§ 1-288. Board of Estimate and Taxation; appointment, qualifications, term and compensation; vacancies.
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There shall be in said city a Board of Estimate and Taxation
composed of six electors who shall serve without pay. Said members
shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to approval by the affirmative
votes of a majority of the membership of the Common Council, and there
shall be not more than two members from any one Council District,
and not more than three appointed members shall belong to the same
political party. Whenever a vacancy shall occur in said Board, the
Mayor shall, subject to approval by the affirmative votes of a majority
of the membership of the Common Council, appoint a member for the
balance of the unexpired term. Such balance of unexpired term shall
be considered as a full term for the purpose of tenure as hereinafter
provided. Each term of membership shall be of four years' duration,
and no member shall serve more than two consecutive terms unless the
Mayor's appointment for a third term shall be approved by the
affirmative votes of 2/3 of the membership of the Common Council,
and in no instance shall an appointed member serve more than three
consecutive terms. Within one week after taking office in 1983, the
Mayor shall appoint one member for a term of two years and one member
for a term of four years, and biennially thereafter, within one week
after taking office, the Mayor shall, in the manner herein provided,
appoint three members of said Board, each for a term of four years.
Such appointments are subject to approval by the affirmative votes
of a majority of the membership of the Common Council.
(Sp. Laws 1913, No. 352, § 88; Charter Amendment 8-29-1978; Charter Amendment 8-10-1982.)
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