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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2001-204FILE REFERENCE FORM 2001-204 X Additional File Exists Additional File Contains Records Not Public, According to the Public Records Act Other FILE 5 Date Initials Amended by Ordinance No. 2003-235 08/05/03 J R Amended by Ordinance No. 2003-373 11/18/03 JR Repealed by Ordinance No. 2004-182 07/20/04 JR S�sjr MI 199Sa A ,W..Id., ORDINANCE NO /), /—&? o AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 2001-193 TO AMEND SECTION 61 OF THE RULES OF PROCEDURE TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF COUNCIL APPOINTEES TO THE AGENDA COMMITTEE, TO CORRECT A REFERENCE TO A STATUTE IN SECTION 4 2 OF THE ORDINANCE, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING FOR RETROACTIVE EFFECT, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE WHEREAS, on the first day of May, 2001, City Council passed Ordinance No 2001- 193, which consolidated the various ordinances amending the Council Rules of Procedure (Rules) into one ordinance, and WHEREAS, at their meeting of May 22, 2001 the City Council voted to suspend Section 6 1 of the Rules by expanding the number of Council appointees to the Agenda Committee from one other member of the City Council to two members and appointed Councilmembers Burroughs and Redmon to the Committee, and WHEREAS, the City Council deems it necessary to amend the Rules to incorporate this increase in the number of Council appointees to the Agenda Committee, and WHEREAS, Section 4 2 of the ordinance inadvertently contained an incorrect reference to the Texas Open Meetings Act as Chapter 55 instead of Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON TEXAS HEREBY ORDAINS SECTION 1 That Section 6 1 of Ordinance 2001-193 "Agenda" and Section 2-29(a) of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Denton are hereby amended to read as follows Section 6.1 (2-29(a)) AGENDA- The order of business of each meeting shall be as contained in the agenda prepared by the City Manager, which shall be reviewed and approved by an Agenda Committee composed of the Mayor, up to two other members of the City Council selected by the Council, and the City Manager When items are removed from the consent agenda and placed on the regular agenda by members of the Council, the removed items shall be taken up in the order of removal right after the consent agenda Placement of items on the agenda shall be governed by this Section and Section 6 3, provided that if a Councilmember has an "emergency" item that the Councilmember believes should be placed on the next regular or special meeting agenda, the placement must be approved by two members of the Agenda Committee Conduct of business at special meetings and Council Committees and subcommittees will likewise be governed by an agenda and these Rules of Procedure HERBERT L Im SECTION 2 That Section 4 2, "Special Meetings" of Ordinance 2001-193, is hereby amended bye correcting the statutory reference to the Texas Open Meetings Act from "Chapter 55 TEX GOV'T CODE ANN , (Vernon's 1999, as amended)" to "Chapter 551 TEX GOV'T CODE ANN , (Vernon's 1999, as amended) " SSEECTION 3 That all previous actions of the City Council to suspend the Rules and appoint Councilmembers Burroughs and Redmon to the Agenda Committee are hereby ratified and approved SSECTION 4 That save and except as amended hereby, the remaining paragraphs, sections and clauses of Ordinance 2001-193 shall remain in full force and effect SECTION 5 That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and approval PASSED AND APPROVED this the d. / day of 2001 ATTEST JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY ROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY :•.