Article I - Name
Article II - Membership
Article III - Annual Dues
Article IV - Board of Commissioners
Article V - Officers and Their Duties
Article VI - Meetings
Article VII - Agreements, Contracts
Article VIII - Fiscal Year
Article IX - Amending Bylaws
Article X - Dissolution of the Association
Section II
The Commissioners may appoint committees, chairmen, or agents.
Section III
No Commissioner shall receive a salary or other compensation for
their services to the Association. Children of members in good
standing who are at least twenty-one years of age may be elected
to the Board Of Commissioners.
Section IV
The Board Of Commissioners shall hold a meeting as soon as
practical after each election for the purpose of completing their
organization and delegation of duties.
Section V
The Board Of Commissioners shall hold other such meetings as
required.
Section VI
A simple majority of three Commissioners shall constitute a quorum
to conduct the business of the Board.
Section VII
The Board Of Commissioners shall use the spring meeting to help
set that year’s activities and their dates. The fall meeting shall
be used for the election of officers and to report on the health
and welfare of the Association since the previous fall meeting’s
report.
Section VIII
The Board Of Commissioners shall not, in any one year of office,
spend nor contract for expenditures greater than the receipts for
the fiscal year they are in office, and providing that the
treasury is not in the red at the time of the fall meeting after
all of the current bills are paid or monies set aside for their
resolution.
Section II
The President shall be the chief executive officer of this
Association. He/she shall preside at all meetings of the Board Of
Commissioners and of Members. He/she shall have general
supervision, direction, and active management of the business of
the Association. He/she shall see that all orders and resolutions
of the Board Of Commissioners are carried into effect. He/she
shall execute all contracts and agreements authorized by the Board
Of Commissioners. He/she shall approve all checks and other
instruments drawn on or payable out of the funds of the
Association, and all bills, notes, and other evidences of
indebtedness to the Association. He/she shall from time to time
report to the Board Of Commissioners, as well as the Association
at its meetings, on matters within his/her knowledge which are of
interest or require notice.
Section III
The First Vice President, in the absence or in case of the
inability of the President to act, shall have all the powers and
shall perform all of the duties of the President. He/she shall be
in charge of special committees or other duties prescribed by the
President.
Section IV
The Second Vice President shall be in charge of Block
Captains and membership activities.
Section V
The Secretary shall keep the minutes of the meetings of
the Board Of Commissioners and all other Association meetings, and
shall read these minutes at the appropriate time or make them
available for perusal. He/she shall be responsible for keeping the
Master List of Association members and for their notification of
all appropriate meetings they should attend.
Section VI
The Treasurer shall have the custody of all the funds of
the Association. When necessary and proper, he/she shall endorse
all checks, notes, or other obligations and evidences of payment
of money, payable to the Association or coming into his/her
possession. Upon approval of the President, he/she shall sign all
checks and other instruments drawn on, or payable out of, funds of
the Association, and all bills, notes, and other evidences of
indebtedness to the Association. He/she shall exhibit a complete
and true statement of his/her account and other property in
his/her possession, custody, or control. He/she shall enter
regularly in the books belonging to the Association and to be kept
by him/her for such purpose, a fill and accurate account of all
money received and paid by him/her for the account of the
Association.
Section VII
The Board Of Commissioners may at any time by a majority vote ask
for, demand, receive and accept the resignation of any officer or
employee of the Association, and upon his/her refusal to tender
such resignation or resign, the majority of the Board Of
Commissioners may summarily dismiss him/her from office, declare
such vacancy, and elect a successor.
Section VIII
The Block Captains shall be appointed by the Board Of
Commissioners for an indefinite period of time. However, their
tenure may be terminated by the Board for failing to service their
designated Neighborhood Watch Area in a manner consistent with the
needs of the member, the Community, or the Association. They shall
be the primary means for the transfer of information to and from
all members. They will recommend the immediate use of 911 for all
actions deemed or appearing to be unlawful. They will assist with
or pass on all requests for reasonable help made by members in
their individual Neighborhood Watch Areas with the speed dictated
by the urgency of the situation. They will contact and cooperate
with the appropriate law enforcement agency if a member is unable
to do so to correct an immediate problem that requires this type
of intervention. At no time shall they attempt to supersede,
usurp, or interfere in this type Neighborhood Watch problem. They
shall do their best to assure the payment of annual dues to the
Association by members in their Neighborhood Watch Area.
Section II
Special meetings may be called for at any time by the President or
by order of the Board Of Commissioners.
Section III
At all meetings of the Association, each member in good standing
shall have only one vote.
Section IV
A quorum shall consist of fifteen members in good standing and all
business transacted by such quorum shall be legal and binding upon
this Association.
Section V
Notice of all regular and special meetings of the Association
shall be given to all members in good standing at least five days
before such meeting.
Section VI
In the event of the death or resignation of a Commissioner, a
member in good standing may be appointed temporarily by the
remaining Board Of Commissioners until the next regular meeting
when an election will be held to fill that vacancy.
or
In the event of dissolution of this Association, its assets
remaining after payment, or provision for payment, of all debts
and liabilities shall be distributed as follows:
Such distribution shall be made for one or more exempt purposes within the meaning of Section 501(c)4 of the Internal Revenue Code and in accordance with all applicable provisions of the laws of this state.
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