HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 650-91 11-26-1991 ORDINANCE NO. 6 5 0
• AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13, "ADVISORY
BOARDS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF
RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED, BY THE
ADDITION THERETO OF A NEW SECTION 4: "CRIlVIE
PREVENTION ADVISORY BOARD' ; CREATING SAID
BOARD; PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO
SAID BOARD; SETTING FORTH THE POWERS AND DUTIES
OF THE SAID CRIME PREVENTION ADVISORY BOARD;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A
SAVING CLAUSE: AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas:
I.
That CHAPTER 13: "Advisory Boards" of the Code of Ordinances, City of
Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended by the addition of a new
Section 4: "Crime Prevention Advisory Board", which Section shall hereafter be and
read as follows:
SECTION 4: CRIlME PREVENTION ADVISORY BOARD
A. CREATION; QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
There is hereby created the Richland Hills Crime Prevention Advisory
• Board. Members of the Board shall be registered voters within the City
on the date of their appointment. No member may serve on more than
one other Richland Hills board, commission or committee. All members
shall serve without compensation. No debts of any kind or character shall
be made or incurred by the Board or by anyone acting in its behalf.
B. COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS
1. The Crime Prevention Advisory Board shall be composed of 10
members who shall hold designated places la, lb, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b,
Sa and Sb. Each council member shall be entitled to nominate persons to
serve on said Board in the numbered place corresponding to the numbered
place on the City Council held by said council member. All nominations
shall be approved unless rejected by the affirmative vote of four
councilmembers. Members of the Board shall serve terms of two years,
corresponding to the term of the council member whose place
corresponds to the numbered place held by the individual member.
2. Members of the Board at the time this ordinance is adopted shall be
assigned their designated places by drawing numbers corresponding to the
places to be assigned.
Once assigned a numbered place as provided hereby, the term of each
member of the Board shall be automatically adjusted to correspond to the
term of the councilmember whose numbered place corresponds to the
place of the member.
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3. The city staff representative to the Board shall be the Chief of
Police or a designated representative approved the City Manager.
• C. VACANCIES: UNEXPIRED TERMS
Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board shall be filled by
appointment and approval of the City Council, in the same manner as
provided above for appointment of members for full terms, for the
remainder of the unexpired term of the member whose place becomes
vacant. The Board may submit to the City Council recommendations of
persons qualified to fill such vacancies. Alternate members of the Board
shall be given first preference by the council for appointment to fill such
vacancy.
D. OFFICERS
The officers of the Board shall be a chairman, who shall be elected by a
majority vote of the members at their first organizational meeting, and
thereafter when the incumbent chairman shall leave office for any reason
and avice-chairman and a secretary who shall be elected by a majority
vote of the members.
E. MEETINGS. RULES OF PROCEDURE AND OUORUM
The Board shall hold meetings regularly at least once each month at a
time and place designated by majority vote of the members. The Board
shall, in matters of procedure, be governed by Robert's Rules of Order,
and may adopt such additional rules of procedure as it may deem
• necessary. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum for the
transaction of business.
F. MINUTES AND ATTENDANCE REPORTS SUBMITTED TO THE COUNCIL
The secretary shall keep minutes of all proceedings of the Board and shall
submit said minutes, following each meeting, to the City Secretary. Said
minutes shall become a part of the City Council's informational reports.
The secretary shall also keep attendance records on each member for
submission to the City Council along with the Board's minutes and will
make specific notation if a member misses two consecutive meetings.
Members must attend at least 75% of all meetings of the Board, based on
a 12 month period beginning June 1 of each year.
G. REMOVAL OF MEMBERS
The City Council may remove for good cause any member or members of
the Board by the affirmative vote of four councilmembers, and shall
thereupon proceed to fill the vacancy thereby created in the manner
provided above.
H. POWERS AND DUTIES
The powers and duties of the Board shall be as follows:
1. To disseminate, on a weekly basis, information regarding criminal
• activities to the block captains in their assigned grid.
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2. To schedule and coordinate quarterly block captain meetings.
• 3. To assist the crime prevention officer by organizing and
participating in various crime prevention programs or events.
4. To recruit active citizen participation in the crime prevention
programs offered by the police department.
5. To recognize those citizens who have contributed to the success of
the crime prevention program.
6. To recommend to the City Council improvements in crime
prevention programs and services.
I. APPLICATIONS
Any person wishing to be considered for appointment to this or any other
board, commission or committee of the City shall complete and file an
application therefor with the City Secretary, on forms supplied by the
City. The City Secretary shall maintain all such applications for a period
of two (2) years after their filing, for consideration by any
councilmember considering an appointment to any city board, commission
or committee.
II.
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 invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity or unconstitutionality
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 the incorporation in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
III.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland
Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
IV.
Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Richland Hills City Charter and the
laws of the State of Texas.
PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting
of the Richland Hills City Council on the 26 day of NOV 1991, by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPRO ,
• James R. Truitt, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Pauline Kempe, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Paul F. Wienes e, ity Attorney
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