There is created a board of electrical appeals which shall consist of five members. Two members shall be certified electrical contractors as defined in this chapter; one member shall be a certified master electrician as defined in this chapter; one member shall be an employee of an electrical utility service provider serving the city; and one member shall be a resident citizen at large, who is not engaged in the business of electrical wiring and is not an employee of an electrical utility service provider. All such members shall be appointed by the city manager with their office to commence on the date the ordinance codified in this section becomes effective and they shall serve an initial term until March 1, 1999; thereafter, the term of office for each member shall be for a period of three years. Any vacancies shall be filled by the city manager to complete the term of the member creating such vacancy. No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms.

The citizen at large member of the board shall serve as chairman and the board shall meet upon his call or the call of the El Dorado building official. The building official shall serve as secretary. The board shall adopt internal rules and regulations as business may require. The secretary shall have the custody of the records of the board and preserve the minutes of the meeting. The duties of the board shall include, but not be limited to, deciding appeals from decisions of the building official, determining revocations of certificates pursuant to code Section 15.24.120, recommending code changes to the governing body and undertaking such other duties and responsibilities that the governing body may assign to it. (Ord. G-823 § 1, 1997: Ord. G-770 § 2 (part), 1993: prior code § 5-303)