Legal Documents of Bean Station

Pursuant to the provisions of Tennessee Code Annotated, § 13-4-101, there is hereby created a municipal planning commission, hereinafter referred to as the planning commission. The planning commission shall consist of five (5) members; two (2) of these shall be the mayor (or the mayor's designee) and another member of the governing body selected by the governing body; the other three (3) members shall be appointed by the mayor. The legislative body shall determine in what amount to compensate the members.

Except for the initial appointments, the terms of the three (3) members appointed by the mayor shall be for four (4) years each. The three (3) members first appointed shall be appointed for terms of one (1), two (2), and three (3) years respectively, so that the term of one (1) member expires each year. The terms of the mayor and the member selected by the governing body shall run concurrently with their terms of office. The mayor of the town shall fill any vacancy in an appointive membership for the unexpired term. (Ord. #2015-03-100, April 2015)