Historical document reproduced in February 1983. This is an archival transcription with source scans for comparison; proposed changes are not represented as adopted or current rules. Bracketed uncertainty notes identify damaged or unclear text.
RULE ONE: •Standing Committees and Their Function The following shall consist of standing committees and their function:
a) Executive Committee: Composed of the principal officers of the SDCC Board, the Executive CoMmittee shall exercise (except as provided in Section
9.1 of the Bylaws) all of the functions and responSibilities of the Board while not in session; evaluate programs for the Board’s consideration and set the agenda for all meetings; act as the principal advisory council for the staff; and have all the rights, privileges, and duties of the Board to the extent’ permitted by said Section
9.1 of the bylaws.
b) Development and Finance Committee: To regulate, control and budget (within the provisions of Section
9.1 of the Bylaws) the expenditures of the SDCC and to set goals, conduct and coordinate all activities of SDCC in regard to fundraising; and to-present a proposed budget for consideration •at the regular monthly meeting prior to the start of the fiscal year.
c) Rules and Membership ComMittee:.
To rule on all parliamentary questions; to review and make recommendations to the Board on all proposed amendments to the Articles of Incorporation, the Bylaws and these Rules of Operation; to prepare, print, and distribute the annual report of SDCC and such other publications as the Board from time to time directs; and to review and make recommendations to the Board on all applications for membership.
d) Housing Committee: To gather and quantify information on housing stock, land use, code enforcement, and units for sale and rent; to establish, maintain, and market a residential service to promote the SDCC Service Area; to seek out and publicize public and private sector programs to assist current homeowners; and to. initiate and review grant applications.
e) Social Welfare Committee.: To initiate, coordinate and assist various social welfare programs in the SDCC Service Area, with special emphasis on those in need due to age or handicap; to – initiate and coordinate various programs pertaining to policecommunity relations, education, health, the arts, and recreation.
f) Business committee: To research, recommend and assist. in improving the business climate of the SDCC Service -Area; to bring new businesses into the area; and to develop means to assist residents in finding employment in the Service Area.
RULE TWO: DUES„ ASSESSMENTS, FEE,-AND PLEDGES
a) SDCC can establish dues, assessments or fees for services rendered when these would help pay for the costs involved and make the services rendered more compatible with the purposes of the SDCC. Such “user fees” are subject to the review of the Board and shall come from recommendations of the staff of SDCC.
b) :Dues for the Residents Members and Neighborhood Organizations can be collected jointly in such a way as to give maximum tax advantage to the member and yet be divided according to an administratively operational payment arrangement appropriate to all using the mechanism. Example is attached.
RULE THREE: STAFF
a) In general, SDCC shall have two staff members and a bookkeeper.
The principal staff member shall be called the Executive Director; the second staff member may be called the Secretary or such other title as fits the position description.
b) The Board hires the Executive Director – who in turn directs the day to day operations of the SDCC office, including hiring and supervising all staff and any other operational elements of SDCC.
c) The Executive Director is selected using a search committee composed of the presidents of the Neighborhood Association Members and the Institutional Members.
The process in each case of selection is determined by the Board.
d) Complaints about the general management of the SDCC office shall go to the Executive Director.’ Complaints about the Executive Director shall go to the President of the Board in writing. S/he in turn shall bring it before the Executive Committee for their decision to put it on the agenda of the Board.
e) All staff of SDCC shall be reviewed annually by a committee of the Board or’the Executive Committee. Such periodic reviews shall supplement the council of the Executive Committee to the Executive Director and be more frequent during • the first year a staff member is working for SDCC.-
f) Reappointment of the Executive Director (to be written)
g) Vacation policy (use existing policy)
h) Sick Leave policy (use existing policy)
RULE FOUR: MISCELLANEOUS
a) Amendments: The Board shall have the power to amend and/or repeal the Rules of Operations of SDCC by a majority vote of the Board at a duly constituted meeting, provided that a motion to amend by Rules must be made either to the Secretary, in which case the written notice of the next subsequent meeting of the Board shall state the motion and vote on the agenda; or by voice at any meeting of the Board, in which.case the vote shall be taken at the next subsequent meeting of the Board, provided that the Rules and Membership Committee (if any)’! ‘has reviewed and made recommendation’s concerning the proposed amendment.
b) Unless otherwise noted, Robert’s Rules of Order is the official procedural manual of SDCC. APPENDICES TO THE SKINKER-DEBALIVIERE BYLAWS
Appendix I: Map of the SDCC area showing the Service Area and the Core Area.
Appendix II: List of the political geography.of the SDCC area, .including aidermanic, council, state and such other offices’which make up the SDCC area.
Appendix III: List of the Cultural AgencieS of the SDCC area.
Appendix IV: List of the educational agencies, from pre-school through university level which are part of the SDCC area.
Appendix V: List of the churches and religious bodies which are of the SDCC area.
Appendix VI: List of the business in the SDCC area.
Appendix VII: List of the major employers (5 or more employees) in the SDCC area.
Appendix VIII: List of annual objectives of the SDCC. Example I: MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FOR’SKINKER-DEBALIVIERE
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Rules of Operation and appendices as printed on page 8, February 1983. The unfinished draft provisions remain as printed.
Originally published in The Neighborhood Paper, February 1983.
Read this article in the original newspaper issue.
Archival transcription note: Draft provisions explicitly include “to be written” and “use existing policy.” These are preserved, not completed. The final Example I membership-application heading has no following form in this source.
Original source: SD_Times1983_02.pdf, printed page(s) 8; PDF page(s) 8.
