(A) The term of the members of the Committee shall be three years, or until their respective successors are appointed and have qualified.
(1) Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the entire Council, the City Council may remove a member of the Committee with or without cause.
(2) The full-time shelter veterinarian and the Shelter Manager shall serve as the licensed veterinarian and the representative of the animal shelter with no term limitation to meet the requirements of the Tex. Health & Safety Code Chapter 823.
(3) The committee will be comprised of five voting members and two alternate members, to be appointed by the City Council.
(B) (1) For purposes of the initial appointments, two members shall be appointed for a three year term, one member shall be appointed for a two year term, and one member shall be appointed for a one year term.
(2) Those initial members appointed for terms of less than three years shall be considered to have served partial terms, and shall be eligible to serve two full terms subsequent to the completion of their respective initial appointments.
(C) (1) During the month of September of each year, or as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable, the City Council shall appoint members to fill all vacancies expected to occur on the Committee during the succeeding 12-month period.
(2) The term of each member (other than the initial members) shall begin on January 1 of the following year in which the member was appointed.
(D) (1) The City Council may appoint two alternate members to the Commission. Alternates shall serve in the order specified by the City Council, and a person named as an alternate shall be eligible until January 1 following the expiration of one year from the date such person was named as an alternate. Immediately following a vacancy, and without the necessity of further action by the City Council, the first eligible alternate shall take the oath of office and begin to serve the unexpired term of his or her predecessor. To maintain a quorum, an alternate member may serve as a voting member in the absence of one or more regular members when requested to do so by the Chair. Such alternates shall serve in the order in which they were appointed and must be a member in good standing: acting in compliance with all explicit obligations, while not subject to any form of sanction, suspension, or disciplinary censure. An alternate member vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as a vacancy among the regular members.
(2) Immediately following a vacancy, and without the necessity of further action by the Council, the first eligible alternate shall take the oath of office and begin to serve the unexpired term of his or her predecessor.
(Ord. 2005-14, passed 5-10-05; Am. Ord. 2020-53, passed 9-22-20; Am. Ord. 2024-20, passed 7-23-24)