There is hereby created in the Department of Community Development
a Committee to be designated as the "Citizens' Advisory Committee
on Community Improvement," to consist of not fewer than 15 nor more
than 21 members.
Members to be appointed to the Committee shall be representative
of the community as a whole. No officer or employee of the City of
Buffalo or County of Erie shall be eligible for appointment to the
Citizens' Advisory Committee on Community Improvement or to any
of its committees or subcommittees.
The Mayor shall designate the Chairman of said Committee from
among its members and may at any time change said designation. The
members of the Committee shall choose from their membership a Vice
Chairman. The Chairman may appoint committees or subcommittees required
by the regulations of the Housing and Home Finance Agency or which
are deemed necessary. Only the Chairman of each such committee or
subcommittee shall be required to be a member of the Citizens'
Advisory Committee on Community Improvement.
The Citizens' Advisory Committee on Community Improvement
shall have the power and it shall be its duty to:
A. Gather
information and keep citizen groups generally informed about workable
programs for community improvement activity.
B. Assist
in the coordination of the various community improvement activities.
C. Assist
official agencies in public relations.
D. Lend
support to and seek support for desirable programs and projects.
E. Review
the City's programs in the broad perspective of overall workable
program objectives and make advisory recommendations for further improvement
to the Mayor, the Department of Community Development and the Common
Council.
The members of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Community
Improvement shall serve without compensation, but their actual expenses
within the amount appropriated therefor shall be paid with the approval
of the Mayor.
The Commissioner of Community Development shall appoint and
may, at pleasure, remove an Executive Director, whose appointment
shall be confirmed by the Common Council. The Executive Director shall
appoint such employees as the Common Council shall provide by ordinance.
The compensation of the Executive Director and employees of the Committee
shall be fixed by ordinance of the Common Council.
All expenses and disbursements made or directed to be made by
the Committee shall be governed by the appropriations allotted thereto
in the budget as originally adopted or increased from time to time
pursuant to the procedure provided by the Charter of the City.
The Committee shall hold stated meetings at least once each
month and more often as the Committee may determine. Other meetings
shall be at the call of the Chairman. A majority of the Committee
shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. An attendance
report for each meeting shall be submitted to the Common Council.
The powers of the Committee shall be vested in and exercised by a
majority of the members of the Committee then in office.