The membership of the tourism advisory committee shall consist of not less than five members and up to 11 members, appointed by the city council. One member shall be an elected official of the city who shall serve as chair, at least two members shall be representatives of businesses required to collect the lodging tax; and at least two members shall be persons involved in activities authorized to be funded by revenue received from the tax. The number of members on the committee who are representatives of businesses required to collect the lodging tax shall equal the number of members who are involved in activities authorized to be funded by revenue received from the tax. Other members appointed to the committee shall not, and nor shall any member of their immediate family, be in any way connected with a business required to collect the lodging tax, nor in any way connected with persons or groups involved in any activities funded by revenue from the lodging tax. All members of the board shall be appointed to a position for a term of one year (or for fulfillment of an unexpired term); the initial appointees shall serve terms as follows:

Position No. 1:

(City elected)    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 2:

(Business Rep.)    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 3:

(Business Rep.)    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 4:

(Activity Rep.)    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 5:

(Activity Rep.)    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 6:

(Restaurant Rep.)    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 7:

(Retail Rep.)    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 8:

(Citizen-at-large)    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 9:     Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 10:    Ending December 31, 1998

Position No. 11:    Ending December 31, 1998

As required by state law, the city council shall review the membership of the advisory committee annually and make changes as appropriate both in regard to the number of appointments and the members appointed. At any other time any person may be removed from the board by the mayor, with approval of the city council. The residency requirements of LMC 2.24.030 shall not apply to any members of the committee, except position no. 8 and any other position identified in the nomination confirmation motion. A quorum of this committee shall be a majority of the actual appointments confirmed by the city council and not the potential maximum number of members for the committee. Except as specifically provided in this section, the committee shall be subject to the general organizational and procedural provision of Chapter 2.24 LMC. (Ord. 2158 § 1, 1997)