§ 2049-cc. Oneida-Herkimer solid waste management authority. 1. A\ncorporation known as the Oneida-Herkimer solid waste management\nauthority is hereby created for the public purposes and charged with the\nduties and having the powers provided in this title. The authority shall\nbe a body corporate and politic constituting a public benefit\ncorporation. It shall consist of ten members, four of whom shall be\nappointed by the legislative body of the county of Oneida, three of whom\nshall be appointed by the county executive of the county of Oneida, and\nthree of whom shall be appointed by the legislative body of the county\nof Herkimer. The first members appointed by the legislative body of the\ncounty of Oneida shall be appointed for the following staggered terms of\noffice: one member: five year term; one member: four year term; one\nmember: three year term; one member: two year term. The first members\nappointed by the county executive of the county of Oneida shall be\nappointed for the following staggered terms of office: one member: five\nyear term; one member: four year term; one member: three year term. The\nfirst members appointed by the legislative body of the county of\nHerkimer shall be appointed for the following staggered terms of office:\none member: five year term; one member: four year term; one member:\nthree year term. Subsequent appointment of members by each legislative\nbody and such county executive shall be made for a term of five years\nending in each case on December thirty-first of the last year of such\nterm. All members shall continue to hold office until their successors\nare appointed and qualify. Vacancies shall be filled by the affected\nlegislative body or county executive in the manner provided for in the\noriginal appointment. Vacancies, occurring otherwise than by expiration\nof term of office, shall be filled by the affected legislative body or\ncounty executive for the unexpired terms. Members may be removed from\noffice by the county executive or by the legislative body of the county\nwhich appointed such members for inefficiency, neglect of duty or\nmisconduct in office; provided, however, that such member shall be given\na copy of the charges against him and an opportunity of being heard in\nperson, or by counsel, in his defense upon not less than ten days\nnotice. The members of the authority shall receive such compensation for\ntheir services on a per diem basis as the legislative bodies of the\ncounties shall determine and shall be reimbursed for all their actual\nand necessary expenses incurred in connection with the carrying out of\nthe purposes of this title. The powers of the authority shall be vested\nin and be exercised by the governing body at a meeting duly called and\nheld and five of the members shall constitute a quorum. No action shall\nbe taken except pursuant to the favorable vote of not less than a\nmajority of the ten members which the authority would have would there\nbe not vacancies and were none of the members disqualified from acting.\nThe governing body may delegate to one or more of its members, officers,\nagents or employees such powers and duties as it may deem proper.\n 2. The officers of the authority shall consist of a chairman, a\nvice-chairman and a treasurer, who shall be members of the authority,\nand a secretary, who need not be a member of the authority. Such\nofficers shall be appointed by the governing body and shall serve at the\npleasure of the governing body. In addition to the secretary, the\ngoverning body may appoint and at pleasure remove an attorney, engineer\nand executive director which positions shall be in the exempt class of\ncivil service and such additional officers and employees as they may\ndetermine necessary for the performance of the powers and duties of the\nauthority, and fix and determine their qualifications, duties and\ncompensation, subject to the provisions of the civil service law. The\ngoverning body may also, from tim
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