[Adopted 3-6-1990 by Doc. 40 (Ch. 94 of the 1980 Code); amended in its entirety 6-3-2025 by Doc. 72[1]]
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Editor's Note: Prior amendments include 12-22-1992 by Doc. 177; 1-23-2019 by Doc. 12.
There is hereby established in the City of Haverhill a Council on Youth Needs to be entitled "Haverhill Council on Youth Needs."
A. 
Said Council shall consist of five members who shall be appointed by the Mayor to serve without compensation. The membership shall include residents of Haverhill representing grades 5-12. Representatives of the City Council, appointed by the City Council President, and the City's Recreation Department and School Department shall serve as ex-officio members. The Mayor shall designate a member as Chairperson.
B. 
Members shall serve for a term of one year.
C. 
Vacancies shall be filled for the then unexpired term.
A. 
The powers and duties of said Council shall be to address the total needs of the youth of the City of Haverhill, including, without hereby limiting, planning activities, providing direction for obtaining summer employment, scholarship information, counseling and any other avenues that would serve to provide for the needs of the youth in the City of Haverhill.
B. 
For the purposes aforesaid, the Council may conduct its activities on public property under the control of other officers or boards, with the consent of such officers or boards, or on private property with the consent of the owners; provided, however that the Mayor approves the use of any such property.
C. 
The Council shall keep a record of its doings and, at the close of each municipal year, shall make a report thereof to the Mayor and City Council of its accounts and proceedings and an account of its receipts for the calendar year. All receipts collected by the Council shall be paid to the City Treasurer. The Council shall cooperate and coordinate its functions with any federal, state, and or municipal, agency or with any private nonprofit agency concerned with the welfare of the Youth of the City of Haverhill for the purpose of accomplishing the powers and duties above set forth.
Said Council shall make such rules and regulations as may be necessary to establish the time and place of meetings, the election and duties of officers, the preparation and submission of reports and the manner of conducting meetings and keeping records.
Notwithstanding anything hereinabove contained to the contrary, said Council shall not have the power and/or duties to address needs that are being addressed by other commissions, councils, committees, task forces or similar bodies within the City of Haverhill.