(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 paragraph (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

: (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.