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City Council Ordinance 218ORDINANCE AMENDMENT N0.218 THE CITY COUNCIL OF MONTICELLO, MINNESOTA, DOES HEREBY ORDAIN THAT TITLE 2 OF THE MONTICELLO CITY ORDINANCE BE AMENDED BY ADDING THE FOLLOWING CHAPTER CREATING A POLICE ADVISORY COMMISSION: CHAPTER 7 Police Advisory Commission SECTION: 2-7-1: Establishment of Advisory Commission 2-7-2: Membership 2-7-3: Term of Office 2-7-4: Vacancies 2-7-5: Legal Advisory 2-7-6: Rules 2-7-7: Officers 2-7-8: Duties and Functions 2-7-9: Meetings 2-7-10: Compensation 2-7-11: Amendments 2--7-1: ESTABLISHMENT OF ADVISORY COMMISSION: A Police Advisory Commission is hereby established to advise the City Council on police and public safety matters. 2-7-2: MEMBERSHIP: (A) Composition - The Commission shall consist of four general members and one member of the City Council. (B) General Members - All general members shall be appointed by the Council. Any vacancy in a general membership shall be filled for the unexpired term by the Council. A general member of the Police Commission shall be any adult resident of the city. (C) Council Representative - The Council representative shall be appointed by the Mayor with ratification by the City Council. (D) Ex -Officio Representatives - Staff members of the Police Advisory Commission may include the City Administrator, Assistant Administrator, Public Works Director, or other City personnel as requested by the commission. The Wright County Sheriff or department representative may also be requested to participate in commission meetings as necessary. Ex -officio representatives shall not be eligible to vote on commission activities. Ordinance Amendment No. 218 Page 2 2-7-3: TERMS: Appointment to the Commission shall be made at the first regular January meeting of the City Council or more often if required. General members shall be appointed for three-year terms beginning January 1 and ending December 31 of the third year following (and until a successor is appointed and qualified), except that of the general members initially appointed by the Council, one shall serve for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, and two for terms of three years. General members appointed after the initial Commission shall be appointed for a three-year term. 2-7-4: VACANCIES: In the case of a vacancy during the term of office of any general member of the Commission, the Council shall appoint a new member to serve the remainder of the term. A vacancy shall exist if any one of the following occur: death, disability, residence outside of the city, resignation, or removal by a majority vote of the Council. 2-7-5: LEGAL ADVISOR: The City Attorney shall serve as legal advisor to the Commission. 2-7-6: RULES: The Commission may adopt rules and regulations for its own proceedings and shall meet at regular intervals, the time and place to be established by rule adopted from time to time. All meetings of the Commission shall be open to the public except for those of disciplinary matters. 2-7-7: OFFICERS: The Commission shall elect from among its members a chairman, vice chairman, and a secretary. (A) Duties of Chair - The chair shall preside at all meetings of the Police Commission and shall have the duties normally conferred and parliamentary usage of such officers. (B) Duties of Vice Chair - The vice chair shall act for the chair in his absence. (C) Duties of Secretary - A secretary may be appointed who is not a member of the Police Commission but can be employed as a member of City staff. The secretary shall keep the minutes and records of the commission; and with the assistance of staff as is available shall prepare the agenda of the regular and special meetings for commission members, arrange proper and legal notice of hearings when necessary, attend to correspondence of the commission, and other duties as are normally carried out by a secretary. 2-7-8: DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS: The duties and functions of the Commission shall be as follows: (A) to assist the Council in planning and research in the area of police matters, including budget, hours of coverage, intergovernmental cooperation, and public information programs; Ordinance Amendment No. 218 Page 3 (B) to develop a citizen complaint procedure on matters of public safety and general police work; (C) promote public interest in and an understanding of the police department and police work; (D) to cooperate with all community groups and civic organizations within the city and furnish them such aid and advice in matters of public safety as deemed appropriate within the means provided by appropriations made by the Council; (E) to confer with and advise the Council on all matters concerning public safety within the city; (F) to take under advisement, study, hold hearings, and make their written recommendations to the Council on all matters of public safety referred to them or initiated by majority vote of the Commission; (G) to serve as a forum for the citizens of Monticello to voice their opinions regarding community safety activities and functions; (H) to encourage coordination with other communities and agencies to the extent appropriate in matters pertinent to the community safety function. 2-7-9: MEETINGS: The Police Advisory Commission shall hold quarterly meetings. Special meetings may be scheduled by the chairman as needed. All meetings shall be open to the general public. 2-7-10: COMPENSATION: Members of the Commission shall serve without compensation. 2-7-11: AMENDMENTS: This ordinance may be amended as recommended by the majority vote of the existing membership of the Police Commission and only after a majority vote of the City Council. Adopted this 13th day of January, 1992. i Mayor OF . /z City Admoiistrator Published in the Monticello Times on 1/23/32.