There is created a youth commission
(commission).
(Ord. 1819 §
2, 2001)
A. The commission shall have 15 regular commissioners, all of whom shall
be residents of the city.
B. The 15 regular commissioners shall include: three students from middle
school; six students who are high school freshmen or sophomores; and
six students who are high school juniors or seniors.
C. Commissioners shall be appointed by the Mayor subject to ratification
by the city council, as provided in the adopted city resolution establishing
procedures for appointments to boards and commissions.
D. Commissioners shall be eligible to participate in all activities
of the commission.
E. Commissioners shall be compensated as established by city council
resolution or as allowed by state law.
(Ord. 1819 §
2, 2001; Ord. 1853 § 1, 2002; Ord. 2059 § 1, 2013; Ord. 2065 § 1, 2013; Ord. 2093 § 1, 2014; Ord.
2120 § 1, 2015; Ord. 2274, 3/5/2024)
A. Commissioners shall be eligible to serve a maximum of four years
with two terms of two years.
B. The term of a commissioner shall be consistent with and subject to
city council resolution concerning limiting service on boards and
commissions.
(Ord. 1819 §
2, 2001; Ord. 1853 § 2, 2002; Ord. 2274, 3/5/2024)
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 §
2, 2001; Ord. 1836 § 1, 2001)
Vacancies on the commission shall
be filled as provided in the city resolution establishing procedures
for appointments to city boards and commissions.
(Ord. 1819 §
2, 2001)
A. Commissioners shall meet in regular session
and elect a chairperson and vice chairperson. The election shall be
a majority vote of the commission, to be held in September of each
year. The term of service for these offices shall be one year, from
September to May. 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 Commissioner's Handbook 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 preside 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 §
2, 2001; Ord. 1887 § 3, 2003; Ord. 2192 § 2, 2019)
A. Regular meetings shall be held on the second Wednesday of each month,
September through May, 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. Eight commissioners 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.
(Ord. 1819 §
2, 2001; Ord. 2065 § 1, 2013; Ord. 2274, 3/5/2024)