[R.O. 2007 §§2-3 — 2-6; Ord. No. 3677 §§1 — 4, 5-19-1969]
A. 
Generally. All appointments to the various boards, committees and commissions of the City shall be by resolutions passed by majority vote of the City Council.
B. 
Recommendations Of City Manager. The City Manager shall have the power and duty to recommend to the City Council, from time to time, the names of persons interested and capable of serving on any board, commission or committee of the City.
C. 
When Effective. All appointments to the various boards, commissions and committees of the City shall become effective immediately following the vote by the City Council.
D. 
Removal. The City Council may at any time remove with or without cause and with or without prior notice any member of any board, commission or committee by motion, seconded and passed by majority vote of the Council.
[R.O. 2007 §2-7; Ord. No. 3677 §2, 5-19-1969]
The City Manager shall report periodically to the City Council all resignations, incapacitations or lack of attendance at meetings of any member of any City board, commission or committee.
[R.O. 2007 §§2-12, 17-19; Ord. No. 3676 §4, 5-19-1969; Ord. No. 4135 §1, 6-2-1975; Ord. No. 4260 §§2 — 4, 6-6-1977; Ord. No. 4487 §1, 6-2-1980; Ord. No. 4886 §1, 6-3-1985; Ord. No. 5192 §1, 7-5-1988; Ord. No. 5287 §1, 7-3-1989; Ord. No. 5722 §1, 6-6-1994; Ord. No. 5736 §1, 7-5-1994; Ord. No. 7319 §1, 4-16-2012]
A. 
The members of the each board created herein shall serve for terms of three (3) years each, provided the first board shall be appointed so that one-third (1/3) of its membership shall serve for a term of one (1) year, one-third (1/3) for two (2) years and one-third (1/3) for three (3) years.
B. 
No person shall be appointed to the Water and Light Advisory Board, the Building Standards Board, the Planning and Zoning Commission or the Board of Adjustment of the City who is not a resident of the City living within its corporate boundaries.
C. 
Any person who is a resident of the City, living within its corporate boundaries at the time he/she is appointed to any board or commission in the City, but who, thereafter, shall move from the corporate boundaries and no longer be a resident of the City, shall automatically vacate and be removed from such board or commission on June 1 of the year following the year in which the person moves from the corporate boundaries of the City and is no longer a resident thereof.
D. 
No person shall be appointed to any other board or commission of the City who is not a resident of the Poplar Bluff "R-1" School District living within the boundaries of said district. When there is more than one (1) person in consideration for a given position on a board or commission, it shall be the policy of the City that, all things between applicants being equal, priority shall be given to that person living within the corporate boundaries of the City. The term "person" shall include natural persons as well as persons living in the "R-1" School District who pay taxes to the City through a corporate entity.
E. 
Any person who is a resident of the Poplar Bluff "R-1" School District to any of the aforesaid boards or commissions named in Subsection (D) above, but who, thereafter, shall move from the boundaries of the said school district and no longer be a resident of the district shall automatically vacate and be removed from such board or commission on June 1 of the year following the year in which the person moves from the boundaries of the Poplar Bluff "R-1" School District and is no longer a resident thereof.
F. 
Upon such vacation and removal of any person as stated in Subsections (C) and (E) hereinabove, the City Council shall appoint a qualified person to serve the remainder of the term of the person so vacated and removed.
G. 
Whenever it is the unanimous opinion of the City Council that any of the foregoing provisions with regard to residency or consecutive full terms, when strictly applied, will result in extraordinary harm or damage to the City, its interests and its citizens, that such waiver is to be subsequently renewed, it must be done so each year specifically by Council action and, if not so specifically renewed, such waiver shall automatically expire one (1) year from the date it is granted.
[R.O. 2007 §2-13; Ord. No. 4742 §1, 6-6-1983]
A. 
The annual appointments to boards and commissions of the City of Poplar Bluff shall occur at the first (1st) formal meeting conducted by the City Council in the month of June of each year.
B. 
No term of a person appointed to a board or commission of the City of Poplar Bluff shall expire until such time as such person's successor is duly appointed by City Council action, nothing to the contrary herein withstanding.
C. 
Chairpersons, presidents or other executive officers for such boards and commissions shall be voted upon by the members of said boards and commissions within the month of June or July of each year after annual appointments are made by City Council action.
[R.O. 2007 §2-14; Ord. No. 5016 §1, 8-4-1986]
The original minutes and all supporting documents of all City board meetings shall be filed with the office of the City Clerk. Each board shall be under a continuing duty to supply said documents to the office of the City Clerk on a monthly basis.