The provisions of Chapter 103b, Sections 7-273aa to 7-273oo, of the
Connecticut General Statutes, as amended by the provisions of Public Act 85-478,
are hereby adopted.
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A public body politic and corporate of the state, to be known as the
"Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority" (hereinafter referred to as the
"Authority"), constituting a political subdivision of the State of Connecticut
established and created for the performance of an essential public and governmental
function, is hereby created for the purposes, charged with the duties and
granted the powers provided in Chapter 103b, Sections 7-273aa to 7027oo, of
the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended by Public Act 85-478, and Chapters
446d and 446e of the Connecticut General Statutes, as amended, which Authority
is hereby designated as the Resources Recovery Authority for the Town of Brookfield.
The Authority shall be the Resources Recovery Authority for the Town of Brookfield
and for such other member municipalities as shall, by ordinance concurrent
herewith, adopt the provisions of Chapter 103b of the Connecticut General
Statutes, as amended, create the Authority and designate the Authority as
their Resources Recovery Authority and such other municipalities as shall,
by ordinance and upon such terms and conditions as the Authority may determine,
hereafter become member municipalities of the Authority.
The Authority is established and created for the purpose of providing
solid waste management and disposal services within the region of the Authority,
which shall be the region within the jurisdiction of all of the member municipalities
of the Authority, and which purpose includes providing for the disposal of
residential and commercial solid waste, the financing, construction and operation
of one or more solid waste disposal facilities for such purpose and the delivery
of solid waste thereto, including facilities for the incineration of solid
waste and production of steam, electricity and other by-products for sale
to public utilities and others.
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Brookfield shall appoint the Brookfield member and alternate to the Authority. The Board of Selectmen shall fill any vacancy which occurs and may remove said member or alternate for cause pursuant to the provisions of §
C4-11 of the Charter of the Town of Brookfield. No person shall be eligible for appointment as a Brookfield member or alternate to the Authority unless, at the time of his appointment, he is an elector of the Town. Any such person who ceases to be an elector of the Town shall thereupon cease to hold said office.
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Members of the Authority shall serve without compensation but may be
reimbursed for their necessary expenses.
Member municipalities may withdraw from the Authority only after agreeing,
in writing, to comply with the terms and conditions contained in any contracts
between such municipality and the Authority or the holders of any bonds of
the Authority. No such withdrawal shall relieve such municipality of any liability,
responsibility or obligation incurred by it as a member of the Authority or
as a user of any of the Authority's projects.
This chapter shall be deemed to be concurrent with such ordinances as
shall be enacted by the City of Danbury and the Towns of Bethel, Bridgewater,
New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding and Ridgefield, which ordinances
are not inconsistent in any material respect with the provisions of this chapter.
Said chapter shall be deemed concurrent even though said ordinances are not
adopted simultaneously by said municipalities and even though one or more
of said municipalities shall fail to adopt said ordinances.