[Added 10-3-2011 by Ord. No. 11-17[1]]
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Editor's Note: This ordinance also divided Chapter 3 into articles.
This policy shall apply to the Mayor and all elected members of City Council and to any person appointed to a specified term, with or without compensation, by the Mayor and/or City Council, including persons appointed to any board, committee, commission, authority or other agency of the City of Salem.
In the event that any elected and/or nonelected member or appointee shall fail to attend and participate in any meetings of their applicable body for a period of eight consecutive weeks without being excused from attendance by a majority of the authorized members thereof, at the conclusion of such period (provided that refusal to excuse shall occur only with respect to those failures to attend and participate which are not due to legitimate illness), then in the event of any such nonexcused absences such person's name and the record and materials documenting the same shall be forthwith forwarded to the City Attorney who shall proceed with a review of the facts and circumstances and as soon as practicable thereafter recommend appropriate action consistent with state statutes (including N.J.S.A. 40A:16-3 or 40A:9-12.1) to the Mayor and/or City Council (or other appointing authority if applicable), including but not limited to a declaration that the elective or appointed office of such person is deemed to have been abandoned and is therefore vacant.