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2 <br />3 <br />City of Roseville <br />ORDINANCE NO. <br />4 AN ORDINANCE <br />5 AMENDING TITLE 2, SECTION 204 <br />6 HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION <br />EXPANDING FOCUS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION <br />: <br />9 THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE ORDAINS: <br />10 SECTION 1: Title 2, Section 204 of the Roseville City Code is amended to read as <br />11 follows: <br />12 204.01: POLICY: <br />13 It is hereby declared that it is the public policy of the city to fulfill its responsibility as a partner <br />14 of the state department of human rights in securing for all citizens equal opportunity in housing, <br />15 employment, public accommodations, public services and education, and to work consistently to <br />16 improve the human relations climate of the city. (Ord. 566, 2-19-1968) <br />17 <br />�E:� <br />�� <br />204.02: ESTASLISHMENT OF COMMISSION: <br />There is hereby established within the city a human rights commission. (Ord. 566, 2-19-1968) <br />204.03: PURPOSE: <br />20 The purpose of the commission is to secure for all citizens equal opportunity in employment, <br />21 housing, public accommodations, public services and education and full participation in the <br />22 affairs of this community by assisting the state department of human rights in implementing the <br />23 Minnesota Human Rights Act and by advising the City Council on long range programs to <br />24 improve community relations in the city. Additionally the commission will work to increase the <br />25 sense of communitv bv reaching out to all members of the communitv and ensuring that our citX <br />26 government and its activities, �rograms and services are accessible understandable and <br />27 responsive bv all. (Ord. 566, 2-19-1968; amd. 1995 Code, Ord. 1324, 08-08-2005) <br />: <br />29 <br />30 <br />31 <br />32 <br />33 <br />34 <br />35 <br />36 <br />37 <br />38 <br />39 <br />204.04: MEMSERSHIP; TERMS AND REMOVAL: <br />A. Membership: The commission shall consist of seven members, to be appointed by the City <br />Council. Members of the commission shall be appointed with due regard to their fitness for <br />the efficient dispatch of the functions, powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the <br />commission. In addition to the members appointed above, the City Council may for one year <br />terms appoint additional residents of the city under 21 years of age to serve as (ex officio) <br />members of the human rights commission. (Ord. 1253, 6-26-2001) (Ord. 1313, 12-6-2004) <br />S. Terms: The first commission shall consist of four members appointed for a term of three <br />years, three members for a term of two years, and three members for a term of one year. <br />Members of the commission shall be appointed for terms of three years, except that any <br />person appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which <br />such member's predecessor was appointed, shall be appointed only for the remainder of such <br />