Ord 1716 3/14/1955ORDINANCE NO..'171�
AN ORDINANCE CREATING A WELFARE BOARD FOR THE CITY
OF WICHITA FALLS ;.PROVIDING,.FOR THE APPOIN'T'MENT OF
ITS MEMBERS; SETTING OUT.THEIR POWERS AND DUTIES;.
PROCURING THE NUMBER AND QUALIFICATIONS OF ITS MEM-
BERS AND THEIR TERM OF OFFICE ;.MAKING DEPARTMENT
HEADS AND.OFFICIALS OF THE,CITY AVAILABLE TO THE
WELFARE BOARD; PRESCRIBING THE POIVERS AND DUTIES OF
THE WELFARE BOARD AND PRESCRIBING ITS JURISDICTION
AND DECLARING AN.EMERGENCY.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE'BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE CITY
OF WICHITA , FALLS,, TEXAS:
SECTION l.,
There is hereby created a Welfare Board for the City of
Wichita Falls, Texas, composed of not less than five (5) nor more
than seven (7) persons, each of whom shall be a resident tax pay'.
ing citizen of the City of Wichita Falls, Texas, and shall serve
without pay.
SECTION Z.
The Mayor shall appoint the members of the board and each
person.so appointed must be approved by the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Wichita Falls, before becoming amember thereof.
As soon as practicable after the final passage of this
Ordinance, the Mayor, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen
shall appoint not less than five (5) nor more than seven (7)
persons who shall serve on such board for a period of three (3)
years, and as long thereafter as the Mayor shall fail to appoint
a new member thereof. At the option of the Mayor of said City,
and, with the approval of the Board of Aldermen, such terms may
be staggered for one, two and three years, so that not more than
two persons shall be appointed in any one year to replace indi-
viduals appointe and acting as members of such board.
Terms of> office of the members of such board shall begin
immediately with the passage of this ordinance and their appoint-
ment and shall end on the first day of January next, in accord-
ance with their appointment.
All vacancies on the Board are to be filledsby.the Mayor,
with the consent and approval of the Board..of Aldermen, and
shall be for the remainder of the term of the vacating member.
Any member of the Welfare Board may be removed from hisoffice
at any time by a 5--7 majority vote of the Board of Aldermen
without any reason being given therefor.
SECTION 3,
All department heads and officials of the City shall be
available to the Board for advice and consultation and.they shall
cooperate with and render_ such services for the Board as shall
come within the scope of the duties of such department head and
officials.' All such department heads and officials; shall attend
meetings of the Welfare Board upon written request of the Board,
or its duly authorized official or officials.
SECTION 4.
The Welfare Board shall elect one of Its members as Chairman
and one as Vice- Chairman, and shall elect one of its members as
Secretary, who shall keep the Minutes of the Proceedings of such
Board and shall take care of the correspondence or communications
necessary to the conduct of the Board. The Chairman,or Vice -
Chairman in his absence; shall preside at all meetings of the
Welfare Board and all communications to,the Board shall be