Commissions

Commission Facts

• Commission members shall not hold public office as an elected official at the time of their appointment or at any other time during their term.
• Members of each city commission shall be appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council.
• Elections are held every two years, on the odd year, with two Councilmembers and the Mayoral seat up for consideration. 
• The term of a commission office shall expire on June 30 of the designated expiration year.
• The City Council, in making appointments and reappointments to all commission offices, shall observe, whenever possible, the principle of staggered terms so as to provide for continuity in membership for each such commission.
• Commission members may be entitled to receive a stipend for each meeting attended, or as defined in Municipal Code Section § 32.10.
• An absence due to illness or an unavoidable absence from the city shall be deemed an excused absence; provided, that notice thereof is given to the secretary of the commission by the member, on or before the day of any regular meeting of the commission.
• Any member of any commission who is absent from a regular meeting of the commission shall not be entitled to receive a stipend for that missed meeting, regardless of excused or not excused absence.
• Any member of any commission who is absent, without cause, from three successive regular meetings of the commission, shall be deemed, automatically, to have vacated his office.
• Commission members shall be qualified residents of the city at the time of their appointment and at all other times during their term.