AGENDA #4c

 

                                                              MEMORANDUM

 

TO:                  Mayor and Town Council

 

FROM:            W. Calvin Horton, Town Manager

           

SUBJECT:       Ordinance to Increase Transportation Board Membership

 

DATE:             May 28, 2003

 

 

The attached ordinance would increase Transportation Board membership from nine (9) to ten (10) members, with the additional, tenth member appointed by the Council upon receipt of a recommendation from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro Board of Education.

 

BACKGROUND

 

On May 14, 2003, the Council expressed a desire to modify the membership of the Transportation Board to provide a board position for a representative from the School Board. 

 

DISCUSSION

 

Enacting the attached ordinance would increase Transportation Board membership from nine to ten and create a position to be filled by the Council upon receipt of a recommendation from the School Board. 

 

 

RECOMMENDATIONS

 

Manager’s Recommendation:  We believe that this is a policy matter for discussion by the Council.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTIONS 2-131 AND 2-132 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES REGARDING THE NUMBER OF MEMBERS TO SERVE ON THE TRANSPORTATION BOARD (2003-05-28/O-1)

 

BE IT ORDAINED by the Council of the Town of Chapel Hill as follows:

 

Section 1.  The first paragraph of Section 2-131 of the Town Code is hereby revised to read as follows:

 

“The transportation board shall consist of nine (9) ten (10) members appointed as hereinafter provided. , who shall be residents of the Town..  Nine of the members shall be residents of the town.  One member, appointed by the mayor and council upon receipt of a recommendation from the Chapel Hill Carrboro Board of Education, shall be a resident of the Chapel Hill Carrboro School District, but need not be a resident of the Town.”

 

Section 2.  Section 2-132 of the Town Code is hereby revised to read as follows:

 

“Sec. 2-132.  Appointment; vacancies.

 

The Nine (9) members shall be appointed by the mayor and council.  One additional member shall be appointed by the mayor and council following receipt of a recommendation from the Chapel Hill-Carrboro School Board. Vacancies shall be filled in the same manner as original appointments.”

 

Section 3.  This ordinance change shall become effective upon enactment. 

 

This the 28^th day of May, 2003.