A. The Town Advisory Board shall consist of five (5) members, designated as seats 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5. The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint members to fill seats 1 and 2 for a term of no more than one year, which term shall end on the first Monday of January 1990. The Board of County Commissioners shall appoint members to fill seats 3, 4 and 5, which terms of office shall end on the first Monday of January 1991. Thereafter, the Board members shall be elected for terms of two (2) years each.
B. The nomination procedure for filling positions on the Town Advisory Board shall be conducted in the following manner:
1. Any person who is interested in occupying a position must submit to the County Clerk, not earlier than sixty (60) days before the election and not later than thirty (30) days before the election, a letter indicating that such person desires to be placed on the ballot for a seat on the Town Board and such letter must have at least three (3) signatures of support from qualified electors from the town of Imlay. Persons signing such letters of support shall be limited to signing the number of letters for which positions are being elected in that particular election year.
2. Upon receiving such notification, the County Clerk shall then place such names upon the ballot at the time of the election.
C. The elections shall be informal elections to be conducted under the direction of the County Clerk. The County Clerk shall oversee the method of nomination so that positions are elected at large and those nominees with the highest number of votes shall be elected to the seats which are up for election. In the event of any problems or questions concerning the election the County Clerk may use the general election laws of the State for a guideline in carrying out the nomination and election. Only qualified electors who are registered voters residing within the limits of the town of Imlay are eligible to nominate, vote, or run for the Town Advisory Board.
D. All members of the Town Advisory Board shall be qualified electors residing within the limits of the town of Imlay as set forth in this Chapter. All positions on such Board shall be deemed nonpartisan and any vacancy occurring during a term of office shall be filled for the unexpired duration by the Board of County Commissioners. (Ord. 94 §2(C), 1988)