Legal Documents of Sweetwater

A board for the operation and maintenance of the Sweetwater Heritage Museum in the City of Sweetwater is hereby created and established and is hereafter referred to as the museum board. Said board shall consist of seven (7) members. One (1) member shall be a city commissioner who shall be designated in addition to his other duties as the museum commissioner and who shall be elected by the Mayor and Board of Commissioners of the City of Sweetwater. Another member shall be a member of an historic or patriotic organization, which may be the historic zoning commission, and shall be designated as the historic member. Another member shall be a representative of the parks and recreation commission, and shall be designated the recreation member. The remaining four (4) members shall be residents of the State of Tennessee and shall be appointed by the mayor and board of commissioners and shall serve without compensation. Except for their initial appointments, the terms of the appointed members shall be for three (3) years each, and not more than five (5) of the members shall be of the same sex. The six (6) initial appointments shall have terms as follows: two (2) members for one (1) year; two (2) members for two (2) years; and two (2) members for three (3) years, with terms expiring on July 1, 2011; July 1, 2012, and July 1, 2013, respectively. The representative of the board of commissioners shall be appointed to a two (2) year term following every city election or when a vacancy occurs. (as added by Ord. #855, July 2010)