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approval. of the Chairman, the Enforcement Board shall immediately declare the member's office vacant and the Board of County Commissioners shall promptly fill such vacancy. Such interim appointees shall serve until the end of the term of the member whom they replaced. Members of the Code Enforcement Board may also be removed for cause by the affirmative vote of the majority of the County Commission. SECTION 6 CONDUCT OF MEETINGS The Enforcement Board shall annually elect a chairman and vice-chairman from amongst its members. The presence of four (4) or more members shall constitute a quorum of the Enforcement Board. A member once in attendance may not absent him/herself for the purpose of defeating the meeting and preventing the conduct of business for lack of a quorum. Members of the Board shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed for such travel, mileage and per diem expenses as may be authorized by the County Commission from time to time. The Code Enforcement Board is authorized to retain counsel to give legal advice to the Board. Once selected the rate of compensation shall be negotiated and paid by the Board of County Commissioners. In any event the counsel or firm retained shall not be the same counsel or firm who either presents cases on behalf of the County to the Board or represents those charged with violations in front of the Board. SECTION 7 ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURE 1. It shall be the duty -of the Code Inspectors to initiate enforcement proceedings in front of the Code Enforcement Board. No member of the Board shall have the power to initiate any enforcement proceedings before the Board. 2. Except as provided in Subsection 3 if a violation of the codes is found, the Code Inspector shall notify the violator and give him a reasonable time considering the nature of the vio- lation to correct the violation. Should the violation continue beyond the time specified for correction, the Code Inspector shall -3-