§ 1174-d. Water authority of Southeastern Nassau county. 1. A\ncorporation known as "water authority of Southeastern Nassau county" is\nhereby created for the purposes and charged with the duties and having\nthe powers provided in this title. The authority shall be a corporate\ngovernmental agency constituting a public benefit corporation and shall\nbe a "public district" for the purposes of section eighty-nine-l of the\npublic service law. The authority shall be governed by a board of\ndirectors consisting of five members, three of whom shall be appointed\nby the town board of the town of Hempstead and two of whom shall be\nappointed by the town board of the town of Oyster Bay in the same manner\nas officers and employees are appointed pursuant to paragraph a of\nsubdivision one of section twenty of the town law. Each member shall\nserve for a period of two years. Each chief executive officer shall file\nwith the secretary of state a certificate of appointment or\nreappointment of any member appointed or reappointed by such chief\nexecutive within thirty days of the appointment or reappointment.\nMembers shall receive no compensation for their services but shall be\nentitled to reimbursement of their necessary expenses, including\ntraveling expenses, incurred 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 within the district.\nIn the event that an official or an employee of such municipality shall\nbe appointed as a member of the board of directors, acceptance or\nretention of such appointment shall not be deemed a forfeiture of his or\nher municipal office or employment, or incompatible therewith or affect\nhis or her tenure or compensation in any way.\n 3. No action shall be taken by the authority except pursuant to the\nfavorable vote of three members of the board of directors.\n 4. The powers of the authority shall be vested in and shall be\nexercised by the board of directors at a meeting duly called and held.\nThree members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum. The\nboard of directors may delegate to one or more of its members, or to one\nor more of the officers, agents or employees of the authority, such\npowers and duties as it may deem proper.\n 5. The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairperson,\ntreasurer, and secretary, who may, but need not be members of the board\nof directors. The officers of the authority shall be appointed by the\nboard of directors. The board of directors may appoint and at its\npleasure remove an attorney and an engineer, which positions, in\naddition to the officers above named, shall be in the exempt class of\nthe civil service and such additional officers and employees as it may\nrequire for the performance of its duties, fix and determine their\nqualifications, duties, compensations and terms of office or tenure,\nsubject to the provisions of the civil service law of the state and such\nrules as the civil service commission may adopt and make applicable to\nthe authority. The authority may also from time to time contract for\nexpert professional services. The duties of the officers shall be as\nfollows:\n (a) Chairperson. The chairperson shall be the chief executive officer\nof the authority and it shall be the responsibility of the chairperson\nto:\n (i) preside at all meetings of the board of directors and of the\nofficers;\n (ii) manage the water facility, the transmission facility and the\ndistribution system and to effectuate the decisions of the board of\ndirectors;\n (iii) exercise supervision over the conduct of the officers and\nemployees of the authority;\n (iv) report annually to each customer, either by mail or by\npublication once in a newspaper having general circulation within the\ndistrict; such report shall include but not be limited to the following\ninformation:\n (1) a brief financial account on operations of the water s
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