Executive Manager

(a)The Board may appoint an Executive Manager, who shall be its chief executive officer. The Executive Manager shall serve at the pleasure of the Board, and the Board shall establish the compensation. The Executive Manager shall, at a minimum, possess the following qualifications:

(1)a combined minimum of six

(6)years of operational, supervisory, and management experience working in an organization that provides transportation-related services; and

(2)possess at a minimum, from an accredited institution, a Bachelors degree, preferably in the field of business administration, city planning, urban planning, engineering, engineering technology, public administration or closely related field or discipline.

(b)The powers and duties of the Executive Manager include:

(1)To enforce all rules and regulations of the Authority.

(2)To attend, unless excused by the Board, all meetings of the Board and to submit reports on the affairs of the Authority as required by the Board.

(3)To keep the Board advised on the needs of the Authority and to approve demands for payment of obligations within the purposes and amounts authorized by the Board.

(4)To devote full employment attention to the business of the Authority, to select and appoint the employees of the Authority, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, and to plan, organize, coordinate and control the services of such employees in the exercise of the powers of the Authority under the general direction of the Board.

(5)To perform such other and additional duties as the Board may require.