A.
There shall be a Youth Bureau headed by a Director
who shall be appointed by the County Executive based on his or her
education, experience and qualifications to perform the duties of
the office, subject to confirmation by the County Legislature, and
shall serve at the pleasure of the County Executive.
B.
Powers and duties. The Director of the Youth Bureau
shall have managerial responsibility for the department and, with
the advice and assistance of the Youth Board, recommend policies that
promote youth development and prevent delinquency, plan and coordinate
activities devoted to the well-being and protection of all youth in
Ulster County, and expand public awareness of youth issues. He or
she shall have all the powers and perform all the duties now and hereafter
conferred or imposed upon him or her by law, and perform such other
and related duties required by the County Executive and County Legislature.
The Deputy Director of the Youth Bureau shall
be appointed by the Director, in accord with and within the limits
of the appropriation provided for this purpose, after consultation
with the County Executive on the basis of his or her education and
experience. He or she shall possess the powers and perform the duties
of the Director of the Youth Bureau during the absence or inability
of such Director to act or in the case of a vacancy in the office
of the Director, until a successor is selected and has qualified.
A.
Membership; appointment; term. There shall be a Youth
Board that shall consist of 15 members who shall be appointed by the
County Executive for a term of three years, subject to confirmation
by the County Legislature. No member of the Youth Board shall hold
any other County or state office. Members shall elect a Chairman and
Vice Chairman for a term of one year. Board members shall be known
as "Commissioners of the Youth Bureau of the County of Ulster" and
shall receive no compensation for their services or activities except
for actual and necessary expenses in the performance of duties as
appropriated. The Sheriff of Ulster County, the Commissioner of Health
or Public Health Director, the Family Court Judges, the County Attorney
or his or her representative, the Commissioner of Social Services,
and two members of the County Legislature designated by the Chairman
of the County Legislature shall be ex officio members of the Youth
Bureau.
B.
Powers and duties. The Youth Board shall propose policies,
programs and recommendations to the Director of the Youth Bureau,
the County Executive and the Legislature regarding measures most suitable
to supplement, aid and coordinate the work and activities of all public
and private agencies, including religious and social institutions,
seeking to prevent delinquency and youth crime, to advance the moral,
physical, mental and social well-being of the youth of this County,
and to encourage the County's local governments to take an interest
in the well-being of youth.
