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HomeMy WebLinkAbout95-0522S 1COMMON COUNCIL CITY HALL- BUFFALO SPECIAL SESSION Monday, May 22, 1995 at 2:00 P.M. PRESENT- George K. Arthur, President of the Council, and Council Members Bell, Collins, Coppola, Czajka, Franczyk, Helfer, Lockwood, LoTempio, Perla, Pitts, Williams and Zuchlewski- 13. ABSENT- None. No. 1 Call For Special Session TO EACH MEMBER OF THE COMMON COUNCIL: YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that, pursuant to Section 30 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, upon the written request of five Council Members, dated May 19, 1995 the HON. GEORGE K. ARTHUR, has a called a Special Meeting of the Common Council, to be held in the Council Chambers, City Hall, Buffalo, New York, on May 22, 1995 at 2:00 p.m. for the following purpose: To consider and take appropriate action on the Mayor's 1995-96 budget recommendations and to take further appropriate action on other items relating to the 199596 budget currently before the Committee of the Whole. Hon. George K. Arthur President of the Common Council 1315 City Hall Buffalo, New York Dear Sir: WE, the undersigned, members of the Common Council, hereby request that you call a Special Meeting of the Common Council, pursuant to Section 30 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, for the following purpose: To consider and take appropriate action on the Mayor's 1995 96 budget recommendations and to take further appropriate action on other items relating to the 1995-96 budget currently before the Committee of the Whole. WE request that this Special Meeting be held on May 22, 1995 at 2:00 p.m. Alfred T. Coppola Kevin J. Helfer David Czajka Barbara Williams James W. Pitts Pursuant to Rule 2 of the Rules of Order of the Common Council of the City of Buffalo, each of the following named members of the Common Council, to wit: CLIFFORD BELL BONNIE KANE LOCKWOOD DAVID A. COLLINS ROSEMARIE LOTEMPIO ALFRED T. COPPOLA CARL A. PERLA, JR. DAVID J. CZAJKA JAMES W. PITTS DAVID A. FRANCZYK BARBARA MILLER-WILLIAMS KEVIN J. HELFER DALE L. ZUCHLEWSKI hereby states that he/she received 24 hours' notice of the time and purpose of the Special Meeting of the Common Council duly called to be held on May 22, 1995 at 2:00 p.m. James Pitts Alfred T. Coppola David Collins Kevin Helfer David Franczyk Barbara Miller-Williams Bonnie Lockwood David Czajka Clifford Bell Carl A. Perla, Jr. STATE OF NEW YORK) COUNTY OF ERIE SS: CITY OF BUFFALO On this 21st day of May, 1995, before me, the subscribers, personally appeared to me known to be the same persons described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and they duly and severally acknowledged to me that they executed the same. Gerald A. Chwalinski Commissioner of Deeds No. 2 Discharge All Items Now in the Committee of the Whole Mr. Pitts moved that all items currently before the Committee of the Whole be and hereby are discharged from further consideration by the Committee of the Whole and are properly before the Common Council for its consideration. Seconded by Mr. Collins. CARRIED. No. 3 Revised 1995-96 Revenue Estimates Please be advised that revenues for the 1995-96 budget have been revised as follows: 50-4 Division of Substance Services 406 - Other 32233 Substance Abuse Program - BMHA from $400,000 to $458,470 Buffalo Water Board Late Charges 31578 Flat Rate Interest Charges from $419,000 to $450,000 31608 Meter Rate Interest Charges from $160,000 to $180,000 Interest Earnings 91208 Interest on Investments - Capital Projects from $925,727 to $927,551 Other Water Revenue 97800 Non-Cash Refund of Prior Years' Expense from $5,000 to $20,000 RECEIVED AND FILED. No. 4 Mayors Budget Recommendations 1995-96 (Item No. 2, C.C.P. 5/1/95) Mr. Pitts moved that the Mayor's Budget Recommendations for 1995-1995 are hereby amended as follows: Mr. Pitts moved to accept the following amendments to the Mayor's Budget. Seconded by Mr. Perla. Mr. Pitts now moved that the Mayor's Budget Recommendations for 1995-1996 as amended be approved. Seconded By Mr. Perla. AYES- 13 NOES- 0. Mr. Pitts now moved the following actions on items pertaining to the 1995-1996 Budget: 5. Res 183 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 72 Ambulances/Drivers 6. Res 184 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 72) Fees 7. Res 185 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 88-Bakers,etc 8. Res 186 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 88)-Fees 9. Res 187 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 94-Boilers/Eng. 10. Res 188 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 94)-Fees 11. Res 189 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 103 Bldg. Constr.,etc 12. Res 190 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 103)-Fees 13. Res 191 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 140-Collection Agencies 14. Res 192 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 140)-Fees 15. Res 193 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 165-Electricity/Term Lic. 16. Res 194 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 165) Fees 17. Res 195 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 165-Electricity-Renew Lic. 18. Res 196 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 165)-Fees 19. Res 197 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 167-Elevators 20. Res 198 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 167)-Fees 21. Res 199 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 186-Flamm. Liquids 22. Res 200 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 186)-Fees 23. Res 201 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 193-Food/Drugs 24. Res 202 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 193) Fees 25. Res 203 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 254-Junkdealers/Pawnbrk. 