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A. Appointment: All members of said boards and commissions shall be appointed by a majority of the City government officials consisting of the Mayor and Commissioners in attendance at the time. Members shall be eligible to serve for two (2) 3-year terms. A partial term is not considered as a term for such purposes.
B. Board Officers: On January 30 or as soon thereafter as possible of each year or within a reasonable time thereafter, the members of said boards and commissions shall elect one of its members as chairperson and one as vice chairperson, whose terms of office shall run until the following January 30. In the absence or disqualification of the chairperson, the vice chairperson shall act in his stead. There shall be no limit on the number of terms a board or commission member may serve as chairperson or vice chairperson. (Ord. 3-15-94B, 3-15-1994, eff. 3-18-1994)
A. Terms Of Office:
1. Terms of current members, except as set forth in subsection A3 of this Section, shall be for three (3) years beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, three (3) years thereafter.
2. In the event of resignation or termination of membership during such three (3) year terms, or portion thereof, the City Commission shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired term for which appointed.
3. The current members holding three (3) year terms shall finish out their terms. The respective boards and commissions having other than three (3) year terms shall, as soon hereafter as possible, meet and draw lots to determine which current members shall serve for the remaining portion of two (2) and three (3) year terms, respectively. Thereafter, the City Commission shall, on January 1 of each year, or as soon thereafter as possible, appoint new members to take the place of those members whose terms have expired.
B. Residency Requirement: All members shall be residents of the City, unless the ordinance creating the board specifically provides otherwise, and qualified electors at the time of appointment. Any member who is now serving on any of such advisory boards or commissions who is not a resident of the City shall nevertheless be entitled to continue as a member thereof for the remaining term of his office. (Ord. 3-15-94B, 3-15-1994, eff. 3-18-1994)
Members must attend at least fifty percent (50%) of all regular meetings during each six (6) months of their tenure regardless of cause and regardless of excuse. No member shall miss more than three (3) consecutive meetings. The six (6) month period shall be from January 1 through June 30, and from July 1 through December 31 of each year. Failure to comply with attendance requirements whether excused or not will be considered as resignation from the board or commission. In the event of such termination, the chairperson of such board or commission shall immediately notify the City Commission who shall then take steps to fill such vacancy. (Ord. 3-15-94B, 3-15-1994, eff. 3-18-1994)
A. Submission Of Proposed Budget: Those boards or commissions which are by ordinance responsible for the preparation of a budget for the department, or part thereof, which they advise or control, shall submit their proposed budget to the City Manager, as Budget Officer, in the manner instructed by him; and such budget thereafter shall be treated the same as any other budget submitted by any other department of the City.
B. Authority Restricted: The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to give any authority concerning the preparation of a budget to any board or commission not already expressly given such board or commission by ordinance.
C. Recommendation To Budget Officer Or Department Head: Henceforth, no board or commission shall have authority to take its budgetary recommendations directly to the Board of Commissioners. All budgetary submissions shall go from the board or commission having the authority to prepare a budget by ordinance to the Budget Officer and the Budget Officer shall solely be responsible for its submission to the City Commission. Those boards and commissions not having the authority to prepare a budget by ordinance which, nevertheless, have by custom or practice overseen the preparation of a budget, shall henceforth submit such budgets to the department head of the department responsible for implementing the activities overseen by the board or commission involved. (Ord. 3-15-94B, 3-15-1994, eff. 3-18-1994)