Board of Supervisors

V.S.A. tit. 24 Appendix, ch. 403, subch. 2

in effect

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 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 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 General Manager and other personnel as it deems necessary for the conduct of business of the District. The General Manager oversees all aspects of the District, in accordance with the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District’s mission statement. The General Manager shall be responsible to the Board for the administration of the District and for carrying out the policies of the Central Vermont Solid Waste Management District. The powers and duties of the General Manager shall be specified by the Board of Supervisors. Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 9 Composition

9. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 10 Appointment

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, may remove its approved representative during the one-year term for stated reasons. In addition, each legislative body is encouraged to appoint an alternative representative to the Board of Supervisors who shall act as the appointed representative during his or her absence. The clerk of the member municipality shall certify to the Clerk of the District the name of the persons appointed as representative and alternate. Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 11 Organizational meeting

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 and qualified. For this election, each member of the Board of Supervisors present shall cast one vote.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 12 Regular meetings

12. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 13 Special meetings

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 Supervisors by notice in person, by telephone, or by written notice delivered personally, mailed, e-mailed, or left at a member’s usual place of residence. Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 14 Quorum

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 the Board of Supervisors shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. 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 be the action of the Board of Supervisors, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 15 Voting

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 of the population of the municipality. A member of the Board of Supervisors may not split its votes. The determinations of population shall be made based upon the latest census provided by the Vermont Department of Health. (b) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of any solid waste disposal facility, including a landfill, incinerator, gasifier, plasma arc conversion facility, or a facility using similar technologies that rely on extremely high temperature heating of high carbon feedstocks, any other similar facility that poses a potential for risk to the environment or the public; or a biosolids facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the supervisor representing the town or city in which such facility is to be located, in addition to approval by two-thirds vote of the entire Board of Supervisors. (c) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of a resource recovery facility, including a recycling, transfer, or composting facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the supervisor representing the town or city in which the facility is to be located, in addition to approval by two-thirds vote of the entire Board of Supervisors. (d) The District may not enter into any contract with nonmember municipalities or private entities for the management of solid waste generated outside the boundaries of the District, unless the contract is deemed to be in the best interests of the District, and approved by a two-thirds majority of the Board of Supervisors. Amended 2017, No. M-1, § 1.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 16 Term

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.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 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.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 18 Rules of procedures

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.

24 App. V.S.A. ch. 403, § 19 Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors

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.

Source: Vermont General Assembly (legislature.vermont.gov)URL: https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/chapter/24APPENDIX/403Fetched: 10/21/2026