26. Res 204 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 254)-Fees 27. Res 205 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 259-Laundry/Cleaners-Exp. 28. Res 206 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 259-Laundry/Cleaners-Issue 29. Res 207 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 259)-Fees 30. Res 208 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 263-Licenses-Alarm 31. Res 209 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 263)-Fees 32. Res 210 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 263-Licenses-Fire Ext. 33. Res 211 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 289-Newsstands 34. 34. Res 212 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 307-Pkg./Pkg. Lots 35. Res 213 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch. 307)-Pkg./Lots 36. Res 214 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 326-Plumbing 37. Res 215 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 326)-Fees 38. Res 216 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 387-Signs/Lic. 39. Res 217 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 387)-Fees 40. Res 218 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 387-Signs/Erection,etc 41. Res 219 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 454-Tow Trucks 42. Res 220 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 454)-Fees 43. Res 221 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 491-Water/Pollution 44. Res 222 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 491)-Fees 45. Res 223 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 495-Wharves, etc 46. Res 224 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 495)-Fees 47. Res 225 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 309)-Fees 48. Res 226 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 175 (Ch 361)-Fees 49. Res 227 May 16 Ord. Amend. Ch. 479-Traffic ord. Messrs. Coppola and Zuchlewski asked to be recorded in the negative on all ordinance amendments and fee increases as contained in items 5 thru 49. AYES- ARTHUR, BELL, COLLINS, CZAJKA, FRANCZYK, HELFER, LOCKWOOD, LOTEMPIO, PERLA, PITTS, WILLIAMS- 11. NOES- COPPOLA, ZUCHLEWSKI- 2. The following Salary Ordinance and Wage Schedule reflect the raise to be effective on July 1, 1995 pursuant to the last Contract with Local 282. No. 50-51 50. Res 232 May 16 Sal. Ord. Amend. - Fire 51. Res 233 May 16 Sal. & Wage Schedule-Fire PASSED. AYES- 13 NOES- 0. Mr. Pitts now made the following motions on Local Law items to accommodate the statutory aging process, except for Intro #8. 52. Res 228 May 16 L.L. Intro 2 - Pol./Fire Pension TABLE 53. Res 236 May 16 L.L. Intro 4 - Duties-Dir. of Bldgs TABLE 54. Res 237 May 16 L.L. Intro 5 - Eliminate Pkg. Dept TABLE 55. Res 238 May 16 L.L. Intro 6 - Div. Empl. & Training TABLE 56. Res 239 May 16 L.L. Intro 7 Create Neigh./Hsg./Insp. TABLE 57. Res 240 May 16 L.L. Intro 8 - Dept. Human Serv./Parks R&F No. 58 By: Mr. Pitts City of Buffalo Local Law No. (1995) Introductory No. 9 (1995) A LOCAL LAW amending the Charter of the City of Buffalo in relation to the creation of a department of human services, parks and recreation, and repealing certain other portions thereof. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the Charter of the City of Buffalo, adopted pursuant to law, is hereby amended to read as follows: (a) By repealing that portion of section seventy of article five, reading: Department of human resources. (b) By repealing article 14-A captioned "DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES", which includes sections two hundred eighty-five point one, two hundred eighty-five point two, two hundred eighty-five point three, two hundred eighty-five point four, two hundred eighty-five point five, two hundred eighty-five point six, two hundred eighty-five point seven, two hundred eighty-five point eight, two hundred eighty-five point nine, two hundred eighty-five point ten, two hundred eighty-five point eleven point a, two hundred eighty-five point eleven point b, two hundred eighty-five point twelve a, two hundred eighty-five point twelve b, two hundred eighty-five point twelve c, two hundred eighty-five point twelve d, two hundred eighty-five point thirteen, two hundred eighty-five point fourteen, two hundred eighty-five point fifteen, two hundred eighty-five point sixteen, two hundred eighty-five point seventeen, two hundred eighty-five point eighteen, two hundred eighty-five point nineteen, two hundred eighty-five point twenty, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-one, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-two, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-three, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-four, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-five, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-six, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-seven, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-eight, two hundred eighty-five point twenty-nine, and two hundred eighty-five point thirty. (c) By adding to section seventy of article five, the following: Department of human services, parks and recreation. (d) By adding thereto a new article fourteen-A to read: ARTICLE 14-A DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, PARKS AND RECREATION Sec.285. 