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24A V.S.A. § 411-207
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-207. Special meetings

§ 411-207. Special meetings|The Chair has authority to call a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Upon written request of one-fourth of the District supervisors, the Clerk must call a special meeting. Each supervisor must be given at least 24-hours' notice of any special meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 411-208
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-208. Quorum

§ 411-208. Quorum|(a) For the purpose of transacting business, 51 percent of the municipalities served by the District must be represented by at least one member of the Board of Supervisors to constitute a quorum. The members of the Board of Supervisors present may adjourn a meeting at which a quorum is not present to another date. Whenever the number of supervisors attending a meeting shall not be sufficient to constitute a quorum, the Clerk of the District shall so notify the legislative bodies of each municipality in the District, naming those supervisors who shall not have been in attendance.(b) If a time sensitive action must be taken and a quorum is not present, a quorum may be satisfied by attendance through the use of an auditory electronic device, provided that all supervisors hear each other.
24A V.S.A. § 411-209
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-209. Proxies

§ 411-209. Proxies|No voting by proxy shall be permitted at meetings of the Board of Supervisors.
24A V.S.A. § 411-210
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-210. Voting

§ 411-210. Voting|(a) Each member or, in the absence of a member, his or her alternate member of the Board of Supervisors shall have one vote.(b) 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 constitute the action of the Board, except as otherwise provided in this agreement.
24A V.S.A. § 411-211
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-211. Vacancy

§ 411-211. Vacancy|In the event a vacancy occurs on the Board of Supervisors, the legislative body of the municipality may appoint an interim replacement to serve until a new supervisor has been duly elected or appointed. A supervisor named to fill a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the original term of the supervisor he or she is replacing. The appointment of the replacing supervisor shall be certified by the clerk of the member municipality to the Clerk of the District.
24A V.S.A. § 411-212
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-212. Rules and procedures

§ 411-212. Rules and procedures|(a) Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, the most recent edition of Robert's Rules of Order shall govern all meetings.(b) The Board of Supervisors may adopt Rules of Procedure as it from time to time deems appropriate. Rules of Procedure adopted by the Board of Supervisors shall be made available to the public.(c) The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board composed of the number of officers and supervisors it deems appropriate, and may delegate unto the Executive Board duties and responsibilities it deems appropriate.(d) The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any committees from time to time it deems appropriate.
24A V.S.A. § 411-213
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-213. Composition of members of Board of Supervisors

§ 411-213. Composition of members of Board of Supervisors|Each member municipality may pay such compensation, if any, as it deems appropriate to its representative(s) to the Board of Supervisors.
24A V.S.A. § 411-214
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-214. Access to meetings and records

§ 411-214. Access to meetings and records|The conduct of all meetings, including public access thereto, and the maintenance of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the Vermont Open Meeting Law, 1 V.S.A., Chapter 5.
24A V.S.A. § 411-215
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-215. Audit

§ 411-215. Audit|The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit of the District's financial records to be performed at least annually by a certified public accountant.
24A V.S.A. § 411-301
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-301. Officers

§ 411-301. Officers|The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the District, and the Treasurer of the District, and other officers designated by the Board from time to time.
24A V.S.A. § 411-302
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-302. Chair

§ 411-302. Chair|The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board's members. The Chair shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and the Executive Board and shall make and sign 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. § 411-303
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-303. Vice Chair

§ 411-303. Vice Chair|(a) The Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board's members. During the absence or inability of the Chair to render or perform the duties of the Chair or exercise the powers of the Chair, the same shall be performed and exercised by the Vice Chair. When so acting, the Vice Chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given to or imposed upon the Chair.(b) During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform the duties of the Vice Chair or to exercise the powers of the Vice Chair, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsibilities given or imposed upon the Vice Chair.
24A V.S.A. § 411-304
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-304. Treasurer

§ 411-304. Treasurer|The Treasurer of the District shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board's members. The Treasurer shall have charge and custody of the funds of the District and shall be responsible for the disbursement thereof. When authorized by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer may sign, make, or endorse in the name of the District all checks and orders for the payment of money and pay out and disburse the same and receipt therefor. The Treasurer shall be responsible for seeing that a record is kept of every note or bond issued by the District and of every payment thereon of principal and interest and, if coupons are taken up, shall cancel and preserve them. The Treasurer shall ensure that correct books of account are kept of all the business and transactions of the District, and shall maintain any other books and accounts as the Board of Supervisors may from time to time require. The Treasurer shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the District at each regular meeting of the Board of Supervisors and at such other times as shall be required of him or her by the Chair or by the Board of Supervisors. The Treasurer shall prepare the annual financial statement and the budget for the District for distribution, upon approval of the Board of Supervisors, to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The Treasurer shall do and perform all of the duties appertaining to the office of treasurer of a body politic and corporate.
24A V.S.A. § 411-305
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-305. Clerk

