09-23-19 Regular Meeting of the La Porte City Council

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appointments shall be for two-year terms. The member of the Board of Directors appointed to Position Three is hereby designated to serve as the chair of the Board of Directors for a one-year term beginning on the effective date of this Ordinance. Thereafter the Mayor shall annually nominate and appoint, subject to City Council approval, a member to serve as chair for a term of one year beginning on the anniversary of the effective date of this Ordinance. The City Council authorizes the Board of Directors to elect from its members a vice-chairman and such other officers as the Board of Directors sees fit. Ordinance 2000-2457, adopting the La Porte Redevelopment Authority's Articles of Incorporation, adopted November 29, 2000: Article VI All powers of the Authority shall be vested in a Board composed of the same persons as those appointed to the Board of Directors of the La Porte Reinvestment Zone. An appointment of a director to the La Porte Reinvestment Zone shall constitute an appointment to serve as Director of the Authority. The Authority in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws may add additional persons to the Board. The Board shall initially consist of nine (9) directors, and the initial directors of the Authority (" Director" or " Directors') shall be those persons named in Article VIII. Each initial Director named in Article Vlll hereof shall serve for the term prescribed in the Bylaws. Subsequent Directors shall be appointed by position to the Board as prescribed in the Bylaws. Except as provided in the Articles of Incorporation, each Director shall serve for the term provided in the Bylaws. Any Director may be removed from office at any time, with or without cause, by the City Council. The initial Chairperson shall be Alton Porter, and the Mayor of the City shall designate each subsequent Chairperson of the Board. RECOMMENDED MOTION Mayor Rigby — I nominate Doug Martin to continue serving as the Chair of the TIRZ #1 Board of Directors and of the La Porte Redevelopment Authority through May 2020. (Nominations do not require a second.)