OAR 345-011-0010: Officers

(1) The Council shall annually elect a chair and a vice-chair. The chair and vice-chair shall serve for one year or until their successors are elected. A member may serve successive full terms as chair or vice-chair. The chair or vice-chair may be removed by a unanimous vote of the other Council members. (2) The chair shall preside over all Council meetings, shall determine, in cooperation with the Council Secretary, the location of the Council meetings, and shall execute all written documents that must be executed in the name of the Council. (3) The chair may take action on behalf of the Council in emergencies that arise between meetings, subject to ratification by the Council. When practicable, the chair shall advise all members by telephone of any action proposed to be taken in an emergency. (4) The vice-chair shall act in lieu of the chair when the chair is unable to perform any of his or her responsibilities.