A. There is established a CDATV committee in the city of Coeur d'Alene, which shall consist of nine (9) members who shall receive no salary.
B. All appointments to the CDATV committee shall be made by the mayor with the advice and approval of the council, and members of the committee may in a like manner be removed. Three (3) members thereof shall be residents at large; of which one member may reside outside city limits but must be a resident of Kootenai County; one member shall be a city councilman; one member shall be a high school student, who attends school within the boundary of school district 271; a representative as assigned by North Idaho College; a representative as assigned by the cable franchise; a representative as assigned by school district 271 and a representative assigned by Panhandle health district. The city clerk, or designee, shall serve as liaison to this committee.
C. The term of office of each member shall be for a term of three (3) years or until his successor is appointed and qualified, whose term shall run for the duration of the existing term except for the high school student whose term shall be for one year. The terms of office of the members shall be staggered in such a manner so that the terms of three (3) of those members shall expire at the end of one year, the terms of two (2) of those members shall expire two (2) years later, and the terms of the two (2) remaining of those members shall expire at the end of three (3) years except for the high school student. The mayor shall determine at the initial appointment to this committee the members' staggered terms. Thereafter, the term of office for each appointed member shall be three (3) years. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment of the mayor with the consent of the city council.
D. In addition to the members listed in subsection A of this section, any outlying city which enters into an agreement with the city of Coeur d'Alene to participate in using CDATV for their government information channel, shall provide one representative from that city to serve on the CDATV committee for a term of three (3) years and who shall be recommended by their respective city's mayor and confirmed by their council.
E. Any member who does not attend at least a majority of meetings of the committee within a twelve (12) month period or who fails to attend three (3) consecutive meetings may be removed by following the procedure contained in Idaho Code 50-210. (Ord. 3479, 2014)