(A) There is hereby established an Electrical Commission which shall consist of members as follows: Each municipality which establishes an Electrical Inspection Department shall also establish an Electrical Commission consisting of six members as follows: The Electrical Inspector of the Municipality shall be a member and ex-officio Chairperson of the Commission; of the other five members, one shall be a registered professional engineer, one an electrical contractor, one a journeyman electrician, Chief of the Fire Department and one a representative of an electrical utility company. If there is no person residing in the city who is qualified under any one of these descriptions, the Mayor, of the city, with consent of the City Council, may appoint another qualified person to fill that position. All members of the Electrical Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council. The Fire Chief, the Electrical Inspector, the representative of the utility company and the registered professional engineer shall remain on this Commission permanently. The two remaining persons shall be appointed initially, one for one year and one for two years. The succeeding appointment of these two positions shall be for two-year periods. They shall hold their offices until their successors are qualified and appointed. The Electrical Inspector shall serve on such Commission without additional compensation therefor, and the other members shall serve without compensation.
('71 Code, § 5-2-2) (Ord. 1531, passed 8-11-75)
(B) The Electrical Commission shall, from time to time, recommend safe and practical standards and specifications for installation, alteration and use of electrical equipment designed to meet the necessities and conditions that prevail in the city, shall recommend reasonable rules and regulations governing the issuance of permits by the Electrical Inspection Department and shall recommend reasonable fees to be paid for the inspection by such Inspection Department of all electrical equipment installed or altered within this city; provided, that such standards and specifications, such rules and regulations, and such fees shall not become effective until adopted by ordinance by the City Council. All such fees shall be paid into the Treasury of the city. The standards, specifications, rules and regulations hereinafter provided by this chapter shall govern until further recommendations in respect thereto shall have been made by said Commission and adopted by ordinance.
('71 Code, § 5-2-3) (Ord. 1887, passed 8-11-75)