(a) After the city council appoints a person to serve as a member of a board, the city secretary shall notify the person in writing of the appointment. The notification shall contain the city's code of ethics and a form of acceptance of appointment to be returned to the city secretary by the appointee. The form of acceptance shall contain a statement that the appointee has read the entire code of ethics and agrees to comply with it.
(b) The appointee must return the signed acceptance of appointment to the city secretary within 15 calendar days from the date of receiving notice of the appointment. If the city secretary does not receive the signed acceptance of appointment within the required 15 days, that board position shall be considered vacant and a new appointment made. (Ord. Nos. 15848; 18560; 20488; 30555)