Title
An Ordinance to Amend Section 1:207, Taxicab Board, of Chapter 8, Organization of Boards and Commissions of Title I of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor (Ordinance No. ORD-14-27)
Memorandum
Your approval is requested to amend Section 1:207, Taxicab Board, of Chapter 8 of Boards and Commission of Title I of the Code of the City of Ann Arbor.
Currently, the Chief Financial Officer is a non-voting member of the Taxicab Board and acts as the administrator and secretary of the Board. The ordinance change will direct responsibility of this position to a City Administrator's designee (anticipated to be the City Clerk).
The City Clerk, at present, is responsible for issuing taxicab licenses, taxicab driver's licenses, company licenses, and bond plates. The resulting language would allow all taxicab board activities to be supported by the same staff. The ordinance change is consistent with other City Clerk's in many Michigan municipalities.
In addition, the reference to expiration of members terms in subsection 2 has been deleted. Deletion of the language removes its inconsistency with Section 12.5(a) of the City Charter.
Approval of this ordinance amendment is recommended.
Staff
Prepared by: Tom Crawford, Financial Services Administrator
Approved by: Steven D. Powers, City Administrator
Body
ORDINANCE NO. ORD-14-27
First Reading: November 17, 2014 Approved: December 1, 2014
Public Hearing: December 1, 2014 Published: December 4, 2014
Effective: December 14, 2014
ORGANIZATION OF BOARDS AND COMMISSION
TAXICAB BOARD
AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND SECTION 1:207 OF CHAPTER 8, ORGANIZATION OF BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS OF TITLE I OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF ANN ARBOR
The City of Ann Arbor Ordains:
Section 1: That Section 1:207, Taxicab Board, of Chapter 8, of Title of the Code of the
City of Ann Arbor be amended to read as follows:
1: 207. Taxicab Board.
(1) The Taxicab Board shall consist of 5 voting members who shall be appointed by the Mayor, subject to the approval of the City Council. One of the voting members shall be a member of the City Council. The other 4 members shall not be officers or employees of the city. The Chief Financial OfficerCity Administrator's designee and Chief of Police, or his designee, shall be nonvoting board members.
(2) The term of the Councilmember shall be 1 year. The term of the other 4 voting members shall be 3 years. All terms shall expire on the second Monday in April. If a person ceases to be a member prior to the end of the term of appointment, a replacement shall be appointed by the mMayor for the remainder of the original term.
(3) The Chief Financial OfficerCity Administrator's designee shall serve as secretary of the board. The board shall elect its own Chairman each April who shall serve for a term of 1 year.
(4) The Taxicab Board shall have the powers and duties described in Chapter
85 of this Code.
Section 2: This Ordinance shall take effect on the tenth day following legal publication.
As Amended by Ann Arbor City Council on December 1, 2014
C E R T I F I C A T I O N
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance was adopted by the Council of the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan, at its regular session of December 1, 2014.
Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk
Christopher Taylor, Mayor
I hereby certify that the foregoing ordinance received legal publication on the City Clerk's webpage on December 4, 2014.
Jacqueline Beaudry, City Clerk