171.02   BOARD CREATED; MEMBERSHIP; TERM; VACANCY.

(a) A Human Relations Board is hereby established which shall consist of seven members. Each of the members shall serve for a period of three years and shall be appointed by the Mayor with the consent and approval of the City Commission. No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. After a member has served during two consecutive terms he shall be ineligible for reappointment to the Human Relations Board until one year has expired since his last date of service on the Board.

(b) Any vacancy on the Human Relations Board shall be filled as in the case of the original appointment, as set forth herein, for the unexpired term of the member whose vacancy is so filled.

(c) All members of the Human Relations Board shall serve without compensation and shall be subject to removal from office by a majority of the City Commission.

(d) Persons eligible for service on the Human Relations Board shall meet the following qualifications:
(1) Persons serving on another City board or commission shall not be eligible to serve on the Human Relations Board.
(2) Persons serving on the Human Relations Board shall be electors of the City.
(3) Elected public officials shall not be eligible to serve on the Human Relations Board.
(4) Except as otherwise provided herein, if any member of the Human Relations Board shall fail to meet any of the qualifications stated in subsection (d)(1) through (3) hereof, his office shall immediately become vacant.
(5) The City Commission, by ordinance and upon finding that the particular expertise of a potential appointee or member is needed on the Board, may waive any or all of the requirements of subsections (d)(1) and (2) hereof for such appointee or member.

(e) If any Human Relaitons Board member is absent from three of any six consecutive regularly scheduled Board meetings, or if such member is unwilling or unable to attend a regularly scheduled prearranged discussion of the public business of his board which fails to qualify as a "meeting" for lack of quorum, his office shall immediately become vacant. Such member shall have the opportunity to explain his absence to the City Commission and may be reappointed by a majority vote of the City Commission to complete the balance of his term.
(Ord. 95-96. Passed 3-14-95.)

171.03   OFFICERS; MEETINGS; PROCEDURE; RECORDS

(a) The Human Relations Board shall elect from its membership a chairperson and such other officers as it may deem necessary. No chairperson shall serve more than two years during a period of six consecutive years. The term "year" means twelve consecutive months. The Board shall adopt rules and regulations consistent with law and ordinance. Meetings of the Board shall be held once each month, and at such additional times as the Board may determine; provided, however, the chairperson may cancel a meeting if no member has proposed business to be conducted at the meeting. The time of regular meetings shall be specified in the rules and regulations of the Board. Special meetings may be called by the chairperson, Director of Human Relations or by any two members of the Board. There shall be a fixed place of meeting.

(b) The Human Relations Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings showing the action of the Board and the vote of each member upon each question or, if absent or failing to vote, indicating such fact, and shall keep records of all of its official action, all of which shall be filed promptly in the office of the Human Relations Director. The presence of four members shall constitute a quorum. The Board shall act by resolution and a copy of each resolution duly adopted shall be filed in the office of the Director of the Human Relations Department. The Director of Human Relations or his appointee shall serve as Secretary to the Human Relations Board.
(Ord. 90-568. Passed 10-23-90.)

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