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September 8, 2020 ARTICLE IV JOINDER OR WITHDRAWAL OF JURISDICTIONS; MERGER OF AUTHORITIES The Authority may merge with another authority created under the Act, or another locality may join the Authority, upon consent of the City of Portsmouth in accordance with this Article. The governing body of any locality wishing to join the Authority or any authority under the Act wishing to merge with the Authority shall signify its desire by resolution or ordinance. If the Authority’s board of directors and the City of Portsmouth by resolution express their consent to the joinder or merger, the governing body of the locality authority requesting joinder or merger and the governing bodies of the other members shall advertise the ordinance, resolution, or agreement providing for such joinder or merger and hold a public hearing in accordance with Section 15.2-5431.5 of the Code of Virginia, 1950, as amended. Such ordinance, resolution, or agreement shall be adopted in the same manner and with the same formalities as would be necessary to create a new authority, mutatis mutandis. In the event a locality or authority seeks to join or merge with the Authority, the resolutions, ordinances, or agreement creating the new Authority shall specify the number and terms of office of members of the board of directors of the expanded Authority which must be appointed by each of the member localities or the members of the board of directors of the merged authority, and the names, addresses, and terms of office of new initial appointees to the board of directors. The amended articles of incorporation shall be filed with the State Corporation Commission as provided by law. Upon the date of issuance of the certificate by the State Corporation Commission for the amended articles of incorporation, the terms of office of the board members of the existing Authority shall terminate and the appointments made in the resolutions, ordinances, or agreement creating the new Authority shall begin. ARTICLE V BOARD OF DIRECTORS, TERMS OF OFFICE The powers of the Authority shall be exercised by a board of directors composed of seven members appointed by the City Council of the City of Portsmouth, with terms to coincide with the terms of the members of City Council. In the event the term of a director who is a member of City Council ends, whether by the end of a term, resignation, or removal, the City Council of the City of Portsmouth may appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of the term. The City Council of the City of Portsmouth may appoint a replacement to serve the remainder of the term. The terms of office of the board of directors members shall be four years. However, the terms of the initial members of the board of directors shall coincide with the terms of the City Council members at the time of the Authority’s formation. Members may succeed themselves. Appointments to fill vacancies, however arising, shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. If at the end of any term of office a successor director has not been appointed, then the director whose term of office has expired shall continue to hold office until his or her successor is appointed and qualifies. The board of directors shall annually elect from among its members a chairman and a vice-chairman, and shall annually elect a secretary and treasurer who need not be members. The names and addresses, and terms of office of the members of the initial board of directors of the Authority are as follows: Term ending December 31, 2020: Hon. John L. Rowe, Jr. P.O. Box 820 Portsmouth, Virginia 23705