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.
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.
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.