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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 8924fix ~-;~ 'ti ORDINANCE NO. 9oZ AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 45, "CITIZENS' CABLE BOARD," TO PROVIDE FOR NINE (9) PLACES ON THE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR STAGGERED, TWO-YEAR TERMS FOR BOARD MEMBERS; PROVIDING A LIMIT FOR TERMS OF SERVICE ON THE BOARD; REPEALING ALL CODE SECTIONS AND ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF OTHER ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; ENGROS- SING AND ENROLLING THIS ORDINANCE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1. That Section 45-1 of Chapter 45 of the Code of the City of Fort Worth (1964), as amended, is hereby amended and that after such amendment, Section 45-1 shall read and be as follows: "Sec. 45-1. Creation and appointment of Citizens Cable Board; terms of office, etc. "The City Council shall appoint a Citizens' Cable Board comprised of citizens of the City of Fort Worth. The Board shall consist of nine (9) members, who shall serve in places numbered 1 through 9. Members appointed to odd- numbered places shall serve terms which expire October 1, 1983. Members appointed to even-numbered places shall serve terms which expire October 1, 1984. Thereafter, mem- bers shall serve two-year terms. No member shall serve more than three consecutive two-year terms, and the terms of current members of the Board shall be counted toward the limit of terms to be served. "The following shall be ex officio non-voting members of the Board: two (2) City staff members, the cable com- pany's Community Access Director and the cable company's General Manager. "The Board shall adopt bylaws governing its proced- ures and actions coming before it." SECTION 2. This ordinance shall repeal every prior ordinance and provi- sions of the Fort Worth City Code in conflict herewith but only insofar as any portion of such prior ordinance or provision shall be in conflict, and as to all other ordinances or provisions ~of the rt ,~ _ _ _ ~_r----___ __ _.. Fort Worth City Code not in direct conflict herewith, this ordinance shall be and is hereby made cumulative. 7s ,~ . 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 unconstitutional 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. That the City Secretary of the City of Fort Worth is hereby directed to engross and enroll this ordinance by copying the caption in the minutes of the City Council and by filing the ordinance in the ordinance records of the City. SECTION 5. That 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: City Attorney Date: ~ - ~,- 0 - F~3 Adopted: 9 ad ~0 3 Effective Date: ~: -2- R^~~-' ~~ C~~ ~~~,~ ~ ~ ~~~. ~ay~~° a~a,~l cC~~,a~~s.~a~ ~C~~~s,~a,~v~a.a~~~~~aa. ~i DATE REFERENCE SUBJECT Amendment t0 City Code, Chapter PAGE NUMBER 45, "Citizens' Cable Board" 1 9/20/83 **G-5759 tot-____ Background On March 15, 1983, the City Council approved Ordinance No. 8758, "Rules for Boards and Commissions." That ordinance establishes nine membership places for each Cit board, unless membership is governed by conflicting state law, City Charter provi sion or Council exception. It also provides for two-year, staggered terms for board members. The Citizens' Cable Board is currently composed of thirteen members and does not have specific membership places or staggered two-year terms. Th attached ordinance will incorporate the above provisions of Ordinance No. 8758 for the Citizens' Cable Board. The ordinance will also provide that no member shal serve more than three consecutive terms. Recommendation: It is recommended that the attached ordinance be adopted, amending City Cod Chapter 45, "Citizens' Cable Board," establishing nine membership places and two year, staggered terms for members and limiting members' service to three consecu tive terms. RAM:ib Attachment ' APPROVED ~Y CITY COUN.Cit. SEP ~4 193 City Seczetary of the City of ~oxt ~il~-r~r. SUBMITTED FOR THE ~ CITY MANAGER'S _ DISPOSITION BY COUNCIL. PROCESSED BV nFFICE BY ~ ~~ APPROVED ORIGINATING OTHER (DESCRIBE) DEPARTMENT HEAD• Wade AdklnS ~„ CITY SECRErARt FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION `` yyy~ ,~ ~ ` V~~ I HI VC VV coNrACT Wade Adkins Ext. 7623 ~qa DATE