Concord Municipal Code Art. I General

(a) The City Council may appoint one or more alternates to any city board, commission, or committee. Any appointed alternates shall be listed consecutively as first alternate, second alternate, and so forth. An alternate’s term shall expire when the next annual recruitment for members of his respective board, commission, or committee is completed.

(b) In the event of an unscheduled vacancy on any city board, commission, or committee, an alternate shall fill the position of the vacating member, serving until the expiration of the vacating member’s term of office. Any alternate shall fill any unscheduled vacancy of the respective board, commission, or committee in the consecutive order appointed and shall perform all of the duties and have all of the powers and responsibilities as the member in whose place the alternate serves. In addition, an alternate may take the place of a member who is absent from one or more meetings of the board, commission, or committee on which that person serves, and shall perform all the duties and have all the powers and responsibilities of the absent member.

(Code 1965, § 2467; Code 2002, § 2-271. Ord. No. 99-15; Ord. No. 09-4)