HomeMy WebLinkAbout2000-047ORDINANCE NO IAXO-MO
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-83(c) OF ARTICLE III `BOARDS, COMMIS-
SIONS, COMMITTEES" OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF
DENT6l ESTABLISHING AN ATTENDANCE POLICY AND BROADENING THE EX-
CUSED ABSENCE REQUIREMENTS, PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE, PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City Council has deemed it necessary to revise the rules for attendance
of the members of the City's boards, commissions, and committees in order to provide for the
orderly conduct of meetings and hearings, and
WHEREAS, the City Council conveys to the citizens that if they accept the appointment
for public service that they do so with the knowledge that such service requires them to meet the
attendance requirements and that such service requires personal sacrifices, and
WHEREAS, the City Council believes that it is a breach of a board, commission, or
committee member's duty to the public and to those board, commission, and committee mem-
bers who faithfully and promptly comply with the attendance policy to be inconvenienced by
members who are habitually tardy or absent, NOW, THEREFORE,
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
S CFI TION 1 That Article III "Boards, Commissions, and Committees" of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Denton is hereby amended by amending subsection (c) "Absences" of
Section 2,83 to read as follows
Sec 2-83 General rules
(c) Absences Every board, commission, and committee member shall attend all regu-
larly called and scheduled meetings of the board, commission, or committee of which he or
she is a member The chairperson shall announce, for the record, the names of members ab-
sent and determme if the absence is excused or unexcused Members who cannot attend
the meeting should contact the chairperson or an appropriate staff liaison concerning his or
her absence prior to the meeting The unexcused absence of any board, commission, or commit-
tee member from more than three (3) regularly called and scheduled meetings of the board,
commission, or committee of which he or she is a member in any one (1) year or lack of at-
tendance at fifty (50) percent of the number of regular meetings in a year, unless such absence is
excused, shall be considered "cause," as that term is used in section 14 16 of the Charter, for re-
moval of 'the member by the City Council from such board, commission, or committee An ex-
cused absence shall include personal or family illness, death of a family member, jury duty,
service inthe armed forces, testifying before the legislature, attending a seminar involving mu-
nicipal matters of importance to the member's duties, absence necessary for the member's busi-
ness or employment, and any related emergencies or other matters which the board, commission,
or committee finds qualify as an excused absence Attendance reports will be provided by
boards, commissions, and committees to the City Council on a quarterly basis for their review
view Copies of this ordinance shall be forwarded to members of all of the standing boards,
commissions, and committees and to new members as they are appointed
S CTION 2 That save and except as amended hereby, all the remaining sections, sub-
sections, sentences, clauses, and phrases of Section 2-83 and Chapter 2 of the Code of Ordi-
nances of the City of Denton shall remain in full force and effect
SECTION 3 That if any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or
word in this ordinance, or application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid by
any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the remaining
portions of this ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby declares it
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such validity
SECTION 4 That this ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage
and approval
PASSED AND APPROVED this the�dayofj��aj406—,2000
JACI I ER, MAYOR
ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY TTORNEY
BY
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