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<br />3 <br /> <br />Section 3.8. Appointment of Directors. Directors and Alternates shall be appointed by 224 <br />the Member governing body to serve until their successors are appointed and qualified. Directors 225 <br />shall be the chief administrative officer of the Member. 226 <br /> 227 <br />ARTICLE IV 228 <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS 229 <br /> 230 <br />Section 4.1. Governing Body. Metro-INET shall be governed by a Board of Directors 231 <br />consisting of a Director and Alternate from each Member. At the organizational meeting and 232 <br />annually thereafter, the Board shall elect an executive committee that may advise or act for the 233 <br />Board as the Board may delegate to the executive committee as necessary, upon meetings duly 234 <br />called, as provided in Article VIII. 235 <br /> 236 <br />Section 4.2. Appointment of Alternate Directors. Each Member shall appoint one 237 <br />Alternate to the Director. The Alternate shall be entitled to attend all meetings of the Board and 238 <br />may vote in the absence of the Director. 239 <br /> 240 <br />Section 4.3. No Proxy Voting. There shall be no voting by proxy. All votes must be cast 241 <br />in person at Board meetings by the Director or Alternate, unless the meeting is duly conducted in 242 <br />accordance with Minnesota Statutes, Sections 13D.02 (interactive TV) or 13D.021 (telephone or 243 <br />other electronic means allowed if health pandemic or emergency). 244 <br /> 245 <br />Section 4.4. Notice of Change of Director or Alternate Director. When the Member 246 <br />changes its designated Director or Alternate the Member shall provide written notice to Metro-247 <br />INET with the name, email address and mailing address of the person so appointed. 248 <br /> 249 <br />Section 4.5. Compensation of Directors and Alternate Directors. Directors and 250 <br />Alternates shall serve without compensation from Metro-INET, but it shall not prevent a Member 251 <br />from providing compensation for its Director or Alternate if such compensation is lawfully 252 <br />authorized by such Member. 253 <br /> 254 <br />Section 4.6. Number of Votes Held by Directors. Unless otherwise expressly provided 255 <br />herein, each Director shall have the number of votes equivalent to the Member’s share of Metro-256 <br />INET’s annual budget, as established by the Board and calculated as follows: Each Member’s 257 <br />percentage share of Metro-INET’s annual budget shall be determined by Member use of Metro-258 <br />INET IT Services. Said Member share shall be rounded up to the nearest whole number, and that 259 <br />number shall be the Member’s total number of votes in any vote of the Board. Members shall have 260 <br />at least one vote. The number of votes for initial Members, and the total votes of the Directors for 261 <br />the initial Board, shall be as set forth in the attached Exhibit A, and is subject to change annually 262 <br />with the addition or subtraction of Members. The number of votes for each Director shall be 263 <br />recalculated annually upon the adoption by the Board of the next fiscal year budget. Upon the 264 <br />addition of a new Member, the Board shall estimate the new Member’s share of Metro-INET’s 265 <br />annual budget for the period prior to adoption of the succeeding year’s budget and assign the 266 <br />proportionate number of votes to the new Member for the remainder of that fiscal year. The number 267 <br />of votes of existing Members shall not change during the year that new Member or Members join 268 <br />Metro-INET. 269