§ 58-32. Creation; composition; term; voting.

(a)

There is hereby created a "human relations commission" to be appointed by the mayor with the approval of the city council. The human relations commission shall be composed of nine members, all city residents, one of whom shall be designated as chair to be selected by the mayor to serve until a new chair is elected by a majority of the human relations commission. Term of chair shall be one year. The term of members shall be three years. The first members shall be appointed in groups of three for terms of one, two and three years, and thereafter the terms of three members shall expire each year. Two additional, youth non-voting-members may also be appointed, in addition to the nine regular voting members. The terms of the youth non-voting-members shall be one year.

(b)

A quorum for conduct of the lawful business of the human relations commission shall be a majority of the current members.

(c)

Except as otherwise stated in this article, all actions and decisions of the human relations commission shall be by simple majority vote of those members present at a lawful meeting of the human relations commission.

(d)

The human relations commission shall insofar as possible reflect the diversity of the community.

(Ord. No. 820, § 1, 5-31-1995; Ord. No. 1285, § 1, 4-4-2017)