2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 33 - Municipalities and Parishes › §33:130.733. Board of commissioners; members; officers; employees

RS 33:130.733 - Board of commissioners; members; officers; employees
A. The district shall be governed by a board of commissioners, referred to in this Subpart as the "board", consisting of five members appointed by the mayor of the town of Pollock, subject to the approval of the governing authority of the town of Pollock.
B. Each member appointed to the board shall be a citizen of the United States and domiciliary and qualified voter in the parish of Grant for at least one year preceding the date of his appointment and during the entirety of his term of office. Preferably such appointees shall be individuals with at least five years of experience in one or more of the following areas:
(1) Economic development.
(2) Public finance or administration.
(3) Senior level management.
(4) Urban planning.
(5) Banking or finance.
(6) Public relations.
(7) Education.
(8) Practice of law, medicine, or other licensed profession.
(9) Construction.
(10) Realtor, appraiser, or commercial developer.
(11) Aviation.
(12) Labor.
C.(1) The members of the board shall serve terms of four years after initial terms as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection.
(2) One member shall serve an initial term of one year, one shall serve two years, one shall serve three years, and two shall serve four years, as determined by lot at the first meeting of the board.
D. Any member who misses fifty percent of the board's meetings, regular and special, in any calendar year shall be disqualified and removed automatically from office, and that person's position shall be vacant as of the first day of the succeeding calendar year. Such vacated position shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the balance of the vacated term. The former member shall not be eligible for reappointment until expiration of the balance of the vacated term.
E.(1) Any vacancy in the membership of the board occurring by reason of the expiration of the term of office, or by reason of death, resignation, disqualification, or otherwise, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment within thirty days after receipt by the mayor of written notification from the board of the vacancy.
(2) In the event that the vacancy is not filled within thirty days after receipt of written notification of the vacancy, the board shall appoint an interim successor to serve on the board until the position is filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
F. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. The board may reimburse any member for expenses actually incurred in the performance of his duties pursuant to this Subpart.
G. The board shall elect yearly from its number a chairman, vice chairman, secretary, and treasurer and establish their duties as may be regulated by rules adopted by the board. The offices of secretary and treasurer may be held by the same person.
H. The board shall meet in regular session once each month and also shall meet in special session as convened by the president or upon written notice of three members.
I. A majority of the board members, not including vacancies, shall constitute a quorum.
J. All actions of the board shall be approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the members present and voting. However, no action of the board shall be authorized on the following matters unless approved by a majority of the total board membership:
(1) Adoption of bylaws and other rules and regulations for conduct of the district's business.
(2) Hiring or firing of the district's administrator.
(3) The incurring of funded, general, or bonded debt, levy of taxes, and call for any tax or other election.
(4) Adoption or amendment of the annual budget.
(5) Sale, lease, or alienation of real property or improvements.
K. Vote by proxy shall not be permitted. Any member may request a recorded vote on any resolution or action of the district.
L. The board shall cause minutes and a record to be kept of all its proceedings, and it shall select a newspaper of general circulation within its territorial jurisdiction as its official journal in which it shall publish its minutes and in which it shall publish such official notices as are required by law.
Acts 2007, No. 87, §1, eff. July 1, 2007.