1. Commissioner of Human Services, Parks and Recreation. 285.2. Appointment; Removal. 285.3. Qualifications of the Commissioner. 285.4. Duties and Powers of the Commissioner. 285.5. Senior Deputy Commissioner; Duties and Powers. 285.6. Directors; Duties and Powers. 285.7. Divisions. 285.8. Director for Senior Services. 285.9. Committee for Senior Services. 285.10. Duties and Powers of the Committee. 285.11. Director of Substance Abuse Services. 285.12. Duties and Powers of the Director. 285.12-a. Committee of Substance Abuse Services. 285.12-b. Duties and Powers of the Committee. 285.13. Director for Youth. 285.14. Buffalo Youth Bureau. 285.15. Committee for Youth. 285.16. Duties and Powers of the Committee. 285.17. Director of Parks. 285.18. Duties and Powers of the Director. 285.19. Parks and Parks Approaches Defined. 285.20. Director of Recreation. 285.21. Duties and Powers of the Director. 285.22 Expenditures. Sec. 285-1. Commissioner of Human Services, Parks and Recreation. The commissioner of human services, parks and recreation shall be the head of the department of human services, parks and recreation. Sec. 285.2. Appointment- Removal. The mayor shall appoint, subject to confirmation by the common council, and may at pleasure, remove the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation. Sec. 285.3. Qualifications of the Commissioner. The commissioner of human services, parks and recreation shall be a person who has a college degree and has demonstrated executive and administrative ability with at least five years' experience in governmental, economic or sociological fields, or shall be a graduate of a recognized college or university with other qualifications which are acceptable to the mayor, or shall have at least five years of municipal administrative or supervisory experience. Sec. 285.4. Duties and Powers of the Commissioner. The commissioner of human services, parks and recreation shall have all the powers and shall exercise all the duties hereinafter conferred upon the divisions of the department; shall administer, correlate and coordinate all the functions of said divisions; shall provide facilities for the research, referral, planning and evaluating of any of the projects within the purposes of the department; and shall prepare or have prepared by the appropriate divisions applications for county, state and federal grants. The commissioner of human services, parks and recreation shall also have supervision and management of the affairs of the department, the care, control, management and maintenance of all public parks, park approaches, and all areas in public streets, public squares, public grounds and public places designated by the mayor as park spaces, and of the use thereof, the planting, caring for and removal of trees in all streets and in all public grounds. He or she shall be charged with the care, control, management and maintenance of all public playgrounds, including pocket playgrounds and tot lots, the regulation of the use thereof and the supervision, management and control of all forms of recreation in such playgrounds and in the public parks. He or she shall be charged with the care, control, management and maintenance of community houses for instructional, social and recreational purposes. He or she shall grant permits issued in connection with the use of any of the parks, park approaches and playgrounds. He or she shall also exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon him by any provision of this act or by any general law or ordinance. Sec. 285.5. Senior Deputy Commissioner; Duties and Powers. The commissioner of human services, parks and recreation shall appoint a senior deputy commissioner of human services, parks and recreation who shall discharge the duties of the commissioner during his or her absence from the city or his or her illness. He or she also shall (a) monitor programs and personnel assignments to insure appropriate coordination, execution and administration of the duties and powers vested in the commissioner; (b) act as the liaison between the department of human services, parks and recreation and other city departments and agencies having a direct or indirect interest in the affairs of the department; and (c) perform such other duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation. Sec. 285.6. Directors; Duties and Powers. The directors of the divisions in this article shall direct and administer the affairs of the division; shall discharge any and all duties needed or necessary to effectuate the purposes of each division and such other duties conferred by this article, ordinance, general or