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ORDINANCE NO. 783-96
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2 "ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT ADVLSORY BOARD" OF CHAPTER 13
"ADVISORY BOARDS" OF THE. CODE OF ORDINANCES,
CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS; ADDING ADDITIONAL
QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON SAID BOARD;
PROVIDING STAFF SUPPORT; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN
RECORD KEEPING BY THE CITY SECRETARY; REDEFINING
QUORUM REQUIREMENTS; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND
HILLS, TEXAS:
I.
That Section 2 "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD" of Chapter 13
"ADVISORY BOARDS" of the Code of Ordinances, City of Richland Hills, Texas, as
amended, be hereby amended in the following particulars:
A. Subsection A "CREATION; QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS" of said
Section 2 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
A. CREATION: QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
There is hereby created the Richland Hills Economic Development
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. Subsection B "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF
MEMBERS" of Section 2, as amended, -shall be hereby amended in the
following particulars:
• (1) Paragraph (1) of Subsection B shall be amended by the deletion of the
last sentence of said paragraph and the replacement of said sentence
with the following language:
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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.
(2) Paragraph (2) of said Subsection. B shall be hereby amended to
hereafter be and read as follows:
(2) Any three (3) places may be held by persons not
registered to vote within the city but having business
interests within the city.
C. Subsection D "OFFICERS" of said Section 2 shall be hereby amended by
the addition thereto of the following language, to be inserted at the end of
the existing Subsection D:
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 2 shall be hereby amended
• the addition thereto of the following language, to be inserted at 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 2 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
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.
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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 13th day of February , 1996, by a vote
of ayes, nays, and abstentions.
APPROVED:
C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
i. ' lis, City Se etary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney
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