(a) The Airport Advisory Board shall consist of five members. Each of the members shall serve for a period of three years and shall be appointed by the Mayor with consent and approval of the City Commission. No member shall serve more than three consecutive terms. After a member has served during three consecutive terms the member shall be ineligible for reappointment to the Airport Advisory Board until one year has expired since their last date of service on the Board.
(Ord. No. 23-206. Passed 6-20-2023.)
(b) Any vacancy on the Airport Advisory Board shall be filled as in the case of the original appointment, as set forth herein, for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy is so filled.
(c) All members of the Airport Advisory Board shall serve without compensation and shall be subject to removal from office by a majority of the City Commission.
(d) Persons eligible for service on the Airport Advisory Board shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) Persons serving on another City board or commission shall not be eligible to serve on the Airport Advisory Board.
(2) Four of the five Board members shall be electors of the City. One member need not be an elector of the City.
(Ord. 14-114. Passed 5-13-14.)
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, elected public officials shall not be eligible to serve on the Airport Advisory Board. A member of a City employee’s family as defined in Section 111.04, shall not be eligible for service.
(Ord. 12-110. Passed 4-10.12.)
(4) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if any member of the Airport Advisory Board fails to meet any of the qualifications stated in subsection (d)(1) through (3) hereof, their seat shall immediately become vacant.
(Ord. 23-206. Passed 6-20-2023.)
(5) The City Commission, by ordinance and upon finding that the particular expertise of a potential appointee or member is needed on the Airport Advisory Board, may waive any or all of the requirements of subsections (d)(1) and (2) hereof for such appointee or member.
(e) If any member of the Airport Advisory Board, appointed by the City Commission, is absent from three of any six consecutive regularly scheduled Board meetings, or if such member is unwilling or unable to attend a regularly scheduled prearranged discussion of the public business of his board which fails to qualify as a "meeting" for lack of quorum, the member's seat shall immediately become vacant. Such member shall have the opportunity to explain his absence to the City Commission and may be reappointed by a majority vote of the City Commission to complete the balance of his term.
(Ord. 97-267. Passed 7-22-97. Ord. 23-206. Passed 6-20-2023.)