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Ordinance No. 97-3141
An Ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas, establishing
minimum training requirements for the Mayor and City
Council; Establishing a penalty; Severability clause;
Cumulativeness clause; Conflicts clause; And effective date.
Whereas, Section 2.17, entitled "Training" of the City of Plainview Charter states, "The city
council, by ordinance, shall establish minimum training and continuing education requirements
for the city council, and shall establish penalties for not complying with those requirements,
including removal from office;" and
Whereas, in order to be efficient and effective in serving the City of Plainview, the Mayor and
City Council should be provided opportunities to attending training sessions on municipal
government; and
Whereas, ftmds are budgeted annually for the Mayor and City council to attend training sessions
on municipal government.
Now, therefore, the City of Plainview hereby ordains:
Section I
The Mayor and City Council shall complete at least ten (10) units of Continuing Education Units,
as approved by the Texas Municipal leadership Institute within twelve (12) months of first taking
office.
Section II
For each twelve (12) month period, after the first twelve (12) months, the Mayor and City Council
shall complete at lest five (5) hours of continuing education units, as approved by the Texas
Municipal Leadership Institute.
Section IH
The Texas Municipal Leadership Institute shall be the official custodian of the records on each
elected official's continuing education units.
Section IV
Any elected official who fails to meet the minimum requirements shall be publicly censored at a
regularly scheduled City Council meeting. Failure to meet the minimum training requirements
shall be grounds for initiating a recall election of said official.
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Section V
If any section, subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or portion of this ordinance is, for any reason,
held invalid or unconstitutional by any court of competent jurisdiction, such portions shall be
deemed a separate distinct, and independent provision and such holding shall not affect the validity
of the remaining provisions thereof.
Section VI
Provisions of this ordinance are cumulative and nothing herein shall prevent, alter, or diminish
the applicability or enforcement of other ordinances restricting, regulating, or governing the
subject matter herein.
Section VII
All ordinances or portions of any ordinance of the City of Plainview, Texas, in conflict herewith,
are hereby amended to conform with the provisions hereof.
Section VIII
This ordinance shall be in full force and effect upon its passage.
Passed and approved on the 28th day of October, 1997.
ATTEST:
Lloyd C.~Woods, Mayor
Karen McBeth, City Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Wally Itat~t~, City Attorney
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
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