OPERATING AGREEMENT FOR REPUBLIC SERVICES OF WISCONSIN LP, LLC
Exhibit 3.837
FOR
REPUBLIC SERVICES OF WISCONSIN LP, LLC
THIS OPERATING AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) of REPUBLIC SERVICES OF WISCONSIN LP, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), is made and entered into on Xxxxx 00,
0000, xx Xxxxxxxx Services, Inc. (“RSI”). The Company was organized as a limited liability
company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the “Law”). Certain defined terms
used in this Agreement are set forth in Schedule I
(Schedule of Definitions) attached
hereto and made a part hereof. In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements
contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, and intending to be
legally bound hereby, the undersigned hereby agrees as follows:
I. PURPOSES
The purposes of the Company are to engage in and do any act in furtherance of any and
all lawful businesses for which limited liability companies may be formed under the Law.
II. ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Section 2.1 Formation. The Company was formed pursuant to the Law upon the
filing of Certificate of Formation (“Certificate”) The rights and obligations of the
Members shall be as provided under the Law, the Certificate and this Agreement. The Members
agree to each of the provisions of the Certificate.
Section 2.2 Principal Place of Business. The principal place of business of
the Company shall be 000 X.X. 0xx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xx. Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000, or
such other address as may be established by the Members.
Section 2.3 Duration. The existence of the Company shall continue in
perpetuity, unless the Company is sooner dissolved in accordance with the Law.
III. MEMBERS AND CAPITAL STRUCTURE
Section 3.1 Units Representing Membership Interests. The Interests of Members
in the Company are divided into and represented by Units. Each Member’s respective number
of Units is set forth in Exhibit A as the same shall be amended from time to time to
reflect any changes in the number of Units of Members. The Members agree that each Unit
shall entitle the Member possessing such Unit to:
(a) Equal governance rights per Unit and to one vote per Unit on matters on which the
Members may vote under the Certificate, this Agreement and/or the Law;
(b) An equal proportionate share per Unit of the Company’s net income, gains, losses,
deductions and credits; and
(c) An equal proportionate share per Unit of amounts distributed to the Members in
respect of their Interests upon dissolution of the Company.
Unless otherwise approved by the Members, the Company will not issue certificates representing
Units, but at the written request of a Member, the Company will provide a certified statement
setting forth the total number of Units issued and outstanding and the number of Units issued to
the requesting Member, as of the date of the statement. It is hereby agreed, acknowledged and
confirmed that RSI is, and has been admitted as the sole member of the Company, and that RSI’s
Units as set forth in Exhibit A have been duly issued, and such admission and issuance are hereby
ratified, approved and authorized.
Section 3.2 Capital Contributions. The initial Capital Contribution to the
Company of the sole Member is set forth on Exhibit A.
Section 3.3 Additional Capital. The Member shall not be obligated to make any
Capital Contributions other than its initial Capital Contribution.
Section 3.4 Capital Accounts.
(a) An individual capital account (the “Capital Account”) shall be established and
maintained on behalf of each Member, including any Additional Member who shall hereafter
receive an Interest, in the manner provided by Treasury Regulations Section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv).
(b) Except as is specifically provided otherwise in this Agreement, no Member shall
have any liability or obligation to restore a negative or deficit balance in such Member’s
Capital Account.
IV. MEETINGS OF MEMBERS
Section 4.1 Annual Meetings. Annual meetings of the Members shall be held no later
than ninety (90) days following the close of the Company’s fiscal year at the principal offices
of the Company, or on such other date or at such other place as may be designated by a Majority
in Interest of the Members.
Section 4.2 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Members, for any purpose or
purposes, unless otherwise prescribed by statute, may be called by any Member upon notice in
writing to the Company of the proposed meeting and the matters proposed to be acted upon.
Section 4.3 Notice of Meetings. The Company shall deliver or mail written notice
stating the date, time and place of any Members’ meeting and, in the case of a special Members
meeting or when otherwise required by law, a description of the purposes for which the meeting
is called, to each Member of record entitled to vote at the meeting, at such address as
appears in the records of the Company and at least five (5), but no more than sixty (60), days
before the date of the meeting.
