City of Chicopee, MA
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2023-04-04
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The Code
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Part I: Administrative Legislation
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Chapter 16 Commissions, Committees, Councils and Authorities
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Article V Consumer Advisory Commission
- The Charter
- Ch C Charter
- The Code
- Part I: Administrative Legislation
- Ch 1 General Provisions
- Ch 3 City Council
- Ch 5 Assessors
- Ch 8 Data Processing
- Ch 9 Emergency Management, Department of
- Ch 11 Clerk, City
- Ch 13 Collector
- Ch 16 Commissions, Committees, Councils and Authorities
- Ch 16 Art V Consumer Advisory Commission
- § 16-20 Establishment; membership.
- § 16-21 Powers and duties.
- § 16-22 Compensation.
- Ch 18 Community Development
- Ch 22 Department of Human Resources Administration
- Ch 24 Documents, Execution of
- Ch 26 Elections
- Ch 28 Engineer
- Ch 32 Finances
- Ch 34 Fire Department
- Ch 37 Flood Control Department
- Ch 39 Forestry Department
- Ch 46 Law Department
- Ch 48 Library Trust Account
- Ch 53 Maintenance Garage
- Ch 56 Mayor
- Ch 58 Meetings, Notices of
- Ch 61 Messenger, City
- Ch 64 Municipal Construction Contracts
- Ch 67 Officers and Employees
- Ch 69 Page Trust Fund
- Ch 75 Planning Department
- Ch 77 Police Department
- Ch 80 Public Works Department
- Ch 82 Purchasing
- Ch 87 Seal and Flag
- Ch 88 Display of Flags on City Hall Plaza
- Ch 89 Sealer of Weights and Measures
- Ch 95 Vehicles, City
- Ch 97 Veterans' Services, Department of
- Part II: General Legislation
- Ch 109 Alcoholic Beverages and Amusement Devices
- Ch 110 Marijuana or Tetrahydrocannabinol, Public Consumption of
- Ch 122 Building Construction
- Ch 129 Cemeteries
- Ch 132 Code Enforcement
- Ch 136 Community Standards
- Ch 139 Curfews
- Ch 142 Dike System
- Ch 144 Dogs and Other Animals
- Ch 146 Drive-In Restaurants
- Ch 151 Electrical Standards
- Ch 157 Fees
- Ch 160 Fire Prevention
- Ch 169 Garbage, Rubbish and Refuse
- Ch 172 Golf Course, Municipal
- Ch 185 Laser Devices
- Ch 186 Drones; Regulation of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
- Ch 188 Licenses
- Ch 189 License and Permit Revocation or Suspension
- Ch 190 Motorized Scooters
- Ch 195 Mobile Home Parks
- Ch 198 Motor Vehicles on City Property
- Ch 200 Noise
- Ch 206 Parks and Recreation
- Ch 211 Pornography
- Ch 217 Radioactive Waste, Storage or Disposal of
- Ch 223 Recycling
- Ch 230 Sewers
- Ch 231 Stormwater Management
- Ch 238 Graffiti
- Ch 239 Spray Paint and Indelible Markers
- Ch 243 Streets and Sidewalks
- Ch 244 Tag Sales/Yard Sales
- Ch 250 Taxicabs
- Ch 256 Tobacco Vending Machines
- Ch 257 Trees
- Ch 260 Vehicles and Traffic
- Ch 262 Vehicles, Unregistered and Abandoned
- Ch 266 Wastewater Treatment
- Ch 269 Water
- Ch 272 Wetlands
- Ch 275 Zoning
- Ch 276 Telecommunications Rights-Of-Way
- Ch 277 Wireless Facilities
- Disposition List
- Ch DL Disposition List
[Adopted as Sec. 50/II/7 of the 1976 Code]
[Amended 9-1-2009]
There is hereby established a Consumer Advisory
Commission, which shall consist of 19 members, which members shall
be a representative of the City Council; one representative from each
of the following Departments of the City: Police Department, Fire
Department, Health Department, Weights and Measures Department, Purchasing
Department, Building Department, Water Department, Electric Light
Department and School Department; and nine members of the general
public. The members of the general public shall be appointed by the
Mayor, one from each ward of the City, for a term of two years from
the first day of April or until their successors are chosen and qualified.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
The Commission shall conduct investigations
and research into matters affecting consumer interests and education
and shall advise and report the results of such investigations and
research to the general public as well as to local government authorities
and law enforcement agencies. The Commission shall submit an annual
report to the City Council and the Mayor in December of each year
and shall send a copy thereof to the Consumers' Council of the commonwealth.
The members shall receive no salary for attendance
at hearings or meetings but shall be reimbursed for all necessary
expenses.
