(A) The Parks and Recreation Commission shall consist of five members, all of whom shall be residents of the City of Gladwin except as set forth herein. Of these five members, one shall be a City of Gladwin Council Member, acting as a liaison with voting privileges. One shall be a school district representative with voting privileges who need not be a resident of the City of Gladwin. Three shall be residents of the City of Gladwin with voting privileges. To appoint as one of the above members, the Mayor and the City Council may elect to appoint a representative from the Gladwin City Housing Commission to represent the aging population within the community, within its sole discretion from time to time. The City Council may appoint a reasonable number of alternate members to serve in the absence of a Commission member or when a conflict of interest arises as needs may be. The Mayor shall be an ex-officio member with no voting rights.
(B) The terms of office for the members of the Recreation Board shall be two years. Initial appointments to the Board shall be staggered, such that all of the Commissioners are not appointed in the same year.
(C) The Commission shall elect its Chair, Vice Chair, and Secretary from among its members at the first meeting of the Commission at which a quorum is present after January 1 of each year.
(D) The members of the Commission shall be appointed on or before the second meeting of the City of Gladwin City Council for each calendar year.
(E) In the event of a vacancy on the Commission, the Mayor of the City of Gladwin shall appoint a new member to serve the remainder of the unexpired term.
(F) All members appointed to the Commission are to serve without compensation, except as otherwise provided for City Council members.
(Ord. 343 passed 11-18-19)