1903 - Historic Rome Development Authority.
§ 1903. Historic Rome Development Authority. A corporation to be known as the " Historic Rome Development Authority" is hereby created. Such corporation shall be a body corporate and politic 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 six other members, all of whom shall be appointed by the mayor of the city. In no event shall more than four members of the board including the chairman be members of the same political party. The appointment of the chairman shall be for a term of three years, and of the other six members for terms of one year and two years, respectively, as the mayor decides from the first day of July nineteen hundred sixty-six. At the expiration of such terms, the terms of office of their successors shall be three years. 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, such hearings to be held by the mayor. 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.