Alhambra Municipal Code Ch. 2.30 Youth Commission

The declared purpose of this chapter is provide educational and service experience for the youth of the city by actively involving them in the functions of the city government and in solving the community oriented problems of their peers.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

There is hereby created and established a City Youth Commission.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

(A) Composition. The Youth Commission shall consist of 15 members.

(B) Appointment; term of office.

(1) At the first regular City Council meeting following the effective date of the enabling ordinance establishing the Youth Commission, each council person shall appoint three members to the Commission and shall announce the names of his or her appointees at that meeting.

(2) The term of office for each member of the Youth Commission shall terminate annually at 12:01 a.m. on the date of the second regular City Council meeting held in March of each year. Commencing on the date of the second regular City Council meeting held in March, 2015, and annually thereafter, each councilman shall appoint three members to the Youth Commission and shall announce his or her appointees at that meeting. Applications for new youth commissioners will be made available at the Library.

(3) No person appointed to the Youth Commission shall serve more than four consecutive yearly terms.

(C) Qualifications. To be eligible for membership on the Youth Commission, a person must either be a resident of or attend a school within the city and be between the ages of 14 and 20 years.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01; Am. Ord. 4539, passed 4-13-09; Am. Ord. 4663, passed 10-13-14)

(A) Each year the Board of Education may designate one of its members as an ex officio nonvoting member of the Youth Commission.

(B) Each year the Parks and Recreation Commission may designate one of its members as an ex officio nonvoting member of the Youth Commission.

(C) In addition to the foregoing, the City Manager, City Attorney and the Director of Parks and Recreation, Library Director or their designees, shall be ex officio nonvoting members of the Youth Commission.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01; Am. Ord. 4663, passed 10-13-14; Am. Ord. 4735, passed 5-14-18)

The City Council by unanimous vote may remove for any reason any member of the Youth Commission at any time. When a vacancy occurs due to removal, resignation or other cause, such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired terms by an appointment made pursuant to § 2.30.030(B) of this chapter.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

The membership of any voting member on the Youth Commission shall be terminated if that person is absent without cause from three regular meetings of the Commission during his or her one-year term of office, and such vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by an appointment pursuant to § 2.30.030(B) of this chapter.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

Within ten days after the reorganized Youth Commission is appointed, and annually thereafter between the first day of April and the tenth day of April, the Commission shall meet and organize by selecting one member to be president and one member to be vice-president. At the same time, a secretary, who need not be a member of the Youth Commission,shall be selected. A vacancy in any such office may be filled at any time during such year by action of the remaining members of the Youth Commission.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

(A) Rules and regulations; record. Except as hereinafter provided in division (C), the Youth Commission shall make and enforce its own rules and regulations with respect to its meetings and shall keep a record of all of its proceedings and transactions.

(B) Quorum. Five voting members of the Youth Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business.

(C) Tie vote. In the event of a tie vote, the matter upon which such vote is being cast shall fail to pass.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01; Am. Ord. 4539, passed 4-13-09)

Meetings of the Youth Commission shall be held at least once a month. Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation; provided, however, that the secretary thereof shall receive such compensation as may be approved by the City Council.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

The Youth Commission shall act as an advisory board to the City Council and shall, either upon its own initiative or upon the specific request of the City Council, make investigations and recommendations directly to the Council in an advisory capacity as to those matters pertaining to the activities or needs of the youth in the city.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

All officers, departments and department heads of the city shall cooperate with and furnish all reasonable and necessary assistance to the Youth Commission.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

The Youth Commission shall render annually a full report of its work to the City Council.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)

The City Council shall annually in the preparation of the budget for the ensuing fiscal year make provision for the payment of the necessary expenses of the Youth Commission.

(Ord. 4420, passed 10-22-01)