§ 2-61. Created; composition; terms; removal; organization; officers; quorum; compensation.

(a)

There is created a code enforcement board of the city, which shall consist of seven members appointed by the city commission. Members shall be residents of the city.

(b)

The membership of the code enforcement board shall be made on the basis of experience or interest in the fields of zoning and building control in the sole discretion of the city commission and shall, whenever possible, include an architect, a businessman, an engineer, a general contractor, a subcontractor and a realtor.

(c)

Appointment to the code enforcement board shall be for a term of three years. Any member may be appointed or reappointed by approval of the city commission. No member of the board shall serve (or, but for resignation would have served) for more than two consecutive three-year terms. A person who has been appointed to two consecutive three-year terms may be reappointed to any vacant seat, provided said candidate does not actually take office for at least a one year period after the end of that candidate's previous two terms. After January 1, 2010, terms of office shall commence and expire in the month of June, and appointments for new or expired terms shall be made at the first city commission meeting held in June. An appointment to fill a vacancy on the code enforcement board shall be effective until June of the last year of the remaining term of office and until a successor is appointed. For members on the board on January 1, 2010 in their second or later term, such members may be reappointed for one additional succeeding term regardless of the two-term limitation in this subsection.

(d)

Current board members appointed or reappointed prior to January 1, 2010 shall serve out the remainder of their term as appointed. Upon the expiration of any such term, the city commission shall reappoint the member or appoint a successor member to a new three-year term, with such term to be effective until June of the third year or until reappointment or appointment of a successor.

(e)

Any member of the code enforcement board who fails to attend two of three successive meetings without cause and without prior approval of the chair shall automatically forfeit his appointment, and the vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the mayor subject to confirmation by the city commission.

(f)

Members of the code enforcement board may be removed from office for cause with the approval of the city commission.

(g)

The code enforcement board members shall elect a chair, who shall be a voting member, and a vice-chair. The presence of four or more members shall constitute a quorum for the code enforcement board necessary to take action.

(h)

Members of the board shall serve without compensation, but may be reimbursed for such travel, mileage, and per diem expenses as may be authorized by the city commission.

(i)

The city's attorney shall either be counsel to an enforcement board or shall represent the city by presenting cases before the enforcement board, but in no case shall the city's attorney serve in both capacities.

(Code 1988, § 2-61; Ord. No. 10-10, § I, 1-28-10)

State law reference

Similar provisions, F.S. § 162.05.