(A) All voting members of town boards, commissions, or Citizen Committees shall be appointed by Council action (by motion or resolution) and shall serve at the pleasure of the Town Council.
(B) The motion, ordinance, or resolution establishing boards, commissions, or Citizen Committees shall include the number of members, the purpose for which the board, commission, or Citizen Committee is organized, and the duties thereof.
(C) Except the members of the ad hoc Steering Committee formed as part of the public participation plan for any update of the town's general plan, members of town boards and commissions shall be residents of the town. Up to 25% of the members of the ad hoc Steering Committee formed as part of the public participation plan may be voting members of the General Plan Steering Committee even if non-residents of the town as long as, while serving as a member of the General Plan Steering Committee, they are owners of commercial facilities conducting a commercial enterprise within the town limits. On all citizen committees or boards other than the General Plan Steering Committee, non-residents may be members of citizen committees but are non-voting members.
(D) All appointees should bring the skill, integrity, knowledge, interest and commitment to evaluating issues in the broad context of the public interest. To the extent possible, appointees should be selected to represent a broad cross-section of the community relative to the purpose of the agency.
(E) Appointees may serve an unlimited number of consecutive terms on a given board, commission or Citizen Committee (except where specifically limited), at the discretion of the Town Council.
(F) The Town Clerk shall provide application forms and maintain a composite listing of all applications on file which have been received. Applications shall be retained for one year.
(Ord. 09-49, passed 4-7-2009; Am. Ord. 16-127, passed 4-5-2016; Am. Ord. 17-135, passed 6-20-2017; Am. Ord. 21-163, passed 5-4-2021)