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