§ 15-33. Membership.

(a)

Qualifications and posts. The City of Cartersville Parks and Recreation Department Recreation Advisory Board hereinafter referred to as the board, shall be composed of seven (7) members, all U.S. citizens and all residing within the corporate limits of the city. All members serve without compensation. Subsequent references to the board shall refer to the body comprised of properly appointed members. Membership composition shall place emphasis on maintaining a diverse group insofar as political party, race, religion, economic status, type of employment, age, sex, national origin or special population is concerned. The mayor and city council shall ratify the appointment of the seven (7) members. Each city council member will appoint one (1) member to the board and the mayor will appoint one (1) member to the board.

(b)

Terms. Six (6) members shall be appointed on a staggered basis for terms of four (4) years. The seventh member to be appointed by the mayor shall serve a two-year term. Terms of the charter members shall be determined by lot of terms of three (3) members for four (4) and four (4) members for two (2) years. The mayor's appointee shall be one (1) of the four (4) members serving two (2) years. There are no term limits.

(c)

Participation standards. If a member has missed, without prior notification, three (3) consecutive, regularly scheduled meetings, the chair shall declare a vacancy, and upon the affirmative vote of the board, a new nominee shall be sought. The board has the right to decline to declare a vacancy. If a member fails to attend, without prior notification, three (3) meetings in a year, the chair shall declare a vacancy, and upon the affirmative vote of the board, a new nominee shall be sought. The board has the right to decline to declare a vacancy. The mayor and city council will either accept or reject the board's certification of vacancy, and upon acceptance thereof, will in accordance with this article appoint a new member to replace the vacancy.

(d)

Powers and duties. The membership shall:

(1)

Elect the officers of the board;

(2)

Adopt bylaws; and

(3)

Conduct such other business as may properly come before the board.

(e)

Meeting and fiscal year.

(1)

Regular meeting. Regular meetings shall be held no less than six (6) times per year. The date and time of these meetings shall be set by the board.

(2)

Annual meeting. The annual meeting shall be the last meeting of the calendar year. The business shall include the election of officers and such other business as may properly come before it.

(3)

Special meetings. The chair or secretary shall issue a call for a special meeting upon the receipt of a written request from any four (4) members. The call shall state the purpose of the meeting and no other business may come before the meeting. Five (5) days' notice shall be given to all members of such a special meeting.

(4)

Fiscal year. The fiscal year shall be the calendar year.

(f)

Voting and quorum. A majority of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Regular meetings shall be scheduled at times agreed upon by the members. Minutes of its meeting shall be kept by the secretary. All meetings shall be conducted in accordance with the legal standards established for open meetings.

(Ord. No. 38-99, 9-1-99; Ord. No. 01-00, § 1, 1-20-00; Ord. No. 07-08, 2-7-08; Ord. No. 01-16, § 1, 1-21-16)