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84-7-Ordinance-Establishing a Park Board-07/02/1984CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS ORIGINAL COPY ORDINANCE NO. 84-7 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 7, OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS, ENTITLED PARK BOARD; TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PARK BOARD; DEFINING THE POWERS AND DUTIES; PRO- VIDING FOR REPEAL OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; PRO- VIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY FOR VIOLATION. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS: SECTION I THAT CHAPTER 7, OF THE SANGER CODE OF ORDINANCES IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING A SECTION TO BE NUMBERED SECTION 4 WHICH SAID SECTION SHALL READ AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 4: PARK BOARD A. Appointment of Board There is hereby created a Park Board to be composed of seven (7) members, appointed by the council for two (2) year terms and until their respective successors have been appointed and qualified; provided that, the members of the first board appointed under this pro- vision shall at their organizational meeting draw for terms as follows: Three (3) shall draw a one (1) year term, and four (4) shall draw a two (2) year term. At the expiration of each of the terms so provided for, a member successor shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. Terms shall expire on June 30 of each year and newly appointed Board members shall be installed at the first regular meeting of the Board in July. Members of the Board may be removed by the council only for cause and only after charges have been filed and published and the member has been given a reasonable opportunity to defend himself in an open public hearing before the council. Vacancies shall be filled for any unexpired term in the same manner as provided for regular appointments. B. Ex officio Members The city manager and commissioner ex officio members of the board. meetings of the board and sha11 h discuss any matter that is under the board but shall have no vote. of Parks shall be They shall attend ave the right to consideration by r C. Qualifications of Board Members Members of the Park Board shall have the same qualifi- cations as are required for membership on the city council. D. Organization and Selection of Officers The Park Board shall hold an organization meeting in July of each year and shall elect a chairman, vice chair- man, and a secretary from among its own membership. Any four (4) of the regularly appointed members shall con- stitute a quorum. The Board shall determine its own rules and order of business and meet as needed. All meetings shall be open to the public and shall be conduct- ed under the Texas Open Meetings Act Article 6252-17 and a permanent record of proceedings maintained. E. Powers and Duties of the Park Board 1. The Board shall serve as a consulting, advisory and supervisory body to study and recommend policies relating to the operation, promotion, enlargement, future planning and such other matters involving city -parks as may be referred to it by the council. 2. All actions recommending expansion of the park system and the making of additions and betterments thereto or extensions thereof and the fixing of rates and charges for services shall be submitted to the board for review and recommendation to the council. 3. The board shall submit annually to the city manager, not less than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the beginning of the budget year, a list of recommended capital improvements, which in the opinion of the board ought to be constructed during the forthcoming five (5) year period. Such list shall be arranged in order of preference, with recommendations as to which projects should be constructed in which year. SECTION II All Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are, to the extent of such conflict, hereby repealed. �2- CITY SECRETARY SECTION III ORIGINAL COPY 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 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 unconstitu- tional phrase, clause, sentence, paragraph, or section. SECTION IV Whenever in this Ordinance an act is prohibited or is made or declared to be unlawful or an offense or a misdemeanor, or wherever in such Ordinance, the doing of an act is required or the failure to do any act is declared to be unlawful, the violation of any such provision shall be punished by a fine of not exceeding Two Hundred ($200.00) Dollars; provided, however, that no penalty shall be greater or less than the penalty provided for the same or similar offense under the laws of the State. Each day any violation of this Ordinance shall continue shall constitute a separate offense. SECTION V This Ordinance will take effect immediately from and after its passage and the publication of the caption as the law in such cases provides. PASSED AND APPROVED this 2nd day of July 1984, by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas. ATTEST: City S retary -3- yor