HomeMy WebLinkAbout09-128MARCH 24, 2009 APRIL 14, 2009 09 -89 09 -128 ORDINANCE
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PURPOSE: REPEAL & RECREATE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY BOARD TO
CREATE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
INITIATED BY: ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY BOARD
ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDATION:
Approved
A GENERAL ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF OSHKOSH REPEALING AND
RECREATING SECTION 2 -42 OF THE OSHKOSH MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING
TO THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT ADVISORY BOARD
The Common Council of the City of Oshkosh does ordain as follows:
SECTION 1. That Section 2 -42 of the Oshkosh Municipal Code pertaining to the
Energy and Environment Advisory Board is hereby repealed and recreated to read as
follows:
SECTION 2 -42 SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD
(A) Membership and Terms
The Sustainability Advisory Board shall be a permanent board composed
of nine (9) members. Terms of members shall be for three (3) years.
(B) Responsibility
The Sustainability Advisory Board is charged with the responsibility of
advising the City Manager and Common Council on sustainability issues
affecting municipal operations and the community at large.
(C) Duties
1. Promote sustainability in the community.
2. Advise the City Manager and Common Council on existing and
proposed City Ordinances and actions and State and Federal
regulations pertaining to sustainability.
3. Facilitate citizen and agency input pertaining to sustainability.
4. Collaborate in the development and monitor implementation of a
Community Sustainability Plan.
MARCH 24, 2009 APRIL 14, 2009 09 -89 09 -128 ORDINANCE
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SECTION 2. This ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its
passage and publication.
SECTION 3. Publication Notice.
Please take notice that the City of Oshkosh enacted ordinance #09 -128 REPEAL &
RECREATE ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
ADVISORY BOARD TO CREATE SUSTAINABILITY ADVISORY BOARD, on April 14,
2009. The ordinance repeals and recreates section 2 -42 of the Municipal Code
renaming the Energy and Environment Advisory Board as the Sustainability Advisory
Board and establishing the responsibility and duties of the Sustainability Advisory Board
relating to sustainability issues affecting municipal operations and the community at
large.
The full text of the ordinance may be obtained at the Office of the City Clerk, 215
Church Avenue and through the City's website at www.ci.oshkosh.wi.us Clerk's phone
920/236-5011.
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ON THE WATER
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the Common Council
FROM: Jackson Kinne- z�� - '�
Director of Com ity Development
DATE: March 18, 2009
RE: Repeal Ordinance Establishing the Energy and Environment Advisory Board and
Create Sustainability Advisory Board
BACKGROUND
The Common Council reactivated the former Energy and Environment Advisory Board in late
2007 and the Board began meeting in January 2008. Since that time, the Board has better
defined their function and as a result is proposing this ordinance change to reflect that redefined
function.
ANALYSIS
Based on Board discussions since the first meeting and the recently completed goal setting
session, Board members feel this proposed change better reflects their function.
The proposed change includes a title change to " Sustainability Advisory Board" as, again, the
Board feels that title better reflects the newly redefined function of that Board.
FISCAL IMPACT
The Board currently has no budget and the proposed ordinance does not provide the ability to
raise or expend funds. The current ordinance does not contain those provisions, either.
Therefore the proposed change has no fiscal impact.
RECOMMENDATION
The Energy and Environmental Board members have approved the language in the
Responsibility and Duties sections verbatim as it appears in the proposed ordinance and are
requesting Common Council approval of the proposed change.
Approved,
City Manager