City of Annapolis - File #: O-25-15

• File #: O-25-15
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Adopted
• File created: 5/1/2015
• In control: City Council
• On agenda: 7/27/2015
• Final action: 7/27/2015
• Title: Environmental Commission - For the purpose of establishing a quorum of the Environmental Commission.
• Sponsors: Jared Littmann
• Indexes: Environmental Commission, Environmental Matters Committee, Rules and City Government Committee

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/27/2015	1	City Council	adopt on second reader	Pass
7/27/2015	1	City Council	amendment(s) approved	Pass
7/27/2015	1	City Council	amended	Pass
7/27/2015	1	City Council	adopt on third reader	Pass
7/16/2015	1	Environmental Matters Committee	recommend with amendments	Pass
7/16/2015	1	Environmental Matters Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
6/22/2015	1	City Council	postpone	Pass
6/18/2015	1	Environmental Matters Committee	postpone	Pass
6/9/2015	1	Rules & City Government Committee	recommend favorably	Pass
6/8/2015	1	City Council
5/18/2015	1	City Council
5/11/2015	1	City Council	adopt on first reader	Pass
5/11/2015	1	City Council	refer
5/11/2015	1	City Council	refer

Title
Environmental Commission - For the purpose of establishing a quorum of the Environmental Commission.
Body
CITY COUNCIL OF THE
City of Annapolis

Ordinance 25-15 Amended

Introduced by: Alderman Littmann

Referred to
Rules and City Government Committee
Environmental Matters Committee
Environmental Commission

AN ORDINANCE concerning

Environmental Commission Quorum

FOR the purpose of establishing a quorum of the Environmental Commission.

BY repealing and re-enacting with amendments the following portions of the Code of the City of Annapolis, 2013 Edition
Section 2.48.330

WHEREAS, Section 2.48.330 of the Code of the City of Annapolis sets the quorum of the Environmental Commission to be five members of the nine-member Commission; and

WHEREAS, the membership of the Environmental Commission continually has had one or more vacancies; and

WHEREAS, the vacancies, combined with member absenteeism, have caused the Commission difficulty in achieving a quorum for meetings to conduct business; and

WHEREAS, the Environmental Commission has requested that the City Council adjust the necessary quorum.

SECTION I: BE IT ESTABLISHED AND ORDAINED BY THE ANNAPOLIS CITY COUNCIL that the Code of the City of Annapolis shall be amended to read as follows:

Article XI - Environmental Commission
2.48.330 - Environmental Commission established.

There is a commission known as the Environmental Commission.

A. Purposes. The general purposes of the Commission are the conservation and improvement of the natural and health and welfare qualities of the environment, the land, waters, noise and air of the City and environs.
B. Membership.
1. The Commission shall consist of nine members, residents of the City. They shall be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by a majority vote of the City Council. Each member of the Commission shall serve for a term of three years or until a successor is appointed and duly qualifies, commencing on ...