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ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE DULUTH CITY CODE BY ADDING ARTICLE XXXVII ESTABLISHING THE DULUTH NONBINARY, QUEER, TRANS, TWO SPIRIT, LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, INTERSEX, AND ASEXUAL COMMISSION.
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BY PRESIDENT ANDERSON, COUNCILOR FORSMAN, AND COUNCILOR VAN NETT:
The city of Duluth does ordain:
Section 1. That Chapter 2, Article XXXVII of the Duluth City Code is hereby created as following:
Article XXXVII. Duluth Nonbinary, Queer, Trans, Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersex, and Asexual Commission.
Sec. 2-192 Creation of commission. Purpose.
There is hereby established a Nonbinary, Queer, Trans, Two Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Intersex, and Asexual Commission ("commission"). The purpose of this commission is to advise the mayor, city council, city departments, and community at large about issues of concern affecting nonbinary and binary queer, trans, two spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, intersex, and asexual ("NQT2SLGBIA") communities. There shall be seven members on the commission. The members shall be residents of the city of Duluth or be employed in the city of Duluth. Members shall be appointed by the mayor with approval of the city council. Of the first seven appointments, three shall be for three years, two shall be for two years and two shall be for one year. Thereafter, all appointments shall be for a term of three years. In addition to being diverse in gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation, members of the commission shall be broadly representative of the various social, racial, religious, cultural, economic, national origin, generational, and geographic groups comprising the population of the city of Duluth and shall have a documented commitment to the NQT2SLGBIA communities.
Sec. 2-193. Officers; meetings; conduct of business.
The commission shall meet within sixty days after all of its members are appointed to elect its officers, which shall consist of a chair, a vice-chair, and a sec...
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