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ORDINANCE NO. 2$10
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ARTICLE II, BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS,
OF CHAPTER 2, "ADMINISTRATION ", OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
BY THE ADOPTION OF A NEW DIVISION 7 TO ESTABLISH THE
BAYTOWN CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL, AND PROVIDING FOR THE
EFFECTIVE DATE HEREOF.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAYTOWN:
Section 1: That Chapter 2, "Administration ", Article
II, Boards and Commissions, of the Code of Ordinances of the
City of Baytown, Texas, is hereby amended by the repeal of
Division 7 as presently constituted and the adoption of a
new Division 7 creating the Baytown Cultural Arts Council
which shall read as follows:
DIVISION 7. BAYTOWN CULTURAL ARTS COUNCIL
Sec. 2 -66. Creation of Cultural Arts Council.
There is hereby created the Baytown Cultural Arts Council
to gather information relative to cultural arts activities,
to improve communications between cultural arts groups, to
improve communications between cultural arts groups and the
Baytown citizenry, and to aid cultural arts groups to obtain
funding for activities and programs.
Sec. 2 -67. Appointment of council; qualifications.
(a) The Baytown Cultural Arts Council shall consist of
seven (7) members to be appointed by City Council. The
members of such board shall serve at the pleasure of the
City Council and may be removed by City Council with or
without cause.
(b) All members of the Baytown Cultural Arts Council shall
be active in Baytown cultural arts organizations.
Sec. 2 -67.1. Terms of councilmembers.
The terms of the persons appointed as members of the
Baytown Cultural Arts Council shall be as follows:
(a) Of the initial seven (7) councilmembers appointed by
City Council, three (3) shall be appointed to serve three -
year terms, two (2) shall be appointed to serve two -year
terms, and two (2) shall be appointed to serve one -year
terms.
(b) Subsequent terms of all councilmembers shall be for
three (3) years.
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(c) Appointments to vacancies shall be for the unexpired
term of the position to which the appointment is made.
(d) Councilmembers shall serve until their successors have
been appointed.
Sec. 2 -68. Consultation with City officers.
The Director of Parks and Recreation and his staff should
consult with and advise the Baytown Cultural Arts Council on
matters coming within the scope of this division.
Sec. 2 -69. Powers and duties.
The Cultural Arts Council shall have the power and duty to
serve in an advisory capacity to the City Council on cultural
arts matters and to report and make recommendations to the
City Council on such matters.
Section 2: This ordinance shall take effect from and
after its passage.
INTRODUCED, READ, and PASSED by the affirmative vote of
the City Council of the City of Baytown on this 24th
day of January , 1980.
ATTEST:
EILEEN P. HALL, City Clerk
APPROVED:
SC TT BOUNDS, City Attorney
,ETT O. HUTTO, Mayor
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