Public Act 285 of 1931, which provides for the creation and organization of city, village, and municipal planning commissions, previously had required a planning commission to consist of nine members. Evidently, however, recruiting people to serve on commissions became a frequent problem in smaller communities. In response, Public Act 18 of 1997 amended Public Act 285 to permit a planning commission to consist of five, seven, or nine members in a city, village, or township with a population of less than 5,000, with the size of the commission to be determined by the local legislative body. Public Act 285, however, still requires that six members of a planning commission vote in favor of adopting a master plan for a municipality or an amendment, extension, or addition to the plan. Consequently, five-member commissions cannot meet this requirement, and seven-member commissions still must produce six affirmative votes. It has been suggested that the number of affirmative votes needed to adopt or amend a municipal master plan should be consistent with the size of a municipality's planning commission.