The members of the City Youth Advisory Council shall be selected as follows:
(A) Once each year, an open call for youth volunteers to apply for the Youth Advisory Council shall be publicized and promoted by the City.
(B) Youth responding to the open call shall submit a one-page essay describing why they should be selected for the Council. A parent or guardian of the responding youth shall be required to sign the essay, indicating their support of the application.
(C) From the letters submitted from the open call, the Mayor, with the advice and consent of the City Council, shall appoint youth to serve on the Youth Advisory Council.
(D) Terms of office shall be three years. The initial group of members shall have staggered terms, such that one-third of the original membership will have a one-year term, one-third shall have a two-year term, and the remainder shall have a three-year term. The Mayor shall determine which member is to serve which term.
(E) Any vacancy occurring other than by expiration of term shall be filled by appointment of the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council, and such appointment shall be for the unexpired term of the member whom he/she is to succeed.
(Ord. 4-1997)