(a) The ADA Transportation Advisory Committee shall consist of eleven voting members and three non-voting 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. Of the eleven voting members, three members shall be affiliates of social service organizations who serve disabled persons, two shall be representatives from transportation providers within the City, and the remaining six voting members shall be electors of the City at least four of which shall be disabled persons. Of the three non-voting members, one shall be a City Commissioner, one shall be a staff member of the Springfield-Clark County Transportation Coordinating Committee, and one shall be the City's Transportation Coordinator. No members of the committee, with the exception of the two representatives from transportation providers, the appointee of the Springfield-Clark County Transportation Coordinating Committee, and the City's Transportation Coordinator, shall serve more than two consecutive terms. After a member has served during two consecutive terms, he shall be ineligible for reappointment to the committee until one year has expired since his last date of service on the committee.
(b) Any vacancy on the committee shall be filed 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 committee shall serve without compensation and shall be subject to removal from office by a majority vote of the City Commission.
(d) Persons eligible for service on the committee shall meet the following qualifications, in addition to any qualifications described in Subsection 174.01(a):
(1) Except as otherwise provided in Subsection 174.01(a), persons serving on another City board or commission shall not be eligible to serve on the committee.
(Ord. 12-110. Passed 4-10-12.)
(3) Except as otherwise provided in this section, if any member of the committee fails to meet any of the qualifications stated in Subsection (d)(1) and (2) hereof, the office shall immediately become vacant.
(4) The City Commission, by ordinance and upon finding that the particular expertise of a potential appointee or member is needed on the committee, may waive any or all of the requirements of Subsection (d)(1) hereof for such appointee or member.
(e) If any member of the committee is absent from three of any six consecutive regular, monthly 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, is 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.)