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Subchapter
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FISCAL AFFAIRS
(Cite as: 24 App. V.S.A. ch. 417, § 37)
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§ 37. Apportionment of assessments
Assessments may be apportioned among the member municipalities on the basis of population,
trash generation (relative to the tonnage or volume of solid waste generated by or
within each of the member municipalities), or other basis voted by the Board of Supervisors.
If, after the first year of operation of any District facility, Board of Supervisors
determines that prior assessments were substantially inequitable, it may 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 such period as the Board of Supervisors determines will be
reasonable. Thereafter, the Board of Supervisors may by a vote of members present
and representing two-thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast at a regular meeting,
or a special meeting called for that purpose, change the basis of the assessment.
The Board may adjust the assessments accordingly, but no retroactive adjustments shall
be made. Similar estimates and adjustments shall be made for new member municipalities
and for the first time use of a new or different disposal facility. In the event
of a proposed change in the method of assessment, the Board of Supervisors shall hold
a public hearing on or before December 7th of each year to receive comments from the
legislative bodies of member municipalities and hear all other interested persons
regarding the proposed method of assessment. Notice of such hearing shall be the
same as that specified under section 46 of this chapter, public hearings. The Board
of Supervisors shall give consideration to all comments received and make such changes
to the proposed method of assessment as it deems advisable. (Amended 2011, No. M-11 (Adj. Sess.), § 2, eff. July 12, 2012.)