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• • Section 8 Open Meetings • All meetings, including meetings of the Board of Directors are open to the public, except for those meetings wherein the business of the said committee will be concerned with personnel, or other items in • compliance with the Texas Open Meeting Statutes. ARTICLE VI - BOARD OF DIRECTORS Section 1 Responsibility and Officers The Board of Directors shall be the governing Dody of the Houston-Galveston Area Council and between meetings of the entire membership. shall be responsible for the general policies and programs of the Houston-Galveston Area Council and for the control of its funds. The President of the Houston-Galveston Area Council, or in his absence, the Yice President. or 1n his absence, the Secretary-Treasurer, shall preside at meetings of the Board of Directors. In the event all officers are absent, the members pre- sent shall designate one of the members to preside at such meeting. Section 2 Terms and Method of Appointment The Board of Directors of the Houston-Galveston Area Council shall serve terms of one year to begin January 1 and shall be composed of representatives of the General Assembly as follows: a. One (I) representative and one (I) alternate from each member County save and except Harris County, which shall have two (2) representatives and two (2) alternates, selected by the Commissioners' Court of such member County; b. One (I) representative and one (1) alternate from each member Home Rule City over 25,000 population save and except the City of Houston which shall have two (2) representatives and two (2) alter- nates, selected by the City Councils of such member cities; ' c. The Houston Independent School District General Assembly representative and alternate; d. Two (2) representatives and two (2) alternates representing all member Home Rule Cities, with populations under 25,000, selected by and from the General Assembly representatives for such Nome Rule Cities by mutually agreeable procedure; e. Two (2) representatives and two (2) alternates representing all member feneral Law Cities, selected by and from the General Assembly representatives for General Law Cities by mutually agreeable proce- • dure; f. One (1) representative and one (I) alternate representing all member independent school districts. other than the Houston Independent School District, selected by and from the General Assembly representatives for independent school districts by mutually agreeable procedure; and g. One (I) representative and one (1) alternate representing all member soil and water conservation districts, selected by and from the General Assembly representatives for soil and water conserva- tion districts by mutually agreeable procedure. h. In the event that a representative to the Board of Directors becomes ineligible to serve or re- signs, such representative's duly appointed alternate shall be allowed to assume the duties and exercise the powers of that representative. In the event a representative to the Board of Direc- tors is unable to attend a meeting of the Board of Directors, such representative's duly appointed alternate shall be allowed to assume the duties and exercise the powers of that representative for that meeting. Provided, however, that the foregoing shall be subject to the provisions of Section 1 of this Article VI. Section 3 Meeting Notice The Board of Directors shall meet monthly at a place it shall designate. Special meetings of the Board of Directors may be called by the President or by written request of at least four (4) members of the Board of Directors subject to the provisions of Article V regarding meetings of the membership. Section 4 Quorum A majority of the total number of members of the Board of Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all business. When a quorum is present at any meeting, the majority vote of the meo,bers present shall decide eny question under consideration, except the amendment of the Bylaws. Section 5 Special Local Studies The Board of Directors may agree to perform contractually special local studies under the following conditions: a. The local governments are in full agreement, . b. The area of study and/or impact is not regionwide in nature, and c. The local financial requirements will be provided by those governments affected. Section 6 Rules of Procedure The Roard of Directors shall be empowered to establish such rules of procedure for meetings of the Board of Directors as may be necessary to assure efficient and orderly transaction of all business coming before the Board of Directors. 3