Section 4.4 Waiver of Notice. A Member may waive notice of any meeting, before or
after the date and time of the meeting as stated in the notice, by delivering a signed waiver
to the Company for inclusion in the minutes. A Member’s attendance at any meeting, in person or
by proxy (a) waives objection to lack of notice or defective notice of the meeting, unless the
Member at the beginning of the meeting objects to holding the meeting or transacting business
at the meeting, and (b) waives objection to consideration of a particular matter at the meeting
that is not within the purposes described in the meeting notice, unless the Member objects to
considering the matter when it is presented.
Section 4.5 Voting Rights. Except as otherwise provided herein, on all matters
that come before the Members for a vote, each Member shall be entitled to one vote for each
Unit owned by such Member. The presence of a Majority in Interest of the Members shall
constitute a quorum for any meeting of the Members. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, approval of any action by
Majority in Interest of the Members requires the approval of a Majority in Interest of the
Members.
Section 4.6 Action by Consent. Any action required or permitted to be taken at a
Members’ meeting may be taken without a meeting if a consent in writing, setting forth the
action so taken, shall be signed by all of the Members. The written consent or consents shall
be delivered to the Company for inclusion in its minutes.
Section 4.7 Presence. Any or all Members may participate in any annual or special
Members’ meeting by, or through the use of, any means of communication by which all Members
participating may simultaneously hear each other during the meeting. A Member so participating
is deemed to be present in person at the meeting.
Section 4.8 Conduct of Meetings. At any Members’ meeting, the Members with the
approval of a Majority in Interest of the Members shall appoint a Member to preside at the
meeting and shall appoint a person to act as secretary of the meeting. The secretary of the
meeting shall prepare minutes of the meeting which shall be placed in the minute book of the
Company.
V. MANAGEMENT AND OFFICERS
Section 5.1 Governance. The Company shall be managed by its members.
Section 5.2 Officers. The Company shall have a President, Vice President,
Secretary, Treasurer and such other officers as the Member may determine and appoint. Such
officers of
the Company shall have the authority to sign contracts and execute documents that obligate the
Company. The sole Member shall be an officer of the Company, holding each of the offices and titles
set forth above, except to the extent that the sole Member has appointed another person or Entity
to such office.
VI. ACCOUNTING AND RECORDS
Section 6.1 Records and Accounting. The books and records of the Company shall
be kept, and the financial position and the results of its operations recorded, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (“GAAP”). The
books and records of the Company shall reflect all Company transactions and shall be
appropriate and adequate for the Company’s business. The fiscal year of the Company for
financial reporting and for federal income tax purposes shall be the calendar year.
Section 6.2 Access to Accounting Records. All books and records of the Company
shall be maintained at any office of the Company or at the Company’s principal place of
business, and each Member, and his, her, or its duly authorized representative, may inspect
and copy such books and records upon reasonable notice and request, during normal business
hours.
Section 6.3 Annual Tax Information. The Company shall use its best efforts to
deliver to each Member within 60 days after the end of each fiscal year all information
necessary for the preparation of such Member’s federal and state income tax returns. The
Company shall also use its best efforts to prepare, within 60 days after the end of each
fiscal year, a financial report of the Company for such fiscal year containing a balance
sheet as of the last day of the year then ended, an income statement for the year then
ended, a statement of sources and applications of funds, and a statement of reconciliation
of the Capital Accounts of the Members.
VII. ALLOCATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Section 7.1 Allocation of Net Income, Net Loss or Capital Gains. The net
income, net loss, or capital gains of the Company for each fiscal year of the Company shall
be allocated to the Members, pro rata in accordance with their respective Percentage
Interests.
VIII. DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP
Section 8.1 Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs wound
up on the first of the following to occur:
| (a) | A unanimous determination by the Members that the Company shall be dissolved; or |
| (b) | At such earlier time as may be provided by applicable law. |
Section 8.2 Winding Up. Upon dissolution, the Members shall proceed to wind up
and liquidate the business and affairs of the Company, and the Company may only carry on
business that is appropriate to wind up and liquidate the business and affairs of the
Company, including
the following: (a) collecting the Company’s assets, (b) disposing of properties that will not be
distributed in kind to Members, (c) discharging or making provision for discharging liabilities,
(d) distributing the remaining property among the Members, and (e) doing every other Law necessary
to wind up and liquidate the business and affairs of the Company. The Members shall follow the
procedure for disposing of known claims set forth in the Law and shall publish notice of the
dissolution of the Company pursuant to the Law.
