(A) (1) The county hereby creates a port authority under the Act to be known as the County Port Authority (“Port Authority”) as a body corporate and politic, to exercise the powers granted to a port authority under the Act.
(2) The jurisdiction of the Port Authority shall include:
(a) All of the county; and
(b) A facility that is owned and operated by the Port Authority, whether or not the facility is located within the county, except that the same area may not be included in the jurisdiction of more than one Port Authority.
(B) The exercise by the Port Authority of the powers conferred upon it under the Act is deemed to be an essential governmental function of the state.
(C) (1) The Board of Directors of the Port Authority shall be composed of five members who shall each have been qualified electors of the county for a period of at least three years next preceding the respective Director’s date of appointment.
(2) The members of the Board of Directors of the Port Authority shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners, and shall serve a term of office of four years, except that the initial terms of office of the members shall be staggered, as shown on the respective certificates of appointment for the initial members.
(3) The Board of Commissioners may, at any time, remove a member of the Board of Directors for misfeasance, nonfeasance, or malfeasance in office.
(D) Each member of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to receive from the Port Authority such sum of money as the Board of Directors may determine as compensation for service as a Director, and reimbursement for the member’s reasonable expenses in the performance of the member’s duties.
(Res. 05, passed 4-15-1997)