249.1112.  Board of directors, members, terms, vacancies, expenses. — 1.  A sewer district created pursuant to sections 249.1100 to 249.1127 shall have a board of directors which shall consist of five members, appointed by the governing body of the county in which the consolidated sewer district is located.  Each member shall be a United States citizen, a registered voter, over the age of twenty-five years and shall have been a resident within the consolidated sewer district for one whole year prior to appointment.

  2.  The board shall be responsible for the control and operation of all such sewer districts organized pursuant to section 249.1106.

  3.  Beginning with appointments made after August 28, 2001, one member shall be appointed for four years, two members shall be appointed for three years and two members shall be appointed for two years.  Following the initial appointments, the term of each board member shall be five years.

  4.  A vacancy in the office of a member shall be filled by appointment in the same manner as the original appointments.

  5.  No member of the board shall be entitled to any compensation for the performance of the member's official duties, but each member shall be reimbursed for necessary and actual expenses incurred in the performance of the member's official duties by the consolidated sewer district.  The board members shall be reimbursed by the district for all reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.