HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 599-89 08-14-1989 • ORDINANCE NO. 599
AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT
OF A CLEAN CITY COMMISSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ASSISTING THE CITY COUNCIL IN ESTABLISHING A
CITY-WIDE POLICY FOR REFUSE MANAGEMENT:
PROVIDING SPECIFIC CONSTITUENCIES OF THE CITY;
DESCRIBING THE DUTIES OF SUCH COMMISSION;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND NAMING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the City Council of the City
of Richland Hills, Texas:
SECTION I.
That a Clean City Commission is hereby created. for the purpose
of assisting the City Council in establishing a city-wide
policy for decreasing the amount of loose refuse in the City.
• SECTION II.
That the Clean City Commission provided for herein shall be
comprised of fifteen (15 ) members to be nominated by the Mayor
and approved by the City Council and shall be residents of the
City. The board shall consist of representatives from:
Number of Members Place Number
Business & Industry 5 1-5
Labor Representatives 1 6
Community Organizations 4 7-10
Education 3 11-13
Members at Large 1 14
Director of Public Works 1 15
Members of the Commission originally appointed to fill odd-
numbered places 1 through 15 shall be appointed for a term of
one (1) year. Members of the Commission originally appointed
• to fill even-numbered places 2 through 14 shall be appointed
for a term of two ( 2 ) years . No Commission member shall serve
two ( 2 ) consecutive terms provided, however, that a Commission
member appointed to complete the term or another Commission
• member shall, at the completion of such term, be eligible for
appointment for another full-term; and provided further, that
place 15 shall always be filled by tYie Director of Public
Works who shall serve as a non-voting ex-officio member of the
Commission .
SECTION III.
That the Executive Director of the Clean City Commission shall
be the non-voting secretary of the Clean City Commission.
He/She shall be custodian of all minutes and records of the
board and perform such other duties as the Commission may deem
necessary and consistent with both the responsibilities of the
Commission and his/her responsibilities to the City of
Richland Hills through the City Manager and the Director of
Public Works. He/She shall be hired by the City Manager and
shall be given office space at or near the Department of
Public Works. The Executive Director shall work under the
supervision and control of the City Manager and/or the
Director of Public Works for the purpose of implementing the
provisions of this ordinance.
SECTION IV.
That seven (7) members of the Commission shall constitute a
• quorum for the conduct of business. The members of the
Commission shall regularly attend meetings and public hearings
of the Commission and shall serve without compensation except
for reimbursement for authorized expenses attendant to the
performance of their duties.
The Commission shall hold an organization meeting in May of
each even number year and shall elect a Chairman and Vice-
Chairman from among its members before proceeding to any other
matters of business. The Commission shall meet regularly and
shall designate the time and place of its meetings.
The Commission shall adopt its own rules of procedures and
keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with the
provisions of the ordinance and the Charter of the City of
Richland Hills. Newly appointed members shall be installed
at the first regular meeting after their appointment.
Each month a report shall be submitted to the City Council
showing the cumulative attendance of each member with notation
of members who have been absent from three (3) consecutive
meetings.
SECTION V.
• That the Clean City Commission shall recommend refuse and
environmental management policies to the City Council so all
City refuse and clean city activities may follow a common
purpose. The Commission shall have the following
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• responsibilities.
1. Develop City-wide refuse and environmental policy
plan(s);
2. Evaluate City actions in light of that policy;
3. Determine and recommend to the City Council
management and program priorities on a City-wide
basis;
4. Recommend enforcement and additional program
alternatives;
5. Monitor City performance from data collected and
examined under the Keep America Beautiful, Inc. Keep
America Beautiful System guidelines and make an
annual report to the City Council; and
6. Carry out such other tasks as the City Council may
designate.
To accomplish these responsibilities the Commission shall
establish sub-committee including, but not limited to, areas
• of Business and Industry, Communications, Community
Organizations, Municipal Operations and Schools.
Each sub-committee will be chaired by a Clean City Commission
member with an unspecified number of community volunteers
chosen by the Commission as working sub-committee staff.
SECTION VI.
That office space, supplies, telephone, postage and
secretarial support for the Executive Director shall be
furnished by the City within the budgetary appropriation
process. Additional funds for Commission activities involving
travel or training for the Executive Director shall also be
supplied by the city within Council imposed budgetary
restraints.
The Executive Director will serve in a Volunteer capacity.
Any expenses, whether specifically enumerated in the preceding
paragraph or not, may be paid from donations when, as and if
same are received by the City from the general public,
business, industry, foundations and other sources for the
purposes embraced by the scope of the Commission's purpose
and responsibilities administered in accordance with standard
City policy and practice as governed by statute, charter and
ordinance.
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• SECTION VII.
Severability Clause: That it is hereby declared to be the
intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs,
sentences, clauses and phrases of this Ordinance are
severable, and if any phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or
section of this Ordinance shall be declared unconstitutional
or illegal by the valid judgement or decree of any court of
competent jurisdiction, such unconstitutionality or illegality
shall not affect any of the remaining phrases, clauses,
sentences, paragraphs and sections of this Ordinance, since
the same would have been enacted by the City Council without
incorporation in this Ordinance of any such unconstitutional
or illegal phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION VIII.
Effective Date: That this ordinance shall be in full force
and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is
so ordained.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular
• meeting of the Richland Hills City Council on the 14th day
of Auaust 1989; by a vote of _~ayes, ~_nays and p
abstentions.
APPROVED:
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W. H. Vincent, Jr. Mayor
ATTEST:
Pauline Kempe, Ci y Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney
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