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43 <br /> <br />Board and Commission members, except Youth Advisory Commission Members, shall hold office <br />commencing from the date of appointment until their respective successors are appointed and <br />qualified. The terms of Board and Commission Members shall terminate upon the expiration of the <br />regular term of the Mayor or Councilmember representing a Council Member District or at- large <br />position from which the Board or Commission Member was appointed. <br /> <br />Youth Advisory Commission Members shall hold office for one (1) year and until their respective <br />successors are appointed and qualified. Youth Advisory Commission Members may be appointed for <br />up to four (4) consecutive terms. A vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired <br />remainder of the term. (SLMC, § 1-3-115) <br /> <br />Newly-elected Council Members or a newly-elected Mayor may begin circulating the applications of <br />individuals to be considered for nomination to board and commission positions after they officially <br />assume office. <br /> <br />Nominations to Boards and Commissions shall be scheduled on a City Council agenda, once the <br />nomination is approved by the City Council, appointment of the Member will be scheduled for <br />adoption at the next regular City Council meeting. <br /> <br />In the interest of ensuring that City Boards and Commissions are operating effectively and that all <br />areas of the City are represented as recommendations and decisions are being made, the City <br />Councilmembers will use their best efforts to fill Board and Commission vacancies within 60 days after <br />such vacancies occur. <br /> <br />Additionally, after the seating of a new City Council following a municipal election, Councilmembers <br />will use their best efforts to make new appointments or reappointments within 60 days. To assist the <br />Council in making its appointments, the City Clerk will collect all current applications and forward <br />them to the appropriate Councilmembers immediately after the new Council is seated. As additional <br />applications are received during this period, they will be forwarded to the appropriate <br />Councilmember immediately upon receipt until all appointments and reappointments have been <br />made. <br /> <br />At the City Council meeting that occurs on the first Monday 60 days after a new Council is seated, the <br />City Clerk will schedule an agenda item on the subject of unfilled Board and Commission <br />appointments at which time the City Council will discuss such remaining vacancies. There will be no <br />penalty assessed against any Councilmember who has not made such appointments within the 60 <br />days. <br />VACANCIES <br />Any vacancies on any board or commission, from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by <br />appointment by the Council. Upon a vacancy occurring, leaving an unexpired portion of a term, any <br />appointment to fill such vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of such term. If members of a board <br />or commission absent themselves from three consecutive regular meetings of each board or <br />commission, unless by permission of such board or commission expressed in its official minutes, or is <br />convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or ceases to be a qualified elector of the City, their <br />office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the Council. DRAFT