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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 9272/, t ~~~ ._ .-• 'n << ~ ~w ORDINANCE No. ~~ ~~ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE V, "RULES FOR CERTAIN CITY BOARDS°', OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH TO AMEND SECTION 2-34.3 THEREOF TO CHANGE THE PROCEDURE FOR REMOVAL OF BOARD MEMBERS; TO CLARIFY CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF SECTION 2-35.2 THEREOF CONCERNING EXCEPTIONS TO THE GENERAL RULES ADOPTED IN ARTICLE V; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND. PROVIDING FOR ENGROSSMENT AND ENROLLMENT OF THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 2-34.3 of Article V of Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), as amended, be, and is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2-34.3. Report To City Council; Removal of Board Members. At the next City Council meeting after a report under Sec. 2-34.2 is received, the City Secretary shall report such information to the City Council, in writing. The City Secretary shall notify each affected board member in writing, that a report of absences has been made to the City Council. If the City Secretary receives another report as specified in Sec. 2-34.2, the City Secretery shall make another report to the City Council, and shall notify the affected board member, in writing, that he or she has been removed from the board. That member's place shall be declared vacant automatically° and shall be included in the next regular listing of board vacancies." SECTION 2. That Section 2-35.2 of Article V of Chapter 2 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), as amended, be, and is hereby amended to read as follows: "Sec. 2-35..2. Exceptions. "a) Those boards excepted from the provisions of this section regarding the number of members serving on the board because of conflicting state or federal law, city charter provision or City Council exception shall include currently, but shall not be limited to, the following: Board of Adjustment - State law exception Civil Service Commission - State law exception Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Joint Airport Zoning Board - State law exception Meacham Field Joint Airport Zoning Board - City Council exception (ordinance} Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Board - State law exception Board of Commissioners of the Fort Worth Housing Authority - State law exception i R L ~~ , J~ Y ~ 1 } ~ r Fort Worth Human Relations Commission - City Council exception (ordinance) Personnel Commission - City Council exception {ordinanance} Neighborhood Resources Development Council - Federal 1 aw "b) Those boards excepted from the provisions of this section regarding the length of terms of service, because of conflicting state or federal law, city charter provision or City Council exception shall include currently, but shall not be limited to, the following: Civil Service Commission - State law exception Dallas-Fort Worth Regional Airport Board - State law exception Personnel Commission - City Council exception (ordinance) Neighborhood Resources Development Council - Federal 1 aw "c) Those boards exempted from the provisions of this section regarding the limitation on the number of terms which may be served, because of conflicting state law, city charter provision or City Council exception shall include currently, but shall not be limited to, the following: Board of Trustees of the Employee Retirement Fund - City Council exception (ordinance)." SECTION 3. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi- nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1964), as amended, except where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with the provisions of such ordinances and such Code, in which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed. SECTION 4. 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 unconstitu- tional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such 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 unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section. -2- i.. ` r. a n SECTION 5. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth, Texas, is hereby authorized to publish this ordinance in pamphlet form for general distribution among the public, and the operative provisions of this ordinance as so published shall be admissible in evidence in all courts without further proof than the production thereof, as pro- vided in Chapter XXV, Section 3, of the Charter of the City of Fort Worth, Texas. SECTION 6. The City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption and effective date in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 7. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: .~J City Attorney Date: ~2 ` e 3 `~'`~' ADOPTED : I ~" ~ ~~{ EFFECTIVE : ~~~rL-~L~~-'~ ldd -3- // 1 ~ASTER~ILE•L ~zty of F'~rt worth, texas CITY. MANAGER.L ACCOUNTING-.2 ~ /" ~ ®~° ~~~ ~® IL1V U IV~ fL~ ~®~~ ILi1L~~~'VW ~~®U IL SRANSPORTA710N~PUBLIC WORKS-gi ~ 0 ~LWWV DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT""eri ent to City e, Chapter PAGE 12/18/84 NUMBER 2, Sec. 2-34.3 Regarding Attendanc 1 **,~~~~~IIED BY at Board and Commission Meetings, nd 1 °' -_ CITY COUNCIL mac' - Regar ing r o Members on Boards and Commissons and Length of DEC 1$ 1984 ~~ Background ~~~ 1~~~~-~-c./ - City Sac>:etary of the At the reque~f~.~ ' i -~~ Council Committee on Boards and Commissions, City staff has drafted an ordinance amending the present role (City Code, Chapter 2, Section 2-34.3) with regard to the absences of board/carrrnission members frcaYn meetings of the various City boards and commissions. Currently, this section stipulates the following: "At the next City Council meeting after a report under Section 2-34.2 is received, the City Secretary shall report such information to the City Council in writing. When the absences of any board member are reported to the City Council, the City Council shall, by the next regular City ~uncil meeting, take action to retain such board member. Should no such action be taken, the position filled by such board member shall be declared vacant. The .City Secretary shall notify such board member, in writing, of his or her removal. The City Secretary shall include the vacancy in the next regular listing of board vacancies." (Ord. No. 8758, 1, March 1.5, 1983) The proposed amendment stipulates the following: At the next City Council meeting after a report under Sec. 2-34.2 is received, the City Secretary shall report such information to the City Council, in writing. The. City Secretary shall notify each affected board member in writing, that a report of absence has been made to the City Council. If the City Secretary received another report as specified in Sec. 2-34.2, the City Secretary shall make another report to the City Council, and shall notify the affected board member, in iting, that he or she has been removed frown the board. That member's place shall be declared vacant automatically and shall be included in the next regular listing of board vacancies." In addition, an amendment to City Code, Sec. 2-35.2 has been drafted to clarify the exception to the general provision with regard to the number of members and. length of terms of service on boards and commissions. The amendment will specifically list those boards which are comprised of fewer or more than nine rs, and those with terms of service more or less than two years. tion is recaTmended that the City O~uncil adopt the attached ordinances amending ty Code, Chapter 2, Sec. 2-34.3 and Sec. 2-35.2, according to the terms tlined above. ~J~q :D FOR THE AGER'S ~ ORIGINATING ~ DEPARTMENT HEAD: Libby Larizara DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. ^ APPROVED ^ OTHER (DESCRIBE) PROCESSED BY CITY SECRETARY FOR AODI~IONAL INFORMATION CONTACT Lib~.y ~ LLanz.ara Ext 6130 Adopted Ordinance No, .,~ DATE