15.2-7206 - Organization; compensation.
§ 15.2-7206. Organization; compensation.
A simple majority of the directors in office shall constitute a quorum. Novacancy in the Board of Directors shall impair the right of a quorum toexercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the Authority.
The Board of Directors shall hold regular meetings at such times and placesas may be established by its bylaws.
The Board of Directors shall hold its first organizational meeting on July 1,2010. Bylaws shall be duly adopted and published at said meeting. Also atsaid meeting, the Board of Directors shall elect a chairman and avice-chairman from its membership and a secretary of the Board from the staffof the Authority to take office as of that same date. Thereafter the Board ofDirectors shall annually elect a chairman and a vice-chairman from itsmembership and a secretary from the staff of the Authority at its Junemeeting, to take office on the following July 1. The terms of such officersshall be for one year.
The Board of Directors shall continue to appoint and contract with apresident and CEO to manage the operations of the Authority and a licensedattorney to serve as general counsel for the Authority, and the contractswith the president and general counsel of Bristol Virginia Utilities shallcontinue in effect and be binding upon the Authority. The Board of Directorsshall also authorize the position of executive vice-president and CFO, to befilled and managed by the president. The president shall have the authorityto hire, fire, and manage such staff as the president deems expedient to theoperation of the Authority, subject to the availability of budgeted funds,and to assign such positions, titles, powers, and duties at such salaries asthe president deems most effective for the efficient operation of theAuthority.
Except for the purpose of inquiry, the Board and its individual members shalldeal with Authority employees solely through the president. Neither the Boardnor any member thereof shall give orders to any of the subordinates of thepresident, either publicly or privately. Any such orders or otherinterferences on the part of the Board or any of its members withsubordinates or appointees of the president, instead of dealing orcommunicating directly with the president, are prohibited. Neither shall theBoard or any of its members direct the appointment or removal of any personfrom any office or employment by the president or any of his subordinates.Nothing herein shall be construed to limit or prohibit contact with thepresident and general counsel, both of whom report directly to the Board.
The Board of Directors shall make and, by recorded affirmative vote ofthree-fourths of all members, amend and repeal bylaws governing the manner inwhich the Authority's business may be transacted and in which the powergranted to it may be enjoyed not inconsistent with this chapter. The initialset of such bylaws shall be adopted at the first regular meeting of the Boardfollowing the Board's first organizational meeting. The Board of Directorsmay appoint such committees as it may deem advisable and fix the duties andresponsibilities of such committees. The Board of Directors shall have thepower to request amendments to this chapter as set forth by the Code ofVirginia that the Board deems necessary and expedient for the properoperation of the Authority.
(2010, cc. 117, 210.)