Reorganizing the Structure the Executive Brnach of goverment of City of South Bend

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Page 5' "Sec Board of Public Safety and the Board of Public Works, referred to collectively in the remainder of this Section as the Boards. (b) The Boards shall each consist of three (3) members. One (1) member of the Board of Public Safety shall be the Director of the Department of Public Safety and one (1) member of the Board of Public Works shall be the Director of the Department of Public Works. The other two (2) members of each Board shall be appointed by the Mayor to serve at his pleasure. The members of the Boards shall be legal residents and freeholders of the City. Each member of the Boards shall receive such compensation for his services as established within the annual bud- get for the respective Department of Public Safety and of Public Works, except that any member of either Board who holds another remunerative posi- tion within the City may not receive any additional compensation for services performed as a Board Member. (c) The Mayor shall appoint a clerk for each Board, who shall receive a salary as established within the annual appropriation for the respective Departments; provided that the Mayor may appoint one (1) clerk to serve as the clerk for both Boards at a single salary to be established in the annual budget. (d) Each member of the Board, before assuming the duties of office, shall furnish a bond payable to the City and conditioned upon the faithful performance of his duties, except that any member who has fur- nished a bond to the City in at least the prescribed amount in connection with any other City position held by such member need not furnish an additional bond. Said bonds shall be in the amount of $5,000. (e) The members of each Board shall elect a president for such Board from among its number at the first meeting of such Board after each mayoral election. A president may be replaced by the members of the Board. (f) The duties of the Boards shall be as prescribed by state law or ordinance; except that the admin- istrative functions and powers of each Board may be delegated by such Board to the Directors of the Departments of Public Safety and of Public Works, respectively. 2 -51. Area Planning. (a) The provision of IC 1971, 8 18 -7 -4 -1 et seq. (Burns' Stat. 8 53 -1001 et seq.) pertaining to area planning are adopted. (b) The Area Planning Dena,rtment as esta.hlished effect- ive January 1, 1965, is hereby continued. The re- presentatives of the City to the Area Plan Commis- sion shall be seven (7) in number as provided by law, as follows: