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AN ORDINANCE
CREATING AND ESTABLISHING A CITY - COUNTY DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE; PROVIDING FOR THE
ADMINISTRATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR CREATION AND
APPOIN T OF THE CITIZENS ADVISORY H LTH AND
WELFARE BOARD; PROVIDING FOR THE DUTIES, POWERS AND
PROCEDURES OF SAID DEPARTMENT AND SAID ADVISORY BOARD;
ABOLISHING CERTAIN BOARDS,.CObMI TTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS
NOW IN EXISTENCE AND TRANSFERRING THE OPERATIONS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES OF SAID BODIES TO THE NEW BOARD;
PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES,
SOLUT S, PP01 S AND ORDERS CONCERNING THE
BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS HEREBY ABOLISHED.
WHEREAS, CERTAIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE FUNCTIONS ARE NOW
DIVIDED BETWEEN SEVERAL BOARDS, COMMITTEES AND ORGANIZATIONS, SOME OF
WHICH ARE COORDINATED WITH THE DISCHARGE OF THE DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS
OF °PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE BY THE CITY, COUNTY AND STATE, AND SOME
OF WHICH ARE NOT SO COORDINATED; AND
WHEREAS, DIVISION OF CONTROL AND LACK OF COORDINATION OF
ADVISORY COMMITTEES AND BOARDS CONTRIBUTES TO CONFUSION AND LACK OF
EFFICIENT DISCHARGE OF THE FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE; AND
WHEREAS, A SURVEY OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS HAS BEEN MADE
FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE COUNTY OF NUECES
AND RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY PERSONS COMPETENT TO ADVISE THE - GOVERNING
BODIES OF THE CITY AND THE COUNTY, AND CONFERENCES HAVE BEEN HELD BETWEEN
SAID GOVERNING BODIES AND THEIR REPRESENTATIVES TO DETERMINE A WORKING
ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI AND THE COUNTY OF NUECES
IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE, AND SAID BODIES HAVE AGREED
TO MATERIAL MATTERS INVOLVED AND ON THE CREATION OF A JOINT CITY - COUNTY
PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE DEPARTMENT AND TO CARRY OUT SUCH SAID INTEN-
TIONS, THE PROVISIONS OF THE ORDINANCE HEREINAFTER CONTAINED HAVE BEEN
AGREED UPON:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS:
5557
or NOVEMBER 4, 1959
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SECT WN 1. THE FUNCTIONS AND PROCEDURES RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH, PUBLIC
CHARITY AND PUBLIC REHABILITATION AND ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS AND THE CARRYING OUT OF
SAID PROGRAMS, IS HEREBY VESTED IN A CITY - COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND
WELFARE. SAID DEPARTMENT SHALL BE UNDER THE SUPERVISION AND CONTROL, SUBJECT TO
THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF NUECES COUNTY,OF -THE CITY- COUNTY
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE WHO SHALL BE APPOINTED BY THE JOINT ACTION OF
THE CITY COUNCIL-THRU. THE CITY MANAGER AND THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AND SHALL BE
SUBJECT TO-DISCHARGE AND REMOVAL BY THE JOINT ACTION OF SAID BODIES.
