Ala. Code § 45-2-261.01
The planning commission shall be composed of nine regular members, each of whom shall be a qualified elector and an actual resident of the county. One and only one regular member of the planning commission may be a qualified elector of the county who resides in the corporate limits of a municipality in the county. All regular members shall be appointed by the Baldwin County Commission for a term of four years. Upon the affirmative vote of a majority of the qualified electors in a district election held pursuant to Section 45-2-261.07, the membership of the planning commission shall be increased by appointment by the county commission of a qualified elector from that district for a temporary one-time term of three years. In the event of any vacancy on the planning commission, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment of the Baldwin County Commission. The Baldwin County Commission may remove any member for cause upon written charges and after a public hearing. All members shall serve without compensation, and no member shall be a county officer or employee; however, reasonable and necessary expenses of the members of the planning commission shall be paid from the General Fund of Baldwin County.
Ala. Code § 45-2-261.01 (1975)