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24A V.S.A. § 291-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-13. Highway district; construction agents

§ 291-13. Highway district; construction agents|(a) The Village of Woodstock shall constitute a highway district, by itself, and the construction and repairs of the highways and sidewalks, within the limits of the Village, shall be under the direction of the trustees of the Village.(b) The trustees shall annually appoint one or two (as they shall think best) agents for the construction and repair of highways and sidewalks, and remove them if they think proper, and appoint others in their stead, who shall have charge of the expenditure of the highway money in the Village, under the direction of the trustees.
24A V.S.A. § 291-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-14. Highway taxes

§ 291-14. Highway taxes|Two-thirds of the highway taxes assessed by the Selectboard, or voted by the Town, upon the grand list of the inhabitants of the Village, and upon the ratable estate of nonresidents situated within the limits of the Village, shall be paid by the Treasurer or the Selectboard of the Town to the Treasurer of the Village, to be expended in the maintenance and repair of highways and sidewalks in the Village, as provided in section 13 of this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 291-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-15. Sewer system

§ 291-15. Sewer system|(a) The Village shall have power to establish a system of sewerage.(b) The Village may take all real estate, right-of-way, or any other interest in real estate, required for the construction of such system of sewerage, having first notified the owner thereof of its purpose so to do; and upon further condition that in the event that the Village and the owner are unable to agree as to the damage which shall be paid therefor to the owner, the same shall be determined, and the same proceedings had, as is provided for in determining damages in laying out highways.
24A V.S.A. § 291-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 291 - Village of Woodstock|App § 291-16. Legislative authority

§ 291-16. Legislative authority|The Legislature of this State reserves the power hereafter to alter, amend, or repeal this charter.
24A V.S.A. § 401-1
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-1. Creation

§ 401-1. Creation|Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, and upon approval of at least two voting municipalities, a union municipal district to be known as the "Addison County Solid Waste Management District" (the "District"), which shall be a body politic and corporate, shall be created.
24A V.S.A. § 401-2
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-2. Purpose

§ 401-2. Purpose|The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing a comprehensive system for managing solid waste generated within the member municipalities. The principal elements of the management system may include collection, transportation, processing, citizen information and education, land disposal, incinerators, recycling centers, intermediate processing facilities, composting plants or resource recovery facilities, or any combination thereof, as well as any other methods allowed by law. In order to assure that everyone pays the real cost of solid waste management, the primary source of funding for District operations will be based on user fees.
24A V.S.A. § 401-3
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-3. Composition

§ 401-3. Composition|This District shall consist of those municipalities which elect to join the District by votes of their voters present and voting at annual or special meetings duly warned for such purpose, and such other municipalities as are subsequently admitted to the District as provided in this chapter, excepting those municipalities which may withdraw as provided in this chapter.
24A V.S.A. § 401-4
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-4. Duration

§ 401-4. Duration|The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in this chapter.
24A V.S.A. § 401-6
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-6. Procedure for adoption of ordinances, rules, and regulations

§ 401-6. Procedure for adoption of ordinances, rules, and regulations|Any ordinance, rule, or regulation of the District may be adopted by the Board of Supervisors at a duly called Board of Supervisors' meeting following the following procedure:  if the Board of Supervisors desires to adopt an ordinance, rule, or regulation, it shall hold at least one public hearing on the proposed ordinance, rule, or regulation. Public notice shall be given of the public hearing by publication of the date, place, and purpose of the hearing in a newspaper of general circulation within the District on a date not less than 15 days prior to the date of the hearing; the notice shall also be posted in at least three public places within each member municipality and mailed to the town clerk of each municipality at least 30 days prior to the date of the hearing. The notice shall make reference to a place within the District where copies of the proposed ordinance, rule, or regulation may be examined, and the full text of the ordinance, rule, or regulation, or a concise summary of it, including a statement of purpose, principal provisions, and table of contents or list of section headings, shall also be published. Following such public hearing, the Board of Supervisors may at any duly called Board of Supervisors' meeting adopt the ordinance, rule, or regulation by resolution, and the ordinance, rule, or regulation shall become effective upon adoption. An ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted in accordance with these procedures may be amended or repealed in accordance with the same procedures. No ordinance, rule, or regulation, or amendment or repeal shall be subject to any voter referendum. The foregoing procedure shall not be required for rules as to the internal workings of the Board, or internal administration of this District.
24A V.S.A. § 401-7
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-7. Authority

§ 401-7. Authority|The voters of the District shall have the power to vote on bonded indebtedness, amendments to this chapter, and dissolution of the District. All other power and authority of the District and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs thereof shall be exclusively vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors.
24A V.S.A. § 401-8
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-8. Composition

§ 401-8. Composition|The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality; each representative shall be a resident of the municipality he or she represents, or may be a nonresident employee of the municipality. No one person may represent more than one municipality.
24A V.S.A. § 401-9
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-9. Appointment

