The Water Board of the City in existence on the date this charter is adopted shall be continued. The Water Board shall consist of three members to be elected at large by the qualified voters of the City for terms of four years beginning on the first day of July following their election. The terms of office of all members of the Water Board in office on the date this charter is adopted shall continue until the close of business on the thirtieth day of June following the date on which their terms of office would otherwise expire. At the first election held under the provisions of this charter one member of the Water Board shall be elected. At each regular election thereafter either one or two members of the Board, as the case may be, shall be elected to succeed the incumbent member or members whose term of office expires on the thirtieth day of June following the election.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, to change from an odd-numbered year election to an
even-numbered year election, the following will control:
(a) For that membership position ending in June 2023, such membership position shall be on the ballot for the regular election to be held in June 2023 pursuant to the procedures set forth in this Charter. The member elected in June 2023 will serve for a term of three years. Such membership position shall then be on the ballot for election at the regular election to be held in May 2026. Such member elected in May 2026 or subsequent elections will serve a term of four years.
(b) For that membership position currently ending in June 2025, the terms of such members shall be shortened to three years. The members elected in June 2021 shall be on the ballot for election at the regular election to be held in May 2024. Such members elected in May 2024 or subsequent elections will each serve a term of four years.
Members of the Water Board shall be qualified voters of the City, shall have been residents of the City for at least one year prior to their nomination for the office, shall hold no other public office except that of notary public or member of the National Guard or naval or military reserve, and shall not be employed by the City in any capacity. If a member of the Board shall cease to be qualified or shall be convicted of any crime involving moral turpitude, his office shall immediately become vacant.
A special meeting of the Water Board shall be held at 7:30 p.m. on the first day of July following each regular City election. Following the selection of a temporary chairman the newly elected member or members of the Water Board shall first be inducted into office. The Board shall then elect one of its members to serve as President for a term of two years.
The salary of each member of the Clarksburg Water Board shall be fixed by ordinance. If any vacancy occurs on the Water Board, the Board shall within thirty days appoint a qualified person to fill the vacancy for the unexpired term. If the vacancy is not so filled within thirty days after it occurs, then of the unsuccessful candidates for the office of member of the Water Board at the last election, who are still qualified and willing to serve, the one who received more votes than any of the others shall be entitled to the office. If the vacancy is not filled by either of these methods, it shall be filled at a special election to be held on a date not more than four months after the vacancy occurs. In the resolution calling the special election, the Council shall specify procedures for the conduct of the election, and dates for circulation and filing of nominating petitions and for the holding of the election, which shall conform as nearly as may be practicable to the procedures and schedule established by this charter for regular City elections. (Ord. 02-20. Passed 8-1-02; 6-6-23)