§ 1147-c. Sewer authority created. 1. A corporation known as the\nAlfred, Almond, Hornellsville Sewer Authority is hereby created for the\npurposes and charged with the duties and having the powers provided in\nthis title. The authority shall be a corporate governmental agency\nconstituting a public benefit corporation. The geographic boundaries of\nthe authority shall be all of the territory within the sewer districts\ncreated by section eleven hundred forty-seven-b of this title. The\nauthority shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of eight\nmembers, two of whom shall be appointed by the mayor of the village of\nAlmond, subject to the approval of the board of trustees of the village,\ntwo of whom shall be appointed by the town board of the town of Alfred,\ntwo of whom shall be appointed by the town board of the town of Almond\nand two of whom shall be appointed by the town board of the town of\nHornellsville. One member of the authority from each town and village in\nwhich the authority is wholly or partially located shall be an elected\nmember of the legislative body of such town or village and shall hold\noffice for a single term commencing on the date of their appointment and\nexpiring on the thirty-first day of December of the third year following\nthe first day of January after their appointment. Their successors shall\nthereafter be appointed for full terms of three years. In the event any\nsuch member ceases to hold office as elected member of the legislative\nbody of such town or village, such office shall become vacant and the\nvacancy shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment\nfor the remainder of the unexpired term. One member shall be appointed\nby the mayor of Almond, subject to the approval of the board of\ntrustees, who shall serve a single term commencing on the date of\nappointment and ending on the thirty-first day of December following the\nfirst day of January of the second year after such appointment. His or\nher successor shall be appointed for a full three year term. One member\nshall be appointed by the town board of the town of Alfred for a single\nterm commencing on the date of the appointment and ending on the\nthirty-first day of December following the first day of January of the\nsecond year after such appointment. His or her successor shall be\nappointed for a full three year term. One member shall be appointed by\nthe town board of the town of Almond to serve a single term commencing\non the day of appointment and ending on the thirty-first day of December\nfollowing the first day of January of the year after such appointment.\nHis or her successor shall be appointed for a full three year term. One\nmember shall be appointed by the town board of the town of Hornellsville\nfor a single term commencing on the date of the appointment and ending\non the thirty-first day of December following the first day of January\nof the second year after such appointment. His or her successor shall be\nappointed for a full three year term. Each chief executive officer shall\nfile with the secretary of state a certificate of appointment of any\nmember appointed or reappointed to the board of directors within thirty\ndays of the appointment or reappointment. Members of the board of\ndirectors shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be\nentitled to reimbursement of their actual and necessary expenses,\nincurred in the discharge of their duties.\n 2. Any one or more of the members of the board of directors may be an\nofficial or an employee of a municipality situated, wholly or partially\nwithin the district. In the event that an official or an employee of\nsuch municipality shall be appointed as a member of the board of\ndirectors, acceptance or retention of such appointment shall not be\ndeemed a forfeiture of his or her municipal office or employment, or\nincompatible therewith or effect his or her tenure or compensation in\nany way.\n 3. No action shall
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