17 - Amend Membership of Band Commission - removing the requirement that the Mayor nominates members

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ORDINANCE NO. AMENDING ARTICLE XI OF CHAPTER TWO, SECTION 2-551 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PARIS, TEXAS TO REMOVE THE REEQUIREMENT THAT THE MAYOR NOMINATE MEMBERS FOR THE MUNICIPAL BAND COMMISSION; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS, Section 308.002 of the Texas Local Government Code currently provides for the establishment and funding of bands by municipalities, and Section 308.007 of the Texas Local Government Code provides for the appointment of a citizen commission to assist in the operation and maintenance of said Band; and, WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris did heretofore, on the 29th day of October, 1929, by adoption of Ordinance No. 873, and in accordance with then state law, establish a Municipal Band for the City of Paris and provide for the appointment of a Band Commission; and, WHEREAS, because of significant revisions to state law since the creation of the City's Municipal Band and the accompanying Municipal Band Commission, and in order to enhance the effectiveness of the Municipal Band and the Municipal Band Commission, and in order to include the Municipal Band Commission as a duly authorized board or commission pursuant to the City's Code of Ordinances, the City Council deemed it necessary and appropriate to codify and amend the operative provisions of Ordinance No. 873 creating the Municipal Band and the Municipal Band Commission by Ordinance No. 2001-014 on March 26,2001; and WHEREAS, said ordinance was further amended on November 11, 2017 by Ordinance NO. 2017-048 and on March 9, 2020 by Ordinance No. 2020-009; and WHEREAS, the ordinance currently provides that persons may be nominated for service on the Municipal Band Commission by the Mayor only; and WHEREAS, the City Council wishes to remove this requirement; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS, TEXAS: Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this ordinance are hereby in all things approved. 1