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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 0324 "~ """""II1II . ORDINANCE NO. 324 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A LIBRARY COMMISSION: PROVIDING FOR THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS AND TERM OF OFFICE; FIXING THE METHOD OF APPOINTING THE FIRST CHAIRMAN THEREOF; FOR ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN BY THE COMMISSION THEREAFTER; AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES WHICH SHALL BE ADVISORY AND SUBJECT TO SUPERVISION OF THE COUNCIL; RE- PEALING PRIOR ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: I. . There is hereby created and established a Library Commission to be composed of five (5) members, each of whom shall be a resident of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas. All members shall serve without compensation. II. The Mayor shall appoint all members to this Commission, subject to the confirmation and approval of the City Council of North Richland Hills, Tarrant County, Texas. Each member shall serve a term of two (2) full years, with the first term expiring on May 1, 1972. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor, subj ect to the approval of the City Council, as heretofore provided. III. . The Mayor, subj ect to the approval of the City Council, shall appoint the first Chairman of the Commission, who shall serve as Chairman until his term as such has expired. Thereafter and annually at the first meeting of the Commission following May 1 of each year, the Commission shall elect its own Chairman for the ensuing period of one year. -~ / /-- ~ · IV. · The Commission shall act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and City Council and shall also act in an administrative capacity under the supervision of the City Council in carrying out the Council's instruc- tions, directings, and policy with reference to the needs and necessity of the Library. It shall be the duty of the Commission to immediately and at all times thereafter make continuous study of the needs of the City for the establishment of public Library facilities, to investigate and determine the location of a public Library and determine the type of needs of Library facilities, suggest means of aCqlliring and develop- ing such facilities and furnish the City Council with over-all plans and specifications for development and improvement of all such facilities and to report to the City Council the result of its studies, recommenda- tions, plans and specifications into effect, but only upon the specific approval and under the specific directions of the Council. In the per- formance of these duties said Commission shall act in an administra- tive capacity and is hereby given such specific authority as may be required in carrying out the directions, orders and general policy of the City Council, and in carrying out these duties said Commission is hereby authorized to employ such personnel as may be reqllired. It is, nevertheless, there specifically provided that said Commission shall hare no authority to spend nor to commit the City to the expendi- ture of any funds or monies whatsoever, except under the specific authorization and direction of the City Council. V. The Commission shall hold regular monthly meetings at such time and place as it may fix, and such special meetings as may be called by the Chairman or at the request of any two (2) members of the Commission. The Commission is hereby authorized to provide for the election of a Vice-Chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the Chairman, and is further authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations governing its own proceedings as it may deem advisable. VI. · Should any Section or part of this Ordinance be held to be invalid for any reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity of any other Section or part thereof, it being the intent that the remainder of any such or part hereof shall stand, notwithstanding the invalidity of any such Section or part hereof. a.- ~ · · · ~ , VII. ~ The fact that there is no present Library facilities or Library Commission in the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, and the City Council feels that this Commission is of utmost importance to the development for the good of the public welfare of this City, creates an emergency and public necessity demanding that this Ordinance be passed as an emergency measure and that all rules reqlliring more than one (1) reading of this Ordinance be suspended and the same shall take effect immediately from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 22nd day of June 1970. ~~~_/ . /. ~ \ ..... , ~ Uz+, .«éL TARf? ~ C APPROVED AS TO LEGALITY AND FORM: ¡f)~ ~ CITY ATTORNEY ~ ~ · AMENDED BY CITY COUNCIL ACTION JULY 13, 1970, SECTION I. AS FOLLOWS: " 1. There is hereby created and established a Library Commission to be composed of seven (7) members. All members shall serve without compensa- tion." · · ~ ~ ~ · ORDINANCE NO. 324 AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A LIBRARY COMMISSION: PROVIDING FOR THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS AND TERM OF OFFICE; FIXING THE METHOD OF APPOINTING THE FIRST CHAIRMAN THEREOF; FOR ELECTION OF THE CHAIRMAN BY THE COMMISSION THEREAFTER; AND PRESCRIBING ITS DUTIES WHICH SHALL BE ADVISORY AND SUBJECT TO SUPERVISION 0 F THE COUNCIL; RE- PEALING PRIOR ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: I. · There is hereby created and established a Library Commission to be composed of five (5) members, each of whom shall be a resident of the City of North Richland Hills, Texas. All members shall serve without compensation. II. The Mayor shall appoint all members to this Commission, subj ect to the confirmation and approval of the City Council of North Richland Hills, Tarrant County, Texas. Each member shall serve a term of two (2) full years, with the first term expiring on May 1, 1972. Vacancies shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor, subj ect to the approval of the City Council, as heretofore provided. III. · The Mayor, subj ect to the approval of the City Council, shall appoint the first Chairman of the Commission, who shall serve as Chairman until his term as such has expired. Thereafter and annually at the first meeting of the Commission following May 1 of each year, the Commission shall elect its own Chairman for the ensuing period of one year. , / - """"IIIIIJI . IV. . The Commission shall act in an advisory capacity to the