§ 50-52. Membership; term of office.

(a)

Membership. The planning commission shall consist of five regular voting members and up to four alternates which alternates shall be voting members when they serve at a planning commission meeting in the absence of a regular member, and a nonvoting member representing the school board to attend those meetings at which the planning commission considers comprehensive plan amendments and rezonings that would, if approved, increase residential density on the property that is subject of the application. The board, in its discretion, shall determine the number of alternate positions to fill at any given time, which determination shall be expressed by the number of actual appointments by the board to fill vacant alternate positions or unexpired terms.

(b)

Appointment of members; term. Appointments of the regular voting members and the alternate members of the planning commission require an affirmative vote of three members of the board of county commissioners at a regularly scheduled meeting. Appointment of the school board representative on the planning commission shall be made by the school board, which appointment shall be confirmed by the affirmative vote of three members of the board of county commissioners at a regularly scheduled meeting. Each term for a planning commission member will last for a period of four years, with the initial appointments having been staggered. Members may be reappointed for subsequent terms.

(c)

Qualification of members. All members of the planning commission must be residents of the county and knowledgeable in the field of comprehensive planning, and familiar with the comprehensive plan, this chapter, and other applicable regulations.

(d)

Removal of members. Members of the planning commission shall serve at the pleasure of the board of county commissioners. A member of the planning commission may be removed from his/her position upon an affirmative vote of three members of the board of county commissioners at a regularly scheduled meeting.

(e)

Vacancies. Vacancies on the planning commission will be filled, consistent with the procedures for appointment, for the unexpired term of any member whose term becomes vacant; provided that a vacancy for any alternate member may or may not be filled at the discretion of the board.

(Ord. No. 2007-03, § 5, 7-17-2007; Ord. No. 2008-02, § 1, 3-4-2008)