1595-C - Owego parking authority.

§  1595-c.  Owego  parking  authority.  A  board to be known as "Owego  parking authority" is  hereby  created.  Such  board  shall  be  a  body  corporate,  constituting a public benefit corporation, and its existence  shall commence upon the appointment of the members as  herein  provided.  It  shall  consist  of  a  chairman and four other members, who shall be  appointed by the board of trustees of the village. Of the members  first  appointed,  one  shall  be appointed for a period of one year, one for a  period of two years, one for a period of three years, one for  a  period  of  four years, and one for a period of five years. At the expiration of  such terms, the terms of office of their successors shall be five years.  Each  member  shall  continue  to  serve  until  the   appointment   and  qualification  of  his  successor.  Vacancies  in  such  board occurring  otherwise than by the expiration of term shall be filled by the  village  board of trustees for the unexpired term. The members of the board shall  choose  from their number a vice-chairman. The village board of trustees  may remove any member of the board for inefficiency, neglect of duty  or  misconduct  in  office, giving him a copy of the charges against him and  an opportunity of being heard in person, or by counsel, in  his  defense  upon  not  less  than ten days notice. The members of the board shall be  entitled to no compensation for their services but shall be entitled  to  reimbursement  for  their  actual and necessary expenses incurred in the  performance of their official duties. The powers of the authority  shall  be  vested  in  and  exercised by a majority of the members of the board  then in office. Such board may delegate to one or more of its members or  to its officers, agents and employees such powers and duties as  it  may  deem  proper. Such board and its corporate existence shall continue only  for a period of five years, and thereafter  until  all  its  liabilities  have  been  met and its bonds have been paid in full or such liabilities  or bonds have otherwise been discharged. Upon its ceasing to exist,  all  its rights and properties shall pass to the village.