There is hereby created a Board of Adjustment consisting of five (5) members, each to be appointed by the City Council for a term of two (2) years and removable for cause by the city council upon written charges and after a public hearing. Vacancies shall be filled for the unexpired term of any member whose place becomes vacant for any cause, in the same manner as the original appointment was made. Each member reappointed or each new appointee shall serve for a full term of two (2) years unless removed as herein provided. Provided, however, that the City Council may appoint two (2) alternate members of the Board of Adjustment who shall serve in the absence of one or more of the regular members, shall attend each meeting, and may participate in the discussion. In accordance with State law approval of a variance or exception requires five voting members for each case, although a quorum can be four (4) members. Appointment of alternates allows meetings with five voting members. When the Board sits with only four members as a quorum the vote shall be 100%. In the instance a Regular member is not in attendance an Alternate, when requested to do so by the Chair of the Board of Adjustment during the stated meeting, shall become a voting member for that case, such that all cases to be heard by the Board of Adjustment will always be heard by a minimum number of four (4) members. The alternate members, when appointed, shall serve for the same period as the regular members, a term of two years, and any vacancy shall be filled by appoint [appointment] by the City Council for the remainder of the term of the vacant member, and they shall be subject to removal the same as the regular members.

The Board shall adopt rules to govern its proceedings provided, however, those rules may not be inconsistent with this Ordinance or Statutes of the State of Texas. Meetings of the Board shall be held at the call of the Chairman and at such other times as the Board may determine. All meetings of the Board shall be open to the public. The Board shall keep minutes of its proceedings appointing the City Manager and/or the City Secretary as the Secretary of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, showing the vote of each member upon each question, or if absent or failing to vote, indicate such fact, and shall keep records of its examinations and other official actions, all of which shall be immediately filed in the office of the City Secretary and shall be a public record.