Mississippi § 51-25-2 - Membership and organization of board.

§ 51-25-2. Membership and organization of board.

There is hereby created the Yellow Creek Watershed Authority composed of the geographic boundaries of the counties of Alcorn, Prentiss, and Tishomingo in the State of Mississippi which shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of nine (9) members. Three (3) members shall be appointed by the governor, one (1) from each of the counties in which the said watershed lies, all to be appointed for a term of four (4) years or until their successors are appointed and qualified. The board of supervisors of each of the three (3) counties involved shall appoint one (1) member. The three (3) counties involved shall appoint one (1) member. The three (3) members appointed by the supervisors shall serve staggered terms of four (4) years. The mayors of all incorporated municipalities within each of the three (3) counties shall appoint one (1) person from their county who shall be selected by a majority of the mayors. The three (3) members appointed by the mayors shall serve staggered terms of four (4) years. For the initial appointments, each board of supervisors and group of mayors shall appoint one (1) member for two (2) years, one (1) member for three (3) years, and one (1) member for four years. The initial appointment for the board of supervisors shall be as follows: Alcorn County, two (2) years, Tishomingo County, three (3) years, and Prentiss County, four (4) years. The initial appointment for the mayors shall be: Prentiss County, two (2) years, Alcorn County, three (3) years, and Tishomingo County, four (4) years. Board members shall be appointed by the appointing authorities within sixty (60) days after passage of this section. Board members shall serve without pay except for their actual traveling expenses and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties, to be reimbursed as in the case of state employees under the provisions of general law from such funds as may be available to the authority. Upon appointment said members shall meet and organize at Iuka, Mississippi, set a regular time and place for the meetings of the authority, and secure offices and all necessary equipment therefor. A full-time executive director may be appointed by the board if the board deems the appointment advisable, and, if a director is appointed, he shall be full-time and shall serve at the pleasure of the board. The salary of a director may be paid out of such funds as may be available to the authority or from any source.