Appendix C
JOINT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY*
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Editor's note: Printed herein is the Joint Industrial Development Authority Ordinance of the city, as adopted by the city council on January 26, 1999. Amendments to the ordinance are indicated by parenthetical history notes following amended provisions. The absence of a history note indicates that the provision remains unchanged from the original ordinance. Obvious misspellings and punctuation errors have been corrected without notation. For stylistic purposes, headings and catchlines have been made uniform and the same system of capitalization, citation to state statutes, and expression of numbers in text as appears in the Code of Ordinances has been used. Additions made for clarity are indicated by brackets.
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Article I. Creation of the Joint Industrial Development Authority
[Division] I. Name and Purposes of Organization
Sec. 1.1. Name of authority.
Sec. 1.2. Type of authority.
Sec. 1.3. Purposes and powers.
[Division] II. Directors
Sec. 2.1. Governing body.
Sec. 2.2. Appointment of directors.
Sec. 2.3. Quorums for action.
[Division] III. Officers
Sec. 3.1. Positions.
Sec. 3.2. Compensation.
[Division] IV. Reports and Audits
Sec. 4.1. Annual audit.
Sec. 4.2. Financial reports and records.
Sec. 4.3. Dissolution and disposal of property.
Article II. Resolution of the Joint Industrial Development Authority Authorizing the Issuance of Notes
ARTICLE I.
CREATION OF THE JOINT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A JOINT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD AND THE CITY OF BEDFORD PURSUANT TO TITLE 15.2, CHAPTER 49 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA
BE IT ORDAINED, by the council of the City of Bedford, Virginia and by the board of supervisors of the County of Bedford, Virginia:
Section 1. The council of the City of Bedford and the board of supervisors of Bedford County hereby jointly create a Joint Industrial Authority for the City of Bedford, Virginia, and the County of Bedford, Virginia, pursuant to the provisions of section 15.2-4916 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, and which shall be subject to the following provisions:
JOINT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF BEDFORD, VIRGINIA AND THE COUNTY OF BEDFORD, VIRGINIA
[DIVISION] I. Sec. 1.1. Name of authority.
The authority shall be known as "Bedford Joint Economic Development Authority."
(Ord. No. 05-17, § 1, 8-23-2005)
Sec. 1.2. Type of authority.
The authority shall be created under the provisions of the Industrial Development and Revenue Bond Act found in title 15.2, chapter 49 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended, and is created specifically pursuant to the provisions of section 15.2-4916 which provides for two or more municipalities to create jointly an authority and to determine what limitations should be placed upon such authority.
Sec. 1.3. Purposes and powers.
Except as limited by the terms hereof, the authority shall have all the powers granted to authorities under the provisions of title 15.2, chapter 49 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. The authority shall be charged with the specific duty of developing and operating an Industrial Park site on property within the City of Bedford near Independence Boulevard and such additional park sites as may be designated by the city council and the board of supervisors under the terms of an agreement dated June 2, 1997 and entitled "Joint Economic and Growth Sharing Agreement." The authority also shall have the responsibility for promoting industrial and commercial development in certain areas of the City of Bedford and of Bedford County which shall be designated from time to time by the governing bodies of the jurisdictions as "economic development areas." The Bedford Joint Economic Development Authority shall operate only in those economic development areas designated by the governing bodies, it being the intention that the separate Industrial Development Authorities of the two jurisdictions shall continue to operate in respect to other areas of the two jurisdictions.
[DIVISION] II. Sec. 2.1. Governing body.
The Bedford Joint Industrial Development Authority shall be governed by a board of directors composed of seven directors. The directors shall be residents of the City of Bedford or of Bedford County. No director shall be an officer or employee of either jurisdiction.
Sec. 2.2. Appointment of directors.
The seven directors shall be appointed by the governing bodies of the two jurisdictions. Three members shall be appointed by the council of the City of Bedford; three shall be appointed by the board of supervisors of Bedford County; and the seventh member shall be appointed by the council of the City of Bedford for one term and by the board of supervisors of Bedford County for the next term, and the appointment of such seventh member shall continue to alternate between the two governing bodies. The seven directors shall be appointed initially for terms of one, two, three and four years; one being appointed by each governing body for a one year term; one being appointed by each governing body for two year terms; one being appointed by each governing body for three year terms; and the fourth alternating member being appointed by the city council for a four-year term; subsequent appointments shall be for terms of four years; except appointments to fill vacancies which shall be for the unexpired terms shall be by the governing body that made the appointment to the office which is being vacated. All terms of office shall be deemed to commence upon the date of the initial appointment to the authority, and thereafter, in accordance with the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence. If at the end of any term of office of any director a successor thereto shall not have been appointed, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his successor shall be appointed and qualify.
Sec. 2.3. Quorums for action.
Four members of the board of directors shall constitute a quorum of the board for the purpose of conducting its business and exercising its powers and for all other purposes, except that no facilities owned by the authority shall be leased or disposed of in any manner without a majority vote of the members of the board of directors.
[DIVISION] III. Sec. 3.1. Positions.
The directors shall elect from the membership a chairman, a vice-chairman, and from their membership or not, as they desire, a secretary and a treasurer, or a secretary/treasurer. Such officers shall continue to hold such offices until their respective successors shall be elected.
Sec. 3.2. Compensation.
The directors shall receive no salary or compensation unless approved by the governing bodies from time to time, but they shall be reimbursed for their traveling and other expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
[DIVISION] IV. Sec. 4.1. Annual audit.
Each year the Bedford Joint Economic Development Authority shall be audited by an independent auditing service, and copies of the audit shall be furnished to both the city council and to the board of supervisors. The audit shall be presented to the city council and to the county board of supervisors within a period of 60 days after the close of the fiscal year or thereafter as is reasonably expedient.
Sec. 4.2. Financial reports and records.
NAME AND PURPOSES OF ORGANIZATION
DIRECTORS
OFFICERS
REPORTS AND AUDITS