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"7- ~ . r-,Q... cr ~ ~ 88 1...1 .:x; 0- -- - u - . W.:= -- ....! ~ Q ,-= . --"'- ~ ~ -. - ~ :.7) -- -'1 - --- g;~ ¡::O .'<' --: ¿;;;; ORDINANCE 1996 --.!5 -~, -;. ~ 0. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN Q~' ~ :-.¿~' MARCOS, TEXAS, ADDING SECTION 2.021 OF THE SAN MARCOS CITY ill ,~ .. ~~ CODE TO PROVIDE FOR ANNUAL EVALUATIONS OF COUNCIL ~ .~I -~~!! APPOINTEES, AND ADDING SECTION 2.044 TO THE SAN MARCOS !J.. £i .::: f'" ~ CITY CODE TO PROVIDE PROCEDURES FOR PREPARATION OF CITY ~ è3¿:; COUNCIL AGENDAS; INCLUDING PROCEDURAL PROVISIONS AND PROVIDING PENALTIES. RECITAL: ~ ..",; cr ,... 0 ~; ~ rp~ction 3.09 of the City Chart~r calls f~r the ?ity Council to provide by ordinance for ~ ~ - PJ2cedures to set agendas for city council meetings. ..J -,:> - ,;..c. ¿;~ -¡ ~¡ ~.~ .~ SECTION 1. That Section 2.021 of the San Marcos City Code is added to read as u.()i '- "'" ~ ;:,follows: Sec. 2.021. Evaluation of appointees by council. The city council will perform an annual evaluation of the city manager, city attorney, city secretary, and presiding judge of the munièipal court during the first quarter of each city fiscal year. SECTION 2. That Section 2.044 of the San Marcos City Code is added to read as follows: Sec. 2.044. Preparation of agenda. (a) The city manager is responsible for processing and approving agenda materials for city council meetings. The city manager will submit agenda materials as appropriate for review by the city attorney and the director of finance. The city secretary is responsible for preparing and posting the agenda and assembling and distributing the agenda packets. (b) The tentative agenda for each council meeting will be reviewed by the mayor before finalization. (c) The mayor and council members will provide direction to the staff on ordinance revisions and similar matters of council policy only after discussion by the council at council meetings or workshops. The mayor and any council member may request a discussion item on an agenda for a council meeting or workshop. SECTION 3. That if any word, phrase, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this ordinance is held to be unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, the remaining provisions of this ordinance shall remain in effect as if the unconstitutional or invalid portion had not been adopted. SECTION 4. That all ordinances and resolutions or parts of ordinances or resolutions in conflict herewith are hereby repealed. SECTION 5. That any person violating any provision of this ordinance shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1.015 of the San Marcos City Code. SECTION 6. That this Ordinance shall be in effect ten (10) days from and after its passage, and it shall be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the area as required by the Charter of the City of San Marcos, Texas. PASSED AND APPROVED on first reading January 22, 1996.