[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Council of the Town of Rocky Hill 4-3-1972
by Ord. No. 23-72. Amendments noted where applicable.]
There is hereby established a Mental Health Committee to serve the Town
of Rocky Hill and receive moneys and authorize their expenditure in order
to provide an effective local mental health program.
The Committee shall consist of 12 members appointed by
the Town Council for three-year terms. The initial appointments shall be made
as follows: four members for one-year terms; four members for two-year terms;
four members for three-year terms. All terms shall run from December 1 of
the year of appointment. No member shall be appointed for more than two consecutive
three-year terms.
Appointments shall be made from among names recommended by the Mental
Health Committee. The criteria for appointment includes previous experience
or responsibility in the mental health or related services; professional expertise
in such fields; and unusual interest or concern in the areas of community
social services.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: Original Section 4, re: the Rocky Hill Interchurch
Council, Inc., as the agency to receive and disburse moneys for a local mental
health program, which immediately followed this section, was deleted 10-2-1972
by Ord. No. 31-72.
The Committee shall be responsible for preparing and operating a comprehensive
and effective local mental health program.
The Committee shall be empowered to establish bylaws relating to the
internal structures and procedures of said Committee.
