How board and commission members are appointed

(a) The mayor is authorized to appoint, subject to council approval, members to boards, commissions, or committees for which the mayor has been initially authorized by charter, law, or ordinance to make such original appointment. (b) The mayor shall submit proposed appointments to boards, commissions, or committees in accordance with the following requirements: (1) All boards, commissions, or committees shall, no later than 90 days before the expiration of a member’s appointed term, advise the mayor and council of the pending expiration of the appointed member’s term; and (2) Within 30 days of the issuance of such notice of pending expiration, the mayor shall submit to the council a written request for approval of appointment to the respective board, commission, or committee. (c) The mayor’s written request for approval for appointment to a board, commission, or committee shall include the effective date of such appointment, effective date of expiration, and reasons for appointment. (d) Newly created boards, commissions, or committees. In the case of newly created boards, commissions, or committees, the mayor shall submit a written request for approval of appointment to the council no later than 90 days from the effective date of the action establishing such board, commission, or committee.