solid waste disposal to the member municipalities.(c) Each member municipality agrees to act as a host community in the event the District decides to establish a solid waste transfer, treatment, or disposal facility within that member municipality. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-8. Authority

§ 417-8. Authority|The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-9. Composition

§ 417-9. Composition|The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one primary representative and one alternate from each member municipality. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-10. Appointment

§ 417-10. Appointment|Annually, on or before the last Monday in March, the legislative branch of each member municipality shall appoint its representative and an alternate 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 their appointed representative during the one-year term for stated reasons. The alternate representative shall represent the municipality at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors that the regular representative is unable to attend and shall have all the rights and privileges of a regular representative. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-11. Organization meeting

§ 417-11. Organization meeting|Annually, during its first meeting in April, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At the 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 his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The Chair and Vice Chair are eligible to be elected to successive terms without limit. For this election, each member municipality's representative shall cast one vote. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-12. Regular board meetings

§ 417-12. Regular board meetings|A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-13. Special Board meetings

§ 417-13. Special Board meetings|Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or shall be called by the Clerk upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors. 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 electronically, mailed, or left at such member's usual place of residence. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-14. Quorum

§ 417-14. Quorum|For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members who represent more than 50 percent of the member towns with an appointed representative shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-15. Voting

§ 417-15. Voting|Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 3,000 population, or part thereof, in the municipality which he or she represents. The determination of population shall be made based upon the latest census provided by the State of Vermont. Any member town which is the site of a major District facility shall be entitled to one additional vote. A member or an alternate of the Board of Supervisors may not split his or her votes. Any action supported by a minimum of three communities and 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, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Meetings of the Board of Supervisors or any committee thereof may be conducted by electronic or telephonic means, provided that all participants are able to communicate with one another, that a record of such proceedings is prepared and circulated among all members of the Board of Supervisors within 72 hours of such meeting, and the meeting complies with all requirements of the Vermont Open Meeting Law. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-16. Term

§ 417-16. Term|All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year beginning April 1st. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
24A V.S.A. § 417-17
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District|App § 417-17. Vacancy

§ 417-17. 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. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)