The Town of Brookfield does hereby authorize the Water Pollution
Control Authority, created in 1974, to serve as the Sewer Authority
of the Town, hereinafter "Authority." Such Authority shall have all
powers and duties of a municipal water pollution control authority
as provided by Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision
of 1958, as amended.
The Water Pollution Control Authority shall consist of five members and three alternates, who shall be appointed by the Board of Selectmen in accordance with the provisions of the Town Charter. (See §§
C4-12 and
C7-4, Town Charter, revision of November 6, 2007.) The qualifications of said members and alternates shall be as set forth in Exhibit A of the Town Charter. Alternates may participate fully in all meetings of the Authority, except that only seated alternates may vote on a particular matter. In the event of a vacancy or an absence or disqualification of a member, the Chairman or other presiding officer shall seat and designate an alternate member to vote at the meeting.
The procedures of the Authority, including election of officers, shall be as set forth in the Town Charter (See §
C7-1, Town Charter, revision of November 6, 2007.), subject to the following additional requirements:
A. Regular
meetings of the Authority shall generally be held not less than once
a month.
B. The
Authority shall maintain separate books and records of account for
transactions relating to operation of the sewerage system and Authority-financed
capital improvements.
C. The Authority shall operate in accordance with the requirements of
the Connecticut General Statutes and as an Enterprise Fund in accordance
with the current rules of Government Accounting Standards Board, GASB.
The Authority shall have authority in the name and on behalf
of the Town:
A. To
do any and all things necessary or appropriate to construct any sewerage
system authorized by the Town, including, but not in limitation thereof,
the taking and holding by purchase, condemnation or otherwise of the
whole or any part of any real property or interest therein which it
may determine to be necessary or desirable for use in connection therewith;
to apportion and assess lands and buildings in the Town which shall,
in its judgment, be specially benefited thereby and upon the owners
of such lands and buildings in such proportions as it may deem equitable;
to establish such charges as it may deem proper for connections with
and the use of said sewerage system; and to maintain and operate said
system, and to exercise such other powers of a municipal water pollution
control authority, all in accordance with, as provided by, the provisions
of Chapter 103 of the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958,
as amended.
B. To
establish and revise rules and regulations for the supervision, management,
control and operation and use of the sewerage system, including rules
and regulations prohibiting the discharge into the sewerage system
of any sewage or any stormwater runoff which, in the opinion of the
Authority, will adversely affect any part or any process of the sewerage
system.
C. To
fulfill contracts entered into between the Town and other municipalities
to obtain sewerage system service.
D. Through
its Chairman, to execute and file applications and agreements with
the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
for state grants and/or advances pursuant to the provisions of Chapter
446k of the Connecticut General Statutes, Revision of 1958, as amended,
and to execute all the applications, instruments and documents and
accept payments and do all other things that may be necessary for
state grants and/or advances, and to apply for and accept any and
all federal grants-in-aid in connection with the sewerage system.