§ 202. Selection of supervisors and their alternates Board members and alternates shall be appointed by the legislative body, unless the voters of the municipality decide at a regular or special meeting warned for that purpose that the Board members and alternates will be elected by the voters of the municipality. If the Board members […]
§ 203. Composition (a) Each member municipality shall be entitled to be represented by one District supervisor for each 2,500 people, or portion thereof, residing in the municipality, except that unorganized towns, gores, and grants shall be considered as a single municipality and represented by one supervisor and alternate. The population of each member municipality […]
§ 204. Term of office (a) Board members and alternates shall serve two year terms, running from April 1st of the year in which selected to March 31st of the year their term expires, or until a successor is duly selected. (b) Member municipalities may appoint or elect a new Board member to replace any […]
§ 205. Organizational meeting (a) Annually, the Board of Supervisors shall have its organizational meeting on the second Tuesday of April. (b) At each organizational meeting, the Board shall elect from among its members a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Treasurer, and a Clerk, each of whom shall hold office for one year and until […]
§ 206. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.
§ 207. Special meetings The Chair has authority to call a special meeting of the Board of Supervisors. Upon written request of one-fourth of the District supervisors, the Clerk must call a special meeting. Each supervisor must be given at least 24-hours’ notice of any special meeting.
§ 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 […]
§ 209. Proxies No voting by proxy shall be permitted at meetings of the Board of Supervisors.
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 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 […]
§ 213. Composition of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality may pay such compensation, if any, as it deems appropriate to its representative(s) to the Board of Supervisors.
§ 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.
§ 215. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit of the District’s financial records to be performed at least annually by a certified public accountant.
