[Adopted 10-17-2005 by Ord. No. 868]
The Havre de Grace Street and Traffic Safety
Advisory Board (hereinafter referred to as the "Advisory Board") is
hereby established. The Mayor and City Council of Havre de Grace,
Maryland, shall appoint this Advisory Board with a minimum of seven
voting members and not more than 11 voting members and one nonvoting
member who shall be a member of the City Council Public Safety Committee.
The appointments shall include: three citizens of the City of Havre
de Grace, one of which will act as Committee Chair; one member of
the Havre de Grace Susqueanna Hose Co.; one member of the Havre de
Grace Ambulance Corps; one member from the Havre de Grace Police Department;
one member from the Havre de Grace Department of Public Works; and
four additional members may be appointed after being nominated by
the Advisory Board as voting members. During the term of this Advisory
Board, for any member appointed by the Mayor and City Council who
chooses not to complete his or her term, a nomination from the Advisory
Board for a replacement member will be forwarded to the Mayor and
City Council via the Public Safety Committee Liaison for approval
of appointment to complete the term of the member who chooses not
to complete his or her term.
A.
General purposes. The purpose of this Advisory Board
shall have the responsibility of performing comprehensive citywide
review of issues related to street safety, to include traffic, vehicles,
parking, streetlighting, pedestrian and related issues, which have
been referred to the Advisory Board by the Public Safety Committee,
the Mayor and City Council or Administration, both proactively and
reactively, and provide recommendations to the Mayor and City Council
for their enlightenment and consideration. In itself, it is advisory
and not responsible for the implementation of modifications to existing
conditions nor for the creation of new policies or construction.
B.
Powers and duties of the Advisory Board. The Advisory
Board shall have the following duties and powers:
(1)
To support and recommend to the City's Public Safety
Committee on issues as they relate to street safety, to include efficient
movement of vehicular traffic, parking of vehicular traffic and matters
pertaining to safety of pedestrians;
(2)
To review legislation and policy decisions of local,
state, and federal agencies in order to identify their impact on street
safety in the City;
(3)
To assist the City's Public Safety Committee in the
development of various ordinances and matters of street safety to
promote a safe living environment for all citizens and visitors within
the City;
(4)
To assist in the identification of funding and human
resources to support street safety development functions; and
(5)
To serve on committees of the Advisory Board as needed.
C.
Additional powers and duties of Chairperson of the
Advisory Board. The Chairperson of the Advisory Board (hereinafter
referred to as the "Chair") shall have the following additional duties
and powers:
(1)
To serve as spokesperson for the Advisory Board;
(2)
To preside over meetings of the Advisory Board;
(3)
To be available to assist and advise the City's Public
Safety Committee as needed; and
(4)
To appoint committees from within the Advisory Board,
as needed, to explore and assist the City's Public Safety Committee
regarding issues related to street safety.
(5)
To recommend and give full report(s), when needed,
to the Mayor and City Council during City Council meetings in matters
relating to street safety.
A.
The Advisory Board shall have no less than seven appointed voting members but not more than 11 voting members (hereinafter referred to as a "member" or "members"). There shall be one nonvoting member as described below in Subsection A(6). The Advisory Board membership may include:
(1)
Three members representing the citizens of Havre de
Grace;
(2)
One member representing the Susquehanna Hose Co. of
Havre de Grace;
(3)
One member representing the Havre de Grace Ambulance
Corps;
(4)
One member representing the Havre de Grace Police
Department;
(5)
One member representing the Department of Public Works;
(6)
One member representing the Havre de Grace City Council's
Public Safety Committee, who shall serve as an ex officio member and
liaison to the City Council and will not be a voting member.
(7)
Four additional members may be appointed after being
nominated by the Advisory Board as voting members.
B.
The officers of the Advisory Board shall consist of
a Chair, a Vice Chair, and a Secretary. The voting members of the
Advisory Board shall elect the officers annually. All candidates for
office will be nominated each April by the Advisory Board members
and elections will take place at the first meeting in June of each
year. The newly elected officers will take office during the July
meeting of the Advisory Board and will serve until the last day of
June in the following year.
A.
Voting members. The Mayor shall, with the consent
of the City Council, appoint all voting members of the Advisory Board
from the nominations made and forwarded to the Mayor from the City's
Public Safety Committee. The individual being proposed for such appointment
must complete an application as provided by the City. Any member of
the Advisory Board may at anytime submit the name and completed application
of an individual for nomination to the Advisory Board as long as there
exists an opening or there is a member of the Advisory Board who may
be unable to complete his or her membership term. The Advisory Board
shall vote on the nomination and, if approved, forward the nomination
to the City's Liaison for submission to the Public Safety Committee.
B.
Ex officio member. The City Council's President shall
appoint a member of the City Council's Public Safety Committee as
a liaison member in June of each year for a one-year term.
C.
Termination of membership. The membership of any member
on the Advisory Board shall be automatically terminated 90 days after
such member's absence is unexcused for three consecutive meetings,
or after he or she misses 50% of the meetings in a calendar year,
unless the Chair, before the expiration of such ninety-day period,
has acted favorably on such member's petition to relieve him or her
of loss of membership provided herein.
Members of the Advisory Board will serve a term
of three years from time of appointment by the Mayor and City Council.
Those members of the Advisory Board whose terms are to expire shall
be submitted by the Chair to the Liaison from the Public Safety Committee,
who shall forward them to the Mayor and City Council for consideration
for reappointment for another three-year term.
A.
Only those members of the Advisory Board may vote
on matters coming before the Advisory Board as well as during election
of the Chair, Vice Chair, or Secretary. Any Member of the Advisory
Board serving as an ex-officio member has the rights and privileges
as all Members of the Advisory Board but may not vote on any matters
coming before the Advisory Board or in any elections held by the Advisory
Board.
B.
Committee(s), made up of members of the Advisory Board,
shall be appointed by the Chair. Committees shall be created, as recommended,
by the Advisory Board Chair. The Advisory Board will keep a record
of its transactions, findings, determinations, and such records shall
be kept public, except as may be otherwise required by law.
A.
General meetings. The Advisory Board shall meet no
less than eight times a year. Any special meeting shall be at the
request of the Chair or the City's Public Safety Committee. The Advisory
Board may meet monthly at a specified time and place.
B.
Special meetings. The Chair shall notify the members
as to time, place, and purpose of any such special meeting. For any
member, the actual receipt of notice in any manner at least five days
in advance of the meeting shall be deemed sufficient notice. Attendance
by a member at a special meeting constitutes a waiver of any right
to notice.
C.
Recording of minutes of meetings. The Secretary shall
record all minutes of all meetings of the Advisory Board and those
minutes shall be public record unless it is a matter that is clearly
defined by the Closed Meetings Act and meets all criteria as such.
