(1) There shall be a commission of the Town of Circle composed of four (4) members, at least two (2) of whom shall be elected every two (2) years. (Revised by election 11-08-11 effective 01-01-12)
(2) Members of the commission shall be elected for terms of four (4) years. (Revised by election 11-08-11 effective 01-01-12)
(3) Elections for the commission shall be non-partisan.
(4) Commissioners shall be elected at large.
(5) By ordinance adopted at least six (6) months prior to the next Town general election the commission may determine the annual salary of its members and the executive. Commissioners and the Executive shall receive their actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties of office, or the commission may establish per diem and mileage allowances in lieu of such expenses.
(6) (a) The office of commissioner shall become vacant upon his death, resignation, removal from office in any manner authorized by law, or forfeiture of his office.
(b) A commissioner shall forfeit his office if he:
(I) loses his eligibility for election to his commission seat;
(ii) violates any express prohibition of this charter;
(iii) is convicted of a felony or other offense involving moral turpitude;
(iv) without commission approval, fails to attend two consecutive months of regularly scheduled commission meetings or absents himself from the town continuously for thirty (30) days without consent of the commission.
(7) In the event of vacancy, the commission shall be majority vote of the remaining members, appoint a person eligible to hold such commission seat, to fill the vacancy until the next regular town election at which time the remainder of the term shall be filled as provided by law.
(8) The commission shall be the judge of the election and qualifications of its members and of the grounds of forfeiture of their office. A member charged with conduct constituting grounds for forfeiture of his office shall be entitled to a public hearing on demand and notice of such hearing shall be published in a manner consistent with state laws.
(9) The commission shall elect from its members a president. The president shall preside at the commission meeting in the absence of the executive.