(A) Purpose. The Alexandria-Monroe High School Mayor’s Youth Commission, consisting of volunteer applicants to be selected by the Mayor of the city and the Mayor’s Adult Advisory Committee, is created with the intent to give the youth of Alexandria-Monroe High School a direct voice in their local government. The Youth Commission has the potential to tap a vast new range of ideas to serve the community. It is hoped that, through this experience, the participants will gain a better understanding of local government and eventually become active participants in the American government process and to achieve goals which will benefit this city’s government, business community, and youth sector.
(B) Establishment. The Alexandria-Monroe High School Mayor’s Youth Commission is hereby established to promote the educational, cultural, economic, and general welfare of the youth of this community by their participation in the governmental process of the city in accordance with the provisions of this section.
(1) Membership. The Alexandria-Monroe High School Mayor’s Youth Commission shall consist of no less than nine nor more than 11 members. There shall be at least one member from each grade, grades nine through 12, and that one member shall be selected at large from any class; further, the number of members from any one class shall not exceed four; there shall also be two alternates selected at large. The Youth Commission will have the authority to increase the membership of voting members, not to exceed 11, by amendment of their Constitution and bylaws.
(2) Terms of office. The members selected to serve on this Commission shall be appointed for a term of one year, commencing July 1 of each year through June 30 of the year following and until their successors have been appointed and qualified. Appointment to this Commission shall be made by the Mayor’s Adult Advisory Committee which shall make such appointments on the basis of written applications, personal interviews, and faculty recommendation.
(C) Mayor’s Adult Advisory Committee. The Mayor’s Adult Advisory Committee shall consist of five members. There shall be two representatives from Alexandria-Monroe High School. The two representatives shall be selected by the administration of Alexandria-Monroe High School. There shall be three members to be appointed from the community by the Mayor, and each member shall be appointed for a term of one year and until their successors have been appointed and qualified.
(D) Powers and duties of Commission.
(1) The Commission shall have the power to adopt and amend the Constitution and bylaws within the spirit and intent of this section.
(2) The Commission shall adopt and amend the rules and procedures to carry out the duties as set forth in this section.
(3) The Commission shall have the power to adopt and amend its Constitution, bylaws, and rules of procedure at any regularly scheduled meeting or at any specially called meeting requested by a simple majority of the membership for that purpose. A simple majority of the membership shall constitute a quorum at any meeting of the Commission where amendments to the Constitution, bylaws, and rules of procedure shall be made, and any other action may be adopted and taken by a simple majority vote of those members present and voting.
(4) The members of the Commission shall have the right to attend all publicly held meetings of the various units of city government and to make recommendations to all units of city government.
(E) Officers. At its regular meeting, which shall be held on the first day of September, the Commission shall elect from their members a President, Vice President, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, and Parliamentarian. The Commission shall have the power to elect or appoint other officers as shall be provided in their bylaws.
(F) Voting. The seven regular members of the Commission shall be entitled to vote on all issues presented to the Commission. The two alternate members appointed to the Commission may attend all meetings of the Commission but shall not be entitled to vote on any issue except in the instance when a regular Commission member is absent and the alternate member is granted authority to vote by a simple majority vote of the remaining members of the Commission present and voting. The alternate shall be allowed to vote on all matters to be acted upon by the Commission during that meeting. When the attendance and participation of alternate members is required to replace an absent regular member, such attendance and participation shall be on an alternating basis.
(G) Non-partisan selection of members. This shall be a politically non-partisan commission.
(Prior Code, § 30.76) (Ord. 1266, passed 9-18-1990; Ord. 1276, passed 7-29-1991)