07. Red River Regional Dispatch Center Joint Powers Agreement review

12 Version Oct 13, 2022 Moorhead Members, City of West Fargo Members, the Cass County Members, and the Clay County Members shall serve at the discretion of the Governing Body of their respective organization from which they were appointed. Section 5.06 THE CHAIR. The Chair is a member of the RRRDC Authority Board for purposes of presiding at its meeting. The Chair may vote on all matters before the RRRDC Authority Board, but may not cast an additional vote in the event of a tie vote of the RRRDC Authority Board. The Chair does not have the authority to veto decisions of the RRRDC Authority Board. The Chair is the head of the RRRDC Authority Board for ceremonial purposes and for the purpose of service of civil process. The Chair may execute all contracts, Dispatch Center Agreements, notes, indentures, warrants, and other instruments on behalf of the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority and perform any other duties assigned by the RRRDC Authority Board. No contract, Dispatch Center Agreement, note, indenture, warrant, or other instrument executed by the Chair, or Vice Chair acting as Chair pursuant to Section 5.07 of this Agreement, shall become valid and binding upon the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority until countersigned by the Director or the Assistant Director acting as Director pursuant to Section 14.03 of this Agreement. The Chair position shall rotate between the mayors, presidents of the city commission or selected members of the county commissions, as applicable, of each Member Entity. Each Chair shall serve a one (1) year term, beginning January 1 and ending December 31. Any partial terms served by an individual as Chair that result from a vacancy shall be considered part of the one-year term to which said individual is next elected by the Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority. Individuals may serve as Chair multiple times if they remain in their respective elected or appointed positions. Provided, the Chair must not be from a Member Entity from the same state as the Vice Chair’s Member Entity (i.e. if the Chair is from a Minnesota Member Entity, the Vice Chair shall be from a North Dakota Member Entity). The term of the Chair shall cease if his or her position as mayor or as a Cass County Commission member has ceased for any reason provided, however, that the Member Entity is permitted to replace the Chair with the individual filling the vacancy of the outgoing Chair position within the Governing Body of the Member Entity (i.e. if a new mayor is elected in the City of Fargo while the City of Fargo’s mayor is serving as Chair, then the newly elected mayor of the City of Fargo will serve the remainder of the Chair’s term). The Red River Regional Dispatch Center Authority is authorized to elect an acting Chair under such circumstances when a vacancy occurs in a manner not contemplated by this section. Section 5.07 VICE CHAIR. A Vice Chair must be elected at the Annual Meeting of the RRRDC Authority Board by a majority vote of all members of the RRRDC Authority Board. The Vice Chair must be a RRRDC Authority Board Member and must not be a member from the same state as the Chair. The Vice Chair serves as the Chair in the Chair's disability or absence from the RRRDC Authority Board or when a vacancy in the office of Chair exists. When presiding over a meeting in the absence of the Chair, the Vice Chair may vote on all matters before the RRRDC Authority Board, but may not cast an additional vote in the event of a tie vote of the RRRDC Authority Board. The RRRDC Authority Board must elect a Vice Chair at the organizational meeting. Each Vice Chair shall serve a one (1) year term beginning the date of selection at the RRRDC Authority Board annual meeting and ending either upon re-election for