(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 respective chapters of the Maryland Municipal League for each 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 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.