§ 16B-8. Same—Qualifications and appointment of members; term of office and removal from office; filling vacancies.

(a)

Qualifications. Nine (9) voting members of the arts board shall be citizens of the City of Irving. Citizen shall be defined to mean a resident of the city who is eligible to vote in city elections. Two (2) voting members should work for, represent, or own corporate or business operations within the City of Irving, and need not be citizens of the city.

(b)

Appointment of members.

(1)

All members of the arts board shall be appointed by the city council.

(2)

Regular appointments shall be made on the date of the first official city council meeting in November, and the expiration 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 arts 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 arts 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 and nonvoting members of the arts board shall serve for a period of two (2) years, unless sooner removed.

(2)

The eleven (11) voting members shall occupy a place on the arts board, such places being numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, respectively. The terms of office for places 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, and 11 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.

(3)

The two (2) nonvoting members shall occupy a place on the arts board, such places being numbered 1 and 2, respectively. The term of office for place 1 shall expire on odd-numbered years and the term of office for place 2 shall expire on even-numbered years.

(4)

Terms of office shall commence and expire on the first official city council meeting in November as set out above.

(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 arts 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 shall not be limited to three (3) consecutive terms.

(Ord. No. 6146, § 1, 7-16-92; Ord. No. 8623, § 1, 3-23-06)