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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 26-4 Composition.">
  <section prefix="§" num="26-4" heading="Composition.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The Task Force shall consist of 27 members.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Public members.">16 members shall be appointed by the Mayor pursuant to &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="IV|§6"&gt;Article IV, § 6 of the City Charter&lt;/cite&gt;:<para num="(1)">3 members shall be non-profit or public community social workers;</para>
      <para num="(2)">1 member shall be a representative of a community organization;</para>
      <para num="(3)">1 member shall be a representative of the business community;</para>
      <para num="(4)">1 member shall be a senior citizen;</para>
      <para num="(5)">1 member shall be a community psychiatric nurse, nurse practitioner, or a physician;</para>
      <para num="(6)">1 member shall be a public assistance client;</para>
      <para num="(7)">1 member shall be a victim of violence;</para>
      <para num="(8)">1 member shall be a family member of a victim of violent crime;</para>
      <para num="(9)">1 member shall be an ex-offender;</para>
      <para num="(10)">1 member shall be a community public school teacher;</para>
      <para num="(11)">1 representative from the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance; and</para>
      <para num="(12)">3 other representatives from the Baltimore City religious community.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Agency representatives.">Representatives from the following City agencies shall serve as members of the Task Force who shall serve ex officio:<para num="(1)">a Mayor’s representative;</para>
      <para num="(2)">a representative of the City Council;</para>
      <para num="(3)">Police Department –– a community relations officer;</para>
      <para num="(4)">Health Commissioner or representative designated by the Commissioner;</para>
      <para num="(5)">Commission on Aging and Retirement Education;</para>
      <para num="(6)">Baltimore Development Corporation;</para>
      <para num="(7)">Office of Employment Development;</para>
      <para num="(8)">Department of Planning;</para>
      <para num="(9)">Department of Housing and Community Development;</para>
      <para num="(10)">Department of Human Resources;</para>
      <para num="(11)">Law Department;</para>
      <para num="(12)">Community Relations Commission;</para>
      <para num="(13)">Department of Education;</para>
      <para num="(14)">a representative from the Mayor’s Interagency Task Force on Youth Violence Prevention; and</para>
      <para num="(15)">a representative from the Baltimore City Department of Social Services.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="City Council Districts.">Of the members appointed under subsection (b), 1 shall be appointed from each of the 6 Councilmanic districts.</para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Residency.">Members appointed by the Mayor shall be residents of Baltimore City.</para>
    <annotation type="Prior Codifications">City Code, 1976/83, art. 1, §282(a) - (c)</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 95-615</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 04-822</annotation>
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
