(A) Creation. There is hereby created the City Plan Commission, which shall have the powers and perform the duties hereinafter provided.
(B) Membership. The City Plan Commission shall consist of 17 members of which 13 shall have the power to vote and four shall not have the power to vote. One member, with the power to vote, shall be the Mayor or a city official designated by the Mayor and certified in writing to the Secretary of the City Plan Commission. Six members, with the power to vote, to be known as representative members, shall respectively be appointed by the City Council, the Adams County Board of Supervisors, the Board of Commissioners of the Quincy Park District, the Adams County Board of Health, the Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 172 of Adams County and the Board of Commissioners of the Quincy Housing Authority, and certified in writing to the Secretary of the City Plan Commission. Representative members may, but need not be, be members of the respective boards of public bodies appointing them. The remaining six voting members, to be known as at-large members, shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council, provided that at least one member shall reside outside the corporate limits of the city but within one and one-half miles thereof. The four members, without the power to vote, to be known as ex-officio members, shall be city officials serving ex-officio, namely the Director of Utilities and Engineering, the Corporation Counsel, the Building Inspector and the Director of Department of Planning and Development. Any ex-officio member may designate in writing to the Secretary of the Plan Commission, subject to the approval of the Mayor, that another city official shall serve as an ex-officio member on the member’s behalf.
(C) Terms of office. The Mayor and the ex-officio members of the City Plan Commission shall serve for the term of their respective municipal offices. Representative members of the Plan Commission shall, respectively, serve at the pleasure of the individual board or public body appointing the member. At-large members of the City Plan Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor and any member nominated by the City Plan Commission and confirmed by the City Council pursuant to division (D) below shall serve a minimum of one year.
(D) Vacancies. Vacancies on the City Plan Commission on account of an ex-officio member shall be filled upon the appointment of a successor to the city official. In the event that the city official is not appointed and confirmed within 30 days of the vacancy, the City Plan Commission may designate an appropriate city official to serve as an ex-officio member until the succeeding city official is appointed and confirmed. Vacancies on the City Plan Commission on account of a representative member shall be filled upon appointment by the appropriate board or public body of a successor to fill the vacancy. In the event that a board of public body shall fail to appoint a member to fill the vacancy within 30 days of the vacancy, the City Plan Commission may designate a representative member for the board or public body until the vacancy is filled. Vacancies on the City Plan Commission on account of at-large members shall be filled within 30 days of the vacancy by appointment of the Mayor and confirmation by the City Council. In the event that the Mayor shall fail to appoint a member within the 30-day period, the City Plan Commission shall nominate an individual to fill the vacancy, subject to confirmation by the City Council, who if so confirmed, shall serve a minimum of one year, after which time the member shall serve at the pleasure of the Mayor. In the event that the Mayor shall nominate a member within the 30- day period, but the appointment is not confirmed by the City Council within the period, the City Plan Commission may appoint an at-large member to fill the vacancy until a successor is duly appointed and confirmed.
(E) Compensation. Members of the City Plan Commission shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for their reasonable expenses incurred in connection with their service as members.
(1980 Code, § 11.501) (Ord. 9477, passed 8-28-2023)