1996-036-Amending The Community Services Commission Enabling ResolutionRESOLUTION 1996 - 36
RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
AMENDING THE COMMUNITY SERVICES COMMISSION ENABLING RESOLUTION
RESOLVED by the Town Council of the Town of Los Gatos, that the Town Council hereby
extends the Community Services Corrunission duration. The Commission is advisory to the Town
Council and operates in the manner hereinafter prescribed.
Membership - Organization
a. The Community Services Commission consists of eleven (11) members: Nine (9)
are voting members over eighteen years of age. Their terms of office are three (3) years and until
their successors are appointed. Two (2) members of the Commission shall, at the time of their
appointment, have completed the ninth grade, shall be students enrolled in an accredited school, and
shall be no more than eighteen (18) years old. These commissioners may make or second motions
but may not vote. Their terms are one year and begin October 1.
The Commission's membership shall, to the extent possible, reflect the social and
economic diversity of the Los Gatos community. Members representing low and moderate income
groups shall be included.
The members' terms of office are staggered and overlapped so that the terms of no
more than one -third of the members expire each year.
The Town Council shall fill any vacancies occurring during the term of the
Conunission. The Community Services Commission shall appoint and prescribe the term of office
for its Chair and Vice - Chair.
b. Five voting members of the Commission shall constitute a quorum for the purpose
of transacting business. Any member shall have the right to present a minority view to the Town
Council in reference to any report or recommendation the Commission makes.
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C. Commission members shall serve without compensation, provided that, with advance
budgetary approval of the Town Council, the actual and necessary expenses (if any) incurred by the
members in the conduct of Town business shall be reimbursable pursuant to the provisions of
Resolution 1987 -16.
d. The Commission shall establish a regular time and location for its meetings and shall
otherwise call and conduct its meetings in compliance with the provisions of the Ralph M. Brown
Act (Government Code Sections 54950 and following.)
Clerk.
e. Minutes of the actions taken during its meetings shall be kept and filed with the Town
f Meeting attendance requirements will conform with current Town Resolution.
2. Duties and Functions
a. The duties and functions of the Commission shall be to ensure that the goals and
objectives contained in the Human Service Element of the General Plan are implemented. Specific
activities include, but are not limited to, the following:
Assist the Town in coordinating its community services programs with other
agencies and organizations, public and private.
2. Advise the Town on emerging community needs and the development of new
programs.
Establish and maintain a human services inventory. The inventory shall be
posted in key public buildings in the Town.
Periodically review the Human Services Element and recommend changes
needed to meet new conditions and to respond to the changing community
environment.
b. The Commission shall identify the housing and the human service needs of persons
of all ages in the Town and its sphere of influence, examine existing privately and publicly supported
programs in those fields, evaluate such programs, develop plans for the creation of new programs,
and make recommendations to the Town Council.
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C. The Commission shall make recommendations to Town Council concerning projects
to be included in funding applications under the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974
and perform the duties necessitated by the Act upon the request of Town Council.
d. In developing recommendations to the Town Council, the Commission should:
1. Elicit the interest and support of various relevant community individuals and
groups.
2. Study and examine sources of public and private funding to meet housing and
community service needs.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of existing programs and make constructive
suggestions for improvement.
4. Examine ways to minimize and /or eliminate overlapping and duplicative
services.
C. The Commission may send representatives, when appropriate, to other bodies or
commissions.
£ The Commission shall perform other duties as assigned by the Town Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution supersedes any other resolutions
regarding the Community Services Commission including but not limited to 1993 -99, 1988 -215, and
1986 -21.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Town Council of the Town
of Los Gatos, California, held on the 1 st day of April, 1996, by the following vote:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
AYES: Joanne Benjamin, Steven Blanton, Linda Lubeck, Patrick O'Laughlin
Mayor Randy Attaway
NAYS: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST:
SIGNED:
MAYOR THE TOWN O LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORN A
CLERK OF THE TOWN OF LOS GATOS
LOS GATOS, CALIFORNIA
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