Sec. 2-99. - Duties of officers.

(a)

The chair of the conservation commission shall preside over all meetings or in his absence the vice-chair, if such office exists. If the commission fails to elect a vice-chair, the members of the commission shall appoint a temporary chair to conduct such meeting in the absence of the chair.

(b)

It shall be the duty of the secretary to keep minutes of all commission meetings, record all its transactions and authenticate such minutes, records and transactions. All such records shall be kept by the secretary as the commission's permanent records which shall be available to the general public for inspection at all times after the authentication of such records.

(c)

All meetings of the commission shall be open to the public and any person or his duly constituted representative shall be entitled to appear and be heard on any matter before the commission before it reaches final decision on such matter or matters.

(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 2-99)