O-2155-4-03ORDINANCE NO. 2155-4-03
' AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 2 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
ARTICLE IX TO PROVIDE QUALIFICATIONS FOR MEMBERS OF CITY
BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS; ELUMNATING TERM LIMITS; PROVIDING FOR
PROCEDURES FOR THE APPOINTMENT AND REMOVAL OF BOARD AND
COMMISSION MEMBERS; PROVIDING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, the City Council for the City of Allen desires to establish standards and qualifications for
persons appointed to City boards and commissions.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN,
COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1. The Code of Ordinances of the City of Allen, Collin County, Texas, is hereby amended by
amending Chapter 2, Article IX, Board and Commissions, in part, to read as follows:
"Chapter 2
' ARTICLE IX. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Sec. 2-231. Qualifications.
Except as otherwise required by state law, a person appointed by the City Council under
authority of state law, City Charter, or City ordinance to any City board, commission, corporation,
including the board of directors of the Allen Community Development Corporation, shall be, at the
time of such person's appointment, a current resident of the City, a registered voter and shall have
been a resident of the City for a period of at least one year. A person appointed by the City Council to
the board of directors of the Allen Economic Development Corporation shall at the time of such
person's appointment, be a registered voter and shall be a current resident who has resided in the City
for a period of at least one year prior to such appointment, or be currently employed in a management
position by a business or company located in the City and shall have been employed in a management
position by a business or company located in the City for a period of at least one year prior to such
appointment. A person appointed to the board of directors of the Allen Economic Development
Corporation who does not meet the residency requirement most be continuously employed in a
management position by a business or company located in the City during such person's term of
office.
Sec. 2-232. Term Limits.
Except as otherwise required by state law, a person appointed by the City Council under
authority of state law, city charter, or city ordinance to any City board, commission, corporation,
including the board of directors of the Allen Community Development Corporation and the Allen
' Economic Development Corporation are not subject to term limits."
SECTION 2. Section 7-16 (2) and (5) of the Code of Ordinances are repealed and reserved for future use.
SECTION 3. Section 11-3 (a) (3) of the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended in part to read as follows:
"Sec. 11-3. Board —Established.
(3) Members' temu will be for two (2) years.
(4)
SECTION 4. Section 6-102(a)(1) of the Code of Ordinances is amended in part to read as follows:
"Sec. 6-102. Board members to be appointed.
(a) The board ...
(I) Board members shall be appointed for a tens of two (2) years. The city manager, or
designee, will serve as coordinator of and support the board.
SECTION 5. The Allen Land Development Code is amended in part by deleting the thud sentence of
Article 2, Section 2.031(2) relating to term limits for the Sign Control Board, to wit: `No member shall be
appointed to the Board for more than three (3) successive full terms."
SECTION 6. The Allen Cable Television and Telecommunications Citizen Advisory Committee shall
' sunset upon the expiration of the last unexpired term of office of the current members, and Section 34 of
Ordinance No. 1340-6-95, as heretofore amended, is hereby repealed to eliminate the Allen Cable Television
and Telecommunications Advisory Committee upon the expiration of the last unexpired term of office of the
current members.
SECTION 7. Should any word, sentence, paragraph, subdivision, clause, phrase or section of this
ordinance, or of the Code of Ordinances, as amended hereby, be adjudged m held to be void or
unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of said ordinance or the Code
of Ordmances, as amended hereby, which shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTIONS. All provisions of the Code of Ordinances and the ordinances and resolutions of the City of
Allen, Texas, in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance, be, and the same we hereby, repealed, and all
other provisions not in conflict with the provisions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 9. Every City board, commission or corporation including the board of directors of the Allen
Community Development Corporation and the Allen Economic Development Corporation shall amend its
bylaws in conformance with this ordinance and submit the same to the City Council for review and approval
prior to July 1, 2003.
SECTION 10. This Ordinance shall take effect June 1, 2003, from and after its passage, as the law and
charter in such cases provide and it is accordingly so ordained.
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DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN
COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THIS THE 22"o DAY OF APRIL 2003.
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Peter G Smith, CItY ATTORNEY
APPROVED:
Stephen Terrell, MAYOR
ATTEST:
Shelley B. George, C, CITY S19CRETARY
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