Loading...
If any provision or Subsection of this Section shall be held to be invalid, then such provision or Subsection shall be considered separately and apart from the remaining provisions or Subsections of this Section, which shall remain in full force and effect.
(Ord. 1982 c.10; CBC 1985 10-3.6)
(A) There shall be in the City a Commission, known as the Emergency Shelter Commission, which shall be under the charge of a Board consisting of the Director of Public Facilities, or his or her designee, the Commissioner of Health and Hospitals, or his or her designee, and three Commissioners, appointed by the Mayor, at least one of whom shall be affiliated with an organization or Agency which, as a principal activity, provides emergency shelter to homeless individuals, and at least one of whom shall have demonstrated experience in assisting members of families disrupted by intrafamily violence.
(B) Each Commissioner shall serve a term of three years; provided, however, that of the members first appointed to the Commission one shall be appointed to a term of one year, one shall be appointed to a term of two years and one shall be appointed to a term of three years. Thereafter, the Mayor shall appoint each successor to a term of three years. Any vacancy in Office of a Commissioner shall be filled in like manner for the unexpired term.
(C) The Commission shall elect one of its members as Chairperson to serve in that capacity for a term of one year.
(D) The Commission shall be authorized to hire a Director and such other staff as, from time to time, is deemed necessary by the Commission.
(E) The Commissioners shall serve without compensation and shall be deemed special municipal employees for the purposes of M.G.L. Chapter 268A.
(Ord. 1983 c. 4; CBC 1985 10-4.1)
Loading...