ORD CC 09/11/73 - Parks and Recreation board changesAN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 13A, SECTION 13A -1, 13A -2 and
13A -4 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
BY REDUCING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS REQUIRED FOR THE PARKS AND
RECREATION BOARD BY CHANGING THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT AND REDUCING
THE NUMBER OF BOARD MEMBERS REQUIRED FOR A QUORUM AT BOARD MEETINGS,
AND BY REPEALING CERTAIN PORTIONS OF SAID ORDINANCE AND PROVIDING
FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE City Council OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, that Sections 13A -1, 13A -2 and 13A -4 of Chapter
13A of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, be
amended as follows:
SECTION 1.
The following subsections of Chapter 13A of the Code of Ordinances
of the City of Huntsville are hereby amended to read as indicated:
13A -1(a) There is hereby created and established a
Parks and Recreation Board for the City of Huntsville to be composed
of seven (7) members. Such Board shall be officially designated
as the Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Huntsville.
13A -2(a) The members of such Board shall be appointed
by the Mayor by and with the advice and consent of the City Council.
Each member shall hold his office for a term of one (1) year from
the date of appointment.
13A -4 Election of officers meetings and quorum. The
Board shall elect a chairman, a vice chairman and secretary at its
first regular meeting after appointment. The Board shall adopt
such rules and regulations as it deems best to govern its actions
and shall establish a time to meet which shall be not less than
once every month. The presence of any four members at a meeting
of the Board shall constitute a quorum for conducting business.
Any member missing three consecutive meetings shall forfeit his
office.
SECTION 2.
BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED BY THE City Council OF THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE,
TEXAS, that sub - paragraph C, Section 13A -1 of Chapter 13A of the
Code of Ordinances of the City of Huntsville, Texas, is hereby
repealed.
SECTION 3.
The fact that the Parks and Recreation Board of the City of Huntsville
as presently constituted is impractical and the necessity for a
Parks and Recreation program to be planned by members to be appointed
renders it imperative that the ordinance herein should be effective
from and after the date of its passage and it is so ordained.
PASSED on this the /7 day of September, 1973.
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MORRIS I. WALLER, MAYOR
City of Huntsville, Texas
ATTEST:
GRACE TURNER, City Secretary
City of Huntsville, Texas
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
MARTIN D. COLLEY, City Attorney
City of Huntsville, Texas
(SEAL)