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Below is the official NKADD By-Laws concerning the Board of Directors:

ARTICLE II BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 1: Composition of the Board of Directors

The Board of Directors shall be the governing and policy-making body of the ADD.

The Board shall be composed or elected as follows:

A. The County Judge of each member county or his designated representative. The votes and commitments of the designee shall be considered to be binding upon the government he or she represents.

B. The Mayor of each city of the first, second and third class (or his designee) located in the Northern Kentucky Area Development District shall be a member of the Board of Directors. In addition, one mayor or a designated representative from fourth, fifth or sixth class cities shall be a member of the Board of Directors; chosen in the followingmanner. In counties where there is more than one city in the latter category, a mayor or designated representative to serve will be chosen by a municipal league or similar organization (if such exists), or if this is not possible, then by mutual agreement of the County Judge and Mayor of the County Seat. The mayor of a town whose boundaries are within two counties shall be eligible in either county, but he shall represent one county. Any mayor elected to the Board of Directors may appoint, as may a county judge, a designee to represent him upon his absence or inability to serve. The votes and commitments of designees shall be considered to be binding upon the government or governments he or she represents.

C. Citizen members are to comprise not more than forty-nine percent (49%) of theboard and shall be nominated by the County Judge Executive subject to approval by all elected officials on the board from the respective county and further subject to election by all elected officials on the board.

D. Citizen members elected to the board by the elected officials on the board shall be done as follows and according to the latest decennial census:

1. Each county with a population of 25,000 or less shall have only one citizen member elected to the board.

2. Each county with a population of 25,000 but less than
60,000 shall have only two citizen members elected to the
board.

3. Each county with a population of 60,000 but less than
100,000 shall have only three citizen members elected to the board.

4. Each county with a population of 100,00 or more shall have only fourcitizen members elected to the board.

5. The vote distribution formula is to be implemented as citizen vacanciesoccur.

E. Two members of the Kentucky General Assembly who are residents of theNorthern Kentucky Area Development District shall be members of the Board ofDirectors of the Northern Kentucky Area Development District. At the pre-legislative conference such members shall be elected by the members representingthe legislative districts from the Northern Kentucky Area Development District. One legislative director member shall be from the Senate and one from the House ofRepresentatives unless members of the legislature representing the Northern KentuckyArea Development District choose to elect the two member directors from the samehouse. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner at the time such vacancy occurs.

F. The chairman shall appoint one additional member of the Board of Directors whoshall be a representative of a minority race residing in the district.

Section 2: Term of Office

A. In the case of public officials - Mayors and County Judges - the terms of office asDirectors of the ADD Board shall coincide with their elective terms of office.

B. Citizen members shall serve a term of three (3) years; said terms to expire on theday of the annual meeting of the membership.

Section 3: Powers. Duties and Authorities of the Board

The Board shall have those powers, duties and authorities granted to it by Kentucky RevisedStatutes 147A.070, 147A.08O, and 147A.090 and as may be provided otherwise by theCommonwealth of Kentucky.

Section 4: Removal of Directors

Any Director may be removed at any time, for cause, by a two-thirds (2/3) majority vote ofthe Board provided he or she has been notified at least thirty (30) days in advance of suchaction. Notification must specify cause and date, time, and place of pending action and mustbe delivered by registered mail. Removal may be initiated by any Director. Cause for removalis deemed to include:

A. Direct conflict of interest.

B. Violation of law applicable to this organization.

C. Conduct unbecoming a Director of this organization or prejudicial to its purpose in Article I, Section 3, herein above, or,

D. Failure to attend three (3) consecutive meetings without written excuse acceptableto the Board.

Section 5: Filling of Vacancies

Any vacancy on the Board, however occasioned, shall be filled pending the usual election ofhis successor if the Director is a County Judge, Mayor or designee. If the vacancy occurs in acitizen director92s position such vacancy shall be filled by nomination and election by amajority of the existing Board providing the nominee resides in the county in which thevacancy occurs. In the event that less than sixty (60) days remain in the term of office vacated,the remaining term may be left vacant