(A) Established. There shall hereby be created and established a Planning Commission for the city.
(B) Purpose. It shall be the function and duty of the Commission to make and adopt plans for the physical development of the municipality, including any areas outside its boundaries which, in the Commission’s judgment, bear relation to the planning of such municipality.
(C) Membership. The Planning Commission shall consist of nine regular members who shall represent, insofar as is possible, the different professions or occupations in the municipality and shall be appointed by the Mayor, by and with the approval of a majority vote of the members elected to the Council. All members of the Commission shall serve as such without compensation and shall hold no other municipal office. The term of each members shall be three years, except that three members of the first Commission to be so appointed shall serve for the term of one year, three for the term of two years, and three for a term of three years. All regular members shall hold office until their successors are appointed. Any member may, after a public hearing before the Council, be removed by the Mayor with the consent of a majority vote of the members elected to the Council or village board for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, or other good and sufficient cause. All members may, after a public hearing before the Council, be removed by the Mayor, by and with the consent of a majority vote of the Council for inefficiency, neglect of duty or malfeasance in office, or other good and sufficient cause. Three successive unexcused absences shall be deemed neglect of duty, inefficiency, or other good and sufficient cause. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Mayor. The Commission shall adopt rules and regulations for the transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which shall be a public record.
(Neb. RS 19-926 and 19-927)
(D) Duties. The Commission shall, from time to time, recommend to the appropriate public officials programs for public structures and improvements and for the financing thereof. It shall be part of its duties to consult and advise with public officials and agencies, public utility companies, civic, educational, professional, and other organizations and with citizens with relation to the projection or carrying out of the plan.
(E) Organization; meetings. The Commission shall elect its chairperson from its members and create and fill such other of its offices as it may determine. The term of Chairperson shall be one year, and he or she shall be eligible for re-election. The Commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month. It shall adopt rules for transaction of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
(F) Funds. The Council may provide the funds, equipment, and accommodations necessary for the work of the Commission, but the expenditures of the Commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for that purpose by the Council; and no expenditures nor agreements for expenditures shall be valid in excess of such amounts.
(Prior Code, § 32.02) (Ord. 455, passed 5-5-1964; Ord. 575, passed 5-16-1967; Ord. 2062, passed - -2018)