§ 6. Compensation, Organization and Meetings of Trustees

(a) Each trustee of the district who is a member of the Vallejo City Council shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) per month for his or her services as a trustee of the board and may receive his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties as trustee, payable from the funds of the district.

(b) The eighth member-at-large trustee, or alternate, shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each district meeting attended, whether regular or special, and for any other meeting attended by that trustee, or alternate, at the request of the board as its representative. That trustee, or alternate, shall not, however, be compensated for more than three meetings, or three hundred dollars ($300), in any calendar month. Additionally, that trustee, or alternate, may receive his or her actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties as trustee or alternate.

(c) The trustees shall annually elect the following officers from among the trustees to serve for a term of one year: president, vice president, and secretary. These officers shall not receive any additional compensation for their services in their capacity as officers for the board. The finance director or the chief financial officer of the district shall be the treasurer of the district.

(d) The district shall remain a legal and political entity separate and apart from the City of Vallejo and shall enjoy all powers granted by this act without exception, including, but not limited to, its operational functions, appointment of staff, planning, financing and contractual authority. The board may adopt and enforce reasonable rules and regulations, ordinances, and resolutions, for the administration and government of the district and to facilitate the exercise of its powers and duties, and exercise all police powers necessary for the maintenance, operation, preservation, use, and enjoyment of its works and facilities.

(e) The trustees shall maintain an office within the district for the transaction of the business of the district at which office all books, records, and papers of the district shall be maintained and shall be open to inspection during normal business hours.

(f) The trustees shall hold regular meetings, in compliance with the Ralph M. Brown Act (Chapter 9 (commencing with Section 54950) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code), at those places and those times as the trustees shall, by resolution, prescribe.

(Added by Stats.1995, c. 118 (A.B.1388), § 5. Amended by Stats.1997, c. 489 (S.B.883), § 15.)