§ 404. Budget, appropriation, and assessment; apportionment of taxes
(a) Taxes shall be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of relative tonnage or volume of solid waste loads generated by or within each of the member municipalities such that each member municipality shall be assessed a percentage of the sum appropriated equal to the percentage that its solid waste load bears to the total solid waste load generated within the District. The loads shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors and may be based upon actual tonnage or volume delivered, historic tonnage or volume, imputed or estimated tonnage or volume, or guaranteed tonnage or volume whether actually delivered or not.
(b) If, after the first year of operation of any District solid waste facility, the Board of Supervisors determines that prior assessments were substantially inequitable, it shall retroactively adjust prior year assessments such that municipalities overcharged are given a proportionate credit against future assessments and municipalities undercharged are assessed a proportionate surcharge payable over the period that the Board determines will be reasonable.
(c) Thereafter, the Board of Supervisors may from time to time reestablish the percentage of solid waste load that is attributed to each member municipality and adjust the assessments accordingly, but no retroactive adjustments shall be made. (Added 2019, No. M-2, § 2, eff. April 19, 2019.)
Structure Vermont Statutes
Title 24 Appendix - Municipal Charters
Chapter 414 - Rutland County Solid Waste District
App § 204. Organizational meeting
App § 212. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors
App § 312. Compensation of officers
App § 403. Budget adoption, appropriation, and assessment
App § 404. Budget, appropriation, and assessment; apportionment of taxes
App § 405. Initial budget and appropriation
App § 407. Limitations of appropriations
App § 408. Indebtedness; short-term borrowing
App § 409. Indebtedness; long-term indebtedness and long-term contracts
App § 411. Capital reserve fund
App § 413. Transportation and collection sites
App § 507. Qualifications and registration of voters
App § 508. Conduct of meetings
App § 509. Reconsideration or rescission of vote
App § 510. Validation of District meetings
App § 601. Withdrawal of member municipality
App § 602. Admission of new member municipalities
App § 603. Dissolution of District