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AN ORDINANCE
Al,IEND I NG ORDINANCE 1,10. 3495, ENTITLED "AN ORDINANCE CREATING
THE CITY-COUNTY WELFARE BOARD; DEFINING ITS POaERS.AND JURIS-
DICTION; PROVIDING FOR THE QUALIFICATIONS, APPOINTMENT AND
TERf1S OF ITS MEMBERS, THEIR REMOVAL, I iLET I NGS, COMPE14SAT I ON
AND EXPENSES; DEFINING CERTAIN TERMS; PROVIDING FOR KEEPING
OF RECORDS AND APPROPRIATION OF MONEY; PROVIDING FOR THE
HIRING OF AN EXECUTIVE SECRETARY AND OTHER EMPLOYEES; PRO-
VIDING FOR THE TIME WHEN THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT
HEREWITH; ESPECIALLY REPEALING IN ITS ENTIRETY ORDINANCE PJO.
3190; AND DECLARING AN EI.IERGENCY ", BY AMENDING SECTIONS I AND
III THEREOF SO AS TO INCREASE THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY -
COUNTY WELFARE BOARD FROM FIVE 5 MEhOERS TO SEVEN
i P�l'd3'u13; AF;EPID I NG SECT I Old V OF SAID ORD I NAhICE N0. j5
PROV ID I HG FOR TERMS OF OFF I Cc OF SA ID MENiEBERS; APID DECLM I NG
Aid EPIERGEIM
1 EREAS, IT HAS SEEN DETER171IJED THAT IT 15 DESIRABLE TO INCREASE THE
MEMUERSHIP OF THE CITY- COUNTY WELF ARC "CARD SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR A NE MI3E RSHIP
THEREOF OF SEVEN (7) PERSOfIS:
110,4, THEREFORE, 3E IT ORDAINED 3Y THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CORPUS CHRISTI, T£i;AS
SECT 10[1 1. THAT SECTION! I O1= SAID ORDINANCE NO. 3495 CREATING THE
CITY- COUNTY 'JELFARE BOARD, PASSED AND APPROVED ON THE 1ST DAY OF JULY, %` 31 RE-
C Cl RD CO IN VOLUM,_ 21, PAGE 1)1, IS HF_RE�3Y A11'EPI D ED TO READ AS FOLLOWS: �_��
"SECT(Ofl 1. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED A BOARD C01 "POSED OF SEVEN
(7) ilEIIDERS TO BE KNOWN AS THE CITY- COUNTY BOARD OF PUBLIC
':iELFARE.''
SECTION 2. SSECTIOPI III OF SAID ORDINANCE I`IO. 3 "95 IS HERESY
AMEKDEO TO READ AS FOLLO415:
"SECTION III. THE CITY- COUNTY BOARD OF PUULIC 'lkLFARE SHALL
FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 14 j6, BE COMPOSED OF SEVEN (7) MEMBERS
WIiO SHALL BE SELECTED AS HEREAFTER PROVIDED IN SECTION V, AT
A JOINT NIEE7ING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS'
COURT HELD DURII:G THE FIRST WEEK OF JULY EACH YEAR. A MAJORITY VOTE
OF THE ME1d3ERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNTY COM111551ONERS' COURT
AT SUCH HEETING SHALL jr I AECESSARY TO SELECT A MEMBER OF SUCH
BOARD."
