HomeMy WebLinkAbout2013-10-16 13-340 ORDINANCECOUNCIL ACTION
Item No. 13=340-
Date: October 16, 2013
Item/Subject: ORDINANCE, Amending Chapter 23, Boards, Committees and Commissions,
of the Code of the City of Bangor, By Expanding the Number of At -Large
Commission on Cultural Development Members
Responsible Department: Community and Economic Development
Commentary:
If approved, this ordinance amendment will increase the number of at -large members of the
Cultural Commission from two to five. As a result, the total number of Commission members
will be raised from seven to ten.
Department Head
Manager's Comments:
City Manager
Associated Information:
Budget Approval:
Finance Director
Legal Approval:
licitor
Introduced for
Passage
x First Reading
x Referral to Government Operations Committee on October 22, 2013
13-340
' OCTOBER 16, 2013
Assigned to Councilor Blanchette
CITY OF BANGOR
Amending Chapter 23, Boards, Committees and Commissions, of the Code of the City
of Bangor, By Expanding the Number of At -Large Commission on Cultural
Development Members
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR AS FOLLOWS, THAT
Chapter 23 of the Code of the City of Bangor be amended as follows:
§ 23-13. Establishment; membership.
There is hereby established a Commission on Cultural Development for the City of Bangor which shall
consist of six nine members and two associate members who shall be appointed by the City Council
and a member of the City Council to be appointed by the Council Chair. The Chair of the Commission
shall designate which associate member shall vote in the stead of an absent member.
§ 23-14. Qualifications.
A. Four members shall possess credentials and expertise in one or more areas of arts, culture, and
humanities, which may include, but not be limited to, architecture, landscape architecture. museum
curator or other museum professional, professional visual or performing artist (including musical
artist), art educator, and manager of a cultural organization.
B. Two five members shall be appointed as at -large members of the Commission.
C. The severer tenth member shall be a member of the Bangor City Council.
D. The two associate members shall be appointed as at -large members of the Commission.
§ 23-16. Terms of office.
A. The term of each non -City -Council member and associate member shall be for three years or until
his or her successor has been appointed and has qualified, provided that of the members first
appointed, two shall be appointed for terms of one year, two shall be appointed for terms of two
years, and two shall be appointed for terms of three years. The initial third. fourth, and fifth at -
large members appointed in accordance with & 23-14(0) shall be appointed for terms of one, two.
and three years. respectively. The severer tenth member shall be a member of the City Council
who shall be appointed annually by the Council Chair. The initial appointment for associate
members shall consist of one member for a three-year tern and one member for a two-year term.
Additions are underlined deletions struck threugh.
IN CITY COUNCIL
October 16, 2013
First Reading and Referral to Government Operations
Commitee of October 22, 2013
CITY
IN CITY COUNCIL
October 28, 2013
Motion made and seconded for Passage
Vote: 9-0
Councilors Voting Yes: Baldacci, Blanchette,
Civiello, Gallant, Hawes, Longo, Nealley,
Sprague, Durgin
Councilors Voting No: None
CITY CLERK