HomeMy WebLinkAboutLEPFA Articles of Incorporation Res 2020 - 009 Third Amendment to THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF
LANSING ENTERTAINMENT AND PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY
The City of Lansing adopts this Third Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the
Lansing Entertainment and Public Facilities Authority pursuant to the provisions of Act
31, Public Acts of Michigan, 1948 (First Extra Session) as amended.
1. Article V, Section 1 of the Articles of Incorporation of the Authority is
hereby amended to read in its entirety as follows.-
ARTICLE V
Section 1. The Authority shall be directed and governed by a Board of
Commissioners known as the "Commission." The Commission shall contain nine
(9) voting Commissioners and three (3) non-voting Ex Officio Commissioners.
The Mayor and the members of the City Council shall not be eligible for
membership or appointment to the Commission.
One (1) voting Commissioner shall be designated by the governing board of the
Greater Lansing Convention & Visitors Bureau ("CVB"), or any successor to the
CVB as recognized by the Mayor of the City of Lansing ("Mayor") in the Mayor's
sole discretion. Should the CVB cease to exist as an organized entity, and no
successor entity is recognized by the Mayor, then, in any such event, the Mayor
shall appoint a voting Commissioner, with the advice and consent of the Lansing
City Council, to fill the vacancy on the Commission.
Except for the CVB designated Commissioner as provided immediately above,
voting Commissioners of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with
the advice and consent of the Lansing City Council. Each Commissioner shall
serve for a term of three (3) years beginning on July 1 and expiring June 30 of
the last year of such term. The terms of the Commissioners shall be staggered
so that the terms of three (3) Commissioners will expire in a given year. Any
Commissioner in office when this Third Amendment to the Articles of
Incorporation is adopted shall be considered appointed and qualified to continue
to serve until the Commissioner's current term, as contained in the records in the
office of the Lansing City Clerk, expires. The reservation that one (1)
Commissioner be a vendor of the Lansing City Market is extinguished.
A Commissioner whose term of office has expired shall continue to hold office
until the Commissioner's successor has been appointed by the Mayor with the
advice and consent of the City Council.
Subsequent Commissioners shall be appointed in the same manner as original
appointment at the expiration of each Commissioner's term of office.
The Finance Director of the City, the Internal Auditor of the City and the Director
of Economic Development and Planning of the City shall serve as non-voting Ex
Officio Commissioners. The terms of the Ex Officio Commissioner shall continue
as long as such Commissioner holds office as Finance Director, Internal Auditor,
or Director of Economic Development and Planning of the City and shall expire
upon expiration of the non-voting Ex Officio Commissioner's service as a public
official. In the event of a vacancy in one of said offices, the person fulfilling the
duties of said office on an interim basis shall serve on the Commission.
2. The City Clerk shall cause a copy of the Third Amendment to the Articles
of Incorporation of the Lansing Entertainment and Public Facilities Authority to be
published once in the Lansing State Journal or the Lansing City Pulse, being a
newspapers circulated within the City as provided by Act 31, such publication to
be accompanied by a notice that valid amendment of the Articles of Incorporation
of the Lansing Entertainment and Public Facilities Authority shall be conclusively
presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction as proved in Act
31.
3. The City Clerk of the City shall file a certified copy of this Third
Amendment to Articles of Incorporation with the Ingham County Clerk, the Eaton
Count Clerk, and the Michigan Secretary of State, together with a certificate of
the date and newspaper of publication, as required by Act 31.
4. This Third Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation shall become
effective and be in full force and effect as provided in Section 6 of Act 31 ten (10)
days after their adoption by City Council.
IN WITNESS THEREOF, the City of Lansing, Michigan has adopted and authorized to
be executed this Third Amendment of the Articles of Incorporation on behalf of the City,
a Municipal Corporation of the State of Michigan, by its Mayor and City Clerk.
CITY OF LANSING
By: ��
Mayor
City (Clerk