(a) A Board of Review of five members is created consisting of the Mayor, the Village Clerk/Treasurer, the Solicitor and two Doylestown residents not otherwise employed by the Village or holding elective office, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of Council for initial terms of one year and two years respectively, and thereafter for two-year terms. Such public members shall not be adherents to the same political party and they shall be paid such per diem compensation as Council shall fix. All rules and regulations and amendments or changes thereto, which are adopted by the Clerk under the authority conferred by this chapter, must be approved by the Board before the same become effective. After such approval, such rules, regulations, amendments, and changes shall be filed with the Village Clerk and shall be open to public inspection.
(b) Any person dissatisfied with any ruling or decision of the Clerk, which is made under the authority conferred by this chapter, may appeal therefrom to the Board within fifteen days from the announcement of such ruling or decision by the Clerk and the Board shall, on hearing, have jurisdiction to affirm, reverse or modify any ruling or decision or any part thereof. Such hearing shall be scheduled within thirty days from the date of appeal. The Board's ruling must be made within fifteen days from the date of the hearing. Any person dissatisfied with any ruling or decision of the Board may appeal therefrom to a court of competent jurisdiction within sixty days from the announcement of such ruling or decision.
(c) The Board shall elect, from its members, a Chairman, a Vice-Chairman and a Secretary. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum. Any member other than a public member may appoint a deputy to act for him at meeting of the Board. The Board shall adopt its own procedural rules and shall keep a record of its transactions. All hearings on appeal by the Board shall be conducted privately, unless a public hearing is requested by the taxpayer, and the provisions of Section 181.12 with reference to the confidential character of information required to be disclosed by this chapter shall apply to such matters as may be heard before the Board on appeal.
(Ord. 88-27. Passed 12-20-88.)