A. 
The Youth Services agency of the City of Yonkers is continued as the Bureau of Youth Services in the Department of Parks, Recreation and Conservation. The purpose of the Bureau is to advance the moral, physical, mental and social well-being of the youth of the City of Yonkers. "Youth" shall mean any person under twenty-one (21) years of age. The head of this Bureau shall be the Director, who shall be appointed by the Mayor and serve at his or her pleasure, and who shall report to the Director.
[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
B. 
Within such Bureau there shall be an Office of Youth Development, an Office of Adolescent Services and an Office of Research and Development, headed respectively by a Program Administrator, each of whom shall be responsible to the Director. The Office of Youth Development shall, in addition to its other functions, provide staff functions to assist the Youth Advisory Council established hereunder. The Office of Adolescent Services shall, in addition to its other functions, provide staff functions to assist the Narcotics Guidance Council of the City of Yonkers.
C. 
The Director and each Program Administrator shall be persons with qualifications and training to perform the functions of their respective offices.
The Bureau of Youth Services shall:
A. 
Coordinate and supplement the activities of public and private agencies and religious and social institutions which are devoted in whole or in part to the welfare and protection of youth within the City of Yonkers.
B. 
Undertake and promote activities and establish, maintain and operate projects and programs devoted in whole or in part to providing leisure-time activities for youth or assistance to children and to prevent delinquency and youth crime.
C. 
Implement through federal and state agencies and commissions the funding of programs servicing youth in the City of Yonkers.
D. 
Cooperate with the New York State Division for Youth in implementing the purposes of Chapter 636 of the Laws of New York 1956, Chapter 881 of the Laws of New York of 1960, Chapter 502 of the Laws of New York of 1970, and any other state laws that may be applicable.
A. 
There shall be a Youth Advisory Council for the City of Yonkers which shall advise the Director and make recommendations to him or her on youth programs and projects. The Youth Advisory Council shall consist of the Director of the Bureau of Youth Services, ex officio, and nine (9) members of the general public, three (3) of whom shall be youths, to be appointed by the Mayor and to serve for three (3) years, except that of the nine (9) members first appointed three (3) shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, three (3) for a term of two (2) years and three (3) for a term of one (1) year. One (1) of the nine (9) shall be appointed Chairman annually by the Mayor. The members of the Youth Advisory Council shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed for expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties.
[Amended 11-4-2008 by L.L. No. 10-2008]
B. 
Any person who is associated, directly or indirectly, with any youth service project or program funded in whole or in part with funds or sources provided or allocated by the Bureau of Youth Services shall be disqualified from membership on the Youth Advisory Council.
C. 
All terms of office shall expire on their respective anniversary dates. Any vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration of term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner as the original appointment.