[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.
B. 
Powers and duties.
(1) 
The Human Services Board shall exercise those powers stipulated by federal and state guidelines in the awarding and contracting of human services moneys.
(2) 
In all other matters, the Human Services Board shall serve in an advisory capacity to the Director of Human Services.