(a) A Human Relations Board is hereby established which shall consist of seven members. Each of the members shall serve for a period of three years and shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent and approval of the City Commission. No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. After a member has served during two consecutive terms he shall be ineligible for reappointment to the Human Relations Board until one year has expired since his last date of service on the Board.
(b) Any vacancy on the Human Relations 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 Human Relations 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 Human Relations Board shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) Persons serving on another City board or commission shall not be eligible to serve on the Human Relations Board.
(2) Persons serving on the Human Relations Board shall be electors of the City.
(3) A person who is a member of a City employee’s family, as defined in Section 111.04, or an elected public officials shall not be eligible to serve on the Human Relations Board.
(Ord. 12-110. Passed 4-10-12.)
(4) Except as otherwise provided herein, if any member of the Human Relations Board shall fail to meet any of the qualifications stated in subsection (d)(1) through (3) hereof, his office shall immediately become vacant.
(5) The City Commission, by ordinance and upon finding that the particular expertise of a potential appointee or member is needed on the Board, may waive any or all of the requirements of subsections (d)(1) and (2) hereof for such appointee or member.
(e) If any Human Relations Board member 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, his office 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. 95-96. Passed 3-14-95.)