City of Chicopee, MA
chevron_right
2023-04-04
info
chevron_right
The Code
chevron_right
Part I: Administrative Legislation
chevron_right
Chapter 16 Commissions, Committees, Councils and Authorities
chevron_right
Article XXIV Commission on Disability
- 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 XXIV Commission on Disability
- § 16-102 Purpose.
- § 16-103 Records.
- § 16-104 Composition; terms.
- § 16-105 Removal of members; vacancies.
- § 16-106 Choosing of Chairman.
- § 16-107 Duties.
- § 16-108 Appointments.
- § 16-109 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 1-16-1990; amended in its entirety 12-21-1999 by Ord. No. 99-114]
Said Commission shall research local problems
of people with disabilities and shall coordinate its activities with
other local groups organized for similar purposes.
Said Commission shall keep records of its meetings
and actions.
[Amended 9-21-2017 by Ord. No. 17-38]
A.
Said Commission shall consist of seven members and two alternative
members. An alternative member shall sit on the Commission in the
case of absence, inability to act or apparent conflict of interest
on the part of any Commission member. Said Commission shall report
local problems of people with disabilities to the local coordinator
for the disabled and shall make recommendations to the City's Coordinator
for the Disabled and shall suggest means to correct problems confronted
by the people with disabilities in Chicopee.
B.
Terms of office for permanent and alternative members shall be three
years.
Any member of said Commission may be removed
by the appointing authority for cause. Any member so removed may request
a hearing before the appointing authority by filing a written notice
objecting to his or her removal within 10 days of the receipt of notice
of said removal. A vacancy occurring otherwise than by expiration
of a term shall be filled for the unexpired term in the same manner
as an original appointment, within 30 days.
The Chairman of the Commission shall be chosen
annually by a majority vote of said Commission members.
Said Commission shall work in conjunction with
the coordinator for the disabled and shall investigate and research
specific problems it believes to be confronting the people with disabilities.
[Amended 9-1-2009]
The Mayor shall be the appointing authority,
with confirmation by the City Council, to take effect February 1,
1990.
The Commission shall receive no compensation.
