2.46.050 Term of office.
A. Term of Office – All Classes of Members.
1. Post-Initial Terms of Voting Members. The post-initial term of each appointed voting member shall commence upon appointment and shall be for a period of four years.
2. General Ex-Officio Members. The term of general ex-officio members shall be for a period of four years from the time of appointment.
3. Staff Ex-Officio Member. The term of the staff ex-officio member shall be indefinite.
4. Holdover Office. Notwithstanding, the end of any member’s initial term or post-initial term as herein provided, a member, other than the staff ex-officio member, shall be permitted to continue to exercise the privileges of the former office after the end of the term until the office to which he or she was assigned is filled by reappointment or by the appointment of a qualified successor to office.
5. Vacancies. Notwithstanding the term of office to which a member is assigned said office shall be deemed vacant upon any of the following events (“event of vacancy”):
a. The death or disability of said member that renders said member incapable of performing the duties of office.
b. The termination of status as a member of the Commission or the classification which was assigned to be represented on the Commission.
c. The member’s conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude.
d. The member’s absence from three regular, consecutive meetings of the Commission, unless excused by majority vote of such board or commission expressed in its official minutes.
e. The member has submitted a resignation which resignation has been accepted by the City Council.
f. The membership has been terminated by a majority vote of the City Council.
g. The member has graduated from high school.
h. The member has reached their twentieth birthday.
Upon the occurrence of an event of vacancy as hereinabove listed, the City Council shall so declare the office to be vacant, and shall expeditiously take such steps as are necessary to fill said vacancy.
B. Number of Terms.
1. Voting Members.
a. Initial classification of members shall be consistent with Section 602(b) of the Charter.
b. No voting member shall be appointed to more than two terms except as herein provided.
c. A voting member assigned to an initial term of less than two years may be appointed at the natural expiration of their initial term to two terms in addition to their initial term. A voting member who currently occupies an office under an initial term may not be appointed to fill the unexpired term of another office which has become vacant.
d. A voting member appointed to the Commission to fill the unexpired term of an office of a voting member which has become vacant (“unexpired term”) which has less than two years remaining on said unexpired term, may be appointed to two terms in addition to their unexpired term. A voting member who currently occupies an office may not be reappointed to fill the unexpired term of another office which has become vacant.
2. General Ex-Officio Members. General ex-officio members may be reappointed without limitation as to number of terms.
3. Staff Ex-Officio Member. The staff ex-officio member shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council. (Ord. 2936 § 1, 2003; Ord. 2904 § 1, 2003).