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m. Provide proactive planning,guidance and oversight for the construction,operation,monitoring and closure of solid waste disposal facilities. n. Ensure that the present landfill and any future landfills are operated to last as long as reasonable. Agency Governing Body: Members of the agency board are appointed to three-year staggered terms by the governing boards of Chapel Hill, Carrboro,Hillsborough, and Orange County. To provide for the staggered terms of the members, the initial appointments by the four governing boards shall be for the following terms: Chapel Hill: Member A. 3 years Member B. 1 year Carrboro: Member A. 2 years Member B. 3 years Hillsborough: Member A. 1 year Member B. 2 years Orange County: Member A. 3 years Member B. 2 years 1. Each of the four governing boards appoints two persons to the solid waste agency board. For the initial terms,both appointments must be elected members of the governing board making the appointment. After the initial appointments, at least one of the two representatives of each government must be an elected member of the governing board making the appointment. An elected member ceases to be a member of the solid waste agency board when he/she ceases to be a member of the appointing governing board. 2. No member may be appointed to more than two full consecutive terms on the agency board. Regular terms start on January 1 and end on December 31. The initial appointments date from the January 1 of the year in which the provisions of this agreement become effective. 3. Each member of the agency board serves at the pleasure of the appointing governing board and may be removed at any time by the appointing board, with or without cause. 4. A vacancy on the agency board is filled by the governing board that appointed the person who vacated the agency board seat. In the case of a vacancy created during the term of a member, the appointment to fill the vacancy is for the remaining portion of the term in order to preserve the staggered-term pattern. 5. The agency board elects from its membership a chairman and a vice chairman at its annual organization meeting, which shall be held each year at its first regular meeting in January. 6. The agency board shall adopt its own rules of procedure not inconsistent with the provisions of this joint agreement and generally accepted parliamentary procedures. 7. • Each member of the agency board has one vote. • In the absence of a member, the vote of the other member who was appointed by the same government would equal the entire strength of their delegation (e.g. their vote would equal two votes). • Five affirmative votes are necessary to take any action. • The chairman votes as a member of the board and has no additional nor tie-breaking vote. • Members may not abstain from voting except when excused for conflict of interest by the unanimous vote of the remaining members of the board who are present at the meeting. • The vote of a member who abstains from voting on any question without having been excused shall be counted as having been cast in the affirmative. • The vote of any member who leaves a meeting without having been excused shall be counted as having been cast in the affirmative on any question on which there is a vote after he/she departs.