The Village of Vicksburg Planning Commission (hereinafter referred
to as the "Planning Commission") was previously constituted pursuant
to the Michigan Zoning Enabling Act, Public Act 110 of 2006, as amended,
MCLA § 125.3101 et seq., and the Planning Enabling Act,
Public Act 33 of 2008, as amended, MCLA § 125.3801 et seq.
The Planning Commission shall henceforth serve as the Board
of the Village of Vicksburg Downtown Development Authority (hereinafter
referred to as "DDA"), pursuant to MCLA § 125.4204(8). The
term of each DDA member shall be the same as their term in office
as a member of the Planning Commission. A DDA member may be removed
under the procedure prescribed for removing a Planning Commission
member.
The Village President shall appoint the nine members of the
Planning Commission/DDA, subject to approval by a majority vote of
the members of the Village Council. The Planning Commission and DDA
shall be comprised of members of the community or surrounding communities,
as regulated by the Planning Enabling Act, Public Act 33 of 2008,
as amended, MCLA § 125.3801 et seq.
The Chairperson and all officers of the Planning Commission
shall hold the same titles on the DDA. The Planning Commission and
DDA shall hold at least one regular meeting in each quarter of the
year or special meeting as needed. It shall adopt rules for the transaction
of business and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions,
findings, and determinations, which record shall be a public record.
All meetings shall be noticed and recorded in accordance with the
Open Meetings Act, Public Act No. 267 of 1976, as amended.
Members of the DDA shall serve without compensation, but may
be reimbursed for actual and necessary expenses in an amount and manner
as prescribed by the Village Council. Members of the Planning Commission
shall be compensated as outlined by resolution of the Village Council.
The DDA shall have such powers and duties as are granted to
a Village DDA by the statutes of the State of Michigan and any ordinance
of the Village, including but not limited to those powers and duties
provided in the Recodified Tax Increment Financing Act, Act 57 of
2018, being MCLA § 125.4101 et seq.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this
article is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional,
such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of
the remaining portions of this article. The Village of Vicksburg declares
that it would have passed this article and each section, subsection,
clause, or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or
more section, subsections, sentences, clauses, or phrases be declared
unconstitutional.
This article and the related rules, regulations, provisions,
requirements, orders and matters established shall take effect immediately
upon publication, except any penalty provisions, which shall take
effect 20 days after publication, pursuant to MCLA § 66.1.
All prior ordinances, or parts of ordinances, in conflict with
this article are repealed only to the extent necessary to give all
provisions of this article full effect.
Within 14 days of the adoption of this article, the Village
Clerk shall transmit a copy of this article to the Michigan Secretary
of State's Office of the Great Seal.