(A) Creation. The Commission shall consist of nine members who shall be appointed by the City Council, one person being a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals, one person may be a member of the City Council. All members of the Commission shall serve as such without compensation and hold no other city office except as aforesaid. The terms of the members shall correspond to their tenure as a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals and the City Council respectively. The terms of the remaining members shall be three years from April 1, 1968, or until the successor takes office except that the respective terms of three of the members first appointed shall be for three years, three for two years, and one for one year. Members may, after public hearing, be removed by the Council for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance of office. Vacancies occurring otherwise than through the expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Council.
(B) Chairperson, meetings, rules, records. The Commission shall elect its Chairperson from amongst the appointed members and create and fill the other of its offices as it may determine. The term of Chairperson shall be one year, with eligibility 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, findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
(C) Employees; contracts for special services; source and limit on expenditures. The Commission may appoint the employees as it may deem necessary for its work, whose appointment, promotion, demotion, and removal shall be subject to the same provisions of law as govern other corresponding civil employees of the city. The Commission may also contract with city planners, engineers, architects, and other consultants for the services as it may require. The expenditures of the Commission, exclusive of gifts, shall be within the amounts appropriated for the purpose by the Council, which shall provide the funds, equipment, and accommodations necessary for the Commission's work.
(Ord. 146, passed 4-1-68)