§ 411-305. Clerk|The Clerk of the District shall be elected by the Board of Supervisors from among the Board's members. The Clerk, with the approval of the Board, may appoint an Assistant Clerk. The Clerk shall be responsible for the records and the Seal of the District. The Clerk shall ensure that all votes and proceedings of the District, including meetings of the District and meetings of the Board of Supervisors, are recorded. The Clerk shall be responsible for the preparation, posting, publication, and delivery of all warnings for meetings of the District. Upon approval of the annual report by the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk shall cause the report to be distributed to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The Clerk shall be responsible for the preparation and distribution of other reports required by laws of the State of Vermont and by resolutions or rules of the Board. The Clerk shall open and conduct the meetings of the Board of Supervisors when the Chair and Vice Chair are not present until an acting Vice Chair shall have been selected. The Clerk shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body politic and corporate.
24A V.S.A. § 411-306
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-306. Bonding of officers

§ 411-306. Bonding of officers|Within 30 days following their election or appointment, all officers of the District shall post bond in the amounts determined by the Board. The cost of the bond shall be borne by the District.
24A V.S.A. § 411-307
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-307. Compensation of officers

§ 411-307. Compensation of officers|Officers of the District may be paid such compensation, and be reimbursed for such expenses, as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24A V.S.A. § 411-308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-308. Recall of officers

§ 411-308. Recall of officers|Any officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the members of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in its judgment, it shall determine that the best interest of the District will be served by the removal of such officer.
24A V.S.A. § 411-309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-309. Delegation to District staff

§ 411-309. 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.
24A V.S.A. § 411-401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-401. Fiscal year

§ 411-401. Fiscal year|The fiscal year of the District shall be the calendar year. The fiscal year shall constitute the budget and accounting year for the District.
24A V.S.A. § 411-402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-402. Budget preparation

§ 411-402. Budget preparation|On or before November 15th of each year, the Board of Supervisors shall prepare a budget for the District for the ensuing fiscal year, which budget shall include an estimate of all revenues anticipated to be received by the District from disposal fees and other sources, and an estimate of all expenses anticipated to be incurred by the District for planning, solid waste management debt service, and other expenses. The budget shall also show actual and estimated income and expenditures incurred or to be incurred by the District for the current fiscal year, and the actual income and expenditures incurred by the District for the preceding fiscal year, and any proposal or recommendation for incurring short-term indebtedness to be repaid in five years or less.
24A V.S.A. § 411-403
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-403. Budget hearing and adoption

§ 411-403. Budget hearing and adoption|(a) The Board of Supervisors shall call at least one meeting of the legal voters of the member municipalities to be held on or before December 15th in each fiscal year for the purpose of having the Board of Supervisors present its proposed budget for the District for the ensuing fiscal year, and for the purpose of receiving comment thereupon from the registered voters of the District. The meeting or meetings shall be warned by the publishing of a notice thereof in a newspaper of general circulation within each member municipality at least 15 days prior to the meeting. The notice shall contain a brief summary of the proposed budget, together with the date, time, and place of the meeting. In addition, a copy of the notice and a copy of the proposed budget shall be sent by certified mail, return receipt requested, to the clerk of each member municipality at least 15 days prior to such meeting.(b) The Board of Supervisors shall review the proposed budget in light of the oral comments received at hearings and written comments received and shall prepare a final budget to be acted upon by January 15th to be acted upon at the annual meeting of the District.
24A V.S.A. § 411-404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-404. Revenues and appropriations

§ 411-404. Revenues and appropriations|(a) The Board of Supervisors shall establish a fee structure for the purpose of generating revenues for the District, which fee structure shall be designed to generate sufficient revenue to enable the District to operate and carry out its functions and financial obligations, including the timely payment of its longterm indebtedness, bonded indebtedness, and anticipated closure costs. The surcharge fee schedule shall be based upon the actual tonnage collected and reported by District-registered haulers from each member municipality. The fee schedule shall be expressed in dollars per ton or dollars per cubic yard, as the Board of Supervisors shall determine to be most appropriate. Fees may include the rate of surcharge, tipping fees for recycling, charges for waste services, per capita fees, and amount to be assessed against each member municipality of the District for all waste generated within the member municipality and managed by the District, which assessment shall be billed with such frequency as the Board of Supervisors shall determine appropriate. "Per capita" means charges based on the most recent decennial census of towns.(b) In the event disposal fees assessed by the District shall at any time generate insufficient revenues to enable the District to meet its financial obligations as set forth and contained in the District's adopted budget, the Board of Supervisors shall immediately amend its waste disposal fee schedule to the extent necessary to raise the amount of revenue projected by the duly adopted budget.(c) In the event the District shall conclude a fiscal year with a surplus in an amount in excess of five percent of the amount reflected in the annual budget, the Board of Supervisors shall, unless affirmatively determined by a majority of the Board of Supervisors that such surplus, or some portion thereof, should be retained by the District, refund the surplus to the member municipalities. The amount of any refund to the member municipalities shall be the total amount of surplus to be refunded multiplied by the fraction, the numerator of which shall be the volume of waste disposed of by or from the member municipality during that fiscal year, and the denominator of which shall be the volume of waste disposed of by or from all member municipalities during that fiscal year. (Amended 2017, No. M-2, § 2.)
24A V.S.A. § 411-405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-405. Assessments