$ECTICP! 3. SECTION V OF SAID ORDINANCE N0. 31197 IS HEREBY AMENDED
SO AS TO HEREAFTER READ AS FOLLOWS:
"SECTION V. THE TERMS OF OFFICE SHALL BE FOR FIVE (5) YEARS,
AND UNTIL THEIR SUCCESS-OR.. SHALL HAVE BEEN APPOINTED AND 4ULY
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QUALI F I ED. THE TERb15 OF THE MEM E)ERS SERVING CPI SAID
BOARD ON THE DATE OF THE ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE SHALL
CONTINUE TO SERVE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERM OF THEIR
ORIGINAL APPOINTMENT. AT THE TIME OF THE APPOINTMENT TO
FILL THE VACANCY BY THE EXPIRATION OF THE TERM OF THE
MEMBER WHOSE TERM EXPIRES JULY 1, 1956, IN ADDITION
TO THE APPOINTi1ENT OF A MEMBER TO FILL SUCH TFrHyAPP01NTHENT
SHALL DE MADE OF THE TWO ADDITIONAL MCMOERS INCREASING THE
ME1,13ERSHIP OF SAID BOARD 'FO SENEN t7) MEMBERS. SAID TWO
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS SHALL AS DESIGNATED BY THE SAID JOINT
MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND COUNTY COMMISSIONERS' COURT
BE APPOINTED FOR TERIAS OF THREE �3i YEARS AND FIVE (5) YEARS
RESPECTIVELY FROM JULY 1, 1756. AS EACH TERM EXPIRES
APPOINTMENT SHALL DE FOR A PERIOD OF A NEW TERM OF FIVE
(5) YEARS. FROM AND AFTER JULY 1, 1956, THE MEMBERSHIP
OF SUCH BOARD SHALL BE COMPOSED OF SEVEN (I) MEMBERS WHOSE
TERMS EXPIRE AS FOLLOWS:
(A) Oil ( 1 ) MEfIDER WHOSE TERP4S EXPIRES JULY 1, 1957. "
(3) DIME MEf,6E'n WHOSE TERN EXPIRES JULY 1, 1953-
(C) TWO (2) MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE JULY 11 1959.
(D) ONE (1) HEIABER WHOSE TERMM EXPIRES JULY 1, 1960.
(E) TWO (2) MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS EXPIRE JULY 1, 1961.
NO MEMBER SHALL BE ELECTED FOR A FULL TERM OF FIVE YEARS IF HE
HAS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR THERETO COMPLETED A FIVE YEAR TERM OF SER-
VICE ON SUCH BOARD. IN THE EVENT OF A VACANCY OR VACANCIES ON
SUCH 0ARDj SAID VACANCY OR VACANCIES SHALL BE FILLED FOR THE
UNEXPIRED TERM BY JOINT ACTION OF THE CITY AND CO(JN7Y.°
SECTION 11. THE NECESSITY FOR INCREASING THE MC,ABERSHIP OF THE CITY —
COUNTY 'JCLFARE BOARD CREATES A PUBLIC EI- iERGENCY AND AN II.IPERATIVE PUBLIC NECESSITY
REQUIRING THE SUSPENSION OF THE CITY CHARTER RULE OR REQUIREMENT THAT NO ORDINANCE
OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE IT IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH
ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL BE READ AT THREE SEVERAL MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND THE kAYOR HAVING DECLARED THAT SUCH PUBLIC EMERGENCY AND IMPERATIVE PUBLIC
NECESSITY EXISTS AND HAVING REQUESTED THAT SAID CHARTER RULE BE SUSPENDED ANDTMIAT
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TIFIIS ORDINANCE EE PASSED FINALLY ON THE DATE OF ITS INTRODUCTION, AI4D TAKE
EFFECT ARID BE IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT FROM AND AFTER ITS PASSAGE, IT IS
ACCORDINGLY SO ORDAINED.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE p DAY OF 1956.
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THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEYAS
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORT, Q/
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CITY ATTCANEY
CORPUS CFVtISTI, TEXAS
1956
TO THE MEMBERS'OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
GENTLEMEN;
FOR THE REASONS SET FORTH IN 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 IS INTRODUCED, AND THAT SUCH ORDINANCE OR RESOLUTION SHALL
BE READ AT THREE MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL: I, THEREFORES 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.
RESPECTFULLY,
MAYOR
THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
THE CHARTER RULE WAS SUSPENDED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
FARRELL D. SMITH
MINOR CULLI
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
THE ABOVE ORDINANCE WAS PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE;
FARRELL D. SMITH
MINOR CULLI
W. J. ROBERTS
B. E. BIGLER
MANUEL P. MALDONADO
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