99.050. Commissioners--appointment--qualifications--term--compensation.
Commissioners--appointment--qualifications--term--compensation.
99.050. When the governing body of a city adopts a resolution orother declaration as aforesaid, it shall promptly notify the mayor of suchadoption. Upon receiving such notice, the mayor shall appoint five personswho shall be taxpayers who have resided in said city for one year prior tosuch appointment as commissioners of the authority created for said city.When the governing body of a county adopts a resolution or otherdeclaration as aforesaid, said body shall appoint five persons ascommissioners of the authority created for said county. Three of thecommissioners who are first appointed shall be designated to serve forterms of one, two, and three years, respectively, from the date of theirappointment, and two shall be designated to serve for terms of four yearsfrom the date of their appointment. Thereafter commissioners shall beappointed as aforesaid for a term of office of four years except that allvacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term. No commissioner of anauthority may be an officer or employee of the city or county for which theauthority is created. A commissioner shall hold office until his successorhas been appointed and has qualified, unless sooner removed according tosections 99.010 to 99.230. A certificate of the appointment orreappointment of any commissioner shall be filed with the clerk and suchcertificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointmentof such commissioner. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for hisservices for the authority, in any capacity, but he shall be entitled tothe necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in thedischarge of his duties. The powers of each authority shall be vested inthe commissioners thereof in office from time to time. One more thanone-half of all commissioners shall constitute a quorum of the authorityfor the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers andfor all other purposes. Action may be taken by the authority upon a voteof a majority of a quorum, unless in any case the bylaws of the authorityshall require a larger number. The mayor (or in the case of an authorityfor a county, the governing body of the county) shall designate which ofthe commissioners shall be the first chairman and he shall serve in thecapacity of chairman until the expiration of his term of office ascommissioner. When the office of the chairman of the authority thereafterbecomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among itscommissioners. An authority shall select from among its commissioners avice chairman, and it may employ a secretary (who shall be executivedirector), technical experts and such other officers, agents and employees,permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shall determine theirqualifications, duties and compensation. For such legal services as it mayrequire, an authority may call upon the chief law officer of the city orthe county or may employ its own counsel and legal staff. An authority maydelegate to one or more of its agents or employees such powers or duties asit may deem proper.
(RSMo 1939 § 7857, A.L. 1985 H.B. 425, A.L. 1988 H.B. 1105, A.L. 2002 S.B. 1039)