Download as PDF
151.652 Board of directors.
(1)
The authority shall be governed by a board of directors. The board shall make
policy, which shall be implemented.
(2) The membership of the board shall be as follows:
(a) A member of the county legislative body of Sumner County, Tennessee,
and Simpson County, Kentucky, chosen by their respective legislative
bodies;
(b) The mayors of the cities of Portland, Tennessee, and Franklin, Kentucky;
(c) A member of the city legislative bodies from the cities of Portland,
Tennessee, and Franklin, Kentucky, chosen by the respective legislative
bodies;
(d) A member of an industrial foundation board or equivalent, if one (1)
exists, from Portland, Tennessee, and Franklin, Kentucky, as appointed
by the respective boards; and
(e) A commissioner or designee chosen by the board of commissioners of
the Simpson County water district.
(3) (a) Each local governmental entity which is authorized to designate one (1)
of its members for membership on the board shall designate the member
by an appropriate resolution or ordinance.
(b) Each participating governmental entity shall adopt an appropriate
resolution or ordinance which shall state the intention of the local entity to
participate in the authority; the resolution or ordinance shall also include a
recitation of the participating entity's statutory authority for participation.
(c) The authority shall not convene or conduct business until the
requirements of this subsection have been met.
(4) Any elected official's or his designated alternate's position on the board shall
run concurrent with the official's elected term.
(5) Any nonelected official shall have a term of four (4) years.
(6) If a vacancy occurs on the board, the position shall be filled in the same
manner as set forth in the original appointment. A vacancy shall occur when
any board member no longer meets the requirements for appointment to the
board.
(7) The board shall meet annually at a time and place designated by the board.
The time, place, and date of this meeting shall be published in newspapers of
general circulation in Sumner and Simpson Counties at least seven (7) days
prior to the meeting.
(8) The board at their annual meeting shall adopt or amend bylaws, if any, adopt
an annual budget, elect officers, and adopt any policies and work programs
necessary for the operation of the authority and fulfillment of the purposes of
the authority.
(9) Fifty percent (50%) of the membership of the board shall constitute a quorum
for the conduct of the business of the authority.
(10) The act of fifty percent (50%) plus one (1) of all those voting shall be the act of
the board for the execution of business.
(11) The board at its annual meeting shall elect as authority officers a chairman,
vice chairman, and a secretary-treasurer who shall serve terms of one (1) year.
The chairman shall alternate between members from Tennessee and
Kentucky. When a member from one (1) of the states sits as chairman, no
more than one (1) other member from the state can sit as vice chairman or
secretary-treasurer.
Effective:July 13, 1990
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 381, sec. 2, effective July 13, 1990.
Disclaimer: These codes may not be the most recent version. Kentucky may have more current or accurate information. We make no warranties or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, or adequacy of the information contained on this site or the information linked to on the state site. Please check official sources.