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An Ordinance amending Section 2-496 of the Code of Ordinances to reduce the membership of the Mayor’s International Affairs Advisory Commission to twenty-three (23) members by decreasing the number of members from Africa; Asia; Europe; the Americas; and the Middle East, from three (3) to two (2) each. [Mayor's Office, Scott]
Summary
Authorization to amend Section 2-496 of the Code of Ordinances to decrease the membership of the Mayor’s International Affairs Advisory Commission; specifically decreasing the number of foreign-born members from three (3) to two (2) from each of the following areas: two (2) representatives from Africa; two (2) representatives from Asia; two (2) representatives from Europe; two (2) representatives from the Americas; two (2) representatives from the Middle East. No Budgetary impact. (L0225-26)(Scott)
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 2-496 of the Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-496. - Membership.
(a) The commission shall consist of twenty-three (23) members, seventeen (17) of which shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to confirmation by a majority of the Council.
(b) The seventeen (17) appointed members shall consist of the following:
a. two (2) members from the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council;
b. fifteen (15) members shall be selected from Lexington-Fayette County foreign-born residents who shall be from and represent the following international geographic areas:
i. two (2) representatives from Africa;
ii. two (2) representatives from Asia;
iii. two (2) representatives from Europe;
iv. two (2) representatives from the Americas;
v. two (2) representatives from the Middle East; and
vi. five (5) members shall be from the community-at-large, from academia or other organizations which specialize in or have specific interests or competencies in global business, immigration, refugees, or international affairs.
(c) The six (6) remaining members shall be the following Urban County Government Officers:
i. the chief Administrative Officer or designee;
ii. the commissioner of social services or designee;
iii. the commissioner of general services or designee;
iv. the Commissioner of Public Safety or designee;
v. the chief development Officer or designee; and
vi. the multicultural affairs coordinator,
all who shall be non-voting ex-officio members.
Section 2 - That this Ordinance shall become effective on the date of its passage.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:
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MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF THE URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL
PUBLISHED:
0225-26:EPT_4930-9786-1787, v. 1