Sec. 2.8. Council Committees. All the functions of the government of the City shall, by ordinance, be divided or grouped into divisions equal to the number of the members of the Council and each member of the Council shall be chairperson of a committee consisting of three Council members for one of such divisions. It shall be the duty of each such committee to be fully informed of the business of the City included within the division to which it is assigned, and to report to the Council such information or recommendations concerning the business of such divisions as shall be necessary to enable the Council properly to legislate for such division. Each Council committee shall, as such committee, have no administrative control over the various functions of the City government embraced within the division to which it is assigned, but shall perform the duties of investigation for and recommendation to the Council in its work of legislation; and the administration of all the branches of the City government embraced within the said subdivisions shall continue to be vested in the officials duly elected or appointed in accordance with the provisions of the Charter. Said committees, and the chairpersons thereof, shall be appointed by the President of the Council. SECTION HISTORY Based on Charter, Sec. 34.