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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 726-94 06-28-1994 • ORDINANCE NO. 7 2 h- 9 4 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 6 "CLEAN CITY COMMISSION' OF CHAPTER 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, TO REVISE THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON SAID CLEAN CITY COMMISSION AND TO REVISE THE PROCEDURE FOR SELECTING THE SECRETARY OF SAID COMMISSION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILTTY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE TT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: I. That Subsection B "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS" of Section 6 "CLEAN CITY COMMISSION" 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: B. COMPOSITION APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS • (1) The Clean City Commission shall be composed of ten (10) members who shall hold designated places 1a, lb, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, Sa, Sb. Each councilmember shall be entitled to nominate persons to serve on said commission in the numbered place corresponding to the numbered place on the City Council held by said councilmember. All nominations shall be approved unless rejected by the affirmative vote of four (4) councilmembers. Members of the commission shall serve terms of two (2) years, corresponding to the term of the councilmember whose place corresponds to the term of the councilmember whose place corresponds to the numbered place held by the individual members. (2) Members of the Commission at the time this section is adopted shall be assigned their designated places within their categories 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 commission 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 commission shall be the Director of Public Works or a designated representative approved by the City Manager. ORDINANCE NO. 726-94 PAGE 1 • II. That Subsection D "OFFICERS" of Section 6 "CLEAN CITY COMMISSION" 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: D. OFFICERS The officers of the commission shall be a chairman and a vice chairman, who shall be elected by a majority vote of the members at their first organizational meeting, and thereafter when the incumbent chairman or vice chairman shall leave office for any reason. III. 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. • IV. 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. V. 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 2 th day of June 1994, by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: C~_~ C. F. Kelley, Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 726-94 PAGE 2 • ATTEST: . ; i Willi ,City Secretary VED AS TO FORM: / C 1 Paul F. ieneskie, City Attorney m1ib565/bh/063094 • ORDINANCE NO. 77h-94 PAGE 3