§ 160A-553. Appointment, removal, etc., of commissioners; quorum; chairman; vice-chairman, agents and employees.
§ 160A‑553. Appointment, removal, etc., of commissioners; quorum; chairman; vice‑chairman,agents and employees.
An authority shall consist of five commissioners appointed by the citycouncil, and the city council shall designate the first chairman. No commissionershall be a city official.
The commissioners who are first appointed shall be designated by thecity council to serve for terms of one, two, three, four and five yearsrespectively from the date of their appointment. Thereafter, the term of officeshall be five years. A commissioner shall hold office until his successor hasbeen appointed by the city council and has qualified. Vacancies shall be filledby the city council for the unexpired term. Three commissioners shallconstitute a quorum. A commissioner shall receive no compensation for hisservices, but he shall be entitled to reimbursement for his actual andnecessary expenses incurred in the performance of his official duties.
When the office of the first chairman of the authority becomes vacant,the authority shall select a chairman from among its members. An authorityshall select from among its members a vice‑chairman, and it may employ asecretary (who shall be executive director), technical experts and such otherofficers, agents and employees, permanent or temporary, as it may require, andshall determine their qualifications, duties and compensation. An authoritymay, with the consent of the city council call upon the city attorney or chieflaw officer of the city for such legal services as it may require, or it mayemploy its own counsel and legal staff. An authority may delegate to one ormore of its agents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper.The city council may remove any member of the authority for inefficiency,neglect of duty or misconduct in office, giving him a copy of the chargesagainst him and an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in hisdefense upon not less than 10 days' notice. (1951, c. 779, s. 4; 1979, 2nd Sess., c. 1247, ss. 42, 44.)