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2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 407. Limitations of appropriations

§ 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 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 408. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 410. Sinking fund

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 411. Capital reserve fund

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 412. Disposal of fees

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 413. Transportation and collection sites

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 501. Special meeting

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 502. Places of meetings

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 503. Warnings

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 504. Warnings required

§ 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 10 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 505. Warning contents

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 507. Qualifications and registration of voters

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 508. Conduct of meetings

§ 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.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 509. Reconsideration or rescission of vote

§ 509. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
(a) A question considered or voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for the purpose and called by the Board of Supervisors on its own motion or pursuant to a petition requesting 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 Supervisors of the District within 30 days following the date of that meeting, the Board of Supervisors 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 at 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 or considered shall not be presented for reconsideration or rescission at more than one subsequent meeting except with the approval of the Board of Supervisors. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 510. Validation of District meetings

§ 510. Validation of District meetings
(a)(1) When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special District meeting have been omitted or not complied with, the omission or noncompliance, if the meeting and the business transacted at it is otherwise legal and within the scope of the District powers, may be corrected and legalized by vote at a special meeting of the District called and duly warned for that purpose.
(2) The question to be voted upon shall substantially be: “Shall the action taken at the meeting of this 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, and confirmed?”
(b) Errors or omissions in the conduct of an original meeting that 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 Supervisors of the District by a vote of two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting or a special meeting called for that purpose stating that the defect was the result of oversight, inadvertence, or mistake. When an error or omission of this nature has been thus 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 initially complied with; upon condition, however, that the original action corrected by the Board of Supervisors was in compliance with the legal exercise of its corporate powers. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 511. Priority

§ 511. Priority
When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness, or a long-term contract, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this charter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the event of conflict. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 601. Withdrawal of member municipality

§ 601. Withdrawal of member municipality
(a) A member municipality may vote to withdraw from the District if one year has elapsed since the District became a body politic and corporate and if the District has not voted to bond for construction and improvements or to authorize a long-term contract pursuant to this charter. If a majority of the voters of a member municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for the purpose of withdrawal shall vote to withdraw from the District, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors of the District.
(b) After a vote held pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, the Board of Supervisors shall give notice to the remaining member municipalities of the vote to withdraw and shall hold a meeting to determine if it in the best interests of the District to continue to exist. Representatives of the member municipalities shall be given an opportunity to be heard at the meeting together with any other interested persons.
(c) After the meeting held pursuant to subsection (b), the Board of Supervisors may declare the District dissolved immediately or as soon thereafter as the financial obligations of the District and of each member municipality on account have been satisfied, or it may declare that the District shall continue to exist despite the withdrawal of the member municipality. The membership of the withdrawing municipality shall terminate as of one year following the vote to withdraw or as soon after the one-year period as the financial obligations of the withdrawing municipality have been paid to the District.
(d) The one year waiting requirement in subsection (c) of this section may be waived after all financial obligations of the withdrawing municipality have been paid and upon an affirmative vote of at least 66 percent of the Board of Supervisor votes eligible to be cast, excluding the withdrawing municipality’s votes.
(e) A vote of withdrawal taken after the District becomes a body politic and corporate but less than one year after that date shall be null and void. A vote of withdrawal taken after the District has voted to bond itself for construction and improvements or to authorize a long-term contract shall be null and void. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 602. Admission of new member municipalities

§ 602. Admission of new member municipalities
(a) The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon terms and conditions that it in its sole discretion shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the District.
(b) The legislative body of any nonmember municipality that desires to be admitted to the District shall make application for admission to the Board of Supervisors of the District.
(c)(1) The Board shall determine the effects and impacts that are likely to occur if the municipality is admitted and shall either grant or deny authority for admission of the petitioning municipality.
(2) If the Board grants the authority, it shall also specify any terms and conditions, including but not limited to financial obligations upon which the admission is predicated. The petitioning municipality shall then comply with the approval procedures specified in 24 V.S.A. § 4863.
(d) If a majority of the voters of the petitioning municipality present and voting at a meeting of the municipality duly warned for that purpose shall vote to approve this charter and the terms and conditions for admission, the vote shall be certified by the clerk of that municipality to the Board of Supervisors. Upon satisfactory performance of the terms and conditions for admission, the municipality shall by resolution of the Board of Supervisors be a member municipality of the District. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 603. Dissolution of District

