This Board shall consist of seven members to be appointed as follows.
(A) Lake County Commissioners shall appoint one member from the Board of Commissioners of Lake County to serve on this Board;
(B) Lake County Council shall appoint one member from the Lake County Council to serve on this Board, the member may have a proxy from the Council;
(C) The Director of the Lake County Plan Commission, or his or her designated agent, by virtue of his or her office, shall serve as a voting member on the Board as long as he or she serves in his or her capacity as Director of the Lake County Plan Commission.
(D) Four citizen members shall be appointed as follows.
(1) Three citizen members of this Board shall be appointed by the Lake County Council and one citizen member shall be appointed by the Lake County Board of Commissioners.
(2) These four citizen members shall be residents of Lake County, Indiana, and they shall be actively engaged in the building construction industry for not less than two years immediately prior to appointment.
(3) In addition, the citizen members shall be representatives of the building construction industry as follows:
(a) One shall be representative of the building construction industry;
(b) One shall be representative of the electrical construction industry;
(c) One shall be representative of the plumbing construction industry;
(d) One shall be representative of the heating, air-conditioning and sheet metal workers industry.
(E) All seven members of this Board shall be entitled to vote on all issues pertaining to the functions of this Board;
(F) Upon initial passage of this subchapter, the four citizen members appointed to this Board by the Lake County Council and the Lake County Commissioners shall serve the following terms:
(1) The one citizen member appointed by the Lake County Commissioners shall serve a term of one year;
(2) One citizen member appointed by the Lake County Council shall serve a term of one year; and
(3) Two citizen members appointed by the Lake County Council shall serve a term of two years.
(G) Appointments thereafter shall be staggered and shall be for a term of two years. Each term of two years shall begin January 1 and end (or expire) on December 31 of each respective member's term. Members whose term ends or expires shall continue to serve until an appointment is made to replace them.
(H) One of the seven Board members shall be elected to serve as Chairperson at the first meeting of each calendar year to serve as Chairperson until the next election. A member can serve as Chairperson for as many terms as he or she is elected. The Board may elect such other officers when and how it deems necessary.
(Prior Code, § 151.079) (Ord. 1628, passed 6-13-1995; Ord. 1628A-1, passed 5-14-2007)