(a) Members. There is hereby created and established a commission to be known as the Public Arts and Culture Commission, consisting of nine (9) members. Five (5) members shall be appointed by the City Commission and four (4) members shall be appointed by the City Manager. Preference to appointment to the Commission shall be given to City residence, although residency is not required. Members shall have experience and/or an interest in the placement, creation, or designation of public art.
(b) Ex-Officio Members. The City Manager shall designate a City employee to serve as the staff liaison, one City Commissioner, and one representative of a high school and/or college art program (who may reside outside of the City of Sandusky) shall all serve as ex-officio members.
(c) Officers. There shall be a Chair and Vice-Chair of the Public Arts and Culture Commission. The Public Arts and Culture Commission shall elect officers from its membership for a term of one (1) year and shall determine responsibilities of officers.
(d) Terms. Public Arts and Culture Commission members shall serve three year terms and the membership shall be staggered. To achieve staggered appointments, the initial appointments to the Public Arts and Culture Commission shall have three (3) members appointed to three (3) year terms, three (3) members appointed to two (2) year terms and three (3) members appointed to one (1) year terms.
(e) Removal. Members of the Public Arts and Culture Commission shall serve at the pleasure of the City Manager and City Commission and may be removed and replaced with or without cause at any time.
(f) Volunteers. Public Arts and Culture Commission members are volunteers and shall serve without compensation or reimbursement for personal expenses.
(g) Meetings. The Public Arts and Culture Commission shall hold regularly scheduled meetings. The frequency, time and location of meetings shall be established by the staff liaison. The staff liaison shall provide notice of all meetings to the City Commission Clerk a minimum of forty-eight (48) hours prior to the meeting to ensure public notice requirements are met. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the Open Meetings laws. All meeting and records of the Public Arts and Culture Commission shall be public records and kept in the custody of the City Commission Clerk. (Ord. 18-179. Passed 9-10-18.)