The City Council hereby confirms the establishment under the
Michigan Planning Enabling Act, Public Act 33 of 2008, MCLA 125.3801
et seq., of the City of Rockwood Planning Commission formerly established.
The City of Rockwood Planning Commission shall have five members.
Members of the City of Rockwood Planning Commission as of the effective
date of this article shall, except for an ex officio member whose
remaining term on the Planning Commission shall be limited to his
or her term on the City Council, continue to serve for the remainder
of their existing terms so long as they continue to meet all of the
eligibility requirements for Planning Commission membership set forth
within the Michigan Planning Enabling Act, Public Act 33 of 2008,
MCLA 125.3801 et seq.
The City Council may remove a member of the Planning Commission
for misfeasance, malfeasance, or nonfeasance in office upon written
charges and after a public hearing.
The Planning Commission members may be compensated for their
services as provided by City Council resolution. The Planning Commission
may adopt bylaws relative to compensation and expenses of its members
for travel when engaged in the performance of activities authorized
by the City Council, including, but not limited to, attendance at
conferences, workshops, educational and training programs and meetings.
The Planning Commission shall make an annual written report
to the City Council concerning its operations and the status of the
planning activities, including recommendations regarding actions by
the City Council related to planning and development.
To further the desirable future development of the City under
the master plan, the City Council, after the master plan is adopted,
shall prepare or cause to be prepared by the Mayor or by a designated
nonelected administrative official a capital improvements program
of public structures and improvements, showing those structures and
improvements in general order of their priority, for the following
six-year period. The prepared capital improvements program, if prepared
by someone other than the City Council, shall be subject to final
approval by the City Council. The Planning Commission is hereby exempted
from preparing a capital improvements plan.