(1) All board members shall serve two (2) years from the date of appointment, provided that the terms shall be staggered in the manner required by section 7.02 of the Urban County Charter. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term in the manner prescribed for the original appointment. Any Greenspace Trust member may be reappointed for additional terms.
(2) Vacancies in the voting membership shall be filled for an unexpired term in the manner prescribed for the original appointment. The membership of the ex officio non-voting members shall be terminated upon leaving the specified offices.
(3) A voting member of the Greenspace Trust shall be removed only by a majority vote of the council, and only for cause, except that a member of the board shall automatically be removed by operation of law in the event of three (3) unexcused absences, whether consecutive or non-consecutive, in any two (2) year period or in the event of absence from twenty-five (25) percent of the meetings in any two (2) year period. An unexcused absence is any absence in which the chair of the board or the Greenspace Trust staff is not notified of the intended absence at least twenty-four (24) hours in advance of a regularly scheduled meeting. In the event of three (3) unexcused absences or the absence from twenty-five (25) percent of the meetings over any two (2) year period, within the meaning of this section, the Greenspace Trust staff shall notify the mayor and council administrator that a vacancy exists on the Greenspace Trust.
(Ord. No. 075-2022 , § 4, 7-7-22)