§ 30-77. Creation; composition; member terms; officers; quorum; compensation; rules; membership restrictions.

There is hereby created a body corporate and political to be known as the City of Atlanta and Fulton County Recreation Authority, which shall be deemed to be a political subdivision of the State of Georgia and a public corporation by that name, style and title, and said body may contract and be contracted with, sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, complain and defend in all courts of law and equity. The authority shall consist of nine members.

The original members of their authority and their initial terms of office shall be as follows:

Rankin M. Smith .....	for a two-year term;
Arthur I. Harris, Jr. .....	for a two-year term;
Oby Brewer, Sr. .....	for a two-year term;
Ivan Allen, Jr. .....	for a three-year term;
Claude Grizzard, Jr. .....	for a three-year term;
Joseph J. Fine .....	for a three-year term;
William R. Bowdoin .....	for a four-year term;
Carling Dinkler, Jr. .....	for a four-year term;
Arthur L. Montgomery .....	for a four-year term.

 

The initial terms of office shall extend from the organizational meeting of the authority in 1960, until its annual meetings in 1962, 1963 and 1964, respectively, for the two-, three- and four-year terms of office. All subsequent terms of office shall be for four years. All vacancies in the membership of the authority, whether caused by expiration of term of office, death, resignation, or otherwise, shall be filled by the governing body of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, upon nomination of the chief executive officer and confirmation by the governing body of said city. Any member of the authority may be elected to succeed himself. All members, duly appointed, shall hold office until his or her successor shall be appointed and duly qualified. Any member, appointed to fill an unexpired term, shall serve only for the term of the member he or she replaced.

The authority shall elect one of its members as chairman and another member as vice-chairman, both of whom shall be elected for a term of one year, the first chairman and vice-chairman to serve from the organizational meeting of the authority in 1960 until the annual meeting in 1961, or until their successors are elected and qualified. Subsequent chairmen and vice-chairmen shall be elected at the annual meeting of the authority for a term of one year. It shall also elect a secretary and treasurer who does not necessarily have to be a member of the authority and, if not a member, he or she shall have no voting rights and shall be elected to serve for such term as may be determined by the authority. If a member of the authority is elected to serve as secretary and treasurer, he or she shall be elected in the same manner and for the same term as the chairman and vice-chairman. No member of the authority shall hold more than one office except that of secretary and treasurer. Five members of the authority eligible to vote shall constitute a quorum. A majority of the quorum is empowered to exercise all the rights and perform all the duties of the authority and no vacancy on the authority shall impair the right of the quorum to act. The members of the authority shall serve without compensation except that they shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The authority shall make rules and regulations for its own government. It shall have perpetual existence.

(1)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, successors to the Honorable Ed Forio, Henry A. Dorsey and the Honorable Harold F. McCart, who are presently members of the City of Atlanta and Fulton County Recreation Authority shall be appointed by majority vote of the Board of Commissioners of Fulton County.

(2)

Any person appointed to membership on the authority who is a public official of the City of Atlanta or Fulton County at the time of his appointment shall serve as a member of the authority only so long as he remains a public official of the city or county government which originally appointed him.

(1944 Ga. Laws (Act No. 15), page 2058, § 1; 1960 Ga. Laws (Act No. 766), page 2810, § 2; 1964 Ga. Laws (Act No. 15), page 2058, § 1)