HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 781-96 01-09-1996
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ORDINANCE NO. 7 81- 9 6
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 755-95, AS
AMENDED BY ORDINANCE NO. 757-95, WHICH AMENDED
CHAPTER 13 OF THE RICHLAND HILLS CODE OF
ORDINANCES TO ESTABLISH A WASTEWATER SYSTEM
ADVISORY BOARD; ADDING ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
FOR MEMBERSHIP ON SAID BOARD; PROVIDING FOR
STAFF SUPPORT; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN RECORD
KEEPING BY THE CITY SECRETARY; REDEFINING
QUORUM REQUIREMENTS; 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 Section 13 "WASTEWATER SYSTEM ADVISORY BOARD", as added to
Chapter 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" by Ordinance No. 755-95 and as amended by
Ordinance No. 757-95, be hereby amended in the following specified particulars:
• A. Subsection A "CREATION; QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS" of said
Section 13 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
A. CREATION• OUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
There is hereby created the Richland Hills Wastewater System
Advisory Board. Members of the board shall be registered
voters within the city on the date of their appointment,
excepting three (3) members who may be persons not registered
to vote within the city, but having business interest within the
city. Any of said members having business interests in the city
may, by written designation filed with the City Manager,
appoint a substitute of similar background and experience to
attend one (1) or more meetings of the board and, if so
designated in writing, to vote by proxy in the member's place
and stead. No member may serve in any capacity on more than
one other Richland Hills standing board, commission and
committee, or any special committee exceeding six months'
duration; or serve as city representative to a local, state or
national organization. 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. Paragraph (1) of Subsection B "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND
TERMS OF MEMBERS" of said Section 13 shall be hereby amended by the
• deletion of the last sentence of said paragraph and by replacement of said
deleted sentence with the following language:
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(1) The Wastewater System Advisory Board shall be composed of
ten (10) members who shall hold designated places la through
Sa and lb through Sb. Each Councilmember 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 Councilmember. All nominations shall be approved
unless rejected by the affirmative vote of four
Councilmembers. Members shall be appointed according to
council places 1 through 5. Their term coinciding to the
respective Councilmember term. All appointments to boards,
commissions and committees shall be made by the City
Council. Notwithstanding the foregoing, said board may be
abolished by the City Council, in its discretion, at any time
after it has completed the tasks and functions for which it was
created.
C. Subsection D "OFFICERS" of said Section 13 shall be hereby amended by
the addition of the following language at the end of said Subsection D as it
currently exists:
"Each board shall be responsible for setting up their own needs. In
the event staff support is needed, it should be coordinated through
the City Manager's office. A chairman, vice chairman and secretary
shall meet the minimum office requirements for each board,
• commission, and committee."
D. Subsection I "APPLICATIONS" of said Section 13 shall be hereby amended
by the addition of the following language to the end of said Subsection as
it currently exists.
"The City Secretary shall maintain previously filed applications
indefinitely of an appointed board, commission or committee
member if said member is to be considered for reappointment by the
City Council and said member has expressed a desire to continue
serving on said board, commission or committee."
E. Subsection E "MEETINGS, RULES OF PROCEDURE AND QUORUM" of
said Section 13 shall be hereby amended by the deletion of the last
sentence of said Subsection E and by the addition of the following language
in place of said deleted last sentence:
A majority of the currently appointed members shall constitute a
quorum for the transaction of business. (A quorum is one more than
half the currently appointed members).
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
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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 and for Ordinances
No. 755-95 and 757-95, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, shall remain in
full force and effect, save and except as amended by this ordinance.
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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 9th day of January 1996, by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
'I'erri.Willis, City Secretary
R PTO FO AND LEGALITY:
J es A. ribbs, City Attorney
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