§ 16B-9. Same—Powers, duties and responsibilities.

The arts board shall remain responsible only to the city council and shall have the following powers, duties, and responsibilities:

(1)

To make recommendations to the city council concerning the acquisition of sites for and the construction, improvement, enlarging, equipping, repairing, operation, and maintenance of auditoriums, galleries, museums, and civic theaters, plus debt service.

(2)

The encouragement, promotion, improvement, and application of the arts and culture, including music (instrumental and vocal), dance, drama, folk art, creative writing, architecture, design and allied fields, painting, sculpture, photography, graphic and craft arts, motion pictures, television, radio, tape and sound recording, and the arts and culture related to the presentation, performance, execution, and exhibition of these major art forms and other activities for which hotel occupancy taxes may be used as provided by state law.

(3)

To employ an executive director who shall be the chief administrator of the Irving Arts Center and the Department of Arts and Culture of the City of Irving. The executive director shall be responsible for carrying out the policies of the arts board. The executive director shall have the authority and responsibility to hire and supervise such other personnel as may be necessary to carry out the policies of the arts board. Said other personnel hired by the executive director shall be governed by the rules, regulations, and policies governing non-civil service personnel, including, but not limited to, financial, salary, personnel, and other policies of the city. The arts board shall be responsible for appointing, removing, and supervising the executive director. In the event of the temporary inability of the executive director to carry out his or her duties there shall be an acting executive director as specified in the organizational chart or in the adopted policies; this appointment will be made by the board of directors. The employment of the executive director and said other personnel shall be at will and said executive director shall be governed by the rules, regulations, and policies governing non-civil service personnel, including, but not limited to, financial, salary, personnel, and other policies.

(4)

The city manager shall not have independent power to appoint, remove, or supervise the executive director, and appeals of personnel actions in regard to the executive director shall be to the arts board and not to the city manager.

(5)

The arts board shall notify and involve the city attorney's office in any disciplinary actions against the executive director that could result in a loss of pay.

(6)

Any issues that cannot be resolved between the city manager and executive director may be brought to the attention of the arts board or city council.

(7)

The arts board shall have the power to implement policies approved by the city council concerning the department of arts and culture, and museums owned or operated by the city.

(8)

For the purposes of this Article, the term "museum(s)" means the Heritage Museum, the Jackie Townsell Bear Creek Heritage Center, the Mustangs of Las Colinas Museum, and any other museum owned or operated by the city.

(Ord. No. 6146, § 1, 7-16-92; Ord. No. 6460, § 1, 7-21-94; Ord. No. 7307, § 1, 8-6-98; Ord. No. 8623, § 1, 3-23-06; Ord. No. 2017-9904 , § 1, 1-12-17)