CITY of ALBUQUERQUE
TWENTY-FIRST COUNCIL
COUNCIL BILL NO. O-15-54 ENACTMENT NO. ________________________
SPONSORED BY: Don Harris
ORDINANCE
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Amending The Accountability In Government Ordinance; Providing Further Guidance For The Issuance And Publication Of Audit And Investigatory Reports (Harris)
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AMENDING THE ACCOUNTABILITY IN GOVERNMENT ORDINANCE; PROVIDING FURTHER GUIDANCE FOR THE ISSUANCE AND PUBLICATION OF AUDIT AND INVESTIGATORY REPORTS.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE:
SECTION 1. The Accountability in Government Ordinance is hereby amended as follows:
"? 2-10-5 CREATION OF COMMITTEE; DUTIES; POWERS; MEMBERSHIP.
(A) The "Accountability in Government Oversight Committee" is created. The Committee shall consist of five members from the community at large. The Mayor and one Councilor appointed annually by the Council President shall be nonvoting ex officio members. The Mayor and the appointed Councilor may send designees to the Committee meetings. At least one Committee member shall be a CPA, at least one Committee member shall have a law enforcement or law background and at least one Committee member shall be a professional management consultant.
(B) As vacancies on the Committee occur, the Council and Mayor shall alternatively appoint new members with the Council making the first appointment. All appointments shall be subject to Council approval. The existing Committee members may make recommendations to the Mayor and Council for candidates to fill vacancies on the Committee. If either the Mayor or Council fails to name a replacement Committee member within 45 days of the vacancy, then the other body shall make the appointment. The Committee members shall be appointed for staggered terms of three years unless an appointment is to fill a vacancy. An appointment to fill a vacancy shall be for the unexpired term. Terms shall begin on the first day...
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