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HomeMy WebLinkAboutO-1689ORDINANCE NO. 1689 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND REPLACE ORDINANCE NO. 1541 AND ORDINANCE NO. 1435 AND TO ESTABLISH THE BYLAWS OF THE FAIRHOPE ENVIRONMENTAL ADVISORY BOARD ARTICLE I. MISSION The mission of this Board shall be to provide policy advice to the Mayor and City Council regarding environmental matters that concern the City of Fairhope. ARTICLE II. MEMBERSHIP Section 1. Members will be residents of Fairhope. They will be interested in the environmental issues. Employees of environmental agencies or companies having economic interests in environmental matters will be welcome to attend board meetings and comment on issues under study. Section 2. The board will consist of nine (9) members. Members may be nominated by the Mayor, City Council or by other members. Members will be appointed by the city council. A member with unwarranted absence from three (3) regular meetings per calendar year shall have resigned their appointment. Section 3. The City will assign a qualified employee to attend meetings and be responsible for taking meeting minutes to be distributed to members and other interested parties and maintain an up-to-date listing of members and their addresses. Other City employees with environmental responsibilities are urged to attend meetings. Section 4. The Board may have sub-committees, such as Tree or Recycling Committees, which will each have its own chairman and appropriate objectives. Such sub-committees may meet separately as needed but will report their activities in regular monthly Board meetings. Section 5. The City Council will appoint one Councilmember to attend Board meetings and/or keep informed of Board activities. At a minimum, the Councilmember will meet with the Board Chairman every three months to keep apprised of environmental issues under consideration. ARTICLE III. OFFICERS AND MEETINGS Section 1. The Chairman of the Board will be selected by majority vote of the members attending the first meeting of the year and may serve as long as the Board decides. Section 2. The Chairman will organize and preside over meetings and appoint members to special sub-committees as needed to accomplish issues being addressed. Section 3. A majority vote of attending members will be required before an issue is brought before the Mayor and City Council. Section 4. The monthly meeting will be held at 3:00 p.m. on the second Friday of each month at a location determined by the Chairman. Other special meetings may be called as needed.