(a) The Council consists of the following 26 members:
(1) two commissioners from each member county;
(2) the Director of Economic Development from each member county;
(3) two mayors from each member county or their representatives, appointed by the commissioners from their respective member county;
(4) the chair of each member county’s legislative delegation to the House of Delegates, or the chair’s designee;
(5) the two members of the Senate of Maryland representing the member counties in Districts 1 and 2;
(6) six private citizens, two from each member county, who are:
(i) appointed by their respective commissioners;
(ii) not listed under item (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of this subsection; and
(iii) neither elected officials nor employees of a unit of local government.
(b) (1) A member who qualifies because of the member’s elected or appointed position is a member of the Council only during the member’s term of office in the elected or appointed position.
(2) A member appointed:
(i) under subsection (a)(3) of this section, serves at the pleasure of the commissioners for the county that the member represents;
(ii) under subsection (a)(4) of this section, shall reside in the member county that the member represents; and
(iii) under subsection (a)(6) of this section:
1. serves at the pleasure of the commissioners who appointed the member; and
2. has the same term as the commissioners who appointed the member.
(3) At the end of a term, a member continues to serve until a successor is appointed and qualifies.
(4) Except for an ex officio member, a member who is appointed after a term has begun serves only for the rest of the term and until a successor is appointed and qualifies.