§ 27. Planning board, creation and appointment. 1. Authorization. The\nlegislative body of each city, except a city having a population of more\nthan one million, is hereby authorized by local law or ordinance to\ncreate a planning board consisting of five or seven members. Members and\nthe chairperson of such planning board shall be appointed by the mayor\nor other duly authorized appointing authority. In the absence of a\nchairperson, the planning board may designate a member to serve as\nchairperson. Not more than a minority of the members of such board shall\nhold any other public office or position in such city.\n 2. Appropriation for planning board. The legislative body of each city\nis hereby authorized and empowered to make such appropriation as it may\nsee fit for planning board expenses. The legislative body may, as part\nof the local law or ordinance creating such planning board, provide for\nthe compensation of planning board members. The planning board shall\nhave the power and authority to employ experts, clerks and a secretary,\nand to pay for their services, and to provide for such other expenses as\nmay be necessary and proper, not exceeding in all the appropriation that\nmay be made therefor by the city legislative body for such planning\nboard; excepting and providing that in cities in which the general power\nand authority to fix salaries and prescribe positions is placed in some\nother board or officer the foregoing power and authority shall be in\nsuch other duly authorized board or officer.\n 3. Legislative body members ineligible. No person who is a member of\nthe legislative body of a city to which the provisions of this section\nare applicable, shall be eligible for membership on such planning board.\n 4. Terms of members first appointed. The terms of the members of the\nplanning board first appointed shall be so fixed that the term of one\nmember shall expire at the end of the official year in which such\nmembers were initially appointed. The terms of the remaining members\nfirst appointed shall be so fixed that one term shall expire at the end\nof each official year thereafter. At the expiration of the term of each\nmember first appointed, his or her successor shall be appointed for a\nterm which shall be equal in years to the number of members of the\nboard.\n 5. Terms of members now in office. Members now holding office for\nterms which do not expire at the end of the official year shall, upon\nthe expiration of their term, hold office until the end of the official\nyear and their successors shall then be appointed for terms which shall\nbe equal in years to the number of members of the planning board.\n 6. Increasing membership. Any legislative body of a city may, by local\nlaw or ordinance, increase a five member planning board to seven\nmembers. Additional members shall be first appointed for single terms in\norder that the terms of members shall expire in each of seven successive\nyears and their successors shall thereafter be appointed for full terms\nof seven years. No such additional member shall take part in the\nconsideration of any matter for which an application was on file with\nthe planning board at the time of his or her appointment.\n 7. Decreasing membership. A legislative body of a city which has seven\nmembers on the planning board may by local law or ordinance, decrease\nthe membership to five, to take effect upon the next two expirations of\nterms. However, no incumbent shall be removed from office except upon\nthe expiration of his or her term, except as hereinafter provided.\n 7-a. Training and attendance requirements. a. Each member of the\nplanning board of a city, except a city having a population of more than\none million, shall complete, at a minimum, four hours of training each\nyear designed to enable such members to more effectively carry out their\nduties. Training received by a member in excess of four hours in any one\nyear may be carried over by the member
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