§ 603. Dissolution of District
(a) Procedure.
(1) If the Board of Supervisors by resolution approved by two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast determines that it is in the best interests of the public, the member municipalities, and the District that the District be dissolved, and if the District then has no outstanding debt or obligations under long-term contracts, or will have no outstanding debt or obligation upon completion of the plan of dissolution, it shall prepare a plan of dissolution and then adopt a resolution directing that the question of the dissolution and the plan of dissolution be submitted to the voters of the District at a special meeting of the District duly warned for that purpose.
(2) If two-thirds of the voters of the District present and voting at the special meeting of the District duly warned for that purpose shall vote to dissolve District and approve the plan of dissolution, the District shall cease to conduct its affairs except insofar as may be necessary for the winding up of the dissolution.
(3) The Board of Supervisors shall immediately cause a notice of the proposed dissolution to be mailed to each known creditor of the District and shall proceed to collect the assets of the District and apply and distribute them in accordance with the plan of dissolution.
(b) Plan of dissolution. The plan of dissolution shall:
(1) Identify and value all unencumbered assets of the District.
(2) Identify and value all encumbered assets of the District.
(3) Identify all creditors of the District and the nature or amount of all liabilities and obligations of the District.
(4) Identify all obligations under long-term contracts.
(5) Specify the means by which the assets of the District shall be liquidated and all liabilities and obligations of the District shall be paid and discharged, or adequate provision shall be made for the satisfaction of all liabilities and obligations.
(6) Specify the amount of monies due from each member municipality, if necessary, to extinguish the liabilities of the District.
(7) Specify the nature and amount of any liabilities or obligations to be assumed and paid by the member municipalities.
(8) Specify the means by which any assets remaining after discharge of all liabilities shall be liquidated if necessary.
(9) Specify that any assets remaining after payment of all liabilities shall be apportioned and distributed among the member municipalities according to the same basic formula used in apportioning the annual assessments of the District.
(c) Termination. When the plan of dissolution has been implemented, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt a resolution certifying that fact to the member municipalities and shall terminate the District and this charter. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 604. Amendment of District charter

§ 604. Amendment of District charter
(a) The Board of Supervisors may, and upon petition of five percent of the voters of the District shall, prepare and propose amendments to this charter.
(b) Any proposed amendments shall be submitted to and acted upon by the voters of the District at a special meeting called for that purpose. If at the meeting a majority of the voters in at least one-half of the member municipalities, present and voting, and a majority of the voters of the District as a whole, present and voting, approve the proposed amendments, the amendments shall be thereby adopted and shall become effective immediately unless otherwise specified in the proposed amendments.
(c) This charter may be amended from time to time in the manner herein provided, but no amendment shall be made that 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 of a long-term contract. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District › App § 605. Severability

§ 605. Severability
Should any court of competent jurisdiction judge any term, phrase, clause, sentence, or provision of this charter to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable in any respect, the judgment shall not affect the validity, legality, or enforceability of the charter as a whole or any other part of this charter. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 1. Creation

§ 1. Creation
The creation of the union municipal district known as the Windham Solid Waste Management District under Number M-22 of the Acts of 1988 is hereby continued. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 2. Purpose

§ 2. Purpose
The District is created, as a body politic and corporate, and shall exist for the purpose of providing a comprehensive system for managing solid waste, recyclable materials, organic material, and exempt hazardous waste generated within member municipalities. The principal elements of the management system may include the following: collection, transportation, processing, citizen information and education, land disposal, recycling centers, intermediate processing facilities, composting facilities, or resource recovery facilities, or any combination thereof, within and outside the District, as well as any other methods allowed by law. The District may accept solid waste and other materials from outside the District. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 3. Composition

§ 3. Composition
The District shall be composed of and shall include all of the lands and residents within those municipalities that vote to approve and enter into this chapter at the time of its creation, and any other municipalities subsequently admitted to the District, except for those municipalities that may withdraw as provided in this chapter. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 4. Duration

§ 4. Duration
The District shall continue as a body politic and corporate unless and until dissolved according to the procedures set forth in this chapter. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 6. Transportation and collection site

