§ 22-28. Administration.

(a)

The authority and responsibility for administering this article are with the mayor.

(b)

The mayor may delegate the functions, duties, and powers with respect to mediating, investigating, conciliating, hearing, determining, ordering, certifying, reporting, or otherwise acting as to any work, business, or matter under this article. In developing mediation procedures to resolve complaints filed pursuant to this article, the mayor may request the assistance of members of the real estate and housing industry and other interested persons.

(c)

For purposes of mediation under this article, the mayor shall appoint a panel, consisting of three members who are municipal employees, who shall serve at his pleasure.

(d)

All municipal departments, officers, and employees shall administer their programs and activities relating to housing and urban development in a manner to further the purposes of this article and shall cooperate with the mayor to further these purposes.

(e)

The mayor may:

(1)

Make studies with respect to the nature and extent of discriminatory housing practices throughout the village.

(2)

Publish and disseminate reports, recommendations, and information derived from such studies.

(3)

Cooperate with and render technical assistance to federal, state, local, and other public or private agencies, organizations, and institutions which are formulating or carrying on programs to prevent or eliminate discriminatory housing practices.

(4)

Cooperate with and enter into agreements with the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and other United States agencies and enter into intergovernmental agreements with state and local agencies interested in practices governed by this article, accept monies from these agencies and carry out and perform the covenants and conditions of any written agreement with such agencies not inconsistent with or beyond the provisions of this article.

(5)

Administer the programs and activities relating to housing in a manner affirmatively to further the policies of this article.

(Code 2004, § 28.10; Mo. of 4-17-1993)