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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 208. Quorum

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 210. Voting

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 211. Vacancy

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 212. Rules and procedures

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 214. Access to meetings and records

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 302. Chair

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 303. Vice Chair

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 304. Treasurer

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 305. Clerk

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 402. Budget preparation

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 403. Budget hearing and adoption

§ 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 up to and including the day of the public hearing and shall prepare a final budget to be acted upon by the Board of Supervisors by January 15.
(c) If the annual budget for any fiscal year is not approved as of the beginning of that fiscal year, the District shall continue to operate on the budget for the immediately preceding fiscal year until a new budget is approved.
(d) Notwithstanding any disapproval of the budget, the District shall be obligated to pay the principal of and interest on bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness of the District; to satisfy any other obligations relating to the bonds, notes, and other evidence of indebtedness; and to pay obligations under any long-term contracts. To the extent provided by the terms of the bonds, notes, other evidence of indebtedness, or long-term contracts, each member municipality shall be obligated to pay its share of the indebtedness and obligations under long-term contracts. Unless otherwise provided in the vote authorizing the same, a municipality’s share of indebtedness shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors and shall be in an amount proportionate to the actual or estimated tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by that municipality as determined by the Board of Supervisors pursuant to section 404 of this charter. (Amended 2023, No. M-4, § 2, eff. May 8, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 404. Revenues and appropriations

§ 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 long-term 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 405. Assessments

§ 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 thereunder 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 406. Short-term indebtedness

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 407. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts

§ 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 that 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 409. Capital reserve fund

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 501. Annual meetings

§ 501. Annual meetings
Annual meetings of the District shall be held on the first Tuesday in March for the purpose of member towns’ consideration of any properly warned District business. (Amended 2023, No. M-4, § 2, eff. May 8, 2023.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 502. Special meetings

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 503. Place of meetings

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 504. Warnings required

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 505. Contents of warnings

§ 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 507. Public hearings

§ 507. Public hearings
Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting of the District, the Board of Supervisors shall hold at least one public hearing at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented to the legal voters of the District, and comments thereupon received from the legal voters of the District. Public notice of such public hearing or hearings shall include publication of notice thereof in one or more newspapers of general circulation within each member municipality at least once a week for three consecutive weeks, on the same day of the week, the last publication thereof to be not less than two nor more than eight days prior to the date of the public hearing.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 509. Qualification and registration of voters

§ 509. Qualification and registration of voters
The legal voters of each member municipality shall constitute the legal voters of the District. Prior to each District meeting at which action is to be taken by the legal voters of the District, each member municipality shall cause its checklist to be revised and posted in accordance with the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 43.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 510. Conduct of meetings

§ 510. Conduct of meetings
At all meetings of the District, the provision 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), recounts and contest of elections (subchapter 9), and jurisdiction of courts (subchapter 10), shall apply. The District Clerk shall perform the functions assigned to the Secretary of State under the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51. The Superior Court of the county in which the principal office of the District is located shall have jurisdiction over petitions for recounts. Ballots shall be provided by the District. The most recent version of Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern the meetings.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 511. Reconsideration or rescission of vote

§ 511. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
(a) A question considered or voted upon at an annual or special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission, except at a subsequent annual or special meeting duly warned for that purpose, and called for by the Board of Supervisors on its own motion or pursuant to a petition filed with the Board of Supervisors in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of this section.
(b) Upon the filing of a petition signed by at least five percent of the legal voters of the District requesting reconsideration or rescission of a question considered or voted on at an annual or special meeting of the District held no longer than 30 days prior to the date of the receipt of the petition, the Board of Supervisors shall call for an annual or special meeting of the District for the purpose of considering said request, which meeting shall be held not more than 60 days following the date of receipt of said petition.
(c) A vote taken at an annual or special meeting of the District shall remain in effect until and unless rescinded at a meeting of the District called and warned in accordance with the provisions of this agreement and the laws of the State of Vermont.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 512. Validation of District meetings

§ 512. Validation of District meetings
Whenever any of the requirements as to the notice or warning of a District meeting have been omitted or not complied with, such omission or noncompliance, if the meeting and the business transacted thereat is otherwise legal and within the scope of the District powers, may be corrected and affirmed by vote of the legal voters of the District at any annual or special meeting of the District called and duly warned for that purpose. The question to be voted upon shall substantially be:
“Shall the action taken at the meeting of this District held on (state date), at which meeting (state the error or omission), and any act or action of the District officers or agents pursuant thereto, be readopted, ratified, or confirmed.”
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 601. Withdrawal by a member municipality

