§ 17-27. Appointment and terms of planning board members.

(a)

The planning board shall be composed of nine (9) members who shall be residents of the county.

(b)

Planning board members shall be appointed for three-year staggered terms, but members may continue to serve until their successors have been appointed. All terms of office shall end on the thirty-first day of December of a year. Any terms not ending on December thirty-first shall be extended to December thirty-first of that year from and after April 3, 1989. Initially, four (4) members shall be appointed for three-year terms, four (4) members shall be appointed for two-year terms, and three (3) members shall be appointed for one-year terms. Current members who have three-year, two-year or one-year terms remaining shall continue to serve with additional members being appointed to establish the staggered terms of the planning board membership. Vacancies may be filled for the unexpired term only.

(c)

Planning board members may be removed by the board of commissioners at any time for failure to attend three (3) consecutive meetings or for failure to attend thirty (30) percent or more of the meetings within any twelve-month period or for any other good cause related to performance of duties. Upon request of the member proposed for removal, the board of county commissioners shall hold a hearing on the removal before it becomes effective.

(d)

If a planning board member moves outside the county, that shall constitute a resignation from the planning board, effective upon the date a replacement is appointed by the board of commissioners.

(Ord. of 4-4-77, § 1(2); Ord. of 4-3-89, § 1; Amend. of 2-5-07; Amend. of 2-18-08; Amend. of 11-19-12)