(a) The City declares that a Port Authority is hereby established and created within and embracing the City of Sylvania in the State of Ohio.
(b) Said Port Authority herein established and created shall be designated and known as “The Sylvania Port Authority”.
(c) The Port Authority shall be a body corporate and politic, which may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, and shall have the powers and jurisdiction enumerated in Ohio R.C. 4582.21 to 4582.58, inclusive. The exercise by the Port Authority of the powers conferred upon it shall be deemed to be essential governmental functions of the State of Ohio.
(d) The Sylvania Port Authority herein created shall be governed by a Board of Directors composed of five members appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of Sylvania City Council. Two of the members initially appointed shall serve two-year terms while the remaining three members shall serve four-year terms. After the foregoing appointments, all subsequent appointments shall be for a term of four years, according to the provisions of Ohio R.C. 4582.27.
(Ord. 83-2000. Passed 10-2-00.)