Ord 1755 4/23/1956 ORDINANCE NUMBER
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 30 OF ORDINANCE
NUMBER 1641, PROVIDING FOR A CITY TRAFFIC COMMISSION;
THE APPOINTMENT OF ITS MEMBERS, THEIR TERMS OF OFFICE;
THE POWERS AND DUTIES OF SUCH COMMISSION, AND DECLARING
AN EMERGENCY.
WHEREAS, objection has been made that the present City
Traffic Commission as set out in Ordinance No. 1641 , Section
30 thereof consists chiefly of City Employees; and ,
WHEREAS, it is desirable to build good-will for the
Traffic Program for the City of Wichita Falls , and particularly
to educate the public as to the desirability of the Traffic
Program promulgated by the City of Wichita Falls; and
WHEREAS, there are various interested citizens in this
community who are well qualified to assist in this Traffic
Program and in order to protect the safety and welfare of the
citizenship of this community, it is desirable that the member-
ship of the City Traffic Commission be changed and to that
effect this Ord ira nce shall supplant Section 30 of the Traffic
Code which shall hereafter read as amended.
NOV1, THEREFORE, BE .IT ORDAINED BY THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN
OF THE CITY OF Tr'J'ICHITA FALLS:
That Section 30 of Ordinance No. 1641 be and it is here-
by amended so that the same shall hereafter read as follows :
SECTION 30. Traffic Commission, its Powers and Duties.
There is hereby established a Traffic Commission
which shall hereafter be designated as The City Traffic Commis-
sion.
(a )M, qj,aSpbers of such commission shall be appointed
by the with the'approval of the Board of Aldermen
of the City- o Wichita Falls, and such members shall serve
without pay.
(b ) In appointing such commission the
shall consider representative citizens who meet the following
qualifications ;
1. One individual who is connected with the
✓ State- Highway Department who resides in the City of Wichita
Falls, Texas.
2. One individual connected with the State High-
way Patrol, who resides in the City of Wichita Falls ,Texas.
3. One individual who is connected with the
Wichita Falls Independent' School' District and• who resides in
the City of Wichita Falls , Texas, / /
4. Oita individual who is connected with either the
public press, or some- other publicity medium.
5. One individual who shall be' a recognized member
of the Wichita County Bar association;
6. The Chairman of the [Wichita Falls Chamber of
Commerce Traffic Committee,
74 A representative of the Retail Merchants Associa-
tion) or of some industry which has to do With the shipping
or transportation of goods and merchandise, �/ff
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-err and a representative of the City of Wichita Falls shall
be designated by the City Manager, who shall act as Secretary
to the Commission but who shall have no vote thereon.
(d ) It shall be- the duty of the City Traffic Commission
to pass upon the desirability of all traffic studies and '
traffic' regulation for the City of Wichita Falls and they,
in turn, shall report to the Board of Aldermen of such City
the desirability of appropriating funds, expending funds,
and passing municipal ordinances controlling traffic; ' it shall
have the power to conduct hearings, to take testimony, ' to
subpoena witnesses , to administer an oath to witnesses, and
to make any and every kind and character of investigation that
in their opinion' would help to solve any traffic problem
within said City.
(e ) Proposals submitted by the Traffic Engineering Di-
vision shall be subject to the consideration and approval,-
by the City Traffic Commission before they shall be f=ina l
(f) It is further provided that the City Traffic Com-
mission as herein constituted, may at its discretion re-
quire the attendance at any of its meetings any city em-
ployee, or official., who in the opinion of the Commission
should be available for consultation or advice.
(g) Terms of the Commissioners shall be for three
years, with the present terms thereof staggered as follows :
3 members shall be appointed for one year terms; 2 members
for two year terms and 2 mem s for three year terms. In
his first appointments the °` b shall appoint the
members and designate the length of their terms; thereafter
their terms shall be fixed at 3 years. No member shall
be eligible to succeed himself and any vacancy thereon
shall be filled as in the case of an original appointment ,
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but for the unexpired terra.
The fact that it is desirable to obtain a Com-
mission of the kind and character herein provided for , to
Immediately start functioning as a. City 'traffic Commission
and in order to protect the public safety and welfare
this Ordinance is passed as an emergency measure and shall
be effective from and after the date of its passage.
PASSED AND APPROVED this 23d day of Apr a. 1 , A, 0,
1955.
ATTE
Mayor
Geo, T. Henderson
City Clerk
xrepared ;by :
J. T.+valter Eriberg
City Attorney