HomeMy WebLinkAboutPO 5819 - AMENDING CODE OF ORDINANCES/PLACING ITEMS ON AGENDAP. O. No. 5819
11/14/07 gt
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 2-31
SUBSECTIONS (a) AND (b) OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES AS IT PERTAINS TO PLACING
ITEMS ON COUNCIL AGENDAS (REQUESTED BY
COUNCILMEMBER LEWIS)
WHEREAS, the City Council desires to amend Section 2-31 of the
Code of Ordinances as it pertains to placing items on council
agendas.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF PORT ARTHUR:
Section 1.
true and correct.
That the facts and opinions in the preamble are
Section 2. That Section 2-31 of the Code of Ordinances is
hereby amended as follows:
"Section 2-31. Requests to draft ordinances or resolutions; agenda
items.
(a) Any of the following shall have the authority to request
the City Attorney to draft an ordinance or resolution:
(1) The Mayor (or if the Mayor is absent or disabled, the
Mayor Pro Tem);
(2) wee One or more Councilmembers; or
(3) The City Manager.
(b) Any of the following shall have the authority to submit
items to the City Secretary for inclusion on a City Council meeting
z.po5819
agenda prepared by the City Secretary in accordance with Section
10, Article 11 of the City Charter and V.T.C.A., Government Code
§551.001 et seq., Open Meeting Law:
(1) The Mayor (or if the Mayor is absent or disabled, the
Mayor Pro Tem);
~ One or more Councilmembers;
(2) The City Attorney;
(3) The City Manager; or
(4) The City Secretary.
(c) Upon request of a City Councilmember, the City Manager
shall submit to the City Secretary for inclusion on the City
Manager's docket portion of the City Council meeting agenda, any
item which does not require a legal opinion or the drafting of an
ordinance, resolution, or similar matter.
(d) All routine items to be submitted to the City Manager,
City Secretary, or City Attorney for inclusion on the City Council
agenda must be submitted at or before noon on the Wednesday
immediately preceding the City Council meeting for which the item
is intended. If the Thursday or Friday following such Wednesday is
a holiday, the deadline for submission of agenda items will be
changed from noon on Wednesday to noon on the Tuesday immediately
preceding the day of the City Council meeting for which the item is
intended. An exception to this deadline will be made if an
emergency exists and this emergency is verified in writing by the
Mayor or the City Manager. The deadline for an item which requires
extensive review, or legal research, or legal opinion, or which is
z.po5819
not routine, shall be at least two (2) weeks before the deadline
for a routine item."
Section 3. That a copy of the caption of this Ordinance be
spread upon the Minutes of the City Council.
Section 4. That this being an ordinance amending an
Ordinance which does not carry a penalty and does not require
publication, it shall take effect immediately from and after its
passage.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of
A.D., 2007, at a Council Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Port Arthur, Texas, by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor
City Council
NOES:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
(SEE CONFIDENTIAL MEMO)
CITY ATTORNEY
z.po5819
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
CITY MANAGER
z.po5819