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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 790-96 02-13-1996 • ORDINANCE NO. 790-96 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 11 "SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE" OF CHAPTER 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS; ADDING ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERSHIP ON SAID COMMITTEE; PROVIDING FOR STAFF SUPPORT; PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN RECORD KEEPING BY THE CITY SECRETARY; REDEFINING QUORUM REQUIREMENTS; INCREASING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF SAID COMMITTEE; PROVIDING FOR MONTHLY MEETINGS; PROVIDING FOR LIlVIITED DURATION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVING CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: I. That Section 11 "SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE" 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 11 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: A. CREATION; OUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS There is hereby created the Special Events Committee. Members of the committee 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 committee or by anyone acting in its behalf. B. Subsection B "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS" of said Section 11 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: B. COMPOSITION. APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS (1) The Special Events Committee 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 committee 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 (4) Councilmembers. Members shall be appointed according to council places 1 through 5. Their term coinciding to the respective Councilmember term subject, however, to the limited duration of said Special Events Committee as a whole. All appointments to boards, commissions and committees shall be made by the City Council. The Special Events Committee shall be considered as a special committee, and its existence shall cease no later than six (6) months from the 27th day of February 1996. The Special Events Committee is hereby charged, in addition to its powers and duties listed herein below, with a specific goal to generate and submit to the City Council ideas for special events within the limited life of said committee. (2) The staff representative shall be the city's special events coordinator or another employee designated by the City Manager. C. Subsection D "OFFICERS" of said Section 11 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 11 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 11 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: E. MEETINGS. RULES OF PROCEDURE AND QUORUM The committee shall hold meetings regularly at least once each month at a time and place designated by a majority vote of the members. The committee shall, in matters of procedure, be governed by Roberts Rules of Order, and may adopt such • additional rules of procedure as it may deem necessary. A ORDINANCE NO. 790-96 PAGE 2 • 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). Meetings may also be held at the call of the chairman or upon request of three (3) members of the 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 13th day of F'ebruarY , 1996, by a vote of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions. APPROVED: ~~~r4~ C. F. Kelley, Mayor ATTEST: ~ , i Willis, City Secretary • ORDINANCE NO. 790-96 PAGE 3 • APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney rhlib43/bh/010496 ORDINANCE NO. 790-96 PAGE 4