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ORDINANCE NO. 2014-17 <br />AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF <br />SAN MARCOS, TEXAS AMENDING SECTION 2.069 ABSENCE <br />FROM MEETINGS OF THE SAN MARCOS CITY CODE; <br />INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS; AND PROVIDING <br />AN EFFECTIVE DATE. <br />BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN <br />MARCOS, TEXAS: <br />SECTION 1. Section 2.069 of the San Marcos City Code is amended as follows <br />(underlining indicates added text and strikethroughs indicate deleted text): <br />Sec. 2.069. Absence from meetings. <br />(a) The voluntary absence of a board or commission member from <br />three consecutive regular meetings of the board or commission will result <br />in automatic resignation of the member from the board or commission. <br />(b) The voluntary absence of a member of a board or commission that <br />meets quarterly from two regular meetings during a fiscal year of the city <br />will result in automatic resignation of the member from the board or <br />commission. The voluntary absence of a member of any other board or <br />commission from more than 25 per cent of the board or commission's <br />regular meetings during a calendar year will result in automatic <br />resignation of the member from the board or commission. <br />(c) In this section: <br />(1) Regular meeting includes only regularly scheduled meetings, <br />and does not include special meetings, workshops, or committee meetings <br />of a board or commission. <br />(2) Excused absence means an absence by a board or commission <br />member that results from a medical reason of the member or a relative of <br />the member, child care for a newly born or newly adopted child during the <br />first eight weeks of the child's life, family emergency, vacation or jury <br />.m The ,h,;._ - ...b1,,,,.11,. <br />(3) Voluntary absence means an absence other than an excused <br />absence, to also include failure to inform the staff liaison of an absence <br />prior to a scheduled meeting. <br />(d) The staff liaison of a board or commission will inform the city <br />clerk of the automatic resignation of a member of the board or commission <br />