§ 10.5-17.1. Attendance at board meetings.

(a)

Any board shall declare a member's office vacant, and the city council shall appoint the member as an alternate member so long as a vacancy is available and shall promptly fill the declared vacancy on the board upon the happening of one (1) of the following events:

(1)

Any member having unexcused absences for two (2) successive meetings;

(2)

Any member having three (3) unexcused absences within a twelve-month period; or

(3)

Any member requiring more than three (3) excused absences within a twelve-month period.

(b)

The city manager must approve an absence before such absence may be considered excused. Qualified excuses shall be strictly construed to the following events:

(1)

Illness of the board member, with proper medical documentation;

(2)

Illness of a family member, with proper medical documentation; or

(3)

Death of a family member.

(Ord. No. 92-12, § 1, 6-23-92; Ord. No. 15-02 , § 1, 2-24-2015)

Editor's note

Ord. No. 92-12, adopted June 23, 1992, did not specifically amend this Code; hence inclusion of § 1 as § 10.5-17.1 was at the discretion of the editor.