weho: Human Services Commission
Human Services Commission
The Human Services Commission was created on December 5, 1985 and consists of five (5) members, appointed by individual Councilmembers, and two (2) members appointed by the Council as a whole (at-large). Each member of the Commission shall serve a two-year term commencing June 1st following a general municipal election. Members shall have a significant interest in the City such as residency, business or residential ownership, economic involvement or some other valid link to be determined by the City Council. Members shall not be officers or employees of the City.
The Commission shall have the power and be required to: (1) Make recommendations on priorities for development of the City's efforts in Human Service. The program area of Human Services includes Leisure programs, Social programs, Human Rights, and Senior Citizen Affairs. (2) Assist the City Council and Department of Human Services in identifying and determining the Human Service needs of the City. The Commission will cooperate with other agencies in assessing these needs and identifying service gaps. (3) Promote citizen participation in the decision-making process and bring the government process closer to the residents of the City as regards human services programming.
Meetings of the Human Services Commission are held on the second Tuesday of every month at 6:00 p.m. in the Community Conference Room at City Hall.