[Added 9-2-1998 by L.L. No. 7-1998]
There shall be a Department known as the Greater
Ithaca Activities Center, headed by a Director of the Greater Ithaca
Activities Center.
[1]
Editor’s Note: Former § 4-23.2, Appointment
procedure, was repealed 1-4-2012 by L.L. No. 1-2012.
The functions of the Greater Ithaca Activities
Center shall include but not be limited to the following:
A.
To be a community center for persons of all ages,
particularly children and youth, which serves the immediate neighborhood
and greater Ithaca area.
B.
To provide the community with multicultural, educational
and recreational programs focused on social and individual development
by direct provision of programs and drawing on resources of community
agencies and individuals.
C.
To work with the Greater Ithaca Activities Center,
Inc. (a not-for-profit corporation with membership open to any resident
of Tompkins County who.subscribes to the goal, purposes and objectives
of the corporation), as set forth more specifically in a written agreement
between the City of Ithaca and the Greater Ithaca Activities Center,
Inc.
D.
To make maximum use of its facilities to meet the
needs of the people of the neighborhood and the greater Ithaca area
and work collaboratively for coordinated programs with the Ithaca
City School-District, Youth Bureaus, Southside Community Center, BOCES
and similar organizations.
Among the Director's powers and duties, but
not by way of limitation, shall be the following:
A.
To develop and implement effective policies and multicultural,
educational and recreational programs to assist the individual and
social development of program participants.
B.
To advocate for the rights and needs of youth, families
and under represented populations in the greater Ithaca area.
C.
In conjunction With the City Youth Bureau, assist
in facilitating the development and coordination of youth services
within the city, and coordination of the same with concurrent activities
by the county.
D.
To work collaboratively with the Ithaca City School
District, Youth Bureaus, Southside Community Center, BOCES and similar
organizations serving the greater Ithaca community.
E.
To submit to the City Manager such reports, data and
other information as he/she may require or as may otherwise be appropriate,
from time to time, regarding youth and family policies, programs and
services throughout the city.
[Amended 11-3-2021 by L.L. No. 2022-07]
F.
To forward the GIAC's annual budget proposals to the
City Manager in accordance with guidelines and schedules established
for all City departments.
[Amended 11-3-2021 by L.L. No. 2022-07]
G.
Except as may otherwise be provided in the Charter
or this chapter, performance of such other and related duties as may
be required by the City Manager.
[Amended 11-3-2021 by L.L. No. 2022-07]
