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(3) The commission shall cooperate with the city officials to ensure that the city continues to be a leader in extending equal opportunity to its citizens, including but not (a) (d) privileges~ limited to: Employment opportunities in city government; Tra'ining for city jobs; Equality of services provided; Equality of all before the law; and Equal treatment of all by' holders of city licenses, contracts and (4) The commission shall cooperate with the State Bureau of Labor and Industries and other governmental agencies in receiving, referring and investigating specific acts of discrimination against individuals in the community. (5) The commission shall endeavor to ascertain the status of civil and human rights in the community. The commission may investigate, research and hold hearings to efJkctuate this provision. 2.270 Human Rights Commission - Membership. (1) The commission shall consist of: (a) One member of the city council or the mayor; (b) Fourteen ckizens with a demonstrated interest in or knowledge of the human rights concerns of the community, chosen to ensure a balance between men and women on the commission as well as representation from the racial, ethnic, religious, and disabled groups and any other group subject to discrimination or harassment in the community. Members shall be appointed by the council. (2) Vacancies on the commission shall be filled in the same manner as original appoinIments. Except where the vacancy occurs because the member fi:om the council or the mayor ceases to serve on the comrnission, the council shall appoint, within 90 days of the position becoming vacant, a person to complete the member' s unexpked term from the non- commission members of the commission's standing committees. A position becomes vacant upon: (a) The death or resignation of the incumbent; (lb) Removal of an incumbent for nonperfbrmance of duty or upon recommendation by the commission after the commission has determined that the incmnbent has failed to properly represent the commission or otherwise damaged the work of the commission, and the council has concurred with that determination; (c) Failure of the council to reappoint an incumbent at the expiration of his or her term; or (d) The incumbem ceasing to be qualified for initial appointment. (3) Each citizen member shall serve a three-year term. No member of the commission shall serve more than six consecutive years as a member of the commission. (4) Members of the commission shall be persons who have actively Ordinance - 3