Prior to the adoption of Ord. 17658 on 04/21/2003, Section 3-23 read as follows.

The board shall hold regular meetings at such times as it shall fix, and other meetings at the call of the chair~~man~~. The city manager shall receive notice of all meetings of the board. Any board member having three (3) unscheduled absences without just cause within a period of one year, or who shall be continuously absent for any reason for a period of four (4) months (when regular meetings have been held in said four (4) months) without prior council consent, shall automatically forfeit his office. The chair of the board is authorized to excuse any member from attendance at a board meeting; provided, that the member requested to be excused before the meeting. Any member who is absent, without being excused, from twenty-five percent of the regular board meetings held in a calendar year shall automatically forfeit the office. Any member who is absent, without being excused, from three consecutive regular meetings shall automatically forfeit the office.It shall be the duty of the chair~~man~~ to promptly notify the council of the vacancy. A quorum for the transaction of business at such meetings shall be a majority of the duly appointed voting members of the board.