[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bethel 5-27-1986. Amendments noted where applicable.]
The provisions of Chapter 103b, Sections 7-273aa to 7-273oo, as amended
by the provisions of Public Act 85-478, are hereby adopted.
A public body politic and corporate of the state, to be known as the
"Housatonic Regional 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 7-273oo, 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 Regional Resources Recovery
Authority for the Town of Bethel. The Authority shall be the Regional Resources
Recovery Authority for the Town of Bethel 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 Regional 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 incineration of solid waste
and production of steam, electricity and other by-products for sale to public
utilities and others.
A.
The membership of the Authority shall consist of one
member from each member municipality of the Authority. Each such member, including
each of the first members of the Authority, shall be appointed in the manner
set forth in the concurrent ordinance adopted by each member municipality.
Members shall serve for terms of three years, except that the first members
of the Authority shall serve terms commencing July 1, 1986, and terminating
as follows: Bethel, June 30, 1987; Bridgewater, June 30, 1988; Brookfield,
June 30, 1989; Danbury, June 30, 1987; New Fairfield, June 30, 1988; New Milford,
June 30, 1989; Newtown, June 30, 1987; Redding, June 30, 1988; and Ridgefield,
June 30, 1989; provided, however, that members shall continue to serve until
their successors are appointed and have qualified. In no event shall the terms
of more than 1/2 of the members expire simultaneously. If because of the addition
or reduction of the number of member municipalities, the terms of more than
1/2 of the members would expire simultaneously, then the terms of a sufficient
number of members shall be automatically extended for a period of one year.
Said extensions shall be based upon the alphabetical order of the member municipalities.
B.
Each member municipality may appoint one alternate member
of the Authority who shall act in the event of the disability or absence for
any other reason of the member of the municipality. Said alternate member
shall only have a voice and vote at Authority meetings if the member from
said municipality is absent from the meeting.
The Board of Selectmen of the Town of Bethel shall appoint the Bethel
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. No
person shall be eligible for appointment as a Bethel 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.
A.
The Authority shall operate with 100 voting units which
shall be assigned to member municipalities in proportion to each municipality's
share of the total population of all members of the Authority as determined
by the latest decennial federal census of population. There shall be no fractional
votes, and each municipality shall have a minimum of one vote. The distribution
of voting units among members shall be recomputed following each decennial
federal census and upon the withdrawal or termination of any member municipality
or the admission of a new member municipality. All actions by the Authority
shall require the affirmative vote of at least 51% of the total voting units
present and voting at a duly called meeting of the Authority at which a quorum
is present.
B.
Members of the Authority holding a majority of the voting
units shall constitute a quorum, provided that no quorum shall be deemed to
exist unless at least 50% of the members of the Authority shall be present.
Members of the Authority shall serve without compensation but shall
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 Bridgewater, Brookfield,
New Fairfield, New Milford, Newtown, Redding and Ridgefield, which ordinances
are not inconsistent in any material respect with the provisions of this chapter.
This 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 ordinance.
