The functions and purposes of the council shall be:
(1) To meet regularly as a representative organization of the youth of the Tucson community.
(2) To provide a common forum for discussion and coordination of youth activities.
(3) To provide a direct and effective voice for the youth of the Tucson community in their communications with the mayor and council.
(4) To confer with and advise the mayor and council on matters of concern to the youth of the Tucson community and to compile, receive and disseminate information and data relating thereto.
(5) To recommend and encourage action programs and legislation beneficial to the community youth.
(6) To develop and encourage participation by youth in the community in matters of interest to them and to foster community understanding and support of the projects, aims and goals of the youth council and in such manner to promote the general welfare, interests and well- being of the citizens of the Tucson community.
(7) Development of a council which will have as its primary responsibility the prevention of juvenile delinquency and as its goal resolution of the needs and problems of the youth.
(8) To involve youth in assisting in the planning, operation and evaluation of the local youth service system as consumers of those services.
(9) To eliminate the polarization between youth and older persons involved in administration of the youth service system.
(10) To create, through the mechanisms of the council, a means of assistance in the screening and utilizing of federal, state and local funds for use in community wide neighborhood delinquency prevention programs, locally planned and administered, and evaluated at all levels of government.
(Ord. No. 3785, § 2, 1-24-72)