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Section 2-103 Boards and Commissions.

City Charter Section

[1942 recod., sec. 2-102; sec. 2-103; am. Nov. 6, 1962; amended November 8, 2022, effective January 1, 2025.]

  1. The Council may establish such boards and commissions as it may deem necessary in addition to boards and commissions established by this Charter, and the Council may abolish or alter from time to time any boards or commissions it has established or may establish. All powers and duties of abolished boards and commissions shall be exercised and performed by the Council. 
  2. The Mayor may establish such advisory boards and advisory commissions as the Mayor deems necessary, and the Mayor may abolish or alter from time to time any advisory boards or advisory commissions the Mayor has established or may establish.

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