(A) The Historic Commission shall consist of 7 voting members: 5 shall be appointed by the Mayor of the city with due regard to proper representation from the fields of architectural history, preservation/urban planning, archaeology or law; 1 shall be a member of and chosen by the City Council; and 1 shall be a designee of the City Council. All members shall have a demonstrated interest in the preservation areas and shall meet the professional requirements. All members shall reside or own property within the city, have an Elkhart mailing address and shall serve without compensation but may be paid for reasonable expenses incurred in the performance of their duty. Voting members shall serve for a term of 3 years; 1 year, 2 years and 3 years in order for the terms to be staggered and voting members shall serve until the voting member(s) retires or is replaced by the appointing body. A vacancy shall be filled for the duration of the term of the member who is being replaced.
(B) The Mayor of the city may, with the approval of the City Council, appoint such advisory members as the Council of the city considers appropriate.
(C) A city administrator shall serve as the ex-officio administrator of the Historic Commission. The administrator shall provide staff assistance to the Historic Commission, act as the Historic Commission’s Secretary, and issue certificates of appropriateness as directed by the Historic Commission.
(D) The Historic Commission shall elect from its membership a Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson and Treasurer who shall serve for 1 year and who may be reelected. The Historic Commission shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business not inconsistent with this subchapter. The rules must include the time and place of regular meetings and a procedure for the calling of special meetings. All meetings of the Historic Commission must be open to the pubic in accordance with the Open Door Law and a public record must be kept of the Historic Commission’s resolutions, proceedings and actions.
(E) The Historic Commission shall hold regular meetings, at least monthly except when it has no business pending.
(F) Each official of the city who has responsibility for building inspection, building permits, planning or zoning shall provide such technical, administrative and clerical assistance as may be requested by the Historic Commission.
(1979 Code, § 36.111) (Ord. 4367, passed 6-15-1998)