O-2024-19 Amending Community Engagement Committee (CEC) Number of Members and QuorumTOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS
ORDINANCE NO. 2024-19
AN ORDINANCE OF THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF PROSPER,
TEXAS, AMENDING DIVISION 3, "COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
COMMITTEE," OF ARTICLE 1.04, "BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND
COMMITTEES," OF CHAPTER 1, "GENERAL PROVISIONS," OF THE TOWN'S
CODE OF ORDINANCES BY AMENDING SECTION 1.04.039, "NUMBER OF
MEMBERS," AND SECTION 1.04.042, "CHAIR/VICE-CHAIR/QUORUM";
PROVIDING FOR REPEALING, SAVINGS AND SEVERABILITY CLAUSES;
AND PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Prosper Town Council appointed the Community Engagement
Committee in December 2020 as an ad hoc committee for the purpose of enhancing the Town's
community engagement efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Community Engagement Committee has held monthly meetings since
March 2021 and has made continual progress in developing new initiatives to engage and inform
Town residents; and
WHEREAS, the Prosper Town Council established the Community Engagement
Committee as a formal standing advisory committee to the Town Council in September 2022.
WHEREAS, the Prosper Town Council has determined that it would be beneficial to
reduce the number of members of the Community Engagement Committee, thereby reducing the
number to constitute a quorum.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE TOWN OF
PROSPER, TEXAS, THAT:
SECTION 1
The findings set forth above are incorporated into the body of this Ordinance as if fully set
forth herein.
SECTION 2
From and after the effective date of this Ordinance, Section 1.04.039, "Number of
Members," and Section 1.04.042, "Chair/Vice-Chair/Quorum," of Division 3, "Community
Engagement Committee," of Article 1.04, "Boards, Commissions and Committees," of Chapter 1,
"General Provisions," of the Town 's Code of Ordinances are hereby amended to read as follows:
"ARTICLE 1.04 BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
DIVISION 3. COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Sec. 1.04.039 Number of members.
(a) The Community Engagement Committee shall be composed of nine (9) members
appointed by the Town Council. Members of the Community Engagement Committee shall be a
resident of the town or reside within the town's extraterritorial jurisdiction.
(b) The members shall serve at the pleasure of the Town Council and may be removed
at the discretion of the Town Council.
Sec. 1.04.042 Chair/Vice-Chair/quorum.
The Community Engagement Committee shall have a Chair and Vice -Chair whose terms
shall be one year. At the first scheduled meeting of the Committee in October of each year, or as
soon as practicable, the first item of business shall be the selection of the Board's Chair and Vice -
Chair. The Chair and Vice -Chair shall be appointed by a majority vote of the Committee. Five
members of the Community Engagement Committee shall constitute a quorum for transaction of
business.
(1) The Chair shall preside over meetings and shall be entitled to vote upon each issue-
(2) The Vice -Chair shall assist the Chair in directing the affairs of the Community
Engagement Committee. In the absence of the Chair, the Vice -Chair shall assume all
duties of the Chair.
(3) Three members of the Town Council shall serve as liaisons to the Community
Engagement Committee, with the responsibility to participate in discussions but without
the right to vote.
(4) The Executive Director, if appointed, shall be an ex-officio member of the Community
Engagement Committee, with the responsibility to participate in discussions but without
the right to vote."
SECTION 3
Should any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance be declared
unconstitutional or invalid by a court of competent jurisdiction, it is expressly provided that any
and all remaining portions of this Ordinance shall remain in full force and effect. The Town hereby
declares that it would have passed this Ordinance, and each section, subsection, clause or phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses
and phrases be declared unconstitutional or invalid.
SECTION 4
All provisions of any ordinance in conflict with this Ordinance are hereby repealed to the
extent they are in conflict, and any remaining portions of said ordinances shall remain in full force
and effect.
Ordinance No. 2024-19, Page 2
SECTION 5
This Ordinance shall become effective from and after its adoption.
DULY PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED BY THE TOWN COUNCIL OF THE
TOWN OF PROSPER, TEXAS, ON THIS 13T" DAY OF FEBRUARY, 2024.
ATTEST:
Michelle Lewis Sirianni, Town Secretary
APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY:
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Terrence S. Welch, Town Attorney
David F. Bristol, Mayor
Ordinance No. 2024-XX, Page 3