There is hereby established a Youth Commission for the Town of Brookfield,
which shall be known as the "Brookfield Youth Commission."
The five youth representatives on said Commission shall be residents
of the Town of Brookfield, and each of them shall be not less than 12 nor
more than 18 years of age. They shall advise the Commission of issues before
it and participate in all deliberations, but shall not be entitled to vote
on Commission matters. Initially, said youth representatives shall be appointed
by the Board of Selectmen for terms expiring on the first Monday of February
1985. Thereafter, appointments shall be made by the Board of Selectmen for
terms of two years, commencing on the first Monday of February in odd-numbered
years.
All vacancies occurring in the memberships of said Commission shall be filled by the Board of Selectmen pursuant to the provisions of §Â
C4-12 of the Town Charter.
The Youth Commission shall have the following powers and duties:
A. To study the needs of youthful persons within the Town,
including those needs relating to employment, mental and physical health,
youth activities and social issues and to develop a plan to meet the needs
of the youth of the Town of Brookfield.
B. To analyze services for the youth provided within the
Town by both public and private agencies and to make recommendations to those
agencies and to the Board of Selectmen regarding the development and implementation
of services related to the needs of the youth.
C. To provide coordination of community programs for the
youth.
D. To provide such services as are needed by the youth of
the Town of Brookfield, subject to the appropriations of funds therefor by
the Town.
The provisions of §§Â
C4-12,
C7-3,
C7-4 and
C7-5 of the Town Charter, as well as any other Charter provisions applicable hereto, shall govern the conditions of membership for the Youth Commission, except that the provisions of §§Â
C7-3 and
C7-5 of the Town Charter shall not be applicable to the youth representatives of said Commission.