The mayor and council, at their first regular meeting in January of 1968 or within ten (10) days thereafter, shall appoint five (5) electors of the city as civil service commissioners, who shall have been bona fide residents and qualified electors of the city for at least five (5) years next preceding such appointment, but said appointments shall include the three (3) commissioners presently holding office for the balance of their present respective terms. The remaining two (2) electors shall be appointed to serve terms expiring on the date of the first regular mayor and council meeting in January, 1970, and in January, 1972, respectively. Thereafter the term of office of each commissioner shall be six (6) years, and upon the expiration of the term of any commissioner, the said mayor and council shall appoint commissioners to succeed those whose term of office has expired. Said civil service commissioners shall not hold any other public office. Not more than three (3) members of the commission shall be of the same political affiliation, and any appointment that would result in more than three (3) members of said board being of the same political affiliation shall be void.
(Ord. No. 3040, eff. 12-1-67)
Editors Note: Chapter XXII, § 1, was amended by a referendum election held Nov. 7, 1967, approved by the governor Dec. 1, 1967, establishing five commissioners. A proposed amendment increasing the number of commissioners to seven was defeated at an election held Nov. 6, 1979.