§ 44 — Officers and employees; compensation and expenses

§ 44. Officers and employees; compensation and expenses. 1. When the\noffice of the first chairman of the mass transportation authority\nbecomes vacant, the authority shall select a chairman from among its\nmembers. The Utica transit authority shall select from among its\nmembers, a vice-chairman, and it may employ a general manager, a\nsecretary, technical experts and such other officers, agents, and\nemployees as it may require and determine their qualifications, duties\nand, subject to the approval of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment\nfix their compensation. The Utica transit authority may call upon the\nchief law officer of any municipality or municipalities for such legal\nservices as it may require and it shall reimburse the municipality for\nthe cost of such services, or it may employ its own counsel and legal\nstaff. This section shall not be construed to prevent the Utica transit\nauthority from engaging by contract planning, architectural, engineering\nor other professional or consultant services in the execution of a\nproject.\n 2. The Utica transit authority may delegate to one or more of its\nagents or employees such powers or duties as it may deem proper.\n 3. A member of the Utica transit authority may be compensated at a\nrate to be determined by the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the\ncity of Utica and in addition shall be entitled to the necessary\nexpenses including traveling expenses incurred in the discharge of his\nduties.\n 4. Every officer, agent or employee of the Utica transit authority who\nshall sign the receipt upon the payroll of the authority as having\nreceived the amount therein mentioned in full payment for services\nrendered by him for the entire time specified in such payroll, or, in\nthe event no payroll receipt is required by the authority, shall endorse\na check in the amount shown upon such payroll and receive payment\nthereof, shall be deemed to have made an accord and satisfaction of all\nclaims against the authority for wages, salary or other compensation due\nto such person from the authority for the period covered by such\npayroll, unless at the time of signing such payroll or endorsing such\ncheck the person receiving such wages or salary shall write legibly on\nthe payroll in connection with his receipt or on such check in\nconnection with his endorsement that the amount received is received\nunder protest, and unless such protest is so written upon such payroll\nor check, no recovery shall be had against the authority upon any\nfurther claim for wages, salaries or other compensation for the period\nof time covered by such payroll.\n