Section 8.3 Distribution of Assets. Upon the winding up of the Company, the
assets shall be distributed as follows:
(a) To creditors, including Members who are creditors to the extent permitted by law, in the
order of priority as provided by law to satisfy the liabilities of the Company whether by payment
or by the establishment of adequate reserves;
(b) To Members to repay any loans to the Company;
(c) To Members of the Company in respect of their share of the profits and other compensation
by way of income on their Capital Contributions to the extent each such Member has a positive
balance in his Capital Account as provided in Treasury Regulation
§1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2); and
(d) To Members of the Company in respect of their Capital Contributions to the extent each such
Member has a positive balance in his Capital Account as provided in Treasury Regulation
§1.704-l(b)(2)(ii)(b)(2).
IX. AMENDMENTS
Section 9.1 Proposal of Amendments. Amendments to the Certificate and this
Agreement may be proposed in writing by any Member. Copies of any amendments proposed to be
made shall be sent to the Members.
Section 9.2 Approval of Amendments. A proposed amendment shall be voted upon at
either an annual meeting or a special meeting of the Members duly called for the purpose of
voting on the amendment. Such amendment shall be approved by a Majority in Interest of the
Members.
X. MISCELLANEOUS
Section 10.1 Complete Agreement. This Agreement and the Certificate constitute
the complete and exclusive statement of agreement among the Members with respect to its
subject matter. This Agreement and the Certificate replace and supersede all prior
agreements by and among the Members or any of them. This Agreement and the Certificate
supersede all prior written and oral statements, and no representation, statement, or
condition or warranty not contained in this Agreement or the Certificate will be binding on
the Members or have any force or effect whatsoever.
Section 10.2 Governing Law. This Agreement and the rights of the parties under
this Agreement will be governed by, interpreted, and enforced in accordance with the laws
of the State of Delaware.
Section 10.3 Binding Effect; Conflicts. Subject to the provisions of this
Agreement relating to transferability, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the Members and their respective distributees, successors and assigns.
Section 10.4 Headings; Interpretation. All headings herein are inserted only
for convenience and ease of reference and are not to be considered in the construction or
interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. The singular shall include the plural,
and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as the
context requires.
Section 10.5 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held to be
illegal, invalid, unreasonable, or unenforceable under the present or future laws effective
during the term of this Agreement, such provision will be fully severable; this Agreement
will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid, unreasonable, or unenforceable
provision had never comprised a part of this Agreement; and the remaining provisions of
this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the
illegal, invalid, unreasonable, or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this
Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of such illegal, invalid, unreasonable, or unenforceable
provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a provision as
similar in terms to such illegal, invalid, unreasonable, or unenforceable provision as may
be possible and be legal, valid, reasonable, and enforceable.
Section 10.6 Multiple Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which will constitute one
and the same instrument. However, in making proof with respect to this Agreement, it will
be necessary to produce only one copy hereof signed by the party to be charged.
Section 10.7 Additional Documents and Laws. Each Member agrees to promptly
execute and deliver to the Company such additional documents, statements of interest and
holdings, designations, powers of attorney, and other instruments, and to perform such
additional Laws, as the Company may determine to be necessary, useful or appropriate to
complete the organization of the Company, effectuate, carry out and perform all of the
terms, provisions, and conditions of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement, and to comply with all applicable laws, rules and regulations.
Section 10.8 No Third Party Beneficiary. This Agreement is made solely and
specifically among and for the benefit of the Members and their respective successors and
assigns subject to the express provisions of this Agreement relating to successors and
assigns. This Agreement is expressly not intended for the benefit of any creditor of the
Company or any other third party. No creditor or other third party will have any rights,
interest, or claims under the Agreement or be entitled to any benefits under or on account
of this Agreement as a third party beneficiary or otherwise.
Section 10.9 Notices. Any notice to be given or to be served upon the Company or any
Member in connection with this Agreement must be in writing and will be deemed to have
been given and received when delivered to the address specified by the party to receive the
notice. Such notices will be given to a Member at the address that appears in the records
of the Company. Any Member or the Company may, at any time by giving five days, prior
written notice to the other Members and the Company, designate any other address in
substitution of the foregoing address to which such notice will be given.
Section 10.10 Title to Company Property. Legal title to all property of the
Company will be held and conveyed in the name of the Company.
Section 10.11 Reliance on Authority of Person Signing Agreement. In the event
that a Member is not a natural person, neither the Company nor any Member will (a) be
required to determine the authority of the individual signing this Agreement to make any
commitment or undertaking on behalf of such Person or to determine any fact or circumstance
bearing upon the existence of the authority of such individual, or (b) be required to see
to the application or distribution of proceeds paid or credited to individuals signing this
Agreement on behalf of such Entity.
