Section 5508-A - Governing body(a) The powers of each Authority shall be exercised by a board: (1) The board shall be composed of seven members, all of whom must be residents of the county organizing the Authority or the county wherein the city organizing the Authority is located.(2) The county executive or the mayor of the city shall appoint the members of the board.(3) A member who serves on the board under the act of July 29, 1953 (P.L. 1034, No. 270), known as the "Public Auditorium Authorities Law," shall continue to serve until the conclusion of the member's term.(4) Vacancies created under this section on a joint county-city Authority shall be filled by appointment of one member by the county executive and by appointment of one member by the mayor of the city. The initial terms of members appointed under this paragraph shall commence on January first next succeeding the effective date of this article. The initial terms of members appointed under this paragraph shall be: one member appointed by the mayor shall serve for five (5) years and one member appointed by the county executive shall serve for four (4) years.(5) When a vacancy has occurred or is about to occur by reason of the expiration of the term of any member, the county executive or mayor, as the case may be, shall appoint a member of the board for a term of five (5) years to succeed the member whose term has expired or is about to expire.(6) Appointments, in the case of a joint county-city Authority, shall be apportioned in the following manner: three members to be appointed by the county executive; three members to be appointed by the mayor; and the seventh member to be appointed by concurring action of the county executive and the mayor. Members of the board may be removed at the will of the appointing power, and, in the case of a joint county-city Authority, the seventh member may be removed at will by either of the appointing powers.(b) Members shall hold office until their successors have been appointed and may succeed themselves. A member shall receive no compensation for his services but shall be entitled to the necessary expenses, including traveling expenses, incurred in the discharge of his duties. If a vacancy shall occur by reason of the death, disqualification, resignation or removal of a member, the appointing power shall appoint a successor to fill his unexpired term.(c) The members of the board shall select from among themselves a chairman, a vice chairman and such other officers as the board may determine. The board may employ a secretary, an executive director, its own counsel and legal staff and such technical experts and such other agents and employes, permanent or temporary, as it may require, and may determine the qualifications and fix the compensation of such persons. Four members of the board shall constitute a quorum for its meetings. Members of the board shall not be liable personally on the bonds or other obligations of the Authority, and the rights of creditors shall be solely against such Authority. The board may delegate to one or more of its agents or employes such of its powers as it shall deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this article, subject always to the supervision and control of the board. The board shall have full authority to manage the properties and business of the Authority and to prescribe, amend and repeal bylaws, rules and regulations governing the manner in which the business of the Authority may be conducted and the powers granted to it may be exercised and embodied.1953, July 28, P.L. 723, No. 230, § 2508-A, added 2000, Oct. 30, P.L. 616, No. 85, § 6, imd. effective.