(A) Membership of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board shall be composed of men or women who are registered voters and real property owners in the city and shall consist of seven members serving without pay. Any vacancies in the Board shall be filled by the City Commission, and where a vacancy occurs otherwise than by expiration of the term, the appointment filling the vacancy shall be for the unexpired term.
(B) One regular voting member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Mayor and by each City Commissioner to serve for a term which shall run concurrently with the term of the Mayor or City Commissioner who appointed them.
(C) The Mayor and City Commission shall appoint an at- large member and two alternate members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, who meet the membership requirements in subsection (A) above, to be designated as Alternate 1 and Alternate 2. The at-large member and each alternate shall be appointed for a term of three years, the terms to run concurrently. At-large and alternate members shall be subject to removal for cause by the City Commission. At-large and alternate member vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of the member. Should a temporary absence or disqualification of any member of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board occur, the Chairman of the Board shall have the right and authority to designate one of the alternate members to serve as a substitute member during the continuance of such absence or disqualification. The Chairman shall rotate such assignments between the alternate members to the extent that availability of alternate members allows. Regular members, the at-large member, and alternate members shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed.
(D) (1) Upon the effective date of Ordinance 2023-73, the Mayor and City Commission shall appoint an at-large member and two alternate members to initial terms to run concurrently and to expire following the induction of city officials from the municipal election in November of 2024, whereupon subsequent appointments shall be for the three year terms set forth in subsection (C) above.
(2) Upon the effective date of Ordinance 2023-73, board members whose terms were set to expire in 2024, prior to the municipal election in November of 2024, shall be extended until the induction of city officials from said election. The terms of board members set to expire in 2025 shall be reduced to expire as of the induction of city officials from the municipal election in November of 2024.
('58 Code, § 33.01 (b) and (c)) (Ord. 66-60, passed 7-27-66; Am. Ord. 2001-60, passed 5-22-01; Am. Ord. 2005-35, passed 1-25-05; Am. Ord. 2023-73, passed 9-26-23)