§ 2050-c. Ulster county resource recovery agency. 1. A corporation\nknown as the Ulster county resource recovery agency is hereby created\nfor the public purposes and charged with the duties and having the\npowers provided in this title. The agency shall be a body corporate and\npolitic constituting a public benefit corporation. It shall consist of\nfive members to be appointed by the chairman of the county legislature\nincluding one member recommended to the chairman by the minority leader\nof the county legislature. All members so appointed shall be subject to\nconfirmation by the county legislature. In making appointments of\nmembers, the chairman of the county legislature shall give due\nconsideration to the representation of diverse geographical areas. The\nfirst members appointed by the chairman of the county legislature shall\nbe appointed for the following terms of office; one for a term ending on\nDecember thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-seven; two for a term\nending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred eighty-eight; and two\nfor a term ending on December thirty-first, nineteen hundred\neighty-nine. Subsequent appointment of members shall be made for a term\nof three years ending in each case on December thirty-first of the last\nyear of such term. All members shall continue to hold office until their\nsuccessors are appointed and qualify. Vacancies shall be filled in the\nmanner provided for original appointment. Vacancies occurring otherwise\nthan by expiration of term of office shall be filled for the unexpired\nterms. Members may be removed from office for the same reasons and in\nthe same manner as may be provided by law for the removal of officers of\nthe county. The members of the agency shall receive no compensation for\ntheir services but shall be reimbursed for all their actual and\nnecessary expenses incurred in connection with the carrying out of the\npurposes of this title. The powers of the agency shall be vested in and\nbe exercised by the governing body at a meeting duly called and held and\nthree members shall constitute a quorum. No action shall be taken except\npursuant to the favorable vote of at least three members. The governing\nbody may delegate to one or more of its members, officers, agents or\nemployees such powers and duties as it may deem proper.\n 2. The officers of the agency shall consist of a chairman, a vice\nchairman and a treasurer, who shall be members of the agency, and a\nsecretary, who need not be a member of the agency. Such officers shall\nbe appointed by the governing body and shall serve at the pleasure of\nthe governing body. In addition to the secretary, the governing body may\nappoint and and at pleasure remove an attorney, engineer and executive\ndirector and such additional officers and employees as it may determine\nnecessary for the performance of the powers and duties of the agency,\nwhich positions shall be in the exempt class of civil service and fix\nand determine their qualifications, duties and compensation, subject to\nthe provisions of the civil service law. The governing body may also\nfrom time to time contract for expert professional services. The\ntreasurer shall execute a bond, conditioned upon the faithful\nperformance of the duties of his office, the amount and sufficiency of\nwhich shall be approved by the governing body and the premium therefor\nshall be paid by the agency.\n 3. Notwithstanding any inconsistent provisions of any general, special\nor local law, ordinance, resolution or charter, no officer, member or\nemployee of any municipality or any public benefit corporation within\nthe county or any adjoining county, shall forfeit his or her office or\nemployment by reason of his or her acceptance of appointment as a\nmember, officer, agent or employee of the agency, nor shall service as\nsuch member, officer, agent or employee be deemed incompatible or in\nconflict with such office, membership or employment. Provided, however,\nth
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