§ 10. Appointment Annually, on or before the last Monday in March, the legislative branch of each member municipality shall appoint its 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, […]
§ 11. 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 a successor is duly elected […]
§ 12. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.
§ 13. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or may be called by the Clerk. 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 […]
§ 14. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members whose accumulated votes represent more than 50 percent of the total number of accumulated votes of all members who have at that time appointed representatives to the Board of Supervisors and the presence of more than 50 percent of the membership of […]
§ 15. Voting (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 1,000 population, or part thereof, in the municipality that the Supervisor represents; provided, however, no member municipality or supervisor shall be entitled to more than 20 votes, regardless […]
§ 16. Term All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for one year and until their successors are duly appointed and qualified. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.
§ 17. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by appointment by the authority which 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 […]
§ 18. Rules of procedures Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Roberts Rules of Order, as amended, shall govern at all meetings. The Board of Supervisors may adopt ordinances relating to the District, its powers, and other related subjects pursuant to the procedures of 24 V.S.A chapter 59. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 19. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality may pay to its representatives to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement of expenses as it may determine reasonable. (Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.)
§ 8. Authority The legislative power and authority of the District and the administration and the general supervision of all fiscal, prudential, and governmental affairs shall be vested in a governing body known as the Board of Supervisors, except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter. The Board of Supervisors may appoint and employ a […]
§ 9. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality.
