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HomeMy WebLinkAboutArticles of Incorp_1st Amendment GOO tt FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION OF LPTAINMEENT AND PUBLIC FACILITIES AUTHORITY G,0, �\��Po c��� The City of Lansing adopts this First 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 ten (10) voting Commissioners and three (3) non-voting ex-officio Commissioners until December 31, 1996, and thereafter the Commission shall contain eight (8) 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 of the initial ten voting Commissioners shall be a vendor of the Lansing City Market and shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council, and shall serve for a one year term ending on December 31, 1996. Each Commissioner who is appointed to succeed the vendor of the Lansing City Market shall be a vendor of the Lansing City Market, and shall serve for a one year term beginning on January I following the expiration of the term of the Commissioner whom he/she succeeds and expiring December 31 of that year. If any such Commissioner ceases to be a vendor of the Lansing City Market during his/her term, then he/she shall cease to serve as a Commissioner, and the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council, shall appoint another vendor of the Lansing City Market for the remainder of the term. Two of the initial ten voting Commissioners shall be selected from the existing board of the Exhibition Authority and shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council, and shall serve for terms ending December 31, 1996. The remaining seven (7) voting Commissioners of the first Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. The terms of these seven Commissioners"shall be as follows: two Commissioners shall serve terms ending December 31, 1996, two Commissioners shall serve terms ending December 31, 1997, and three Commissioners shall serve terms ending December 31, 1998. Only three voting Commissioners shall be appointed to succeed the five voting Commissioners whose terms end on December 31, 1996. Thereafter, a Commissioner shall be appointed following the expiration of the term of each Commissioner, in order that the Commission contain eight (8) voting Commissioners and three (3) non-voting ex- officio Commissioners beginning January 1, 1997. Each succeeding Commissioner, other than the Commissioner appointed to serve as vendor of the Lansing City Market, shall serve for a three year term beginning on January 1 following the expiration of the term of the Commissioner whom he/she succeeds and expiring December 31 of the last year of such term. After the end of the terms of the Commissioners appointed for terms ending December 31, 1996, it shall no longer be a requirement that any Commissioner be a former member of the board of the Exhibition Authority. The Finance Director of the City, the Internal Auditor of the City, and the Director of Planning and Neighborhood Development 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 Planning and Neighborhood Development of the City. 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 of the City shall cause a copy of this First Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation or a summary thereof to be published once in the Lansing State Journal, being a newspaper circulated within the City as provided in Act 31, such publication to be accompanied by a notice that valid amendment of the Articles of Incorporation of the Authority shall be conclusively presumed unless questioned in a court of competent jurisdiction as provided in Act 31. 3. The City Clerk of the City shall file a certified copy of this First Amendment to Articles of Incorporation with the Ingham County Clerk, the Eaton County 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 First 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. -2- IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the City of Lansing, Michigan has adopted and authorized to be executed this First Amendment to 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, Michigan By (� . Mayor By City Clerk The foregoing First Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation was adopted by the City Council of the City of Lansing, Counties of Ingham and Eaton, Michigan, at a meeting duly held on the IQ-V" day of , 1996, and will be filed by the City Clerk with the Ingham County Clerk, the Eaton County Clerk, and the Michigan Secretary of State. Dated: a-- , 1996. it Clerk, rity of Lansing, Michigan 18:55 2/8 IAFS 1143337.31050792-"17 -3-