(a) There is created a recreation board to consist of seven members and two alternate members. Such membership shall serve at the pleasure of the city council and shall be appointed for two-year terms by the city council. The terms shall expire in the month of October of each year.
(b) Within 30 days after the appointment of the board, the board shall have an organization meeting, at which time the board shall elect its chairman and any other officers whom it may designate. The chairman shall serve for a one-year term and the board shall elect its chairman annually at its regular meeting in November.
(c) Each board member shall be a resident of the city for at least 12 months immediately preceding appointment. Each board member shall be a registered voter.
(d) The two alternates shall be restricted from voting, except as specified in subsection (f) of this section.
(e) The two alternate members shall, when appointed by the city council, be designated as first and second alternate members. At such time as the first alternate member loses his alternate status by leaving the board or by appointment as a regular board member, the first alternate board member shall be the alternate board member with the longer service as an alternate board member. The next appointed alternate board member shall be designated as the second alternate board member.
(f) In the absence of a regular board member from an official board meeting, the first alternate board member shall assume all duties of the absent regular member, including the right to vote on any matter before the board. If two or more regular board members are absent from a board meeting, the second alternate member shall assume all the duties of an absent regular member, including the right to vote on any matter before the board at that meeting. In the absence of the first alternate board member from an official board meeting, the second alternate board member shall act in the place of the absent first alternate, including the right to vote on all matters before the board at that meeting.