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24A V.S.A. § 409-501
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-501. Special District meetings

§ 409-501. Special District meetings|The Board may on its own motion call special meetings of the District and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is required. The Board shall call a special meeting of the District if petitioned to do so by not less than five 5 percent of the voters of the District. The Board may rescind the call of the special meeting called on its own motion. The Board shall endeavor to schedule the time of special meetings to coincide with the time of annual municipal meetings, primary elections, general elections, or similar meetings when the electorate within the members will be voting on other matters.
24A V.S.A. § 409-502
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-502. Places of meetings

§ 409-502. Places of meetings|At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board in consultation with the board of civil authority of each municipality.
24A V.S.A. § 409-503
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-503. Public hearings

§ 409-503. Public hearings|Not less than 30 nor more than 40 days prior to any special meeting of the District, the Board shall hold at least one public hearing at which the issues to be voted upon at the special meeting shall be presented for public comment. Notice of such public hearings shall include a warning published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the District at least once a week, on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the public hearing.
24A V.S.A. § 409-504
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-504. Warnings required

§ 409-504. Warnings required|The Board of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the Clerk of each member and by posting or causing to be posted a notice in at least three public places in each municipality in the District not less than 30 nor more than 40 days before the meeting. The warning shall be published in one or more newspapers of general circulation in the District once a week on the same day of the week for three consecutive weeks before the meeting, the last publication to be not less than five nor more than 10 days before the meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 409-505
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-505. Signing of warning

§ 409-505. Signing of warning|The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by the Clerk and Chairperson of the Board.
24A V.S.A. § 409-506
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-506. Warning contents

§ 409-506. Warning contents|The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the questions to be voted upon.
24A V.S.A. § 409-507
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-507. Australian ballot

§ 409-507. Australian ballot|The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District.
24A V.S.A. § 409-508
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-508. Qualifications and registration of voters

§ 409-508. Qualifications and registration of voters|All legal voters of the member municipalities shall be legal voters of the District. The municipality shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting.
24A V.S.A. § 409-509
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-509. Conduct of meetings

§ 409-509. Conduct of meetings|At all special meetings of the district, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recount and contest of elections (subchapter 9), and jurisdiction of courts (subchapter 10) shall apply except where clearly inapplicable. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under that chapter. The Lamoille Superior Court shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Election expenses shall be borne by the District.
24A V.S.A. § 409-510
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote

§ 409-510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote|(a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted for reconsideration or rescission, except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for that purpose and called by the Board on its own motion or pursuant to a petition requesting such 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 the District within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board 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 by 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 shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting without the approval of the Board.
24A V.S.A. § 409-511
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-511. Validation of District meetings

§ 409-511. Validation of District meetings|When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special District meeting have been omitted or not complied with, if the meeting and the business transacted is otherwise legal, the omission or noncompliance may be corrected and legalized by vote at a special meeting of the District called and duly warned for that purpose. The question to be voted upon shall substantially be:  "Shall of the action taken at the meeting of the 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, or confirmed?"  Errors or omissions in the conduct of any prior special meeting which 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 the District by a vote of at least two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose, stating that a defect was the result of an oversight, inadvertence, or mistake. When an error or omission has thus been 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 in compliance initially on the condition that the original action by the Board was otherwise in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers.
24A V.S.A. § 409-512
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-512. Priority

§ 409-512. Priority|When a special meeting of the District is called to act to incur bonded or other indebtedness or to enter into a long-term contract, and the meeting procedures in this chapter conflict with the procedures in subchapter 4, the procedures in subchapter 4 shall prevail.
24A V.S.A. § 409-602
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-602. Admission of additional municipalities

§ 409-602. Admission of additional municipalities|The Board, by the affirmative vote of supervisors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of all possible supervisors (including vacancies), may authorize the inclusion of additional municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it shall deem to be fair, reasonable and in the best interests of the District. The petitioning municipality shall comply thereafter with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121 (Intermunicipal Cooperation and Services). If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of such municipality duly warned for such purpose shall vote to approve the agreement and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Clerk of the District, and the municipality shall be a member.
24A V.S.A. § 409-603
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-603. Dissolution of the District

