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‘I •y . 'C ' r ''* V* JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT » THIS AGREEMENT made by and among the Cities of Greenfield, independence. Long Lake. Loretto. Maple Plain. Medina and Orono (hereinafter referred to collectively as the "Participants") is effective on the day and year provided herein. 1. PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY. This Agreement is entered into under the authority of Minnesota Statutes section 471.59. The Participants have determined that it is to their mutual advantage to form a single joint powers entity that shall establish and operate within the present and future boundaries of the Participants a program for recycling acceptable materials. Under the proposed recycling program (the "Program”), residents will be encouraged to deposit recyclables at central collection facilities established and operated under this Agreement. The central collection facilities will be supplemented by a mobile collection unit that will travel on a periodic basis between several satellite locations. The collected recyclable materials will be hauled to commercial recycling centers where they will be sold. Cities may also offer curbside recycling to residents. 2. COMMISSION. There is hereby created the West Hennepin Recycling Commission (the "Coinmission'*) consisting of seven commissioners. a. Appointment and Term. The governing body of each Participant shall, by a majority vote, arpoint a person, who may or mav not be an elected official of the Participant's, to serve as a commissioner. Appointments shall be for a two year period unless the respective governing body makes the appointment for a lesser period. Commissioners shall serve until their successors are appointeu and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term by the appropriate governing body. A vacancy occurs upon the death or resignation of a commissioner. b. Compensation. Commissioners shall serve without compensation by the Commission. Reimbursement of expenses for each commissioner shall be governed by state statutes and the charter, ordinances, and policies of the Participant that commissioner represents. c. officers. The Commission shall choose one of its oiembers as a chairperson. The chairperson shall be appointed by commission action at the first meeting of the year. The coordinator shall act as secretary-treasurer. The chairperson shall preside at all meetings of the Commission. The secretary- treasurer shall keep a complete record of each meeting and of all proceedings and business 'f the Coinmission and shall keep an accurate accounting of all receipts and disbursements of the Coiisnission. The chairperson and secretary-treasurer shall sign all contracts authorlxed by and in the name of the Commission.