(a) There is hereby created a committee of the environmental commission to be known as the environmental health committee, hereinafter called the "committee", composed of five members. The committee shall be appointed within 60 days following the effective date of the establishment of the commission. The committee shall be composed of the two general public members of the commission having public health experience and three additional members from general public not currently serving on the commission, appointed by the chairman of the commission. Initial appointments to the committee shall expire on June 14, 2023. Subsequent appointments shall be made in September of each odd-numbered year for a two-year term beginning October 1 and members shall serve without compensation. The chairman of the commission shall designate a chairman and vice- chairman of the committee from the members of the commission having public health experience. The commission chairman may appoint up to three alternate members to the committee who serve in the absence of one or more regular members when requested to do so by the chairman or by the city manager. The alternate members serve for the same period and are subject to removal the same as regular members. The commission chairman shall fill vacancies occurring in the alternate membership the same as in the regular membership.
(b) The committee shall meet at least once per quarter with additional meetings upon call by the committee chairman or a simple majority of the committee members. A simple majority of the members present shall constitute a quorum and issues shall be decided by a simple majority vote of the members present. The Office of Environmental Quality and Sustainability shall furnish support to the committee.
(c) The function of the committee shall be to advise the commission on environmental health issues as they arise across the city, including, but not limited to, potential health aspects of environmental policy recommendations from the commission to the city council and to address specific community public health concerns with an identified environmental origin. (Ord. 31847)