About RTA: Organization
Board of Trustees

	Board of Trustees (Back row left to right) Jane Campbell; Nick “Sonny” Nardi; Edward J. Kelley (Middle row left to right) Dennis M. Clough; Julian A. Rogers; Valarie J. McCall; Leo Serrano;George F. Dixon, III (Front row) Jesse O. Anderson; (Not pictured) Jerry N. Hruby

George F. Dixon, III Board President Restaurateur		Edward J. Kelley Board Vice President Mayor, City of Cleveland Heights
Jesse O. Anderson President, Disabled Rights Task Force, Inc.		Jane Campbell Former Mayor of Cleveland
Bill Cervenik Mayor, City of Euclid		Dennis M. Clough Mayor, City of Westlake
Valarie J. McCall Chief of Government Affairs, City of Cleveland		Nick "Sonny" Nardi Veteran Labor Leader
Julian A. Rogers community activist		Leo Serrano Executive Director, Office of Institutional Advancement Cleveland Metropolitan School District

The primary responsibilities of the Board of Trustees are as follows:

• Approve policies governing RTA’s business activities.
• Approve long-range goals, and annual operating objectives and budgets.
• Oversee management’s activities and implementation of adopted plans, policies and objectives.
• Approve all procurement actions and contracts of $25,000 or more, and all contract amendments and change orders exceeding ten percent of the original contract, or $100,000, whichever is less.
• Hire the Chief Executive Officer/General Manager.
• Approve the hiring and personnel actions for the Director of Internal Audit.

BYLAWS — The Board of Trustees has adopted bylaws that establish the procedures for conducting business. These bylaws, included in the RTA Code, address the following:

• OFFICERS — The President, Vice President, and General Manager, who also serves as Secretary-Treasurer, are officers of RTA. The President and Vice President are Board members who are elected for a one-year term at the annual meeting. The annual meeting is held at the first regular board meeting in March of each year. Either the President or Vice President must be a Board member appointed by the City of Cleveland. The President, or in his absence, the Vice President, presides at all Board meetings and has the authority to sign legal documents on behalf of RTA.
• MEETINGS — Regular meetings are held at 9:00am in the Board Room of the Authority, first floor of the Root-McBride Building, 1240 West Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, generally on the third Tuesday of each calendar month. Special meetings may be called from time to time, and meeting dates may be adjusted to account for other extraordinary circumstances. The 2008 schedule of Board meetings is as follows:

  January 22	February 19	March 18
  April 15	May 20	June 17
  July 15	August 19	September 23
  October 14 *	October 21	November 18
  December 16
  * Special session, immediately preceding regularly-scheduled Committee meetings

• STANDING COMMITTEES — Members are appointed by the Board President. The Committees are: Executive, Finance, Operations, and Planning & Development. There is also a committee of the entire Board of Trustees. Other committees may be established as needed. Committee meetings are held at 9:00am in the Board Room of the Authority, first floor of the Root-McBride Building, 1240 West Sixth Street, Cleveland, Ohio 44113, generally on the first Tuesday of each month. The 2008 schedule of Committee meetings is as follows:

  January 8	February 5	March 4
  April 1	May 13	June 3
  July 1	August 5	September 9
  October 14	November 11	December 2





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