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AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ALBEMARLE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE CHARLOTTESVILLE CITY COUNCIL • ON THE COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND FAMILIES The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors and the Charlottesville City Council agree to join together to form the Commission on Children and Families (the "Commission") whose sole responsibility shall be to plan, coordinate, monitor and evaluate a community wide system of children and family agencies. The intended goal of the Commission is to improve services to children, youth and families, to be accountable for the efficient use of public/private resources and to be responsive to the changing needs of the community. In doing so, we agree to the following: 1) With respect to the STRUCTURE OF THE COMMISSION, the City and the County agree that: a) The Commission shall consist of seventeen voting members: Nine of the members shall be citizen representatives, four appointed by the County, four appointed by the City and one jointly appointed private service provider. Of the nine citizen members, at least one appointee from each jurisdiction must be a parent and one must be a youth. Seven members will be public agency administrators or their designees: two School Superintendents, two Department of Social Service Directors, one Juvenile Court Services Director, one Health Department Director, and one Community Service Board Director. One member will represent the University of Virginia. In addition to the seventeen members, three ex -Officio members will represent the County Executive's Office, the City Manager's Office and the United Way on the Commission. • b) Citizen members of the Commission shall be appointed for a three-year term and may be subject to reappointment; the private service provider shall be appointed to a two -year term and will not be subject to reappointment; initial appointments may be staggered for continuity; c) The Commission shall elect its own officers apd establish its own by-laws. 2) With respect to the RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE COMMISSION, the City and the County agree that the Commission shall: a) Adhere to the responsibilities of the Community Policy and Management Team set forth in the Virginia Code Chapter 880, Section 2.1-745 et seq.; b) Provide comprehensive short and long range planning for children and family services within the Charlottesville/Albemarle community; c) Make program and funding recommendations to the City and County governing bodies within the budgetary procedures and guidelines set by each jurisdiction; d) Review and evaluate current service delivery systems to ensure that the needs of children and families are being met effectively and efficiently; 11