1979-081 NOTE Repealed by Ordinance 98-212
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, CREATING A "DATA
PROCESSING ADVISORY BOARD" AND PROVIDING FOR APPOINTMENT AND
MEMBERSHIP, PROVIDING FOR POWERS AND DUTIES, PROVIDING A
SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I
(a) There is hereby created a Data Processing Adwsory
Board to be composed of five (5) members, appointed by the City
Council for a term of two (2) years, subject to the provisions
of subsectxon (b) of this ordxnance All members of the board
shall serve without compensation Vacancies shall be filled for
any unexpired term in the same manner as prowded for regular
appointments
(b) Unless continued in existence by ordinance the Data
Processing Advisory Board as appointed under the authority and
prowslons of this ordinance is abolished effective November 26,
1981 Nothing in this ordinance shall be construed to prohxblt
the City Council by ordinance from terminating the Data
Processing Advisory Board at a date earlier than that provided
in this ordinance
(c) The C~ty Manager or his designee shall be ex offxclo
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
(d) Members of the board shall be residents of the Cxty of
Denton
(e;) At its organizational meeting, and annually
thereafter, the board shall select a chairman from among its
members Any three (3) of the appoxnted board members shall
constitute a quorum The board shall determxne its own rules
and order of busxness The board shall meet at least once
b~-monthly and all meetings shall be open to the public and a
written record of ~ts proceedings maintained Such written
record shall be approved by the board and f~led w~th the C~ty
Secretary's Off~ce
SECTION II
The Data Processing Adwsory Board shall have the powers
and perform the duties assigned to ~t by the C~ty Council
SECTION III
That ~f any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence,
clause, phrase or word ~n th~s ordinance, or application thereof
to any person or c~rcumstances ~s held ~nval~d by any court of
competent ~unsd~ct~on, such holding shall not affect the
validity of the remaining portions of th~s ordinance, and the
C~ty Council of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, hereby declares ~t
would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such
~nval~d~ty
SECTION IV
That th~s ordinance shall become effective fourteen (14)
days from the date of ~ts passage, and the C~ty Secretary ~s
hereby d~rected to cause the caption of this ordinance to be
published ~n the Denton Record-Chronicle, the official newspaper
of the C~ty of Denton, Texas, w~th~n ten (10) days of the date
of ~ts passage
PASSED AND APPROVED th~s the 6th day of November, A D
1979
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
BURT R $O'L'OMO~S, ACTING CITY
ATTORNEY, CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS
O IN CE NO qg- o?/ l
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS DISSOLVING THE INFORMATION
SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD AND REPEALING ORDINANCES 79-81, 82-09, 84-06, 96-
255 AND ANY OTHER ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON, TEXAS, TO THE
EXTENT OF ANY CONFLICT, CONVEYING THE APPRECIATION OF THE COUNCIL TO
ALL CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS OF THE DATA PROCESSING ADVISORY
BOARD, AND PRESCRIBING AN IMMEDIATE EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, by Ordinance 79-81, the Council of the City of Denton Texas established a
Data Processing Advisory Board to prowde leaderstnp, guidance, and needed assistance to the City
Council m decisions revolving the selection, mmntenance and procurement of data processing
hardware, software, and services, and
WHEREAS, through ~ts service to the Council and the mnzens of Denton, the Data
Processing Advisory Board proved ~ts worth~ness over the nearly two decades Much followed,
prompting the C~ty Council to perpetuate the Data Processing Adwsory Board m Ordinances 82-09
and 84-06, and to rename ~t the Information Serwces Adwsory Board ~n Ordinance 96-255, and
WHEREAS, as a welcome result of the dawmng of the Informatmn Age, the computer
hteracy of the average layman has increased dramaUcally such that concepts which formerly
required spec~ahzed traimng m computer smence for bas~c understanding are now well wittun the
grasp of the City Council and the majority of the c~t~zens of Denton, NOW THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS
SECTION I That Or&nantes 79-81, 82-09, and 84 06, wbach created and perpetuated the
Data pr°cessmg Adwsory Board of the City of Denton, are hereby repealed, along with Ordinance
96 255 and any other ordinances m conflmt wath the purposes of tlms or&nance, to the extent of any
such conflict
SECTION II That the Council of the City of Denton, Texas hereby conveys ~ts deepest
appreciation to all current and former members of the Informatmn Servmes Advisory Board for
thmr loyal and dedtcated service to the C~ty Council and the mt~z~ns of Denton
SECTION III That flus ordinance shall become effective ~mmethately upon tts passage and
approval
PASSED AND APPROVED tbas the ~/t day of .~E;~.. ,
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ATTEST
JENNIFER WALTERS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM
HERBERT L PROUTY, CITY ATTORNEY
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