Subject: 9592/City Code/5-16 & -17/Beer Board
Date: Mon, 7 May 1990 15:16:00 -0500


                                ORDINANCE NO. 9592
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND PART II, CHATTANOOGA
                   CITY CODE, SECTIONS 5-16 AND 5-17, SO AS TO
                   ABOLISH THE PRESENT BEER BOARD AND ESTABLISH
                   A NEW ONE.
                  
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
       	    	 SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
       CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That Section 5-16, Part II,
       Chattanooga City Code, be and is hereby repealed, the present 
five
       (5) member beer board is abolished, and a new Section 5-16 
enacted
       in lieu thereof as follows:
            "Sec. 5-16.  Established.
           
            	 There is hereby established a board of nine (9)
            members, to be known as the "Beer Board of Chattanooga."
           
       	    	 SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That Section 5-17,
       Part II, Chattanooga City Code, be and is hereby repealed and a
       new Section 5-17 inserted in lieu thereof as follows:
            "Sec. 5-17.	 Term; filling vacancies; chairman and
                         secretary.
           
            	 (a)  Each of the members of the beer board shall be
            appointed from separate City Council districts so that
            each district is represented by a resident thereof.  The
            members of the beer board shall be appointed by the
            Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council. 
            Employees of the City shall not be eligible for
            appointment to the beer board.
           
            	 (b)  The members of the beer board shall be
            appointed so that they shall hold office for staggered
            terms.  The members appointed from districts 6, 8, and 9
            shall be initially appointed for one (1) year terms. 
            The members appointed from districts 3, 4, and 5 shall
            be initially appointed for two (2) year terms.  The
            members appointed from districts 1, 2, and 7 shall be
            initially appointed for three (3) year terms.
           
            	 (c)  After the initial appointments, terms of all
            members shall be for three (3) years.  All members shall
            continue to serve until their successors are appointed. 
            No person shall be eligible to serve more than two (2)
            consecutive terms.
           
            	 (d)  In the event of a vacancy on the beer board,
            the Mayor, subject to confirmation by the City Council,
            shall fill the same for the remainder of the term and
            each new appointee shall be a resident of the district
            of the vacant seat.
           
            	 (e)  The beer board shall organize and select its
            own chairperson, vice-chairperson and secretary."
           
       	    	 SECTION 3.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, That this Ordinance
       shall take effect two (2) weeks from and after its passage as
       provided by law.
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading July 9, 1991.	     _/s/________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:_______ DISAPPROVED:_______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:_________________ ______, 1991.
      
      
       	    	      	   	     _/s/________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	             MAYOR
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