17-Deliberate and act on a resolution confirming the re-appointment of Sims Norment as a member of the Fire Fighters and Police Civil Service Commission

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vOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 143. MUMCIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FO... Page 1 of 3 Sec. 143.006. IMPLEMENTATION: COMMISSION. (a) On adoption of this chapter, the Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Civil Service Commission is established in the municipality. The chief executive of the municipality shall appoint the members of the commission within 60 days after the date this chapter is adopted. Within 30 days after the date the municipality's first full fiscal year begins after the date of the adoption election, the governing body of the municipality shall implement this chapter. (b) The commission consists of three members appointed by the municipality's chief executive and confirmed by the governing body of the municipality. Members serve staggered three-year terms with the term of one member expiring each year. If a vacancy occurs or if an appointee fails to qualify within 10 days after the date of appointment, the chief executive shall appoint a person to serve for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment. (c) A person appointed to the commission must: (1) be of good moral character; (2) be a United States citizen; (3) be a resident of the municipality who has resided in the municipality for more than three years; (4) be over 25 years of age; and (5) not have held a public office within the preceding three years. (c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c)(5), the municipality's chief executive may reappoint a commission member to consecutive terms. A commission member may not be reappointed to more than a third consecutive term unless the member's reappointment to a fourth or subsequent consecutive term is confirmed by a two-thirds majority of all the members of the municipality's governing body. (c-2) Subsection (c)(5) does not prohibit the municipality's chief executive from appointing a former commission member to the commission if the only public office held by the former member within the preceding three years is membership on: (1) the commission; or (2) the commission and the municipality's civil service board for employees other than police officers and firefighters through a joint appointment to the commission and board. http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/LG/htm/LG.143.htm - oQr-1ss 1/14/2010