Mayor and City Council and shall also act in an administrative capacity under the supervision of the City Council in carrying out the Council's instruc- tions, directings, and policy with reference to the needs and necessity of the Library. It shall be the duty of the Commission to immediately and at all times thereafter make continuous study of the needs of the City for the establishment of public Library facilities, to investigate and determine the location of a public Library and determine the type of needs of Library facilities, suggest means of aCqlliring and develop- ing such facilities and furnish the City Council with over-all plans and specifications for development and improvement of all such facilities and to report to the City Council the result of its studies, recommenda- tions, plans and specifications into effect, but only upon the specific approval and under the specific directions of the Council. In the per- formance of these duties said Commission shall act in an administra- tive capacity and is hereby given such specific authority as may be required in carrying out the directions, orders and general policy of the City Council, and in carrying out these duties said Commission is hereby authorized to employ such personnel as may be reqllired. It is, nevertheless, there specifically provided that said Commission shall hare no authority to spend nor to commit the City to the expendi- ture of any funds or monies whatsoever, except under the specific authorization and direction of the City Council. V. The Commission shall hold regular monthly meetings at such time and place as it may fix, and such special meetings as may be called by the Chairman or at the request of any two (2) members of the Commission. The Commission is hereby authorized to provide for the election of a Vice-Chairman, who shall preside in the absence of the Chairman, and is further authorized to prescribe such rules and regulations governing its own proceedings as it may deem advisable. VI. - Should any Section or part of this Ordinance be held to be invalid for any reason, such holding shall not be construed as affecting the validity of any other Section or part thereof, it being the intent that the remainder of any such or part hereof shall stand, notwithstanding the invalidity of any such Section or part hereof. ~ ~ . . . ~ , VII. ~ The fact that there is no present Library facilities or Library Commission in the City of North Richland Hills, Texas, and the City Council feels that this Commission is of utmost importance to the development for the good of the public welfare of this City, creates an emergency and public necessity demanding that this Ordinance be passed as an emergency measure and that all rules reqlliring more than one (1) reading of this Ordinance be suspended and the same shall take effect immediately from and after its passage. PASSED AND APPROVED this the 22nd day of June 1970. . /4J~ C TARf? ~ APPROVED AS TO LEGALITY AND FORM: ¡f)~ ~ CITY ATTORNEY ~ ~ · AMENDED BY CITY COUNCIL ACTION JULY 13, 1970, SECTION I. AS FOLLOWS: II 1. There is hereby created and established a Library Commission to be composed of seven (7) members. All members shall serve without compensa- tion. " · · ~ ~ LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF TARRANT: Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally appeare~leanor Lewisknown to me to be a credible person. who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: Bookkeeper Mid Cities Daily News That she is the of the , a newspaper which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulatiötl in the City/Town of Hurst , for a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached Le~al Not ice and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date/so 7/8/70 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub- lished on said date/s in said Mid Cities Dailv News f ~ /X~~ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the2rd day ofAug ., 1970 11~~L- I/-uu Public, Tarrant County, Texas ORDINANCE NO. 324 I AN ORDINANCE ESTAB. ~ LISHING A LIBRARY COM- MISSION: PROVIDING FOR THE NUMBER OF MEM- BERSAND TERM OF OFF-I- ICE; FIXING THE METHOD OF APPOINTING THE FIRST CHAIRMAN THEREOF; FOR . ELECTION OF THE CHAIR- MAN BY THE COMMISSION THEREAFTER; AND PRE- SCRIBING ITS DUTIES WInCH SHALL BE ADVIs()" RY AND SUBJECT TO SUP- ERVISION OF THE COUN- CIL; REPEALING PRIOR ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A' SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGEN- CY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: PASSED AND APPROVED this the 22nd day of June, 19'10. -s- Marion L. Massey MAYOR MARION L. MASSEY ATTESl': . -s- Evalyn R. Huston CITY SECRETARY EV ALYN R. HUsroN APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: -s- Dennis Morrow I CITY ATTORNEY I DENNIS MORROW MC Legal No. 6234 Published 7- 8-70 LEGAL AFFIDAVIT THE STATE OF TEXAS: COUNTY OF TARRANT: Before me, the undersigned authority on this day personally appearedf;leanor Lewisknown to me to be a credible person. who first being sworn, deposed and upon her oath said: Bookkeeper Mid Cities Daily News That she is the of the , a newspaper which has been regularly and continuously published and of general circulation in the City/Town of Hurs t , for a period of more than one year next preceding the first publication of the attached Lep;al Notice and that he caused said notice to be published in said newspaper on the following date/so 7/8/70 That the attached is a true and correct copy of said notice as pub- lished on said date/s in said Mid Cities Dailv News e~n~ Sworn to and subscribed before me, this th~rd day ofAug " 1970 J1J9~L- I-Iuu Public, Tarrant County, Texas ORDINANCE NO. 324 I AN ORDINANCE. ESTAB- ~ LISHlNG A LIBRARY COM- MISSION: PROVIDING· FOR THE NUMBER OF MEM· BERSANDTERM OF OFF..:- ICE; FIXING THE METHOD OF APpOINTING THE FIRST CHAIRMAN THEREOF; FOR . ELECTION OF THE CHAIR- MAN BY THE COMMISSION THEREAFTER; AND PRE- SCRIBING ITS DUTIES WHICH SHALL BE ADVISO- RY AND ·SUBJECT TO SUP- ERVISION OF THE COUN- CIL; REPEALING PRIOR ORDINANCES; PROVIDING A· SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EMERGEN· CY. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH RICHLAND HILLS, TEXAS: PASSED AND APPROVED this the 22nd day of June, 1970. -s- Marion L. Massey MAYOR MARION L. MASSEY ATTEST: . -s- Evalyn R. Huston CITY SECRETARY EV ALYN R. HUSTON APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY: -s- Dennis Morrow i CITY ATTORNEY I DENNIS MORROW MC Legal No. 6234 Published 7- 8-70