[Ord. No. 849, § I, 11-24-1998]
There is hereby established a municipal board to be known as
the “Pittsfield Economic Development Board” (hereinafter
referred to as the “Board”). The Pittsfield Economic Development
Authority (hereinafter referred to as the “Authority”)
shall be under the management and control of said Board. 1 The Authority
shall be an independent body politic and corporate. The Authority
and the Board shall have only those rights, powers, duties and obligations
which are contained in Section 268 of Chapter 194 of the Acts of 1998.
[Ord. No. 849, § I, 11-24-1998; Ord. No. 850, § I,
1-26-1999; Ord. No. 1168, § I, 4-12-2016]
The board shall consist of 11 members appointed by the Mayor.
Official action shall require the affirmative vote of at least a majority
of the Board.
In appointing members to the Board, the Mayor shall choose at
least one member who is experienced with or knowledgeable about the
financing or issuance of bonds, such member to be appointed for a
term of two years; one member who is experienced with or knowledgeable
about environmental matters, including contamination of land, such
member to be appointed for a term of two years, one member who is
experienced with or knowledgeable about economic development and planning,
such member to be appointed for a term of three years; one member
who lives in or will represent the interest of the neighborhoods which
will be most directly affected by the activities of the authority,
such member to be appointed for a term of one year; and three members
who shall be appointed for a term of one year each. The Mayor may
serve as a member of the Board.
At the expiration of the term of any member or upon the resignation
or disqualification of any member, the Mayor shall appoint a new member
for an equivalent term as the member whose seat the new member is
replacing. Each member whose term has expired shall serve until the
qualification of a successor. A Board member may be reappointed.
[Ord. No. 849, § I, 11-24-1998]
The Board shall have only those rights, powers, duties and obligations
which are contained in Section 268 of Chapter 194 of the Acts of 1998.
The Board shall make a report each year of its activities for
the preceding year and shall, prior to February 1 each year, submit
copies of such report to the City Clerk, the State Auditor, and the
Department of Environmental Protection.
[Ord. No. 849, § I, 11-24-1998]
The board shall appoint and determine the compensation of an
authority director who shall be the chief executive officer of the
authority and shall administer the affairs and direct the work of
the authority as approved by the board. Such director may, in the
discretion of the board, also hold elective office, notwithstanding
any provisions of chapter 268A or any other General Laws to the contrary.
The board shall set forth the powers and duties of the director in
its bylaws.
The director may, upon approval of the board or as otherwise
provided in the board’s bylaws, enter into agreements for professional
construction services to be provided to the authority by private contractors.
The director shall be familiar with economic development in Berkshire
County and shall possess such other qualifications as are determined
by the board.
The director, with the approval of the board, shall from time
to time appoint or employ such other experts, agents, officers, clerks
and other employees as deemed necessary and shall determine their
duties.
[Ord. No. 849, § I, 11-24-1998]
The board shall prepare and adopt bylaws describing and stipulating
its organization and operations. The board members shall annually,
in the month of April, select a chairman, vice-chairman, and secretary,
from among the membership who collectively shall act as an executive
committee. The board shall appoint and may, at its pleasure, remove
a treasurer and a clerk who shall not be members of the board. Both
offices, if the board deems advisable, may be held by the same person.
[Ord. No. 849, § I, 11-24-1998]
The treasurer shall give the board a bond payable to the authority
with a surety company authorized to transact business within the commonwealth
and satisfactory to the Board, such surety in such sums as the Board
may prescribe, and conditioned on the faithful performance of the
duties of Treasurer, the duties of the Treasurer and the Clerk shall
be those usually pertaining to such offices and, in addition, such
as may be from time to time prescribed by the Board.
