A. Creation: The board is hereby created.
B. Appointments By Mayor: The mayor, with the advice and consent of the council, shall appoint twenty-one (21) civilians as members of the board. Included in this number shall be three (3) from each council district. The mayor shall make such appointments with a goal of providing geographical, professional, neighborhood, racial, gender and ethnic diversity to the board so that balanced community representation is achieved. Officers or employees of the city shall not be appointed to the board.
C. Term Of Office: All members of the board shall serve for a three (3) year term, provided that the terms of the initial appointees shall be staggered so that not more than seven (7) terms shall expire in any one year. Each member's term of office shall expire on the first Monday in September. A member shall not serve more than two (2) consecutive full terms.
D. Board Advisor: The mayor shall appoint, as board advisor, a person with prior police experience, who is not at the time employed by the police department or any other law enforcement agency, to provide input and advice to the board. The board advisor shall have the same term of office as members of the board and shall not serve for more than two (2) consecutive terms. The board advisor is not a member of the board and does not have a vote on the board.
E. For purposes of this section, if a board member receives compensation by the city for serving on the board, that board member will not be considered a city employee simply because they receive that compensation from the city. (Ord. 36-23, 2023: Ord. 60-20, 2020: Ord. 52-03 § 1, 2003)