2009R60-Schertz Historical Preservation Committee Alternates RESOLUTION N0.09-R-60
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS CREATING TWO ALTERNATE MEMBER
POSITIONS ON THE SCHERTZ HISTORICAL PRESERVATION
COMMITTEE, AND RELATED MATTERS
WHEREAS, the Schertz Historical Preservation Committee (the "Historical Preservation
Committee") was established by the City Council of the City of Schertz (the "City") pursuant to
Resolution No. 06-R-29, as amended by Resolution No. 06-R-35, with fourteen voting members,
but with no alternate members;
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to provide for two alternate members on certain
City advisory groups, including the Historical Preservation Committee.
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS
THAT:
SECTION 1. (a) The City Council hereby creates two alternate member positions
on the Historical Preservation Committee. Such persons shall be appointed by the City Council
and shall be designated as Alternate No. 1 and Alternate No. 2.
(b) Alternate members shall be entitled to receive notice of all Committee
meetings. Alternate members may comment on matters coming before the Committee in the
same manner that regular members may comment but, except as provided below, shall have no
authority to vote and, unless serving in place of an absent regular member as provided below,
shall not be considered in determining the presence of a quorum.
(c) In the absence from a meeting of the Committee of up to two regular
members, alternate members who are present (in alternating order if there is only one regular
member absent) shall, for such meeting, be counted toward a quorum, vote, and have all other
rights of the absent regular members (except any absent regular member's office on the
Committee). If the regular member for whom an alternate member is serving subsequently
arrives at the meeting, he or she shall not participate in such meeting, and the alternate member
shall continue to serve until the conclusion of such meeting.
(d) The City Council may remove a regular member or alternate member of
the Committee at any time, with or without cause.
(e) In the event of the death, resignation, or removal of a regular or alternate
member, the City Council shall appoint a replacement regular or alternate member to serve for
the remainder of such member's term. There shall be no limit on the number of terms an
individual may serve on the Committee as a regular or alternate member.
SECTION 2. The recitals contained in the preamble hereof are hereby found to be true,
and such recitals are hereby made a part of this Resolution for all purposes and are adopted as a
part of the judgment and findings of the City Council.
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SECTION 3. All resolutions, or parts thereof, which are in conflict or inconsistent with
any provision of this Resolution are hereby repealed to the extent of such conflict, and the
provisions of this Resolution shall be and remain controlling as to the matters resolved herein.
SECTION 4. This Resolution shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the
laws of the State of Texas and the United States of America.
SECTION 5. If any provision of this Resolution or the application thereof to any person
or circumstance shall be held to be invalid, the remainder of this Resolution and the application
of such provision to other persons and circumstances shall nevertheless be valid, and the City
Council hereby declares that this Resolution would have been enacted without such invalid
provision.
SECTION 6. It is officially found, determined, and declared that the meeting at which
this Resolution is adopted was open to the public and public notice of the time, place, and subject
matter of the public business to be considered at such meeting, including this Resolution, was
given, all as required by Chapter 551, Texas Government Code, as amended.
SECTION 7. This Resolution shall be in force and effect from and after its final
passage, and it is so resolved.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED, this 24`I' day of November, 2009.
CITY OF SCHE Z, TEXAS
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Mayor
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City Secretary
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