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7 - "= 46~ !}. Each member shall certify to the Council the names oP its delegates prior to the Pirat Council meeting after June 30 of each year. Only an individual who has been duly appointed sad certified to the Council as a delegate may be permitted to note on any matter. The member local governments shall oleo appoint and certify a successor to Pill any vacancy created by the death, removal, resignation, or ineligibility oP a delegate. 5• It is the intent oP this abetter that all delegates to the Council, both elected and appointed, shall have demonstrated an interest in the sound development of Region J. A~rxcz~ vaz Meetinaa. Regular meetings of the Council shall be held quarterly to receive reports Prom its standing aommittsea and to conduct necessary business. Additional regular meetings may be held as considered appropriate by the Council. Special meetings of the Covncil may be called by the Chairman, or by any three members thereof. All meetings shall be open to the public. At least two days written notioe shall ba given of any special meeting oP the Council. Tt shah. state the time, pleas, and purpose of the meeting, and may be sent by telegram. Any member may waive notioe as to himself. ARTICLE VIII Quorum and Votiaa Requirements 1. One quarter (1/!}) of the delegates oP the Caunail shall aonatitute a quorum at any regular or special meeting oP the Council. The affirmative vote of two-thirds oP the delegates of the Council present shall be necessary to sat favorably an any matter, except that an aPirmative vote oP a majority oP all delegates shall be necessary Por the adoption oP the annual budget, adoption oP the annual program.oP work, and resolutions related to Federal applications by the Council itself. 2. At the request oP any delegate present, any question shall be determined by weighted voting. Weighted voting shall mean that eaah participating member local government shall have one vote far each 5,000 units of population, as determined by the most recent decennial census, and for any remaining fraction oP 5,000, within the geographical boundaries -_ oP the participating government, except that any participating govarament whose jvrisdiation has a population aP less than 5,000 shall have one vote. Any weighted voting question shall be determined by a vote of two-thirds (2/3) of the aggregate votes oP the members present and noting. In weighted voting, the votes oP eaah member local government shall be cast by the elected delegates. 3. Dn a vote Por whioh weighted voting as herein defined has not been osllad, any delegate shall be entitled to one vote, and it shall be counted to determine if the necessary number of votes has been attained on the question before the Council. ' 1E. Proxy noting is not allowed. ARTICLE, LC Officers 1. At the first regular meeting of the Council, and annually thereafter, the Council aba.ll Bleat a chairman, a vice chairman, a secretary, and a treasurer to nerve Por one year or until their suaaessors have been duly elected. The Council may also elect such additional aPficera as the Council Pinda to be necessary in the proper performance of its duties. 2. The chairman shall preside at all meetings oP the Council and shall conduct said meetings in an orderly and impartial manner so as to permit a free and Pull dissuasion by the membership oP such matters as may be brought to the Council. The chairman shall have the same voting rights as other members. 3. The chairman may appoint auah advisory comsnitteea ae he finds to _ be necessary or desirable, 4. The vice chairman shall perform all oP the duties oP the chairman in the absence of the chairman, or in event oP the inability of the chairman to sat, and shall perform such other duties as the Council may _.. delegate to him. 5• All other oPfisers elected by the Council shall perform euoh duties sa may be prescribed by the Council.