§ 9.03. City planning commission; organization and expenditures.

The commission shall elect a chairman and vice chairman from among the citizen members appointed by the council, for a term of one year, who shall be eligible for reelection, and appoint a secretary. The commission shall hold at least one regular meeting in each month, shall adopt rules for the transaction of its business, and shall keep a record of its resolutions, transactions, findings and determinations, which record shall be a public record. The city manager may appoint such employees as he may deem necessary for the work of the commission and may enter into contracts for and on behalf of the commission or permit it to contract directly with city planners, engineers, architects and other consultants for service it may require. All expenditures, exclusive of gifts to the commission, shall not exceed the sums appropriated by the city council therefor. (Acts 1956, ch. 262, § 1; Acts 1982, ch. 480, § 1)