One of our county social services board members has missed a number of social services board meetings. May the social services board appoint someone else to take his place on the board and serve the remainder of his term?

Failure to attend social services board meetings may constitute "good cause" for removing a person from the county social services board. The social services board's authority to remove a person from the board, however, extends only to the "third" or "fifth" member of the board. If a board member who was appointed by the state Social Services Commission or the board of county commissioners fails to attend social services board meetings, the board should ask the Social Services Commission or the board of county commissioners to remove the board member. The social services board, however, may establish reasonable policies or rules governing attendance at social services board meetings.