§ 1-2-3. Same—membership; appointment; compensation; structure.

(a)

The committee shall consist of 17 members, of which 16 shall be voting members and one shall be a nonvoting member, appointed by the city council from the organizations and citizenry listed below. The members shall serve without compensation and at the will of the council.

(1)

City council, one nonvoting member;

(2)

Citizens, 14 voting members;

(3)

Alexandria-Gyumri Sister City Committee, two voting members;

(b)

The 16 voting members referenced in subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3), shall serve two-year terms, which terms shall be staggered so that eight members appointed from these designations shall be appointed annually; provided, that two of the initial appointments after November 13, 2004 pursuant to subsection (a)(2) shall be for a two-year term, and the other two shall be for a one-year term. In the event of a vacancy on the committee, council shall appoint a new member to serve for the duration of the unexpired term. Voting members appointed to the committee pursuant to subsections (a)(2) and (a)(3) shall express on their applications for appointment a primary interest in one of the four sister cities, it being the intent of this chapter to achieve, among committee members, a balance in interest and support for each of the sister cities.

(c)

The committee shall establish and maintain the following standing subcommittees:

(1)

Helsingborg subcommittee;

(2)

Dundee subcommittee;

(3)

Caen subcommittee;

(4)

Gyumri subcommittee.

The committee may establish other subcommittees from time to time. (Code 1963, Sec. 29A-3, as amended by Ord. No. 2552, 3/14/81; Ord. No. 3462, 6/16/90, Sec. 2, Ord. No. 3758, 11/12/94, Sec. 2; Ord. No. 4229, 12/15/01, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 4365, 11/13/04, Sec. 1)