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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 14149ORDINANCE NO l AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING YOLANDA BERNAL, MICHAEL NEWMAN, SEYMOUR ROBERTS, JR., EDWARD VALVERDE, INGRID S STROMBERG, GERALD A. BATES, AND CHARLES F BERGER AS SUBSTITUTE MUNICIPAL JUDGES FOR A ONE YEAR TERM COMMENCING APRIL 1, 2000 AND ENDING MARCH 31, 2001 OR UNTIL A SUCCESSOR IS QUALIFIED AND APPOINTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW, PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS SECTION 1 That Yolanda Bernal, Michael Newman, Seymour Roberts, Jr ,Edward Valverde, Ingrid S Stromberg, Gerald A. Bates, and Charles F Berger be appointed as substitute Municipal Judges for a one year term commencing April 1, 2000 and ending March 31, 2001 or until a successor is qualified and appointed in accordance with state law 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of such ordinances and Code, in which event such conflicting provisions of such ordinances and Code are hereby repealed SECTION 3 It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the sections, paragraphs, sentences, clauses and phrases of this ordinance are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 final decree of a court of competent jurisdiction, such ineffectiveness or 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 herein of any such void, ineffective or unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section SECTION 4. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage, and it is so ordained APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY r Assistant City A t rney DATE ~~2~`UJ ADOPTED ~. l ~.~ ~ ~ EFFECTIVE a g 2 City of Fort Worth, Texas ~1-~Aya~ And aunc~l aininun~cAt~on C C DATE 3/28/00 REFERENCE NUMBER G-12865 LOG NAME 12SUBS PAGE 1 of 1 SUBJECT ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPOINTING THE SUBSTITUTE MUNICIPAL JUDGES FOR A ONE-YEAR TERM COMMENCING APRIL 1, 2000 AND ENDING MARCH 31, 2001 RECOMMENDATION It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached ordinance appointing Yolanda Bernal, Michael Newman, Seymour Roberts, Jr , Edward Valverde, Ingrid S Stromberg, Gerald A. Bates, and Charles F Berger as substitute Municipal Judges for cone-year term commencing April 1, 2000 and ending March 31, 2001, or until successors are qualified and appointed in accordance with state law DISCUSSION Chapter 30, Section 30 00008 of the Government Code under the Uniform Municipal Court Act states that the governing body of the municipality may appoint one or more qualified persons to be available to serve for a municipal judge who is temporarily absent due to illness, family death, continuing legal or judicial education programs, or any other reason The presiding judge shall select one of the qualified persons appointed by the governing body to serve during the absence of a municipal judge The substitute judge, while serving as a municipal judge, has all the powers and shall discharge all the duties of a municipal judge All of the above named persons meet the qualifications prescribed for the municipal judge On March 7, 2000, the Municipal Court Advisory Committee voted to recommend to the City Council the above listed persons for appointment as substitute municipal judges FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Finance Director certifies that this action will have no material effect on City funds CB k Submitted for City Manager's FUND ACCOUNT CENTER AMOUNT CITY SECRETARY Office by• (to) AP~QVF,~ Charles Boswell 8511 Y COUNCIL Originating Department Head: CIT MAR 28 2000 David Yett 7606 (from) ~ Additional Information Contact: ~ *~""~~ City Sacsntary of the 'Desas ri W~ f F David Yett 7606 „ o City o Adaat~li O.rd~nanc~ (~o. ~~