2011.70 IN BOARD OF CITY COUNCIL..OCTOBER 18, 2011
BE IT ORDAINED, by the City Council of the City of Biddeford that the Code of Ordinances, Chapter 2, ADMINISTRATION, DIVISION 4, CONSERVATION COMMISSION, Sections
2-207 et seq be amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-207. Composition; appointment of commissioners; terms of office.
(a) The conservation commission shall consist of seven members, refered referred to in thisw this division as commissioners. Such commissioners shall be nominated by the mayor ond and confirmed by the council.
(b) The commissioners shall serve for five-year terms.
(c) The commission may recommend to the municipal officers that associate members be appointed to assist the commission as the commission requires. Associate members are non-voting members. Their terms of office shall be for one two or three years.
Sec. 2-208. Filling of vacancies.
Vacancies on the conservation commission shall be filled for the remainder of the term in the same manner as original appointments are made.
Sec. 2-209. Quorum at meetings.
A Quorum shall be necessary at all meetings of the conservation commission.
Sec. 210. Election of Officers.
Annually at its first meeting, the conservation commission shall elect a chairman, a vice-chairman and a secretary.
Sec. 2-211. Chairman to call meetings and preside.
The chairman of the conservation commission shall call all commission meetings on three days notice, unless waived, and shall preside at such meetings.
Sec. 2-212. Vice-chairman’s power in absence of chairman.
The vice-chairman of the conservation commission shall be vested with all the powers of the chairman in case of the chairman’s absence or incapacity to serve.
Sec. 2-213. Majority vote required.
`A majority vote of the commissioners on the conservation commission is required to decide upon any matter before the commission.
Sec. 2-214. Secretary’s duties.
The secretary of the conservation commission shall record all proceedings of the commission and shall give notice of all commission meetings.
Sec. 2-215. Administration of commission.
The conservation commission shall be administered by the conservation commissioners appointed and confirmed pursuant to section 2-207.
Sec. 2-216. Authority to establish committees; membership restricted.
The conservation commission may, from time to time, establish such committees as it feels necessary. The members of such committees shall not be commissioners on the conservation commission.
Sec. 2-217. Duty to conduct research, coordinate conservation activities.
The conservation commission shall conduct research in conjunction with the planning board into the local land areas and shall seek to coordinate the activities of conservation bodies organized for similar purposes.
Sec. 2-218. Authority to advertise, print, distribute books, maps, plans and pamphlets.
The conservation commission may advertise, prepare, print and distribute books, maps, plans and pamphlets which in its judgment it deems necessary.
Sec. 2-219. Index of open areas and working landscapes; purpose.
The conservation commission, or committee thereof, shall keep an index of all open areas, publically or privately owned, within the municipality, including farm and forest land, open marshlands, swamps, vernal pools, other wetlands and water bodies, wildlife habitats, especially large un-fragmented blocks, for the purpose of obtaining information pertinent to proper utilization, protection, development or use of such open areas, and may recommend to the city council or any body politic or public agency of the state a program for the better utilization, protection, development or use of such areas, which may should include perpetual protection through acquisition of conservation easements.
Sec. 2-220. To work in advisory capacity.
The conservation commission shall work in an advisory capacity to the city council and the Planning Board.
NOTE: Reviewed by the Policy Committee on October 3, 2011 with a unanimous vote to send to the city council for review with a recommendation for enactment.