Subject: 18691 Ratify School Brd
Date: Tue, 19 Jun 1990 14:27:00 -0500


                               RESOLUTION NO. 18691
                  
                  
                   A RESOLUTION RATIFYING, CONFIRMING AND
                   APPROVING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO PARAGRAPH
                   30 OF THE AMENDED PLAN TO REORGANIZE THE
                   GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF CHATTANOOGA AS
                   ORDERED BY THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT,
                   EASTERN DISTRICT, SOUTHERN DIVISION, IN THE
                   CASE OF BROWN, ET AL. V. CITY OF
                   CHATTANOOGA, ET AL., CIVIL ACTION NO.
                   1-87-388.
                  
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
       	    	 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
       CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, That a proposed amendment submitted to 
the
       Court by the City Attorney to Paragraph 30 of the amended plan to 

       reorganize the governing body of the City of Chattanooga as
       referred to in the caption hereof be and is hereby ratified,
       confirmed and approved, which paragraph as amended would read as
       follows:
       	    	 30.  Current members of the Board of Education
            shall serve until their terms expire.  Elections shall
            be held in the general election in November, 1990, for
            Districts 1, 4, 5, 7 and 8 as defined herein.  The
            candidates receiving the most votes (plurality) in his
            or her district shall be elected.  Those candidates
            shall take the oath of office and assume their
            respective duties February 1, 1991, for four (4) year
            terms.  Thereafter, elections for Districts 1, 4, 5, 7
            and 8 shall be held in the general election of November,
            1994, and every four (4) years thereafter with terms of
            office to begin the following February 1.  An election
            shall be held in the general election of November, 1992,
            for Districts 2, 3, 6 and 9 as defined herein.  Those
            candidates receiving the most votes (plurality) in his
            or her district shall be elected.  The candidates
            elected shall take the oath of office and shall assume
            their respective duties on February 1, 1993. 
            Thereafter, elections for Districts 2, 3, 6 and 9 shall
            be held in the general election of November, 1996, and
            every four (4) years thereafter with terms of office to
            begin the following February 1.  Members of the Board of
            Education shall be paid two and one-half percent (2.5%)
            of the Mayor's salary as adjusted from time to time. 
            Qualifications for board membership shall be the same as
            those for members of the City Council.  Any vacancy
            occurring on the Board of Education shall be filled by
            appointment of the Mayor with the approval of a majority
            of the Council.  Any person chosen to fill such a
            vacancy shall possess the same qualifications as that of
            a board member elected by the people.  Any person
            elected or appointed as a member of the Board of
            Education shall serve until his or her successor is
            elected and qualified; provided, however, that if any
            general statute requires an earlier election, then such
            general statute shall apply.
      
      
      
       ADOPTED:  6/19/90
      
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