[Adopted 9-2-1969 (Ch. 25 of the 1976 Code)]
It is hereby declared the policy of the Town of Riverhead that
in order to develop a program of community participation regarding
the control of the use of narcotics and dangerous drugs at the local
level, it is in the best interests of the inhabitants of the Town
of Riverhead to create and provide for the appointment of a Town Drug
Abuse Prevention Council.
[Amended 9-21-1971[1]]
The Council shall be known as the "Town of Riverhead Drug Abuse
Prevention Council" (formerly known as the "Narcotics Guidance Council")
and shall be composed of seven members, who shall be appointed by
the Town Board for a term not exceeding three years, and shall include
at least one clergyman, one attorney at law, one physician and one
educator.
The presiding officer or Chairman of the Council shall be designated
from among the members by the Town Board. The Town Board shall have
the power to remove any member for cause, after hearing, if requested.
A vacancy shall be filled in the same manner as an original appointment
for the unexpired term.
Members shall serve without compensation. The Town Board may
appropriate in the annual budget a sum for the purpose of providing
funds to the Council to meet expenses incurred in performing its duties
hereunder.
It shall be the duty of the Council to:
A.
Make immediately available to the community basic knowledge acquired
in the field of drug use, especially by youth.
B.
Create a climate in which persons seeking assistance in coping with
narcotics and dangerous drug problems can meet, without embarrassment,
with responsible individuals or agencies in a position to render assistance.
C.
Authorize persons approved by the Council to contact and counsel
persons within the community suspected of using narcotics and dangerous
drugs or those persons allegedly having knowledge of such usage.
D.
Cooperate with other drug abuse prevention councils and similar bodies
and with state and federal commissions and agencies in planning and
implementing local programs staffed by volunteers, for the prevention
of drug abuse among those at risk within the local community.
E.
Develop
and implement community drug abuse prevention programs.
