A. Term of Office: Members of the planning commission shall serve a term of three (3) years and shall not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms. No former member of the planning commission shall be eligible for re-appointment unless one year has passed since that former member last served on the planning commission. Each term shall begin on February 1 of the year of appointment and shall end on January 31 of the year when the appointment expires or until a successor is appointed. The terms of planning commission members shall be staggered. A planning commission member may be appointed for a term of less than three (3) years to provide for staggered terms or to complete a vacated, unexpired term. Any member of the planning commission appointed to a term of five (5) years prior to terms being reduced to three (3) years shall be permitted to remain a member of the planning commission until his or her original term expires. A partial term shall count as one term for purposes of determining term limits if a planning commission serves for eighteen (18) months or more of that partial term.
B. Removal from Office: A planning commission member shall be required to attend at least seventy five percent (75%) of the meetings during a calendar year, otherwise removal from the planning commission by the mayor shall be considered. The mayor may remove any member of the planning commission without cause as determined solely by the discretion of the mayor and as approved by a majority of the city council. Any member of the planning commission so removed shall be entitled to a hearing before the city council if a hearing is requested in writing within five (5) days of a city council vote. The purpose of the hearing is to allow the member being removed to be heard on the issue of removal. (Ord. 13-02, 2-26-2013; amd. Ord. 2021-01, 2-23-2021)