(A) The Board of Utility Commissioners shall consist of three persons who shall, at all times, be persons of outstanding reputation for ability and integrity.
(B) In the event any of the Utility Commissioners shall fail or refuse to act, and in the event of a vacancy and also during the month of September of each year, the Board of Utility Commissioners shall meet and propose the names of two persons for each appointment to the Board. The Mayor, with the consent and approval of the City Council, shall appoint one of the two persons so nominated by the Board of Utility Commissioners and in the event the Mayor shall refuse to appoint, or the City Council shall refuse to approve the appointment of either of such persons thus nominated, the Board of Utility Commissioners shall select or nominate two additional persons, and the Mayor shall appoint with the approval of the Council one of the four persons thus nominated for each appointment thus to be made. All vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term and all other appointments shall be for a term of six years.
(C) A majority of the Board of Utility Commissioners shall constitute a quorum.
(D) The Board of Utility Commissioners may adopt rules and by-laws for the time and place of its meetings and the conduct thereof.
(E) Each of the Utility Commissioners shall qualify by giving bond with corporate surety in the sum of $10,000, the premiums to be paid out of the Operation and Maintenance Fund.
(F) All Utility Commissioners shall at the time of appointment and so long as they are acting as such Utility Commissioners be residents and taxpayers of the city. All appointments shall be until their successors shall have qualified. Any Commissioner shall be eligible for reappointment upon the expiration of his or her term, but any person who shall have held an elective office of the city shall not be eligible for appointment until at least one year after the expiration of the last term of office for which he or she was elected.
(G) Each Utility Commissioner shall receive compensation for his or her services at the rate determined by the Board and the Mayor.
(H) Each Commissioner shall be subject to removal for cause by the recorded vote of a majority of the City Council after hearing.
(Prior Code, § 50.11) (Ord. passed 11-2-1942; Ord. passed 2-16-1982; Ord. passed 1-24-2011)