<div class="chunk-title">Sec. 8-20. - Composition, vacancies and officers.</div>
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               (a)
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               The cemetery board shall consist of seven members. All members shall serve on a rotating
               basis at the pleasure of the board of commissioners. Members shall serve a maximum
               of two consecutive terms. Members shall be selected as follows: seven members are
               to be appointed, with all appointments to be at large: one by each commissioner, including
               the chairman, one member of the Jackson County Genealogical Society to be recommended
               by the society and appointed by the board of commissioners, and one member of the
               Jackson County Historical Society to be recommended by the society and appointed by
               the board of commissioners.
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               (b)
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               The chairman and vice-chairman shall be elected annually by the members of the cemetery
               board.
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               (c)
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               All terms shall be for a period of four years except that in order to establish a
               rotating membership, initial appointments shall be:
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               (1)
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               Two members for two years, which shall be the members appointed by the commissioners
               from district 1 and district 2.
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               (2)
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               Three members for four years, which shall be the members appointed by the commissioners
               from district 3 and district 4 and the chairman.
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               (3)
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               The member from the genealogical society for two years.
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               (4)
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               The member from the historical society for four years.
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               (d)
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               In the event of a vacancy, the commissioner serving that district where the vacancy
               exists shall recommend a replacement member for that district for the unexpired term.
               If the vacancy occurs in the position originally appointed by the chairman of the
               board of commissioners, then the chairman shall select the replacement to be at large.
               If the vacancy occurs in the positions originally appointed by the Jackson County
               Genealogy Society or the Jackson County Historical Society, then the genealogy society
               or the historical society shall select the replacement.
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               (e)
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               The board of commissioners may select, at their discretion or upon the request of
               the chairman of the cemetery board, ad hoc or ex officio members for the purpose of
               contributing expertise to specific projects. Ex officio members may be selected from
               the community at large or may be selected from organizations. Ad hoc or ex officio
               members shall be non-voting.
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               (f)
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               All members of the cemetery board shall have equal rights, privileges and duties.
               Members shall serve without pay, but may be reimbursed for any expenses incurred while
               representing the cemetery board. Regular attendance at the meetings of the cemetery
               board is considered a prerequisite for maintenance of membership on the cemetery board.
               Members who miss more than two meetings in a year or two consecutive meetings shall
               be replaced at the discretion of the board of commissioners as provided in this section.
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               (Ord. No. 005-01, Â§ 2, 2-15-2005)
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