Ordinance 2020-061
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ORDINANCE NO. 2020-06
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF WYLIE, TEXAS, AMENDING
ORDINANCE NO. 1969-2, CHAPTER 66 (LIBRARY), ARTICLE II
(PUBLIC LIBRARY DEPARTMENT), DIVISION 2 (LIBRARY BOARD),
SECTION 66-41 (MEMBERSHIP; APPOINTMENT; TERMS), AND CODE
1997, SECTION 66-66; PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND
SEVERABILITY CLAUSES; AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THIS ORDINANCE.
WHEREAS, the subject Ordinance includes procedures related to Board and Commission
member terms and qualifications; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has investigated and determined that it would be
advantageous and beneficial to the citizens of Wylie to amend Ordinance No. 1969-2, Chapter 66
(Library), Article II (Public Library Department), Division 2 (Library Board), Section 66-41
(Membership; Appointment; Terms), and Code 1997, Section 66-66; and
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WYLIE, TEXAS:
SECTION 1: The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body of this Ordinance
as if fully set forth herein.
SECTION 2: Wylie Code of Ordinances is hereby amended as follows:
CHAPTER 66 (LIBRARY)
ARTICLE II (PUBLIC LIBRARY DEPARTMENT)
DIVISION 2 (LIBRARY BOARD)
Section 66-41 Membership; appointment; terms.
(a) The membership and terms of office of the Library Board shall be as provided for in
Section 2(C) of Article VIII of the Charter.
(b) Upon the death, resignation, removal or expiration of the term of office of any member
of the Library Board, the City Council shall appoint a successor as a member of the
board who shall hold his membership for the unexpired term of the member he is
appointed to succeed or for the period of the regular term when the appointment is
made due to the expiration of a board member's term. If the best interest of the City
requires the removal of any member of the board, his removal shall be effected
through appointment of a successor by unanimous vote of the City Council.
(c) The mayor or his nominee, with the advice and consent of the Council, shall be an ex
officio member of the board but shall not be entitled to a vote on the board.
(d) The limit for consecutive service on the Library Board is three (3) consecutive, full
terms, regardless of term length (2-year, 3-year, etc.). After the expiration of term
limit, the member must wait one year before reapplying to the same board. Should a
Ordinance No. 2020-06 — Amending Ord. No. 1969-2 — Library Board Term Limits
board member's replacement not be qualified upon the expiration of any term of a
board member, then that board member shall holdover on the board until a qualified
replacement board member has been appointed.
SECTION 3: Savings/Repealing. The Code of Ordinances, shall remain in full force and
effect, save and except as amended by this or any other Ordinance. All provisions of any Ordinance
in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed, but such repeal shall not abate any pending
prosecution for violation of the repealed Ordinance, nor shall the repeal prevent a prosecution from
being commenced for any violation if occurring prior to the repeal of the Ordinance. Any
remaining portions of said Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 4: Severability. Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of
this Ordinance be declared unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is
expressly provided that any and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force
and effect. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each
section, subsection, clause or phrase thereof, regardless of whether any one or more sections,
subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases is declared unconstitutional and/or invalid.
SECTION 5: Effective Date. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately from and
after its passage.
DULY PASSED AND APPROVED by the City Council of the City of Wylie, Texas, on
this 14th day of January, 2020.
ATTEST:
Stephanie Storm, City Secretary
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