HomeMy WebLinkAbout2004-12-20-Ordinance 2496_Community Development Committee, EstablishORDINANCE NO.2496
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND THE WAUKEE MUNICIPAL CODE,BY ADDING
THEREIN CHAPTER 226,CONFIRMING THE ESTABLISHMENT,POWERS AND
DUTIES OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE,A STANDING
COMMITTEE OF THE CITY OF WAUKEE,FOR THE PURPOSE OF
CLARIFICATION OF MEMBERSHIP,DUTIES AND ROLE OF COMMITTEE
BE IT ENACTED by the Council of the City of Waukee:
§226.l Purpose.The purpose of this ordinance is to provide for the
establishment of a Community Development Committee as a standing committee of the City
of Waukee.
§226.2 Committee Members.The Community Development Committee
consists of the Director of Community Development,five citizen members and one council
member.All committee members,other than the council member and the Director,are to be
appointed or re-appointed by the mayor with the approval of the council and are subject to
removal without cause by mayor/council.The council member is appointed annually by the
mayor.
§226.3 Qualifications of Committee Members.This committee is made up
of residents of the city of Waukee,Iowa,and all shall be over the age of eighteen (18).
§226.4 Organization of Standing Committees.
A.Length of Terms,All appointments to the Development Committee shall be
for three (3)years,except to fill vacancies.Each term shall commence on
January 151 with appointment being made during the council meeting held on
the first Monday in January.Appointments shall be made every year of one-
third ofthe total number as near as possible,to stagger the terms.The present
incumbents or appointees for 2005 are to be confnmed in their appointments
and staggered in their terms of assignment in such a manner that:
Two members are to be assigoed to a one year term
Two members are to be assigoed to a two year term
One member is to be assigoed to a three year term.
B.Vacancies.The position of any committee member shall be vacant if the
member moves permanently from the city;or ifhe/she is absent without due
explanation from four (4)consecutive meetings of the committee,except in the
case of sickness or ifhe/she is removed for cause by the mayor with the
approval of the city council.The mayor,with approval of the council,shall fill
any vacancy by appointment of a new connnittee member to fill the unexpired
term.
C.Quorum and Voting.All action by the committee,if any,shall require a
majority vote of the whole number of members appointed by the council.
D.Officers.Officers of the committee shall include a chair person and vice chair
person.Each shall be elected for a one year term.)
E.Compensation.The committee members shall receive no compensation for
their services.
§226.5 Powers and Duties.The Connnunity Development Committee,as a
standing committee,shall perform a continuing function of providing information,review or
research of a topic which is to come before the council.The Development Committee may
report its findings to the councilor make recommendations as warranted,
A.After each annual appointment is made,the Community Development
Committee members shall elect a vice chair person to serve as an officer of the committee for
the current year.The chair person shall be appointed by the Director of Community
Development.
B.The Community Development Connnittee shall meet at the call of the Director
of Community Development on a date and at a time and place convenient to a majority of all
committee members.
§226.6 Repealer.All ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with the
provisions of this ordinance are hereby repealed.I§226.7 Saving Clause.If any section,provision or part of this ordinance shall
be adjudged invalid or unconstitutional,such adjudication shall not affect the validity or the
ordinance as a whole or any section,provision,or part not adjudged invalid or
unconstitutional.
§226.8 Effective Date.The ordinance shall be in effect after its final passage,
approval,and publication as required by law.
Passed by the Council this 20th day of December 2004 and approved this 20th day of December
2004.
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