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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3 "LIBRARY
ADVISORY 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 FOR
STAFF SUPPORT; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN RECORD
KEEPING BY THE CITY SECRETARY; REDEFINING
QUORUM REQUIRMENTS; 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 Section 3 "LIBRARY ADVISORY BOARD" of Chapter 13 "ADVISORY
BOARDS" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as
amended, be hereby amended in the following specified particulars:
A. Subsection A "CREATION; QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS" of said
• Section 3 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
A. CREATION; OUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
There is hereby created the Richland Hills Library Advisory Board.
Members of the board shall be registered voters within the city on
the date of their appointment. 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
month's 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 3 shall be hereby amended to
hereafter be and read as follows:
(1) The Library Advisory Board shall be composed of five (5) members
who shall hold designated places numbered 1 through 5. 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.
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C. Subsection D "OFFICERS" of said Section 3 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 3 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 3 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.
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.
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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 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
.Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Terri W' is, City Sec etary
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
James A. Cribbs, City Attorney
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