Except as provided in this section, the terms of all persons appointed by the City Council to boards, commissions and committees pursuant to Berkeley Municipal Code Sections 2.04.030 through 2.04.130 (hereinafter "commissioners") shall, regardless of the date of appointment, regularly expire on the first day of December of each year.

Notwithstanding the above, where the death, resignation, or recall of a councilmember occurs prior to the regular expiration date of appointees as provided herein, the terms of appointees of that councilmember shall expire on the date of death, resignation, or recall of that councilmember. (Ord. 6395-NS § 1, 1997)