§ 411-405. Assessments|The Treasurer of the District shall, within one week after a schedule is adopted or amended, notify the treasurer of each member municipality and the registered haulers of the District of the adoption of the fee schedule. The amount of assessment there under shall be paid to the Treasurer of the District within 30 days from the date of mailing of said assessment. In the event a member municipality or registered hauler shall fail to pay any assessment when due, then and in that event shall interest thereupon accrue at the legal rate then in effect.
24A V.S.A. § 411-406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-406. Short-term indebtedness

§ 411-406. Short-term indebtedness|The Board of Supervisors is authorized to borrow money through the issuance of notes for the purpose of paying the current expenses of the District. Such notes must bear a maturity date within one year, but may be renewed in accordance with the provisions of 24 V.S.A., chapter 53.
24A V.S.A. § 411-407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-407. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts

§ 411-407. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts|Upon resolution adopted by a majority vote of the Board of Supervisors at a regular or special meeting, which resolution shall set forth that the Board of Supervisors determines that the interests of the District require either the undertaking of capital improvements which cannot be financed through the current budget of the District, or the entering into a long-term contract, or upon petition signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the District, the Board of Supervisors shall take such steps as are required by the provisions of this Agreement and by the laws of the State of Vermont to submit the proposal to the legal voters of the District at an annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose.
24A V.S.A. § 411-408
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-408. Sinking fund

§ 411-408. Sinking fund|The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for the sinking fund or funds as it determines appropriate to provide for the retirement of bond issue or other debt, or to provide security for the payment thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 411-409
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-409. Capital reserve fund

§ 411-409. Capital reserve fund|The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserve fund or funds as it determines appropriate to pay for improvements or repairs to and replacement of District buildings, equipment, and other capital assets of the District. When so established, a capital reserve fund or funds shall be kept intact and separate from other monies of the District, and shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose for which the fund was established. The cost of contributions to such capital reserve fund or funds shall be included in the annual budget of the District.
24A V.S.A. § 411-501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-501. Annual meetings

§ 411-501. Annual meetings|Annual meetings of the District shall be held on the first Tuesday in March for the purpose of member towns adopting a the budget for the ensuing fiscal year, and for the purpose of conducting any other properly warned business.
24A V.S.A. § 411-502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-502. Special meetings

§ 411-502. Special meetings|The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District whenever a majority of the Board of Supervisors shall deem it necessary or prudent so to do, and shall call a special meeting of the District upon receipt of a petition signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the District. The Board of Supervisors may rescind the call for a special meeting called by it, but may not rescind the call for a special meeting by petition. A special meeting called for by petition shall be held within 60 days of receipt of the petition by the Board of Supervisors.
24A V.S.A. § 411-503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-503. Place of meetings

§ 411-503. Place of meetings|Annual and special meetings of the District shall be held at such place within the District as the Board of Supervisors shall deem appropriate. All articles calling for action to be taken by the legal votes of the District shall be voted upon by the legal voters of the District at the polling place or places within each member municipality that are designated by the member municipality as a polling place in accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51.
24A V.S.A. § 411-504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-504. Warnings required

§ 411-504. Warnings required|The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn all annual and special meetings of the District by filing a notice thereof with the Clerk of the District, who, in turn, shall file a copy of the notice thereof with the clerk of each member municipality who shall post a copy of the notice thereof in at least three public places within his or her municipality not less than 30 nor more than 40 days prior to the meeting. In addition, the Clerk of the District shall cause the warning to be published in a newspaper of general circulation within each member municipality once a week for three consecutive weeks on the same day of the week prior to the meeting, the last publication thereof to be not less than five nor more than 10 days prior to the date of the meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 411-505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-505. Contents of warnings

§ 411-505. Contents of warnings|The notice of an annual or special meeting of the District shall contain the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted at such meeting, and shall specify the questions to be voted upon. The warning shall contain any article requested to be included thereupon by petition signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the District and filed with the District Clerk not less than 41 days prior to the date of the meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 411-506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-506. Signing of warnings

§ 411-506. Signing of warnings|The original warning for each annual and special meeting of the District shall be signed by a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors and shall be filed with the District Clerk.