Section 1932. Center authority of Glens Falls

1. A board to be known as the
  "Center  Authority of Glens Falls" is hereby created. The board shall be
  a body corporate and politic, constituting a public benefit corporation,
  and its existence shall commence upon the appointment of the members  as
  herein  provided.  Membership  on  the  authority  shall consist of nine
  members who shall be residents of the state of New  York  of  whom  five
  members  shall  be resident electors of the city of Glens Falls and four
  members who may be non-residents of such  city.    Appointments  to  the
  authority  shall  be made by the mayor with the consent of at least four
  members of the common council in office.  Initially, three members shall
  be appointed for six years; two members for five years; two members  for
  four  years  and  two members for three years. At the expiration of such
  terms, the terms of office of  their  successors  shall  be  six  years.
  Members  can  be  appointed  to  the  authority  for  no  more  than two
  consecutive terms.  Each  member  shall  continue  to  serve  until  the
  appointment  and qualification of his successor. Vacancies in such board
  occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled  for  the
  unexpired  term. The members of the board shall choose from their number
  a chairman and vice-chairman who shall serve  for  one  year  terms.  At
  least  every third year, the chairman shall be a resident elector of the
  city of Glens Falls. Persons holding political office  and  governmental
  employees shall be excluded from membership on the authority.
    2.  A  majority  of  the  members  of the authority shall constitute a
  quorum for the transaction of business.  A  majority  of  the  authority
  present  and  voting  at any meeting at which a quorum shall be present,
  shall  be  sufficient  to  pass  any  resolution,  except  as  otherwise
  specified in this article. All propositions requiring the expenditure of
  money  or  affecting  contract rights or property, shall be presented to
  the authority in writing. No resolution containing  such  a  proposition
  shall  pass  unless  it receives approval of a majority of all authority
  members in office.
    3. The authority shall hold at least two regular meetings every month.
  The chairman or in his absence the vice-chairman or any five members may
  call special meetings by notice in writing served  personally  upon  the
  other  members of the authority or left at their residences at least ten
  hours prior to such meeting, or by mailing such notice special  delivery
  to  the  respective  residences at least twenty-four hours prior to such
  meeting. All meetings of the authority shall be subject to article seven
  of the public officers law.
    4. The mayor with the approval of at least four members of the  common
  council  in office, 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.
    5. 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  mayor  or  his  designated  representative from the common council,
  shall serve as an ex-officio, non-voting member of the  authority  while
  in office.
    6. The authority, and its corporate existence, shall continue only for
  a  period  of  twenty-seven  years.  Upon  its ceasing to exist, all its
  rights and property shall pass to the city.