All duly elected or appointed regular members of the city council and of all city boards and commissions shall have a duty to attend all regular and specially called meetings of the council, board or commission of which that person is a member. It shall be misconduct for any member to be absent from at least three consecutive regular meetings or more than 30 percent of all meetings over a period of at least six months of the council, board or commission of which that person is a member, unless the absences are excused.
(Ordinance 2001-3, sec. 1, adopted 6/4/01; 2007 Code, sec. 2-105)
In the event that any regular member of the council or any board or commission has engaged in the misconduct described in section 1.03.001, such member may be censured or publicly reprimanded, after a public hearing, by majority vote of at least 75 percent of the remaining members. Upon censure or public reprimand, the position held by such offending member may, by majority vote of at least 75 percent of the remaining members and after a public hearing preceded by written charges, be declared vacant. In the event that the position is declared vacant, the vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term by the city council.
(Ordinance 2001-3, sec. 2, adopted 6/4/01; 2007 Code, sec. 2-106)