Item 29 - Requirements for Members of Board, Commission, and Committees

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Ordinance No. NS-XXXX Page 4 of 15 Except for purposes of the fifty-percent (50%) nomination rule in subsection (a) above, residency in that ward is not required. Sec. 2-327. –Prohibition against serving as treasurer for campaign committee. If any member of an appointive board or commission shall become the treasurer of a campaign committee which receives contributions for any candidate for mayor or councilmember, his or her office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the City Council. No person who serves as the treasurer of a campaign committee which receives contributions for any candidate for mayor or councilmember shall be eligible for appointment to any appointive board or commission. Sec. 2-328. –Meetings; chairperson; recording secretary. The election of each chairperson and vice-chairperson shall be held at the meetings of the respective boards and commissions during the month of July of each year. The board or commission, in the event of a vacancy in the office of the chairperson or vice-chair person, shall elect one of its members for the unexpired term. The chairperson shall have the responsibility for informing the City Council of board, commission, or committee actions or inactions and the reasons therefore. The City Manager or his or her designee shall designate a secretary for the recording of minutes for each of such boards and commissions, who shall keep a record of its proceedings and transactions. Each board and commission shall prescribe rules and regulations governing its operations which shall be consistent with the charter, this code, and shall be filed with the Clerk of the Council for public inspection. The personnel board shall meet monthly, provided there is business on the agenda to come before it. Sec. 2-329. – Reserved. DIVISION 3.- PERSONNEL BOARD Sec. 2-330. –Personnel board-Membership. The personnel board shall consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by the City Council from the qualifiedresidents electors of the City. None of the members shall be removed from office without reasonable and sufficient cause, in accordance with procedures as provided by ordinance. None of the members shall hold public office or employment in city government or be a candidate for any other public office or position, be an officer of any local, state or national partisan political club or organization, or while a member of the personnel board or for period of one (1) year after he or she has