App § 55. Indemnification; contribution
§ 55. Indemnification; contribution (a) The District agrees it shall protect, indemnify, and hold harmless each member municipality (except a member municipality found to be at fault) and its respective officials, officers, members, employees, and agents, from and against all liabilities, damages, claims, demands, judgments, losses, costs, expenses, suits, action, or proceedings, and attorney’s fees, […]
App § 56. Termination of membership
§ 56. Termination of membership A member municipality may terminate its membership in the District after the expiration of one year from the date it became a member by a majority of its voters at a duly warned annual or special meeting voting for such a termination. At such annual or special meeting, a majority […]
App § 47. Signing of warning
§ 47. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by a number of the Board of Commissioners equal to a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast and shall be filed with the District Secretary before being posted.
App § 48. Warning contents
§ 48. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon. The warning also shall contain any article requested by petition signed by not less than five percent of […]
App § 49. Australian ballot
§ 49. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.
App § 50. Qualifications and registration of voters
§ 50. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall be legal voters of the District. The member municipalities shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which there will be voting.
App § 51. Conduct of meeting
§ 51. Conduct of meeting At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), count and return of votes (subchapter 8), recounts and contest of elections (subchapter 9), […]
App § 37. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing
§ 37. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing (a) The Board of Commissioners may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District in an amount not to exceed 25 percent of the District’s current operating budget, for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. Such notes must mature within one year. (b) The Board […]
App § 38. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts
§ 38. Long-term indebtedness; long-term contracts (a) Submission to voters. On a petition signed by at least five percent of the voters of the District at the last general election, the proposition of incurring a bonded debt or other indebtedness to pay for public improvements or of authorizing a long-term contract shall be submitted by […]
App § 41. Management fees
§ 41. Management fees Giving due consideration to the fact that State policy, as established in 10 V.S.A. § 6601, provides the generators of waste should pay disposal costs that reflect the real costs to society of waste management and disposal, the Board of Commissioners shall from time to time establish and adjust a management […]