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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 781-96 01-09-1996 • 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: • (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 ORDINANCE NO. 7 81- 9 6 PAGE 2 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. 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 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 rhlib46/bh/011796 • ORDINANCE NO. 781-96 PAGE 3