SCMTD February 2004 Board of Directors Agendas - Santa Cruz ...

The term of membership of each Committee member shall be two years, and
members may be re-appointed for 2 successive terms for a total of 6 consecutive years.
The term of each member shall commence on January 1.
§3.3 Absences
If a member is absent (without excuse) from four Committee meetings in any
twelve-month period, the position shall automatically be declared vacant. The member of
the Board of Directors that nominated such Committee member shall be notified of the
vacancy so that they can nominate a successor to be appointed to fill the remainder of
that Committee member’s term.
§3.4 Vacancies
The member of the Board of Directors who nominated the original member shall
nominate a replacement candidate to fill a position on the Committee that is declared
vacant. The appointment of the replacement member shall be made by the Board of
Directors.
§4.1 Chair and Vice Chair
Article IV
OFFICERS
The Committee shall elect from its membership a chair and a vice chair at its first
meeting of the calendar year, to serve for a one-year term. The chair shall preside at all
meetings of the Committee and represent the Committee before the Board of Directors.
The vice chair shall perform the duties of the chair when the chair is absent. In the event
of a vacancy in the chair’s position, the vice chair shall succeed as chair for the balance
of the chair’s term and the Committee shall elect a successor to fill the vacancy in the
vice chair’s position as provided below. In the event of a vacancy in the vice chair’s
position, the Committee shall elect a successor from its membership to fill the vice
chair’s position for the remainder of the vice chair’s term.
§4.2 Staff Support
The Secretary/General Manager of METRO shall make arrangements to furnish
clerical services to prepare and distribute the Committee’s agendas, notices, minutes,
correspondence and other materials. The METRO staff assigned to support the committee
shall maintain a record of all proceedings of the Committee as required by law and shall
perform other support duties to the committee as assigned by the Secretary/General
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