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AN ORDINANCE AMENDING .SECTION 1 OF ORDINANCE N0. 7647, BY
CHANGING FROM 7:30 P.M. TO 7:00 P.M. THE STARTING TIME OF
THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO BE HELD ON THE FIRST TUESDAY
OF EACH MONTH, AND BY PROVIDING FOR THE TIME AND PLACE OF
THE PRE-COUNCIL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF
ALL ORDINANCES; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES AND PROVISIONS IN
CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
That Section 1 of City of Fort Worth Ordinance No. 7647 be, and
the same is hereby, amended and, after being so amended, shall here-
after read and be as follows:
"SECTION 1.
"That as authorized by Section 5 of Chapter III of the
Charter of the City of Fort Worth, the City Council will _
hereafter meet in regular session in the Council Chamber
in the Municipal Building, 1000 Throckmorton Street, in
the City of Fort Worth, each Tuesday at 10:00 A.M., except
that .the first Tuesday meeting of each month shall be
scheduled for 7:00 P.M. The City Council shall be autho-
rized to change meetings by resolution if necessary and
shall post notice of such changes as provided by law.
"When necessary, the City Council shall meet in the Pre-
Council Chambers at the City Hall between 8:30 A.M. and
9:25 A.M. o`clock before a daytime meeting and between
6:00 P.M. and 6:55 P.M. o'clock before a nighttime meet-
ing. If there is a consensus on the part of the City
Council to extend the daytime Pre-Council meeting beyond
the designated ending time of 9:25 A.M., the Council
Committee meetings will either be delayed, rescheduled or
postponed."
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be and is hereby declared to be cumulative
of ail other ordinances of the City of Fort Worth, and this
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ordinance shall not operate to repeal or affect any of such other
ordinances except insofar as the provisions thereof might be incon-
sistent or in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance, in
which event .such conflicting provisions, if any, in any such ordi-
nance or ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3.
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this -
ordinance is for any reason held to be unconstitutional, such hold-
ing shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this
ordinance, and all of the remainder of this ordinance not so held to
be unconstitutional shall continue to be in full force and effect.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and
effect from and after the date of its passage.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
City Attorney
Date:
ADOPTED:
EFFECTIVE;
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DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Amendment to City Ordinance PAGE
NUMBER
2-25-86 G-6576 (Revised No. 7647 and the City Council's lof 2
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Recommendation
t is recommended:
1) That the proposed amendments to Sections 3.1, 3.5 and 5.4.4 of the City
Council Rules of Procedure, be read into the record of the City Council
meeting o~Fe~ru`ary-I$; h3$b;
2) That an ordinance be adopted on February 25, 1986, amending Ordinance No.
7647 providing for the time and place of the meeting of the City Council of
the City of Fort Worth, as prescribed by Sections 3.1 and 3.5 of the City
Council's Rules of Procedure,
3) Consistent with the adoption of said ordinance, that Section 3.1 and Section
3.5 of the City Council's Rules of Procedure be amended to read as follows:
3.1 Regular Meetings: The Council shall meet in the Council Chamber at
the ity a on uesday of each week at 10:00 a.m. o'clock, with the
first Tuesday meeting of each month to be scheduled for 7.00 p.m.
o'clock unless otherwise officially changed by the City Council.
3.5 Pre-Council Meetings: When necessary, the Council shall meet in the
Pre- ounce am ers at the City Hall between 8.30 a. m. and 9 25 a.m.
o'clock before a daytime meeting and 6 00 p.m and 6 55 p.m, o'clock
before a nighttime meeting. If there is a consensus on the part of the
City Council to extend the daytime Pre-Council meeting beyond the
designated ending time of 9.25 a. m., the Council Committee meetings
will either be delayed, rescheduled, or postponed.
4) That the City Council's Rules of Procedure be amended further at Sec-
tion 5.4.4 thereof, to rea as o ows•
5.4 Presentations b_y Citizens:
5.4.4 If a daytime Council meeting is still in progress at 11 00 a.m.,
the City Council, following completion of action on the agenda item
Bien under consideration, but prior to considering the next regular
agenda item, will hear citizen presentations listed on the agenda. If
a nighttime Council meeting is still in progress at 8 00 p.m the City
Council, following completion of action on the agenda item then under
ra~i.izration, but prior to considering the next regular agenda item,
will heir citizen presentations listed on the agenda.
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DATE
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REFERENCE SUBJECT
NUMBER Amendment to C r4i~`s°dergan~;e
G-6576 (Revised No. 7.647 and t;~ ~ ,y Coun.c~ 1 ' S
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Background
A motion was adopted at the City Council meeting o• °,"~aesde~~~9 F'ybru~r;y 4, X9869 ~~o
consider changing the meeting time of the first Tu ~~;iay mc:stir~g of ti~€~ ~i~or~lth from
7.30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. The 7:30 p. m. time is pr.gd.,cr~beti in Section :l. ~, of the
City Council's Rules of Procedure. Section 2.14 c>~`' eh` ~;, r}~ ~o~.~~ic r 1' ~t,.~les of
Procedure, estab ashes the procedure for amendir,a ~-~~~ €~u't-e~ rf Pr>~,;~,'x~'~;re9 as
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2.14 Amendment to Rules: These rules may ~~~ ~:~~:~_;,ad; or neV~+ r~.les
adopte y a ma~or~ty vote of all members c~~ the Council., provided
that the proposed amendments or new rules s~t~;l ~~ haws been int~^od~~c;ed
into record at a prior Council meeting.
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A change in the time of the City Council meeting; ~~n the ~°~-i^st: T~~sd~y of each
month will necessitate changing the time citizen p °4r,~. ~?~~~~ ~.~° e,w':~ at night
meetings (Section 5.4.4) and time of Pre-Cour,r,~l~+m~et.irac~ precedine~ night
meetings (Section 3.5). In addition, Chapter III;, ec:tti~o~' S o~ the Charter of
the City of Fort Worth, Texas, states, in part, as ~ 'llo~c^~w
Section 5. Meetings of council and committeE,G ;;peas ~c~ p;~b~i~; q,uo6~l.~~;
regulations of proceedings; council to proved; °~Alc•s r~fi';p~°oc~dur~. _.
At ten o'clock a. m, on the first Tuesday aft~S ~rr_'~'a1~1 ,la,~,; a~~c3r i;~se
general or special election, the elected ma;.,~~.s,, o,~ ~;~;~: s~~a~ i~::,~_a~~~ i ;
shall meet at City Hall and take the oath of t.ei' :w~,, a~"r"~~fi~r~, -;~
Counci 1 shall meet at such time and place as r . r. ~ - - >~wt;, .,~ --~ , li
Hance or resolution,,..(emphasis supplied).
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APPROVED BY
CITY COUNCIL
F E B 25 1986
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City Secretory of the
City of Fort 3~J~~~~
SUBMITTED FOR THE
CITY MANAGER'S
OFFICE BY:
ORIGINATING
DEPARTMENT HEAD: RUth Howard
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONTACT Ruth Howard
DISPOSITIOI+ BY ~"OJIVCIL:
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°~~:EEiSED BY
(;?TY SC:CRETARY
DATE