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24A V.S.A. § 414-306
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-306. Clerk

§ 414-306. Clerk|(a) 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.(b) 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 the meetings of the District.(c) The Clerk shall prepare an annual report of the activities of the District and cause it to be distributed to its member municipalities and shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by the laws of the State of Vermont and resolutions or regulations of the Board.(d) The Clerk shall perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-307
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-307. Treasurer

§ 414-307. Treasurer|(a) 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.(b) 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 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.(c) 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.(d) The Treasurer shall keep correct books of account of all the business and transactions of the District and other books and accounts that the Board may require.(e) The Treasurer shall render a statement of the condition of the finances of the District at each regular meeting of the Board and at such other times as shall be required of the Treasurer.(f) The Treasurer shall prepare an annual financial statement of the District and distribute it to the member municipalities.(g) The Treasurer shall do and perform all of the duties appertaining to the office of treasurer of a body politic and corporate.(h) The Treasurer shall settle with the auditors within 30 days of the end of the fiscal year and at such other times as the Board of Supervisors may require and upon retirement from office.(i) Upon retirement from office, the Treasurer shall immediately pay over to his or her successor all of the funds belonging to the District and at the same time deliver to the successor all official books and papers. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-308
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-308. Records

§ 414-308. Records|All records, books, and accounts of the District shall at all times be open to inspection by persons interested. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-309
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-309. Audit

§ 414-309. Audit|The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed by an independent professional accounting firm annually. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-310
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-310. Executive Board

§ 414-310. Executive Board|The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant powers that it may deem necessary. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-311
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-311. Committees

§ 414-311. Committees|The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-312
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-312. Compensation of officers

§ 414-312. Compensation of officers|Officers of the District shall be paid compensation that shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-401
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-401. Fiscal year

§ 414-401. Fiscal year|The fiscal year of the District shall commence on January 1 of each year. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-402
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-402. Proposed budget

§ 414-402. Proposed budget|(a) Annually on or before the first day of December, the Board of Supervisors shall prepare and distribute to the legislative body of each member municipality for review and comment an annual report of its activities, including a proposed budget of the district for the next year. The proposed budget shall include reasonably detailed estimates of:  (1) deficits or surpluses from prior fiscal years; (2) anticipated expenditures for the administration of the District; (3) anticipated expenditures for the operation and maintenance of any District solid waste facilities; (4) costs of debt service; (5) payments due on long-term contracts; (6) payments due to any sinking funds for the retirement of debts; (7) payments due to any capital reserve funds; (8) anticipated revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalities; (9) the necessary appropriations to operate and carry out the District's functions for the next fiscal year; (10) the proposed assessment to each member municipality; and (11) any other estimates that the Board of Supervisors shall deem necessary to propose.   (b) The Board shall hold a public hearing on or before the first day of January each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget.(c) Notice of the hearing shall be given at least seven days prior to the hearing by publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the District, by posting in at least three public places in each member municipality, and by filing with the town or city clerk of each member municipality. The Board shall give consideration to all comments received and make any changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-403
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-403. Budget adoption, appropriation, and assessment

§ 414-403. Budget adoption, appropriation, and assessment|Annually on or before January 15, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt the budget, appropriate any sums that it deems necessary to operate and carry out the District's functions for the fiscal year, assess a tax upon each member municipality for its proportionate share of the sums so appropriated, and adopt a schedule designating when the taxes are due and payable by the member municipalities. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-404
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-404. Budget, appropriation, and assessment; apportionment of taxes

§ 414-404. Budget, appropriation, and assessment; apportionment of taxes|(a) Taxes shall be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of relative tonnage or volume of solid waste loads generated by or within each of the member municipalities such that each member municipality shall be assessed a percentage of the sum appropriated equal to the percentage that its solid waste load bears to the total solid waste load generated within the District. The loads shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors and may be based upon actual tonnage or volume delivered, historic tonnage or volume, imputed or estimated tonnage or volume, or guaranteed tonnage or volume whether actually delivered or not.(b) If, after the first year of operation of any District solid waste facility, the Board of Supervisors determines that prior assessments were substantially inequitable, it shall retroactively adjust prior year assessments such that municipalities overcharged are given a proportionate credit against future assessments and municipalities undercharged are assessed a proportionate surcharge payable over the period that the Board determines will be reasonable.(c) Thereafter, the Board of Supervisors may from time to time reestablish the percentage of solid waste load that is attributed to each member municipality and adjust the assessments accordingly, but no retroactive adjustments shall be made. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-405
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-405. Initial budget and appropriation

§ 414-405. Initial budget and appropriation|(a) Within 30 days after the initial organizational meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall prepare and adopt an operating budget for the remainder of the then fiscal year and shall appropriate monies and assess a tax upon each member municipality to obtain the monies thus appropriated. The initial appropriation shall be apportioned among the member municipalities based upon population as determined by the 1970 U.S. Census.(b) Within 15 days after the initial budget and appropriations are adopted by the Board of Supervisors, the District Treasurer shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member municipality requiring that the amount of the tax be paid within 30 days. The legislative body of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasury for the amount of the tax and the municipal treasurer shall pay to the District Treasurer the amount of the order within the time so specified. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-406
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-406. Collection

