1981-09-16 Joint Public Hearing and Regular Meeting

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• • L_ J TIME AND METHOD OF APPOINTMENT Those members appointed by the County of Harris, the City of Houston, and the Houston Independent School District shall be appointee by a resolution of the respected governin bodies adopted prier to November 15 in each odd numbered year. A certified copy of each such resolution shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the District prior to December i of such year. The memLers appointed by all incorporated cities and towns, other than tze City of Houston, shall be selected in the follow- ing manner: Each sucZ city and town may nominate, by resolution adopted by its governing body, one candidate for the position on the Board to be gilled by such cities and towns. The presiding officer of each such city and town making such a nomination shall submit the name of its nominee to the County Clerk of Harris County prior to October 15 of each odd numbered year. Before October 30 e= such year, the County Clerk shall prepare a ballot, listing the candidates thus nominated alphabetically according to the first letter in each candidate's surname, and shall deliver a ccpy of such ballot to the presiding officer of the governing bc~y of each such city and town. The governing body of each such city and town shall be entitled to one vote for the candidate of its choice whose name appears on such ballot. Such vote stall be expressed by resolution of each such govern- ing body and delivered by the presiding officer thereof to the County Clerk prior to November 15 of such year. The County Clerk shall count the votes, declare the candidate who received the highest number of votes elected, and, prior to December 1 of such year, submit. the results of such election to the govern- ing body of each such city and tom, to the candidates nominated, and to the Secretary of the Board of Directors of the District. The County C=erk shall resolve a tie vote by any method of chance. The member appointed by all school districts, other than the Houston Independent School District, shall be selected at the same time any in the same manner as the member selected by those cities and towns other than the City of Houston. LIMITATION Ord NUMBER OF TAXING UI`_T EMPLOYEES WHO MAY SERVE AS DIRECTORS Section o.03(a) of the Property Tax Code provides in part that not more than one employee of a taxing unit may serve on the Board of Directors of the District at one time. Therefore, in the event two or more employees of taxing units within the District are appointed to serve on such Board at the same time, the one who shall become eligible to serve shall be determined not later th:~ December 5 by any method of chance selected by the Secretar-: of the Board of Directors and conducted in his presence and in the presence of such appointed taxing unit em- ployees. Thy results of such determination by chance shall be irunediately =ransmitted in writing by the Secretary of the Board to the goverYing body of the taxing unit or units whose appointee or appointees have been thus precluded from serving on the Board and such gov=_rning body or_ bodies shal?_ forthwith appoint another person, who `_s not an employee of a taxing unit, to serve on such Board o= Directors. The method and procedure employed for any such appointment shall be the same as that employed in the original appcintment. If a vacancy on the Board occurs, an employee of a taxing unit shall not be eligible for appointment to fill the •.:nexpired term if there is another employee of a taxing unit =hen serving on such Board. -2-