Title
Amending the Composition of the Maritime Advisory Board - For the purpose of replacing the Chair of the Annapolis Conservancy Board with a representative of the maritime industry to serve on the Maritime Advisory Board.
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis
Ordinance 2-16
Introduced by: Alderman Budge, Alderman Arnett, Alderman Pfeiffer
And Mayor Pantelides
Referred to
Rules Committee
Environmental Matters Committee
Maritime Advisory Board
Annapolis Conservancy Board
AN ORDINANCE concerning
Amending the Composition of the Maritime Advisory Board
FOR the purpose of replacing the Chair of the Annapolis Conservancy Board with a representative of the maritime industry to serve on the Maritime Advisory Board.
BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2015 Edition
Section 2.48.240
WHEREAS, Pursuant to Section 2.48.240 of the Annapolis City Code, the composition of the Maritime Advisory Board includes the Chair of the Annapolis Conservancy Board; and
WHEREAS, The Chair of the Annapolis Conservancy Board does not regularly attend meetings of the Maritime Advisory Board;
WHEREAS, The Chairs of both Boards have requested that the Chair of the Annapolis Conservancy Board be removed from serving on the Maritime Advisory Board.
NOW THEREFORE
SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 2.48 - BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
ARTICLE VIII - MARITIME ADVISORY BOARD
2.48.240 Composition and terms.
A. The Maritime Advisory Board consists of eleven members:
1. Seven EIGHT members representing the maritime industry, three of whom shall employ no more than twenty people;
2. The chair of the Annapolis Conservancy Board or designee;
3. 2.The Aldermen representing wards 1, 7, and 8 which contain the maritime zoning districts, or such persons employed in the maritime business as said Aldermen may designate in writing to the Mayor to serve in lieu of the Aldermen.
B. Members of the Maritime Advisory Board shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council, for terms of four years, except that the respective terms of the members representing the maritime industry shall be on a staggered basis. A vacancy in the membership on the council shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term in the same manner as an original appointment.
C. In addition to the members of the Maritime Advisory Board as provided for in subsection A of this section, the Mayor, from time to time, may designate City officials and members of other City boards or commissions as the Mayor deems appropriate to participate in the activities of the board in an ex officio, nonvoting capacity.
SECTION II: AND BE IT FURTHER ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that this Ordinance shall take effect from the date of its passage.
EXPLANATION
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