(a) There is hereby created a Police Board consisting of nine members to be appointed by the Mayor, pursuant to the process set forth in Section 2-80-080, by and with the advice and consent of the City Council. Except in the case of vacancies filled for the remainder of an unexpired term, Board members shall be appointed for a term of five years, or until their respective successors are appointed and qualified. Provided, however, that no person shall be eligible for reappointment to the Board if such person has served on the Board for more than ten years during his or her lifetime. Board members shall be reasonably compensated for their service on the Board as provided for in the annual appropriation ordinance.
(b) Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of an unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.
(c) The mayor is authorized to remove any member of the police board for just cause, after written notice to the board member stating with particularity the grounds for such removal and an opportunity for a hearing before the mayor or the mayor's designee. Just cause for such removal shall include, but is not limited to, incompetence, neglect of duty, gross misconduct or criminal conduct of the type that threatens to impair or undermine public confidence in the board, or other acts of nonfeasance, malfeasance or misfeasance in office. If, during any calendar year, a member of the police board fails to attend three or more scheduled meetings of the board, the president of the board shall provide written notice of such fact to the mayor and a rebuttable presumption of neglect of duty shall exist.
(d) The mayor shall designate a president and a vice-president from among the members of the board. The president and vice-president shall be designated to serve in such capacity for a term not to exceed two years, and may be redesignated by the mayor to serve in such capacity for an additional term(s) not to exceed two years. The board shall hold a regular meeting at least once a month. All regular meetings shall be in a public office of the board with reasonable provision for attendance by the public. The superintendent of police or the superintendent's designee and the chief administrator of the independent police review authority or the chief administrator's designee shall be present at all public meetings of the board and shall have the right to take part in the discussions and deliberations but shall have no vote.
(e) The board shall appoint a secretary who shall not be a member of the board. The secretary shall keep a record of the proceedings and transactions of the board specifying therein the names of the members of the board at all meetings and giving the yeas and nays upon all votes. The secretary shall post and publish all orders, resolutions and notices which the board shall order to be posted and published, and shall perform such other duties as are herein or may be, by order of the board, imposed on the secretary. The yeas and nays of police board members on all votes shall be posted by the secretary on the police board website within ten business days of any such vote and shall remain posted on such website for at least two years.
(f) The powers of the board shall be exercised by order or resolution adopted by a majority of its members and recorded in the minutes with yeas and nays at length. Such action shall be attested by the signatures of the president or vice-president or two members of the board and by the signature of the secretary of the board.
(Prior code § 11-2; Amend Coun. J. 9-8-11, p. 7259, § 1; Amend Coun. J. 7-21-21, p. 33219, § 4)