1973-5101rRESOLUTION NOe 51Q1
RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING A
SENIOR CITIZENS' ADVISORY COMMISSION
BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Richfields Minnesota as
follows:
1. There is hereby created a Senior Citizen's Advisory Commission,
2. The Commission shall serve in a direct advisory capacity to the city council.
Staff services for the commission shall be furnished by the City,
3. The Commission shall consist of nine (9) members all of wh om 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 s by the city council, In making
appointments to the Commission, the council shall undertake to secure a represent-
ative balance among various groups within the community with special regard to those
persons who are interested in and knowledgeable about the problems of the aging and
the handicapped .
Appointments to the Commission shall be for the terms of 3 years. At the time of
the appointment of the initial commissions however, 3 shall be appointed for a term of
one year; 3 shall be appointed for a term of two years;, and 3 shall be appointed for
a term of three years .
4, Members of the Commission shall be appointed in January of each year.
Terms of members shall begin on the 1st day of February of the year of appointment
and shall continue until the 1st day of February in the year in which their appointments
expire, or until their successors are appointeds subjects howeverB to prior termination
as otherwise provided for in this resolution,
5. The Commission shall be advisory to the city council on matters relating to
the aging and the handicapped, Among other things Q the Commission shall determine the
adequacy of the housing supply for such persons within the community and shall make
recommendations on methods of fulfilling such. housing needs if they are not being met.
It shall make investigations concerning any other matters relating to the problems of the
aging and the handicapped including such things as health carednutritions recreation,
transportations and the availability of other social services, and shall from time to time
make reports and recommendations to the council on such matters . It shall also investigate
and make recommendations to the council on any matter relating to the aging and the
handicapped which is referred to it by the city councilo
6. Any of the following shall cause the office of a regular member to become vacated:
a) Death..
b) Disability or failure to serves shown by failure to attend three consecutive
regular meetings of the Commission without written permission of the Commission
to be excused,
c) Removal of legal residence from the city.
d) Resignation in writing ,
e) Removal by the council,
f) Election or appointment to a public office,
Passed by the City Council of the city of Richfield, Minnesota, this 27th day
of August, 1973,
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n L. Law ,' Mayor
ATTEST:
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Thomas Mor~~~ City Clerk
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