§ 301. Membership.  


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  • The Commission shall be composed of eleven (11) members appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the Council. Four shall be lay members and the others shall include a musician, two (2) architects, one (1) landscape architect and three (3) representatives from the Arts Council of Tulsa. The Chairmen of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area Planning Commission, the City-County Library Board, and the Tulsa Park and Recreation Board shall be advisory members of the Commission. The Mayor shall select persons of recognized public stature with demonstrated capabilities in their fields and who are interested in the aesthetic quality of the City of Tulsa. In instances where matters within the purview of the Commission fall within the jurisdiction of any governmental entity or agency not a part of the government of the City of Tulsa, such as an Independent School District, the chief administrative officer of the affected entity or agency shall be added to the membership of the Commission during consideration of the individual project in which his agency is concerned. Such temporary membership shall not entitle the member to vote. Members of the Arts Commission shall serve until December 1, 1990. Subsequently, one-third ( 1/3 ) of the members shall be appointed for terms of one (1) year; one-third ( 1/3 ) for terms of two (2) years; and one-third ( 1/3 ) for terms of three (3) years. Thereafter, members shall be appointed for three (3) year terms; provided, however, that all members shall hold office until their successors are appointed and qualified. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation and no member shall receive any compensation from the City or from any trust, donation or legacy for any service relating to membership on the Commission.