(a) The term of each member of the Commission shall be four years.
(b) In the event a vacancy occurs during the term of office of any member, a successor shall be appointed for the unexpired term of the office vacated in a manner similar to that described for the initial members.
(c) The Commission shall elect a chairperson from among its appointed members. The term of office as chairperson shall be for the calendar year or for the portion thereof remaining after each such chairperson is elected.
(d) Services of the members of the Commission shall be voluntary and members will serve without compensation.
(e) Continuing Membership on the Commission. The clerk of the Commission, in consultation with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors, shall, upon the effective date of the ordinance in Board File No. 221269, changing the number of the seats on the Commission, assign existing Commission members, including members with expired terms serving as holdover appointees, to Seats 1-13 in accord with the requirements of Section 5.102. Their terms of office shall be aligned with the terms of office extant prior to the effective date of the aforementioned ordinance; with the understanding that holdover appointees shall not thereby acquire any permanent or other special status. New appointments made to Commission Seats 1 through 13 following the effective date of the aforementioned ordinance shall be made in accordance with Section 5.102.
(f) Each appointing authority may remove any of its appointees at any time with or without cause. Additionally, any member, including the Chairperson, who misses three regular meetings of the Commission within a six-month period without the express approval of the Commission at or before each missed meeting shall be deemed to have resigned from the Commission 10 days after the third unapproved absence. The Commission shall inform the member’s appointing authority of any such resignation.
(Added by Ord. 449-82, App. 9/16/82; amended by Ord. 33-94, App. 1/21/94; Ord. 20-23, File No. 221269, App. 2/16/2023, Eff. 3/19/2023)