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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance-2000-1189 CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO INTRODUCED BY COUNCIL MEMBER DiTULLIO Council Bill No 09-2000 Ordinance No. 1189 Series of 2000 TITLE AN ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE FILLING VACANCIES ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS. OF WHEREAS, the Council is empowered by Charter Section 9.3 to appoint the members of City boards and commission; and WHEREAS, the Council wishes to provide flexibility in filling vacancies on such boards and commissions; BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WHEAT RIDGE, COLORADO: Section 1. Section 2-53(c) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws is amended as follows: (c) Members of the boards and commissions shall serve terms of three (3) years, and such members may be reappointed to serve additional three-year terms of office. All appointments to all boards and commissions shall be made to achieve equal representation from each council district to each board or commission. IF, AFTER REASONABLE ADVERTISEMENT, NO APPLICATIONS ARE RECEIVED FROM RESIDENTS WITHIN THE RELEVANT COUNCIL DISTRICT FOR A VACANCY ON ANY BOARD OR COMMISSION, THE COUNCIL MAY APPOINT ANY OTHERWISE QUALIFIED RESIDENT Except as provided in subsection (e) hereof, all members of boards or commissions presently serving shall be entitled to complete the terms for which they were appointed, and shall be subject to reappointment at the discretion of city council. Section 2. Section 2-53(e) of the Wheat Ridge Code of Laws is amended as follows: (e) Any board or commission member may resign his term of office at will. Any board of commission member may be removed from office by the city council, after public hearing before the council, by majority vote, GED\53027\34108402 for reasons of inefficiency, neglect of duty, malfeasance in office, or violation of established rules and procedure. Any time a member of a board ef. OR commission is absent from more than twenty-five (25) percent of the meetings held by the board or commission within any calendar year, such member shall automatically cease to be a member of the board or commission, unless absences are determined as excused absences and are voted upon by a majority of remaining members of the board or commission. Excused absences could include illness, death in the family or emergencies. In addition, any time a member of a board or commission is absent a sufficient number of times to cause the chairman of the board or commission to believe that such absences are impairing the proper functioning of the board or commission, the chairman of the board or commission shall notify the city council, which shall hold a hearing to determine if such member shall be removed for neglect of duty. A BOARD OR COMMISSION MEMBER WHO IS NOT A RESIDENT WITHIN HIS REPRESENTED DISTRICT, AS PERMITTED BY SECTION 2-53(c), MAY BE REMOVED AND THE VACANCY THEREBY CREATED FILLED ONLY IN THE EVENT ONE OF THE FOREGOING CONDITIONS APPLIES OTHER THAN AS PERMITTED BY SECTION 2- 53(cl, any board or commission member who shall change his personal residence to an address outside the city or the district he represents shall cease to be a member of the board or commission, and his seat shall automatically be deemed vacated as of the date on which he ceased to be a resident of the city or of the district. Vacancy on any board or commission, whether resulting from resignation, removal by the councilor other cause, may be filled by a new appointment by the city council. Such appointment shall be for that portion of time remaining in the term which the new member has been appointed to fill. Section 3. Safety Clause. The City Council hereby finds, determines, and declares that this Ordinance is promulgated under the general police power of the City of Wheat Ridge, that it is promulgated for the health, safety, and welfare of the public and that this Ordinance is necessary for the preservation of health and safety and for the protection of public convenience and welfare. The City Council further determines that the Ordinance bears a rational relation to the proper legislative object sought to be attained. GED\53027\341 08402 -2- Section 4. Severability; Conflictina Ordinances Reoealed. If any section, subsection or clause of this ordinance shall be deemed to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, the validity of the remaining sections, subsections and clauses shall not be affected thereby. All other ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed. Section 5. Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect upon adoption on second reading and signature by the Mayor and City Clerk as permitted by Section 5 11 of the Charter. INTRODUCED, READ, AND ADOPTED on first reading by a vote of 6 to 1 on this 13th day of March, 2000, ordered published in full in a newspaper of general circulation in the City of Wheat Ridge and Public Hearing and consideration on final passage set for March 27, 2000, at 7.00 o'clock p.m., in the Council Chambers, 7500 West 29th Avenue, Wheat Ridge, Colorado READ, ADOPTED AND ORDERED PUBLISHED on second and final reading by a vote of 5 to 3, this 27th day of March , 2000. SIGNED by the Mayor on this 31st day of March ,2000. ,- ATTEST: / / '- Apgrev~f To Form 7,/)/ ' -, / ' I- I .' L' / .....r First Publication: March 17, 2000 Second Publication: April 7, 2000 Wheat Ridge Transcript Effective Date: April 22, 2000 GED\53027\341 084 02 -3-