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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)
ARTICLE III.
VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
VETERANS' AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
There is hereby created a veterans' affairs committee of the City of Tucson, whose members shall be members of the Veterans of World War I, the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the Jewish War Veterans, the Disabled American Veterans, and such other affiliated or similar veterans' organizations as request membership, and receive approval of the mayor and council. The committee membership shall be composed of those duly appointed or elected delegates from the veterans' organizations aforementioned, upon their approval by the committee and ratification by the mayor and council, and such additional delegates from the member organizations as the mayor and council may appoint.
(Ord. No. 3180, § 1, 11-12-68)
All appointments to the veterans' affairs committee shall be for a term of four (4) years and shall expire on December 31. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as appointments, for the unexpired term of the vacancy.
(Ord. No. 3180, § 1, 11-12-68; Ord. No. 7267, § 1, 8-7-89)
Editors Note: Section 1 of Ord. No. 7267, adopted Aug. 7, 1989, increased the term of office in this section from 3 to 4 years. Section 2 specified that these members who were serving 3-year terms prior to the enactment of the ordinance would have their terms extended to 4 years.
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