HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 790-96 02-13-1996
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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:
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That Section 11 "SPECIAL EVENTS COMMITTEE" of Chapter 13 "ADVISORY
BOARDS" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as
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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
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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
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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.
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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 13th day of F'ebruarY , 1996, by a vote
of 5 ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
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C. F. Kelley, Mayor
ATTEST:
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i Willis, City Secretary
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
Paul F. Wieneskie, City Attorney
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