(a) Governance. The Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management District shall be governed by a regional solid waste management district board.
(b) Members. The Pulaski County Regional Solid Waste Management District Board of Directors shall be composed of the persons who serve as local elected officials:
(1) The Pulaski County Judge; and
(2) The mayors of Jacksonville, Little Rock, Maumelle, North Little Rock, Sherwood, and Wrightsville, who shall be succeeded on the board by their respective successors in office.
(c) Regular meeting. Regular meetings of the board shall be held quarterly, pursuant to written notice thereof, on the date as set by the chair of the board.
(d)
(1) Special meetings. Special meetings of the board may be called by or at the request of the chair or by any two (2) directors.
(2) The person or persons authorized to call special meetings of the board may fix the place for holding any special meeting of the board called by them so long as said meetings are conducted in Pulaski County, Arkansas.
(e) Notice of waiver.
(1) Notice.
(A) Notice of any special meeting shall be given at least three (3) days previously thereto by written notice delivered personally or mailed (including electronic mail) to each director at his or her business address.
(B) If postal mailed, such notice shall be deemed to be delivered when deposited in the United States Postal Service mail so addressed.
(2) Waiver.
(A) Any director may waive notice of any meeting.
(B) The attendance of a director at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.
(f) Quorum. A majority of the number of directors fixed by this section shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the board, but if less than such majority is present at a meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice.
(g) Manner of acting. The act of the majority of the directors present at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the board.
(h) Proxies.
(1)
(A) A director may appoint a proxy to vote or otherwise act for him or her by signing an appointment form.
(B) A properly signed and dated proxy shall be acceptable for voting of absent members for a specific meeting date.
(C) The appointment becomes effective when received by the secretary or other officer or agent authorized to tabulate votes and may be limited or restricted by the grantor.
(2) A voting member may accept only one (1) proxy and, therefore, may cast only his or her vote and one (1) proxy vote on any given motion of the board.