§ 14-171. Composition.

There is hereby created in and for the unincorporated area of Paulding County, Georgia a board to be known as the Paulding County Animal Control Hearing Board, which shall consist of not more than five members who shall be appointed for a term of not more than one year each. All proposed appointments to the animal control hearing board shall be subject to the nomination and confirmation process whereby recommendations for nominations shall be submitted to the chairman of the county board of commissioners who shall present formal nominations to the board of commissioners for a vote and confirmation.

In making these nominations for the county animal control hearing board, the chairman of the county board of commissioners shall seek proposed recommendations of members to make up the county animal control hearing board as follows:

(1)

One member shall be recommended by the post one commissioner to the chairman for nomination;

(2)

One member shall be recommended by the post two commissioner to the chairman for nomination;

(3)

One member shall be recommended by the post three commissioner to the chairman for nomination;

(4)

One member shall be recommended by the post four commissioner to the chairman for nomination;

(5)

One member shall be the recommended by the chairman as an at-large member.

Each member so appointed shall be a resident of the county and shall serve for a term as designated and until a successor shall be appointed to replace such member as provided herein. Term periods shall run from January 1 though December 31 of each calendar year.

In the event any recommendation is not received or not nominated by the chairman of the board of commissioners or not confirmed by the board of commissioners, the chairman of the board of commissioners may make a substitute nomination of another resident of the county subject to confirmation by the board of commissioners.

(Res. No. 18-22, § 1(Exh. A), 5-8-2018)