State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > New-york > Pba > Article-8 > Title-10-a > 1932§ 1932. Center authority of Glens Falls. 1. A board to be known as the "Center Authority of Glens Falls" is hereby created. The board 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. Membership on the authority shall consist of nine members who shall be residents of the state of New York of whom five members shall be resident electors of the city of Glens Falls and four members who may be non-residents of such city. Appointments to the authority shall be made by the mayor with the consent of at least four members of the common council in office. Initially, three members shall be appointed for six years; two members for five years; two members for four years and two members for three years. At the expiration of such terms, the terms of office of their successors shall be six years. Members can be appointed to the authority for no more than two consecutive terms. Each member shall continue to serve until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Vacancies in such board occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall choose from their number a chairman and vice-chairman who shall serve for one year terms. At least every third year, the chairman shall be a resident elector of the city of Glens Falls. Persons holding political office and governmental employees shall be excluded from membership on the authority. 2. A majority of the members of the authority shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. A majority of the authority present and voting at any meeting at which a quorum shall be present, shall be sufficient to pass any resolution, except as otherwise specified in this article. All propositions requiring the expenditure of money or affecting contract rights or property, shall be presented to the authority in writing. No resolution containing such a proposition shall pass unless it receives approval of a majority of all authority members in office. 3. The authority shall hold at least two regular meetings every month. The chairman or in his absence the vice-chairman or any five members may call special meetings by notice in writing served personally upon the other members of the authority or left at their residences at least ten hours prior to such meeting, or by mailing such notice special delivery to the respective residences at least twenty-four hours prior to such meeting. All meetings of the authority shall be subject to article seven of the public officers law. 4. The mayor with the approval of at least four members of the common council in office, 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. 5. 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 mayor or his designated representative from the common council, shall serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the authority while in office. 6. The authority, and its corporate existence, shall continue only for a period of twenty-seven years. Upon its ceasing to exist, all its rights and property shall pass to the city.
