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3. PROCEDURES OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS SECTION 3.1. Annual Meetin�. The annual meeting of the Board shall be held on the 3ra Tuesday of the month of January in each year. SECTION 3.2. Re�ular Meetings. The Board shall hold regular meetings on the 3Ta Tuesday of each month, commencing at a time the Board determines. SECTION 3.3. Special Meetin�s. Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman or, in the event of the Chairman's absence or inability, by the Vice Chairman at any time, upon twenty-four hours prior notice to all Commissioners and the Clerk and Executive Director. Upon the same notice, special meetings of the Board may also be called by any two Commissioners. The Clerk shall post notice of any special meeting in the principal office of the Authority no less than twenty-four hours prior to such special meeting. SECTION 3.4. uorum. A quorum of the Board shall consist of four if the Board consists of seven Commissioners and three if the Board consists of five Commissioners. In the absence of a quonun, no official action may be taken by, on behalf of, or in the name of the Board or the Authority. SECTION 3.5. Adoption of Resolutions. Resolutions of the Board shall be deemed adopted if approved by not less than a simple majority of all Commissioners present. Resolutions may but need not be read aloud prior to vote ta.ken thereon and may but need not be executed after passage. SECTION 3.6. Rules of Order. The presider shall conduct the meetings of the Board in such a fashion as to efficiently transact public business in compliance with law and fairness. In this regard, Robert's Rules of Order may be used as a parliamentary guide, but the sense of the Board operating in compliance with law and fairness rather than Roberts' Rules of Order shall prevail in resolving all procedural issues. Board members may appeal procedural decisions of the presider by a motion that is made and seconded at the time of the presider's action or inaction. Such appeal motion shall have priority over all other motions. A majority of the quorum in attendance voting in favor of the appeal motion is sufficient to reverse the presider's ruling. 4. MISCELLANEOUS SECTION 4.1. Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Authority shall be the calendar year. SECTION 4.2. Execution of Contracts. All contracts, notes, and other written agreements or instruments to which the Authority is a party or signatory or by which the Authority may be bound shall be executed by the Chairman and/or the Executive Director or by such other Commissioners or officers of the Authority as the Board may by resolution prescribe. SECTION 4.3. Amendment of By-Laws. These By-Laws may be amended by the Board only by not less than a majority vote of all the Commissioners, provided that any such proposed amendment shall first have been delivered to each Commissioner at least five days prior to the meeting at which such amendment is considered.