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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrd 999-1986 ORDINANCE NO. 999-86 AN ORDINANCE ADDING TO THE SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.62 ENTITLED "YOUTH COMMISSION" THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO DOES ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. CHAPTER 2.62 ADDED. There is hereby added to the South San Francisco Municipal Code Chapter 2.62 which shall read as follows: Sections: 2.62.010 2.62.020 2.62.030 2.62.040 2.62.050 2.62.060 2.62.070 2.62.080 2.62.090 2.62.010 "Chapter 2.62 YOUTH COMMISSION Purpose and Scope Commission Established; Members; Appointment Commissioners Terms of Office Removal; Vacancies Commission Officers Meetings Compensation Liaison Powers and Responsibilities Purpose and Scope. (a) The purpose of this Chapter is to etablish the South San Francisco, Youth Commission (hereinafter "Commission") to serve as an advisory commission to the City Council on matters affecting or concerning the youth of South San Francisco. (b) Matters under the cognizance of the Commission may include, but shall not be limited to, the implementation of teen programs, alleviating juvenile delin- quency problems, promotion of youth employment and the involvement of youth in municipal matters. 2.62.020 Commission Established; Members; Appointment. (a) The South San Francisco Youth Commission is hereby established, consist- ing of nine (9) regular and three (3) alternate members between the ages of I ))7 fourteen (14) through nineteen (19) years inclusive and who are residents of the city or who attend school regularly in the city. The City Council shall appoint the Commissioners. (b) In order to meet the foregoing age requirement, the following rules are established: (1) Commissioners must have reached the age of fourteen (14) years prior to the commencement of their term of office; (2) Commissioners who have not reached the age of nineteen (19) years prior to the expiration of their term of office shall be eligible for re- appointment; (3) Commissioners who reach the age of twenty (20) before the expiration of their term of office shall be permitted to serve in office until the expir- ation of said term; but shall not be eligible for reappointment. 2.62.030 Commissioners Terms of Office. (a) The term of each Commissioner shall be one (1) year beginning on July 1 of a given year and ending on June 30 of the following year and until a successor is appointed and qualified. 2.62.040 Removal; Vacancies. (a) Commissioners shall serve at the pleasure of the City Council and may be removed from the Commission at the sole discretion of the City Council. (b) Any Commissioner who fails to attend two (2) consecutive regular meetings of the Youth Commission without being excused therefrom by the Commission shall be removed from office by the City Council. (c) Upon a vacancy occurring in a Youth Commission office for any reason, an alternate shall be appointd in the predetermined order designated by the City Council to fill the remainder of the term. A new alternate shall then be appointed by the City Council. 2 2.62.050 Commission Officers. (a) At the regular meeting in July of each year, the Commission shall elect from i~s members, a Chairman, a Chairman Pro Tempore, a Secretary and an Historian. The term of said officers shall be one year. The Chairman Pro Tem shall serve in the absence of the Chairman and shall serve as the Commission's Parliamentarian. lb) Commission officers shall have the duties set forth in writing by the C ommi ssi on. (c) The Commission may remove from office any officer that it deems is not satisfactorily performing the duties of that office. Any officer who is removed or who resigns shall be replaced by an election by the full Commission. 2.62.060 Meetings. (a) The Commission shall meet on the first Thursday of each month at 7:30 p.m., in the Community Room of the Municipal Services Building, 33 Arroyo Drive, South San Francisco, California, except in the case of necessity or emergency the Chairman or five commissioners may designate an alternate meeting place within the corporate limits of the City with legal no~ice thereof to be given a% least ~wenty- four (24) hours prior to the time of said meeting. If a meeting is set for said regular meeting place of the Commission, or duly noticed for an alternate meeting place, and because of necessity or emergency the Commission is required to meet in another place within ~he corporate limits of the City, then the Secretary shall appear at the regular or alternate meeting place, whichever is the case, at the time set for the meeting, and publicly announce the new meeting place and post a notice of same on the door of the regular meeting place. Notices of all meetings, except regular meetings, shall be served on each Commissioner and to each person who has requested in writing notice of such meeting, at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the time specified for the proposed meeting and said notices shall comply 3 with the Ralph M. Brown Act (commencing at Government Code Section 54950). (b) If the day designated as a regular meeting falls upon a legal holiday, the Commission shall meet upon the next succeeding day which is not a holiday unless otherwise ordered by the Commission. 2.62.070 Compensation. Commissioners shall receive such compensation as may be established by the City Council pursuant to resolution or ordinance. 2.62.080 Liaison. (a) The Director of Recreation and Community Services shall serve as liaison to the Commission. (b) The Director of Recreation and Community Services shall establish and maintain a record of the names, addresses, telephone nunbers, dates of appoint- ment and dates of termination of each Commissioner, and the names of the officers of the Commission and the dates of their election and termination of service in their respective offices. (c) The Director of Recreation and Community Services shall give the Council written notice of the expiration of a Commissioner's ~erm ninety (90) days prior thereto. 2.62.090 Powers and Responsibilities. (a) The Commission's responsibilities are as follows: (1) To hold meetings and conferences at which matters of concern to youth may be discussed and ideas exchanged; (2) To review and report to the City Council regarding those municipal matters referred to it by the City Council and to initiate proposals on its own motion to be forwarded to the City Council; (3) To promote public awareness of the contribution youth desires to 4 make, and is capable of making, towards the solution of problems affecting young people; (4) To increase public awareness of the problems affecting the youth of the City; (5) To adopt written policies and rules for the internal operation of the Commission; {6) To adopt a written set of rules for the conduct of Commission meet- ings and to insure that the public is made aware of those rules. (b) The Commission is given the following powers: (1) To appoint such standing committees as it deems necessary; (2) To provide for membership on such committees by Commission members and by youth selected at large from the community; (3) To adopt rules for the selection of ad hoc committees; {4) To do all things necessary and proper to accomplish the duties and purposes set forth herein; except that such authority shall not include the power to expend or encumber City funds without the prior approval of the City Council." SECTION 2. PUBLICATION AND EFFECTIVE DATE. This Ordinance shall be published once, with the names of those City Council members voting for or against the Ordinance, in the Enterprise-Journal, a news- paper of general circulation in the City of South San Francisco, as required by law, and shall become effective thirty (30) days from and after its adoption. AYES: Introduced this 12th day of February , 1985. Passed and adopted as an Ordinance of the City of South San Francisco at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of South San Francisco this 26th day of February , 1986 by the following vote: Councilmembers Mark N. Addiego. John "Jack" Draao. Richard A. Haffey, Gus Nicolopulos and Roberta Cerri Teglia NOES: None ABSENT: None As Mayor of the City of South San Francisco, I do hereby approve the foregoing Ordinance this 26th day of Februarv , 1986.