4A Wichita Falls Economic Development Minutes - 05/14/1997e
MINUTES OF THE
4A SALES TAX CORPORATION
May 14, 1997
Present:
John Gavin
Ray Clymer
Ron Bullock
Gary Shores
Stan West
Kay Yeager, Mayor
Jim Berzina, City Manager
Gregory D. Humbach, City Attorney
Linda Merrill, Recording Secretary
§ Corporation Board Members
§ City Staff
Greg Humbach called the meeting to order at 1:05 p.m. He suggested to the
Corporation that they discuss the proposed bylaws section by section to determine if
any changes were necessary before adoption.
ARTICLE I. PURPOSE AND POWERS
Section 2. Powers was amended by the addition of "16) any other activities
authorized by law."
ARTICLE II. BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Section 3. Notice of Meetings was amended by the deletion of the following
sentence in subsection (a): "The annual meeting shall be held in the last quarter of
the fiscal year and will be held concurrently with a regular or special called meeting
of the Council."
The position of "secretary" was amended to "secretary /treasurer" throughout the
bylaws.
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ARTICLE III. OFFICERS
Section 3. Secretary, was amended to read as follows:
"Section 3. Secretary/Treasurer. The secretary /treasurer shall keep the minutes
of all meetings of the Board in books provided for that purpose, shall give and serve
all notices, may sign with the president in the name of the Corporation and/or
attest the signature thereto all contracts, conveyances, franchises, bonds, deeds,
assignments, mortgages, notes and other instruments of the Corporation, shall have
charge of the corporate books, records, documents and instruments, including the
books of account and financial records and securities, and such other books and
papers as the Board may direct, all of which shall at all reasonable times be open to
public inspection upon application at the office of the Corporation during regular
business hours, and shall in general perform all duties incident to the office of
secretary /treasurer subject to the control of the Board. The secretary /treasurer shall
also have the responsibility to see to the handling, custody, and security of all funds
and securities of the Corporation in accordance with these bylaws. When necessary
or proper, the treasurer may endorse and sign, on behalf of the Corporation, for
collection or issuance, checks, notes and other obligations in or drawn upon such
bank or banks or depositories as shall be designated by the Board consistent with
these Bylaws. The secretary /treasurer shall see to the entry in the books of the
Corporation full and accurate accounts of all monies receive and paid out on account
of the Corporation."
A Section 6 under this Article was added to read as follows:
"Section 6. Bonds. The president and secretary /treasurer of the Board shall each
given an official bond in the sum of not less than One Hundred Thousand
($100,000) Dollars. The bonds referred to in this section shall be considered for the
faithful accounting of all monies and things of value coming into the hands of such
officers. The bonds shall be procured from some regularly accredited surety
company authorized to do business in the State of Texas. The premiums therefor
shall be paid by the Corporation. A copy of each officer's bond shall be filed with the
City Clerk."
ARTICLE IV. FUNCTIONAL CORPORATE DUTIES AND REQUIREMENTS
Section 3. Books, Records, Audits was amended at subsection (b) as follows:
"(b) At the request of the Board, the Council may direct that the books, records,
accounts and financial statements of the Corporation may be maintained for the
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Corporation by the accountants, staff and personnel of the City. In such event, the
Corporation shall pay to the City reasonable compensation for such services."
Section 4. Deposit and Investment of Corporate Funds was amended in part
as follows:
"... The accounts, reconciliation and investment of such funds and accounts may be
performed by the Finance Department of the City...."
ARTICLE V. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 1. Principal Office. Subsection (a) was amended to include the principal
office of the Corporation to be 1300 Seventh Street, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Gary Shores moved that the bylaws as amended be approved, the motion was
seconded by John Gavin, and the motion was approved by unanimous vote.
The next meeting was scheduled for June 5 at 1:00 p.m. in the Council Conference
Room of the Memorial Auditorium building. The meeting adjourned at 1:55 p.m.