A Keep Clyde Beautiful Commission is hereby created for the purpose of assisting the city council in establishing a citywide policy for city beautification and decreasing the amount of litter in the city.
(Ordinance 2022-011 adopted 5/10/2022)
The commission provided for herein shall be comprised of five (5) members to be nominated by, and approved by, the city council and shall be residents of the city. The board shall consist of representatives from business and industry, media, community organizations, education, and members at large. Three members of the commission originally appointed shalt be for a term of one (1) year. Two members of the commission originally appointed shall be appointed for a term of two (2) years. Thereafter, the term of each commission member shall be two (2) years. No commission member shall serve three (3) successive terms, provided, however, that a commission member appointed to complete the term of another commission member shall, at the completion of such term, be eligible for appointment for another full term. A city employee selected by the city council shall serve as a nonvoting ex-officio member of the commission.
(Ordinance 2022-011 adopted 5/10/2022)
The executive director of the commission shall be a nonvoting member of the commission. The executive director shall be custodian of all minutes and records of the commission and perform such other duties as the commission may deem necessary and consistent with both the responsibilities of the commission and his/her responsibilities to the city through the city administrator. The executive director shall work under the supervision and control of the city administrator for the purpose of implementing the provisions of this division.
(Ordinance 2022-011 adopted 5/10/2022)
(a) 
Three (3) members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the conduct of business. The members of the commission shall regularly attend meetings and serve without compensation except for reimbursement of authorized expenses attendant to the performance of their duties.
(b) 
The commission shall hold an organizational meeting in June of each year and shall elect a chairman and vice-chairman from among its members before proceeding to any other matters of business. The commission shall meet regularly and shall designate the time and place of its meetings.
(c) 
The commission shall adopt its own rules of procedure and keep a record of its proceedings in accordance with the provisions of this division and the Texas Open Meetings Act. Agendas for each meeting shall be posted at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting. Newly appointed members shall be installed at the first regular meeting after their appointment.
(d) 
Each quarter a report shall be submitted to the city council showing the cumulative attendance of each member with notation of members who have been absent from three (3) consecutive meetings.
(Ordinance 2022-011 adopted 5/10/2022)
(a) 
The commission shall recommend policies related to litter prevention, beautification and community improvement, and the minimization of solid waste to the city council so all city activities might follow a common purpose. The commission shall have the following responsibilities:
(1) 
Develop citywide refuse and environmental policy plan(s);
(2) 
Evaluate city actions in light of that policy;
(3) 
Determine and recommend to the city council management and program priorities on a citywide basis;
(4) 
Recommend enforcement and additional program alternatives;
(5) 
Monitor city performance from data collected and examined under the Keep Texas Beautiful, Inc. affiliate requirements and make an annual report to the city council; and
(6) 
Carry out such other tasks as the city council may designate.
(b) 
To accomplish these responsibilities, the commission shall establish subcommittees such as, but not limited to, the areas of business and industry, communications, education, finance/fundraising, and cleanup.
(c) 
A commission member will chair each subcommittee with an unspecified number of community volunteers chosen by the commission as working subcommittee members.
(Ordinance 2022-011 adopted 5/10/2022)
(a) 
The city, within the budgetary appropriation process, shall furnish the office space, supplies, telephone, postage, and secretarial support for the executive director.
(b) 
The city, within council-imposed budgetary restraints, shall also supply additional funds for commission activities involving travel or training for the executive director. The city shall pay the executive director's salary. Such salary and other expenses, whether specifically enumerated in the preceding paragraph or not, may be paid from donations when, as and if same are received by the city from the general public, business, industry, foundations, and other sources for the purposes embraced by the scope of the commission's purpose and responsibilities administered in accordance with standard city policy and practice governed by statute and ordinance.
(Ordinance 2022-011 adopted 5/10/2022)