§ 12-12-2. Composition; appointment; terms and compensation of members; filling vacancies.  


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  • The community and policy management team created by section 12-12-1 shall consist of eight members. Six of the eight members shall be the following public officials or the designees of such officials: the city manager, the executive director of the Alexandria community services board, the director of the Alexandria juvenile court services unit, the director of the city's department of health, the director of social services within the city's department of community and human services, and the superintendent of schools. The remaining two members of the team shall be a representative of a private organization or association of providers of children's or family services which provides such services within the city on a continuing and consistent basis, and one parent representative. A person who is employed by a public or private program which receives funds pursuant to the Children's Services Act, Virginia Code § 2.2-5200, et seq. or by an agency represented on the team may serve as a parent representative only if the person does not, as a part of such employment, interact directly on a regular and daily basis with children or supervise employees who interact directly on a daily basis with children; however, the foregoing restriction regarding a parent representative shall not apply to foster parents.

    All members of the team shall be appointed by city council and shall serve for a term of two years; provided, that the private provider representative and the parent representative member shall be appointed by council, upon the recommendation of the public official members of the team. All members of the team shall file the financial disclosure form required by section 2-5-11 of this code, and their filing shall be in accordance with the provisions of said section. Any vacancy occurring in the provider representative or parent representative positions on the team shall be filled for the balance of the unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments to such positions are to be made. Members of the team shall serve without compensation, but may receive such reimbursement for expenses as city council may allow. (Ord. No. 3601, 11/14/92, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 3997, 5/16/98, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 4060, 6/12/99, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 4219, 9/25/01, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 4219, 9/25/01, Sec. 1; Ord. No. 5211, 3/16/19, Sec. 1)