Houston Clean City Commission
Keep Houston Beautiful
3000 Richmond Ave., Suite 350
Houston, TX 77098
Contact: Robin Blut
Phone: (713) 839-8855 Fax: (713) 839-8855
Email: Rblut@houstonbeautiful.org
Updated as of: 6/10/2010
LEGAL AUTHORITY FOR CREATION AND OPERATION(City)
City of Houston, Code of Ordinances, Chapter 39, Article III, Sections 39-30 through 39-39.
GENERAL POWER AND DUTIES
The Commission was created to direct and oversee a comprehensive litter control program for the purpose of reducing and controlling to an acceptable level the concentration of litter in the City and to bring about a long-term improvement in the attitudes and trash handling habits of citizens. The Commission submits quarterly reports (during the months of January, April, July, and October) to the Mayor and City Council summarizing the status of the Clean City Program. Additionally, they are authorized to solicit funds and donations to carry out its purpose.
MEETING TIME AND LOCATION
Meetings are held quarterly; the location varies; notices are sent prior to each meeting.
COMPOSITION
The Houston Clean City Commission shall consist of not more than fifty members to be appointed by the Mayor and confirmed by City Council. Members shall be community leaders representing the civic, business, and governmental segments of the city. Nine members shall be designated as district members for positions lettered A through I and shall be residents of the City single-member Council District which bears the letter corresponding to the position to which the district member is appointed. In the event a district member's place of residence is redistricted from one council district to another during the term of the member's office, that member shall not be disqualified but shall serve the remainder of the term and until a successor is appointed and confirmed. Up to forty-one members may be designated as members-at-large for Positions numbered one through forty-one, as required. One at-large-member shall be the Director of the Solid Waste Management Department or his designee; one shall be the Director of the Health and Human Services Department or his designee; and one shall be the Director of the Public Works and Engineering Department or his designee. Among the remaining members-at-large, the Mayor may appoint and City Council may confirm up to eleven persons who do not reside within the City to serve as nonresident members-at-large.
TERM: The members of the Houston Clean City Commission shall serve the following terms:
1. The terms of office for members-at-large who hold even-numbered positions shall expire on February first of even-numbered years.
2. The terms of office for members-at-large who hold odd-numbered positions shall expire on February first of odd-numbered years.
3. The terms of office for district members shall expire on February first of the second year following the year of their appointment.
4. Members whose terms have expired shall continue to serve until their successors are appointed and confirmed or their positions are eliminated due to a reduction in the size of the Commission.
5. The terms of office for the three Department Directors shall coincide with the tenure of their appointments as Director of the Solid Waste Management Department, as Director of the Health and Human Services Department and as Director of the Public Works and Engineering Department, respectively.
CHAIRPERSON: The Houston Clean City Commission shall organize by electing one of its members as chairperson; such chairperson shall hold office for one year or until his successor has been elected and qualified.
QUORUM: Not specified.
COMPENSATION: Members of the Houston Clean City Commission shall serve without compensation from the city or any firm, trust, donation or legacy to or on behalf of the city; provided, however, that a member of the commission, or the firm, company or corporation with whom the commissioner is associated, shall not be precluded from receiving compensation from the city under any contract for services rendered which have no relation to the commissioner's duties as a commissioner of the Houston Clean City Commission and, provided further the commission may hire or secure the services of a full-time program director to administer the clean city program.
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY
Entity is NOT included in the financial reporting for the City of Houston. Required to take an Ethics Course.
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