§ 601. Withdrawal by a member municipality
A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon the following terms and conditions:
(1) A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon a positive vote of the legal voters of the municipality to withdraw at a duly warned regular or special meeting of the municipality. Any withdrawing municipality shall continue to be obligated to pay to the District its share of all debt incurred by the District prior to its withdrawal; its share of the cost of all long-term contracts entered into by the District prior to its withdrawal; and all costs, including costs for legal services incurred by the District, in connection with such withdrawal. A withdrawing municipality shall, in addition, be liable to the District for any subsequent liability incurred by the District by reason of any actions or omissions of the District during the time the withdrawing municipality was a member of the District, the withdrawing municipality’s liability being the total of the District’s liability multiplied by the fraction the numerator of which is the total volume of waste disposed of by the withdrawing municipality during the period the liability was created, and the denominator of which is the total volume of waste disposed of by the District during the period the liability was created.
(2) No member municipality may withdraw from the District until at least one year after the District commences to be a body politic and corporate, and may withdraw from the District only if the District has not voted to bond for construction and improvements.
(3) Any withdrawal by a member municipality shall take place in accordance with the procedures set forth in 24 V.S.A. § 4863(h) and (j).
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 602. Admission of new member municipalities

§ 602. Admission of new member municipalities
The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon the terms and conditions it, in its sole discretion, shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interest of the District. The legislative branch of any nonmember municipality desiring to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District in the form and manner that the Board shall determine appropriate. The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are reasonably anticipated to occur in the event such municipality is admitted and shall thereafter either grant or deny authority for admission into the District by the petitioning municipality. If the Board grants such authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions of said admission, including the financial basis upon which such admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall thereafter comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121. At such time as a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of the 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 the petitioning municipality to the Board of Supervisors of the District. Thereafter, upon compliance by the petitioning municipality with the terms and conditions of admission, the municipality shall, by resolution of the Board of Supervisors of the District, become and thereafter be a member municipality of the District.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 603. Dissolution of District

§ 603. Dissolution of District
(a) Upon a vote by a two-thirds majority of the Board of Supervisors present and representing a quorum at a regular or special meeting of the Board, or upon a vote by a majority of the legal voters of the District at an annual or special meeting of the District duly warned for such purpose, the Board shall prepare a plan of dissolution for submission to the voters of the District at an annual or special meeting of the District. At such time as the voters of the District shall, by a two-thirds majority of those legal voters voting thereupon, vote to dissolve the District, then the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary to complete the plan of dissolution and to 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 Vermont Secretary of State.
(b) The plan of dissolution shall:
(1) identify and value all assets of the District;
(2) identify all liabilities of the District, including contractual obligations;
(3) specify how the assets of the District shall be liquidated and how the liabilities and obligations of the District shall be paid, including the terms and conditions of all assessments to be made against the District’s member municipalities;
(4) specify how any assets of the District remaining after payment of all the financial obligations of the District will be distributed among the member municipalities, which distribution shall be in accordance with the same formula utilized in apportioning the costs of the District among the member municipalities.
(c) When the plan of dissolution has been fully implemented, the Board shall certify that fact to the legislative bodies of all the member municipalities, whereupon this agreement and the District shall be terminated.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 411 - Northeast Kingdom Waste Management District › App § 605. Severability

§ 605. Severability
In the event any court of competent jurisdiction shall determine any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this agreement to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, such determination shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this agreement.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 101. Creation

§ 101. Creation
Upon approval of this chapter by the participating municipalities, as required in 24 V.S.A. chapter 121, subchapter 3, there is hereby created a union municipal district that shall be known as the Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District (hereinafter referred to as the District) and that shall be a body politic and corporate.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 102. Purpose

§ 102. Purpose
The District is created and shall exist for the purpose of providing for the efficient, economical, and environmentally sound disposal and reduction of solid waste generated by member municipalities and their residents. The means of disposal may include collection, transportation, resource recovery, recycling, land disposal, or any combination thereof. The District shall not be organized nor function for the purpose of disposing of hazardous waste.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 103. Composition

§ 103. Composition
The District is composed of and includes all of the lands and residents within those municipalities that vote to approve and enter into this agreement at the time of its creation, and such other municipalities as are subsequently admitted to the District as herein provided, except for those municipalities that may withdraw as herein provided.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 106. Responsibility to accept solid waste

