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Memorandum
T0: Mayor, City Council and City Manager
FROM: Assistant City Secretary Sherri Bellard
DATE: November 19, 2009
SUBJECT: P.O. No. 6053; Council Meeting December 1,2009
Attached is P.O. No. 6053 as it pertains to scheduling of council meetings after a city holiday that falls on
a Monday.
Attachment
P.R. No. 6053
11/19/09 sb
ORDINANCE NO.
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SUBSECTION (a) (TIME)
OF SECTION 2-51 (MEETINGS) OF DIVISION II
(MEETINGS) OF ARTICLE II (CITY COUNCIL) OF
CHAPTER 2 (ADMINISTRATION) OF THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS,
AS AMENDED, BY CLARIFYING THE EFFECT OF
HOLIDAYS ON CITY COUNCIL MEETING TIME
WHEREAS, per Section 2-51 (a) of the Code of Ordinances, the city council
shall hold regular meetings every other Tuesday, with meeting times alternating between
8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.; provided, however, that when the day fixed for any regular
meeting is a day designated by law as a city, state, national or legal holiday, the meeting
shall be held at the same hour on the next succeeding day not a holiday. However, if the
Monday before the meeting is a designated city holiday, the meeting shall be at 5:30
p.m.; and,
WHEREAS, the City Manager has deemed it more convenient to conduct public
business by keeping the alternating meeting times of 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. after a
Monday holiday; and
WHEREAS, Subsection (a) (Time) of Section 2-51 (Meetings) of Division II
(Meeting) of Article II (City Council) of Chapter 2 (Administration) of the Code of
Ordinances of the City of Port Arthur, Texas, is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 2-51 Regular meetings; time and place.
(a) The city council shall hold regular meetings every other
Tuesday, with meeting times alternating between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30
p.m.; provided, however, that when the day fixed for any regular
meeting is a day designated by law as a city, state, national or legal
holiday, the meeting shall be held at the same hour on the next
succeeding day not a holiday.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF PORT ARTHUR, TEXAS:
Section 1. That the facts and opinions in the preamble are true and correct.
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Section 2. That the said code amendment is to be inserted in the affected
Code of Ordinances, City of Port Arthur, Texas, as required by its designation.
READ, ADOPTED AND APPROVED on this day of ,
A.D., 2009, at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Port Arthur, Texas,
by the following vote:
AYES: Mayor
NOES:
MAYOR
ATTEST:
CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AST FORM:
ACTING CITY ATTORN
APPROVED FOR ADMINISTRATION:
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CITY MANAGER
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