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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 738-94 10-25-1994 ORDINANCE NO. 7 3 8- 9 4 • 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 11: 'TEEN COURT ADVLSORY BOARD"; CREATING SAID TEEN COURT ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS TO SAID BOARD; SETTING FORTH THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SAID BOARD; PROVIDING A SEVERABILTTY 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 anew Section 11: "Teen Court Advisory Board", which Section shall hereafter be and read as follows: SECTION 11: TEEN COURT ADVISORY BOARD A. CREATION; QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS There is hereby created the Richland Hills Teen Court Advisory Board. Members of the Board shall be citizens of Richland Hills and, except as provided below, members of the Board shall be registered voters 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 Teen Court Advisory Board shall be composed of 5 members who shall hold designated places numbered 1 - 5. One of the members shall be a student eligible for participation in the program, but need not be a registered voter. 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 Teen Court Advisory 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. The staff representative shall be the City's Municipal Court Clerk or another employee designated by the City Manager. • ORDINANCE NO. 7 3 8- 9 4 PAGE 1 3. Due to the sensitive nature of the information provided to the board • and of the matters considered by said board, applicants for membership shall be subject to background checks prior to their appointment. 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 Municipal Court Judge may submit to the City Council recommendations of persons qualified to fill such vacancies. 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 QUORUM The board shall hold meetings regularly at least once each calendar quarter 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. Meetings may also be held at the call of the Chairman or upon request of three members of the board. 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 to recommend to City • Council for approval the practices and procedures of the Teen Court which are initially drawn and promulgated by the Municipal Court Judge. After such practices and procedures have been approved by the Board and ORDINANCE NO. 7 3 8- 9 4 PAGE 2 City Council, the Municipal Judge shall enter its order officially adopting • same as the "Rules of the Teen Court of Richland Hills." The Board shall additionally review the activities of the Court on a periodic basis in order to report same to City Council. 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 25th day of October, 1994, by a vote of 5 ayes, ~ nays, and ~ abstentions. APPROVED: C. F. Kelley, Mayor ORDINANCE NO. 7 3 8- 9 4 PAGE 3 ATTEST: Terri Willis, ity Secretary APPROVED S TO FORM AND EGALITY: i Paul F. Wieneskie, Ci y Attorney 621 mlib/110194 • ORDINANCE NO. 7 3 8- 9 4 PAGE 4