9-4-606 - Commissioners -- Appointment -- Terms -- Quorum -- Meetings -- Employment of other officers and employees authorized.
9-4-606. Commissioners -- Appointment -- Terms -- Quorum -- Meetings --Employment of other officers and employees authorized.
(1) When a housing authority is authorized to transact business and exercise powersunder this part, not less than five nor more than seven persons shall be appointed ascommissioners of the authority:
(a) in the case of a city, by the mayor, with the advice and consent of the governing body;or
(b) in the case of a county, by the governing body.
(2) (a) The commissioners first appointed pursuant to this part shall be designated toserve for terms of one, two, three, four, and five years, respectively, from the date of theirappointment.
(b) After the first commissioners are appointed under Subsection (2)(a), commissionersshall be appointed for a term of office of five years.
(c) Notwithstanding Subsections (2)(a) and (b), all vacancies shall be filled for theunexpired term.
(3) A commissioner shall qualify by taking the official oath of office prescribed by generalstatute.
(4) A commissioner may not receive compensation except necessary expenses, includingtraveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of the commissioner's duties.
(5) A commissioner shall hold office until the commissioner's successor has beenappointed and has qualified.
(6) A certificate of appointment or reappointment of any commissioner shall be:
(a) filed with the authority; and
(b) conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of the commissioner.
(7) The powers of each authority shall be vested in the commissioners.
(8)(a) A majority of the commissioners of an authority constitutes a quorum for thepurpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposesnotwithstanding the existence of any vacancies.
(b) Action may be taken by the authority upon a vote of a majority of the commissionerspresent, unless the bylaws of the authority require a larger number.
(9) Meetings of the commissioners of an authority may be held:
(a) anywhere within the area of operation of the authority; or
(b) within any area not described in Subsection (9)(a) in which the authority is authorizedto undertake a project.
(10) The commissioners of an authority shall elect a chair and vice chair from thecommissioners.
(11) An authority may employ an executive director, legal and technical experts, andother officers, agents, and employees, permanent and temporary, as it may require, and shalldetermine their qualifications, duties, and compensation.
(12) An authority may delegate to one or more of its agents or employees any powers orduties the authority considers proper.
Amended by Chapter 243, 1999 General Session