O-90-2518 - 11/8/1990ORDINANCE NO. C 55)
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 1, SECTION'1.907, SUBSECTIONS
(1) AND (2) TO PROVIDE A COMPLAINT FORM AND TO ESTABLISH
PROCEDURES FOR COMPLAINTS FILED BY THE ETHICS COMMISSION OR
A MEMBER THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR A SAVINGS CLAUSE AND
REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES.
WHEREAS, pursuant to Chapter 1, Section 1.906, Code of
Ordinances, 1990 Edition, City of Round Rock, the City Council has
established and appointed an Ethics Review Commission, and
WHEREAS, one of the duties of the Commission is to review the
ethics ordinance and to make recommendations to the City Council for
amendments thereto, and
WHEREAS, on October 23, 1990 the Chairman of the Ethics
Commission presented the City Council with a resolution of the
Commission recommending certain amendments to the ethics ordinance,
and
WHEREAS, the City Council has reviewed and considered said
recommendation and determined that the proposed amendments are
advisable, Now Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS that:
I.
Chapter 1, Section 1.907(1) Code of Ordinances, 1990 Edition,
City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
(1) A sworn complaint based on personal knowledge alleging a
violation(s) of this Section shall specify the provision(s)
of this section alleged to have been violated, and shall
name the city official, candidate, or employee being
charged. The complaint shall be made upon the form which
follows.
GCRRORD
THE STATE OF TEXAS
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSON
TO: THE ETHICS REVIEW COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF ROUND ROCK, TEXAS:
COMES NOW , and makes this complaint,
Complainant
UPON HIS/HER PERSONAL KNOWLEDGE AND UNDER OATH against
, and would show the
(Name of Person complained against)
Commission that:
On or about the day of , 199_,
(insert date of the action, or omission, complained of)
(name of person complained against)
a/ an
(insert appropriate designation; city official, candidate,
of the City of Round Rock,
employee, Board or Commission member)
Texas, violated the following provision(s) of Chapter 1, §9, Code of
Ordinances, City of Round Rock, Texas, to wit:
(Specify by Section,
Subsection and Paragraph number the provision(s) alleged violated.)
by committing the following act, or omission, to -wit:
(Describe above, the action, or omission, alleged to violate each Code
provision cited. You may attach additional pages if more space is
required.)
2.
SIGNED this the day of , 199
(Signature of Complainant)
SWORN TO AND SUBSCRIBED BEFORE ME, by
on this the day of
My Commission Expires:
, 199
Notary Public
In and For the State of Texas
II.
That Chapter 1, Section 1.907(2) Code of Ordinances, 1990
Edition, City of Round Rock, Texas, is hereby amended to read as
follows:
(2) Upon the aforesaid sworn complaint of any person being filed
with the City Secretary's office, or on its own initiative,
the Commission shall consider possible violations of this
section by city officials, candidates and employees. A
complaint shall not be deemed to be filed on the initiative
of the Commission save and except the complaint be signed
and sworn to by two members of the Commission, one of which
is the Chairman of the Commission, after consultation with
the legal counsel of the Commission. A complaint filed by an
individual member of the Commission shall be deemed to have
been filed in the Commission member's capacity as a private
citizen and, in such event, the member of the Commission
filing the complaint shall not thereafter participate in a
Commission meeting at which such complaint is considered
save and except that the Commissioner filing the complaint
may participate as a complainant at such meeting.
A. All ordinances, parts of ordinances, or resolutions in
conflict herewith are expressly repealed.
B. The invalidity of any section or provision of this ordinance
shall not invalidate other sections or provisions thereof.
3.
Alternative 1.
By motion duly made, seconded and passed with an affirmative vote
of all the Council members present, the requirement for reading this
ordinance on two separate days was dispensed with. Q
READ, PASSED, and ADOPTED on first reading this u day of
fto���� , 1990.
Alternative 2.
READ and APPROVED on first reading this the day of
, 1990.
READ, APPROVED and ADOPTED on second reading this the
of
ATTEST:
, 1990.
UX A
fl."L"NNE LAND, City Secretary
MIKE ROBINSON, Mayor
City of Round Rock, Texas
4.
day
DATE: November 5, 1990
SUBJECT: City Council Meeting, November 8, 1990
ITEM: 11.E. Consider an ordinance amending the Ethics
Ordinance. (First Reading)
STAFF RESOURCE PERSON: Joanne Land
STAFF RECOMMENDATION: The attached ordinance sets out the proposed
amendments to the Ethics Ordinance as
presented by the Ethics Commission at the
last meeting.