(A) Pursuant to the provisions of Tenn. Code Ann. § 13-4-101, there is hereby created a Municipal Planning Commission, hereinafter referred to as the “Planning Commission”.
(B) The Planning Commission shall consist of seven members; two of these shall be the Mayor and another member of the Board of Mayor and Aldermen selected by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen; the other five members shall be appointed by the Mayor. All members of the Planning Commission shall serve as such without compensation. Except for the initial appointments, the terms of the five members appointed by the Mayor shall be for three years each. The first three members first appointed shall be appointed for terms of one, two and three, respectively; the other two members appointed shall be appointed for the same terms as the first and second members, respectively, so that the terms of two members expire one year for two consecutive years and the term of one member expires every third year. The terms of the Mayor and the member selected by the Board of Mayor and Aldermen shall run concurrently with their terms of office.
(C) Any vacancy in an appointive membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Mayor.
(D) The Mayor shall also have the authority to remove any appointed member at the Mayor’s discretion.
(2011 Code, § 14-101) (Ord. 14-25, passed 9-15-2014; Ord. 21-28, passed 11-15-2021)