Item A: Listening Session with Human Rights Commission

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(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 effectuate this provision. (Section 2.265 amended by Ordinance No. 17479, enacted November 24, 1975; Ordinance No. 19732, enacted November 5, 1990; and Ordinance No. 20264, enacted November 12, 2002, effective December 12, 2002.) 2.270 Human Rights Commission - Membership. (1) The commission shall consist of: (a) One member of the city council or the mayor; (b) Fourteen citizens 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 appointments. Except where the vacancy occurs because the member from the council or the mayor ceases to serve on the commission, the council shall appoint, within 90 days of the position becoming vacant, a person to complete the member’s unexpired 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; (b) Removal of an incumbent for nonperformance of duty or upon recommendation by the commission after the commission has determined that the incumbent 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 incumbent 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 demonstrated an interest and expertise in efforts to promote diversity, equality, equity and understanding of human rights, and to dismantle injustice, discrimination, bigotry, hatred and harassment within the city. (Section 2.270 added by Ordinance No. 17479, enacted November 24, 1975; amended by Ordinance No. 17748, enacted September 13, 1976; Ordinance No. 19083, enacted December 13, 1982; Ordinance No. 19732, enacted November 5, 1990; Ordinance No. 19926, enacted June 28, 1993; and Ordinance No. 20264, enacted November 12, 2002, effective December 12, 2002.)