[HISTORY: Adopted by the Board of Trustees of the Village of Waverly 9-13-1983
as L.L. No. 1-1983. Amendments noted where applicable.]
GENERAL REFERENCES
Sewers — See Ch. 119.
A.
The Board of Trustees for the Village of Waverly, New
York, has, since the creation of the village's sewage treatment facility
and collection system, realized the need for a governmental agency to oversee
the effective operation, maintenance and financing of the facility and system.
B.
It is the belief of the Board of Trustees that the most
effective use of the facility would be accomplished by having a group of individuals,
to be known as the "Board of Sewer Commissioners" (hereinafter, "the Board"),
who will be appointed to assist the Board of Trustees in the operation of
the aforementioned facility and provide the residents of the village with
an efficient, equitable and organized process for the disposal of sewage produced
by the village.
[Amended 11-8-1983 by L.L. No. 4-1983]
The Board shall be composed of at least three persons and not more than
seven persons. One of those persons shall be known as the "Senior Commissioner."
It shall be the responsibility of the Senior Commissioner to conduct the meetings
of the Board, report to the Village Board at the regular monthly meetings
and make arrangements for the preservation of minutes showing official action
taken by the Board.
The members of the Board shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved
by a majority vote of the members of the Village Board.
The members of the Board shall serve for five-year terms, commencing
and ending on the same dates as the terms for all other appointed village
officials. However, the first-term appointments of the members made by the
Mayor shall be for terms of five years, four years, three years, two years
and one-year, so that, commencing June 1, 1983, there shall be one new five-year
appointment each year.
The Senior Commissioner shall be appointed by the Mayor and approved
by a majority vote of the Village Board.
[Amended 11-8-1983 by L.L. No. 4-1983]
After the first meeting on Wednesday, November 2, 1983, the Board will
meet on the first Monday of each month at a time convenient for the members
of the Board and interested citizens.
The Board is authorized to conduct whatever other meetings it may deem
necessary for the efficient handling of sewer business; provided, however,
that no action shall be taken by the Board unless notice of the meeting has
been given to the public.
There must be at least three members of the Board present in order for
the Board to take any official action. No action shall be taken by the Board
unless it is approved by a majority vote of the Board.
The Board shall keep minutes of its regular meetings so that a record
will be kept of all action taken by the Board.
It shall be the responsibility of the plant operator to attend the regularly
scheduled monthly meeting.
A.
Employees. The Board shall have the authority to make
recommendations to the Village Board to select and discharge employees of
the sewage treatment facility.
B.
Sewer rates. The Board shall have the authority to make
recommendations to the Village Board regarding increases or decreases in sewer
capital charges and sewer use rates.
C.
Operation of facility. The Board shall have the authority
to oversee the operation of the sewage treatment facility, always giving due
consideration to the insight of the plant operator.
D.
Administration of other laws. The Board shall have the
power to direct all property owners within the village to attach their sewer
lines to the sewer lines of the village in accordance with the previous ordinances
and local laws of the village and to refer any violations of the law to the
Village Board and the Village Attorney for appropriate legal action.
E.
Appeals and disagreements. The Board shall have the authority
and the duty to consider the appeals and grievances of property owners and
sewer users regarding sewer rates, sewer capital charges, including the proper
number of units charged, and the proper functioning of the sewage treatment
facility in general.
F.
Billing. The Board shall have the responsibility of overseeing
the billing procedure for the various charges assessed against all users of
the sewage treatment facility and to implement procedures for the prompt payment
of such bills.
G.
Contracts. The Board shall have the authority to enter
into contracts and to spend money allocated for its yearly budget. In the
event that the Board spends more money than has been allocated to the sewage
treatment facility for any given year, the Board shall immediately notify
the Village Board that the budgeted amount has been exceeded.
H.
Budget. The Board shall have the responsibility of presenting
a proposed annual budget to the Village Board, which shall either be accepted
or rejected by the Village Board.
I.
Review of laws; recommendations. The Board shall have
the responsibility of reviewing existing local laws of the Village of Waverly
which deal with the sewage treatment facility and making recommendations to
the Village Board regarding any appropriate changes which should be made or
new laws which should be enacted.
A.
The Village Board shall be given the authority to veto
any action taken by the Board if it determines that such action would not
be in the best interest of the residents of the village.
B.
In order to veto action taken by the Board, the Village
Board must have a two-thirds majority of its membership, said membership to
include the Mayor as a voting party, which is in disagreement with the action
taken by the Board.
The Board may be dissolved only by a local law properly enacted by the
Village Board.
