§ 1021-b. North Country power authority. 1. A corporation known as the\nNorth Country power authority is hereby established and charged with the\nduties and having the powers provided in this title. The authority shall\nbe a state authority, a body corporate and politic constituting a public\nbenefit corporation, a political subdivision of the state, exercising\ngovernmental and public powers, perpetual in duration, capable of suing\nand being sued and having a seal, and which shall have the powers and\nduties enumerated in this title, together with such others as may be\nconferred upon it by law.\n 2. The authority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting\nof nine directors, to be residents of the service area, and to be\nappointed by the governor. Seven such directors shall be appointed upon\nthe recommendation of the supervisors and mayors of the municipalities\nwithin the following regions, with the designations to be made in the\nfollowing manner: the village of Potsdam will designate one designee to\nbe forwarded to the governor; the village of Canton and the town of\nCanton will jointly designate one designee to be forwarded to the\ngovernor; the towns of Bombay, Brasher, Fort Covington, Moira and\nWestville will jointly designate one designee to be forwarded to the\ngovernor; the towns of Fowler and Gouverneur will jointly designate one\ndesignee to be forwarded to the governor; the towns of Lisbon,\nLouisville, Madrid, Norfolk and Waddington will jointly designate one\ndesignee to be forwarded to the governor; the towns of Potsdam,\nStockholm, Colton and the village of Norwood will jointly designate one\ndesignee to be forwarded to the governor; and the towns of DeKalb,\nEdwards, Hermon, Russell and Pierrepont will jointly designate one\ndesignee to be forwarded to the governor. Every decade the directors\nshall examine the population of the seven regions, and if needed, adjust\nthe make-up or demarcation of the regions, for the necessity or\nconvenience of performing its functions and administering its affairs\nand to maintain a reasonable equality of population between the regions.\nThe governor shall select one of the directors to serve as chair, and\nsuch chair shall serve at the pleasure of the governor. The term of\noffice of a director, including the director serving as chair, shall be\nfive years, but in the first instance such directors shall be appointed\nto hold office as follows: three for one year; three for three years;\nand three for five years. Upon resignation of a director, or a vacancy\noccurring in any other manner, such vacancy shall be filled by\nappointment for the unexpired term. In other respects, all vacancies\nshall be filled in the manner corresponding to the original appointment.\nEach director shall continue to hold office and serve until a successor\nis appointed, qualified and assumes office.\n 3. The members of the board shall serve without compensation but shall\nbe entitled to reimbursement of their actual and necessary expenses\nincurred in the performance of their official duties, as may be\nauthorized by the directors, in each case upon appropriate documentation\nby the submitting director. No director or any entity, the majority of\nwhich is owned or controlled by any director, shall receive any\nadditional compensation from NCPA or be employed by NCPA in any other\ncapacity by whatever means.\n 4. Five directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of\nbusiness, and the affirmative vote of five directors at a meeting shall\nbe necessary to the validity of any resolution, order or determination.\nThe directors, in by-laws or by resolution, may allow for attendance at\na meeting of the directors by speaker phone or any other electronic\nmeans by which all meeting participants can hear one another.\n 5. The directors shall appoint an executive committee of not less than\nthree directors and shall delegate such duties and responsibilities of\nthe directors t
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