Unless otherwise provided for in this Charter:
(a) An appointee to be eligible to serve as a member of a board or commission of the City shall be and remain a qualified elector of the City.
(b) A vacancy occurring during the term of any member of a board or commission shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner authorized for an original appointment.
(c) The Mayor may remove any member of any board or commission for inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance, misfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, incapacity or incompetency, provided, however, that such removal shall not be effective without the concurrence of not less than the majority of the members of the Council, and/or until such commissioner or board member shall have been notified in writing of the charge or charges against him at least ten (10) days in advance of any hearing upon such charge or charges, and he or his representative has been given an opportunity to be heard, present evidence or examine any witness appearing in support of such charge or charges.
(d) Each board and commission shall keep a journal of its proceedings. The voting shall be taken by name in the form of yeas and nays and entered in the journal, and the vote of a majority of all of the members shall be necessary to adopt any question, motion, or order.
(e) Meetings of the boards and commissions shall be open to the public with the exception of executive sessions which shall only be permitted in accordance with the provisions set forth in the Codified Ordinances of the City of Brook Park, or in the laws of the State of Ohio.
(f) All members of all boards and commissions shall serve without compensation unless otherwise provided for by Council.
(g) In addition to the duties and functions specifically enumerated in this Charter, all boards and commissions shall perform such other duties and functions as may be imposed upon them by ordinance or resolution of the Council or the general laws of the State of Ohio.
(h) All board and commission members shall choose a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from the body to preside over the board or commission meetings at their first meeting in January. The Chairperson and Vice Chairperson shall serve a one-year, non-consecutive term. All board and commission members shall continue to serve until their respective terms of office have expired.
(Amended November 7, 1989; November 6, 2001)