(a) Each member and each alternate member shall serve at the pleasure of the member's appointing authority, and shall serve for the life of the Advisory Committee unless removed by the appointing authority.
(b) If a vacancy occurs in any seat on the Advisory Committee, the appointing authority for the vacated seat shall appoint a successor to that seat. During the pendency of a vacancy, the alternate member for that seat shall serve as, and have the full powers of, a member of the Advisory Committee. In addition, if a member of the Advisory Committee is not in attendance at a meeting, the alternate member designated to serve as an alternate for the absent member's seat shall attend that meeting and for purposes of that meeting have the full powers of the absent member.
(c) Members of the Advisory Committee shall receive no compensation.
(d) Any member who misses three regular meetings of the Advisory Committee within a period of 12 months without the express approval of the Advisory Committee at or before each missed meeting shall be deemed by operation of law to have resigned from the Advisory Committee ten days after the third unapproved absence. The Advisory Committee shall inform the appointing authority of the resignation.
(e) As provided in Municipal Transportation Agency (MTA) Board of Directors Resolution No. 15-154, the MTA will provide administrative support for the Advisory Committee.
