§ 8-9.5-7-4 — Commission; appointments; terms; salary; meetings; officers; quorum; record of proceedings; bylaws; powers

Indiana § 8-9.5-7-4

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 9.5: TRANSPORTATION AGENCIES
• Ch. 7: Automated Transit Districts

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(a) The district created under this chapter shall
be governed by and under control of a commission having five (5)
members, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the executive of the
city, two (2) of whom shall be appointed by the city legislative body,
and one (1) of whom shall be the head of the city's department of public
works or department of transportation. The term of office for a
commission member for a district created by the legislative body is one
(1) year after the member's appointment, except that the member shall
serve until a successor has qualified for the office. Thereafter, the
landowners, including corporate landowners, shall elect five (5)
members to succeed the original members of the commission under the
bylaws of the commission for a term of one (1) year. Each member,
otherwise qualified, is eligible for reappointment to successive terms.
(b) The commission members shall not receive a salary for serving
but shall receive a per diem payment and expenses similar to those paid
members of other special taxing district boards.
(c) The commission shall elect, at its first regular meeting and
annually thereafter, one (1) of its members president, and another of its
members vice president, who shall perform the duties of the president
during the absence or disability of the president. Such commission
shall have a suitable office where its maps, plans, documents, records
and accounts shall be kept, subject to public inspection at all
reasonable times.
(d) The commission shall by rule provide for regular meetings to be
held not less than at semimonthly intervals throughout the year. The
commission shall keep its meetings open to the public.
(e) The commission shall convene in a special meeting when such
a meeting is called. The chairman or a majority of the members of the
commission may call a special meeting. The commission shall establish
a procedure for calling special meetings.
(f) Three (3) members of the commission constitute a quorum for a
meeting. The commission may act officially by an affirmative vote of
a majority of those present at the meeting at which the action is taken.
(g) The commission shall cause a written record of its proceedings
to be kept which shall be available for public inspection in the office
of the commission. The commission shall record in the record the aye
and nay vote on the passage of each item of business.
(h) The commission shall adopt bylaws under which its meetings are
to be held. The bylaws must provide that the vote of each member shall
be in the same proportion that the assessed value of all of the members'
land sites are to the assessed value of all the land sites within the
district. The commission may suspend the bylaws by unanimous vote
of the members of the commission who are present at the meeting. The
commission shall not suspend the bylaws beyond the duration of the
meeting at which the suspension of rules occurs.
(i) The commission may exercise the powers to supervise its internal
affairs which are common to municipal legislative and administrative
bodies.
As added by Acts 1982, P.L.77, SEC.1. Amended by
P.L.343-1989(ss), SEC.6.