HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 18157-07-2008ORDINANCE NO.18157-07-2008
AN ORDINANCE REVISING .AND AMENDING CHAPTER 2,
"ADMINISTRATION," ARTICLE VIII "RECORDS
MANAGEMENT" OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF FORT
WORTH, TEXAS (1986), AS AMENDED, TO UPDATE
ORGANIZATIONAL PLACEMENT OF THE CITY'S RECORDS
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AND REPORTING CHAIN;
PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE SHALL BE
CUMULATIVE; PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
Be it ordained by the City Council of the City of Fort Worth, Texas that:
SECTION 1.
Chapter 2 "Administration," Article VIII "Records Management," of the Code of the
City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), as amended, is hereby further revised and amended, and
after said revision and amendment to the sections specified herein shall read as follows:
ARTICLE VIII. RECORDS MANAGEMENT
Sec. 2-279. Records management program.
(a) There is hereby created a records management program in the City
Secretary's Office for the purpose of administering an active and
continuing city-wide records management program.
(b) The records management program will be headed by the records manager,
who shall be appointed by and work under the direction of the city
secretary.
Sec. 2-285 Records management officer.
(c)(1) Administer the city's record management program under the direction of
the city secretary and provide advice and assistance to department
directors in its implementation;
Sec. 2-286. Records management policy committee.
(a) The committee shall consist of the city attorney, city auditor, city
secretary, director of information technology solutions, and risk manager,
or their designees.
SECTION 2.
This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of the Code
of the City of Fort Worth, Texas (1986), 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which event conflicting provisions of such ordinances and such Code are hereby repealed.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 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 void, ineffective or
unconstitutional by the valid judgment or decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such
voidness, ineffectiveness or unconstitutionality shall not effect 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
void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
SECTION 4.
This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and adoption, and it is so ordained.
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Assistant City Attorney
Date: N~
ADOPTED: July 8, 2008
EFFECTIVE: Juiy 8, 2008