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(b) Successors to all members of the Commission shall be appointed for terms of four (4) years, <br />except when appointed to fill a vacancy, in which case such appointment shall be for the <br />unexpired term. <br />(c) Members of the Commission maybe removed by the appointing authority for just cause. All <br />members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. <br />See. 2-130. Appointment of Members, Quorums Election of Officers; Meetings; <br />Concurrence of Majority Required for Action. <br />(a) Six (6) members shall be appointed by the Mayor and three (3) members shall be appointed <br />by the President of the Common Council. Each appointment shall be for a term of four (4) years. <br />In the event of death or resignation of any member, his successor shall be appointed to serve for <br />the unexpired period of the term for which such member had been appointed. Members of the <br />Commission may be removed by the appointing authority for just cause. All members of the <br />Commission shall serve without compensation and any five (5) members shall constitute a <br />quorum. <br />(b) The Commission shall elect from its membership once each year a chair, vice -chair and <br />secretary. <br />(c) The Commission shall hold one (1) regular meeting each month and such special meetings <br />as the chair may deem necessary. <br />(d) It shall take the concurrence of a majority of the Commission membership to take legal or <br />official action, except that a determination of probable cause may be based upon a concurrence <br />of a majority of Commissioners voting upon the case excluding members abstaining. <br />See. 2 -131. Powers and Duties of Commission. <br />The Commission is empowered to and shall do the following: <br />(a) Establish and maintain a permanent office in the City of South Bend. <br />(b) Recommend to the Mayor for appointment an executive director, or such personnel as it <br />may deem necessary, and to prescribe their duties. <br />(c) Adopt, promulgate, amend and rescind such rules and regulations, procedural and <br />substantive, as may be consistent with the provisions of this article and state laws. Such rules and <br />regulations shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this article as it may hereafter <br />be amended. <br />(d) Formulate policies to effectuate the purposes of this article and make recommendations to <br />the City to effectuate such policies. The several departments, commissions, boards, authorities, <br />divisions, bureaus and officers of the City may famish the Commission, upon its request, all <br />11 <br />