22.05 - Creation and administration of the trust.

§ 22.05. Creation  and administration of the trust.  1.  There is hereby  created the trust for cultural resources of the county of Onondaga which  shall have all the powers, rights, privileges and exemptions of a  trust  for  cultural  resources described in article twenty of this chapter and  this article.    2.  The board of trustees of the trust shall consist of five trustees,  all of whom shall be appointed by the county executive with the approval  of the county legislature after consultation with persons designated  by  participating  cultural  institutions.    The  county  executive,  after  consultation with such persons, shall appoint a trustee as  chairman  of  the  board of trustees.  The chairman shall preside over all meetings of  the board of trustees, and after consultation with the county executive,  the chairman shall appoint a trustee as president  and  chief  executive  officer  of  the  trust.    The  chairman  and  the  president and chief  executive officer shall have such powers and duties as are set forth  in  the by-laws of the trust.  Trustees shall be appointed for a term of six  years from the effective dates of their appointments; provided, however,  that  the term of office of two trustees first appointed, other than the  chairman and the president, shall be five years, and the term of  office  of  one  trustee  first  appointed,  other  than  the  chairman  and the  president, shall be four years.   All trustees shall  continue  to  hold  office  until their successors have been appointed. If at any time there  is a vacancy in the membership of the board of trustees,  by  reason  of  death, resignation, disqualification or otherwise, such vacancy shall be  filled  for  the  unexpired  term  in  the  same  manner as the original  appointment. The county executive may remove any trustee from office for  cause.