SECTION `L. THERE IS HEREBY CREATED THE CITIZENS ADVISORY HEALTH AND WELFARE
BOARD. SAID BOARD SHALL CONSIST OF - ELEVEN - MEMBERS, FIVE MEMBERS APPOINTED BY THE
NUECES COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COURT AND FIVE BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND ONE MEMBER AP-
POINTED JOINTLY BY SAID COMMISSIONERS COURT AND SAID CITY COUNCIL. THE BOARD
SHALL ADOPT ITS OWN RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR THE CONDUCT OF ITS BUSINESS AND SHALL
ELECT ITS OWN PRESIDENT AND VICE - PRESIDENT. OF THE MEMBERSHIP FIRST APPOINTED,
THREE MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR ONE YEAR, FOUR MEMBERS SHALL - SERVE -FOR TWO YEARS AND
FOUR MEMBERS SHALL SERVE FOR THREE YEARS, WITH THE TERMS TO BE DECIDED BY LOT AT
THE FIRST BUSINESS SESSION OF THE BOARD. AFTER THE EXPIRATION OF EACH OF THE RE-
SPECTIVE TERMS, THE SUCCEEDING TERMS OF -ALL MEMBERS SHALL BE FOR A kRIOD OF THREE
YEARS. ANY VACANCY OCCURRING DURING A TERM OF OFFICE SHALL BE FILLED BY APPOINTMENT
BY THE APPOINTING AGENCY WHICH APPOINTED THE MEMBER WHOSE OFFICE IS VACANT, AND THE
APPOINTMENT SHALL BE FOR THE UNEXPIRED -TERM OF THE OFFICE IN WHICH -THE VACANCY
OCCURS. NO PERSON SHALL BE ELIGIBLE TO -RE- APPOINTMENT ON THE BOARD UNLESS'AT -LEAST
ONE YEAR HAS ELAPSED SINCE THE LAST AERVIC£'ON THE BOARD 'OF SUCH APPOINTEES EXCEPT
THAT APPOINTEES FIRST APPOINTED UPON THE PASSAGE OF THIS ORDINANCE WHOSE TERMS ARE
FOR NOT EXCEEDING ONE YEAR MAY BE RE- APPOINTED TO SUCCEED THEMSELVES FOR A NEW
FULL THREE -YEAR TERM. ALL MEMBERS DURING THEIR TeAMS IN OFFICE, WILL SERVE AT THE
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PLEASURE O THE COMMISSIONERS COURT AND THE CITY COUNCIL: SAID ADVISORY BOARD
SHALL DIVIDE ITS MEMBERS INTO FOUR STANDING COMMITTEESS
1. BUDGET AND FINANCE COMMITTEE,
2. HEALTH COMMITTEE,' -
WELFARE COMMITTEE, AND
CHILDREN'S SERVICES COMMITTEE.
EACH - COMMITTEE SHALL BE COMPOSED OF FIVE MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY BOARD AND NO
MEMBER OF THE ADVISORY BOARD SHALL BE APPOINTED TO MORE THAN TWO OF SAID COMMITTEES.
AT THE FIRST MEETING OF THE BOARD, FOLLOWING THEEKPIRATION OF THE -TERM OF A PORTION
OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE SAID BOARD AND THE APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS FOR THE NEW TERM,
THE BOARD SHALL REORGANIZE ITSELF BY THE ELECTION OF THE PRESIDENT AND VICE- PRESI-
DENT AND APPOINTMENT OF PERMANENT COMMITTEES FOR THE ENSUING YEAR.
THERE SHALL BE ON THE BUDGET COMMITTEE THE PRESIDENT AND VICE - PRESIDENT OF THE
CITIZENS ADVISORY BOARD, AND .THE CHAIRMAN OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE, WELFARE COMMITTEE,
AND THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES COMMITTEE. THE HEALTH COMMITTEE SHALL INCLUDE AT LEAST
TWO MEMBERS OF THE WELFARE COMMITTEE AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE CHILDREN'S SERVICES
COMMITTEE. THE WELFARE COMMITTEE SHALL INCLUDE AMONG ITS MEMBERS, AT LEAST-TWO
MEMBERS WHO ARE ALSO MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND MEMBERS OF THE CHILDREN'S
SERVICES COMMITTEE. THE - CHILDREN'S SERVICES COMMITTEE SHALL INCLUDE AMONG ITS MEM-
BERS, TWO MEMBERS OF THE HEALTH COMMITTEE AND TWO MEMBERS OF THE WELFARE COMMITTEE.
THE HEALTH COMMITTEE WILL ALSO SERVE AS THE ADVISORY BOARD OF HEALTH IN COMPLIANCE
WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.
