A. Membership: In determining the number of members on a citizens' advisory board and the categories of membership, the Board of County Commissioners shall ensure that the advisory board consists of a representative cross section of persons residing within the advisory board's geographical area of responsibility.
B. Appointment: When applications are needed for an advisory board, the Board of County Commissioners shall cause advertisements seeking applications from interested citizens to be distributed throughout the represented communities in the County. Such advertisements shall include, but are not limited to, placement in a newspaper of general circulation in the County. Applications received in response to the advertisements shall be kept on file and remain valid for a period of one year from the date of receipt thereof.
The members of said boards shall be appointed by the County Commissioners.
C. Officers: Citizens' advisory boards shall select their own officers from among their members. Each advisory board shall have at least a Chairman, a Vice Chairman and a Secretary.
D. Term Of Office: Subject to the provisions of section 3.01.04 of this chapter, members of citizens' advisory boards serve two (2) year terms commencing on January 1 and ending December 31. When a new citizens' advisory board is created, one-half (1/2) of the members thereof shall be appointed for an initial one year term and the remaining members shall be appointed for an initial two (2) year term. A member may be reappointed by the Board of County Commissioners at the end of his term in accordance with Board of County Commissioner rules.
E. Vacancies: A vacancy occurring on a citizens' advisory board shall be filled by the Board of County Commissioners for the remainder of the unexpired term. Except as provided in subsection F of this section, if a member of an advisory board misses three (3) consecutive meetings of the advisory board without just cause as determined by the Chairman of the advisory board, a vacancy in that member's position automatically occurs and the Board of County Commissioners shall fill the vacancy as set forth in this subsection.
F. Elective Public Office: A member of a citizens' advisory board must take a leave of absence from the citizens' advisory board during any period of time in which he is a candidate or applicant for appointment to the Board of County Commissioners. A leave of absence does not constitute absence without cause as a member of the board and the Chairman of the advisory board may request an alternate to serve in that member's place and stead until the member is no longer a candidate. Election or appointment of a member to the Board of County Commissioners will result in automatic termination of that person's membership on the advisory board.
G. Appointments To Other County Boards Or Commissions: A citizens' advisory board member may not concurrently serve as a member of the County Planning Commission. Upon acceptance of an appointment to the Planning Commission, the citizens' advisory board member must immediately resign from the citizens' advisory board. (Ord. 599, 5-17-2018)