09-91-Ordinance-Amending Chapter 7, Section 6 Beautification Board-07/15/1991CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO.09-91
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE
CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS TO ADD SECTION 6 TO CHAPTER 7,
ENTITLED BEAUTIFICATION BOARD, PROVIDING FOR A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANGER, TEXAS:
SECTION I
THAT CHAPTER 7 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
SANGER, TEXAS IS HEREBY AMENDED BY ADDING SECTION 6 ENTITLED
BEAUTIFICATION BOARD, APPOINTMENT OF BOARD, WHICH SHALL READ
AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 6: BEAUTIFICATION BOARD
There is hereby created a Beautification Board to be
composed of seven (7) members, appointed by
the Mayor and confirmed by the City Council. Members shall
serve from July 1 of the year of appointment for staggered terms
of two (2) years and may be appointed to three (3) successive
terms of office. The members of the Beautification Board
shall be identified by place numbers one (1) through (7). The
even -numbered places shall expire in even -numbered years and
the odd -numbered places shall expire in the odd -numbered
years. Newly appointed members shall be installed at the first
regular committee meeting after their appointment.
Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the manner in
which original appointments are required to be made.
Continued absence of any member from regular meetings of the
commission shall, at the discretion of the City Council, render
any such member liable to immediate removal from office.
B. EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
The city manager or his designee shall be ex officio members of
the board. They shall attend meetings of the board and shall
have the right to discuss any matter that is under consideration
by the board but shall have no vote.
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Members of the Beautification Board shall be served by the
Sanger Post Office for the delivery of regular mail.
D. ORGANIZATION AND SELECTION OF OFFICERS
The board shall hold an organization meeting in July of
each year and shall elect a chair, vice chair, and a secretary from
among its own membership. Any four (4) of the regularly
appointed members shall constitute 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
conducted under the Texas Open Meetings Act, Article 6252-17
and a permanent record of proceedings maintained.
E. POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE BEAUTIFICATION BOARD
(1) The board shall serve as a consulting, advisory and
supervisory body to study and recommend policies relating
to the operation and promotion, of beautification
efforts as outlined in the Keep Texas Beautiful Program.
(2) 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.
SECTION III
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
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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 IV
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 15 day of JulY . 1991,
..by the City Council of the City of Sanger, Texas.
APPROVED:
Nel Armstrong
Mayor, City of Sange
ATTEST:
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Rosalie .Garcia
City Secretary
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