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1' SECTION 3. The Citizens Advisory Board shall acquaint itself with the details
,of operations, services, programs, and staff conduct and may make recommendations,
for changes in administration or operation of the Department. Salo recommendations,
comments, or suggestions shall he transmitted to the Director of Health and Welfare,
the City-Manager, the City Council, or the Commissioners Court, depending upon the
nature of the recommendation. Matters will be referred to the Advisory Board
through the Director of Health and Welfare by the.Commiasioners' Court, the City
Council, the City Manager, or the heads of the operating units. The jurisdiction
and actions of the Citizens Advisory Board will be advisory only, and all details
of administration and operation of the Health and Welfare Department will be handled
through the regular administrative procedures of the City and County. The Advisory
Board will also be informed concerning the operations of the Juvenile Department
and Memorial Hospital. Any recommendations in these two areas will be made to the
Juvenile and Hospital Boards, respectively, and.such recommendations will be only
advisory.
SECTION .4. The budget for the Department shall be prepared so as to include
the operation of the Memorial Hospital and the Juvenile Shelter, as well as the
operations of the Health Division,. the Welfare Division, and the Children's Services
Division. The existing budgets shall be continued until revised budgets are pre-
pared and said revised budgets shall consist of the consolidation of the funds a1-
ready appropriated in the current budgets and re- appropriation thereof in accord-
ance with the new revised budgets, and said revised budgets shall not hecome,effec-
tive until approved by the Commissioners' Court and the City Council.
All City - County health and welfare operations will be financed and accounted
for through the budgetary and accounting systems of the City of Corpus Christi by
the creation of a Health and Welfare Fund. The existing cash and other assets of
all.welfare activities will become the property of the Health and Welfare Fund.
Resources will be appropriated in the general funds of the City and County and trans-
ferred to the Health and Welfare Fund on a monthly basis. The City will advance
sufficient cash over and above the resources made available by the termination of
the existing welfare activities for the operation of the.Fuad and will monthly bill
the County for its agreed upon portion of the total.expenditures for.each activity
of the Fund. Detail expenditure records for each activity will be maintained by
the City and copies will be furnished monthly to the County. If it becomes neces-
sary to terminate the Health and Welfare Fund, the cash assets will be returned
to the participating governmental units on the same percentage basis as their
corresponding contributions of the last completed fiscal year. Alt other assets
will revert to the governmental unit which assumes responsibility for the function
for which the non -cash assets were originally provided.
All existing liabilities of the City- County Health and Welfare operations as
shown on the audit.as of October 21, 1959, will be assumed by the Health and Wel-
fare Fund.
SECTION 5. The following boards, committees, and organizations which now
exist are hereby abolished:
1. City - County Welfare Boards.
2. Children's Services Board,
3. Advisory Board�to the-Welfare Unit, and
4. Advisory Board to the City- County Health Unit
All ordinances, resolutions, appointments, and orders of the City and /or the County
concerning the above boards are hereby by the respective bod %es repealed. All rec -.
ords.and other properties of the above mentioned boards will revert to the City -
County Department of Health and Welfare with primary responsibility for their proper
use and administration residifig, in the.Department.Director.
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS �A FOR THE F TI E AND
PA5S�eT9 SECOND READING ON TH19 THE �/�/ DAY OF
19 J BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART (� .
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO; SR.
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE WAS READ FOR THE SECOND TIME AND
PASSED TO ITS THIRD READING ON THIS THE T DAY OF -7ulp,
19 59 . BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
ELLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE
GABE LOZANO� SR.
THAT THE FOREGOING ORDINANCE �WAS
"�READ FOR THE THIRD TIME AND PASSED
FINALLY ON THIS THE ��DAY OF /�/� .�9 sq , BY THE FOLLOWING
VOTE:
E LLROY KING
JAMES L. BARNARD
MRS. RAY AIRHEART
JOSEPH B. DUNN
PATRICK J. DUNNE
R. A. HUMBLE ✓
GABE LOZANO, SR.
PASSED AND APPROVED, THIS THE �LoAY OF f /'�f/L%�o 19
ATTEESST�:'�''�'�
(d'�l CITY SECRETARY
I /1/ MAYOR .
APPROVED AS TO LEGA THIS THE CITY 0 OPUS RISTI� TEXAS
DAY OF P1959:
CITY ATTORNEY