Amending Chapter 2 South Bend Human Rights Ordinance

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(c) Members of the Commission ing authority for just cause. All serve without compensation. may be removed by the appoint - members of the Commission shall Section 2 -130. Appointment of members, quorum; election of officers; meetings; concurrence of majority required for action. (a) Six (6) members shall be appointed by the Mayor and three (3) members shall be appointed by the President of the Common Council. Each appointment shall be for a term of four (4) years. In the event of death or resignation of any member, his successor shall be appoint- ed to serve for the unexpired period of the term for which such member had been appointed. Members of the Commission may be removed by the appointing authority for just cause. All members of the Commission shall serve without compensation and any five (5) members shall constitute a quorum. (b) The Commission shall elect from its membership once each year a chairman, vice - chairman and secretary. (c) The Commission shall hold one regular meeting each month and such special meetings as the chairman may deem necessary. (d) It shall take the concurrence of a majority of the Commission membership to take legal or official action. Section 2 -131. Powers and duties of Commission. The Commission is empowered and shall do the following: (a) To establish and maintain a permanent office in the City of South Bend. (b) To recommend to the Mayor for appointment an executive director, or such personnel as it may deem necessary, and to prescribe their duties. (c) To adopt, promulgate, amend and rescind such rules and regulations, procedural and substantive, as may be consistent with the provisions of this article and state laws. Such rules and regu- lations shall be adopted in accordance with the provisions of this article as it may hereafter be amended. (d) To formulate policies to effectuate the purposes of this article and make recommendations to the City to effectuate such Policies. The several departments, commissions, boards, authori- ties, divisions, bureaus. and officers of the City may furnish the Commission, upon its request, all records, papers, and information in their possession relating to any matter before the Commission. (e) To receive and investigate charges of discriminatory prac- tices_ er eexRglalnts- The Commission shall not hold hearings in the absence of a eempla}gt charge as herein defined. All investiga- tions of eAFapla}ats charges shall be conducted by staff members of the Commission. (f) To issue such publications and such results of investiga- tions and research as in its judgment will tend to minimize or eliminate discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, handicap, national origin or ancestry. (g) To prepare and issue a report annually to the Elty Common Council and Mayor, describing in detail the investigation and con- ciliation proceedings it has conducted and their outcome, the prog- ress made and any other work performed and achievements towards the elimination of discrimination. (h) To prevent any Person from discharging, expelling or otherwise discriminating against any other person because he filed a eempla }at charge or testified in any hearing before this Commission, Or in any way assisted the Commission in any matter under investiga- tion. - 4 -