[Adopted by Ord. No. 88-2]
In order to implement a County-wide comprehensive
solid waste management system that provides continuity throughout
the process of development and operation, there is established a Solid
Waste Management Board (SWMB) pursuant to § 59.70(2), Wis.
Stats.
[Amended 3-26-2002 by Ord. No. 01-27]
A.
The membership of the SWMB shall be appointed by the
Pierce County Board Chair subject to the confirmation of the County
Board of Supervisors. It shall consist of nine members, of whom five
are County Board members, including the County Board Chair or Vice
Chair, a County Zoning Committee member and three other members of
the County Board. The remaining four members shall be citizen members
residing in the County who are appointed based on public interest
and technical knowledge in the area of solid waste management.
[Amended 3-27-2007 by Ord. No. 06-21]
B.
The County extension resource agent shall serve as
an education and resource advisory.
C.
Except as hereafter provided, the terms of office
of each member of the SWMB shall be for three years expiring on April
30. The terms of those initially appointed shall be as follows:
D.
Vacancies for any unexpired term shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointments.
E.
Any member of the Solid Waste Management Board may
be removed from that Board by a two-thirds vote of the County Board
of Supervisors.
A.
The SWMB shall annually elect a Chair, Vice Chair
and Secretary. Meetings shall be held at such times and such places
as the SWMB may determine.
B.
The SWMB shall develop policies and guidelines governing
the conduct of meetings and the operation and functioning of the organization.
C.
The SWMB shall have the power to adopt, amend and
repeal rules and regulations governing its procedure and operations
that are not inconsistent with this article.
D.
Per diem mileage and meal compensation shall be paid
to members in the same manner as County Board Supervisors.
E.
All funds received or collected by the SWMB shall
be deposited with the County Treasurer. Disbursement of such funds
shall be made by the County Treasurer only upon receipt of a voucher
or statement signed by the Chairman and Secretary that the expenditure
has been authorized and approved by the SWMB and after approval by
the County Finance Committee.
F.
Members of the SWMB shall be exempt from legal actions
resulting from their duties provided they act in good faith. Liability
coverage and indemnification protection shall be provided to members
of the SWMB through the County.
A.
It shall be the responsibility of the SWMB to supervise
and manage the collection and disposal of solid waste in the County
in accordance with the rules and regulations established by the Department
of Natural Resources for the state and by the Board of Supervisors.
The SWMB shall keep abreast of the latest techniques, procedures and
methods that may be developed in solid waste management and shall
make recommendations to the Board of Supervisors concerning solid
waste management.
B.
It shall be the responsibility of the SWMB for the
development of plans and policies, the provision of facilities and
overseeing the management of solid waste.
C.
The SWMB shall be responsible for the service area
which includes the entire geographic area of the County, in cooperation
with the local units of government.
A.
The SWMB shall have the following powers to:
(1)
Develop plans and policies to implement a comprehensive
solid waste management system.
(2)
Engage and compensate consultants or other persons
who can provide expertise or conduct services in solid waste management.
(3)
Develop a working agreement in conjunction with the
County Personnel Committee and County Finance Committee whereby County
personnel may provide staff assistance to the SWMB in fulfilling its
goals and work program.
(4)
Establish operations and methods of waste management
as are deemed appropriate.
(5)
Enter into contractual arrangements with private firms
to operate aspects of the solid waste management system to assure
that the SWMB maintains maximum over-site control that is economically
feasible.
(6)
Engage in, sponsor or cosponsor research and demonstration
projects and educational programs intended to improve the techniques
of solid waste management and to increase the extent of recycling
and reutilization of materials and resources included in solid waste.
(7)
Develop cooperative arrangements and agreements with
units of government and semipublic and private organizations to utilize
land, equipment, facilities and personnel in conducting a comprehensive
solid waste management program. Such agreements will respect the ordinances
of towns whose land, facilities and personnel are involved.
(8)
Exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be necessary to properly establish and operate and oversee a solid waste management system and which are not inconsistent with § 7-20, the laws of the state, the regulations of the Department of Natural Resources or the ordinances and resolutions adopted by the Board of Supervisors.
(9)
Exercise other powers as may be delegated to the SWMB
by the Board of Supervisors under the authority of § 59.70(2),
Wis. Stats., as it deems appropriate.
B.
The authority of the SWMB, as delegated by the Board
of Supervisors and working agreements, shall be outlined in a memorandum
of understanding which shall be updated and approved annually by the
Board of Supervisors.
The Solid Waste Management Board shall present
a quarterly and an annual report to the Board of Supervisors, and
it shall make or cause to be made other reports as may be required
from time to time by the Board of Supervisors.
A.
The Pierce County solid waste management system shall
be financed by such funds as may be available through public and private
sources, and the SWMB is authorized to accept private donations and
to request and receive state and federal grants-in-aid in addition
to County funds. The Solid Waste Management Board will not be authorized
to levy taxes.
B.
The Solid Waste Management Board shall plan its financial
operations on a calendar-year basis, and each year it shall submit
its proposed budget for the next calendar year to the County Finance
Committee on such date as may be established by the Committee.
C.
The County, through the SWMB, may establish and enforce
a user charge system to handle operational costs. If necessary, in
order to maintain an economical and practical level of use charge,
the County may use property taxes as a supplement to use charges,
except that no town, city or village which operates its own waste
collection and disposal facility, or property therein, shall be subject
to any tax levied hereunder to cover the cost of operation of these
functions. Such appropriations may be treated as a revolving capital
fund to be reimbursed from proceeds of the system.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Former Sec. 2.72.070D, which
immediately followed this subsection and dealt with the initial year
of operation of the SWMB, was deleted 4-17-2001 by Ord. No. 00-15.