(A) The Kokomo Community Arts Commission shall be composed of nine members of whom four will be appointed by the Mayor and five by the Kokomo Common Council. All members shall serve at the pleasure of the appropriate appointing authority.
(B) The initial terms of the Commission members shall be as follows: Two of the Mayor's appointees and one of the Common Council's appointees shall be appointed to four-year terms; one of the Mayor's appointees and one of the Common Council's appointees shall be appointed to three-year terms; one of the Mayor's appointees and one of the Common Council's appointees shall be appointed to two-year terms; two of the Common Council's appointees shall be appointed to one-year terms. After the expiration of the initial terms of the members, all subsequent members shall be appointed to terms of four years.
(C) Of the Council's appointees, one appointee shall be a member of a minority, and one appointee shall be a woman. Of the Mayor's appointees, one shall be a representative of the handicapped members of the community, and one shall be a woman.
(D) In addition to the appointed Commission members, one ex officio member may be named to the Commission by each of the following bodies: Kokomo Center School Board; City Board of Park Commissioners; City Chamber of Commerce. Ex officio members will not have voting rights.
(E) A majority of all voting members of the Commission shall reside within the corporate limits of the city.
(Ord. 5426, passed 1-28-85)