special law; and shall be deputies of the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation. Sec. 285.7. Divisions. There shall be in the department of human services, parks and recreation the following divisions: Division for senior services. Division of substance abuse services. Division for youth. Division of parks. Division of recreation. DIVISION FOR SENIOR SERVICES Sec. 285.8. Director for Senior Services. The head of the division for senior services shall be the director for senior services. Sec. 285.9. Committee for Senior Services. There is hereby created in this division a committee to be designated as the committee for senior services. Sec.285.10. Duties and Powers of the Committee. The committee shall make studies and recommend to the mayor, the common council, the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation, the director for senior services, and other governmental or private agencies, the institution or coordination of recreational programs and projects or other programs and projects for persons over sixty years of age which will promote (a) the social and emotional adjustment of such persons by making it possible for them to find companionship and create an environment that is favorable to continuing growth and give them a sense of personal stability and security; (b) the rehabilitation of the personal efficiency of elder individuals by making it possible for them to make maximum use of their time and of capacities least impaired; and (c) community usefulness by creating a feeling of adequacy and accomplishment through activity. The committee shall do all acts or things necessary to effectuate the above purposes, and shall adopt such rules and regulations as it may deem appropriate. DIVISION OF SUBSTANCE ABUSE SERVICES Sec. 285.11. Director of Substance Abuse Services. The head of the division of substance abuse services shall be the director of substance abuse services. Sec. 285.12. Duties and Powers of the Director. The director shall coordinate and administer any and all programs developed by the narcotic guidance council of the city within its powers as prescribed in section two hundred thirty-nine of the general municipal law, and such other programs howsoever authorized or initiated, to control the use of addictive substances; to educate the public of the effect and danger of such use; and to rehabilitate persons addicted or likely to be addicted thereto. Sec. 285.12-a. Committee of Substance Abuse Services. There is hereby created a committee in the division of substance abuse services to be designated as the committee of substance abuse services. Sec. 285.12-b. Duties and Powers of the Committee. The committee shall make recommendations to the mayor, the common council, the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation, the director of drug abuse services and other governmental or private agencies regarding: (1) Institution of programs to control the use and abuse of addictive substances-, (2) Education of the public about the effects and the dangers of the use and abuse of addictive substance; (3) Treatment and rehabilitation of persons using and abusing addictive substances; and (4) Further study of the impact of the use and abuse of addictive substances upon individuals and society. DIVISION FOR YOUTH Sec. 285.13. Director for Youth. The head of the division for youth shall be the director for youth. The director shall coordinate and supplement the activities and programs of public, private and religious agencies within the city devoted in whole or in part to the welfare and protection of youth; cooperate with such agencies in developing effective programs for the prevention of delinquency, crime and neglect among youth; and collect data and statistics and make studies relating to activities of youth. Sec. 285.14. Buffalo Youth Bureau. The division for youth shall also be known as the Buffalo youth bureau. Sec. 285.15. Committee for Youth. There is hereby created in this division a committee to be designated as the committee for youth. Sec. 285.16. Duties and Powers of the Committee. The committee shall make recommendations to the mayor, the common council, the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation, the director for youth, and other governmental or private agencies, for the institution of recreation projects and youth service projects by public or private agencies devoted in whole or in part to the provisions of leisure time activities of youth; collect data and statistics and make studies relating to the detection, prevention and treatment of delinquency, crime and neglect among youth, review and recommend any and all youth projects submitted for its consideration-, and make appropriate recommendations with reference to problems relating to or created by youth. DIVISION OF PARKS Sec. 285.17. Director of Parks. The head of the division of parks shall be the director of parks, who shall also be a deputy of the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation. Sec. 285.18. Duties and Powers of the Director. The director of parks, under the supervision of the commissioner, shall be charged with and exercise all the powers and duties with respect to parks, park approaches, and park spaces and the planting, caring for and removal of trees