A.    There is created a human rights commission composed of not less than nine nor more than eleven members serving without compensation and broadly representative of the community's diversity.

    B.    Members must be a resident of Bartholomew County and shall be appointed by the common council.

    C.    Each appointment shall be for a term of three years. If a member dies or resigns before his term expires his successor shall be appointed to serve for the unexpired period of the term for which the member had been appointed.

    D.    The common council may remove commission members only for cause.

    E.    The commission shall elect from its membership at its first meeting and thereafter at its February meeting a chairperson, vice-chairperson, secretary and treasurer. These officers elected at the February meeting shall assume their offices on the following April first.

    F.    The commission shall meet once each month in City Hall at a published time and shall hold special meetings as the chairperson deems necessary or at the call of a majority of its members. Special meetings may be held in City Hall or in other locations within the city.

    G.    The expenses for carrying on the commission's activities, shall be budgeted for and paid out of the funds of the city treasury and appropriated by the common council for such purposes; however, the commission shall also have the authority to accept gifts or bequests, grants, or other payments, public or private, to help finance its activities. The commission may receive federal or state funds by worksharing or cooperative agreements or grants with such funds deposited in designated nonreverting funds. (Ord. 92-62, 1992; Ord. 92-45 (part), 1992: prior code § 12-11)