20-21 - Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone 1 - five to seven directors and amend Bylaws

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and shall serve for two (2) year terms beginning January 1, 2022 or until their successors are appointed by the Council . Directors may serve up to three (3) two (2) year terms, except that the two directors serving an initial three (3) year term may serve their initial three year term and up to two (2) additional two (2) year terms. Any director may be removed from office by the City Council for cause deemed by the City Council as sufficient for their removal in the interest of the public. In the event of a vacancy caused by the resignation, death, or removal for any reason, of a director, the City Council shall be responsible for filling the vacancy. Section 2. Meetings of Directors. The directors shall hold their meetings within a public building in the City as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine. Section 3. Regular, and S ecial Meetin s. Regular and Special Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held at such times and places as shall be designated, from time to time, by the Board of Directors. All meetings of the Board shall be of a public nature unless pertaining to matters of land purchase, security, personnel, or strictly legal matters as allowed by the Texas Public Meetings Act. Notice of all regular and special meetings of the Board and any committees thereof shall be posted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 551, Texas Government Code. There shall be at least one Regular Meeting held each year for review and approval of the Annual Report. Section 4. Emer genc r Meetings. Emergency Meetings of the Board of Directors shall be held whenever called by the chair, by the secretary, by a majority of the directors then in office or upon advice of or request by the City Council. The secretary shall give notice to each director of each Emergency Meeting. Notice of all Emergency Meetings shall state the purpose, which shall be the only business conducted and shall be subject to the requirements of the Texas Open Meetings Act, Chapter 551, Texas Government Code. Section 5. Quorum. A majority tkr(!,e ("4 C"Ogr of the sa, erij (7) directors holding current appointments shall constitute a quorum for the consideration of matters pertaining to the purposes of the Zone. The act of a majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is in attendance shall constitute the act of the Board of Directors, unless the act of a greater number is required by law. Section 6. Conduct of Business. At the meetings of the Board of Directors, matters pertaining to the purposes of the Zone shall be considered in such order as from time to time the Board of Directors may determine. At all meetings of the Board of Directors, the chair shall preside and in the absence of the chair, the vice chair shall exercise the power of the chair. The secretary of the Board of Directors shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board of Directors, but in the absence of the secretary, the presiding officer may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting. City staff shall provide notice of meetings and prepare meeting agendas.