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Article IX. GENERAL PROVISIONS |
Chapter 1. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS IN GENERAL |
§ 9-102. Organization.
(1)
Except as otherwise provided by applicable state or municipal law, the terms of all appointments made to boards shall expire on June 30th of the year of such expiration.
(2)
Annually at the first meeting on or after July 1st each year, each board shall elect from its members a chair, a vice-chair, a secretary, and such other officers as it shall deem necessary and proper, all of whom shall serve until June 30th of the following year or until their successors have been elected and qualified, except as otherwise provided by applicable state or municipal law.
(3)
Officers of boards may be removed from their offices by an affirmative vote of a majority of the members of the board at any regular meeting, or at a special meeting if the call for such meeting shall have stated the removal as one of the purposes thereof.
(4)
Members of boards shall serve without compensation but may receive reimbursement for expenses incurred in the conduct of the official business of the board.
(5)
Each board shall set forth in its rules the time, date, and place of its regular meetings.
(6)
The secretary of each board shall keep minutes of its transactions which shall at all times be available for public inspection.