Note: Prior code history: Prior code §§ 1-3.32.05,
1-3.32.10, 1-3.32.15, 1-3.32.20, 1-3.32.25, 1-3.32.30, 1-3.32.35,
1-3.32.40, 1-3.32.45, 1-3.32.50, 1-3.32.55, 1-3.32.60; Ords. 1418,
1507, 1674, 1768, 1785.
There is created a human services commission ("commission")
originally established by Resolution 76-21.
(Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001)
A. The
commission shall be responsible for advising the city council on both
the human service needs of the community and the methods for meeting
these needs. Particular emphasis shall be given to the human services
needs of the socially and economically disadvantaged, the elderly
and the youth of the community.
B. The
duties of the commission shall include the following:
1. Identify
and prioritize the human service needs of the community;
2. Develop
and recommend to the city council specific programs and/or actions
designed to meet the identified human service needs of the community
and evaluate the success of the programs and/or the actions undertaken;
3. Identify
and be informed of programs providing human services to the community,
their purpose, the type and nature of services they provide, and the
effectiveness of their services;
4. Review
and evaluate requests from human service providers for financial assistance,
endorsements, and other types of assistance; make recommendations
to the city council regarding such requests;
5. Develop
and recommend actions designed to coordinate the delivery of human
services within and to the community;
6. Represent
the city and/or serve as liaisons with governing boards of public
and private human service agencies/programs of interest to the community;
7. Inform
and advise the city council concerning actions by federal, state and
other public or private human service agencies of interest to the
city.
(Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001)
A. The
commission shall have seven regular commissioners, one youth member,
and one alternate commissioner, all of whom shall be residents of
the city.
B. The
seven regular commissioners and the one alternate commissioner shall
be selected from the community at large. The youth member shall be
the minimum age of a high school freshman. The regular commissioners,
the youth member, and alternate commissioner shall be appointed by
the mayor, subject to ratification by the city council as provided
in the adopted city council resolution establishing procedures for
appointments to boards and commissions.
C. Commissioners
are eligible to participate in all discussions of the commission except
that the alternate commissioner shall vote only if one of the regular
commissioners is absent or has a financial conflict of interest.
D. The
alternate commissioner may serve as a voting member on any subcommittee
of the commission and may be designated as the commission's
representative to other boards and commissions.
E. Commissioners
shall be compensated as established by city council resolution, unless
the youth member is unable to qualify for a work permit that allows
for compensation.
(Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001; Ord. 1851 § 1, 2002; Ord. 1887 § 1, 2003; Ord. 1901 § 1, 2004; Ord.
2059 § 1, 2013; Ord. 2202 § 1, 2019)
A. Regular
commissioners shall be eligible to serve a maximum term of eight years
with two four-year terms.
B. Alternate
commissioners shall be eligible to serve four-year terms and are not
subject to a limit in the number of years served.
C. The
youth member shall be eligible to serve a two-year term.
D. The
term of a commissioner shall be consistent with and subject to city
council resolution concerning limiting service on boards and commissions.
(Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001; Ord. 1901, 2004; Ord. 2059 § 1, 2013)
A. Persons
appointed to the commission shall continue to serve as members of
the commission except when:
1. The
commissioner's term of office on the commission expires;
2. The
commissioner voluntarily resigns from the commission;
3. The commissioner is absent from one-third of the regular meetings within a six month period as provided in subsection
C of this section;
4. The
commissioner fails to maintain a primary residence in the city;
5. The
commissioner is employed by the city in a capacity related to the
duties of the commission.
B. The
secretary of the commission shall inform the council when any of the
above occurs.
C. The
following procedures shall apply to termination of office as a result
of absences from commission meetings:
1. At
the end of each six-month period, the secretary of the commission
shall report the attendance record of each member of the commission
to the city manager, who shall transmit the record to the city council.
2. The
city manager shall notify, in writing, any commissioner who has been
absent from one-third or more of the regular meetings during the course
of a six-month period and request that the commissioner submit, in
writing, to the city council the reasons for the absences.
3. The
city council shall determine if the commissioner's reasons for
the absences were justified. If the city council determines that the
reasons for the failure of the member to attend the meetings in question
were not justified, the city council shall terminate the term of office
of the commissioner and declare the office vacant.
4. If
the city council declares such office vacant, the city clerk shall
notify the commissioner that the commissioner's term has been
officially terminated.
(Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001)
Vacancies shall be filled as provided in the city council resolution
establishing procedures for appointments to city boards and commissions.
(Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001)
A. Commissioners
shall meet in regular session and elect a chairperson and vice chairperson.
The election shall be by a majority vote of the commission, to be
held in December of each year. The term of service for these offices
shall be one year, beginning in January of each year. No commissioner
shall serve more than two consecutive full terms as chairperson of
the commission.
B. The
commission shall conduct its meetings and business in accordance with
the Pleasanton city council's adopted "rules and operating
procedures," as said rules and procedures may be amended from
time to time.
C. The
chairperson shall:
2. Appoint
commissioners as needed to serve on subcommittees, ad hoc committees,
and as representatives on other boards and commissions; and
D. The
vice chairperson shall perform in the absence of the chairperson.
E. The
city manager shall appoint a city employee to serve as staff liaison
who shall also serve as secretary to the commission. The staff liaison/secretary
to the commission shall keep true and accurate accounts of all action
of the commission.
(Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001; Ord. 1887 § 2, 2003)
A. Regular
meetings shall be held on the first Wednesday of each month at a time
and place set by the commission. The commission may approve an alternate
meeting date.
B. Special
meetings may be called by the chairperson or by a majority of the
commissioners, the city manager, and/or the city council provided
written notice is given 48 hours in advance of the special meeting
to the following: each commissioner, local newspapers of general circulation,
and anyone filing written request for notice with the city clerk.
Notice of meetings shall comply in all respects with Section 54950
et seq., of the
Government Code, known commonly as the Ralph M. Brown
Act.
C. All
meetings shall be open to the public and shall follow a prepared agenda.
Minutes of all meetings shall be kept and filed with the city clerk.
D. Four
commissioners allowed to vote need to be present to constitute a quorum
and a vote to approve or deny shall only occur upon a majority vote
of the commissioners present who are allowed to vote.
(Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001; Ord. 2059 § 1, 2013)