in the streets and public places, hereinbefore conferred upon the commissioner. He or she shall exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon him or her from time to time by the commissioner. Sec. 285.19. Parks and Park Approaches Defined. The term "parks" as used in this act shall include all existing parks and all parks hereafter acquired by the city, and the term "park approaches" as used in this act shall be deemed to include all avenues and parkways duly designated as park approaches prior to January first, nineteen hundred twenty-six, and such as may hereafter be so designated by the council by a three-fourths vote of the membership thereof, and the council may by a majority vote discontinue as a park approach any park approach designated at any time prior to the effective date of this act. DIVISION OF RECREATION Sec. 285.20. Director of Recreation. The head of the division of recreation shall be the director of recreation who shall also be a deputy of the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation. Sec. 285.21. Duties and Powers of the Director. The director of recreation, under the supervision of the commissioner, shall be charged with and exercise all the powers and duties with respect to recreation in parks and playgrounds and community houses, hereinbefore conferred upon the commissioner of human services, parks and recreation. He or she shall also exercise such other powers and perform such other duties as may be conferred or imposed upon him or her from time to time by the commissioner. Sec. 285.22. Expenditures. The commissioner of human services, parks and recreation, the directors of the various divisions, the mayor, or the committees in the article, shall, within the amounts appropriated by the common council or otherwise made available by grants, expend, contract for, or direct the expenditure of such sums, and accordingly provide, as permitted by ordinance or grant, the necessary facilities and personnel. Section 2. This local law shall take effect immediately. APPROVED AS TO FORM Edward Peace Corporation Counsel LAID ON THE TABLE. No. 59 By: Mr. Pitts City of Buffalo Local Law No. (1995) Introductory No. 10 (1995) A LOCAL LAW amending Article 6 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo in relation to the creation of a division of urban affairs. BE IT ENACTED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BUFFALO AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That Article 6 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo, adopted pursuant to law, is hereby amended to read as follows: (a) By adding to section eighty-one of article six, the following: (o) Division of urban affairs. (b) By adding to article six, the following: DIVISION OF URBAN AFFAIRS Sec. 109-ee. Director of Urban Affairs The head of the division of urban affairs shall be the director of urban affairs. The mayor shall appoint, and may at pleasure remove the director of urban affairs. Sec. 109-ff. Commission on Human Relations. There is hereby created a commission to be designated as the commission on human relations. Sec. 109-gg. Functions of the Commission. The functions of the commission shall be: (a) To foster mutual understanding and respect among all racial, religious and ethnic groups in the city of Buffalo, and to foster the best spirit of Americanism; (b) To encourage equality of treatment for, and prevent discrimination against, persons of all races, religions, genders, sexual preferences, ethnic backgrounds or disabilities or its members-, (c) To cooperate with governmental and nongovernmental agencies and organizations having like or kindred function. Sec. 109-hh. Duties and Powers of the Commission. The duties and powers of the commission shall be: (a) To coordinate efforts with federal, state and city agencies in preparing, studying, soliciting and executing programs and campaigns devoted to eliminating group prejudice, intolerance, bigotry and discrimination within the city and to this end, to enlist the cooperation of various racial, religious, community and ethnic groups; (b) To preliminarily receive and investigate, in confidence, any and all complaints of discrimination made under oath with power to hold private or public hearings and take the testimony of persons under oath with the aid of their counsel, and, after such investigation is completed, recommend to the director whether the complaint should be dismissed or prosecuted further by reference to an appropriate governmental agency or grievance committee. The report of such hearing inclusive of a summary or transcript of the testimony, with the recommendation of the commission or its conciliation panel, is to be submitted to the director of urban affairs, who shall take appropriate action pursuant to the city's equal employment opportunity program. The right to publish the results of the investigation shall not include the right to publish matters that are by law confidential in nature or which are prohibited by an order of the court; (c) To recommend to the mayor, the common council, the director of urban affairs or other governmental or private agencies, legislation to aid in carrying out programs designed to eliminate racial and social injustice; (d) To establish, with the approval of the mayor, such