Section 20

(70 ILCS 1605/20) Sec. 20. Board of directors. (a) If the Metro-East District is created by only one county, the District shall be managed by a board of directors consisting of 3 members. Two members shall be appointed by the chief executive officer, with the advice and consent of the county board, of the county in which the District is located, and one member shall be appointed by the minority members of the county board with the advice and consent of the county board. The first appointment shall be made within 90 days and not sooner than 60 days after the District has been organized. Each member of the board so appointed shall be a legal voter in the District. The first directors shall be appointed to hold office for terms of one, 2, and 3 years, and until June 30 thereafter, respectively, as determined by lot. Thereafter, successors shall be appointed in the same manner no later than the first day of the month in which the term of a director expires. All terms expire if another county joins the District. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment. (b) If the Metro-East District is created by more than one county, each county that elects to join the District shall be represented by a certain number of board members. The board members shall be distributed from the counties electing to join the District as follows: (1) The chief executive officer, with the advice and consent of the county board, of St.