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REQUEST FOR HRA ACTION Staff Approval: PT Date: 1-15-08 Item No: 8.a. Agenda Section: Action Items Item Description: Approval of By-Laws and Election of Officers for the Housing & Redevelopment Authority in and for the City of Roseville for 2008 (HF0062) 1.0 Background Per State Statute 469.011- Authority operations, the HRA shall elect officers, adopt bylaws and set regular meeting dates that are open to the public. 469.011 Authority operations. Subdivision 1. Powers in commissioners; quorum. The powers of each authority shall be vested in its commissioners in office at any time; a majority of whom shall constitute a quorum for all purposes. Subd. 2. Officers; bylaws. Each authority shall select a chair and a secretary from among its commissioners and shall adopt bylaws and other rules for the conduct of its affairs that it deems appropriate. Subd. 3. Meetings. The regular meetings of an authority shall be held in a fixed place, except that meetings of a multicounty authority may be held anywhere within the boundaries of the area of operation of the authority or within any additional area where the authority is authorized to undertake a project, and shall be open to the public. Attached is the Housing & Redevelopment Authority By-Laws as approved in 2007 and draft approving resolution for 2008. Items that should be reviewed annually include the regular meeting dates and times and election of officers. Election of the Chairman, Vice Chairman and Secretary must be HRA Board members. The Executive Director can not be a Board member. Elections can be done by a nomination process. Any HRA member can be nominated by another Board member. However, the member nominated must accept the nomination to be considered. If more than one member is nominated for the same board position, there must be a vote of the Board individually. Otherwise, the vote for all members nominated for RHRA_Bylaws\Officers (01-15-08) - Page 1 of 2