§ 29-11. Officers; meetings; quorum; voting.  


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  • (a) Officers. The Commission must elect from its members a chair, vice-chair, and any other officers the Commission deems necessary. Each officer serves at the pleasure of the Commission.
    (b) Meetings.
    (1) The chair calls all Commission meetings.
    (2) The Commission must meet as often as necessary to perform its duties, but not less often than once each month.
    (3) The chair must call a meeting within 10 days after receiving a request from a majority of the members.
    (c) Quorum.
    (1) A majority of the members of the Commission is a quorum for the transaction of business.
    (2) Any official action of the Commission requires a majority vote of the members present at the meeting, but not less than 5 members.
    (d) Alternates. If a Commission member is absent from a meeting, the alternate for the category under which the absent member was appointed may participate and vote at that meeting in place of the absent member. (1972 L.M.C., ch. 27, § 1; 1979 L.M.C., ch. 5, § 1; 1998 L.M.C., ch. 32, § 1.)