(A)
Unless otherwise stated in the resolution, minutes or ordinance creating a board, commission or committee under this subchapter, an appointment shall be for a term of three years, and the term for appointment shall commence on January 1 of the applicable year. Any member of a board, commission or committee may be removed at any time before the expiration of his or her term, upon the majority vote of the Council of the municipality at any regular or special Council meeting at which a quorum is present, and the removal was placed upon the agenda as a regular item for consideration and voted upon at the meeting.
(B) Notwithstanding the provisions of division (A) above, and unless the motion, resolution or ordinance creating the board, commission or committee says otherwise, the Council shall initially appoint members to each board, commission or committee of the municipality so that members shall have overlapping terms; for example, in the case of a five-member board, three members shall be appointed so that their term will expire on January 1 of one year, and that of the two remaining members will expire on January 1 of the subsequent year.
(C) Each member shall serve until his or her successor is duly appointed and qualified.
(D) Before the Council shall appoint any new member to any board, commission or committee, the board, commission or committee shall recommend to the Appointing Committee, or if no Appointing Committee is created by the Mayor, the Council, for its consideration, at least one qualified person for each vacant position. The recommendations shall be advisory only and shall not bind the Council to make the appointment. Each board, commission or committee shall make recommendations in writing prior to 30 days before the expiration of a regular member’s term or within 30 days after a vacancy otherwise occurs, and in the event that the board, commission or committee shall fail or neglect to make the recommendation within the periods, then the Council shall be free to appoint any qualified person to fill the vacancy on the board, commission or committee.
(Prior Code, Ch. 6, Art. V, § 2-214) (Ord. 99, passed 9-21-1987; Ord. 381-05, passed 5-16-2005; Ord. 708-21, passed 12-6-2021)