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AN ORDINANCE NO. 3644
AMENDING AN ORDINANCE ENTITLED "CREATING THE CITY-
COUNTY WELFARE B0kRD; .... ", AND BEING ORDINANCE
NO, 3495, PASSED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
ON THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, 1953, BY AMENDING SECTION
Vill BY ADDING A PROVISION REQUIRING THE COORDINA-
TION OF THE BUDGET OF THE CITY COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC
WELFARE WITH THE BUDGET OF THE CITY- COUNTY HEALTH
UNIT; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS.
SECTION 1. That Section Vill of Ordinance No. 3495, passed and
approved on the 1st day of July, 1953, and entitled "Creating'the City - County
Welfare Board; defining its powers and jurisdiction; providing for the quali-
fications, appointment and terms of its members, their removal, meetings,
compensation and expenses; defining certain terms; providing for keeping
of records and appropriation of money; providing for the hiring of an execu-
tive secretary and other employees; providing for the time when the provisions
of this ordinance shall become effective; repealing all ordinances in conflict
herewith; especially amended so as to hereafter read as follows:
"SBCTICN Vill. The City County Welfare Board shall recommend to
the governing body of the City of Corpus Christi and the Commissioners`
Court of Nueces County the probable amount of money necessary to administer
public welfare in the City of Corpus Christi and Nueces County. Such re-
commendations shall be made on or before the 15th day of May of each year,
or at such time as may be required by the budgetary officers of the City and
County. The recommendations so made shall be in such form and in sufficient
detail as to be completely explanatory and so as to provide a basis for
justification of the requested budgetary appropriation. The recommendation
shall be coordinated, reconciled, and in alignment with the budget of the
City - County Health Unit and show a coordination of the functions and
activities of the said City - County health Unit and the said City -County Board
of Public Welfare, in so far as practical with specific recommendations and
explanations for any instance of conflict. The City Manager shall direct
the director of the City - County Health Unit to furnish the City - County Board
of Public Welfare a copy of the proposed budget of the City - County Health
Unit ten days in advance of May 15th of each year."
SECTION 2. The necessity for coordinating the budget of the
City -County Board of Public Welfare with the budget of the City - County
Health Unit creates a public emergency and an imperative public necessity
requiring the suspension of the Charter rule that no ordinance or resolution
shall be passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance
or resolution shall be read at three several meetings of the City Council,
and the Mayor, having declared such emergency and necessity to exist, having
requested the suspension of said Charter rule and that this ordinance be
passed finally on the date of its introduction and that such ordinance
take effect and be in full force and effect from and after its passage, TT
IS ACCORDINGLY PASSED AND APPROVED, This the A Z. day of�January- 1954.
MAYOR
THE CITY. -OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
ATTEST:
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City Secx to
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
City Attorney
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CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN:
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH %N THE EMERGENCY CLAUSE OF
THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE, A PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE NECESSITY
EXIST FOR THE SUSPENSION OF THE CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT 15
INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT
THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL; I, THEREFORE, HEREBY REQUEST
THAT YOU SUSPEND SAID CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT AND PASS THIS
ORDINANCE FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, OR AT THE PRESENT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
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RESPECTFULLY,/
MAYOR
CITY OF CORPU„y CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING �)
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES %. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLL ING VOTED
A. A. LICHTENSTEIN
ELLROY KING !l
P. C. CALLAWAY
JAMES S. NAISMITH
W. JAMES BRACE
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