Danbury |
Code of Ordinances |
Chapter 36. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL |
Article VI. REGIONAL RESOURCES RECOVERY AUTHORITY |
§ 36-146. Voting units; quorum.
(a)
The Authority shall operate with one hundred (100) voting units which shall be assigned to member municipalities in proportion to each municipality's share of the total population of all members of the Authority as determined by the latest decennial federal census of population. There shall be no fractional votes and each municipality shall have a minimum of one (1) vote. The distribution of voting units among members shall be recomputed following each decennial federal census and upon the withdrawal or termination of any member municipality or the admission of a new member municipality. All actions by the Authority shall require the affirmative vote of at least fifty-one (51) percent of the total voting units present and voting at a duly called meeting or the Authority at which a quorum is present.
(b)
Members of the Authority holding a majority of the voting units shall constitute a quorum; provided, that no quorum shall be deemed to exist unless at least fifty-one (51) percent of the members of the Authority shall be present.
(Code 1961, § 16A-63; Ord. No. 340, § 6, 8-5-1986; Ord. No. 376, 5-2-1989)