(a) Members of the Working Group in Seats 1-11 shall serve at the pleasure of the Board of Supervisors and may be removed by the Board at any time. Each member in Seats 1-11 may remain in the Working Group until the termination of the Working Group under Section 5.40-7, unless removed by the Board. Any vacancy in Seats 1-11 shall be filled by the Board.
(b) Service in the Working Group shall be voluntary. Members appointed to Seats 1 through 9 may receive a stipend in an amount determined by the Board. Members appointed to seats 10 and 11 may receive their regular salaries for time spent on the Working Group because they are serving in an official capacity as representatives of their departments.
(c) The Working Group shall strive to schedule meetings to accommodate the Working Group members so that all members may attend regularly. Any member in Seats 1-11 who, within a six-month period, misses three regular meetings of the Working Group without the express approval of the Working Group at or before the missed meeting shall be deemed to have resigned from the Working Group ten days after the third unapproved absence. The Working Group shall inform the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of any such resignation.
(d) Subject to the fiscal and budgetary provisions of the Charter, the Director shall designate staff to provide administrative support to the Working Group.
(e) Subject to the fiscal, budgetary, and civil service provisions of the Charter, the Director shall hire and make available to the Working Group an outside consultant with expertise in juvenile justice reform, program evaluation, data analysis, youth development, development of alternatives to detention, and juvenile justice systemic change. The outside consultant shall advise the Working Group, and, to the extent desired by the Working Group, may facilitate its meetings and compile required reports on behalf of the Working Group.
(f) Quorum. Eight members of the Working Group shall constitute a quorum.
(g) Officers. The Working Group shall elect a Chairperson from its members. The Chairperson shall designate a member to serve in the Chairperson’s absence.
(h) Subcommittees. The Working Group may establish subcommittees to be convened as directed by the Working Group. The Working Group shall establish a Needs Assessment subcommittee. The Working Group’s Chairperson or the Chairperson’s designee shall appoint members to the subcommittees, and shall appoint members to the Needs Assessment subcommittee consistent with subsection 5.40-6(a) of this Article. Subcommittees shall report findings and make recommendations to the full Working Group for its consideration.
(i) Meeting Frequency. The Working Group shall meet at least every two months until Juvenile Hall is closed and a substitute place or places of detention are available for youth placement.
(j) Roles of Members. In adopting this ordinance, the Board of Supervisors recognizes that each member in Seats 12-15 retains their authority and duties under State law and that where conflicts may arise out of members’ dual roles, State powers and duties shall supersede the duties that this Article XL
imposes on members.
(Added by Ord. 117-19, File No. 190392, App. 6/28/2019, Eff. 7/29/2019)