HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 792-96 02-13-1996
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ORDINANCE NO. 792-96
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 8 "GRIEVANCE
COMMITTEE" OF CHAPTER 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" OF
THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS,
TEXAS; CREATING A NEW RICHLAND HILLS GRIEVANCE
COMMITTEE; PROVIDING QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS
OF SAID COMMITTEE; PROVIDING FOR STAFF SUPPORT;
PROVIDING FOR CERTAIN RECORD KEEPING BY THE CITY
SECRETARY; DEFINING 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:
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That Section 8 "GRIEVANCE 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 8 shall be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
A. CREATION: OUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS
1. The Richland Hills Grievance Committee is hereby
established. It shall be composed of a standing board of five (5)
employee members and two (2) citizen members. Only regular,
full time employees may vote on the election of employee
members. For the purpose of determining employee
membership, and to achieve a fair and equitable apportionment
of employee representation, one person from each of the
following departments shall be elected by those respective
departmental members to serve on said board:
(a) Fire Department;
(b) Police Department;
(c) Public Services Department;
(d) Library; and
(e) City Hall/Administration.
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Only regular, full time employees shall be eligible for election
to a committee from these departments, and department heads
are ineligible to be elected. The City Council shall have the
authority to appoint the two citizen members of the Grievance
Committee by a majority vote on an at-large basis. Such
citizen members shall be registered voters on the date of their
appointment, and may not 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.
2. Members of the Grievance Committee shall serve terms of two
(2) years. Appointed members shall be seated in even
numbered years and elected members shall be seated in odd
numbered years; provided, however, that the initial Grievance
Committee members under this ordinance shall be appointed
and elected as soon as reasonably practicable after the final
passage of this ordinance. Members shall be appointed in
January, or as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter.
B. Subsection C "VACANCIES; UNEXPIRED TERMS" shall be hereby
amended to hereafter be and read as follows:
. C. VACANCIES; UNEXPIRED TERMS
Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the committee shall be
filled by appointment and approval of the City Council or by election
by fellow departmental employees in the same manner as provided
hereinabove for appointment of members for full terms, such
appointments to be for the remainder of the unexpired term of the
member whose place become vacant, subject, however, to eligibility
requirements stated in this section.
C. Subsection D "OFFICERS" of said Section 8 shall be hereby amended to
hereafter be and read as follows:
D. OFFICERS
The officers of the committee shall be a chairman, who shall be
elected by a majority vote of the members at their first
organizational meeting, and thereafter when the incumbent shall
leave office for any reason. The remaining officers shall be a vice
chairman and secretary, who shall be elected by a majority vote of
the members. 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.
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D. Subsection E "MEETINGS, HEARING, RULES OF PROCEDURE AND
QUORUM" of said Section 8 shall be hereby amended by the deletion of
the first sentence of said section and by the replacement of said first
sentence with the following language:
The Committee shall hold meetings as required by the personnel
policies of the City of Richland Hills, as same may from time to
time be amended by ordinance.
E. Subsection I "APPLICATIONS" of said Section 8 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."
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 Februa~ 1996, by a vote
of ayes, 0 nays, and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
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.Kelley, Mayor
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ATTEST:
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Terri- i ,City Secret` ry
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
James A. Cribbs, City Attorney
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