Subject: 9496/Human Services Advisory Board
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 1990 14:58:00 -0500


                  
                                 ORDINANCE NO. 9496
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   PART II, SECTIONS 2-442, 2-443 AND 2-444
                   RELATIVE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES
                   AND THE HUMAN SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD.
                  
                  
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         	   SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
         CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Chattanooga City Code, 
Part
         II, Section 2-442 be and the same is hereby amended by deleting 

         the first two sentences thereof and inserting in lieu thereof
         the following:
                   "The City Council of the City of Chattanooga
                   is hereby appointed as the policy body for
                   human services program."
                  
               	   SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That Chattanooga
         City Code, Part II, Section 2-443(a) be and is hereby amended 
by
         deleting said section in its entirety and substituting in lieu
         thereof the following:
                   "Sec. 2-443.  Human Services Board--Created;
                   composition. (a)There is hereby created a
                   city-wide Human Services Advisory Board of
                   thirty-three (33) members.  The Mayor, each
                   member of the City Council, and the Hamilton
                   County Executive, or their respective
                   non-elected designees shall be members, ex
                   officio.  Eleven (11) members shall be
                   appointed from the private sector by selection
                   by the Mayor of the following six categories: 
                   private social service agencies; educational
                   institutions; business organizations; veteran
                   organizations; religious institutions; and
                   organizations representing the interests of
                   the poor.  The respective appointed members
                   shall all be subject to the prior confirmation
                   of the City Council. Eleven (11) members shall
                   be appointed by the Mayor subject to
                   confirmation by the City Council as follows: 
                   One(1) person from each of the nine districts
                   of the City, and two (2) additional selected
                   members shall be chosen at large from among
                   the residents of the balance of the County. 
                   Two Executive Directors Emeritus shall be
                   appointed indefinitely.  All these appointed
                   representatives shall be poor and/or
                   representatives of the poor."
                  
                SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That Chattanooga 
City
         Code, Part II, Section 2-444 be and is hereby amended by
         deleting said section in its entirety and substituting in lieu
         thereof the following:
                  
                   "The terms of the initial members of the Human
                   Services Board shall be staggered so that of
                   the members chosen from the private sector,
                   two shall serve a term of three (3) years,
                   three shall serve terms of two (2) years, and
                   six (6) shall serve terms of one (1) year; and
                   further, so that of the appointed members, two
                   shall serve terms of three (3) years, three
                   shall serve terms of two (2) years, and six
                   (6) shall serve terms of one (1) year.  At the
                   first meeting of the Board the initial
                   members' respective terms as herein provided
                   shall be determined by lot.  Thereafter, upon
                   the expiration of the term of any appointed
                   member, his successor shall serve a term of
                   three (3) years.  Should any vacancy occur on
                   the Board by death, resignation, or removal of
                   a member, the member's unexpired term shall be
                   filled by appointment of a member residing in
                   the same district of the member vacating the
                   Board.  All elected officials or their
                   respective non-elected designees shall serve
                   during their tenure of office.  No member
                   other than an elected official or his designee
                   may serve more than six (6) full years on the
                   Board."
                  
                SECTION 4.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance
         shall take effect two weeks from and after its passage, as
         required by law.
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         PASSED on Third and Final
         Reading 12/11, 1990.	       _/s/______________________________
         	   	     	       	    	   CHAIRPERSON
        
         	   	     	       APPROVED: ______ DISAPPROVED:_____
        
         	   	     	       DATE:___________ ___, 1990.
        
         	   	     	       _/s/______________________________
         	   	     	       	    	     MAYOR
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