2023 New York Laws › PBA - Public Authorities › Article 5 - Public Utility Authorities › Title 2-B - Buffalo Municipal Water Finance Authority › 1048-F - Water Board.

§  1048-f.  Water  board.  1.  A  city water board may be created by a
  special act of the state legislature at the request of the  city,  as  a
  body   corporate   and   politic,  constituting  a  corporate  municipal
  instrumentality of the  state  and  having  the  powers  and  duties  as
  provided in this title.
2.  The  water  board  shall consist of seven members appointed by the
  mayor and confirmed by the common council of the city. Terms  of  office
  of  the  members shall be two years except that the terms of four of the
  board members first appointed shall be one year.  At  least  one  member
  shall  have  experience in the science of water resource development. No
  member shall be a director of the authority. The mayor shall  appoint  a
  chairman from among the members of the board. All members shall continue
  to  hold  office  until  their  successors  are appointed and qualified.
  Vacancies  shall  be  filled  in  the  manner  provided   for   original
  appointments.  Vacancies, occurring otherwise than by expiration of term
  of office, shall be filled in the same manner as  original  appointments
  for the unexpired terms.
3.  Each  member of the water board shall be entitled to reimbursement
  for his actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his
  official duties and a per diem allowance of one  hundred  fifty  dollars
  when  rendering service as a member; provided that the aggregate of such
  per diem allowance to any one member in any one fiscal year of the board
  shall not exceed the sum of five thousand dollars.
4. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provision of law, general, special
  or local, or any city charter, no officer or employee of the city  shall
  be deemed to have forfeited or shall forfeit his office or employment or
  any  benefits  provided under the retirement and social security law, by
  reason of his acceptance of membership on  the  water  board,  provided,
  however,  that  a  member  of the board who holds other public office or
  employment  shall  receive  no  additional  compensation  for   services
  rendered  pursuant to this title, but shall be entitled to reimbursement
  for his actual and necessary expenses incurred  in  the  performance  of
  such services.
5.  The  mayor may remove any member for inefficiency, neglect of duty
  or misconduct in office after giving such member a copy of  the  charges
  against  such  member  and  an  opportunity to be heard and defended, in
  person or by counsel, upon not less than ten days' notice. If any member
  shall be so removed, the mayor shall file in the office of the clerk  of
  the  city  a  complete statement of charges against such member, and the
  mayor's findings  thereon,  together  with  a  complete  record  of  the
  proceedings.
6. Members of the water board, other than members holding other public
  office  or  employment,  may  engage  in  private  employment,  or  in a
  profession or business, subject to the limitations contained in  chapter
  eight section ninety-two of the Buffalo code of ordinances.
7.  A  majority  of  the members of the water board shall constitute a
  quorum for the transaction of any business or the exercise of any  power
  of the board. The water board shall have power to act by the affirmative
  vote  of  not  less than a majority of the members in office at any duly
  held meeting thereof. The water board may delegate to one or more of its
  members or its officers, agents and employees, such powers and duties as
  it may deem proper. Any member who is an officer of  the  city  may,  by
  written  instrument,  filed  with  and approved as to form by the board,
  designate another city officer to perform  in  his  absence  his  duties
  under  this  title.  The  term  "member"  as  used in this section shall
  include such persons so designated as provided herein.  The  designation
  of  any  such person shall be deemed temporary only and shall not affect
  the civil service or retirement rights of the person so designated.
8. The water board and its corporate existence shall continue so  long
  as it shall have contractual duties or obligations outstanding and until
  its  existence  shall  be  terminated  by  law.  Upon termination of the
  existence of the water board, all of the rights and assets of the  water
  board then remaining shall pass to and vest in the city.
9.  It  is hereby determined and declared that the water board and the
  carrying out of its powers and  duties  are  in  all  respects  for  the
  benefit  of the people of the city and the state, for the improvement of
  their health, welfare and prosperity and that such purposes  are  public
  purposes and that the water board is and will be performing an essential
  governmental function in the exercise of the powers conferred upon it by
  this title.