(A) Appointment to any board or commission of the City shall be for a term of two years. Any member of a board or commission may be removed at any time before the expiration of his or her term upon the majority vote of the Council of the City at any regular meeting at which the quorum is present and such removal was placed upon the agenda as a regular item for consideration and voted upon at such meeting. This section shall apply to new members or members reappointed after the effective date hereof, and shall have no applications to those members presently on boards or commissions of the City whose terms have not expired on the effective date of this code.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of section (A) above, the Council shall initially appoint members to each board or commission of the City so that members shall have overlapping terms, that is, three members’ terms shall expire on January 1 in the odd-numbered years and four members’ terms shall expire on January 1 in the even-numbered years.
(C) Each member shall serve until his or her successor is duly appointed and qualified.
(D) Before the Council shall appoint any new member to any board or commission, such board or commission shall recommend to the Council for its consideration at least one qualified person for each vacant office. Such recommendations shall be advisory only and shall not bind the Council to make such appointment. Each board or commission shall make recommendations in writing prior to 30 days before the expiration of a regular member’s term or within 30 days after a vacancy otherwise occurs, and in the event that the board or commission should fail or neglect to make such recommendation within said periods, then the Council shall be free to appoint any qualified person to fill the vacancy on such board or commission.
(Prior Code, § 4-1-4)