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DATE FILE NUMBER SUBJECT Establishment of the Fort Worth PAGE 1 OF?
8/31/83 CP-105 Commission on the Status of Women
PROPOSAL PROPOSED BY: Mayor Bolen CITY MANAGER'S REVIEW C
Councilwoman Wetherby
Background
The City Council Rules of Procedure, Section 7, on creation of committees, Boards
and Commissions states:
The Council may, as the need arises, authorize the appointment of "ad hoc"
Council committees. Except where otherwise specifically provided by the Charter,
the Mayor shall appoint the members of the Council committees, subject to the
approval of the Council. Any committee so created shall cease to exist upon the
accomplishment of the special purpose for which it was created or when abolished
by a majority vote of the Council.
Therefore, the City Attorney's office has ruled that no specific authority exists
for the creation and operation of standing committees, which are established by
the Mayor, with members appointed by the Mayor.
In response to this situation, the Mayor's Committee on Aging voted to disband
on 8/15/83. The City and the Area Agency on Aging are working out a non-finan-
cial agreement on how the City is to receive input from the Area Agency on Aging
on issues affecting the elderly.
The Mayor's Committee on the Status of Women, however, voted that their prefer-
ence was for a regular nine member commission to be established in the place of
the present committee.
We concur and propose that this new commission should act in an advisory capacity
to the City Council on matters of concern which the City Council specifically re-
fers to the commission for study and comment.
Proposal
It is proposed that the attached ordinance establishing Fort Worth Commission
on the Status of Women be adopted.
Legality
This action is within the purview of the City Council and there are no known
legal impediments.
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FISCAL NOTE
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Fiscal Action
This action would require the expenditure of existing staff's time.
City Manager's Comments
The City Manager concurs with this proposal.
CITY OF FORT WORTH