§ 285-411 — Housing board established

Sec. 285-411. - Housing board established.

(a) There is hereby established a housing board, which shall consist of nine (9) members. The terms of the members of the housing board appointed prior to this amendment shall expire on February 28, 2019, and the terms of members appointed under this section, as amended, shall begin on March 1, 2019, or as soon thereafter as appointed. (b) The members of the housing board shall be appointed as follows: (1) Five (5) members appointed by the mayor; (i) one (1) shall have experience or training in public accounting or public finance; (ii) one (1) shall have experience or training in building management or housing construction; (iii) one (1) shall have experience or training in social services or human resources administration; and (iv) one (1) shall be a recipient or holder of an Indianapolis Housing Agency Section 8 tenant-based or project-based voucher. No more than three (3) of the five (5) members appointed by the mayor may be of the same political party; (2) Two (2) members appointed by the city-county council; one (1) member will be nominated for appointment by the political party holding the highest number of seats on the city-county council; and one (1) member will be nominated for appointment by the political party holding the second highest number of seats on the city-county council; and (3) Two (2) members appointed by the Indianapolis Citizens Empowerment Foundation (ICEF), with two (2) members being selected from any residential communities owned or managed by the Indianapolis Housing Agency or owned or managed by Insight Development Corporation. (c) The initial terms of the members of the housing board shall be as follows: (1) Members appointed by the mayor shall be for initial terms, two (2) ending on the last day of February in 2021, one (1) ending on the last day of February in 2022, one (1) ending on the last day of February in 2023, and one (1) ending on the last day of February in 2024; (2) Members appointed by the city-county council shall be for initial terms, one (1) ending on the last day of February in 2022, and one (1) ending on the last day of February in 2023. (3) Members appointed by ICEF shall be for a term of four (4) years, provided that all terms shall end upon abolishment of agency or transfer of all its powers. If ICEF fails to nominate and appoint its two (2) members prior to the Indianapolis Housing Agency's regular March meeting, the Indianapolis Housing Agency reserves the right to appoint the two (2) members who shall be selected from any residential communities owned or managed by the Indianapolis Housing Agency or owned or managed by Insight Development Corporation. Subsequent appointments shall be for four-year terms, provided that all terms shall end upon abolishment of agency or transfer of all its powers. (d) All members shall serve at the pleasure of the appropriate appointing authority and shall be eligible for reappointment. Members shall serve in person and without compensation. (e) Members of the board shall serve until their successor is duly appointed and qualifies. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be made by the authority appointing the member vacating the position and shall be for the remainder of the unexpired term. Whenever a vacancy occurs in the office of a board member other than by reason of the expiration of the term of the member, the secretary of the board shall promptly give written notice to the appointing authority. (f) The officers of the housing board shall consist of a chairperson and a vice-chairperson, who shall be elected by the board at its first meeting and annually thereafter at the regular March meeting. The executive director of the Indianapolis Housing Agency shall serve as secretary. The chairperson shall be the presiding officer of the board, and the secretary shall be its recording officer.

(G.O. 161, 1994, § 6; G.O. 78, 1997, § 1; G.O. 1, 2019, § 1)