02-08-1988 - Agenda Packet City Council - regular meeting

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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT mado by and among the Cities of Greenfield, Independence, Long Lake, Loretto, Maple Plain, Medina, Minnetonka Beach and Orono (hereinafter refer: .i tc collectively as the "Participants") is effective on the clay 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. Urder 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. 2. COMMISSION. There is hereby created the West Hennepin Recycling Commission (the "Commission") consisting of eight commissioners. 3. Appointment and Term. The governing body of each Participant sila_1, by a majority vote, appoint a person, who may or may not be an elected official of the participants, to serve as a commissione-. 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 appointed and qualified. Vacancies shall be filled for the une;;pired 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 eac, commissioner shall be governed by state statutes and the charter, ordinances, and policies of the Participant that commissione: represents. C. Officers. The Commission stall choose one of its members as a chairperson. The coordinator shall act as secretary -treasurer. The chairperson shall preside at all-neetings of the Commission. The secretary -treasurer shall keep a i-omplete record of each meeting and of all proceedings and business o:" the Commission and shall keep .an accurate arrounting of all receipt!, and disbi.irsements of the Commission. The chairperson and secretary -treasurer shall sign all contracts authorized by and in the nano of the Commission. d. Meetings. The Commission -hall m et ;it such tiros and places as it shall deem appropriate but. a' Ist c.nce every twelve months. All meetings shill be open to tt• lic. P. _Voting Requirements. All actions of the Commission shall require a simple majority of the Cc mmissin'iers nr(,ent and voting. A majority of the commissioners shall constitute a quorum.