§ 6. Transportation and collection site
Each member municipality, either directly or through independent parties, shall be responsible for providing one or more collection sites for the solid waste and recyclables generated within such member municipality, and for the transportation of such solid waste to the District facility, together with all costs incident thereto. In the event that any member municipality does not wish to institute its own collection system for delivery of the solid waste and recyclables to the facility designated by the District, the Board of Supervisors may provide for collection and transportation as provided in subdivision 5(1) of this chapter. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 7. Responsibility to accept solid waste

§ 7. Responsibility to accept solid waste
(a) The District may become responsible for providing a system for solid waste disposal, as delineated in subsection (b) of this section when the Board of Supervisors declares the disposal system operational.
(b) The District may provide a system for disposal or recycling of all solid waste generated by residential and commercial activities within the member municipalities. The District may provide for the disposal of solid waste from industrial activities within a member municipality. The District may provide for the disposal of sludge through contract with a member municipality, provided the sludge is disposed of at no cost to the other member municipalities. Finally, 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 the contract will not increase the cost of solid waste disposal to the member municipalities.
(c) Each member municipality agrees to act as a host community in the event the District decides to establish a solid waste transfer, treatment, or disposal facility within that member municipality. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 8. Authority

§ 8. 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. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 9. Composition

§ 9. Composition
The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one primary representative and one alternate from each member municipality. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 10. Appointment

§ 10. Appointment
Annually, on or before the last Monday in March, the legislative branch of each member municipality shall appoint its representative and an alternate representative to the Board of Supervisors. 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 their appointed representative during the one-year term for stated reasons. The alternate representative shall represent the municipality at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors that the regular representative is unable to attend and shall have all the rights and privileges of a regular representative. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 11. Organization meeting

§ 11. Organization meeting
Annually, during its first meeting in April, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At the meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership, a Chair and a Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. The Chair and Vice Chair are eligible to be elected to successive terms without limit. For this election, each member municipality’s representative shall cast one vote. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 12. Regular board meetings

§ 12. Regular board meetings
A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 13. Special Board meetings

§ 13. Special Board 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 electronically, mailed, or left at such member’s usual place of residence. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 14. Quorum

§ 14. Quorum
For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members who represent more than 50 percent of the member towns with an appointed representative shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 15. Voting

§ 15. Voting
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 3,000 population, or part thereof, in the municipality that he or she represents. The determination of population shall be made based upon the latest census provided by the State of Vermont. Any member town that is the site of a major District facility shall be entitled to one additional vote. A member or an alternate of the Board of Supervisors may not split his or her votes. Any action supported by a minimum of three communities and 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. Meetings of the Board of Supervisors or any committee thereof may be conducted by electronic or telephonic means, provided that all participants are able to communicate with one another, that a record of such proceedings is prepared and circulated among all members of the Board of Supervisors within 72 hours of such meeting, and the meeting complies with all requirements of the Vermont Open Meeting Law. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 16. Term

§ 16. Term
All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year beginning April 1. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 17. Vacancy

§ 17. 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. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 18. Rules of procedures

§ 18. Rules of procedures
Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the most recent version of Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 19. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors

§ 19. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors
Each member municipality shall pay to its representatives to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement or expenses as it shall determine reasonable. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 20. Officers

§ 20. Officers
The Board of Supervisors annually shall elect from among its members a Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer, and Clerk and those other officers as it deems appropriate for the conduct of its business. Upon majority vote of the Board of Supervisors, the Treasurer and Clerk may be non-Board members. No person may hold more than one office at one time. Any officer vacancy shall be filled at the next regular or special meeting of the Board of Supervisors. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 21. Bond

§ 21. Bond
Prior to assuming their offices, the District shall secure appropriate public official bonds in such amounts as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the District. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 22. Chair

§ 22. Chair
The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and shall sign 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. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 23. Vice Chair

§ 23. Vice Chair
(a) 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.
(b) 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. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 24. Clerk

§ 24. Clerk
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. The Clerk shall prepare and warn all meetings of the District and Board of Supervisors in accordance with Vermont law and shall cause the annual report approved by the Board of Supervisors to be distributed to the legislative bodies of the member municipalities. The Clerk shall prepare and distribute any other reports required by the 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. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 25. Treasurer

