A majority of the voting members of the council is a quorum. The council shall annually elect a chair and other officers as it may deem necessary. The chair may appoint subcommittees necessary to fulfill the duties of the council. It shall also employ and prescribe the duties of employees and agents as it deems necessary. The compensation of the executive director of the board is as provided by section 43A.18 .
All employees are in the unclassified service.
The chair is an ex officio member of the state board of human rights. The council may contract in its own name. Contracts must be approved by a majority of the members of the council and executed by the chair and the executive director. The council may apply for, receive, and spend in its own name, grants and gifts of money consistent with the powers and duties specified in this section. The council shall maintain its primary office in Bemidji.