[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Tolland 6-8-2010 by Ord. No.
81. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Solid waste, recycling and hazardous waste — See Ch. 94.
Pursuant to Section 7-273aa of the Connecticut General Statutes
Annotated, which provides that any two or more Connecticut municipalities
may, by concurrent ordinances of their legislative bodies, create
a regional solid waste authority under the provisions of Sections
7-273aa to 7-273oo, inclusive (Chapter 103b), to jointly manage solid
waste and recycling services on behalf of its members, the purpose
of this chapter is to create such a regional authority to be known
as the "Central Connecticut Solid Waste Authority" (CCSWA). Upon adoption
of this chapter by two or more municipalities, the CCSWA shall be
created.
The CCSWA is hereby created as a regional authority under the
provisions of Chapter 103b and shall have all the rights, powers,
duties and obligations of a regional authority pursuant to Chapter
103b and Chapters 446d and 446e of the Connecticut General Statutes
Annotated.
The Town of Tolland (the "municipality") hereby designates the
CCSWA as its regional solid waste authority, including its regional
resource recovery authority, and adopts the provisions of Chapter
103b in connection with this election to become a member of the CCSWA;
provided, however, that this designation and membership election shall
not constitute a commitment of the municipality’s solid waste
or recycling streams, and provided further that the municipality agrees
that it shall take no action, now or in the future, contrary to its
currently existing legal obligations and commitments, including, without
limitation, making any pledge of its municipal solid waste or recycling
streams to a disposal or recycling option chosen through the CCSWA
which has an effective date commencing prior to the expiration date
of any currently existing waste stream commitment to another disposal
or recycling arrangement. By adopting this chapter, the municipality
shall not be obligated now or in the future to make any such commitment
of its solid waste or recycling streams, or to commit any funding
toward the CCSWA, without further express authorization by its legislative
body.
The purpose of the CCSWA shall be to solicit and jointly manage
solid waste and recycling services on behalf of its members.
The principal address of the CCSWA shall be 241 Main Street,
Hartford, Connecticut 06106, c/o the Capitol Region Council of Governments.
A.
The members
of the CCSWA shall be the municipalities, including the municipality,
which adopt this chapter.
The number of votes to be cast by each municipal member of the
CCSWA at any meeting of the Authority’s full membership shall
be determined in accordance with the following five-tiered voting
system based on the individual population of each municipal member
compared to the total population of all CCSWA municipal members (all
such population figures to be derived from the most recent annual
data published by the Connecticut Department of Public Health):
A.
Each municipal
member whose individual population is less than 1% of the total population
of all CCSWA municipal members shall have one vote;
B.
Each municipal
member whose individual population is equal to or greater than 1%,
but less than 2%, of the total population of all CCSWA municipal members
shall have two votes;
C.
Each municipal
member whose individual population is equal to or greater than 2%,
but less than 5%, of the total population of all CCSWA municipal members
shall have three votes;
D.
Each municipal
member whose individual population is equal to or greater than 5%,
but less than 10%, of the total population of all CCSWA municipal
members shall have four votes; and
E.
Each municipal
member whose individual population is equal to or greater than 10%
of the total population of all CCSWA municipal members shall have
five votes.
Each municipal member shall appoint one representative to the
CCSWA, which shall be the current chief elected official of the municipality
or that official’s designee, and that representative shall exercise
the voting powers established for that municipal member as set forth
in this chapter. As long as the method of appointment and removal
and the term of office of each municipal member representative shall
be consistent with the first sentence of this section, the details
of such appointment, removal and term of office shall be as determined
by the appointing municipality; provided, however, that not more than
half of the terms of all such municipal representatives shall expire
within any one fiscal year.
There shall be at least one annual meeting of all municipal
members of the CCSWA, to elect the members of the Executive Committee
and enact such other business as shall be deemed advisable at such
meeting, all as provided in the bylaws of the CCSWA to be adopted
after its formation. It shall require the affirmative vote of a majority
of all CCSWA municipal members to enact the authority bylaws or adopt
any amendments thereto, such vote to take place at a duly called meeting
of the full membership of the CCSWA, with proxy voting to be permitted
at such meeting.
The members and member representatives of the CCSWA shall receive
no monetary compensation solely for their service as members and member
representatives of the CCSWA; provided, however, that the ability
of the CCSWA, if it chooses to do so in its sole discretion, to pay
host community compensation to municipal members which agree to host
facilities owned or used by CCSWA within their municipal borders shall
not be affected by this prohibition.
The full membership of the CCSWA shall elect an Executive Committee to manage the operations of the CCSWA; provided, however, that the specific division of responsibilities for such management between the Executive Committee, the full membership of the CCSWA and any other body or officer of the CCSWA shall be consistent with the bylaws of the CCSWA to be adopted after its formation. No member of the CCSWA shall have more than one representative on the Executive Committee, and each member of the Executive Committee shall have one vote, without regard to the voting system established by § 46-7 of this chapter for meetings of the Authority’s full membership. The members of such Executive Committee shall constitute an odd number, shall include at least one representative of each of the five voting tiers established pursuant to § 46-7 of this chapter for meetings of the Authority’s full membership, and shall also be determined by considerations of geographical representation based on the four subregions established under § 47-6 of this chapter, all such matters and the terms of office and appointment of such Executive Committee members and other matters pertaining thereto to be specifically determined in a manner consistent with the bylaws of the CCSWA to be adopted after its formation.
This chapter is hereby adopted pursuant to and in compliance
with all laws governing the municipality’s adoption of ordinances.
