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ORDINANCE NO. 2017 - 04 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 9, CHAPTER 1, SECTION 2, OF THE CITY OF CODY CODE: CONTRACTORS’ EXAMINATION BOARD BE IT ORDAINED BY THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CODY, PARK COUNTY, WYOMING: Title 9, Chapter 1, Section 2, of the City of Cody Code, shall be amended as follows: 9-1-2: Buildings Contractors’ Examination Board; Established; Composition; Meetings; Appointment and Terms of Office. A. There is hereby established a contractors’ examination board, also to act as the board of appeals and referred to herein as “the board”. B. The board shall consist of ten (10) members. One member shall be an at large member who is a resident of the city; one member shall be an architect or civil engineer; one member shall be a licensed HVAC contractor; one member shall be a city council member; two members shall be licensed building contractors; two members shall be licensed plumbing contractors; and two members shall be licensed electrical contractors. C. Each member of the board must be: 1. An individual who is a licensed contractor within the specialty he or she is designated to represent on the board; or 2. A certified journeyman electrician, certified journeyman plumber or certified journeyman HVAC installer who is not individually licensed, but is employed by a licensed contractor that is licensed within the specialty the employee designated to represent on the board. If a member of the board who is not individually licensed, and is serving as an employee of a licensed contractor, resigns, terminates, severs or otherwise loses his or her employment with such licensed contractor, then he or she may continue to serve as a member of the board until the end of his or her term. If the board member, at the end of his or her term, is not individually licensed in the specialty he or she is designated to represent, or is not employed by a licensed contractor, then he or she cannot serve as a member of the board, and the mayor and governing body shall appoint a new member who is licensed to fill the vacancy as described below. D. The members of the board shall each be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the governing body, for a three year term. Terms of members shall begin on January 1 and shall be staggered, with no more than four members reaching the end of their term at the end of each calendar year. Subsequent appointments shall be for three years each unless to fill an unexpired term. Members appointed to fill vacancies shall serve until the end of the term which they were appointed to fulfill, and may be reappointed for successive three year terms. At the discretion of the governing body, members may be appointed for more than one term. ---PAGE BREAK--- E. The board shall meet at such intervals as necessary for the proper performance of its duties, but in any case, shall meet not less than twice each year. This Ordinance shall become effective at the final passage and publication in the Cody Enterprise. PASSED ON FIRST READING: __FEBRUARY 7, 2017__ PASSED ON SECOND READING: __FEBRUARY 21, 2017_ PASSED ON THIRD READING: __MARCH 7, 2017____ Matt Hall, Mayor ATTEST: D. Baker, Administrative Services Director