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Charter Section 16.128-11
establishes the Dignity Fund Oversight and Advisory Committee (the “Committee”) to monitor and participate in the administration of the Dignity Fund (the “Fund”) as provided in Charter Section 16.128-1 et seq., and to take steps to ensure that the Fund is administered in a manner accountable to the community. Section 16.128-11
provides, among other things, for the Committee’s composition, Committee members’ respective appointing authorities, timing of initial appointments, the minimum number of meetings the Committee must hold each year, and the Committee’s creation of a Service Provider Working Group. Sections 16.128-6, 16.128-7, 16.128-8, and 16.128-11 establish the Committee’s duties and responsibilities. Section 16.128-11
also authorizes the Board of Supervisors to provide by ordinance further details regarding the membership, structure, functions, appointment criteria, terms, and administrative and clerical support of the Committee. This Article XXXIV is established under the authority of Section 16.128-11(d).
(Added by Ord. 46-17, File No. 161350, App. 2/24/2017, Eff. 3/26/2017, Retro. 1/1/2017)
(a) Membership of the Committee is set forth in Charter Section 16.128-11(c). In making appointments to the Committee, the appointing authorities shall endeavor to ensure that the Committee is broadly representative of communities of interest, neighborhoods, and the demographic diversity of the City in terms of ethnicity, race, age, gender, sexual orientation, types of disabilities, and languages spoken. The appointing authorities shall also endeavor to ensure that the Committee includes members who are seniors, adults with disabilities, people with HIV/AIDS, and veterans.
(b) Initial terms of Committee members, which shall commence on the date of the first meeting of the Committee, shall terminate on January 31, 2019. Thereafter, terms of Committee members shall be two years, commencing on February 1 of odd-numbered years.
(c) Committee members shall serve at the pleasure of their respective appointing authorities and may be removed by their appointing authority at any time. Whenever a member appointed by the Disability and Aging Services Commission, the Advisory Council to the Department of Disability and Aging Services, or the Long Term Care Coordinating Council vacates the member’s seat on the member’s appointing body, the member shall automatically vacate the member’s seat on the Committee as well.
(d) Service on the Committee shall be voluntary and members shall receive no compensation from the City, except that the members who are City employees may receive their regular salaries for time spent on the Committee if they are serving in an official capacity as a City employee.
(e) Any Committee member who misses three regular meetings of the Committee within a six-month period without the express approval of the Committee at or before each missed meeting shall be deemed to have resigned from the Committee 10 days after the third unapproved absence. The Committee shall inform the member’s appointing authority of each such resignation, and the appointing authority shall appoint a successor to that seat.
Consistent with Charter Section 16.128-4(h), the Department of Disability and Aging Services shall provide administrative and technical support to the Committee. The Department shall also provide administrative and technical support to the Service Provider Working Group required by Charter Section 16.128-11.
(a) There shall be at least 10 days’ notice prior to the Committee’s inaugural meeting.
(b) The Committee shall elect its officers and may establish bylaws and rules for its organization and procedures.
(Added by Ord. 46-17, File No. 161350, App. 2/24/2017, Eff. 3/26/2017, Retro. 1/1/2017)
Creation of Shelter Grievance Advisory Committee. | |
Membership. | |
Organization and Terms of Office. | |
Duties. | |
Meetings and Procedures. | |
Sunset. |
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