(A) The Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council.
(B) The Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer shall be appointed for a term of one year and thereafter may be appointed for succeeding one-year terms.
(C) The Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer shall, as a minimum, have such training and experience as will qualify him, her, or them to conduct administrative or quasi-judicial hearings regarding land use, land development, and regulatory codes dealing with issues related to land use.
(D) The Council may remove the Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer for cause upon receipt of written charges filed against the Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer with the County Council. The City Council shall provide the Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer with a public hearing if one is requested.
(E) In the case of death, resignation, removal, or disqualification, the position of Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer shall be promptly filled by a replacement appointed by the City Council for the unexpired term of the previous Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer.
(F) The Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer shall be considered an independent contractor, and as such will enter into a year-long contract for services at the beginning of each appointed term. Terms for compensation and reimbursement will be determined and agreed upon in the aforementioned contract. The terms and conditions of the contract shall ultimately be approved by the City Council prior to any individual entering into an agreement with the county to serve as the Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer.
(G) The City Council may, from time to time, appoint an Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer pro tempore on a temporary basis when necessitated by the absence, unavailability, incapacity, or disqualification of the regularly appointed Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer. Each Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer pro tempore shall, as a minimum, have qualifications which are similar to the regularly appointed Appeals and Variance Hearing Officer.