Legal Documents of Jefferson City

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 seven (7) members, one (1) of the members shall be the mayor and one (1) of the members shall be a member of the city council selected by the city council. All other members shall be appointed by the mayor. All members of the commission shall serve as such without compensation. Except for the initial appointments, the terms of the five (5) members appointed by the mayor shall be for five (5) years each. The five (5) members first appointed shall be appointed for terms of one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4) and five (5) years respectively so that the term of one (1) member expires each year. The term of the mayor shall coincide with his or her term of office, and the term of the city council member selected by the city council shall be until the January regular meeting following the next general election held by the city, with the exceptions that the city council appointee selected in July, 2003, shall serve until the July, 2005 regular meeting and the city council appointee selected at the July, 2005 regular meeting shall serve until the January, 2007, regular meeting. Any vacancy in an appointive membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by the mayor, who shall also have the authority to remove any appointive member at his will and pleasure. (1996 Code, § 11-101, as amended by Ord. #99-12, June 1999, and Ord. #2003-08, Oct. 2003)