O-427-1-83ORDINANCE NO. 427-1-83
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ALLEN, COLLIN COUNTY,
TEXAS, CREATING A NEW ADMINISTRATIVE DEPARTMENT TO BE
KNOWN AS THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CONSISTENT WITH SECTIONS 3.05 AND 3.06 OF THE CITY CHARTER;
CREATING A POSITION TO BE KNOWN AS DIRECTOR OF THE
DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMBINING CERTAIN
ONGOING FUNCTIONS OF THE CITY WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
WHEREAS, Section 3.05 (F) of the Allen City Charter empowers the City Council
to establish by Ordinance such additional administrative departments as it deems
necessary and to assign or transfer duties of any department to another department not
in conflict with the provisions of the Charter; and,
WHEREAS, Section 3.06 provides that a position known as Director shall head
each of the administrative departments of the City; and,
WHEREAS, the City Manager has reviewed the administrative departments of
the City and is of the opinion that a need does exist to combine the administration of
certain departments and certain other functions into one department to be known as the
Department of Community Development; and,
WHEREAS, consistent with the City Charter it will be necessary that the new
department be headed by a chief administrative officer to be known as the Director of
Community Development; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary that the Director of Community Development shall be
the chief administrative officer of the Code Enforcement Department, the Planning and
Zoning Administrative function, the Street Services Department, and other such
functions or services as may be designated by the City Manager, consistent with the
City Charter; and,
WHEREAS, in the interest of efficient administration of the City functions in
providing services to the citizens of Allen in a cost effective manner, it is appropriate
and necessary that the reorganization of the services and functions cited above be
approved.
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ALLEN, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. In accordance with Sections 3.05 and 3.06 of the City Charter,
the City Council hereby establishes a new administrative department to be known as
the Department of Community Development.
SECTION 2. There is hereby created a position entitled "Director of the
Department of Community Development" who shall be the chief administrative officer
of the Code Enforcement Department, the Planning and Zoning Administrative
Function, the Street Services Department, and other services or functions as may be
designated by the City Manager.
SECTION 3. The Director of the Department of Community Development
shall, with the approval of the City Manager, appoint and remove the employees of the
departments and functions under his jurisdiction. The Director of the Community
Development Department shall be appointed by the City Manager with the approval of
the City Council.
SECTION 4. The Director of Community Development shall have the
authority to act for or in lieu of, or in the absence of the Chief Code Enforcement
Officials as set out in the adopted Building, Mechanical, Plumbing and Electrical Codes,
in addition to those positions designated in the ordinances pertaining to Zoning
Administration, and any other official title assigned by the City Manager, all in
accordance with the provisions of the Allen City Charter.
SECTION 5. This ordinance will take effect after publication.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
ALLEN, TEXAS, ON THE 20th DAY OF JANUARY , 1983.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: M. B. Pier on, Mayor
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Marty Hendrix, City ecretary
TO FORM:
A. D der City At
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AFFIDAVIT AND PROOF OF PUBLICATION
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF COLLIN
BEFORE ME, the undersigned authority, on this day personally appeared JACK R. STEIN, who having been
by me duly sworn, on oath deposes and says:
That he is publisher of THE ALLEN AMERICAN, a newspaper published in Collin County, Texas, not less fre-
quently than once a week, having a general circulation in said county, and having been published regularly and con-
tinuously for more than twelve months prior to publishing
OrdiCnance # 427-1-83
of which the attached is a true and written copy, and which was published in THE ALLEN AMERICAN on
January 24th and 27th, 1983
and which was issued on J a n r1 a,n,.y 24th, 1983 by C i t
of Collin County, Texas. A printed copy of said publication is attach,
SUBSCRIBED AND SWORN to before me this
Publisher's Fee $
V CITY OF ALLEN
PUBLIC NOTICE
The following or-
dinance was adopted by
the Allen City Council in
a regular session held on
January 20, 1983 a(Title
only.) KE
Ordinance No.
427.1.83: An Ordinance
of the City of Allen, Col.
lin County, Texas,
Creating a New Ad-
mi6istrative Department
to be Known as the
,.Department-, of Com -
al 'unity -,Development
Consistent with Sec
tions 3.05 and 3.06 of the
City Charter; Creating a
Position to be Known as
Director of the Depart-
ment of Community
Development; Combin.
ing Certain Ongoing
Functions of the City
Within the Department
of Community Develop.
ment; and Providing for
an Effective Date.
: A copy of this or-'
dinance may be read or
purchased in the office
Of the Citv Secretary
of Allen
8th A_ „,/February
J, A.D. 19 83
Becky McFarland/
Notary Public in and for Collin Count/ Texas
Commission Expires 10/2/84
2. Public Notices
Allen City Hall, 302 W.
McDermott, Allen,
Texas.
Marty Hendrix,
City Secretary
(Published In The Allen
Americ6n on . Monday,
January 24, 1983 and
Thursday, January 27,
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