(A) The Planning Board may consist of seven members. Five members shall be citizens living within the corporate limits of the municipality and two members shall be residents of the county living within the area of municipal extraterritorial jurisdiction. The members residing within the municipality shall be appointed by the Board of Commissioners of the town and the members residing within the area of municipal extraterritorial jurisdiction shall be appointed by the County Board of Commissioners, on receipt of a letter from the Clerk to the Board of Commissioners requesting that the appointments be made. In the event the County Board of Commissioners fails to make the appointments requested within 90 days of dispatch of the resolution, the Town Board of Commissioners shall make the appointments.
(B) Members shall be appointed for terms of three years with terms expiring on June 30. They shall serve until the expiration of their terms or until their successors have been appointed. There will be no term limits for those serving on the Planning Board.
(C) The Planning Board shall elect a Chairperson and may create and fill other offices as it may deem necessary. The term of officers shall be one year or until successors shall have been elected and installed, with eligibility for re-election.
(D) (1) Vacancies occurring for reasons other than expiration of terms shall be filled for the period of the unexpired term by the Board of Commissioners of the town if the vacancy is of a member residing within the municipality and by the Board of Commissioners of the county if the vacancy is of a member residing within the area of extraterritorial municipal jurisdiction.
(2) Vacancies in officers’ positions prior to expiration of terms shall be filled for the period of the unexpired term by the Planning Board.
(E) Members of the Planning Board shall hold no other official municipal government position except on a zoning board, zoning board of adjustment or housing authority board. Faithful attendance at the meetings of the Planning Board is expected of all Planning Board members.
(F) A member may be removed by the Board which appointed the member for neglect of duty or malfeasance in office.
(G) Regular members of the Planning Board may be removed by the Board of Commissioners at any time for: failure to attend three consecutive meetings, failure to attend 70% or more of the meetings within any 12-month period, or any good cause related to the performance of duties. Upon request of the member proposed for removal, the Board of Commissioners may hold a hearing on the removal before it becomes effective.
(1985 Code, § 31.31) (Ord. 2010-36, passed 3-1-2010; Ord. 2015-29, passed 6-1-2015; Ord. 2021-36, passed 9-1-2020)