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(8) "Servants" means accountants, auditors, agents, contractors, design professionals, attorneys, and other persons and entities whose services may from time to time be deemed by the Commission to be necessary, beneficial, or helpful. "Section 5.53. Membership; Terms. (a) The Commission shall consist of 13 members appointed as follows: (1) Three registered voters of the City of Charlotte appointed by the Mayor, at least one of whom shall be a resident of the west side of the City of Charlotte. (2) Four registered voters of the City of Charlotte appointed by the Council, at least one of whom shall be a resident of the west side of the City of Charlotte. (3) One registered voter of Mecklenburg County appointed by the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners. (4) One registered voter of Cabarrus County appointed by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners. (5) One registered voter of Gaston County appointed by the Gaston County Board of Commissioners. (6) One registered voter of Iredell County appointed by the Iredell County Board of Commissioners. (7) One registered voter of Lincoln County appointed by the Lincoln County Board of Commissioners. (8) One registered voter of Union County appointed by the Union County Board of Commissioners. (b) In order to effectuate a seamless start -up of the Commission, and to give the Appointing Authorities time to consider candidates for and to appoint members as provided herein, the initial members of the Commission from the time this act becomes law shall be the members of the Airport Advisory Committee of the City of Charlotte who shall serve only until seven members shall have been appointed by the Appointing Authorities and qualified by taking their oath of office. The powers of the Airport Advisory Committee serving as initial members shall be limited to ministerial acts, and no employment or management contracts shall be awarded or entered into by the initial members, and any such contracts as the initial members shall award or enter into shall not be effective or binding on the members selected by the Appointing Authorities; provided, however, the initial members may take such actions as are appropriate in accordance with Sections 5.59(c)(5) and 5.62 of this Charter. The Appointing Authorities shall appoint initial members no later than October 1, 2013. Members, when practical, shall have experience in aviation, logistics, construction and /or facilities management, law, accounting, and /or finance. (c) No person may be appointed as a member or serve during continuance in office on the Commission who: (1) Is employed by a servant of the Commission as defined in Section 5.52 of this Charter; (2) Is a tenant or employee of a tenant of an airport owned, operated, or controlled by the Commission, or other commercial user or employee of a commercial user of any airport operated by the Commission; or (3) Has been convicted of a felony or a crime of moral turpitude. (d) Members shall serve four -year terms and may serve up to a total of two successive four -year terms. A member who has reached this limit may not be reappointed to the Commission except after a lapse of four years following the most recent term served. In the event a member is appointed to fill an unexpired term, and at least two years of the unexpired term remain to be served, such appointment shall be counted in applying the two -term limit; otherwise, it shall not be counted. In order to ensure that the terms of all members of the Commission do not expire at the same time, the initial terms of the members of the Commission, appointed by the Counties of Cabarrus, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Mecklenburg, and Union, shall be for two years. All initial four -year terms expire December 31, 2017, and all initial two -year terms expire December 31, 2015. (e) Any vacancy occurring among the membership of the Commission shall be filled within 60 days after notice thereof by the appointment of a successor by the Appointing Page 2 Session Law 2013 -358 Senate Bill 380- Ratified Attachment number 1 H -1 Page 438