HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance No. 363 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER J~ OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES~ CITY OF THE COLONY~
TEXAS~ BY AMENDING SECTION 14-2 RELqTIN}G TO
MEMf~ERSHIP OF *IHE PARKS & k~C~!~t Fi..'N a,O.~PF);
P~O~iDING A SE',['R~BLITY (7L~,URE: [~C'.~OiNG AN
EFFECTIVE DATE AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
NO~/, THEREFORE, BE 1T ORDAINED BY file CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF THE CO! ONY, TEXAS:
Section 1. That Section 1~-2 of Chapxer 1~ of the Code of Ordinances,
City of The Colony, Texas, relating zo membership of the Parks and Recreation Board
is hereby amended to add two additional members of the Park & Recreation Board
amending Section 14-2 in the fo!lowing particulars, and all other existing section.
subsections, paragraphs, sentences, definitions, phrases and words o~ said Code
Ordinances are not amended bu~, shall remain intact and are hereby ratified, verified
and a~firmed.
A. Tha~ Section l~-2(a) is amended to read as
"(a) The Park and Recreation Board consisting of se~e~ (7) r~embers
and two (2) alternates is hereb) es:abJished. The Ciz.x Ceuncii shall
appoint a first alternate and second alternate zo the [~oard each
first~ to serve a 'term of one year. Said alternates shah parxicJpale
as ex-officio members when a quorum of regular members are
present at a regular meeting. In the event one member less ~han a
quorum oJ the Board shall be present ~or any regular mee'Ang, the
[irst alternate shall participate in and vote on matters before the
Board, and further, if the Board is two (2) members shor~ of a
quorum at any meeting, the first and second alternates shall both
participate in and vote on matters before the board.
B. That Section 1/~-2(c) is amended to read as fo}lows:
Members shall be appointed by the City Council for two (2) year
terms. Two (2) members shall be appointed initially to serve until
April 1, 19g0, and three (3) members shall be appointed to serve until
April J, 1981. The terms for the two (2) newly created places for
members shah expire April 1, 1986. Appointments following these
terms shall be for two (2) year periods. In the event of a vacancy,
the City Council shall appoint a member to serve for the unexpired
term.
Section 2. If an}' section, article, paragraph, sentence, clause~ phrase or
word in this ordinance or application thereto, or any person or circumstance is held
invalid or unconstitutional by a Court of competent jurisdiction such holding shall not
affect the validity of the remaining portions of the ordinance; and the City Council
hereby declares it would have passed such remaining portions of the ordinance despite
such invalidity, which remaining portions shah remain in full force and effect.
Section ]. The fact that the present ordinances and regulations of the
City of The Colony, Texas, are inadequate to properly safeguard the healths safety,
morals, peace, and general welfare of the inhabitants of the City of The Colony,
Texas, creates an emregency for the immediate preservation of the public which
req~Jires that this ordinance shall become effective from and after the date of its
passage and it is accordingly so ordained.
PASSED AND APPROVED on the 5th day of ~ ......+ , 1995
APPROVED:
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APPROVF2D AS TO FOP. M:
City A~torney
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