913.02 MEMBERSHIP AND TERMS.

   (a)   The Commission shall consist of ten (10) members. Six (6) members shall be appointed by the Mayor. One member each shall be from City Council, the City Engineer's office, the Service-Safety Director's office, and one (1) member from the Public Works Department.

   (b)   The Mayor, subject to the approval of the City Council, shall appoint all members of the Commission.

   (c)   The Chairperson of the Commission shall preside over all meetings of the Commission and act as parliamentarian. The Vice-Chairperson shall assume the duties of the Chairperson in his or her absence.

   (d)   The six (6) public members of the Commission shall be appointed for three (3) year terms and staggered so not more than two (2) members' terms expire in the same year. An exception to the expiration schedule shall be if a member or members resign before the expiration of his/her or their term, the Mayor shall immediately appoint a replacement to fill the unexpired term.

   (e)   The Commission members shall serve without compensation.

   (f)   Any Commission member who misses three (3) consecutive meetings or more than fifty percent (50%) of the regular meetings on an annual basis shall be removed from the Shade Tree Commission. (Ord. 2023-125. Passed 12-19-23.)