Sec.17-470-2. Community action boards

(a) Each Community Action Agency shall administer its program through a community action board which shall consist of not more than fifty-one and not less than fifteen members and shall be so constituted that:

(1) One-third of the members of the board are elected public officials currently holding office, or their designees, except that if the number of elected officials reasonably available and willing to serve is less than one-third of the membership of the board, membership on the board of appointive public officials may be counted in meeting such one-third requirement.

(2) At least one-third of the members of the board are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of the poor in the area served; and

(3) The remainder of the members of the board are officials or members of business, industry, labor, religious, welfare, education or other major groups and interests in the community.

(b) Each member of the board selected to represent a specific geographical area within a community shall reside in the area he represents. No person selected under subdivision (2) or (3) of subsection (a) as a member of the board shall serve on such board for more than five consecutive years, or more than a total of ten years.

(c) The responsibilities of the board shall include but not be limited to the following:

(1) Appointment of the Executive Director of the agency;

(2) Determination of major personnel, fiscal, and program policies;

(3) Determination of overall program plans and priorities, including the provisions for evaluating progress against performance;

(4) Final approval of all program proposals and budgets;

(5) Enforcement of compliance with all conditions of all grants;

(6) Determination of rules of procedure for the Board;

(7) Selection of officers and the Executive Committee of the Board.

(Effective March 5, 1986)