The City Planning Commission is hereby created, which shall consist of seven citizens, all of whom shall be residents of the City, shall be qualified by knowledge and experience in matters pertaining to the development of the City, shall include representatives of business, industry and labor, three-fifths of whom shall have been residents of the City for at least one year prior to nomination, and each shall be nominated by the Mayor and appointed by him after confirmation by Council. One member of the Commission shall also be a member of the governing body and another member shall be an administrative officer of the City; and the terms of these two members shall be coextensive with the term for which they, respectively, have been elected or appointed, unless the Mayor and Council at the first Council meeting of each year, designate another or others to take their place or places. All other members shall each serve for a term of three years and until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified, and, to provide for overlapping terms of office, such members shall be appointed prior to November 1 of each year, and each shall take office on November 1 of the year of this appointment. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(Ord. 4-98. Passed 11-23-98.)