28J.5 - MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
28J.5 MEMBERSHIP OF BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
1. A port authority created pursuant to section 28J.2 shall be
governed by a board of directors. Members of a board of directors of
a port authority shall be divided among the political subdivisions
comprising the port authority in such proportions as the political
subdivisions may agree and shall be appointed by the respective
political subdivision's elected legislative body.
2. The number of directors comprising the board shall be
determined by agreement between the political subdivisions comprising
the port authority, and which number may be changed by resolution of
the political subdivisions comprising the port authority.
3. A majority of the directors shall have been qualified electors
of, or owned a business or been employed in, one or more political
subdivisions within the area of the jurisdiction of the port
authority for a period of at least three years preceding appointment.
4. The directors of a port authority first appointed shall serve
staggered terms. Thereafter each successor director shall serve for
a term of four years, except that any person appointed to fill a
vacancy shall be appointed to only the unexpired term. A director is
eligible for reappointment.
5. The board may provide procedures for the removal of a director
who fails to attend three consecutive regular meetings of the board.
If a director is so removed, a successor shall be appointed for the
remaining term of the removed director in the same manner provided
for the original appointment. The appointing body may at any time
remove a director appointed by it for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or
malfeasance in office.
6. The board may adopt bylaws and shall elect one director as
chairperson and one director as vice chairperson, designate terms of
office, and appoint a secretary who need not be a director.
7. A majority of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum
for the purpose of holding a meeting of the board. The affirmative
vote of a majority of a quorum shall be necessary for any action
taken by the port authority unless the board determines that a
greater number of affirmative votes is necessary for particular
actions to be taken by the port authority. A vacancy in the
membership of the board shall not impair the rights of a quorum to
exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the port
authority.
8. Each director shall be entitled to receive from the port
authority such sum of money as the board may determine as
compensation for services as a director and reimbursement for
reasonable expenses in the performance of official duties. Section History: Recent Form
2005 Acts, ch 150, §93