There is hereby created and established a Planning Commission which shall consist of five members as hereinafter provided. The Mayor shall be a member of the Planning Commission and shall serve as its chairman. The Council shall elect by a majority vote of its members one of its members to serve on the Planning Commission. The Mayor and the members of Council as hereinabove provided for as members of the Planning Commission shall serve during their respective terms as Mayor and member of Council. In addition to the members hereinabove provided, three citizen members of the Planning Commission, who shall be qualified electors of the Municipality and shall not hold any other municipal office shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by a majority vote of the members elected to Council for terms of four years, and further one of said citizen members shall be appointed from each of the three wards provided by or under the terms of this Charter. Redivision of the Municipality into wards by Council as provided by Sec. 3.03 of this Charter shall not terminate the unexpired terms of such citizen members appointed from wards. The first appointment of citizen members of the Commission by the Council under this Charter shall be as follows: one of such members shall be appointed for a two year term and 2 members shall be appointed for four year terms, and thereafter each citizen member shall be appointed for a four year term and shall continue in office until his successor is appointed.
The executive head of the Heath Local School District, or his successor, shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Planning Commission and may attend meetings and participate in the discussion of matters before the Commission, but he shall not have the power to vote nor shall he be considered in determining quorum or voting requirements.