§ 16B-2. Same—Qualifications and appointment of members; term of office and removal from office of members of the board; filling vacancies.

(a)

Qualifications . All voting members must be residents of the city, eligible to vote in city elections, with the exception of the representatives of the hotel/motel industry, representative of the hospitality industry at-large, representative of the restaurant industry and the chair of the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Hotel Association.

(b)

Appointment of members .

(1)

All members of the board shall be appointed by the city council. The bureau board may make recommendations to the city council for the hotel industry, hospitality industry at-large, restaurant industry and former bureau board member seats.

(2)

Regular appointments shall be made on the date of the first official city council meeting in November, and the expiration date of each term of office shall fall on the date of the first official city council meeting in November during the year in which the term shall expire.

(3)

Any member of the board may be removed from office by the city council for any cause deemed by the city council as sufficient for removal.

(4)

Any vacancy in the membership of the board shall be filled by the city council for the unexpired term of the member whose place has, by removal or otherwise, become vacant.

(c)

Term of office.

(1)

All voting members of the board shall serve for a period of two (2) years, unless sooner removed, with the exception of the voting member that is the chair of the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Hotel Association, whose term shall be defined by the term of service as its chair.

(2)

The thirteen (13) voting members shall occupy a place on the board, such places being numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. The terms of office for places 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11 and 13 shall expire on odd-numbered years and the terms of office for places 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 shall expire on even-numbered years; the term of office for place 12 is tied to the term of service as chair. The voting member representing the hotel/motel industry shall occupy place number 10; the voting member representing the hospitality industry at-large shall occupy place number 11; the voting member that is the chair of the Greater Irving-Las Colinas Hotel Association shall occupy place 12; and the voting member representing the restaurant industry shall occupy place number 13.

(3)

The terms of office for all nonvoting members of the board will be defined by their terms of service as chairs of their respective entities or as designated by their respective entities, with the exceptions of the hospitality industry at-large and past bureau board member seats, whose terms shall consist of a single two-year term.

(4)

Terms of office shall commence and expire on the first official city council meeting in November. Members shall serve until their successor is appointed.

(5)

If any voting or nonvoting member is unable to complete his or her term, a successor will be appointed to that place to complete that term of office.

(6)

Voting members of the Irving Convention and Visitors Bureau Board shall serve no more than three (3) full consecutive terms. When a member is appointed to complete a partial term, that partial term shall not count in computing the three (3) full consecutive terms. Nonvoting and/or ex officio members may not be limited to three (3) consecutive terms, except that the one (1) nonvoting member who is a past bureau board member and the one (1) nonvoting member who is a representative of the hospitality industry at-large may serve no more than one (1) full term unless a recommendation for one (1) additional term is made by the board.

(d)

Ex officio members . Ex officio members shall not vote.

(Ord. No. 6146, § 1, 7-16-92; Ord. No. 7226, § 1, 3-5-98; Ord. No. 8602, § 2, 1-26-06; Ord. No. 8913, § 1, 2-7-08; Ord. No. 2011-9299, § 2, 11-17-11; Ord. No. 2013-9421, § 1, 1-10-13; Ord. No. 2016-9877 , § 2, 11-10-16; Ord. No. 2018-10055, § 2, 5-3-18 )