HomeMy Public PortalAboutCharter Review Committee Minutes 10-21-1985 Page 1 October 21 , 19b5
Meeting was held Oct . 21st . at the City Hall. It was called to order
at 7 :00 p.m. by Paul Daniels .
This meeting is being held in compliance with the Texas Open Meeting
/Law. Proper notice was posted by the City Secretary.
Paul Daniels read a letter from Elizabeth Sheppard. It was turned
over to the Secretary for filing.
The Chairman distributed two documents : Cne , a letter from T.M.L. ,
the other, a copy of the estimate Mr. Woodard had made of the cost of
building a charter.
Each member had been given a copy of the minutes prior to the meeting.
Olivia Ray asked a correction be made of the Sept. 16th. meeting.
She requested that page 2 , paragraph 3 be corrected to include Olivia
Ray read the Preamble of the North Richland Hills Charter aloud and
stated that since we have 15 members with varying opinions , she hoped
that our meetings could begin with prayer. Paul Daniels said that
he attended a Baptist Church and is not opposed to prayer. He felt
that religion was up to the individual and no one should be put into
the position of having to state whether he wants prayer or not . T. S.
Bridges said, "If you want to go to church, it is right across the
street . We are here to write a charter. "Nirs . Ray moved the correction
be made . Agan seconded. The vote was 10 for, 4 against .
Mr. Agan wanted to strike from the minutes "Personnel Files of Rich-
land Hills" . This was put in the minutes in error. It was agreed to
strike it out .
Mr. Agan referred to the minutes of Aug. 20th. page 1 , paragraph 12.
"The law states we do not have audience input at all" . This has been
corrected and was inadvertently omitted when the minutes were recopied.
The correction will be distributed at the next meeting.
The Chairman discussed the letter from T.M.L. He asked that the group
refrain from making contacts of this nature . Better results can be
obtained by only the Chairman making such contacts .
Our Chairman feels the Commission should have a specific budget . This
is the way it is generally done .
The Chairman was questioned about a statement he had made for the media
about our hope to complete the Charter by February. He stated that we
had been commissioned to draw up a Charter. We owe it to the electorate
to bring them a good charter 45 days before the election in April. That
way it can be voted on at that time and prevent the expense of a called
election. Mr. Bridges urged us to get busy and quit dragging our feet.
After much discussion, Mr. Bridges moved we get on with the business .
Leach seconded. The vote was unanimous .
A quoram was argued about . The Sept 16th. ::I ' tes state "A quoram will
be a simple majority" . With 15 members , a quoram for our group wiil be
8. If the number of our group changes , the quoram will change .
The Rules of Procedure were examined and corrected to read:
1 .A add : as prescribed by the laws of Texas .
2.B change to read: shall consist of a simple majority of the
active members of the Commission.
2.1 change to : by 2/3 majority.
2.K change to : by 2/3 majority.
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Bridges moved we adopt the rules as corrected. Logan seconded. The
vote was unanimous .
The followiing are tentative only; to be considered in greater detail later.
Article I Corporate Name
--Bridges moved it be accepted as corrected, Adams seconded. Votes
were 14 for, Agan against . (See attached copy)
Article II Boundaries
Smith moved to accept as corrected, Harvey seconded. Votes were
11 for, 2 against (Agan and Black) . (See attached copy)
Article III Form of Government
Chairman explained the various forms of government in use today.
Logan moved to adopt , Smith seconded. Votes were 12 for, 3 in
opposition. (See attached copy )
Article IV General Powers (See attached copy)
Harvey moved we accept , Leach seconded. Votes 13 for, Agan against .
Article V, Sect . 1 City Officials (See attached copy)
Changed to councilmember, and the number changed to 5. Bridges
moved to accept , Smith seconded. Votes were 13 for, 2 against .
Article V. Sect . 2 Qualifications
Bridges moved to approve as amended, Leach seconded. Votes were
14 , Agan against . (See attached copy)
Bridges wanted to insert a limitation of length of terms for any
elected official . .no more than 2 consecutive terms .
Article V, Sect 3 _ Date of election:Candidates to Run for Places ;
Places Designated
Bridges moved to accept as corrected, Smith seconded. Votes for,
10, 2 against , 1 abstained. Elliott moved we dispense with places
Smith seconded. Votes were 9 for, 5 against.
ArticleV Sect . 4 Hours of Election (See attached copy)
Bridges moved to accept , Adams seconded. Votes for 14, Agan against .
Article V Sect. 5 Official Ballot
Bridges moved to accept , Adams seconded. Votes for 13, 2 against ,
1 abstained.
Article V, Sect . 6 Judges of Election
Bridges moved to accept as corrected, Harvey seconded. Votes
for 13, 2 against . (See attached copy)
Article V, Sect . 7 Vacancies
Bridges moved to accept , Harvey seconded. Votes for i3, 2 against .
(See attached copy)
Mr. Logan moved we stop and discuss Articles VI , VII, VIII , IX, and
possibly X, at the next meeting on Nov. 4th. Donohoo seconded.
Votes for 11 , 4 against . Bridges amended the date for Oct . 31st .
Votes for 8, 4 against .
The meeting will start at 7 :00 p.m. , October 31st.
Elliott moved we adjourn, Leach seconded. We were adjourned at 9:43p.m.
Respectively submitted
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Correction for August 20, 1985
Paragraph 12 page 1
"'Die law states we do not have audience input at all . "
Since we do not know that the law states this , we will
delay a decision on this until a later date.
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