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DIVISION 2. ADVISORY BOARD Sec. 2-720. Established. There is hereby established an advisory board to be known as the behavioral healthcare services advisory board. Sec. 2-721. Composition; appointment of the board. The board shall have nine members appointed by the city council. Appointments to the board shall be broadly representative of the community. Three members of the board shall be consumers of behavioral healthcare services or family members of consumers. Of those three members, at least one shall be a consumer receiving such services. Members of the board shall serve without compensation. The director shall serve as the executive director of the board. Sec. 2-722. Terms of members. The term of office of each member of the board shall be for three (3) years from the first day of July of the year of appointment. Of the original board, three members shall be appointed for a term of one year, three members shall be appointed for a term of two years, and three members shall be appointed for three years. At the expiration of the original terms, their successors shall be appointed for terms of three years. The members shall hold office during their respective terms and until their successors are appointed and qualified. Sec. 2-723. Filling of vacancies; limitations on members of the board of directors serving successive terms. Vacancies on the board shall be filled for unexpired terms in the same manner as original appointments. No person shall be eligible to serve more than two (2) successive terms; provided, that any persons heretofore or hereafter appointed to fill vacancies may serve two (2) additional successive terms. Sec. 2-724. Election of officers. The board shall annually elect a chairman, a vice chairman, and a secretary from among its members. Sec. 2-725. Adoption of rules, regulations, and bylaws.