Immediately after the appointment and qualification of the members of the Planning Commission, the commission shall meet and elect one (1) of their number as chairman and one (1) of their number as secretary. Such officers when so elected shall serve in their respective capacity until the same date the next succeeding year when the terms for new commissioners begin, at which time a chairman and secretary shall be elected for a term of one (1) year, or until their successors are elected and qualified.
(Code 1991, § 12-102)