14-2-020 PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION: Appointment, Term, Vacancy and Compensation

A. The Planning and Zoning Commission shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent of the City Council. No member of the Planning and Zoning Commission may simultaneously sit as a Council member. B. Each member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall serve for a period of five years unless they are earlier removed or resign. The initial members of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall be appointed for respective terms of one year, two years, three years, four years and five years. A member of the Planning and Zoning Commission may not serve more than two consecutive terms. C. Vacancies in the Planning and Zoning Commission may be appointed by the mayor with the consent of the city council to serve the unexpired term. The term shall expire on January 31 of the respective year. A new appointment shall be made and brought before the City Council for approval on the last meeting date of January in each year, such that the member shall be ready to commence serving with the first meeting in February. D. Malfeasance in office, conviction of a crime involving moral turpitude, nonattendance at meetings and such other causes as may be established from time to time by the City Council shall be grounds for removal. E. A member of the Planning and Zoning Commission shall serve without compensation except that necessary expenses actually incurred shall be reimbursed to them.