[11-21-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-64]
Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 30:9-23.15 et seq. (the Municipal Hospital Authority Law), there is hereby created a body corporate and politic and an agency and instrumentality of the City known as the Bayonne Municipal Hospital Authority (the "Municipal Hospital Authority"). The sole purpose of this authority shall be to operate and maintain a hospital.
[11-21-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-64]
The Municipal Hospital Authority shall have all the powers permitted by statute and shall be subject to the procedures and limitations of the Local Authorities Fiscal Control Law[1] consistent with the mandates of the Municipal Hospital Authority Law.
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Editor's Note: See N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-1 et seq.
[11-21-2019 by Ord. No. O-19-64]
a. 
The Municipal Hospital Authority shall consist of 11 members, consisting of one Class I member, two Class II hospital members, six Class III public members and two Class IV members.
b. 
The Class I member shall be the Mayor of the City or his designee, ex-officio.
c. 
The Class II hospital members shall serve on, and be appointed by, the medical staff executive committee of the hospital, to terms concurrent with their membership on the executive committee, and who need not be residents of the City.
d. 
The Class III public members shall be appointed by the Mayor of the City, with the advice and consent of the City Council. None of the Class III public members shall be officers or employees of the City, the Municipal Hospital Authority or of the management entity which is required to manage the hospital. At least four of the Class III members shall be residents of the City. At least two of the Class III public members shall have special expertise as follows: one shall have extensive expertise in finance of private or nonprofit organizations, and one shall have extensive expertise in nonprofit organizational management. The Class III public members shall serve for terms of five years and until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified; except that of the six members first appointed by the Mayor, one Class III public member shall serve for an initial term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years and two for a term of five years. All subsequent terms of Class III public members shall be for five years and shall be staggered in accordance with the above-referenced schedule. The terms of all Class III public members shall begin on July 1 and end on June 30, except that A) the terms of office of the initial Class III public members shall begin on the date(s) such members are appointed and qualified; and B) the term of office of any Class III public member shall terminate if such member no longer meets the above qualifications.
e. 
The hospital's chief executive officer or a designee thereof shall serve as a nonvoting Class IV member. The Commissioner of Community Affairs of the State of New Jersey shall appoint one individual as a nonvoting Class IV member.
f. 
Any vacancy occurring in the office of member, from any cause, shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment, but for the unexpired term.
g. 
A certificate of the appointment or reappointment of each Class III public member shall be filed with the Municipal Clerk, and that certificate shall be conclusive evidence of the due and proper appointment of that member.
h. 
A member shall receive no compensation for services, but shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Municipal Hospital Authority for actual expenses necessarily incurred in the discharge of the duties of member.
i. 
The powers of the Municipal Hospital Authority shall be vested in the members thereof in office from time to time. Five voting members shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of conducting business and exercising powers and all other purposes. Action may be taken by the Municipal Hospital Authority upon the affirmative vote of the majority, but not less than five of the voting members present, unless in any case the bylaws of the Municipal Hospital Authority shall require a larger number.
j. 
The Municipal Hospital Authority shall select a chairman and a vice-chairman from among the Class III public members, and it may employ an executive director who may be its secretary.
k. 
For inefficiency or neglect of duty or misconduct in office, a member may be removed by the governing body or officer by which he was appointed; but a member may be removed only after the member has been given a copy of the charges at least 10 days prior to the hearing thereon and has had the opportunity to be heard in person or by counsel. In the event of a removal of a member, a record of the proceedings, together with the charges and findings thereon, shall be filed in the office of the Municipal Clerk.