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<baltimore-city-law heading="§ 9-5 Board of directors.">
  <section prefix="§" num="9-5" heading="Board of directors.">
    <para num="(a)" heading="In general.">The fiscal agent shall be governed by and administered by a Board of Directors.</para>
    <para num="(b)" heading="Number and appointment.">
      <para num="(1)">The number of voting members of the full Board may not be less than 13, excluding vacancies, and no more than 21.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The Board may increase or decrease its membership, within the limits specified in this subsection, in its bylaws.</para>
      <para num="(3)">The Board members shall be appointed and serve the terms prescribed by the Board’s bylaws.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(c)" heading="Composition.">
      <para num="(1)" heading="Ex-officio members.">
        <para num="(i)">Of the voting members of the Board:<para num="(A)">1 shall be the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee;</para>
          <para num="(B)">1 shall be the City Council President or a member of the City Council designated by the City Council President; and</para>
          <para num="(C)">1 shall be a member of the Baltimore City Youth Commission, as determined by an affirmative vote of at least a majority of a quorum of the Baltimore City Youth Commission.</para>
        </para>
        <para num="(ii)">Of the non-voting members of the Board:<para num="(A)">1 shall be the City Solicitor or the City Solicitor’s designee; and</para>
          <para num="(B)">1 shall be the Director of Finance or the Director’s designee.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
      <para num="(2)" heading="Diversity.">
        <para num="(i)" heading="In general.">The Board shall reflect the economic, social, cultural, and geographic diversity of the City and shall reflect the racial demographics of the City, as reflected in the most recent, publicly-available United States Census data on Baltimore City youth ages 0-24 years old.</para>
        <para num="(ii)" heading="Youth participation.">
          <para num="(A)">In this subparagraph, “youth” means an individual between the ages of 14 and 25, inclusive.</para>
          <para num="(B)">Except as provided in sub-subparagraphs (C) and (D), at least 1/3 of the Board shall consist of youth members.</para>
          <para num="(C)">No more than 1 time in a fiscal year, the Board of Estimates may waive the requirement in sub-subparagraph (B) if the Board of Estimates finds that:<para num="1.">the Fund’s Board has taken reasonable and diligent efforts to comply with that requirement;</para>
            <para num="2.">those efforts have failed; and</para>
            <para num="3.">the Board creates and submits to the Board of Estimates a plan to restore the youth membership to at least one-third of the total Board.</para>
          </para>
          <para num="(D)">If the Board’s youth membership is less than 2 youth members, the Board shall immediately notify the Board of Estimates and shall present the Board of Estimates with a plan for restoring youth Board membership to a minimum of 2 youth Board members and shall carry out that plan within 90 days of presenting the plan.</para>
        </para>
      </para>
    </para>
    <para num="(d)" heading="Bylaws.">
      <para num="(1)">The Board must adopt bylaws for the administration of the fiscal agent. However, those bylaws may not be inconsistent with the terms of this subtitle or of &lt;cite data-doc="City of Baltimore, Md., Charter" data-path="I|§13"&gt;City Charter Article I, § 13&lt;/cite&gt; {“Children and Youth Fund”}.</para>
      <para num="(2)">The initial bylaws required by this subsection must be approved by the Board of Estimates before taking effect.</para>
      <para num="(3)">Subsequent amendments to the initial bylaws must be filed with the Board of Estimates before taking effect.</para>
    </para>
    <para num="(e)" heading="Board of Directors approval required.">No funds may be disbursed from the Fund without the prior approval of the Board of Directors.</para>
    <para num="(f)" heading="Staff.">The Board may employ staff to carry out the fiscal agent’s day-to-day operations.</para>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 20-363</annotation>
    <annotation type="History">Ord. 22-124</annotation>
    <annotation type="History" />
  </section>
</baltimore-city-law>
