Legal Documents of Sweetwater

The board of public utilities as created by Ord. #188, adopted on final passage June 8, 1939, is hereby expanded so as to include two (2) additional members. Said board shall now consist of five (5) members. No person shall be eligible to be a member of the board unless he shall be a citizen and bona fide freeholder or householder of the City of Sweetwater, shall live within the corporate limits of said city and shall have so lived for at least one (1) year prior to his appointment, and shall be at least twenty-five (25) years of age. Furthermore, no member of the board can be an elected officer of or an employee of Monroe County, the City of Sweetwater, or the board of public utilities except that one (1) member of the board shall be chosen as hereinafter provided from the mayor and board of commissioners.

The four (4) appointed members of the board shall be appointed so that the term of one member shall expire on July 1 of each year. All except initial appointees and those appointed to serve unexpired terms shall serve four (4) year terms.

The fifth member of the board shall be the commissioner of the City of Sweetwater who is duly appointed as a member of the board of public utilities, and who shall by virtue of his said office, and for the tenure thereof, be one member of the board of public utilities. His tenure on said board shall be confined to his tenure of office as commissioner. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for the unexpired term only. New members, either for the purpose of filling a vacancy or for a full term, shall be selected and appointed by the mayor and board of commissioners. Each member shall hold his office until his successor is appointed and qualified. (1982 Code, § 13-102)