HomeMy WebLinkAbout1147 08-09-1994ORDINANCE NO. 1147
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2-86 THROUGH
2 -90, COLLECTIVELY COMPRISING DIVISION 4 "ADVISORY
BOARD FOR SOCIAL CONCERNS" OF ARTICLE II 'BOARDS,
COMMITTEES AND COMMISSIONS" OF CHAPTER 2
"ADMINISTRATION" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY
OF EULESS, TEXAS, TO CHANGE THE NAME OF SAID
ADVISORY BOARD FOR SOCIAL CONCERNS TO THE
"COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD"; PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE;
AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EULESS, TEXAS:
I.
That Division 4 "ADVISORY BOARD FOR SOCIAL CONCERNS ", comprising
Sections 2 -86 through 2 -90 of Article II 'BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND
COMMISSIONS" of Chapter 2 "ADMINISTRATION" of the Code of Ordinances, City
of Euless, Texas, as amended, be hereby amended to change the name of said board
to the Community Advisory Board, and that such amended sections shall hereafter
be and read as follows:
DIVISION 4. COMMUNITY ADVISORY BOARD
Sec. 2 -86. Creation; composition.
There is hereby created the Euless Community Advisory Board. The board shall
be composed of ten members, with a simple majority of the membership to be
residents of the city.
Sec. 2-87. Appointment of members; officers; terms.
The members of the Community Advisory Board shall be appointed by the city
council. The officers of the board shall consist of a chairman and vice— chairman
who shall be designated by the city council. Members shall be appointed for
two —year terms and shall serve until their successors are appointed and commence
active service.
Sec. 2-88. Quorum; voting by chairman.
A majority of the members of the Community Advisory Board
quorum for the purpose of transacting all business of the board.
the board shall vote only where there shall otherwise be a tie vote
members in attendance and voting on any issue before such board.
shall constitute a
The chairman of
among the other
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Sec. 2-89. Objectives.
The Community Advisory Board shall direct its efforts to accomplishing the
following:
(1) To determine those areas of social problems most vitally affecting the
Euless community. In this connection the board shall evaluate drug
abuse, alcoholism, communicable diseases and any other areas of social
problems confronting the city from time to time.
(2) Study and evaluate existing programs being conducted in the city by
various agencies and organizations providing services in the social
concern areas to Euless citizens.
(3) To further cooperation and coordination of effort by social service
agencies in the city.
(4) To recommend to the city council the initiation and implementation of
innovative programs in an effort to resolve specific social problems in the
city.
(5) To formulate a list of objectives to be enacted by the board with the
advice, aid and assistance of the city council.
(6) To seek cooperation among the various governmental agencies of
surrounding communities in an effort to deal directly and effectively with
specific areas of social concern.
Sec. 2 -90. Recommendations to city council.
The Community Advisory Board shall make periodic recommendations to the
city council concerning the appropriations and expenditures of public funds for the
purpose of providing remedies education, counseling, treatment and other areas of
service involving specific social concerns in the city.
U.
Severability Clause. That 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 invalid or unconstitutional by the valid judgment or
decree of any court of competent jurisdiction, such invalidity 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 in this ordinance of any such invalid or
unconstitutional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph or section.
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III.
Saving Clause. That Chapter 2 and the Code of Ordinances, City of Euless,
Texas, as amended, shall remain in full force and effect, save and except as
amended by this ordinance.
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Effective Date. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after
its passage and publication as provided by the Euless City Charter and the laws of
the State of Texas.
PRESENTED AND GIVEN FIRST READING and approved at a regular meeting
of the Euless City Council on the 9th day of August 1994; by a vote
of 7 ayes, 0 nays and 0 abstentions.
APPROVED:
Mary 16b Saleh, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Susan Crim, C IC, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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