§ 14-12-4. Board of boiler rules—Generally.

A.

There is created within the office of planning and development a board of boiler rules consisting of six members who shall be appointed to the board by the mayor. At the expiration of the initial members' terms of office, they or their successors identifiable with the same interest respectively as hereinafter provided, shall be appointed for terms of four years each. The mayor may at any time remove any members of the board for inefficiency or neglect of duty in office. Upon the death or incapacity of any member the mayor shall fill the vacancy for the remainder of the vacated term with a representative of the same interests with which his or her predecessor was identified.

B.

Of the six appointed members of the board of boiler rules, one shall be a practical steam operating engineer of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels or any other representative of owners and users of high pressure boilers and unfired pressure vessels within the city having practical experience with boilers and unfired pressure vessels; one shall be a representative of boiler or unfired pressure vessel manufacturers within the city; one shall be a representative of a boiler insurance company licensed to do business within the city; one shall be a mechanical engineer on the faculty of a recognized engineering college within the city or a graduate mechanical engineer having equivalent experience; one shall be representative of the practical boilermakers within the city; and one shall be a representative of owners and users of low pressure boilers or pressure vessels within the city.

C.

The board of boiler rules shall elect one of its members to serve as chairperson and, at the call of the chairperson, the board shall meet at least four times each year at the City Hall or other place designated by the board. No approval, decision or ruling of the board shall be effective unless supported by the vote of at least four members thereof and approved by director of planning and development.

D.

The members of the board of boiler rules shall serve without salary and shall receive their actual traveling and hotel expenses, incurred while in the performance of their duties as members of the board, to be paid in the same manner as in the case of other city officers.

(Code 1967, § 45-4; Code 1985, § 42-4)