HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1415ORDINANCE NO. 1415
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE TIME ArdD PLACE
OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS
WHEREAS, Article III, Section 2 and Article V,
Section 1 of the City Charter require that the Council shall
establish the time and place for holding regular meetings, and
WHEREAS, Municipal Code Section 2.04.010 has hereto-
fore specified the time, day and place of such meetings, and
the City Council desires to amend said ordinance to provide for
earlier commencement of meetings and a time limit for the length
of said meetings, in order to insure that City business is con-
ducted during hours that will ordinarily enable citizens to
attend the same, now, therefore,
THE PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF CENTRAL POINT DO ORDAIN AS
FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Section 2.04.010 of the Central Point
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.04.010 Time, Day and Place Held. The City Council
shall regularly meet from 7:00 p.m, to 10:00 p.m, on the second
and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Central Point City
Hall except on holidays prescribed by the laws of the State of
Oregon in which event the Council shall meet on the next
Thursday following the holiday. Council meetings shall conclude
at 10:00 p.m. unless:
A. Extended for one additional hour by a two-thirds
vote of Council members present, but in no event shall meetings
extend beyond 11:00 p.m.
B. Adjourned to a later time, date and place certain
by majority vote of the Council, in which event said adjourned
meeting shall be considered to be the concluding portion of the
regularly scheduled Council meeting..
Special meetings may be held as prescribed or per-
mitted by Charter, law, ordinance, rule or resolution.
Section 2. This ordinance being necessary for the
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immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety
of the City of Central Point, Oregon based upon the requirement
of Article V, Section 1 of the Charter. mandating that the
Council shall at its first meeting establish a time and place
for holding its regular meetings and the need by the Council
to meet. within 30 days from this date to consider City business,
second reading is waived pursuant to Municipal Code 2.04.020,
and an emergency is hereby declared to exist and this ordinance
shall be in full force and effect immediately upon its passage.
Passed by the Council and signed by me in authentication
of its passage this ~ day of January, 1981.
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