HomeMy WebLinkAbout17573 ORD - 04/20/1983AN ORDINANCE
AMENDING ARTICLE VI, SECTIONS 2-160, 2-166, AND 2-167 AND
DELETING SECTIONS 2-161 AND 2-162 OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES 'BY DELETING ALL REFERENCES TO WELFARE
ACTIVITIES.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. That Article VI, Sections 2-160, 2-166, and 2-167 of
the Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by changing "The Corpus
Christi-Nueces County Department of Public Health & Welfare" to "The Corpus
Christi-Nueces County Department of Public Health", and to change "Director
of Public Health & Welfare" to read "Director of Public Health", to
hereinafter read as follows:
ARTICLE VI. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH; CITIZENS'
ADVISORY HEALTH BOARD; ANIMAL CONTROL ADVISORY BOARD
Sec. 2-160. Functions and procedures; supervision and
control of department; appointment and removal of
director of public health.
The functions and procedures relating to public health,
public charity and public rehabilitation and assistance
programs, and the carrying out of such programs, is
hereby vested in a city -county department of public
health. Such department shall be under the supervision
and control, subject to direction by the city manager and
the commissioners' court of Nueces County of the
city -county director of public health, who shall also be
the health officer of the city. Such officer shall be
appointed by the joint action of the city council acting
through the city manager and the county commissioners and
shall be subject to discharge and removal by the joint
action of such bodies.
Sec. 2-166. Animal control advisory board - Created;
composition; appointment, terms of members; organization.
An animal control advisory board is hereby created
consisting of seven (7) members. Initially, two (2)
members shall be appointed for one-year terms, two (2)
for two (2) years and three (3) for three (3) years;
thereafter, such terms will be three (3) years. At least
one member shall be a veterinarian. Two (2) members
shall be the president and shelter committee chairman of
the local PAWS - Gulf Coast Humane Society. The
remaining four (4) members shall represent the community
at large. All members shall serve until their successors
are appointed and qualified. Each member shall be a
resident of the city.
(1) Ex officio members. The city manager, or his
representative; the director of the city -county health
department or his representative and the animal control
supervisor shall serve as ex officio members of the board
without vote.
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(2) Officers. Following the annual appointment of new
members, the board shall meet at its earliest convenience
and shall, by majority vote, elect a chairman who shall
preside at all meetings of the board and a vice-chairman
who shall preside in the absence of the chairman. The
director of the city -county health department or his
designated representative shall serve as the secretary of
the board and shall send all notices for meetings, keep
and preserve the minutes, have custody of all documents
filed with the board, advise and consult with city
officials as to the board's work and recommendations,
assist the board and its committees in planning and
coordinating its programs and perform such other duties
as may be of assistance to the board. A copy of the
minutes shall be sent to all members.
(3) Committees. The chairman of the board, with the
approval of the board, may establish such committees as
may be necessary or appropriate to assist the board in
its studies and in the performance of its duties.
Members of such committees shall be appointed only from
among members of the board.
(4) Meetings. The board shall meet at least once each
month and shall meet on the call of the chairman of a
majority of its members. The board shall adopt its own
rules of procedure of notice of meetings and the conduct
thereof.
(5) Quorum. Four (4) members shall constitute a quorum.
Sec. 2-167. Same - Purpose and duties of the board.
The board shall advise the city council and city manager
about all aspects of animal control including fees,
staffing, ordinances, procedures and policies and
facilities. The jurisdiction and actions of the board
shall be advisory only. Specifically, the board shall
perform the following tasks:
(1) Acquaint itself with the animal control needs and
problems of the community, the city's animal ordinances
and regulations, the details of operations of the animal
control division and community animal facilities such as
pound and shelters.
(2) Develop recommendations to meet community needs in
this area and to improve the city's animal control
program.
(3) Cultivate public knowledge, understanding and
acceptance of the need for and services offered by the
animal control division and the ordinances and
regulations it enforces.
(4) Provide a public forum for discussion of animal
control needs and services and for hearing public
complaints, inquiries or praise about such services.
SECTION 2. That Article VI, Sections 2-161, Budget, and 2-162,
Health Fund, of the Code of Ordinances is hereby deleted.
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CITY OF CORPUS CHRI
PUBLISHER'S AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF TEXAS, lss:
County of Nueces. j
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Before me, the undersigned, a Notary Public, this day personally came.
ANNA GARZA who being first duly sworn, according to law. says that he is the
ACCOUNTING CLERK of the Corpus Christi Caller and The Corpus Christi 'rimes,
Daily Newspapers published at Corpus Christi, Texas, in said County and State, and that the publication of
NOTICE OF PASSAGE ORDINANCE NO 17573 AMENDING ARTICLE VI
of which the annexed is a true copy, was published in CORPUS CHRISTI CALLER -TIMES•
on the25 day of.. APRIL .1983 and once each DAY -..._.thereafter for ONE
consecutive DAY
Times.
8-22.77
ANNA GARZA
ACCT CLERK
Subscribed and sworn to before me this_._2nd .._.day of APRIL
EUGENIA S. CORTEZ
Notary Pub Nueces County, Texas
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NOTII E OF
.PASSAGE` RD1f�lAF0Ca
`NO' -17577 "
AMENDING ARTICLE BVI,
SECTIONS 2-160, 2-166,
AND 2-167 AND DELETING
SECTIONS 2-161 AND 2-162
OF THE CODE OF ORDI-
NANCES BY DELETING
ALL REFERENCES TO
WELFARE ACTIVITIES.
Was passed and approved
by the City Council of the
City of Corpus Christi, Tex-
as on the 20th day of April,
1983 The full text of said
ordinance Is available to the
public in the Office of the
City Secretary.
-s-Bill G. Read
City Secretary,
Corpus Christi,
Texas
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That the foregoing ordinance as read for first time and passed to its
second reading on this the day of j f_ , 19 , 3 , by the
following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
That the foregoing ordinance read for
third reading on this the AO day of
following vote:
Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W.
Cliff Zarsky
Kennedy
That the foregoihgg ordinanc
on this the „207nday of
second time and pied to its
, 19a, , by the
s r for the
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Luther Jones
Betty N. Turner
Jack K. Dumphy
Bob Gulley
Herbert L. Hawkins, Jr.
Dr. Charles W. Kennedy
Cliff Zarsky
PASSED AND APPROVED, this the pA ay of
ATTEST:
d time and passed finally
, by the following vote:
A7Q-DAY:
f�'h• DAY OF
, 19
J. BRUCE AYCOCK,'CITY ATTORNEY
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MAYIR
THE ITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS
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