2001-034-RES APPOINTING MEMBERS TO BAND COMMISSION OF COP
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-034
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS,
PARIS, TEXAS, APPOINTING MEMBERS TO THE BAND COMMISSION
OF THE CITY OF PARIS; MAKING OTHER FINDINGS AND PROVISIONS
RELATED TO THE SUBJECT; AND 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 Band Commission, and in order to enhance the effectiveness
of the Band and the Band Commission, and in order to include the Band Commission as a duly
authorized board or commission pursuant to the City's Code of Ordinances, the City Council did
heretofore codifY and amend the operative provisions of Ordinance No. 873 creating the Municipal
Band and the Band Commission by adding Article XI to Chapter 2, Sections 2-550 through 2-574
to the Code of Ordinances; and,
WHEREAS, as a result of the aforesaid amendment and codification, State law and Sec. 2-
551 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Paris provide for the creation of a Band Commission
of five (5) members to be nominated by the Mayor and appointed by the City Council, one (1)
appointee to be a representative of the Visitors and Convention Council of the Lamar County
Chamber of Commerce, one (1) member to be an active member of the Band, and three (3) members
to be appointed at -large; and,
WHEREAS, Sec. 2-551 of the Code of Ordinances further provides that each appointee to
the Band Commission shall be appointed thereto for a two (2) year term, provided that Commission
members initially appointed shall begin their service the date of their appointment and such service
shall end June 30, 2001, and thereafter each of the initial Commission members shall determine by
the drawing oflots, two (2) members whose first full term shall be one (1) year in duration, three (3)
members whose first full term shall be two (2) years in duration, and the staggered two (2) year terms
thereby established to be thereafter maintained; and,
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Paris, Paris, Texas, desires to make the necessary
appointments to the restructured Band Commission of the City of Paris; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PARIS, PARIS,
TEXAS,
Section 1. That the findings set out in the preamble to this resolution are hereby in all things
approved.
Section 2. That there is hereby appointed five (5) members to the Band Commission of the
City of Paris, the same being Linda Suarez as a representative of the Visitors and Convention Council
of the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce; T. R. Randy Bunch, who is an active member of the
Municipal Band; and Edmond Castleberry, Dr. James M. Brunette, and Albert Nichol, as at-large
members of the Commission
of the Municipal Band; and Edmond Castleberry, Dr. James M. Brunette, and Albert Nichol, as at-
large members of the Commission.
Section 3. That each member so appointed shall serve an initial service beginning the date
of appointment and ending June 30, 2001; provided, however, that each of the initial Commission
members shall determine by the drawing of lots two (2) members whose first full term shall be one
(l) year in duration ending June 30, 2002, three (3) members who first full term shall be two (2)
years in duration ending June 30, 2003, with the staggered two (2) year terms thereby established to
be thereafter maintained.
Section 4. That this resolution shall be effective from and after its date of passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 26th day of March, 2001.
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MIchael J. Pfieste~ay
ATTEST:
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Mattie Cunnmgham, City Clerk