§ 1230-c. Niagara Falls public water authority. 1. A public\ncorporation to be known as the "Niagara Falls public water authority" is\nhereby created for the public purposes and charged with the duties and\nhaving the powers provided in this title. The authority shall be a body\ncorporate and politic constituting a public benefit corporation.\n 2. The governing body of the authority shall consist of a total of\nthree members, one of which is to be appointed by the mayor, one to be\nappointed by the temporary president of the senate at the recommendation\nof the senator or senators representing all or a portion of the city,\nand one to be appointed by the speaker of the assembly at the\nrecommendation of the assembly member or members representing all or a\nportion of the city. At all times, at least one member shall be a\nresident of the city. The member to be appointed by the mayor shall be\nappointed for a term of office ending on December thirty-first of the\nthird year following the year in which this title shall have become a\nlaw, the member to be appointed by the temporary president of the senate\nshall be appointed for a term ending on the thirty-first day of December\nof the fourth year following the year in which this title shall have\nbecome a law, and the member to be appointed by the speaker of the\nassembly shall be appointed for a term ending on the thirty-first day of\nDecember of the fifth year following the year in which this title shall\nhave become a law. Subsequent appointments of members shall be made for\na term of three years ending in each case on December thirty-first of\nthe last year of such term. All members shall continue to hold office\nuntil their successors are appointed and qualify. All members shall\nhold, at a minimum, a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or\nuniversity, with concentration or degree in one of the following areas\nof study and at least five years of professional experience therein, or\nwithout such degree, such member shall have at least ten years of\nprofessional experience in one of the following fields: legal,\nenvironmental, financial, management, engineering, human resources, or\nscience. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner provided for original\nappointment. Vacancies, occurring other than by expiration of term of\noffice, shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired terms. Members\nmay be removed from office only for the same reasons and in the same\nmanner as provided by section twenty-eight hundred twenty-seven of this\nchapter. Each member shall attend, in each fiscal year, at least\nseventy-five percent of all meetings of the governing body. Any member\nfulfilling the requirement that at least one member be a resident of the\ncity shall forfeit his or her membership on the governing body upon such\nmember's termination of residence in the city, which forfeiture shall\ncreate a vacancy. The members of the authority shall receive no\ncompensation for their services but shall be reimbursed for their\nactual, necessary expenses incurred in connection with the carrying out\nof the purposes of this title; provided, however, that no member shall\nbe reimbursed for any expense of attending ordinary authority meetings\nor any other expense exceeding one thousand dollars incurred with\nrespect to any individual purpose, unless the governing body at a\nmeeting duly called and held when all three members are present shall\nhave authorized such expenditure by such member. The powers of the\nauthority shall be vested in and be exercised by the governing body at a\nmeeting duly called and held where a quorum of at least two members are\npresent. Any one or more members of the authority may participate in a\nmeeting of such authority by means of a conference telephone or similar\ncommunications equipment allowing all persons participating in the\nmeeting to hear or see and hear each other at the same time.\nParticipation by such means shall constitute presence i
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