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JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT made by and among the Cities of Long Lake, Loretto, Maple, Plain, Medina, Minnetonka Beach 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 newspaper, metal and glass. Under the proposed recycling program (the "Program"), residents will be encouraged to deposit recyclable newspaper, metal and glass at a central collection facility established and operated under this Agreement. The central collection facility will be supplemented by a mobile collection unit that will travel on a periodic basis between the central collection facility and 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 _ Commission (the "Commission") consisting of six commissioners. a. Appointment and Term. The governing body of each Participant shall, by majority vote, appoint one of its members 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 appointed 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 or upon such time as the commissioner is no longer a member of the respective governing body. 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 members as chairperson and one of its members 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 of the Commission and shall keep an accurate accounting of all receipts and disbursements of the Commission. The chairperson and secretary -treasurer shall sign all contracts authorized by and in the name of the Commission.