§ 17.02. Maximum length of service for members and trustees of boards and commissions

No member or trustee of any board or commission of the city, no matter who the appointing authority, shall be eligible to serve more than:

A.

Eight consecutive terms if the term of office is one year.

B.

Four consecutive terms if the term of office is two years.

C.

Three consecutive terms if the term of office is three years.

D.

Two consecutive terms if the term of office is four years.

E.

Two consecutive terms if the term of office is for five years or more.

Notwithstanding the above limitations, no member or trustee of any board or commission of the city shall be appointed so as to serve more than ten years on a board or commission, except that a person who has served on a board or commission may be reappointed to that same board or commission if one year has elapsed since the expiration of his last appointment to the board or commission.

Council is hereby authorized and empowered, but not directed, to provide by ordinance for staggered terms of all members of boards and commissions of the city to the end that there will not result a complete board or commission membership turnover on the same date.

The portion hereof concerning limitations of terms shall apply to regional boards and commissions only in those cases in which all political subdivisions appointing members to such regional board or commission are bound by a like provision.

This section shall be in effect, notwithstanding any other provision in the city code or city charter to the contrary.