OR 331 Economic & Business Development Board AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 331
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS, AMENDING CHAPTER 2
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, CREATING THE
ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD; PROVIDING A REPEALING
CLAUSE; PROVIDING A SEVERABLITY CLAUSE; AND DECLARING AN EFFECTIVE
DATE.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COPPELL, TEXAS:
SECTION 1. AMENDING CODE TO CREATE THE ECONOMIC AND BUSINE88
DEVELOPMENT BOARD
The City of Coppell Code of Ordinances is hereby amended by adding to Chapter
2 the following new Article 2-3:
ARTICLE 2 - 3 ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BOARD
Section 2-3-1 CREATION
The Economic and Business Development Board is hereby established.
Section 2-3-2 APPOINTMENT
A. The Economic and Business Development Board provided for
herein shall be comprised of five (5) members to be nominated
by the Mayor and appointed by the City Council. Members
shall be residents of the City and shall receive no
compensation.
B. In order to provide for staggered terms of office, three (3)
members of the first Board appointed shall serve a one-year
term and two (2) members shall serve a two-year term.
Thereafter, the term of office for each Board member shall
be for two (2) years or until a successor is appointed.
C. Any vacancy created on the Board shall be filled by majority
vote of the City Council for the portion of the unexpired term.
Section 2-3-3 OFFICERS
A. The Board shall elect annually a chairman, vice-chairman and
secretary for one-year terms of office, or until their
successors are elected.
B. The chairman may hold oCfice for two (2) terms, after which
one (1) term must elapse before being eligible for re-election.
C~.' ....In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of chairman, the
vice-chairman shall assume the duties of chairman until the
next regular meeting of the Board, at which time the Board
shah elect a new chairman.
D. In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of vice-chairman
or secretary, the chairman may appoint a Board member to
temporarily assume the duties of that office until the next
regular meeting, at which time election shall be held to fill
such vacancy.
Section 2-3-4 MEETINGS
A. The Economic and Business Development Board shall meet in
regular session at times established by the by-laws adopted
by the Board and shall hold such special meetings as shall
be called by the chairman or, upon written request of at
least two (2) members of the Board. Three (3) members of
the Economic and Business Development Board shall constitute
a quorum.
B. If a Board member is absent from three (3) consecutive
regularly scheduled meetings, or if a Board member is absent
from twenty-five (25) percent of the regularly scheduled
meetings within a twelve-month period, the City Council shall
have the authority and discretion to divest such Board member
of the appointment and fill the vacancy resulting from such
action.
Section 2-3-5 POWERS AND DUTIES OF TEE ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS
DF-VRLOPMENT BOARD
A. The Economic and Business Development Board shall
recommend economic and business development policies to the
City Council so that all City economic and business
development activities may follow a common purpose.
B. The Board shah have the following responsibilities:
1. Adopt by-laws for the operation of the Board;
2. Develop a City-wide economic and business development
policy plan;
3. Evaluate City actions in light of that policy;
4. Determine and recommend to the City Council economic
and business development priorities on a City-wide
basis;
5. The City Council may appropriate from the general
fund an amount not exceeding one percent of the
general fund budget for that year, such appropriation
to be for advertising the City and promoting its growth
and development. The Board shall investigate the
desirability of various methods of advertising and
promoting the City and shall make appropriate
recommendations to the City Council as to the best
method of expending funds already available, and as
to the amount which should be appropriated in the next
budget. Recommendations of the Board shall not be
binding on the City Council, which shall have discretion
as to the amount to be appropriated (within the limit
of one percent of the general fund budget) and as to
the methods of using it;
6. Monitor City performance and economic and business
development progress, and make an annual report to
the City Council; and
7. Carry out such other tasks as the City Council may
from time to time designate.
Section 2-3-6 TEAM MEMBERS
A. The Economic and Business Development Board shall be further
comprised of sixteen (16) non-voting members officially
designated as Team Members, who shall be appointed by the
City Council and shall be a representative of the following
classifications:
1. Utility Company 4 Team Members
2. Landowner/Developer 4 Team Members
3. Business Owner 4 Team Members
4. Member at Large 4 Team Members
B. Eight (8) of the first Team Members appointed shah serve a
one-year term and eight (8) members shall be appointed for
a two-year term. Thereafter, the term of office for each
Team Member shall be for two (2) years or until a successor
is appointed.
C. Any vacancy created in the Team Members shall be filled by
a majority vote of the City Council for the portion of the
unexpired term.
D. All Team Members shall serve without pay.
E. The Team Members shah function under the by-laws of the
Board and assist the Board and City Council as provided in
the by-laws, and as directed by the City Council.
SECTION 2. FIRST BOARD MEMBERS
The following persons are hereby appointed to serve as members of the Economic
and Business Development Board: Tim Loudermilk for a one-year term; Jim Brown for
a one-year term; Jay S. Turner for a one-year term; Jim Cowman for a two-year term;
Dan Startton for a two-year term. Such terms shall commence on the c~''(~ day of
[, ~ j , 1985.
SECTION 3. REPEALING CLAUSE
All ordinances, or parts of ordinances, inconsistent or in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.
SECTION 4. SEYERABILITY CLAUSE
If any article, paragraph or subdivision, clause or provision of this ordinance
shall be adjudged invalid or held unconstitutional, the same shall not affect the validity
of this ordinance as a whole or any part or provision thereof, other than the part so
decided to be invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE
This ordinance shall take effect immediately from and after its passage, as the
law in such cases provides.
DULY PASSED by the City Council of the City of Coppell, Texas, this the ~:~
day of (~tt~ · , 1985.
APPROVED:
ATTEST:
APPROVED AS TO FORM: