George F. Dixon, III	Restaurateur; President
Dennis M. Clough	Mayor, City of Westlake; Vice President
Jesse O. Anderson	President, Disabled Rights Task Force, Inc.
Bill Cervenik	Mayor, City of Euclid
Mark J. Elliott	Mayor, City of Brook Park
Valarie J. McCall	Chief of Government Affairs, City of Cleveland
Karen Gabriel Moss	Cleveland Immigration Attorney
Nick "Sonny" Nardi	Veteran Labor Leader
Gary A. Norton, Jr.	Mayor, City of East Cleveland
Leo Serrano	Executive Director, Office of Institutional Advancement, Cleveland Metropolitan School District
(Left to right) Bill Cervenik, Leo Serrano, Jesse O. Anderson, Karen Gabriel Moss, Mark J. Elliott, Gary A. Norton, Jr., Dennis M. Clough, Nick "Sonny" Nardi, Valarie J. McCall, George F. Dixon, III

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 that exceed $100,000, and all contract amendments and change orders exceeding:
  • $100,000 on contracts up to $1,000,000; and
  • 10 percent of the original contract, or $250,000 on contracts between $1,000,000 and $5,000,000, whichever is less; and
  • $500,000 for all contracts for more than $5,000,000.
• 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 2012 schedule of Board meetings is as follows:

  January 17 *	February 21	March 20
  April 17	May 15	June 19
  July 17	August 21	September 18
  October 23	November 20	December 18
  * The January Committee and Board Meetings will both be held on January 17. The Committee Meetings will precede the Board Meeting.

• 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 2012 schedule of Committee meetings is as follows:

  January 17 *	February 7	March 6
  April 3	May 1	June 5
  July 3	August 7	September 4
  October 9	November 13	December 4
  * The January Committee and Board Meetings will both be held on January 17. The Committee Meetings will precede the Board Meeting.