(a) The terms of members of a body shall be coterminous with the terms of office of the mayor or members of the city council who appointed them, or until their successors on the body are appointed, except such members may be removed with or without cause prior to the expiration of their term by the mayor or members of the city council who appointed them or by such mayor's or member of the city council's successor in office.
(b) Members of such bodies shall be eligible for reappointment; but in no event may any individual serve more than a total of eight (8) continuous years on the same body, except as otherwise provided by this subsection. Once a member has served eight (8) years on a body, he or she may not be reappointed to that body until after a break in service of at least one (1) continuous year. Whenever a body is dissolved and reconstituted, time previously spent in office shall count towards the eight (8) year limitation. The following committees are exempt from the eight (8) year service limitation: the Uniform Fire Code Committee, the Outdoor Lighting Code Committee, the Tucson-Pima County Joint Consolidated Code Committee, the 2012 Bond Oversight Commission, and the 2017 Public Safety Tax Oversight Commission. Additionally, members of the Industrial Development Authority Board and the Civil Service Commission may serve two (2) complete consecutive six (6) year terms before a break in service is required. The term limits imposed by this section apply only to those members of a body appointed by the City of Tucson.
(c) Appointees, except for advisory members and members of the technical code committees named herein, may not serve on more than two (2) bodies at a time.
(d) The terms of office of members of a body serving unspecified terms shall be four (4) years commencing December 31, 1988, subject to the eight (8) year continuous service limitation.
(e) A member of a body, except for advisory members, who misses four (4) consecutive meetings for any reason or who fails to attend for any reason at least forty (40) percent of the meetings called in a calendar year is automatically and immediately removed as a member of the body.
(f) No city employee may serve on a body except in a nonvoting, ex officio capacity.
(g) Except as provided in subsection (h), should the appointment of a member of a body authorized to be appointed by the mayor, a member of the council, or the city manager (hereafter referred to as the "appointing authority") fail to be made within thirty (30) days after the expiration of the term of the member or thirty (30) days after a vacancy occurs, the appointment may be made by the mayor and council.
(h) Prior to the expiration of the term of members of bodies referred to in subsection (g), or within thirty (30) days after a vacancy on such a body occurs, the appointing authority may request an extension of time from the mayor and council to make the appointment.
(Ord. No. 7018, § 2, 9-6-88; Ord. No. 7260, § 1, 8-7-89; Ord. No. 10064, § 1, 10-18-04; Ord. No. 10950, § 3, 12-20-11, eff. 1-20-12; Ord. No. 11508, § 10, eff. 1-4-18; Ord. No. 11599, § 1, 12-4-18; Ord. No. 11607, § 1, 12-4-18)