The management and control of the operations, functions and affairs, of an urban mass transportation authority for the cities of Parkersburg, West Virginia, and Vienna, West Virginia, entitled Mid-Ohio Valley Transit Authority, shall be vested in a Board of not less than five, nor more than fifteen individuals who shall be known as “members of the Board”, and who shall be appointed for terms of three years each, by the Mayor of the City of Parkersburg, with the advice and consent of the Council of Parkersburg, and by the Mayor of the City of Vienna, with the advice and consent of the Council of Vienna. The Board shall consist of nine members, seven of whom shall be appointed by the City of Parkersburg and two of whom shall be appointed by the City of Vienna. Any individual who is a resident of the City of Parkersburg shall be eligible to serve as a member of the Board to represent that City. Any individual who is a resident of the City of Vienna shall be eligible to serve as a member of the Board to represent that City. The governing bodies of the respective cities represented shall inform the Authority of its appointments or re-appointments to the Board by delivering to the Authority a certified copy of the ordinance or resolution making the appointment or re-appointment. If any member of the Board dies, resigns or for any other reason ceases to be a member of the Board, the governing body of the City represented by that member shall appoint another individual to serve the unexpired portion of the term of such individual. (Ord. 0-807. Passed 4-23-96.)