05-16-83 Meeting of the La Porte Area Water Authority Board Minutes

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1 and thereafter until a successor has been appointed and qualified; 2 those directors occupying Positions Number 3, Number 4 and Number 5 3 shall serve until September 1, 1983, and thereafter until a successor 4 has been appointed and qualified. Upon the expiration of such terms 5 the city council of the City of La Porte shall fill such positions by 6 appointment of a director to each position for a term of two years, 7 so that two directors shall be so appointed in one year and three 8 directors in the next year in continuing sequence. Vacancies in the 9 office of director, because of the failure or refusal of one or more 10 directors to qualify or serve, because of death or incapacitation, 11 or for any other reason, shall be filled by appointment of the city 12 council of the City of La Porte for the unexpired term. Each director 13 shall serve without emolument or compensation paid by the authority. 14 B. Each director shall qualify by subscribing to the consti- 15 tutional oath of office and giving bond in the amount of $5,000 for 16 the faithful performance of his duties. The cost of such bond shall 17 be paid by the authority. Such bond of the first directors shall be 18 approved by the Mayor of the City of La Porte and filed in the office 19 of the Ci ty Manager of the City of La Porte, Texas. The bonds of 20 directors appointed after the first directors shall be approved by 21 the authority's board of directors and shall be recorded in a record 22 kept for that purpose in the office of the authority. 23 C. At the first meeting in September of each year, or after 24 the annual vacancies in the board of directors are filled as pro- 25 vided herein and such directors are qualified, the board shall elect 26 a president, a vice president, a secretary and any other officers as 27 in the judgment of the board are considered necessary. The vice 12