§ 106. Responsibility to accept solid waste
(a) The District shall become responsible for providing a system for solid waste disposal, as delineated in subsections (b), (c), and (d) of this section, when the Board of Supervisors declares the disposal system operational.
(b) The District shall provide a system for disposal of all solid waste generated by residential and commercial activities, including tires and metal goods generated within the member municipalities.
(c) The District may provide for:
(1) The disposal of solid waste from industrial activities within a member municipality.
(2) The disposal of sludge through contract with a member municipality, provided that the sludge is disposed of at no cost to the other member municipalities.
(3) The disposal of any or all demolition and construction waste and yard wastes from any member municipality.
(d) The District may contract with a nonmember municipality or a private entity for the disposal of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District, provided that the contract will not increase the cost of solid waste disposal to the member municipalities.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 107. Procedure for adoption of ordinances, rules, and regulations

§ 107. Procedure for adoption of ordinances, rules, and regulations
(a) 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:
(1) 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.
(2) 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.
(3) 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.
(4) 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.
(5) 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.
(6) An ordinance, rule, or regulation adopted in accordance with these procedures may be amended or repealed in accordance with the same procedures.
(7) No ordinance, rule, or regulation or amendment or repeal shall be subject to any voter referendum, provided that a special meeting may be called on such matters in accordance with the procedures of subchapter 5 of this chapter.
(b) The foregoing procedure shall not be required for rules as to the internal workings of the Board, or internal administration of this District.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 201. Authority

§ 201. Authority
The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs thereof shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 203. Appointment

§ 203. Appointment
(a) The legislative branch of each member municipality that votes to join the District prior to January 1, 1988 shall appoint one representative to the Board of Supervisors. These representatives shall serve until the first Wednesday in April 1988, on which date the Board of Supervisors will hold its first annual organizational meeting as provided in section 204 of this subchapter. As soon after their appointment, the representatives appointed, pursuant to the provisions of this section, shall meet and elect a Chair and Vice Chair, each to hold office until the Board of Supervisors select the replacement at the meeting to be held on the first Wednesday in April 1988.
(b) On or before the last Monday in March 1988, the legislative branch of each member municipality shall appoint its representative to the Board of Supervisors. Member municipalities whose beginning letter falls between A through I shall appoint their representatives for a one-year term. Member municipalities whose beginning letter falls between J through R shall appoint their representatives for a two-year term. Member municipalities whose beginning letter falls between S through Z shall appoint their representatives for a three-year term. On or before the last Monday in March 1989, the legislative branch of each member municipality whose beginning letter falls between A through I shall appoint its representative for a three-year term. On or before the last Monday in March 1990, the legislative branch of each member municipality whose beginning letter falls between J through R shall appoint its representative for a three-year term.
(c) If any municipality joins the District after April 1 of any year, the legislative branch of the joining municipality shall appoint a representative to the Board of Supervisors whose term will expire at the same time as those representatives appointed for a three-year term the previous March.
(d) All appointments shall be in writing, signed by the Chair of the legislative branch, and presented to the Clerk of the District. The legislative branch, by majority vote, may remove its appointed representative during the representative’s term for stated reasons.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 204. Organizational meeting

§ 204. Organizational meeting
Annually on the first Wednesday in April, 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. For this election, each member of the Board of Supervisors present shall cast one vote.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 206. Special meetings

§ 206. 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.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 207. Quorum

§ 207. Quorum
For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members representing more than 50 percent of the Board of Supervisors shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. 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 be the action of the Board, except as otherwise provided in this chapter.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 208. Voting

§ 208. Voting
(a) Except as otherwise provided herein, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote.
(b) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of any solid waste disposal facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the Supervisor representing the town or city in which such facility is to be located, in addition to approval by two-thirds vote of the entire Board.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 209. Term

§ 209. Term
All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for three years, except as otherwise provided in section 203 of this subchapter and until their successors are duly appointed. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 210. Vacancy

§ 210. Vacancy
Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by appointment by the authority that appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the term of the representative to whose position the appointment was made and may thereafter be reappointed.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 303. Chair

§ 303. 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 of the duties incident to the position and office.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 304. Vice Chair

§ 304. Vice Chair
During the absence of 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 hereby given to or imposed upon the Chair.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 305. Vacancy

§ 305. 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 hereby given or imposed upon the Vice Chair.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 306. Clerk

§ 306. 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 subchapter 5 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 of the duties and functions incident to the office of secretary or clerk of a body corporate.
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 413 - Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District › App § 307. Treasurer

§ 307. 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 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 other times as shall be required of the Treasurer. 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 of 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 of the funds belonging to the District and at the same time deliver to his or her successor all official books and papers.