(A) The Mayor shall, at the first regular meeting of the Council after the new Council Members chosen at any election shall qualify, appoint any standing committees as are deemed necessary.
(B) It shall be the duty of each of the committees referred to in division (A) of this section to exercise general supervision of those matters and things which belong to, affect or pertain to its department of the public affairs, and to report thereon to the Council whenever a report is called for by the Mayor or Council. Each committee shall have the authority, with the approval of the Mayor, to cause repairs to be made and evils to be remedied affecting those things belonging to its department, where the repairs or remedies are too urgent to be delayed.
(1997 Code, § 2-34)