(A) Initial appointees to the Economic Development Commission shall take office upon their appointment, and their term shall run from February 1 after their original appointment for a period of:
(1) Three years for the member selected by the Board of Commissioners of the county;
(2) Two years for the member nominated by the County Council; and
(3) One year for the member nominated by the City Council of the City of Decatur.
(B) At the expiration of the terms of each of the original Economic Development Commissioners, their respective successors shall be selected and nominated, before the expiration of the term, in the same manner as the original Commissioner, and each succeeding Commissioner shall serve for a term of four years. All terms will expire on January 31 of each year, but a member shall hold over after the expiration of his or her term until his or her successor is appointed and has qualified.
(C) If a person appointed as an Economic Development Commissioner fails to take the oath of office required under I.C. 36-7-12-11 within ten days after the notice of his or her appointment is mailed to him or her, or if any Commissioner, after qualifying, dies, resigns, vacates his or her office, or is removed from office, a new Commissioner shall be appointed to fill the vacancy in the same manner as the Commissioner in respect to whom the vacancy occurred was appointed. Any such appointed Commissioner shall serve for the remainder of the vacated term.
(Ord. 1986-5, passed 10-27-1986)