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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Creating a Community Commission for Public Safety ORDINANCE NO. o AN ORDINANCE CREATING A COMMUNITY COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC SAFETY AND PRESCRIBING THE DUTIES AND POWERS THEREOF. Be it Ord 'ned by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa: Section 1. Commission Created. An Ames Community Commission for Public Sa ty is hereby created and established. Section 2. Membership. Said Community Commission for Public Safety shaill consist of nine (9) members . The commission may nominate etc-officio members who shall be representative of interestedlgroups in Ames, who shall act as advisers to the committee. All members shall be citizens of the city of Ames, Iowa, and qualified by interest or experience to act in matters pertaining to public safety and traffic control and who shall not hold any elective office in the municipal government. Section 3. Appointment and Term. Members of the Commission shall be appointed by the mayor, subject to the approval of the City Council, as follows: Three (3) members for one-year terms; three (3) members for 2-year terms; three (3) members for 3-year terms . Thereafter each new appointment shall be for a 3-year term. No member may be appointed for more than two successive terms . Section 4. Vacancies. If any vacancy shall exist on said com- mission for any reason the mayor shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the term, subject to the approval of the city council . Section 5. Knowledge of Traffic Laws. Each member of this commission shall familiarize himself with Chapter 25 of the Ames Municipal Code and other ordinances and material involved in public ,safety. Section 6. Compensation. All members of the commission shall serve without compensation. Section 7. Organization.. The Community Commission for Public Safety shall choose annually at its first regular meeting from its members a chairman of this commission, and a secretary. The commission shall adopt such rules and regulations governing its organization and a procedure as it may deem necessary to accomplish the aims of the committee. Section 8. Annual Report. The commission shall each year make a report to the mayor and city council of its proceedings and progress during the preceding fiscal year, including recommend- ations for the next succeeding year. Section 9. Powers and Duties . The commission shall have the authority land duty to: a) Build and maintain in the minds of the people of the city of Ames an understanding of accident and assoc- iated problems and an awareness of personal respon- sibilities for the safety and convenience of others to reduce untimely deaths, crippling injuries and economic losses caused by accidents . b) Work to facilitate, as well as safeguard, the free flow of traffic on streets, avenues and alleys . t h -2- c) Work closely and cooperatively with the city council and the city police department and other responsible groups to stimulate and assist in building sound programs for accident prevention and traffic control, all of which shall be duly considered by the city council. d) Provide the means for voluntary coordination, planning, and execution for the many groups which share responsibility for specific phases of the community programs of public safety, e) Seek with others the adoption of uniform definition, reporting and recording of accidents, uniform laws, engineering standards and enforcement procedures relating to traffic, occupational, home, and school safety. Section 10 Program of Service. The commission shall from time to time make recommendations for the improvement of public safety to the city council . The council shall consider such recommendation and adopt those that contribute to the safety program, and for which funds are, or can be, made available. At all reasonable times the commission shall be entitled to the advice and assist- ance of the Public Safety Committee of the City Council. Section 11. All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 12. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage and publication as provided by law. PASSED this 17thday of December , 1957. Mayor ATTEST: City Clerk Moved by Smith and seconded by Armstrong that Ordinance No. 879 be passed on its first reading. Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Smith, De Hart, King and Schilletter Voting Nay: None Absent: None Mayor Lawlor declared Ordinance No. 879 passed on its first reading. Moved by Schilletter and seconded by King that Ordinance No. 879 be passed on its second reading. Voting Aye: Armstrong, Judge, De Hart, King and Scl-dletter Voting Nay: None Absent: Smith Mayor Pro Tern De Hart declared Ordinance No. 879 duly passed on its second read ing Moved by Judge and seconded by Smith that Ordinance No. 879 do now pass ! n Voti g Aye: Armstrong, Judge, Smith, De Hart, King and Sclilletter f w Voting Nay: None Absent: None Mayor Pro Tern De Hart declared Ordinance No. 0379 duly adopted. I, J. W. Prather, City Clerk of the City of Ames, Iowa, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing Ordinance No. 879 was duly and properly passed at a meeting of the City Council on the 17th day of December, 1957 and published in the Ames Daily Tribune on the 19'th day of December, 1957. Prather, City Clerk i