(A) Tippercanoe County Solid Waste Management District.
(1) There is hereby established the Tippecanoe County Solid Waste Management District which shall consist of all of the incorporated and unincorporated territory of Tippecanoe County.
(2) The District shall exercise all powers granted to solid waste management districts pursuant to I.C. 13-21-3, including without limitation thereby, I.C. 13-21-3-12 and I.C. 13-21-3-12.2, as from time to time amended.
(B) Board of Directors.
(1) The District shall be governed by a Board of Directors consisting of the following members:
(a) Three members of the Board of Commissioners of Tippecanoe County.
(b) One member appointed by the Tippecanoe County Council from the membership of the County Council.
(c) The Mayor of the City of Lafayette, Indiana.
(d) One member of the Lafayette City Council appointed by the Lafayette City Council.
(e) The Mayor of the City of West Lafayette, Indiana.
(2) Subject to division (3) below, the term of office of a member of the Board who is appointed from the membership of an executive, legislative, or fiscal body is coextensive with the member's term of office on that body.
(3) All members of the Board serve at the pleasure of the appointing authority.
(4) The Board shall exercise all powers granted to the Board of Directors of a solid waste management district pursuant to I.C. 13-21-3, including without limitation thereby, I.C. 13-21-3-13, as from time to time amended.
(C) Officers.
(1) The Board shall select the following:
(a) A chairperson and vice chairperson from the Board's membership.
(b) A controller who is not a member of the Board.
(2) The controller shall perform the duties set forth in I.C. 13-21-3-10, as from time to time amended, and such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board.
(3) If a controller selected by a Board under this section is the fiscal officer of a county or municipality, the duties of the controller under a statute or an ordinance are in addition to the duties the controller has while serving as the fiscal officer of the county or municipality.
(D) Citizen Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee.
(1) The Board of Directors shall appoint a Citizen Solid Waste Management Advisory Committee, in accordance with I.C. 13-21-3-11, consisting of the following members:
(a) Representatives of the solid waste management industry operating in the District; and
(b) Representatives of the environmental community and other citizens who are:
1. Knowledgeable about and interested in environmental issues; and
2. Not employed directly or indirectly by the solid waste management industry.
(c) At least 50% of the members of an Advisory Committee must be made up of the representatives of the environmental community and other citizens.
(d) All members of the Committee must be residents of the district.
(e) In the resolution establishing an Advisory Committee, the Board shall specify the terms of the members and the purposes of the Committee.
(2) Duties of the committee. The Advisory Committee shall do the following:
(a) Study the subjects and problems specified by the Board and recommend to the Board additional problems in need of study and discussion.
(b) If invited by the Board to do so, participate, without the right to vote, in the deliberations of the Board.
(c) The Advisory Committee shall report only to the Board. Reports of the committee must:
1. Accompany a final District plan when the plan is submitted to the Commissioner under I.C. 13-21-5; and
2. Be made available to members of the public.
(d) The Advisory Committee may choose to study and report on matters that are not specified by the Board if the Committee determines a study is warranted.
(e) The Advisory Committee and Board shall conduct at least two joint meetings each year to discuss current and future issues. The Advisory Committee shall submit into the record at the next meeting of the Board advice on the topics discussed at the joint meeting.
(f) The Advisory Committee shall do the following:
1. Meet after the first publication of the district's proposed annual budget.
2. Submit written comments concerning the proposed budget at a public hearing that is held to review the proposed budget.
(Ord. 91-13-CM, passed 6-20-91; Am. Ord. 2012-12-CM, passed 2-20-12)