Each authority shall be governed by a board of directors. All powers of the authority shall be exercised by the board or pursuant to its authorization. The board shall consist of five directors who shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality for staggered terms as hereinafter provided. The governing body of the authorizing municipality shall specify for which term each director is elected. The initial terms of office of two such directors shall begin immediately upon their respective elections and shall end at 12:01 o’clock, A.M., on March 15 of the first succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following their election. The initial terms of office of three such directors shall begin immediately upon their respective elections and shall end at 12:01 o’clock, A.M., March 15 of the second succeeding odd-numbered calendar year following their election. Thereafter, the term of office of each such director shall be four years. If at the expiration of any term of office of any director, a successor thereto shall not have been elected, then the director whose term of office shall have expired shall continue to hold office until his successor shall be so elected. If at any time there should be a vacancy on the board, a successor director to serve for the unexpired term applicable to such vacancy shall be elected by the governing body of the authorizing municipality. No officer of the state or of any county or municipality shall, during his tenure as such officer, be eligible to serve as a director. Each director must be a duly qualified elector of the authorizing municipality. Directors shall be eligible for reelection. Each director shall be reimbursed for expenses actually incurred by him in and about the performance of his duties. Any director of the authority may be impeached and removed from office in the same manner and on the same grounds provided in Section 175 of the Constitution of Alabama and the general laws of the state for impeachment and removal of the officers mentioned in Section 175.