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• 1 ORDINANCE NO. / 5 5✓�f 2 3 AN ORDINANCE establishing a Human Needs Advisory Committee and repealing Ordinance No. 1469-88. 4 5 WHEREAS, the City Council allocates funding each year of Council 6 Contingency monies from the General Fund to be used for human services programs; and 7 WHEREAS, there exists in the community a need for monies to supplement 8 human services programs; 9 NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: Section 1 : PURPOSE. 10 A Human Needs Advisory Committee shall be formed to make 11 recommendations to the City Council for the allocation of these funds 12 annually. Section 2: HUMAN NEEDS ADVISORY COMMITTEE. 13 The Human Needs Advisory Committee shall consist of five (5) community 14 members at large appointed by the Mayor for two-, four- and six-year terms, 15 with all terms thereafter being six years. Section 3: COMMITTEE RESPONSIBILITIES. 16 The responsibilities of the Human Needs Advisory Committee shall be to: 17 A. Annually prioritize human needs within the community, i .e. , basic 18 needs, children, homeless, and developmentally disabled, to be reviewed with the Council . This prioritization will be completed 19 in the fourth quarter of each year and will guide allocation of 20 funds for the succeeding budget year and provide an opportunity 21 for greater impacts of priority needs. B. Meet annually for the purpose of considering applications for 22 human needs funds; and, meet as needed to consider possible 23 emergency allocations. 24 C. Consider all requests from qualified agencies, prioritizing requests in the order of emergency or immediate need. 25 D. Conduct interview sessions with qualified applicants when the 26 Committee deems it necessary which may include unannounced 27 on-site visits. E. Discuss and vote on recommendations for allocation of monies to 28 requesting agencies, and submit a resolution to Council with 29 recommendations for funding awards. 30 F. Notify qualified agencies of funding awards. 31 32