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ORDINANCE NO. ~ /~
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND HUMAN
SERVICES, CREATING THE OFFICE OF DIRECTOR OF HOUSING AND
HUMAN SERVICES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING
THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES
AND CODE PROVISIONS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THIS ORDINANCE;
AND NAMING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1.
There is hereby created a Department of Housing and Human
Services, which Department, under the supervision of the Director of
Housing and Human Services, shall be responsible for executing pro-
grams of employment and training, consumer affairs, neighborhood
facilities, housing and economic development, and youth and elderly
services. Subject to approval of City Manager and City Council, the
Department of Housing and Human Services Department will provide
for the administration of programs and expenditures of funds for
housing and neighborhood revitalization, economic development, com-
mercial revitalization, employment and training, consumer affairs,
neighborhood facilities, youth and elderly services, with funds
received from donations, grants, or contracts, using both private
and public funds. The Director of Housing and Human Services shall
perform other tasks as may be assigned by the City Manager from time
to time for the purpose of promoting the well-being of the citizens
of the City of Fort Worth. The Director shall be subject to the
appointment and removal by the City Manager. The salary of the
Director shall be in accordance with the compensation plan of the
City.
SECTION 2.
The City Council shall appoint Advisory Boards to act in an ad-
visory capacity to the City Manager and City Council in conjunction
with the Housing and Human Services Department. The members of such
Advisory Boards shall each serve for designated terms, shall serve
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without compensation and may be removed at any time by the City
Council.
The Advisory Boards may recommend to the City Manager and City
Council plans for development of facilities and services to meet the
needs of the City. The Boards will review and comment upon the pro-
posed annual operating budget and capital improvement program re-
quests. Recommendations made by the Boards will be presented to the
City Manager and the City Council for consideration.
The Director of the Housing and Human Services or his autho-
rized representative shall serve as the non-voting Secretary of the
Advisory Boards to the Department. It shall be the duty of the
Secretary to prepare and be custodian of all necessary minutes and
records.
SECTION 3.
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.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordi-
nances and of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (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.
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SECTION 5.
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after the
date of its passage and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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The recent merger of the departments of Housing and Community Development and
Human Resources into the Department of Housing and Human Services necessitates
the adoption of an ordinance establishing and regulating the Department
of Housing and Human Services. The proposed ordinance establishes the powers,
duties, and responsibilities of the Department and Director of Housing and
Human Services.
The ordinance was drafted by the Department of Housing and Human Services.
After review and approval by the Office of Management Services, the draft
ordinance was submitted to the appropriate Assistant City Manager for further
review and approval. The Department of Law has reviewed the proposed ordi-
nance for legal compliance and proper form
Recommendation
It is recommended that the City Council adopt an ordinance establishing and
regulating the Department of Housing and Human Services.
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DEPARTMENT HEAD: Ramon Guajard0 CITY SECRETARY
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
CONTACT Ramon Gua'ardo Ext. 7537 DATE