The Mayor shall be the Chairperson of the Commission during the tenure of his or her office. However, the Mayor, at his or her option, may appoint a resident member of the Commission to serve as Chairperson for an annual term at the first January meeting of the Commission. In the absence at a meeting of the Chairperson serving as above stated, the member with the most seniority of the members present at the meeting shall serve in the capacity as Chairperson Pro Tem. The Chairperson shall preside over all meetings, receive and direct all official correspondence and communications of the Commission, and, by his or her signature, approve, on behalf of all members, all official actions of the Commission duly approved and authorized by the Commission and all documents registering the decisions, determinations and recommendations of the Commission as a body. The Director of Public Service, with the consent of a majority of the Commission members, shall appoint a Recording Secretary, who shall not be a member of the Commission, to take down the minutes of the Commission meetings, to preserve and maintain the records, documents and reports by and to the Commission and to preserve all ordinances and resolutions of the Commission and Council bearing on the business of the Commission. The Commission may, by resolution and with the approval of Council, pay the Recording Secretary out of the General Fund.
The quorum necessary for the conduct of Commission business at a meeting shall be four members, and a minimum of four votes shall be necessary to produce any official action of the Commission.
(Ord. 1984-48. Passed 10-15-85.)