HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 738-94 10-25-1994 ORDINANCE NO. 7 3 8- 9 4
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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.
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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
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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
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ATTEST:
Terri Willis, ity Secretary
APPROVED S TO FORM AND EGALITY:
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Paul F. Wieneskie, Ci y Attorney
621 mlib/110194
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