Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 28 - Ports and Airports › Part 307 - By-Laws of the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport › Chapter 1 - By-Laws › Rule 28-307-1.8 - Article VIII - Duties of the Executive Director

Current through June 25, 2024
A. The
				Executive Director shall be the Authority's principal executive officer whose
				responsibility it shall be to execute the policies and projects of the
				Authority as a prudent administrator. The Executive Director shall have charge
				of the overall management and direction of all Port affairs, and shall be
				responsible directly to the Authority for all managerial, administrative,
				financial, engineering, operations, traffic, trade development and public
				relations affairs.
B. Within such
				guidelines as may be established by the Authority, the Executive Director shall
				employ and/or authorize the employment of, have control over, and fix the
				powers, duties and compensation of all of the employees of the Authority. The
				employment of personnel shall be governed by bona fide need and necessity in
				the judgment of the Executive Director, for the prompt execution and efficient
				performance of the work of the Authority.
C. In cases of extreme public emergency
				requiring the purchase of any supplies or materials or entering any
				construction or repair contracts required on an emergency basis, necessitating
				the waiving of public advertising for competitive bids, the Executive Director
				shall, at the next meeting submit a report to the Authority in writing, of
				those actions and the reasons therefore, which shall be inscribed in the
				minutes of the Authority together with the action taken thereon.
D. It shall be the duty of the Executive
				Director, within ninety days, to have published an annual financial report as
				of the close of the fiscal year.
E.
				It shall be the duty of the Executive Director to furnish to the Authority, by
				August 1st of each year, an annual business plan containing proposed goals for
				the next fiscal year and reporting of results as compared to goals for the
				preceding fiscal year.
F. It shall
				be the duty of the Executive Director to have provided, and kept in force, a
				blanket fidelity bond on all Commissioners, and the Executive Director, in an
				amount of not less than Ten Thousand ($ 10,000) dollars on each.
G. It shall be the duty of the Executive
				Director to keep the Authority apprised of all significant happenings in the
				areas of international trade, competitor port activities, cargo movements,
				proposed legislation affecting ports and the business of the ports, port
				operations and the internal affairs of the agency, and from time to time, the
				Executive Director shall render more detailed oral or written reports, at
				Authority meetings, of port activities and of the operations, ad-ministration
				and status of the port.
H. The
				President and/or the Executive Director shall be the Authority's official
				spokesman on all official Authority matters whenever official statements are to
				be made on behalf of the Authority.
Mississippi Code
				  §§
										59-1-1,
				  59-1-9
				  and
				  59-5-21