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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.
The members of the veterans' affairs committee shall serve without compensation, shall appoint their own officers, including a chairman and such other officers and subcommittee chairmen as they shall deem proper, adopt their own rules and bylaws, and shall meet at such times and places as determined by the committee but not less often than annually.
(Ord. No. 3180, § 1, 11-12-68)
The veterans' affairs committee shall render to the mayor and council an annual report on or before December 31 and submit additional reports and recommendations as it determines or as requested by the mayor and council. Minutes of committee meetings shall be filed with the city clerk.
(Ord. No. 3180, § 1, 11-12-68)
Neither the veterans' affairs committee nor any member thereof, nor any veterans' organization may incur city expenses without submitting a request to the city manager and prior authorization of the mayor and council, nor may any such person or organization obligate the city in any manner or form; except that the city manager is hereby authorized and directed to provide such secretarial service, stationery and postage as may be necessary to prepared proposed agenda and notices, keep, transcribe and reproduce minutes of meetings and distribute copies of the same.
(Ord. No. 3180, § 1, 11-12-68)
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