(A) The Board shall consist of five members as follows:
(1) Two members shall be appointed by the Sheriff of Lake County and serve initially for a period of two years.
(2) One member shall be elected by a majority vote of the members of the Correction Division and initially serve for a period of four years. No correction officer may serve on the Board.
(3) One member shall be appointed by the Lake County Council and initially serve for a period of three years.
(4) One member shall be appointed by the President of the Lake County Board of Commissioners and initially serve for a period of one year.
(B) Subsequent appointments will be for four years for the remainder of an expired term. All members must reside in the county and shall be persons of high moral character and reputation in the private sector business, industry and the professions. They shall not hold any elected or appointed political office or engage in any political activities. All members serve during their respective terms and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. A member may be removed for cause duly adjudicated by declaratory judgment of the Circuit or Superior Court of Lake County.
(C) As compensation for service, each member of the Board is entitled to receive from the county, $100 per day for each day or fraction of a day, that he is engaged in transacting the business of the Board. Within 30 days after the members of the Board have been appointed, they shall meet upon the call of the Sheriff and organize by electing a President and a Secretary and organize by their membership. Three members of the Board constitute quorum for the transaction of business. The Board shall hold regular monthly meetings throughout the year as is necessary to transact the business of the Sheriff's Correction Division.
(D) This subchapter does not affect the current appointments to the Board in existence at the time of the adoption of this subchapter.
(Prior Code, § 34.31) (Ord. 1015C, passed 11-12-1985; Ord. 1015C-1, passed 12-10-1996; Ord. 1015C-3, passed 4-9-2002; Ord. 1332C, passed 4-13-2010; Ord. 1332C-1, passed 8-10-2010; Ord. 1322C-2, passed 5-10-2016; Ord. 1322C-3, passed 3-10-2020)