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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-24-68 Regular Meeting of Charter Commission Committee0 0 MINUTES - REGULAR MEETING OF THE CHARTER COMMISSION, LA PORTE, TEXAS July 24, 1968 7: 30 P.M. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION PRESENT: Chairman Shepherd, Jack Smith, Tommy Moser, W. A. Stabs, Jack Lawler, and Robert White. MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION ABSENT: L. R. Rigby. OTHERS PRESENT: City Attorney Knox Askins. PRESIDING: Chairman Shepherd. 1. The City fiscal agent is preparing a recommendation to replace Article V1, concuring with State laws. 2. Mr. Smith moved that the re -wording of the following sections, as revised by Mr. Askins, be approved: Sections 12, 13, 14, 21, 83, 33, and that the last "the" in Section 21, be deleted. Mr. Stabs seconded the motion, and it carried. 3. The minutes of July 17, 1968 were read and approved. There being no further business at hand, the meeting was adjourned. Russell Shepherd Chairman Jack Smith Secretary Section 12. Number, Selection, Term. The City Commission of the City of La Porte shall be composed of a Mayor and four (4) Commissioners. The four (4) positions of Commissioner on the City Commission shall be numbered One (1), Two (2), Three (3) and Four (4). The Mayor and members of the City Commission shall hold their offices for a term of two (2) years, and until their successors have been elected and duly qualified. The Mayor and City Commissioners, Positions Two (2) and Four (4), shall be elected at a regular City Election on the first Saturday -,f April in each even numbered year. The City Commissioners, Positions One (1) and Three (3), shall be elected at a regular City Election on the first Saturday of April in ea-h odd numht,rea year. All candidates for City Cxruni ssioner shall be votes.; on and elected separately for posit tns or: said ty Commiss3_or:, and each candidate shcil be :i�>signa¢ e-d on r ?re of i ic•iai ballot - according to the number of w_j -,h pc:s F I)n wh,c - he seeks election. Any candidate for office receiving a na or.t_y -": all the votes cast for the office for which he is a candidate shall be elected to such office. In the event any candidate for any office fails to receive a majority of all votes cast for ail the candidates for such office, the City Commission shall call '! a second election within thirty (30) days, at which said second election the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be voted for again. In the event of a tie in the vote for the two leading candidates, at the regular election, the City Commission shall call a second election within thirty (30) days, at which said second election the candidates receiving such tie vote shall be voted for again. 0 • 0 Section 13. Qualifications. The Mayor and each Commissioner shall be at least twenty-one (21) years of age and a resident citizen of the City of La Porte, and have qualifications of electors therein, and shall have owned real property in said city for a period of at least one year immediately prior to the date application is made for his name to be placed on the ballot. iThe Mayor, Commission- ers, other officers and employees of the city shall not be indebted to the city; shall not hold any other public office and shall not be interested in the profits or any contracts, iob, work or service for the municipality or interested in th#- sale • to the city of any supplies, equipment, material or articles purchased; nor shall any of them be the owner of stock :n any public utility or public service corporation within the city nor in the employ of any owner of stock in any public utility or public service corporation. -Any- ,-,fficer or employee of thf. city who shall cease to possess any of the qualifications herein required shall forfeit his offi,,e or pc­­1Aion and an- Contract in which any officer of -employee shall or may be(--�mf interes-. shall be declared void by the Cemunissi_n. n Section 14. Compensation of Member of Commission. The Commission shall hold at least one regular monthly meeting, and,the Mayor or two Commissioners may call as many special meetings as may be necessary to attend to the municipal business. Each Commissioner and the Mayor shall receive for his services, a salary in an amount determined by the Commission, not to exceed the sum of Twenty-four Hundred Dollars ($2,400.00) per year for the Mayor, and Twelve Hundred Dollars ($1,200.00) per year for each Commissioner. • • Section 21. Induction of commission into office; meetings of commission Ort the first Monday next following the regular municipal election held on the first Saturday of April, or as soon there- after as practicable, the Commission shall meet at the usual place for holding meetings, and the newly -elected members shall qualify and assume the duties of office. At such meeting the Commission shall select one of its members to serve as Mayor Pro Tem, and he shall perform all the duties of the Mayor in his absence or disability. Thereafter, the Commission shall meet regularly at such times as may be prescribed by its rules but not less frequently than once each month. All meetings of the 40 Commission shall be open to the public; special meetings shall be called by the city clerk upon request of the Mayor or the two Commissioners. • Section 83. Municipal elections. The regular election for the choice of a Mayor and members of the Commission as provided in Article II, Section 12, shall be held annually on the first Saturday of April. The Commission may by ordinance or resolution order a special election, fix the time for holding same,and provide all means for holding such special elections. 0 0 Section 33. Fiscal year. The fiscal year of the city government shall begin on the first day of October and shall end on the last day of September of each calendar year. Such fiscal year shall also constitute the budget and accounting year. As used in this charter the term "Budget Year" shall mean the fiscal year for which any particular budget is adopted and in which it is administered. • • 0 C fl P. i Ix f \ N/ 0 r • LG-•mac' . • ut - _ _ --�t1/ _ LC'✓�i _ �'✓v_ __ 5�`_"_�/I��CLS3������ ��- �- L'��"y- - �"'r'�- �-r� - - _ _ P ,p ; -- l -- .&� --Y �''"„- • r A I dl &�— �+7-� Lam'"- O r f � t i i o i 0 r r �p - C f, J,�,Tt'vl of 11 0 ! Cal t F (1 e — 0