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RESOLUTION NO. 6718
RESOLUTION AMENDING RESOLUTION 6565
WHICH ESTABLISHED A COMMUNITY SERVICES
ADVISORY COMMISSION
WHEREAS, By Resolution No. 6565, passed by the .City
Council of the City of Richf field January 25, 1982., the Richf ieid
Community Services Advisory Commission was established and
directed as to membership and purpose, and.
WHEREAS, it has been determined that the interests of the
city can best be served by~an amendment to Resolution 6565 by
changing one of the youth positions to an adult position.
NQW, TI~EREFORE, $E IT RESOLVED. by the City Council of the
City of Richf field, that with the amendment outlined above the
fallowing shall be in effect:
1. That there has been creation of a Community Services
Commission .
2. That the commission shall serve in a direct advisory
capacity to the city council, .and that staff services for the
commission shall be provided by the Community Services Department
of the city.
3. That the commission shall consist of eleven (11) regular
members, all of whom shall be residents of the City of Richfield.
They shall be appointed by-the city council and shall be subject
to removal, with or without cause, by the city council. In
making appointments to the commission, the city council shall
undertake to secure representative balance among various groups
and interests within the community. One (1) of the 11 regular
members shall be youth. Ten (10)- of the 11 regular members shall
be adults, and the city council sha1Z give due regard to repre-.
sentation from (a) senior citizens, (b) handicapped persons and
parents of mentally and physically handicapped persons (c) the
business community, (d) the public and private schools, (e} the
comznuni-ty's athletic organization, (f) the clergy, and (g)
homemakers.
4. In addition to the 11 regular members of the commission,
it shall have three (3) non-voting, ex-officio members. Such ex-
off icio members shall be selected as follows: One member shall
be appointed by the Richfield City Council from among its members;
one shall be appointed by-the Richfield School Board from among
its members or the school district staff, and one shall be
appointed by the Richf field Planning Commission from among its
members.
5. Regular members shall be appointed in January of each
year by the city coucnil to serve three-year terms. -_ Terms of
the. members of the commission shall begin on the first day of
February of the year of appointment and shall continue until the
31st day of January in which their appointment expires or until
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their successors are sel~cted, subject, however, to prior termina•
tion as otherwise provided for in this resolution. Selection of
ex-officio members shall~,be made annually and, insofar as possible
in January of each year ,'with such ex-off icio members serving
for a term of one year o~ until their successors are appointed.
6. The commission shall be advisory to the city council on
matters relating to the community service facilities, programs
and finances. This shall include, but not be limited to,
community service related capital improvement projects, recreation
programming, the community center, the nature center, the ice
arena, the golf course, swimming pool, general government build-
ings, L/H/N maintenance,lpark maintenance, street maintenance,
sewer maintenance, waterlmaintenance, city motor pool and any
other item referred to it by the city council.
7. Any of the following shall cause the off ice of a regular
member to become vacatedle (a) death; {b) disability for failure=:
to serve., shown by failure to attend three (3) consecutive
regular meetings of the commission without written permission of
the commission to be e~c~sed; {c) removal of legal residence from
the city; {d) resignation in writing; (e) removal by the city
council, and (f) election or appointment to a public off ice.
Passed by the City Council. of the City of Rchf field this
14th day of February, '"b'
ATTEST.
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Syly' K. Se g City er