[Adopted as Title 2, Ch. 2.68, of the 1986 Code]
There is established in the City a municipal department to be
known as the "Human Services Department."
The position of Human Services Director is created. The Human
Services Director shall be responsible for the administration of the
Human Services Department. The Human Services Director shall be appointed
by the Mayor and serve a term concurrent with the Mayor.
A.
It shall be the responsibility of the Human Services Department to
provide, through direct service or contract, the City's human services
activities.
B.
These activity areas shall include, but not be limited to, elderly,
youth, consumer protection, handicapped, intergroup relations, equal
opportunity, programming, community organization and citizen participation.
C.
The Department shall provide staff support to all City boards and
commissions responsible for the activities mentioned in this section
as well as assisting other City departments.
D.
The Human Services Department shall be the successor agency to the
Model Cities Agency for the purposes of all pertinent contracts and
other financial agreements.
A.
Establishment;
composition; terms of office.
(1)
A Human Services Board is established, such Board to consist of 15
members, five of whom shall be appointed by the Mayor, five of whom
shall be appointed by the elected neighborhood councils from designated
target areas, and five of whom shall be appointed by and representatives
of private nonprofit agencies designed by the Board in conformance
with any applicable federal guidelines.
(2)
When the Board is first established, five members shall be appointed
for a term of one year and five members shall be appointed for a term
of three years. At the expiration of the respective terms of the first
appointees, successors shall be appointed for a term of three years
or until a successor is appointed and qualified.
(3)
In the event a vacancy occurs, it shall be filled in the same manner
as that of an original appointment for the unexpired term.
(4)
The five private nonprofit agencies to be represented on the Board
at the time of its establishment shall be selected jointly by the
initial five mayoral appointees and initial five elected neighborhood
council representatives.