§ 414-406. Collection|(a) Annually on or before the first day of February, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative body of each member municipality requiring that the amount of the tax to be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors. The legislative body of each member municipality shall draw an order on the municipal treasurer shall pay to the District Treasurer the amount of the order in accordance with the schedule for payments adopted by the Board of Supervisors.(b) If any member municipality shall fail to pay when due any tax assessed against it by the District, it shall incur a penalty of eight percent of the amount due plus interest at the rate of one percent per month. The 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. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-407
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-407. Limitations of appropriations

§ 414-407. Limitations of appropriations|(a) Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annual appropriations in any year shall not cease to be operative at the end of the fiscal 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.(b) Appropriations made by the Board of Supervisors for the various estimates of the budget as defined in section 402 of this charter shall be expended only for the estimates, but by majority vote of the Board, the budget may be amended from time to time to transfer funds between or among the estimates except as otherwise limited by this charter.(c) Any balance left or unexpended in any such budget estimate shall be returned at the end of the fiscal year to the general fund of the District. 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. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-408
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-408. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing

§ 414-408. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing|(a) The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. However, the notes must mature within the fiscal year in which they were issued.(b) The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of taxes in an amount not to exceed 90 percent of the amount of taxes assessed for each year and may issue notes of the District that must mature within the fiscal year in which they were issued.(c) The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money in anticipation of any revenues other than taxes through the issuance of notes of the District. However, the notes must mature within the fiscal year in which they were issued. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-410
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-410. Sinking fund

§ 414-410. Sinking fund|(a) The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting called and warned for that purpose, may establish and provide for a sinking fund that shall serve and be used exclusively as a debt service reserve fund for the retirement of bond issue or other debt. When so established, it shall be kept intact and separate from other monies at the disposal of the District, shall be accounted for as a pledged asset for the purpose of retiring the obligations and shall not be appropriated or used for the current expenses of the District.(b) The cost of payments to a sinking fund established pursuant to subsection (a) of this section shall be included in the annual budget of the District and shall be allocated among the member municipalities as provided in section 404 of this charter, unless otherwise provided by applicable law and in the vote authorizing the same. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-411
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-411. Capital reserve fund

§ 414-411. Capital reserve fund|(a) The Board of Supervisors, with the approval of a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting called and warned for such purpose, may establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements in furtherance of the purposes for which the District was created.(b) Any such capital reserve fund shall be kept in a separate account and invested as are other public funds and may be expended for the purpose for which established, or other purposes when authorized by a majority of the voters present and voting at a special District meeting duly called and warned for that purpose.(c) The cost of payments to any capital reserve fund shall be included in the annual budget of the District and shall be allocated among the member municipalities as provided in section 404 of this charter. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-412
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-412. Disposal of fees

§ 414-412. Disposal of fees|The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a disposal fee structure (tipping fees) for the purpose of generating revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalities, particularly concerning the operation and maintenance of any District solid waste disposal or resource recovery facility. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-413
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-413. Transportation and collection sites

§ 414-413. Transportation and collection sites|(a) The costs and responsibility assigned under this charter to member municipalities for the transportation of the solid waste generated within each municipality to any District solid waste disposal or resource recovery facility and for providing a collection site for the solid waste generated within each municipality shall remain each member municipality's cost and responsibility.(b) Only persons authorized by the Board of Supervisors shall be allowed access to any District solid waste disposal or resource recovery facility. Further restriction of vehicular access to such a facility may be imposed by the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-501. Special meeting

§ 414-501. Special meeting|(a)(1) The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this charter or applicable law.  (2) The Board of Supervisors 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 but only for any legal purpose beyond the power and jurisdiction of the Board of Supervisors.   (b) The Board of Supervisors may rescind the call of a special meeting called by them but not a special meeting called on application of five percent of the legal voters of the District.(c) The Board shall endeavor to have the times of special meetings coincide with the times of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the member municipalities will be voting on other matters. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-502. Places of meetings

§ 414-502. Places of meetings|At any special meeting of the District, voters of each municipality within the District shall cast their ballots at the polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors of the District in cooperation with the board of civil authority of each member municipality. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-503. Warnings

§ 414-503. Warnings|The original warning for any district meeting shall be signed by a number of the Board of Supervisors equal to a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-504. Warnings required

§ 414-504. Warnings required|The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a District meeting by filing a notice with the town or city clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least three public places, and the additional public places as may be required by law, in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. In addition, the warning shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for two successive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than ten days before the meeting. This section shall not apply to the District informational meetings at which no voting is taking place. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-505. Warning contents

§ 414-505. Warning contents|The posted notification shall include the date, time, place and nature of the meeting. The notification shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-506. Australian ballot

§ 414-506. Australian ballot|The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-507. Qualifications and registration of voters

§ 414-507. Qualifications and registration of voters|All legal voters of the municipalities within the District shall be legal voters of the District. The municipalities within the District shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which there will be voting. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
24A V.S.A. § 414-508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District|App § 414-508. Conduct of meetings

§ 414-508. Conduct of meetings|(a) At all special meetings of the District, the following provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 shall apply except where clearly inapplicable: subchapter 1 (election officials), subchapter 3 (vote tabulators), subchapter 4 (polling places), subchapter 6 (early or absentee voters), subchapter 7 (process of voting), subchapter 8 (count and return of votes), subchapter 9 (recounts and contest of elections), and subchapter 10 (jurisdiction of courts). For purposes of this charter, the District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under 17 V.S.A. chapter 51.(b) Rutland Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts.(c) The District shall bear the cost of election expenses. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)