(A) (1) The Chief Administrative Officer of the County shall report to the Council all impending and existing vacancies on county boards and commissions and boards and commissions which the Council has the legal responsibility to fill prior to the expiration of the terms of those boards or commissions whose successors are to be elected or as soon thereafter as is practicable.
(2) The Chairman of the York County Council shall refer the matter of each impending and existing vacancy to the appropriate committee of Council for its study and report.
(B) At the public meeting of Council next preceding the meeting at which the election is to be held, the committee to which the matter of nominations was referred may present to Council one or more nominations to fill each such vacancy with the names of the incumbent member of each board or commission whose successors are to be elected.
(C) At the meeting of Council next following the meeting at which the appropriate committee has made its report and nominations to fill vacancies, nominations may be made from the floor by any member of Council. The Council shall vote in open session for the number of nominees equal to the number of vacancies to be filled by voice vote. Nominees receiving a majority of the votes cast for each vacancy shall be elected. If no candidate receives a majority vote, the balloting shall continue until there is an election to fill each vacancy; provided, however, that the election to fill each such vacancy may be delayed upon a majority vote of Council.
(D) In cases in which the Council does not elect, but recommends persons for appointment by the Governor or some other authority, the same procedure as applied to elections to County boards and commissions shall be followed concerning recommendations for such appointments.
(E) (1) No person shall be elected or appointed by the County Council to serve more than two full consecutive terms on boards or commissions, unless the person is appointed to the York County Natural Gas Authority (YCNGA) Board. County Council may recommend a person for appointment to the YCNGA Board for no more than three full, consecutive terms. Previous service for a full term shall be counted in determining a member’s service on county boards and commissions for purposes of the limitations on consecutive service established by this section, and partial terms of service on county boards and commissions for a term equal to or greater than one-half of the full term on such board or commission shall be considered a term for purposes of the limitations contained in this division.
(2) No person shall be reappointed to a county board or commission upon which the person has served for two consecutive terms until a period of time of one year has elapsed since the last service of the person upon the board or commission. No appointee who has served three consecutive terms on the YCNGA Board may be recommended for reappointment until one year has elapsed since the appointee’s last service on the YCNGA Board.
(3) Residency requirement. All district-specific appointments to any York County Board or Commission, whether by direct County Council appointment or by recommendation for appointment, shall be required to maintain their residence in the district of appointment throughout the duration of the term of appointment, or be subject to immediate removal and replacement, to clarify that any county-wide appointee moving out of the county shall be grounds for a Board member’s immediate removal and replacement, unless an extra-county domicile is specifically permitted by ordinance. Examples of not maintaining one’s residence within the district of appointment shall include but not be limited to, moving a member’s primary residence to another district or outside the county or no longer residing in the district through the results of a county redistricting process.
(Ord. 1211, passed 5-16-11; Am. Ord. 3315, passed 9-8-15; Am. Ord. 1216, passed 4-4-16; Am. Ord. 3723, passed 6-20-23)