(A) The Park Commission shall consist of six members appointed by the Village President with the consent of the Village Council. One member of the Village Council shall serve on the Parks Commission in an ex officio capacity. Members of the Parks Commission shall be qualified electors of the village.
(B) The terms of all members shall expire on December 31 of the third year of each member’s term. The terms of each member shall be three years, except that, to create continuity, two members’ terms shall expire on December 31, two members’ terms shall expire on December 31, and two members’ terms shall expire on December.
(C) The term of a member of the Village Council appointed as an ex officio member of the Parks Commission shall correspond to his or her term as an elected official, or until a successor has been appointed by the Village President.
(D) A vacancy shall occur upon a member’s death, resignation, removal, or upon the expiration of that member’s term. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by appointment, in the manner set forth in division (A) above, no later than 60 days after the vacancy occurs.
(E) The Village Council may remove a member of the Parks Commission for misconduct, misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office, upon recommendation by the Village President or by concurrence of two Village Council members upon written notice of the charges and after a public hearing. Removal of a member shall require five affirmative votes of the Village Council.
(1984 Code, § 1-04-02-040) (Ord. 55, passed 1-25-1977; Ord. 95, passed 4-8-1980; Ord. 143, passed 7-24-1984; Ord. 223, passed 4-14-1992; Ord. 434, passed 8-2-2015)