The City Council may create by ordinance such Boards or Commissions as in its judgment are required and may grant to them such powers and duties as are consistent with the provisions of this Charter.
All Boards and Commissions now existing and duly authorized in the City of Los Alamitos and the members thereof, shall continue until the normal expiration of their term or according to the ordinances or actions of the Council creating such Boards and Commissions or the appointment thereof.
The City Council shall include in its annual budget such appropriation of funds as in its opinion shall be sufficient for the efficient and proper functioning of such Boards and Commissions.
The number of members to comprise such Boards and Commissions shall be specified by ordinance if not specified by this Charter. The members of each of such Boards or Commissions shall be appointed and shall be subject to removal, by motion of the City Council adopted by a majority vote. The members thereof shall be appointed from the qualified electors of the City, none of whom shall hold any paid office or employment in the City government and shall serve until their respective successors are appointed and qualified.
All Boards and Commissions shall be organized and conducted pursuant to the terms creating them. In the event that the ordinance establishing such Boards and Commissions does not specify the manner, the time of meetings and the composition thereof, said Boards and Commissions shall be organized and run according to acceptable and general standards then existing for similar Boards and Commissions and according to State law of the State of California.
The members of Boards and Commissions shall serve without compensation for their services as such but may receive reimbursement for necessary traveling and other expenses incurred on official duty when such expenditures have received authorization by the City Council.
Any vacancies in any Board or Commission, from whatever cause arising, shall be filled by appointment by the City Council. Upon a vacancy occurring leaving an unexpired portion of a term, any appointment to fill such vacancy shall be for the unexpired portion of such term. If a member of a Board or Commission is absent from three (3) consecutive meetings of such Board or Commission, unless by permission of such Board or Commission expressed in its official minutes, or is convicted of a crime involving moral turpitude, or ceases to be a qualified elector of the City, his/her office shall become vacant and shall be so declared by the City Council.