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Chapter 2.28 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Page 1 of 3 Pleasanton Municipal Code Up Previous Next Main Collapse Search Print No Frames Title 2 ADMINISTRATION AND PERSONEL Chapter 2.28 HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION Note • Prior code history:Prior code§§ 1-3.32.05, 1-3.32.10, 1-3.32.15, 1-3.32.20, 1-3.32.25, 1-3.32.30, 1-3.32.35, 1-3.32.40, 1-3.32.45, 1-3.32.50, 1-3.32.55, 1-3.32.60;Ords. 1418, 1507, 1674, 1768, 1785. 2.28.010 Commission created. There is created a human services commission ("commission")originally established by Resolution 76-21. (Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001) 2.28.020 Duties. A. The commission shall be responsible for advising the city council on both the human service needs of the community and the methods for meeting these needs. Particular emphasis shall be given to the human services needs of the socially and economically disadvantaged, the elderly and the youth of the community. B. The duties of the commission shall include the following: 1. Identify and prioritize the human service needs of the community; 2. Develop and recommend to the city council specific programs and/or actions designed to meet the identified human service needs of the community and evaluate the success of the programs and/or the actions undertaken; 3. Identify and be informed of programs providing human services to the community, their purpose,the type and nature of services they provide, and the effectiveness of their services; 4. Review and evaluate requests from human service providers for financial assistance,endorsements, and other types of assistance; make recommendations to the city council regarding such requests; 5. Develop and recommend actions designed to coordinate the delivery of human services within and to the community; 6. Represent the city and/or serve as liaisons with governing boards of public and private human service agencies/programs of interest to the community; 7. Inform and advise the city council concerning actions by federal, state and other public or private human service agencies of interest to the city. (Ord. 1819 § 1, 2001) 2.28.030 Membership; appointments; voting. A. The commission shall have seven regular commissioners and one alternate commissioner, all of whom shall be residents of the city. B. The seven regular commissioners and the one alternate commissioner shall be selected from the community at large. The regular commissioners and alternate commissioner shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to ratification by the city council as provided in the adopted city council resolution establishing procedures for appointments to boards and commissions. C. Commissioners are eligible to participate in all discussions of the commission except that the alternate commissioner shall vote only if one of the regular commissioners is absent or has a financial conflict of interest. http://gcode.us/codes/pleasanton/view.php?topic=2-2_28&showAll=1&frames=on 10/26/2011