(A) Membership. The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members, one of whom shall be a member of the Village Council, appointed by resolution of the Village Council, to serve as a member ex officio. The six remaining members shall not hold any other municipal office, nor shall they be employees of the village, except that one of the appointed members may be a member of the Village Zoning Board of Appeals. All members of the Planning Commission shall be qualified electors of the village and shall serve without compensation.
(B) The membership of the Planning Commission shall be representative of the entire geography and important segments of the village such as the economic, governmental, educational, and social development of the village, in accordance with the major interests that exist, such as agriculture, natural resources, recreation, education, public health, government, transportation, industry, and commerce.
(C) The term of the ex officio member shall correspond with the member’s term of office as a Council member. The term of the remaining members shall be three years or until his or her successor takes office, except that the respective terms of two of the members first appointed shall be for one year and three for two years so that to the extent possible, the terms of office will expire in different years. A vacancy on the Commission occurring otherwise than through the expiration of a term shall be filled for the remainder of the expired term.
(D) The Village Council may remove a member of the Planning Commission for misfeasance, malfeasance or nonfeasance in office upon written charges and after a public hearing. Before casting a vote on a matter on which a member may reasonable be considered to have a conflict of interest, the member shall disclose the potential conflict of interest to the Planning Commission. The member is disqualified from voting on the matter if so provided by the Planning Commission bylaws or by a majority vote of the remaining members of the Planning Commission. Failure of a member to disclose a potential conflict of interest constitutes malfeasance in office.
(E) For purposes of this chapter, CONFLICT OF INTEREST shall have the meaning as defined in the Planning Commission bylaws and in the absence of such definition, means when a member of the Planning Commission or a member of their family has a proprietary or financial interest in an issue or matter that is before the Planning Commission beyond that which is experienced by the public in general, or when the member may receive or gain a financial benefit as a result of a vote on such issue or matter.
(O.C. § 5.302) (Am. Ord. 219, passed 6-27-11; Am. Ord. 240, passed 12-29-16)