Appointment of Directors
ARTICLE 6 - DIRECTORS
6.1 Eligibility of Directors
A director must be a Member of the Corporation.
6.2 Number of Directors
The affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by a Board of Directors of not less than four (4) or more than Fifteen (15) Directors, and in the event the number of Directors is being less than four (4) they shall not act other than to appoint or request the appointment of a Director or Directors, or to call a General Meeting of the Corporation, until the number of Directors is four (4) or more.
6.3 Election & Appointment
The Directors shall be appointed or elected from the Members as follows:
- Nine (9) from Community representative (selected by the municipality)
- Six members at large (selected by the board of directors)
(a) The Board of Directors is entitled to appoint up to nine Directors from or representing the communities in the corporation's service area
(b) Additionally, the Corporation shall have the ability to seek application for or appoint up to six Directors that are from the community to serve on the Board of Directors as Citizens At Large - up to 6 Directors
6.4 Terms of Directors
The Directors shall be appointed for a term of not more than three (3) years. The usual term for serving on the Board is up to three (3) years, except that prior to the first Annual General Meeting of the Members after filing of the Articles, no less than three (3) of the Directors shall be appointed for a term of one (1) year, no less than three (3) of the directors appointed shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years, and the remaining directors appointed shall be for a term of three (3) years.
Directors may be reappointed to the Board after their term expires to a maximum of three (3) consecutive terms.
The appointment of Directors shall take place prior to each Annual General Meeting so that the appointments are complete by the Annual General Meeting. At any Annual General Meeting by which an appointment of Directors ought to take place, if such appointment does not take place, the retiring Directors shall continue in office until Directors have been appointed prior to the Annual General Meeting in the next year, and so on from time to time until such appointment takes place or the successors of the retiring Directors are appointed.
6.5 Removal of Directors
A Director shall be removed from office if he/she:
- (a) moves out of the Region;
- (b) is a dependent adult under the Dependent Adults Act, or is a formal patient under the Mental Health Act;
- (c) resigns by notice to the Corporation;
- (d) dies;
- (e) should be convicted of a criminal offence and/or to a period of incarceration; and
- (f) is in breach of the Corporation's policies or Articles, as determined by a three-quarter majority of the other Directors.
6.6 Vacancies
If an elected Director is unable or unwilling to remain on the Board, then the Board may:
- (a) appoint an interim Director to hold office for the balance of the Director's term, or
- (b) allows a vacancy, provided however there is less than seven (7) Directors.