§ 401-9. Appointment|(a) Initial Board. The Initial Board shall be appointed by the legislative body of each member municipality. Appointments shall be made within 30 days of the effective date of this chapter and certified by the clerk of each member municipality to the Board. Within 60 days of the effective date of this chapter, the initial Board shall meet and shall elect from its membership a Chair and Vice Chair to serve until the organizational meeting to be held pursuant to section 10 of this chapter, and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. The initial Board shall also appoint a Clerk and Treasurer pursuant to sections 24 and 25 of this chapter.(b) Subsequent boards. Each year, subsequent to Town Meeting and prior to the annual organizational meeting, the legislative body of each member municipality shall appoint its representative, and shall also name an alternate representative to the Board of Supervisors. Appointments shall be in writing, signed by the Chair of the legislative body, and presented to the Clerk of the District. The legislative body, by majority vote, may remove its municipality's appointed representative or alternate during his or her term of office at its discretion. 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 the regular representative in his or her absence.
24A V.S.A. § 401-10
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-10. Organizational meeting

§ 401-10. Organizational meeting|Annually, on the second Thursday in April commencing in 1989, 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 his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The Chair and Vice Chair are eligible to be elected to not more than three successive terms.
24A V.S.A. § 401-11
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-11. Regular meeting

§ 401-11. Regular meeting|A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 401-12
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-12. Special meetings

§ 401-12. Special 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, or left at such member's usual place of residence.
24A V.S.A. § 401-13
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-13. Quorum

§ 401-13. Quorum|For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of 50 percent of the municipal representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. The entire number of regular representatives to be appointed to the Board under section 9 of this chapter shall be used to determine a quorum, regardless of whether vacancies exist.
24A V.S.A. § 401-14
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-14. Voting

§ 401-14. Voting|Each representative in attendance at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors at which a quorum is present shall cast one vote for every 2,500 population, or part thereof, in the municipality which he or she represents. If a representative is unable to attend, the municipality's duly designated alternate shall be entitled to vote. A member of the Board of Supervisors may not split his or her votes. In order for any motion to carry, it must be voted on affirmatively by a minimum of the representatives from one-third of the member municipalities and a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of the Board of Supervisors, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
24A V.S.A. § 401-15
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-15. Term

§ 401-15. Term|All representatives and alternate representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year or until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.
24A V.S.A. § 401-16
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-16. Vacancy

§ 401-16. Vacancy|Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors or in an alternate representative position shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by the legislative body of the member municipality which appointed the representative or alternate 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. § 401-17
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-17. Rules of procedures

§ 401-17. Rules of procedures|Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Robert's Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.
24A V.S.A. § 401-18
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-18. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors

§ 401-18. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors|Each member municipality shall pay to its representative to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement or expenses as it shall determine reasonable.
24A V.S.A. § 401-19
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-19. Officers

§ 401-19. 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. The offices of the Clerk of the District and the Treasurer of the District may be held by one person. No other person may hold more than one office at one time.
24A V.S.A. § 401-20
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-20. Bond

§ 401-20. 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. § 401-21
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-21. Chair

§ 401-21. 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 make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. The Chair shall perform all the duties incident to the position and office.
24A V.S.A. § 401-22
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-22. Vice Chair

§ 401-22. Vice Chair|During the absence 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 given to or imposed upon the Chair.
24A V.S.A. § 401-23
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-23. Vacancy

§ 401-23. 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 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. § 401-24
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-24. Clerk

§ 401-24. Clerk|The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. 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 44 of this chapter. Following approval by 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 the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate.
24A V.S.A. § 401-25
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-25. Treasurer

§ 401-25. Treasurer|The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Treasurer shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing officer of the District. When authorized by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer, or in his or her absence the Chair, 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 keep a record 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 keep correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the District, and such other books and accounts as the Board of Supervisors may 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 times as shall be required of him or her. The Treasurer shall prepare the annual financial statement and the budget of 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 the duties appertaining to the office of treasurer of a body politic and corporate. The Treasurer shall settle with the auditors within 60 days of the end of the fiscal year, at such other times as the Board of Supervisors may require, and upon retirement from office. Upon retirement from office, the Treasurer shall immediately pay over to his or her successor all the funds belonging to the District and at the same time deliver to his or her successor all official books and papers.
24A V.S.A. § 401-26
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-26. Records

§ 401-26. 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. § 401-27
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-27. Audit

§ 401-27. Audit|The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant, who shall be the Auditors selected by the Board of Supervisors.
24A V.S.A. § 401-28
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-28. Executive Board

§ 401-28. 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. § 401-29
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-29. Committees

§ 401-29. Committees|The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.
24A V.S.A. § 401-30
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-30. Compensation of officers

§ 401-30. Compensation of officers|Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimbursement of expenses, or both, as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.
24A V.S.A. § 401-31
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-31. Recall of officers

§ 401-31. Recall of officers|An officer shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors and may be removed by a vote of the Board as set forth in section 14 of this chapter, except that two-thirds of the representatives of the member municipalities and two-thirds of the votes cast shall be required.
24A V.S.A. § 401-32
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-32. Fiscal year

§ 401-32. 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. § 401-34
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-34. Collection

§ 401-34. Collection|Annually, after adoption of the budget by the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member municipality requiring the amount of such assessment, if any, be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule of payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The legislative body of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasurer 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, the District shall be entitled to collect interest on any payment due, from its due date at the maximum rate which the municipality is allowed by law to collect on overdue taxes. Such 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. § 401-35
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 401 - Addison County Solid Waste Management District|App § 401-35. Limitations of appropriations

§ 401-35. Limitations of appropriations|Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in subdivision 33(a)(1) of this chapter shall be expended only for such estimates, but by 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 herein.