(a) There is hereby created a Commission which shall be known as the Arts and Cultural Commission which shall consist of between fifteen and twenty-five members and shall be appointed by Council without regard to their political affiliations, but with regard to their knowledge and experience relating to the subject matters of standing committees identified above, or such additional standing committees as may later be identified above or later incorporated, under the provisions of this article and Commission bylaws. All members of the Commission shall be residents of the City and/or Ohio County. In the event that member represents an entity, such entity shall be based or have a corporate office within the City and/or Ohio County. One member of the Commission shall be a member of Council. At least three members shall be appointed with appropriate knowledge and experience in each of the substantive standing committees herein described. The Council member, serving at large, need not have knowledge and experience in any particular category, but shall be selected by Council on the basis of overall interest in the general purposes of this Commission.
(b) The Council member shall be appointed for a term which shall expire at the same time as his/her term as a member of Council expires. Commission members shall be appointed for a six-year term. All successor appointments shall maintain the original structure of the Commission consisting of at least three members assigned to each of the substantive standing committees identified above, in addition to the City Council member.
(c) In the event a member of this Commission is absent from regularly scheduled or specially called meetings for more than fifty percent (50%) of the time during any calendar year, that member shall be deemed to have vacated his or her position on the Commission.
(Ord. 15128. Passed 7-3-18.)