§ 409-603. Dissolution of the District|(a) Upon the affirmative vote of supervisors representing at least two-thirds of all votes entitled to be cast on behalf of all members and comprising at least two-thirds of the supervisors present, the Board may prepare a plan of dissolution for submission to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for such purposes. If the voters of the District present and voting at such special meeting of the District vote to dissolve the District, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary to complete the plan of dissolution and conclude its affairs. The Board of Supervisors shall cause a notice of the plan of dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and to the Secretary of State.(b) The plan of dissolution shall, at a minimum:  (1) Identify and value all assets of the District; (2) Identify all liabilities of the District, including contract obligations; (3) Determine how the assets of the District shall be liquidated and how the liabilities and obligations of the District shall be paid, to include assessments against municipalities of the District; (4) Specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the municipalities according to the same basic formula used in apportioning the costs of the District to the municipalities.   (c) When the plan of dissolution has been fully implemented, the Board shall certify that fact to the members whereupon this chapter and the District shall be terminated.
24A V.S.A. § 409-604
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-604. Amendment of the District agreement

§ 409-604. Amendment of the District agreement|This chapter may be amended by the voters of the District in the manner prescribed for petitions under subchapter 5 of this chapter, or by the Board under this section. The Board at any regular or special meeting may adopt a resolution expressing the intention to amend the chapter. A copy of such resolution shall be mailed to the legislative bodies of the members and to each supervisor at least 10 days prior to the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment. Unless a majority of the legislative bodies requests, in writing, on or before the date of the meeting scheduled to act on the amendment, that the Board hold a special meeting of the District to vote on the amendment, the Board may adopt the amendment. Within 10 days of the adoption of the amendment by the Board or by the voters of the District, the Clerk of the District shall certify to the Secretary of State each proposal of amendment. Section 510 of this chapter, relating to reconsideration and rescission of vote, shall apply to an amendment adopted by a vote of the Board or the voters under this section. The Secretary of State shall then proceed as with municipal charter amendments under section 17 V.S.A. § 2645. No amendment shall be made which 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 thereof.
24A V.S.A. § 409-605
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-605. Seal

§ 409-605. Seal|The District shall have a seal designed as the Board requires.
24A V.S.A. § 409-606
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-606. Extramunicipal waste

§ 409-606. Extramunicipal waste|No member may dispose of solid waste from outside its geographical limits without the prior approval of the Board.
24A V.S.A. § 409-607
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 409 - Lamoille Regional Solid Waste Management District|App § 409-607. Severability

§ 409-607. Severability|Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this chapter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the chapter as a whole or any other part of this chapter.
24A V.S.A. § 411-101
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-101. Creation and Name

§ 411-101. Creation and Name|In accordance with the provisions of 24 V.S.A., chapter 121, subchapter 3, there is hereby created a union municipal district which shall be known as the Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District at a place designated by the Board of Supervisors.
24A V.S.A. § 411-102
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-102. Purpose

§ 411-102. Purpose|The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the effective, economical, and environmentally sound management of solid waste generated by the member municipalities and their residents.
24A V.S.A. § 411-103
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-103. Composition

§ 411-103. Composition|The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within those municipalities which vote to approve this agreement at the time of the creation of the District, or which shall be subsequently admitted to the District in accordance with the procedures hereinafter set forth, and except for such municipalities as shall subsequently withdraw from the District in accordance with the procedures hereinafter set forth.
24A V.S.A. § 411-104
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-104. Duration

§ 411-104. Duration|The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate until and unless dissolved in accordance with the procedures hereinafter set forth.
24A V.S.A. § 411-105
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-105. Powers