Section 10.12 No Remedies Exclusive. To the extent any remedies are provided
herein for a breach of this Agreement, the Certificate or the Law, such remedies shall not
be exclusive of any other remedies the aggrieved party may have, at law or in equity.
Section 10.13 Other Ventures. Each of the Members may engage, directly or
indirectly, in any other business venture or ventures of any nature and description,
independently or with others, and neither the Company nor any of the Members shall have any
rights in and to any such business ventures or the income or profits derived therefrom. The
provisions of this section shall apply to a Member both during the period of its membership
in the Company and after withdrawal from membership in the Company.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned sole Member of the Company has executed and agreed
to this Operating Agreement on March 15, 2002.
| SOLE MEMBER: REPUBLIC SERVICES, INC. |
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| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
| Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | ||||
| Title: | Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Assistant Secretary | |||
SCHEDULE I
TO OPERATING AGREEMENT
(SCHEDULE OF DEFINITIONS)
(SCHEDULE OF DEFINITIONS)
The terms used in this Agreement with their initial letters capitalized shall have,
unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise expressly provided in this
Agreement, the meanings specified in this Schedule I. Any term used but not defined in this
Agreement shall have the meanings set forth in the Law. The singular shall include the
plural, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter, and vice versa, as
the context requires. When used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
meanings set forth below:
“Law” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as the same is amended from
time to time.
“Agreement” means this Operating Agreement of the Company, as originally executed,
including all Schedules and Exhibits, and all of which may be amended from time to time.
“Assignee” means any “assignee” as that term is used in the Law, and includes any
transferee or recipient of a Transfer of any Unit or Units, or any portion thereof.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. All references in this
Agreement to sections of the Code shall include any corresponding provision or provisions
of any succeeding law.
“Entity” means any association, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership,
limited liability partnership, limited liability company, joint stock association, joint
venture, firm, trust, business trust, cooperative, or foreign associations of like
structure.
“Interest” means the entire ownership interest of a Member in the Company at any
particular time, including the right of such Member to any and all benefits to which a
Member may be entitled as provided in this Agreement and under the Law, together with the
obligations of such Member to comply with all of the terms and provisions of this
Agreement.
“Majority in Interest of the Members” means the Member(s) who hold a majority of the
outstanding Units. “Majority in Interest of the remaining Members” means those Members
holding a majority of the outstanding Units, excluding the Member in question and that
Member’s Units. In this regard, Unit(s) or any portion thereof that are the subject of an
effective Transfer to an Assignee not a Substitute Member shall not be considered
outstanding Units.
“Member” or “Members” refers to the parties to this Agreement as indicated on Exhibit
A, and any Additional Members or Substitute Members.
“Operating Agreement” means this Agreement.
“Percentage Interest” means the percentage obtained by dividing the number of Units of
a Member by the total number of outstanding Units of all Members.
“Principal Office” means the principal place of business specified in Section 2.2.
“Substitute Member” means any individual or entity admitted as a Member pursuant to
Section 8.4.
“Transfer” means any “assignment” as that term is used in the Law, and includes any
gift, sale, exchange, assignment, conveyance, alienation or other transfer, whether
voluntary or involuntary, and includes any Transfer to a receiver, bankruptcy trustee’
judgment creditor, lienholder, holder of a security interest, pledge or other encumbrance,
and Transfer upon judicial order or other legal process (such as a Transfer in connection
with divorce proceedings).
“Unit” refers to a unit of measurement of a Member’s Interest as established in
Section 3.1. Whenever reference is made to “Percentage Interest,” a Unit may be converted
into the same by dividing a Member’s number of Units by the total of all Units outstanding.
For voting and other governance purposes, Unit(s) or any portion thereof that are the
subject of an effective Transfer to an Assignee not a Substitute Member shall not be
considered outstanding Units.
EXHIBIT A
TO THE OPERATING AGREEMENT
NAMES OF MEMBERS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS, AND
UNITS OF MEMBERS
UNITS OF MEMBERS
| Initial | ||||||||
| Capital | Number | |||||||
| Member | Contribution | of Units | ||||||
Republic Services, Inc., a Delaware
corporation |
$ | 1.00 | 1 | |||||
