§ 2.96.030. Membership and terms of office.

A.

The board of supervisors shall appoint directly the members of the assessment appeals board and assessment hearing officers. Approval of each member and each assessment hearing officer shall be by majority vote of the board of supervisors.

B.

The assessment appeals board appointed pursuant to this chapter shall consist of five members. The assessment appeals board shall only act as a three-member panel. The membership of the three-member panel for each appeal hearing shall be designated in advance, by lot, by the clerk of the assessment appeals board.

C.

The term of office of the members of the assessment appeals board shall be three years except that upon the original selection of the members, the members shall be assigned terms by the clerk of the assessment appeals board, by lot, in such a manner that the terms of no more than two members shall expire in any one year. Except as otherwise provided by law, upon expiration of the term of office of any member of the assessment appeals board the member whose term has expired shall continue to serve until such time as his or her replacement takes office.

D.

The board of supervisors may appoint at least one, but no more than five, assessment hearing officers. The board of supervisors may appoint members of the assessment appeals board to serve as assessment hearing officers. The term of office for an assessment hearing officer shall be three years, or in the case of members of the assessment appeals board serving as assessment hearing officers, shall be coterminous with their terms of office for the assessment appeals board.

(Ord. No. 580A, § 4, 3-30-2010; Ord. 580 § 1(part), 2000).