A. Each Councilmember and the Mayor may select up to five individuals to serve as their Alternate Commissioners. Alternate Commissioners shall be qualified and appointed as provided for in the Municipal Code and supplemental regulations adopted by resolution.

B. Alternate Commissioners shall be eligible to serve in such capacity only when a vacancy on a designated commission is the result of an approved leave of absence and the Councilmember or Mayor has delivered written notification to the City Clerk Department for temporary appointment of the selected Alternate Commissioner.

C. A Councilmember or the Mayor may, but is not required to, appoint an Alternate Commissioner to fill a temporary vacancy.

D. Appointment as an Alternate Commissioner does not prevent a Councilmember or the Mayor from appointing that Alternate Commissioner to sit as a Commissioner on any commission as provided for in Article 2 of Chapter 2.04.

E. All regulations and requirements of the BMC that apply to a Commissioner as defined in 3.02.010.A. also apply to Alternate Commissioners except Section 3.02.040.

F. Councilmembers or the Mayor may dismiss an Alternate Commissioner without appointing a replacement provided that the Alternate Commissioner has served the term minimum described in Section 2.04.075. Dismissal of an Alternate Commissioner must be submitted by the appointing Councilmember in writing to the City Clerk Department.

G. The Police Accountability Board shall have one alternate commissioner, approved by the full council by majority vote, and subject to all membership, service, and training requirements of the City Charter for regular members of the Board. All other conditions and regulations for alternate commissioners in this Code and adopted by resolution, that are not inconsistent with the City Charter, shall apply. (Ord. 7757-NS § 2, 2021; Ord. 7442-NS § 3, 2015)