(a) There is hereby established a Board of Park Commissioners for the city, to consist of: one resident elector from each ward of the city and one resident elector at-large. Such resident electors shall be appointed by the Mayor, and each such appointment must be confirmed and approved by Council before any such appointee shall be permitted to serve as a Board member. Board members shall serve without compensation for a term of four years and until their successors are appointed and qualified. The ward members shall, originally and in the first instance, be appointed to serve one year, two years, three years and four years, respectively, and thereafter their successors shall be appointed, one member each year, to serve for four years. The term of the at-large member shall be concurrent with the term of the Mayor.
(b) The incumbent members of the Board of Park Commissioners in office upon the effective date of this section shall remain in office until the expiration of their terms.
(Ord. 8-59, passed 2-16-1959; Ord. 14-2012, passed 9-17-2012)