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The Department, on behalf of the City, shall:
(a) Serve as the central information center for the public to access youth services in the City of Los Angeles;
(b) Review and report on all youth-serving activities within all City departments, including the collection of programmatic information that is necessary to obtain baseline data about the quality of the City’s youth development efforts;
(c) Develop a road map for long-term youth program planning;
(d) Coordinate with other City departments, regional agencies, and other providers of youth services to develop a City-wide three-year Youth Development Strategic Plan;
(e) Advise the Mayor and the City Council on the City youth program to ensure efficient use of City resources and the greatest return on investment; and
(f) Provide necessary staffing for the Olivia Mitchell Youth Council.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 187,125, Eff. 8-8-21.
Amended by: Title and Section, Ord. No. 188,308, Eff. 8-12-24.
(a) The City Council shall establish those policies that govern the activities of the Department.
(b) The Department shall be under the control and management of an Executive Director who shall administer its affairs as its Chief Administrative Officer.
(c) The Executive Director shall be appointed and may be removed in accordance with Charter Section 508(b) and (c). The Executive Director shall have no property interest in their employment.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 187,125, Eff. 8-8-21.
The Executive Director shall exercise the power and duties of Chief Administrative Officer as described in Section 506 of this Code and be responsible for the proper administration of departmental activities, including:
(a) Having full charge and control of all work of the Department;
(b) Responsibility for the proper administration of its affairs;
(c) Appointing, discharging, and transferring all employees of the Department, all subject to the Civil Service provisions of the Charter;
(d) Issuing instructions to Department employees in the line of their duties;
(e) Providing technical assistance and information as requested in writing by the Mayor or the City Council;
(f) Prior to the beginning of each fiscal year, submitting an annual administrative budget covering the anticipated expenditures and revenues of the Department for its operation, and conforming to the forms and dates provided in the Charter and ordinances in relation to the general City budget;
(g) Expending the funds of the Department in accordance with the provisions of the budget appropriations or appropriations made subsequent to the budget;
(h) Designating an employee of the Department other than the Executive Director to serve as the Chief Accounting Employee for the Department;
(i) Designating a specific subordinate staff person to be in charge during any absence;
(j) Certifying all expenditures of the Chief Accounting Employee of the Department;
(k) Executing contracts and contract amendments, subject to the provisions of the Charter, on behalf of the City to implement projects previously approved by the Mayor and the City Council; and
(l) Exercising such other powers as may be conferred upon the Executive Director.
SECTION HISTORY
Article and Section Added by Ord. No. 187,125, Eff. 8-8-21.
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