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23City of Roseville y Commissioner’s Handbook Appendix G. Uniform Commission Code CHAPTER 201 Advisory Commissions SECTION 201.1: Establishment 201.2: Purpose 201.3: Membership 201.4: Terms 201.5: Compensation 201.6: Organization 201.7: Meetings and Reports 201.1: ESTABLISHMENT A. All permanent standing advisory commissions to the City shall be established by adoption of an ordinance under this Title, and shall be governed by the provisions of this Chapter. B. From time to time, the City Council may elect to establish other advisory groups by adoption of a resolution establishing, among other things, the purpose, membership, organization, duties and term of service for such advisory groups. 201.2: PURPOSE Advisory Commissions are established to provide a method for citizen input and are advisory to the City Council. No advisory commis- sion shall have decision-making authority for the City, except as expressly established by this Code or by State Statutes. 201.3: MEMBERSHIP A. All members of advisory commissions shall be residents of the City and shall be appointed by majority vote of the City Council. B. In addition to the regular commission members, the City Council may appoint additional residents of the city who are the age of 18 or under and enrolled in high school, to serve one-year terms as ex-officio youth commissioners. 201.4: TERMS A. Term Length: Members shall serve terms of three years, except for youth members and the first members appointed following the creation of the commission. First members shall be appointed as follows: At least one third of members shall be appointed for three-year terms, up to one third of the members shall be appointed for two-year terms, and the balance of the members shall serve a one-year term. Term length for any member will be established by the Council at the time of the appointment. B. Oath of Office: Every appointed member, before beginning his or her duties shall take an oath stating that he or she will faithfully discharge of the duties of the commission to which he or she was appointed. Individual commissioners are expected to under- stand and adhere to the Roseville Ethics Code and attend the annual ethics training. C. Expiration of Terms: A member’s term shall expire on March 31 of the year of the expiration of the term, or at such time as a succes- sor is appointed. D. Term Limits: Members are eligible to serve two consecutive full terms on a commission in addition to any partial term served to complete an unexpired term resulting from a vacancy or an initial term upon creation of a commission. Upon completion of service on one commission, residents can be eligible for appointment to another commission, or after a period of at least one year, for appointment to the same commission on which they have previously served. E. Vacancies: Vacancies during a term shall be filled by the City Council for the unexpired portion of a term. A vacancy occurs in any of the following circumstances: resignation, residence outside the city, removal or death. The City Council reserves the right to defer filling commission vacancies for any length of time deemed necessary. F. Attendance: It is the expectation that Commissioners attend all meetings of the commission. An absence is considered the same whether it is excused or unexcused. If a commissioner is absent three consecutive meetings and/or misses a total of 30% or more of commission meetings in a rolling 12-month period, the staff liaison or commission chair will forward the information to the City Council. G. Removal: Members may be removed by the City Council without cause. A member’s removal shall be by majority vote of the City Council. In addition: 1. If a member fails to comply with the Roseville Ethics Code, the member may be removed by the City Council. 2. If a member has absences from more than three consecutive commission meetings, or is absent from more than 30% of the meetings in any rolling 12-month period, the member may be removed by the City Council.