standing committees as it deems advisable by its rules, regulations and by-laws to carry out its duties and powers; (e) To do such other act or thing necessary to effectuate the purpose and objective of the division, including making investigations and studies in the field of urban affairs by and through committees or members of the commission selected and designated by the mayor or the director of urban affairs. Sec. 109-ii. Membership of Committees or Commissions. Any committee or commission created by this article, except the commission on human relations or a conciliation panel of such commission, shall consist of not less than five members, all of whom shall be residents of the city, and shall be appointed by the mayor for a period of four years. However, the members of a committee, council or commission discharging duties within the powers of the present bodies shall serve until their terms expire and shall be eligible for reappointment. Any appointment made to fill a vacancy caused by the death, resignation or removal of a member shall be made for the balance of the member's term. The mayor shall designate the chairperson of such committee or commission from among its members and may from time to time change such designation. A member may be removed by the mayor for reasons stated in writing, after an opportunity to be heard. The mayor may from time to time increase the membership of any committee, council or commission from five to a maximum of twenty-five members. The members shall serve without compensation. A member shall be deemed to have resigned his or her office for failure to attend three regularly scheduled meetings, unless he has filed with the chairperson written reasons for his or her absence approved by a majority of the membership. Meetings shall be held upon the call of the director, the chairperson, or as specified in a written declaration by a majority of the members of such committee or commission. The commission on human relations shall consist of eighteen qualified electors of the city appointed by the mayor, who shall serve without compensation. However, no more than two members shall be appointed from any one councilmanic district as geographically defined by this charter, and this balance shall be hereafter maintained in the filling of vacancies which from time to time may occur. The mayor shall designate from among the members the chairperson of the commission and may from time to time change such designation. All appointments to the commission shall be for a term of four years. In case of a vacancy resulting by the death, resignation or any other cause of any member during his or her term of office, his or her successor shall be appointed to serve for the unexpired period of the term for which such member had been appointed. The mayor may at any time remove a member for reasons stated in writing, after an opportunity to be heard. A member of the commission on human relations shall be deemed to have resigned his or her office for failure to attend three regularly scheduled meetings, unless he or she has filed with the chairperson written reasons for his or her absence approved by a majority of the membership. The commission on human relations shall hold not less than six meetings a year and such other meetings that may be called, in writing, by the chairperson or upon the written request of four members of the commission requesting the special meeting. Sec. 109-j. Expenditures. The directors of the various divisions, the mayor, or the committees, councils or commissions in the article, shall, within the amounts appropriated by the common council or otherwise made available by grants, expend, contract for, or direct the expenditure of such sums, and accordingly provide, as permitted by ordinance or grant, the necessary facilities and personnel. Sec. 109-k. Equal Employment Opportunity Coordinator. The mayor shall designate a person to assume the duties of the equal employment opportunity coordinator as established by the equal employment opportunity program of the city of Buffalo pursuant to item number two hundred seventy-eight of the common council proceedings of July eighth, nineteen hundred seventy-five, and item number three hundred twenty-five of the common council proceedings of July twenty-second, nineteen hundred seventy-five. Section 2. This local law shall take effect immediately. APPROVED AS TO FORM Edward Peace Corporation Counsel LAID ON THE TABLE. Mr. Pitts moved the following actions on the remaining sundry items dealing with the 1995-96 Budget: 60. No 120 May 2 Funding Recommendations (Arts Comm.) R&F 61. Com 63 Apr 4 1994-95 Budget Revenues Update (A&F) R&F 62. Res 217 May 2 Hrg. Local Improvement Assess. (HRG HELD) R&F 63. No 124 May 2 User Tax Info (1179 3/21) R&F 64. No 125 May 2 User Tax Info (A&F)(161 4/4) R&F 65. Res 189 Mar 7 Solutions to Budget Gap problem R&F 66. Com 88 Mar 21 Solutions to Budget Gap problem (A&F) R&F 67. Res 205 Mar 7 Proposal to Balance Budget R&F 68. No 111 Mar 7 Local 264- Take over of Transfer Station R&F 69. No 112 Mar 7 Local 650- Job Sharing R&F 70. Com 2 May 16 Positions Eligible For Early Retirement R&F 71. Com 57 May 16 Pros/Cons Quint/Midi System R&F No. 72 Adjournment At 2:35 P.M. Mr. Pitts moved to adjourn. Seconded by Mrs. Williams.