1452 - Elmira parking authority.
§ 1452. Elmira parking authority. A board to be known as "City of Elmira parking authority" is hereby created. Such board shall be a body corporate, constituting a public benefit corporation, and its existence shall commence upon the appointment of the members as herein provided. It shall consist of a chairman and either two or four other members, as may be determined by resolution of the council of the city, who shall be appointed by the mayor of the city. The appointment of as nearly as possible of one-third of the members shall be for a term of two years, one-third for a term of four years and one-third for a term of six years, from the first day of May, nineteen hundred forty-eight. At the expiration of such terms, the terms of office of their successors shall be six years, so that the term of office of one-third of such members, as nearly as possible, shall expire on the thirtieth day of April in each even numbered year. Each member shall continue to serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Vacancies in such board occurring otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall choose from their number a vice-chairman. The mayor may remove any member of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty or misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the charges against him and an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in his defense upon not less than ten days' notice. The members of the board shall be entitled to no compensation for their services but shall be entitled to reimbursement for their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties. The powers of the authority shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board then in office. Such board may delegate to one or more of its members or to its officers, agents and employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper. Such board and its corporate existence shall continue only for a period of five years, and thereafter until all its liabilities have been met and its bonds have been paid in full or such liabilities or bonds have otherwise been discharged. Upon its ceasing to exist, all its rights and properties shall pass to the city.