HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council Resolution 18-056 Amending Youth Commission EligibilityRESOLUTION NO. 18-056
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
AMENDING THE YOUTH COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION, RESPONSIBILITIES,
AND DUTIES POLICY
WHEREAS on November 15, 1972 the City Council of the City of Saratoga adopted
Resolution No. 542-2 relating to the terms of office, meeting time, and other matters concerning
the Youth Commission and amended the policy several times since then; and
WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to amend eligibility requirements for the Youth
Commission; and
WHEREAS, the amended Youth Commission Administration, Responsibilities, and
Duties Policy would prohibit Commissioners from serving more than 1 term, even after a 1-year
break; and
WHEREAS, the amended policy would also require that new members be eligible to
serve a full 2-year term upon appointment, thereby prohibiting appointment of applicants who
will be a high school senior during their first year on the Commission; and
WHEREAS, this resolution and the attached Youth Commission Administration,
Responsibilities, and Duties Policy supersede all prior resolutions, policies, and understandings
relating to Youth Commission.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saratoga
hereby adopts the attached Youth Commission Administration, Responsibilities and Duties at a
Regular Meeting held on the 7th day of November 2018 by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor Mary -Lynne Bernald, Vice Mayor E. Manny Cappello, Council
Members Howard A. Miller, Emily Lo, Rishi Kumar
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
rx
Debbie Bretschneider, Interim City Clerk
e Bernald, Mayor
DATE: 1 I /g /vo 18
SARATOGA YOUTH COMMISSION ADMINISTRATION,
RESPONSIBILITIES, AND DUTIES POLICY
Adopted via Resolution No. 18-056
(November 7, 2018)
SECTION 1: There is hereby established and created a Youth Commission of the City of Saratoga,
which shall be known as the Saratoga Youth Commission, which shall consist of eleven (11)
members to be appointed by resolution of the City Council. Members of the Youth Commission
must be residents of Saratoga in grades 7 through 12. To be considered for appointment, applicants
must be eligible to serve a full 2-year term.
SECTION 2: The powers of the Youth Commission are advisory only, and it shall render all
reports and recommendations directly to the City of Council, unless otherwise directed by the
Council. The Commissioners' powers and duties, in such advisory capacity to the City Council,
shall include the following:
(a) To develop and recommend guidelines involving the concerns of youth and the
programming and implementation thereof, to the Council;
(b) Advise the Council generally on matters which concern youth and specifically on the
various aspects of the city matters related to youth as may be requested by Council.
SECTION 3: Members shall be appointed to a term of 2 years. No Commissioner may serve
more than 1 term.
SECTION 4: Instead of the rules concerning vacancies set forth in Section 2-12.040 of the
Saratoga Municipal Code the following rules shall apply members of the Youth Commission:
(a) If a Commissioner is absent from more than three regular Commission meetings during a
single academic year, the Commissioner's office becomes vacant unless the absence is
approved by the Council.
(b) Vacant positions on the Commission will not be filled until the end of the school year.
SECTION 4: The Youth Commission shall hold regular meetings on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month at 7:00pm during the months of September through May. The
Commission may cancel a regular meeting due to lack of business. The Commission may also
meet at such other times as the Commission desires and shall follow the City of Saratoga Rules of
Parliamentary Procedure with respect to matters addressed by those rules.