By JIM BUTLER

Frustration with GAEDA’s membership status has prompted plans to amend state law.

Notice has been published of intent to file such legislation in the session beginning March 9. It is not clear who will sponsor the measure.

What is clear is resolve by GAEDA commissioners, officials and supporters to change current rules.

Three of seven Authority seats are essentially vacant and have been for some time. That creates both quorum and voting issues.

Aggravations over the situation were apparent in remarks by commissioners and some in the audience at GAEDA’s monthly meeting last week.

Each City Council member has an appointment to the panel. The three whose spots are vacant have not nominated successors.

The notice of filing lists intent relative to membership, appointment and removal, and attendance at Authority meetings, as well as an open-ended “related matters”.

GAEDA was created by legislative act and city ordinance in 2003. The ordinance was amended in 2023, changing member terms from four years to at the will of the respective council members.