The initial terms of the fifteen (15) rotating members of the Mental Health Board shall be as follows:
(a) Five (5) members shall be appointed for a three (3) year term.
(b) Five (5) members shall be appointed for a two (2) year term.
(c) Five (5) members shall be appointed for a one-year term.
(d) Thereafter, as vacancies occur, subsequent appointments shall be made for three (3) year terms.
(e) Membership shall be effective upon appointment by the Board of Supervisors. However, all terms shall be deemed to have commenced on February 1 following the initial appointment, and thereafter all terms shall be aligned to begin on February 1 and end on January 31.
(f) There shall be an equal number of appointees by each member of the Board of Supervisors.
(g) No member of the Mental Health Board or his or her spouse shall be a full-time or part-time county employee of a County mental health service, an employee of the State Department of Mental Health, or an employee of, or a paid member of the governing body of, a Bronzan-McCorquodale contract agency.
(h) A member of the Mental Health Board shall abstain from voting on any issue in which the member has a financial interest as defined in Section 87103 of the California Government Code.
(i) If, prior to the expiration of a term, a member ceases to retain the status which qualified the member for appointment to the Mental Health Board, the membership of the member shall be terminated, and a vacancy shall be declared.
(j) If it is not possible to secure membership as specified from among persons who reside in the County, the Board of Supervisors may substitute representatives of the public interest in mental health who are not full-time or part-time employees of the County mental health service, the State Department of Mental Health, or on the staff of, or a paid member of the governing body of, a Bronzan-McCorquodale contract agency. (§ 5, Ord. 1159, eff. May 20, 1993)