Comm No 0010.02 - Review Articles - XI-XVI - Proposed Amendment

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commissions shall be reimbursed by the county for actual work hours lost at the straight time rate of pay of such members in their regular employment but in no case shall such reimbursement exceed five times the state minimum wage hour rate. (h) A chairperson shall be elected from its membership annually. (i) The affirmative vote of a majority of the entire membership to which a board or commission is entitled shall be necessary to make any action valid; except that in the case of a board or commission which has only advisory functions, the affirmative vote of a majority of those present shall be sufficient to make any action valid. (j) Each board and commission shall have the power to establish its rules of procedure necessary for the conduct of its business, which rules shall contain the time and place of all regular meetings, and which shall specify that a quorum shall be a majority of the members to which the board or commission is entitled. (k)The county shall maintain a website for each board and commission on which shall be posted the authority, powers, duties terms and other relevant information concerning the board or commission, the qualifications and criteria for selecting members, and the name of the contact person for the board or commission. Before taking office, the member shall provide biographical information which shall be posted on the aforesaid website. (k) (1) Notwithstanding any other provision in this charter, no person shall, by reason of occupation alone, be barred from serving as a member of any board or commission. (I)(m) The council Mayor shall act to confirm or reject any appointment made to a board or commission by the mayor council within forty-five days after receiving notice of the appointment from the council. In the case of a rejection, the Mayor will appear before the council to If the council Mayor does not confirm or reject any such appointment within forty-five days, the appointee shall be deemed to have been confirmed. (1)(n) The redrawing of council district boundaries during a commission member's term shall not affect a member's eligibility to represent the district to which the member was appointed."