The mayor shall appoint all committees as set forth herein and the first person named shall be the chairperson of such committee. Preference shall be given to a council member with experience in the naming of the chairperson. A council member shall be appointed chairperson to only one of the standing committees named below in Section 1.12.320.

The standing committee and chairperson assignments shall not exceed a period of two years and shall coincide with the assumption of office of council members following a regular election and all committee appointments shall expire on December 31st of the year of regular municipal elections.

Council members newly elected by special election shall be appointed by the Mayor in the same manner as Council Members following the regular election and will serve the remainder of the term for a regularly elected council member. (Ord. O-08-00 § 2, 2000: prior code § 1-3-41)