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Sec. 2-62. Terms for Commission Members. (1) New commission members will be appointed to a term of three years. (2) The time period for each three year term will be April 1" to March 31 st. (3) In the event of death, removal, or ineligibility of a commission member to participate on an appointed body, the Mayor shall declare a vacancy in the position and shall appoint a person to fill the vacancy as soon as conveniently possible for the remainder of the term subject to approval by a majority vote of the City Council present. (4) Commission appointments will be varied so the terms of approximately 1/3 of the members of each commission shall expire every year. (Ord. No, 610, 12-13-94; Ord. No 617, 11-14-95; Code of 200 1) Sec. 2-63. Terms Limits. (1) Planning Commission members will be allowed to serve four consecutive terms or a maximum of twelve years (2) All other commission and coixunittcc member appointments will be allowed to serve three consecutive terms or a maximum of nine years. (3) Effective April 1, 2010, the City Council will begin enforcing the term limits on current commission or committee members who have served for three or four consecutive terms. (4) If a commission or con-anittee member is appointed by the City Council to complete the term of' an individual that has resigned or been removed by the City Council, the time served by the commission or cormnittee member to complete the remainder of an existing term will not count towards the terin limit requirements set forth by the City, (5) A commission or committee member that has served the maximum number of terms allowed by the City is required to take a one year break from serving on that particular cotmnission or committee. The member may apply for reappointment to a different cominission or committee after their term limit has expired. Sec. 2-64. Chairperson. (1) The City Council shall annually appoint a chairperson to represent each cotruxtission or committee. The chairperson will be expected to provide leadership for the commission and to facilitate the conduct of regular meetings. (2) The following criteria shall be used when selecting the chairperson. A. The member has a served a minimum of one year on the commission. B. The member has a good attendance record and expects to be able to ttiake all meetings while serving as chairperson. C. The member has demonstrated leadership and involvement in past activities of the corntmssion. 2-2