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Subdivision 3. The term of each Commissioner and Alternate Commissioner appointed <br />by each Member shall be as determined by each individual Member and until their successors are <br />selected and qualify. <br />Any vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term of any Commissioner by the Council <br />of the Member that appointed said Commissioner. Each Member agrees to publish a notice of <br />vacancies resulting from the expiration of a Commissioner's or Alternate Commissioner's term <br />or when a vacancy exists for any reason. Publication and notice shall be in accordance with <br />Minnesota Statutes, Section 103B.227, Subds. 1 and 2. <br />Subdivision 4. Each Member agrees that its representative Commissioner will not be <br />removed from the Board prior to the expiration of the Commissioner's term, unless said <br />Commissioner consents in writing or unless said Member has presented the Commissioner with <br />charges in writing and has held a public hearing after reasonable notice to the Commissioner. <br />A Member may remove a Commissioner or an Alternate Commissioner for just cause or <br />for violation of a Code of Ethics of the Commission or a Member, or for malfeasance, <br />nonfeasance, or misfeasance. Said hearing shall be held by the Member Council that appointed <br />the Commissioner. <br />A Commissioner who is an elected official of a Member, and who is not reelected, may <br />be removed by the appointing Member at the Member's discretion. Any decision by a Member <br />to remove a Commissioner may be appealed to the Board of Water and Soil Resources. A <br />certified copy of the Council's Resolution removing said Commissioner shall be filed with the <br />Secretary of the Board and shall show compliance with the terms of this section. <br />Subdivision 5. Each Member shall within 30 days of appointment file with the Secretary <br />of the Board a record of the appointment of its Commissioner and its Alternate Commissioner. <br />The Commission shall notify the Board of Water and Soil Resources of Commissioner <br />appointments and vacancies within 30 days after receiving notice from the Member. Members <br />shall fill all vacancies within 90 days after the vacancy occurs. <br />Subdivision 6. Commissioners shall serve without compensation from the Commission, <br />but this shall not prevent a Member from providing compensation for its Commissioner for <br />serving on the Board, if such compensation is authorized by such Member and by law. <br />Commission funds may be used to reimburse a Commissioner or Alternate Commissioner for <br />expenses incurred in performing Commission business if authorized by the Board. <br />Subdivision 7. At the first meeting of the Board and in February of each year thereafter, <br />the Board shall elect from its Commissioners a Chair, a Vice Chair, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and <br />such other officers as it deems necessary to conduct its meetings and affairs. At the <br />organizational meeting or as soon thereafter as it may be reasonably done, the Board shall adopt <br />rules and regulations governing its meetings. Such rules and regulations maybe amended from <br />time to time at either a regular or a special meeting of the Board provided that a ten -day prior <br />notice of the proposed amendment has been furnished to each person to whom notice of the <br />Board meetings is required to be sent. A majority vote of all eligible votes of the then existing <br />438695v3 LW105 -1 <br />5 <br />