HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 3471 ORDINANCE NO. 3471
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE III "BOARDS, COMMISSIONS
AND COMMITTEES" OF CHAPTER 2 "ADMINISTRATION" OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS
TO AMEND ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR BOARD AND
COMMISSION MEMBERS; PROVIDING THAT THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BE CUMULATIVE OF ALL ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills is a home rule city acting under its charter
adopted by the electorate pursuant to Article XI, Section 5 of the Texas
Constitution and Chapter 9 of the Local Government Code; and
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills previously adopted regulations outlining
the attendance requirements for Board, Commission and Committee
members within the City of North Richland Hills, codified in Article III,
Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordinances, City of North Richland Hills, Texas
("Code"); and
WHEREAS, the City of North Richland Hills now desires to update and amend those
regulations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
NORTH RICHLAND HILLS:
SECTION 1. THAT Subsection (m) "Attendance Reports" of Sec. 2-121 "Appointment,
review, removal and training for board and commissions" of Article III
"Boards, Commissions and Committees" of Chapter 2 "Administration" of
the Code of Ordinances, City of North Richland Hills, Texas is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2-121 Appointment, review, removal and training for boards and
commissions.
(m) Attendance Reports. The staff person providing support to that particular board
shall keep attendance reports at all meetings. The staff person will forward the
attendance reports to the city secretary on or before the last day of each month. The
city secretary will prepare a report for the city council showing attendance records for
each board and each member thereof. This report shall be provided to the city council
each month. A member shall attend a minimum of 75 percent (75%) of the board's
meetings from July 1 through June 30, if not he/she shall automatically be dropped from
membership on the board. Automatic removal for failure to meet this attendance
requirement shall not apply to a board or commission that meets less than four times
within a 12 month period (July 1 — June 30), or to a board or commission for which a
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separate removal process is set forth in the City Charter or the City Code of
Ordinances. The city secretary shall inform a council member if his or her appointee has
missed three meetings within a six month timeframe. The attendance reports referred to
in this paragraph shall be made available to the city council and a copy furnished upon
request. Attendance at all regular meetings, special meetings and workshops shall be
recorded and used to calculate attendance percentages.
SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be cumulative of all provisions of ordinances and of
the Code of Ordinances, City of North Richland Hills, Texas, as amended,
except where the provisions are in direct conflict with the provisions of
other ordinances, in which event the conflicting provisions of the other
ordinances are hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. It is hereby declared to be the intention of the City Council that the
phrases, clauses, sentences, paragraphs and sections 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. All rights and remedies of the City of North Richland Hills are expressly
saved as to any and all violations of the provisions of the Code of
Ordinances, City of North Richland Hills, Texas, as amended, which have
accrued at the time of the effective date of this ordinance; and, as such
accrued violations and all pending litigation, both civil and criminal,
whether pending in court or not, under such ordinances, shall not be
affected by this ordinance but may be prosecuted until final disposition by
the court.
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage
as provided by law, and it is so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED ON THIS 11th DAY O SEPT 1 BER, 2017.
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Oscar Tr- ino, Mayor
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Maleshia B. McGinnis, City Attorney
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