§ 411-105. Powers|Except as otherwise provided or limited herein, the District shall have the following powers:(a) To operate, cause to be operated, or contract for the operation of facilities for the collection, transportation, recycling, composting, processing, and disposal of solid waste, hazardous waste, and to establish fees and charges for such services and to sell any products derived therefrom.(b) To purchase, sell, own, lease, rent, mortgage, improve, and use real and personal property in accordance with the purposes of the District.(c) To hire staff and fix compensation of employees.(d) To sue and be sued.(e) To enter into contracts with individuals, corporations, associations, authorities, agencies, municipalities, the State of Vermont, the United States of America, or any other legal entity for any term or duration.(f) To exercise the power of eminent domain.(g) To borrow money and issue evidence of indebtedness as provided for by 24 V.S.A. chapter 53 or other provisions of law authorizing general obligation or revenue debt, including the provisions of 10 V.S.A. chapter 12 and 24 V.S.A. chapter 119.(h) To appropriate and expend monies.(i) To establish sinking funds.(j) To establish capital reserve funds.(k) To accept and administer gifts, grants, and bequests from any individual or legal entity, in trust or otherwise, for the benefit of the District.(l) To establish, implement, and amend from time to time fees for waste disposal and other functions of the District, including per capita fees, charges for waste services, and other forms of revenue to meet the obligation and duties of the District.(m) To establish, enact, and enforce regulations and ordinances appropriate to the purposes of the District, as set forth herein.(n) To provide for public education on solid waste management issues.(o) To provide such compensation, if any, as it shall deem appropriate to member municipalities hosting District facilities.(p) To exercise all powers incident to a public corporation. (Amended 2017, No. M-2, § 1.)
24A V.S.A. § 411-106
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-106. Sovereign immunity

§ 411-106. Sovereign immunity|The District shall have the benefit of sovereign immunity to the fullest extent authorized by law, except to the extent that it shall have in force and effect liability or other insurance for itself and members of its Board of Supervisors. The District shall hold harmless and indemnify all members of the Board of Supervisors from all claims of every nature and kind arising out of or in connection with the exercise of a member's duties as a supervisor, with the exception of those actions which shall be deemed to be wilfully negligent or criminal in nature.
24A V.S.A. § 411-107
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-107. Responsibility to accept waste

§ 411-107. Responsibility to accept waste|(a) The District shall not enter into any contract with nonmember municipalities or private entities for the management of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District, unless the contract is deemed to be in the best interests of the District, and approved by a two-thirds majority of the Board of Supervisors.(b) Each member municipality, agrees to act as a host community for any District facility or facilities determined by all regulatory agencies having jurisdiction to be environmentally appropriate.
24A V.S.A. § 411-201
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-201. Authority

§ 411-201. Authority|The legislative power and authority of the District and the administrative and general supervision thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided in this agreement.
24A V.S.A. § 411-202
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-202. Selection of supervisors and their alternates

§ 411-202. Selection of supervisors and their alternates|Board members and alternates shall be appointed by the legislative body, unless the voters of the municipality decide at a regular or special meeting warned for that purpose that the Board members and alternates will be elected by the voters of the municipality. If the Board members and alternates are to be elected by the voters, the election shall take place biennially at the annual meeting of the municipality in the same manner as elections for the legislative body. If the Board members and alternates are to be appointed, the legislative body shall make its appointments by the end of March in the year in which the term of the preceding Board member expires. The clerk of the municipality shall certify its appointments to the Clerk of the District.
24A V.S.A. § 411-203
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-203. Composition

§ 411-203. Composition|(a) Each member municipality shall be entitled to be represented by one District supervisor for each 2,500 people, or portion thereof, residing in the municipality, except that unorganized towns, gores, and grants shall be considered as a single municipality and represented by one supervisor and alternate. The population of each member municipality shall, for the purposes hereof, be determined by the latest available population estimates published by the State of Vermont Department of Health.(b) The District shall notify all member municipalities by January 15 of each year of the number of supervisors each member municipality is eligible to appoint or elect.
24A V.S.A. § 411-204
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-204. Term of office

§ 411-204. Term of office|(a) Board members and alternates shall serve two year terms, running from April 1st of the year in which selected to March 31st of the year their term expires, or until a successor is duly selected.(b) Member municipalities may appoint or elect a new Board member to replace any Board member who resigns or fails to attend five successive meetings of the Board of Supervisors.(c) Each Board member and alternate shall be eligible to be reappointed or reelected to successive terms.(d) Terms will be staggered to assure that no more than half the Board is subject to change in any one year in a manner to be determined by the Board.
24A V.S.A. § 411-205
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-205. Organizational meeting

§ 411-205. Organizational meeting|(a) Annually, the Board of Supervisors shall have its organizational meeting on the second Tuesday of April.(b) At each organizational meeting, the Board shall elect from among its members a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Treasurer, and a Clerk, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. All officers shall be eligible for reelection.
24A V.S.A. § 411-206
2021 Vermont Statutes|Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters|Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District|App § 411-206. Regular meetings

§ 411-206. Regular meetings|A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.