HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 1485ORDINANCE NO. 1485
AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING THE TIME AND PLACE
OF REGULAR COUNCIL MEETINGS AND PROCEDURES
FOR PASSAGE OF ORDINANCES
WHEREAS, Chapter IV, Section 13 of the City Charter
requires that the Council shall establish the time and place
for holding regular meetings, and
WHEREAS, Municipal Code Chapter 2.04 has heretofore
specified the time, day and place of such meetings., and
procedure for passage of ordinances, and the City Council
desires to amend said chapter, 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.D4.010 Time, Day and Place Held, The City Council
shall regularly meet beginning at 7:00 P.M. on the third Thursday
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 prior to 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 permitted.
by Charter, law, ordinance, rule. or resolution.
Section 2. Section 2.04.030 of the Central Point
Municipal Code is hereby amended to read as follows:
2.04.020 Procedure for passage of ordinances. A. The
enactment of ordinances shall be in accordance with
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Section 34 of the City Charter of 1982. Amendments shall
be allowed following the first reading, to be considered as
part of the ordinance at second reading, and any such amend-
ments shall not. require an additional first reading.
Section 3. This ordinance being necessary for the im-
mediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety
of the City of Central Point, Oregon based upon the requirement
of Chapter 1V, Section 13 of the Charter mandating that the
Council shall 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 Charter and 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 authentica-
ton of its passage this 13th day of January, 1983.
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