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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 657-92 01-28-1992 ORDINANCE NO. 6 5 7 • AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1: "ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD" OF CHAPTER 13, "ADVISORY BOARDS", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED: PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF ONLY FIVE MEMBERS TO SAID 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 Subsections A and B of SECTION 1: "Animal Shelter Advisory Board" of CHAPTER 13: "Advisory Boards" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: SECTION 1: ANIlViAL SHELTER ADVLSORY BOARD A. CREATION: QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS There is hereby created the Richland Hills Animal Shelter Advisory Board. Members of the Board shall be registered voters within the City on the date of their appointment, excepting as follows: ~ The licensed veterinarian and representative of an animal welfare organization need not be registered voters residing within the City. Qualified registered voters residing within the City shall be given preference for appointment, however. • The municipal official and person whose duties include daily operation of an animal shelter need not be registered voters residing within the City. 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 Animal Shelter Advisory Board shall be composed of 5 members who shall hold designated places 1 through 5. 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 • ORDINANCE NO. 6 5 7 PAGE 1 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. Place 1 shall be held by a licensed veterinarian, Place 2 shall be held by a municipal official, Place 3 shall be held by a person whose duties include daily operation of an animal shelter, and Place 4 shall be held by a representative of an animal welfare organization. The City Manager shall recommend persons for appointment to Places 2 and 3, with the advice of the Chief of Police. 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. 3. The city staff representative to the Board shall be the Chief of Police or a designated representative as approved by the City Manager. 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 28 day of JANUARY, 1992, by a vote of 5 ayes, ~ nays, and ~ abstentions. APPR D: James R. Truitt, Mayor • ORDINANCE NO. h 5 7 PAGE 2