Amending Chapter 2, Entitled Older Adults Council

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selected by the Mayor for two year terms and three (3) members selected by the Mayor for three year terms. All members shall serve at the pleasure of the appointing party. (e) Filling Vacancies. Successors to all members of the Council shall be appointed for temrs of three (3) years except when appointed to fill a vacancy, in which case such appointment shall be for the unexpired portion of the term. (f) Compensation. All members,of the Council shall serve without compensation. (g) Quorum. A majority of the membership of the Council shall constitute a quorum. (h) Official Action. It shall take the concurrence of a majority of the Council to take official action. (i) Election of Officers. Within four (4) weeks after the effective date of this ordinance, all members shall be appointed.. Within forty -five (45) days after all of the members have been ap- pointed, as herein provided, they shall hold a meeting to select a President, Vice President, second Vice President and Secretary. At the first meeting of every calendar year thereafter, such officers shall be selected in the same manner. (j) Meetings. The Council shall meet not less than nine (9) times per year at the call of the Chairman. (k) Purpose and Specific Objectives. The purpose of the Council shall be to work with the Office of the Mayor, the Common Council, and other city officials in addressing both the needs and problems of South Bend's older adults as well as the problems and challenges facing all citizens of the community. In carrying out this general purpose, the Council shall: (1) Review and evaluate, on a continuing basis, city policies, programs, and activities regarding older adults for the purpose of appraising their value and their impact on the lives of South Bend's older adults. (2) Serve as spokesmen and advocates on behalf of South Bend's older adults by conducting studies on matters of concern to older adults, developing recommendations for action if appropriate and advocating such action. (3) Advise the Mayor and Common Council concerning the special needs of older adults. (4) Serve as a liaison with city government departments, agencies, and other municipal agencies in providing services to older adults when problems arise; and to serve as a liaison between the individual citizen and the proper agency including State and National Commissions. (5) Develop as a of accumulating information and problems, and then transmitting of the City. (6) Prepare and each calendar year with the City Council's activities of the past ensuing year. coordinating body for the purpose receiving input from citizens on such information to the proper agency file an annual report at the end of clerk's office describing the year and anticipated goals of the i