[Approved 5-22-1976 as Ch. No. 1550]
There is hereby created within the Executive
Branch of the City of Pawtucket an Office of Community Affairs, to
be responsible to the Mayor.
The within established Office of Community Affairs
organizational structure shall be deemed to constitute a continuation
of the former Model Cities Administration organizational structure
for the purpose of succession to all rights, powers, duties and obligations
of the former.
The responsibilities of the Office of Community
Affairs shall be to:
A.
Identify community needs.
B.
Establish and maintain formal relationships with local,
state and federal public and private agencies in order to marshal
sources of funds by which to address community needs.
C.
Advise the Mayor on the formulation and implementation
of public policies in order that available funds are allocated in
the most effective and efficient manner.
D.
Coordinate and administer those plans, programs, activities
and services designated by the Mayor, directly or through contractual
arrangements with public or private bodies.
The Mayor shall serve as the Chief Executive
Officer of the Office of Community Affairs and shall assume early,
continuous and ultimate responsibility for the development, implementation
and performance of its activities.
The Mayor shall use his or her administrative
authority and leadership to support the program by:
The Mayor is hereby authorized to appoint a
Director who shall be responsible to and serve at the pleasure of
the Mayor.
A.
The Director, acting on behalf of the Mayor, shall
be charged with the day-to-day responsibility for the overall direction,
development, implementation and performance of the operation of the
Office of Community Affairs activities.
B.
The Director shall be responsible, within the Office
of Community Affairs, for:
(1)
Developing program policy.
(2)
Coordinating activities of public and private agencies.
(3)
Recommending programs, priorities and allocation of
resources.
(4)
Improving the response and achieving the support,
involvement and commitment of all relevant public and private agencies.
(5)
Reviewing the obligations of funds delegated to public,
private and nonprofit agencies.
(6)
Providing continuing information and technical assistance
to the citizen participation component hereinafter provided for.
C.
The Director shall, subject to the approval of the
Mayor, organize and coordinate the activities of the Office of Community
Affairs as he or she may determine to be necessary for its efficient
and effective operation and which will not result in duplication or
overlapping of functions of other departments, divisions or agencies
of the city government.
D.
The Director shall formulate, adopt, issue and promulgate
such rules and regulations for the conduct and administration of the
Office of Community Affairs and its staff as may be consistent with
the city rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
E.
The duties of the Director shall not be limited to
those enumerated above but may be added to, modified or expanded by
the Mayor or applicable city ordinances and regulations.
The Director shall be authorized to engage such
staff as is deemed to be necessary for the proper and efficient implementation
and administration of the Office of Community Affairs and shall further
be authorized to seek additional services and assistance from city
departments and agencies and to contract for special services, from
both public and private organizations and agencies, under such conditions
as may be appropriate.
A.
Establishment. The Director shall cause to be established
a citizen participation component.
B.
Organization. The citizen participation component
shall consist of community residents and shall be appointed by the
Mayor from lists submitted by the Director on behalf of existing citizen
organizations. All members will serve until their successors are appointed.
All members of the citizen participation component shall serve without
compensation.
C.
Committees. The citizen participation component shall,
with the advice and assistance of the Office of Community Affairs
Director, organize itself into such committees as may be deemed necessary
for the fulfillment of their functions.
D.
Role of citizen participation component. The citizen
participation component shall have early, direct and meaningful access
to decisionmaking so that they can influence the planning and carrying
out of the program. The citizen participation component shall have
the following general functions:
