(A) Airport Board of Trustees.
(1) Appointment. The Board of Trustees of the municipal airport, hereinafter referred to as “the Board,” shall consist of five regular members and may include one ex-officio member. The five resident Board members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council. One ex-officio member may be appointed by the County Board of Supervisors. The ex-officio member shall not have voting rights.
(2) Qualifications. The five resident Board members shall be residents of the city. The non-resident member shall be a citizen and resident of the county, but not a resident of any incorporated city within the county.
(3) Term. The term of office shall be four years.
(4) Compensation. Board members shall receive no compensation for their services; however, each Board member shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred by him or her in the performance of his or her duties. Expenses of resident members shall be approved by the City Council and paid by the City Clerk. Expenses of the non-resident county member shall be approved and paid by the County Board of Supervisors.
(B) Civil Service Commission.
(1) Appointment. Subject to the approval of the Council, the Mayor shall appoint three Civil Service Commissioners.
(2) Term. The term of office shall be four years.
(C) Compensation Advisory Board.
(1) Members. The Compensation Advisory Board shall consist of seven members, including one member from each of the five established wards of the city and two at-large.
(2) Term. The term of office of Board members shall be for a period of six years which shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30.
(3) Appointment. Members from each of the five wards shall be nominated by the Council member elected from the respective ward. The Mayor shall appoint ward representatives from those nominees submitted by the respective ward Council members. The Mayor shall also appoint the two at large members with the approval of the Council.
(D) Electrical Board; Electrical Appeal Board.
(1) Electrical Board.
(a) Member; qualifications. The Electrical Board consists of three members. Each member of the Electrical Board shall be a resident of the county. One member shall be a representative of the public, one member shall be a licensed master electrician authorized to perform electrical work in the city and one member shall be a licensed electrician authorized to perform electrical work in the city. The members of the Electrical Board shall be appointed by the Council. The Electrical Inspector shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Board, but shall have no vote.
(b) Term. The term of each member of the Electrical Board shall be a period of four years.
(2) Electrical Appeal Board. The Electrical Appeal Board shall be one and the same as the Electrical Board. The Mayor shall also appoint the alternate Board members with the same power as the regular members, to so serve in the absence or incapacity of any regular appointed Board member.
(E) Golf Course Board.
(1) Appointment. The Municipal Golf Course Board shall consist of five members. The members shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council.
(2) Qualifications. No member of the Board shall be a city employee, performing duties at or related to the municipal golf course.
(3) Term. The regular terms of Board members shall be a period of four years.
(F) Library Board of Trustees.
(1) Appointment. The board of trustees of the Spencer Municipal Library, hereinafter referred to as the “board”, shall consist of seven (7) members. All board members are to be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the council.
(2) Term. Appointments to the board shall be for a term of four (4) years. Each term shall commence on July 1. Appointments shall be made every two (2) years of one-third of the total number as near as possible, to stagger the terms.
(3) Vacancies. The position of any trustee shall be vacant if he or she moves permanently from the city; or if he or she is absent from six consecutive regular meetings of the Board, except in the case of sickness or temporary absence from the city.
(G) Planning and Zoning Commission.
(1) Appointment. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of seven members qualified by knowledge or experience to act in matters pertaining to the development of a city plan and who shall not hold any elective office in municipal government. The members of the Commission shall be appointed by the Mayor and subject to the approval of the Council.
(2) Term. The term of office of the Commission members shall be five years.
(H) Plumber’s Examining Board.
(1) Appointment. The Council shall appoint a Plumber’s Examining Board, hereinafter referred to as the “Board,” to consist of three members. One member shall represent the public, one member shall be a licensed master plumber and one member shall be a licensed journeyman plumber. The City Plumbing Inspector shall serve as an ex-officio member of the Board having no vote.
(2) Term. The term of each member of the Board shall be a period of four years.
(I) Utilities Board of Trustees.
(1) Appointment. The Municipal Utilities Board of Trustees, hereinafter referred to as the “Board,” shall consist of five members, who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council. In making and approving appointments, the Mayor and Council shall consider the appointee’s present and past involvement in activities in the community.
(2) Term. The term for members of the Board shall be six years, commencing on July 1 and ending on June 30.
(3) Compensation. The Board members shall receive a fee of $25 for each regular or special meeting of the Utilities Board of Trustees that they attend. No such fee shall be paid for attendance at committee meetings or any other meetings, except regular and special meetings of the Utilities Board.
(J) Zoning Board of Adjustment.
(1) Appointment. The Zoning Board of Adjustment, hereinafter referred to as the “Board,” shall consist of seven members appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the Council.
(2) Term. The term of office shall be five years.
(K) Park Board.
(1) Members; term. The Park Board shall consist of five members, all residents of the city, to be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council for a term of six years.
(2) Compensation. Park Board members shall receive no compensation for their services. However, each Board member shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(L) Historic Preservation Commission.
(1) Appointment. The Historic Preservation Commission shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council. In making appointments to the Commission, members shall demonstrate a positive interest in historic preservation and possess interest or expertise in architecture, history, architectural history, planning, prehistoric or historic archaeology, folklore, cultural anthropology, curation, conservation, landscape architecture or related disciplines.
(2) Term. The term of members shall be for three years.
(3) Compensation. Historic Preservation Commission members shall receive no compensation for their services. However, each Commission member shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties.
(4) Officers. At its first meeting, and at the first meeting after July 1 of each year, the Commission shall elect a chairperson and vice chairperson and shall appoint a secretary. The persons so elected or appointed shall continue to serve until successors are elected or appointed and have assumed the office.
(M) Grow Spencer Commission.
(1) Appointment. The Grow Spencer Commission shall consist of ten members to be appointed by the Mayor with the approval of the Council. The members shall include a student of Iowa Lakes Community College who attends the Spencer campus and one Spencer High School student. Other members shall be residents of the city, owners of property in the city or involved in a commercial activity in the city.
(2) Term. The term of Commission members shall be two years.
(3) Compensation. Commission members shall receive no compensation for their services. However, each Commission member shall be reimbursed for actual expenses incurred in the performance of his or her duties as approved by a majority of the Council.
(Prior Code, § 1-7-3) (Ord. 13, passed - -; Ord. 14, passed 12-7-1953; Ord. 74, passed 12-7-1953; Ord. 180, passed 8-18-1975; Ord. 203, passed 1-3-1977; Ord. 221, passed 11-27-1978; Ord. 272-272A, passed 1-17-1983; Ord. 296, passed 5-21-1984; Ord. 298, passed 6-4-1984; Ord. 304, passed 8-6-1984; Ord. 372, passed 6-5-1989; Ord. 403, passed 8-5-1991; Ord. 428, passed 10-19-1992; Ord. 520, passed 11-16-1999; Ord. 535, passed 8-7-2000; Ord. 563, passed 1-7-2002; Ord. 564, passed 1-7-2002; Ord. 586, passed 7-21-2003; Ord. 641, passed 1-3-2006; Ord. 698, passed 3-1-2010; Ord. 702, passed 5-3-2010; Ord. 707, passed 7-6-2010; Ord. 801, passed 4-4-2016; Ord. 827, passed 3-5-2018; Ord. 828, passed 4-16-2018; Ord. 911, passed 5-20-2024)
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