Overview
The Board of Town Commissioners consists of five members who are elected to four-year terms. Any registered voter of the Town of Bel Air who desires to file as a candidate for commissioner must be a registered voter of the town and be a resident of the town for at least six months immediately preceding the election. The second meeting November of each year, the commissioners elect a member to serve as chair and vice chair of the Board of Town Commissioners. The chair has the honorary title of "Mayor."
Vacancies on the Board of Town Commissioners
Chapter C. Charter Article III. The Board of Commissioners Section 307. Vacancies on the Board § C-307b:
"When there shall be fewer than three Commissioners in office, the Commissioners then serving shall call a special election for the purpose of filling the vacancies in the office of Commissioner. In all cases, other than those involving a run off or a special election, in the event of a vacancy on the Board of Commissioners, the Commissioners, by three favorable votes shall appoint some person qualified under Section 302, to serve as Commissioner. Any person duly appointed by three favorable votes of the Commissioners to fill a vacancy or elected in a special election where there were fewer than three Commissioners in office, shall serve until the next regular election for Commissioner."
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