(A) Three Commissioners shall be appointed from a list of six or more names submitted by the county’s Hotel and Motel Association. If no formal county hotel and motel association is in existence upon the establishment of this Commission or upon the expiration of the term of a Commissioner appointed pursuant to this section, then up to three Commissioners shall be appointed from a list of six or more names of persons residing within the jurisdiction of the Commission, submitted by the state’s Hotel and Motel Association. The county’s Hotel and Motel Association need not be affiliated with the state’s Hotel and Motel Association to be recognized as the official county hotel and motel association;
(B) One Commissioner shall be appointed from a list of three or more names of persons residing within the jurisdiction of the Commission, submitted by the local Restaurant Association. A local restaurant association or associations shall not be required to be affiliated with the state’s Restaurant Association to be recognized as the official local restaurant association or associations;
(C) One Commissioner from a list of three or more names submitted by the county’s Chamber of Commerce;
(D) One Commissioner appointed by the chief executive officer of the county;
(E) One Commissioner appointed by the chief executive officer of the city; and
(F) A candidate submitted for appointment to the Commission, pursuant to divisions (A), (B) and (C) above, shall be appointed by joint action of the chief executive officers of the county and the city within 30 days of the receipt of the required list or lists; if not, the association or associations shall, by election within ten days, determine the Commissioner from the list or lists submitted by plurality vote of the aggregate membership. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner that original appointments are made.
(Ord. 997-418, passed 11-10-1997)