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An Ordinance amending Section 2-96 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances to rename the “Metropolitan Environmental Improvement Commission of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government” to the “Environmental Commission of Lexington-Fayette County”, consistent with current practice; amending Section 2-97 of the Code of Ordinances to reduce the number of members to twenty-five (25) and adding a Councilmember as a non-voting ex-officio member; and amending Section 2-99 of the Code of Ordinances to add an Information Officer as an Officer of the Commission and setting Officers’ terms at two (2) years; effective upon passage of Council. [Council Office, Hall]
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE LEXINGTON-FAYETTE URBAN COUNTY GOVERNMENT:
Section 1 - That Section 2-96 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-96. Established.
A commission for environmental improvement is hereby created which shall be known as the “The Environmental Commission of Lexington-Fayette County”, hereinafter called the “environmental commission.”
Section 2 - That Section 2-97 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-97. Membership.
The environmental commission shall consist of twenty-five (25) members appointed by the Mayor subject to the confirmation by the Council. One member shall be a member of the Urban County Council, and shall be an ex-officio, non-voting member. The remaining membership shall be representative of all residents of the urban county and shall include at least one (1) but no more than (3) members from each of the twelve (12) Urban County Council districts.
Section 3 - That Section 2-99 of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Code of Ordinances be and hereby is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2-99. Officers and rules of procedure.
The Officers of the environmental commission shall consist of a chairman, a vice-chairman, a secretary, a treasurer, an Information Officer, and three (3) directors, elected by the membership at the June meeting to serve a two-year term in accordance with its bylaws. The duties of the Officers shall be implied by the respective titles and such as May be specified in the bylaws. The environmental commission shall determine its own rules and order of business and shall provide for keeping a record of its proceedings.
Section 4 - That each member of the Environmental Commission who does not conform to the district requirements of this amendment at the time of this Ordinance’s passage May continue as members of the Environmental Commission until such time as the member moves outside the boundaries of Lexington-Fayette County, resigns, is removed by a majority of the Urban County Council, or the member’s term otherwise ends.
Section 5 - That this Ordinance shall become effective on the date of its passage.
PASSED URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
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CLERK OF THE URBAN COUNTY COUNCIL
PUBLISHED:
0743-23:EPT:4876-6722-3959, v. 2