What are the responsibilities and job description for the SOUTHWEST WATER AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS position at City of Dickinson?
The work of the Board is to serve as trustees for the people of North Dakota and the Southwest Water Authority service area in determining and demanding appropriate organizational performance. To distinguish the Board’s own unique work from the work of its staff, the Board will concentrate its efforts on the following work outputs:
- Strong link between the organization and the people of North Dakota and the Southwest Water Authority service area.
- Clarity of values and vision in written governing policies which, at the broadest levels, address:
- Aims/Ends: Organizational impacts, benefits, outcomes, recipients, and their relative worth (what good for which people and needs at what cost).
- Executive Limitations: Constraints on executive authority, which establish the prudent and ethical boundaries within which all executive activity and decisions must take place.
- Governance Process: Description of how the Board conceives, carries out and monitors its own task.
- Board-Manager/Chief Executive Officer Relationship: Delegation of power and its proper use monitored; the manager/Chief Executive Officer role authority and accountability.
- The assurance of organizational performance. (as described in policies in 2A and 2B for the manager/Chief Executive Officer, in 2C and 2D for the Board).
- Fund-raising and legislative work as requested by the manager/Chief Executive Officer.
- Hire the manager/Chief Executive Officer in accordance with State Water Commission Transfer Agreement.
- The Commission meets once a month, first Monday.
- This position was vacated before the term expired, therefore we are filling this board position with a term end date of June 2026. At that time election will be held to fill any vacant positions.
- Members receive a $213 board per diem per day.
Salary : $213
