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A Motion to amend bylaws was
approved September 28, 2006 as submitted in Notice of August 24, 2006.
The following notice was
distributed to all Council members at the August 24, 2006 meeting of the
Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council:
August 24, 2006 PCJJC proposed Council Bylaws amendments
submitted by Cathy Corry
NOTICE: At the next
Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council meeting, the following proposed
amendment to the Council Bylaws will be brought forth to the Council for
consideration.
This notice provides the required written twenty-one (21) calendar day notice to
members.
Summary of proposed amendments –
Statute #; Quorum; Executive Committee meetings; Definitions; Renumbering
NOTE: Strikethroughs
are deletions; Underlines are insertions
ARTICLE I – NAME,
AUTHORITY, PURPOSE, POWERS AND DUTIES
1.1 Name and Authority
The name of the body is the
Pinellas County Juvenile Justice Council. Authority for the Pinellas County
Juvenile Justice Council comes from Section 985.4135 985.664,
Florida Statutes (20056)
1.3.6
Provision of advice and assistance to the Department in the evaluation and award
of prevention and early intervention grant programs, including the Community
Juvenile Justice Partnership Grant Program authorized in Section 985.415
985.676 Florida Statutes (20006) and “Invest in Children”
license plate proceeds;
1.3.7 Designation of
county representatives to the Circuit Juvenile Justice Board pursuant to Section
985.4135 (7) 985.664 (7), Florida Statutes (20056);
ARTICLE II – MEMBERSHIP
2.1 Council Membership
Council membership may
include, but is not limited to the following entities as established in Section
985.4135 (10) 985.664(10), Florida Statutes (20056):
ARTICLE IV – VOTING AND QUORUM
4.2.2 Regular and Special
Meetings: A quorum shall consist of one Council Officer and no less than ten
(10) four (4) active Council members in attendance.
4.2.3 Executive Committee
Meetings: A quorum shall consist of a majority of Executive Committee members in attendance at
least two (2) members of the Executive Committee.
ARTICLE VI—COMMITTEES
6.4.1 The Executive
Committee shall:
6.4.1.2 Meet prior to monthly Council meetings and at other times
as deemed appropriate by the Council Chair.
ARTICLE XI – DEFINITIONS
11.4
Representative: A person with no voting privileges acting as a substitute in
the absence of a regular Council member.
11.5 Designated
Representative: A person designated in writing to the Chair of the Council,
acting as a substitute in the absence of an active, voting Council member. This
person has voting privileges and is subject to the rules for retaining those
privileges.
11.6
11.4 Majority Vote: Fifty-one percent (51%) or more of the
votes at any regular or special meeting of the Council.
11.7
11.5 Provider Agency: A provider is defined as any of the
following:
11.7.1 11.5.1 Current recipient of a Department of Juvenile
Justice grant;
11.7.2 11.5.2 An agency under contract to provide services to
the Department of Juvenile Justice;
11.7.3 11.5.3 A private agency whose sole responsibility is
providing paid services to the juvenile justice system.
11.8
11.6 Provider agencies cannot comprise more than one-third of
the voting membership. The above criteria does not apply to government entities
that, by virtue of grant requirements, must be recipients of funds for
community-based providers.
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