§ 25. Treasurer
The Treasurer shall have the custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing officer of the District. The Treasurer may perform all of the duties and functions incident to the office of treasurer of a municipal corporation. Such duties and functions shall be determined annually by the Board of Supervisors. During the absence or inability of the Treasurer to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Chair shall serve as the disbursing officer of the District. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 26. Administrative personnel

§ 26. Administrative personnel
The Board of Supervisors may employ an Executive Director and such other personnel as it deems necessary for the conduct of the business of the District, and the Board of Supervisors shall have the power to prescribe duties, set compensation, and delegate such responsibilities as it deems appropriate. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 27. Records

§ 27. Records
The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto, and the maintaining of all records, books, and accounts of the District shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 28. Audit

§ 28. Audit
The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant. A copy of the completed audit shall be distributed to each member municipality. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 29. Executive Board

§ 29. Executive Board
The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board. The Board of Supervisors shall annually grant such powers as it may deem necessary. Additionally, the Board of Supervisors may grant to or remove from the Executive Board such powers as it deems necessary. The members of the Executive Board shall consist of the Chair, Vice Chair, and other members as appointed by the Board of Supervisors. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 30. Committees

§ 30. Committees
The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary. Each committee shall elect a chair by majority vote, at a minimum of annually. The Board of Supervisors may appoint non-Board members to serve on a committee but such non-Board members may not serve as chair of the committee. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 31. Compensation of officers

§ 31. Compensation of officers
Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimbursement, or both, of expenses as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 32. Recall of officers

§ 32. Recall of officers
An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the District will be served. For this action, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall cast one vote. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 33. Fiscal year

§ 33. Fiscal year
The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of each year. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 34. Preparation of budget

§ 34. Preparation of budget
Annually, on or before December 15th, the Board of Supervisors shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative branch of each member municipality for review and comment a proposed budget of the District for the next fiscal year. Included with the proposed budget sent to each member municipality shall be the previous fiscal year’s financial statement. This proposed budget shall include:
(1) deficits or surpluses, or both, from prior fiscal years;
(2) anticipated expenditures for the administration of the District;
(3) anticipated expenditures for the operation and maintenance of any District 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 tipping fees and other sources, not including assessments levied on the member municipalities;
(9) the necessary appropriations to operate and carry out the District’s functions for the next fiscal year;
(10) the proposed assessment, if any, to each member municipality;
(11) such other estimates as the Board of Supervisors shall deem necessary to propose. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 35. Budget hearing

§ 35. Budget hearing
The Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on or before January 7 of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed budget. Notice of the hearing shall be the same as that specified under section 46 of this chapter (public hearings). The Board of Supervisors shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed budget as it deems advisable. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012; 2013, No. 34, § 17.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 36. Budget adoption, tipping fees, and appropriations

§ 36. Budget adoption, tipping fees, and appropriations
Annually, on or before January 15, the Board of Supervisors shall adopt the budget, appropriate the sums that it deems necessary to operate and carry out the District’s functions for the next ensuing fiscal year, and assess each member municipality for its proportionate share of the sums so appropriated, and adopt a schedule designating when such assessments are due and payable by the member municipalities. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)
2023 Vermont Statutes › Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters › Chapter 417 - Windham Solid Waste Management District › App § 37. Apportionment of assessments

§ 37. Apportionment of assessments
Assessments may be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of population, trash generation (relative to the tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by or within each of the member municipalities), or other basis voted by the Board of Supervisors. If, after the first year of operation of any District facility, Board of Supervisors determines that prior assessments were substantially inequitable, it may 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 such period as the Board of Supervisors determines will be reasonable. Thereafter, the Board of Supervisors may by a vote of members present and representing two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting, or a special meeting called for that purpose, change the basis of the assessment. The Board may adjust the assessments accordingly, but no retroactive adjustments shall be made. Similar estimates and adjustments shall be made for new member municipalities and for the first time use of a new or different disposal facility. In the event of a proposed change in the method of assessment, the Board of Supervisors shall hold a public hearing on or before December 7th of each year to receive comments from the legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons regarding the proposed method of assessment. Notice of such hearing shall be the same as that specified under section 46 of this chapter, public hearings. The Board of Supervisors shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes to the proposed method of assessment as it deems advisable. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)