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HomeMy Public PortalAboutOrdinance No. 841-98 07-28-1998 ORDINANCE NO. 841-98 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 1 "ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD", SECTION 2 "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD", SECTION 4 "CRIl1~iE PREVENTION ADVISORY BOARD", AND SECTION 6 "KEEP RICHLAND HILLS BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION", ALL OF CHAPTER 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS, AS AMENDED; RELAXING MEETING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD; PROVIDING FOR AT LARGE MEMBERS ON THE CRIlVIE PREVENTION ADVISORY BOARD; AND PROVIDING FOR ALTERNATE MEMBERS ON THE KEEP RICHLAND HILLS BEAUTIFUL COMMISSION; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING SAVING CLAUSE AND AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, has reviewed the City's ordinances concerning advisory boards, commissions and committees; and WHEREAS, after such study, the City Council has found and determined that the following revisions to certain ordinances concerning City boards, commissions and committees will best serve the health, safety and welfare of the citizens of the City • of Richland Hills, Texas. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: I. That Subsection E "MEETINGS, RULES OF PROCEDURE AND QUORUM" of Section 1 "ANIMAL SHELTER ADVISORY BOARD" of Chapter 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: E. MEETINGS. RULES OF PROCEDURE AND QUORUM The Board shall hold meetings every quarter at a time and place designated by a majority vote of the members. The Board shall, in all matters of procedure, be governed by Robert's Rules of Order, and may adopt such additional rules of procedure as it may deem necessary. 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. That Subsection B "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF • MEMBERS" of Section 2 "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY BOARD" of Chapter 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows. ORDINANCE NO. PAGE 1 • B. COMPOSITION. APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS (1) The Economic Development Advisory Board shall be composed of ten (10) regular members who shall hold designated places la, lb, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, Sa and Sb, along with two (2) alternate members who shall be appointed "at large" and not by Council place. 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. Any councilmember may appoint an at-large alternate member. Both alternate members shall be registered voters within the City on the date of appointment. Alternate members shall serve two-year terms. All nominations shall be approved unless rejected by the affirmative vote of four (4) councilmembers. Regular 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) Any three (3) regular places may be held by persons not registered to vote within the City but having business interests within the City. (3) The city staff representative to the board shall be the City Manager or his designated representative. III. • That paragraph (1) of Subsection B "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS" of Section 4 "CRIME PREVENTION ADVISORY BOARD" of Chapter 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: B. COMPOSITION. APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS (1) The Crime Prevention Advisory Board shall be composed of eight (8) members, five (5) of whom shall hold designated places numbered la through Sa, and shall serve terms corresponding to the term of office of the councilmember making the appointment. 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. The other three (3) members shall be appointed at-large by any councilmember for two-year terms. All nominations shall be approved unless rejected by the affirmative vote of four councilmembers. All appointments to boards, commissions and committees shall be made by the City Council. IV. That paragraph (1) of Subsection B "COMPOSITION, APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS", together with Subsection E "MEETINGS, RULES OF PROCEDURE AND QUORUM" of Section 6 "KEEP RICHLAND HILLS BEAUTIFUL • COMMISSION" (formerly Clean City Commission) of Chapter 13 "ADVISORY BOARDS" of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to hereafter be and read as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 841-98 PAGE 2 B. COMPOSITION. APPOINTMENTS AND TERMS OF MEMBERS (1) The Keep Richland Hills Beautiful Commission shall be composed of ten (10) regular members who shall hold designated places la, lb, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 4a, 4b, Sa, Sb, and who shall serve terms corresponding to the term of the appointing councilmember. Each councilmember shall be entitled to nominate persons to serve on said commission in the numbered place corresponding to the numbered place on the City Council held by said councilmember. In addition, there shall be three alternate members appointed at large for two-year terms, who need not be registered voters within the City. One of these alternate members shall be a representative of the Birdville Independent School District, one shall be a representative of the City's waste disposal franchisee, and the third shall be a member of another City board, commission or committee. Any councilmember may appoint alternate, at-large members. All nominations shall be approved unless rejected by the affirmative vote of four (4) councilmembers. All appointments to boards, commissions and committees shall be made by the City Council. E. MEETINGS. RULES OF PROCEDURE AND OUORUM The commission shall hold meetings regularly at least one each month at a time and place designated by the majority vote of the members. The commission shall, in matters of procedure, be governed by Robert's Rules of Order, and may adopt such additional rules of procedure as it may deem • necessary. A majority of the currently appointed regular members shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. (A quorum is one more than half the currently appointed regular members). V. 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. VI. 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. VII. 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. ORDINANCE NO. 841-98 PAGE 3 PRESENTED, GIVEN FIRST READING AND APPROVED at a regular meeting of the Richland Hills City Council on the 28th day of Jules, 1998, by a vote of ~ ayes, 0 nays, ^and _ 0 _ abstentions. ti~~'~~~'~~"M ' + APPROVED: v ~:E . - : C. F. Kelley, Mayor , ATTEST: ~ . • • - Terri, i is, ity Secretary APP D AS TO F M AND LEGALITY: James A Cribbs, City Attorney • rhlib439/071798 ORDINANCE NO. 841_9£i PAGE 4