§ 7-718 Planning board; creation, appointment. 1. Authorization. The\nvillage board of trustees of each village is hereby authorized by local\nlaw to create a planning board consisting of five or seven members.\nMembers and the chairperson of such planning board shall be appointed by\nthe mayor subject to the approval of the board of trustees. In the\nabsence of a chairperson the planning board may designate a member to\nserve as chairperson. The village board of trustees may, as part of the\nlocal law creating said planning board, provide for the compensation of\nplanning board members.\n 2. Appropriation for planning board. The village board of trustees is\nhereby authorized and empowered to make such appropriation as it may see\nfit for planning board expenses. The planning board shall have the power\nand authority to employ experts, clerks and a secretary and to pay for\ntheir services, and to provide for such other expenses as may be\nnecessary and proper, not exceeding in all the appropriation that may be\nmade therefor by the village board of trustees for such planning board.\n 3. Village board of trustees ineligible. No person who is a member of\nthe village board of trustees shall be eligible for membership on such\nplanning board.\n 4. Terms of members first appointed. The terms of members of the\nplanning board first appointed shall be so fixed that the term of one\nmember shall expire at the end of the village official year in which\nsuch members were initially appointed. The terms of the remaining\nmembers first appointed shall be so fixed that one term shall expire at\nthe end of each official year thereafter. At the expiration of the term\nof each member first appointed, his or her successor shall be appointed\nfor a term 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 village official year shall,\nupon the expiration of their term, hold office until the end of the\nvillage official year and their successors shall then be appointed for\nterms which shall be equal in years to the number of members of the\nboard.\n 6. Increasing membership. Any village board of trustees may, by local\nlaw, increase a five member planning board to seven members. Additional\nmembers shall be first appointed for single terms in order that the\nterms of members shall expire in each of seven successive years and\ntheir successors shall thereafter be appointed for full terms of seven\nyears. No such additional member shall take part in the consideration of\nany matter for which an application was on file with the planning board\nat the time of his or her appointment.\n 7. Decreasing membership. A village board of trustees which has seven\nmembers on the planning board may, by local law, decrease the membership\nto five, to take effect upon the next two expirations of terms. However,\nno incumbent shall be removed from office except upon the expiration of\nhis or her term, except as hereinafter provided.\n 7-a. Training and attendance requirements. a. Each member of the\nplanning board 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 into succeeding years in order to\nmeet the requirements of this subdivision. Such training shall be\napproved by the board of trustees and may include, but not be limited\nto, training provided by a municipality, regional or county planning\noffice or commission, county planning federation, state agency,\nstatewide municipal association, college or other similar entity.\nTraining may be provided in a variety of formats, including but not\nlimited to, electronic media, video, distance learning and traditional\nclassroom training.\n b. To be eligible for reappointment to such
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