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• <br /> Section 4: APPOINTMENT AND TERMS: The Mayor shall appoint with <br /> concurrence of not less than four (4) members of the City Council, the Examiner, <br /> and Examiner Pro Tern, said offices for a term which shall initially expire one year <br /> following the date of original appointment and thereafter expire four years <br /> following the date of each reappointment. <br /> Section .5: REMOVAL: The Examiner or the Examiner Pro Tem may be removed <br /> from office at any time by the Mayor with the concurring vote of not less than four <br /> (4) members of the City Council for just cause. <br /> Section 6: QUALIFICATIONS: The Examiner and the Examiner Pro Tern shall be <br /> appointed solely with regard to their qualifications for the duties of the office <br /> which shall include persons with appropriate experience, such as land use planner, <br /> or public administrator, persons who have extensive experience in land use planning <br /> work in a responsible capacity, persons with legal experience, particularly where <br /> that experience is in the area of land use management or administrative law. <br /> Section 7: EXAMINER PRO TEMPORE; DUTIES AND POWERS: The Examiner Pro <br /> Tern shall, in the event of the absence or the inability of the Examiner to act, have <br /> all the duties and powers of the Examiner. <br /> Section 8: EXAMINER; CONFLICT OF INTEREST AND FREEDOM FROM <br /> IMPROPER INFLUENCE: The Examiner shall not conduct or participate in any <br /> hearing or decision in which the Examiner has a direct or indirect personal business, <br /> financial or other which might exert such influence upon the Examiner that might <br /> interfere with his decision making process. Any actual or potential conflict of <br /> interest shall be disclosed to the parties immediately upon discovery of such <br /> conflict. Participants in the land use regulatory process have the right, insofar as <br /> possible, to have the Examiner free from personal interest or pre-hearing contacts <br /> on land use regulatory matters considered by him. It is recognized that there is a <br /> countervailing public right to free access to public officials on any matter. If such <br /> personal or pre-hearing interest contract impairs the Examiner's ability to act on <br /> the matter, the Examiner shall so state and shall abstain therefrom to the end that <br /> the proceeding is fair and has the appearance of fairness, unless all parties agree in <br /> -2- <br />