Board of Commissioners

V.S.A. tit. 24 Appendix, ch. 405, subch. 2

in effect

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 6 Authority

6. 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 Commissioners, except as specifically provided otherwise in this chapter.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 7 Appointment

7. Appointment The purposes, powers, duties, and responsibilities of the District shall be exercised by a Board of Commissioners consisting of one commissioner and one alternate commissioner from each member municipality. The alternate commissioner shall represent the municipality at all meetings of the Board of Commissioners that the regular commissioner is unable to attend and shall have all the rights and privileges of a regular commissioner. The legislative bodies of member municipalities whose beginning letter begins with A through K shall appoint their respective commissioners and alternate commissioners in even-numbered years and the legislative bodies of member municipalities whose beginning letter begins with L through Z shall appoint their respective commissioners and alternate commissioners in odd-numbered years. The legislative body of each municipality, by majority vote, may remove its appointed representative during the two-year term for stated reasons. Any vacancy on the Board of Commissioners shall be filled by the legislative body of the respective member municipality; provided, however, in the event vacancies exist for both the commissioner and the alternate commissioner for a particular municipality, the number of votes attributable to such municipality shall not be counted for purposes of determining the number of votes eligible to be cast by the Board of Commissioners during the period of such vacancy.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 8 Organizational meeting

8. Organizational meeting Annually, on or before the fourth Wednesday in June, the Board of Commissioners shall hold its organizational meeting. At this meeting, the Board of Commissioners 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.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 9 Regular meeting

9. Regular meeting A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Commissioners shall be established at the organizational meeting.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 10 Special meetings

10. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Commissioners may be called at any time by the Chair or shall be called by the Secretary upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board of Commissioners. Except in case of emergency, each member of the Board of Commissioners shall be given at least 24 hours’ notice of any special meeting of the Board of Commissioners by notice in person, by telephone, or by written notice delivered personally, mailed, or left at such member’s usual place of residence.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 11 Quorum

11. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of commissioners or, in the absence of a commissioner, his or her alternate commissioner, representing more than 50 percent of the votes then eligible to be cast, shall constitute a quorum.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 12 Rules of procedure

12. Rules of procedure Except as otherwise provided in this agreement, or by action of the Board of Commissioners, Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 13 Compensation of members of Board of Commissioners

13. Compensation of members of Board of Commissioners The District shall pay to the Board of Commissioners such reimbursement of expenses as it shall determine reasonable and for which authorization is provided in an approved budget.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 14 Voting

14. Voting Each member of the Board of Commissioners shall be entitled to cast one vote for every 5,000 population, or portion thereof, in the municipality that he or she represents. Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, a majority of the votes cast shall be required to approve any action. A member of the Board may not split the votes allocated to his or her municipality. The determination of population shall be based on the latest population estimates available from the Department of Health or other source agreed on by the Board of Commissioners.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 15 Terms of office

15. Terms of office Each commissioner and alternate commissioner shall serve for a term of two years ending May 31 and until his or her successor is duly appointed.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 405, § 16 Administrative personnel

16. Administrative personnel The Board of Commissioners may appoint a Manager and such other personnel as it deems necessary for the conduct of the business of the District, and the Board of Commissioners shall have the power to prescribe duties, fix compensation within limits established by the budget, and delegate to such responsibilities as it deems appropriate. The Manager shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District, upon approval by the Board of Commissioners.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/24APPENDIX/405Fetched: 10/21/2026