(A) The membership of the Economic Development Commission shall consist of three members appointed by the Town Council President. One member shall be selected by the President, one shall be nominated by the County Council and one shall be nominated by the Town Council as a body. After July 14, 1982, the town Clerk-Treasurer shall promptly notify the executives and fiscal bodies required to make selections and nominations hereunder. The officers required to make selections and nominations shall do so within 15 days after receiving that notice. Each selectee and nominee shall be appointed by the President within ten days after he or she receives the nominations. Before beginning his or her duties, each Economic Development Commissioner shall take and subscribe an oath of office in the usual form, to be endorsed upon his or her certificate of appointment. The certificate shall be promptly filed with the Clerk-Treasurer. The Economic Development Commissioners shall take office upon their appointment and their terms run from February 1, after the original appointment, for a period of:
(1) Three years, if selected by the Town Council President.
(2) Two years, if nominated by the Town Council as a body; and
(3) One year, if nominated by the County Council.
(B) At the expiration of the respective terms of each of the original Economic Development Commissioners, their respective successors shall be selected and nominated, before the expiration of the term, in the same manner as the original Commissioner, and each succeeding Commissioner shall serve for a term of four years. A Commissioner shall hold over after the expiration of his or her term until a successor is appointed and has qualified.
('85 Code, § 9-1-3) (Ord. 1982-2, passed 7-14-82)