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Editor’s note–See corresponding note located in Appendix A of this code.
A city-county board of health was created by Ordinance 1602
adopted 9/9/1954 and a resolution passed by the commissioners court
of the county on 2/14/1955. Such board was abolished upon the creation
of the city board of health in 1976.
For the purposes of this division:
shall mean the City of Lubbock Board of Health.
shall mean the Director of Public Health for the City of
Lubbock.
(1983 Code, sec. 2-185; Ordinance 2023-O0002 adopted 1/24/2023)
There is hereby created and established a city board of health,
such board to be officially designated as the “City of Lubbock
Board of Health.”
(1959 Code, sec. 15-1; Ordinance
7360, sec. 1, adopted 11/11/1976; 1983 Code, sec. 2-186; Ordinance 2023-O0002 adopted 1/24/2023)
The board shall consist of six (6) members appointed by the
governing body of the city, each of whom shall be a resident citizen
of the city, and three (3) members appointed by the governing body
of the county, each of whom shall be a resident citizen of the county.
The members of the board shall hold office for terms of three (3)
years, except members appointed to fill an unexpired term shall hold
office for the remainder of the unexpired term. Terms shall be staggered
such that three (3) terms expire each year: two (2) city appointed
terms and one (1) county appointed term.
(1959 Code, sec. 15-2; Ordinance
7360, sec. 1, adopted 11/11/1976; 1983 Code, sec. 2-187; Ordinance
2005-O0021, sec. 1, adopted 2/24/2005; Ordinance 2023-O0002 adopted 1/24/2023)
The director shall be ex-officio member of the board, without
voting privileges, and shall act in an advisory capacity to the board.
(1959 Code, sec. 15-3; Ordinance
7360, sec. 1, adopted 11/11/1976; 1983 Code, sec. 2-188; Ordinance 2023-O0002 adopted 1/24/2023)
The board shall appoint one of its members as chairman and one
of its members as secretary. It shall be the duty of the chairman
to preside at all meetings of the board, and the secretary shall keep
a record of all the proceedings of the board, which record shall,
upon the request of the city council, be delivered to it for its inspection
and review.
(1959 Code, sec. 15-5; Ordinance
7360, sec. 1, adopted 11/11/1976; 1983 Code, sec. 2-189; Ordinance 2023-O0002 adopted 1/24/2023)
The board shall constitute an advisory board to the city council,
the health authorities of the city and the county, the director, and
members of the Lubbock County Health District. The board shall have
the power to hold hearings in the city or the county and to consider
and make recommendations to the city council, the health authorities
of the city and the county, the director, and members of the Lubbock
County Health District in writing, from time-to-time, on any and all
matters pertaining to the public health of the county.
(1959 Code, sec. 15-8; Ordinance
7360, sec. 1, adopted 11/11/1976; 1983 Code, sec. 2-190; Ordinance 2023-O0002 adopted 1/24/2023)
The board shall hold regular monthly meetings at a place and
time to be determined by the board. The board shall comply with the
requirements of the Texas Public Information Act and the Texas Open
Meetings Act. The city secretary will maintain all board documents.
(1959 Code, sec. 15-6; Ordinance
7360, sec. 1, adopted 11/11/1976; 1983 Code, sec. 2-191; Ordinance 2023-O0002 adopted 1/24/2023)
Any and all recommendations made by the board shall be by the
concurring vote of five (5) members of the board; provided, however,
that this provision shall not exclude a minority recommendation which
is hereby authorized to be made in writing by less than a majority
of the members of the board. The majority of the total members of
the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of all matters
to be considered by it.
(1959 Code, sec. 15-7; Ordinance
7360, sec. 1, adopted 11/11/1976; 1983 Code, sec. 2-192; Ordinance
2005-O0021, sec. 1, adopted 2/24/2005; Ordinance 2023-O0002 adopted 1/24/2023)
