(a) The Local Officers Compensation Commission shall be comprised of seven members who shall be registered electors of the City of Battle Creek and who shall not be members or employees of any branch of any government or the immediate family of a member or employee of any branch of any government.
(b) Members of the Compensation Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor and shall be confirmed by the City Commission by resolution.
(c) The regular terms for Compensation Commissioners shall be seven years. Members of the first Compensation Commission shall be appointed for terms so that one each shall be appointed for one, two, three, four, five, six and seven-year terms.
(d) The Mayor shall appoint the first members of the Compensation Commission within thirty days of the effective date of this chapter. The first members shall take office upon confirmation by the City Commission. After the first members shall be appointed, subsequent members shall be appointed before October 1 of the year of appointment.
(e) Vacancies occurring in the office of Compensation Commissioner shall be filled by the Mayor and shall be confirmed by the City Commission for the remainder of the unexpired term of the vacancy.
(f) Compensation Commissioners shall not receive compensation for serving as members of the Compensation Commission but shall be entitled to actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(Ord. 13-97. Passed 7-15-97.)