There is hereby recreated a Harbor Commission for the City.
The members of the Harbor Commission shall serve without compensation
and shall not be considered employees of the City.
The members of the Harbor Commission shall, within 20 days after
their appointment in the first instance, and thereafter annually within
20 days following the regular organizational meeting of the City Council
following the regular City election, organize and elect one of their
members chairperson, one of their members vice chairperson, and one
of their members or another person not serving on the Commission as
secretary. The Harbor Commission may select other such officers as
it may deem advisable and expedient. A majority of the Harbor Commission
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.
The Harbor Commission shall establish by general rule the time
and place for holding all regular and special meetings of such board
and the manner of giving notice thereof. The Harbor Commission is
also authorized to establish by general rule procedures for the transaction
of its business.
The City Council shall have power and authority to remove any
member of the Harbor Commission for malfeasance, misfeasance, misconduct,
or neglect of duty after having given such member notice and an opportunity
to be heard.
The Harbor Commission shall study and make recommendations to
the City Council concerning policies, rules, regulations, and ordinances
dealing with the management, government, maintenance, operation, and
use of the harbor, waterways, channels, municipal docks, or other
navigational facilities which are under the control of the City. The
reasonableness and necessity of any such policies, rules, regulations,
or ordinances shall be determined by the City Council after a review
thereof. All such policies, rules, regulations, and ordinances, after
adoption and publication by the City Council, shall be enforced by
the appropriate City officials in like manner as any other provision
of this chapter or other ordinance of the City.
The Harbor Commission shall annually submit to the City Manager,
at a date of the City Manager's choosing, a proposed budget showing
in detail the amount of money which, according to the judgment of
the Harbor Commission, may be necessary for harbor purposes, and the
supervision, maintenance and operation thereof during the fiscal year,
which fiscal year shall correspond to that of the City. The proposed
budget submitted and recommended by the Harbor Commission may be increased,
modified, or adopted by the City Council in its sole discretion, as
the City Council may deem advisable and expedient.