There shall be a Planning Board with five members appointed by the Village Board of Trustees. Each member shall serve for a five-year term, and one member's term shall expire each year.

The Village Board, recognizing the community's need for a complete Planning Board in its discretion, may appoint two alternate members, who shall serve for five-year terms, and who will sit and participate with all powers and duties, as if a regular member, at such meetings of the Planning Board when one or more regular members are unable to attend.

Each regular, and alternate, member shall attend such course of study or program of continuing education and/or training for members of planning boards as may be developed by the Secretary of State and as may be administered by the Orange Municipal Planning Federation or the New York State Planning Federation or other agencies.

Any regular member who fails to attend four consecutive meetings of the Planning Board, or fails to attend more than half of the given meetings in any calendar year, will be deemed deficient in the performance of his or her duty and such would be grounds for an action to remove such person from his or her appointed position.

Any alternate member who, when called upon, fails to attend four consecutive meetings of the Planning Board will be deemed deficient in the performance of his or her duty and such would be grounds for an action to remove such person from their appointed position.